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actually a lot of enthusiasm today. >> a lot of a lot of shoppers are choosing to come out in person, you know online shopping has obviously become very popular, but 65% of shoppers are projected to be spending their dollars this weekend in person. and we talked to a lot of shoppers. you know, who are really excited to take advantage of the deals in person. they feel like, you know, maybe they can trust them a little bit more in the mall, things they can pick up and feel and check out in person. so we spoke to some shoppers, you know, who told us that they had come specifically for deals that they could get here in the mall. we can we can hear from them tell me about the electronics that you bought. >> um, i'm on an esports team for cnn university, and so my monitor broke at home. so for me to be able to play, i just need to buy a new one. so i got the last one. and so i'm kind of happy one thing that has been reported is that president trump has said that he's going to impose some tariffs on countries where some of these products are manufactured. >> so some of these electronics could cost more next year. have

you is that something you've heard about at all? >> definitely. and i don't like it. i think it's just i think it's unnecessary. i feel like the tariffs are just not needed and so, you know, that's one of those shoppers that told us that they had actually come to the store intentionally to buy some of these products before these tariffs do go into effect and, you know what kind of products specifically do you think are on shoppers minds when it comes to preparing for additional costs of tariffs what experts are saying are traditionally to look out for items that are manufactured overseas in places like china, mexico, canada countries where we can expect that if if the cost from tariffs do hit consumers, that they will be potentially upwards of 20%. >> so things like electronics, big household items, you know fridges, washing machines. but

you know, a lot of electronics, tablets smartphones, gaming systems those are things that are on, you know big holiday deals this weekend. so there are things that shoppers are really looking out for. and potentially taking advantage of this weekend before those tariff impacts do take effect next year all right, mina dursun, thank you very much. >> also with a tease there of our next guest, you could end up paying a lot more for everyday goods like the ones many americans plan on buying today of. president-elect trump follows through with his promise to slap tariffs on imported products. here with us now is larry sabato director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. larry, you just couldn't wait to get in there and give us your take on things. we had you pop up there for a moment. that's okay it's the holiday season. um larry, i mean, what do you. i'm sure you've been watching some of this tariff talk coming from trump over the past week or so and you might have some thoughts on this. i mean, obviously we heard from one shopper there just a few

moments ago talking to mina in new jersey, saying, yeah, you know what? i don't like this, but i wonder if a lot of trump voters out there were thinking, okay, yes, he talked about tariffs out there on the campaign trail, but is he really going to do it? it sounds like he might do it. >> well he says he will. and this is donald trump so that means it's a 50 over 50 chance one way or the other. but look, jim um, as far as tariffs are concerned, if you believe the economists and i do, some of my best friends are economists, they say this will inevitably raise prices for american consumers. and possibly drastically on such on some goods. now, maybe this is just just a negotiating posture on trump's part. maybe this won't happen or it will happen only to a small degree. but if it does happen, i can guarantee you you will hear one thing from donald trump and all of his minions. it's biden's fault. that's good for at least six months. maybe a year. and they'll say, you know we

inherited such a bad economy. it's going to take us a long while to climb out of this. this deep hole we're in. so there are lots of ways out of it for trump, particularly because he has such a dedicated base who will believe absolutely anything he says. >> i mean, even though larry, i mean, the facts tell us that when tariffs are imposed, it's the companies that are bringing in those products who pay those tariffs, and then they pass those costs invariably to the consumers who end up paying more in prices. um is it possible that this time around, if those tariffs do go into place, that people will draw that connection, they will figure that out well, jim, hope springs eternal. >> you know that's that's the way we live. hope springs eternal. so it's possible they will. i must say, your correspondent interviewed a very well-informed shopper. i somehow don't think she is typical of the american shoppers. at least the ones who vote. >> yeah well we'll see. i mean, you know, a lot of people voted

to get inflation under control. if inflation goes up, obviously there could be a political price. but you know, trump is saying that these tariffs are about forcing action on immigration and drug enforcement. he had this back and forth with the president of mexico. he claimed that the president of mexico told him that, okay, yes, we're going to take care of the border. no problem. and then she had a completely different take as to what occurred during that phone call this is very much reminiscent of what we saw during the first term. trump would have these calls with foreign leaders, and you'd get two completely different readouts one from the white house and one from the other head of state yeah. >> and, jim, you were you were there in the white house. you were cnn white house correspondent. you saw it on a daily basis the donald trump, who served in the first term is the donald trump who's going to serve in the second term. you know, he's in his 70s. i'm in my seconds. so i get it. you don't change all that much when you're in your 70s. you can modify some

things, but not many. this donald trump is going to do most of the same things, maybe all of the same things. he did in the first term. the difference being he has learned some things and he has some tougher assistance around him. people who are less inclined to compromise or to deter donald trump from doing things that maybe aren't in his best interest, but that trump doesn't see. >> and larry, i mean the election was less than a month ago, but consumer sentiment has already shifted for republicans. it has climbed more than 15 points. for democrats, it has fallen by more than ten points. what does that tell you about how a person's politics affect their views on the economy? i mean we're i guess we're a 50 over 50 country when it comes to our politics, and we're going to be a 50 over 50 country, i suppose, when it comes to just how we perceive how the economy is doing. and i suppose it goes a little bit back to what you were saying a few moments ago no matter what happens with the economy, inflation, tariffs and so on, if trump says, you know the sky is blue, that's that's or any other color, that's what

his supporters are going to believe. >> yes it will be a kaleidoscope there, but it's whatever he says goes with his base. although i must say, after elections, this often happens today the two most important letters in the english language are d and r. they're very powerful if you have a d next to your name you think a certain set of values if you have an r next to your name, you think another separate set of values and it determines the way you approach the world. it's a perceptual screen in front of you and you interpret all news national and international through that screen. so you're going to see a lot of this guaranteed you're going to have democrats flipping on all kinds of issues where they were optimistic. now they're pessimistic and you'll have with republicans loads of people, millions of people who were pessimistic becoming suddenly very optimistic and i don't know how long it will last but it probably will last quite a while

and people are still in their echo chambers there's just no their information silos. >> there's no doubt about it and what i remember the first time around covering donald trump is he obviously had a very powerful ally in fox news but i think you can add to that this time around. larry, correct me if i'm wrong with elon musk being in charge of x, a big part of social media is now very much going to be on trump's side heading into the second term. >> absolutely and there are a lot of there are a lot of smaller media organizations that really flow into what we see with x and social media and fox on television so you have a universe where people really do silo themselves. it's true on both sides they silo themselves. they hear often a separate set of news stories, and they interpret the news stories based on the commentary that's folded around the news stories, how we're ever going to get out of this, i don't know, because i think people are siloing themselves even more so than they have in the past so how do we break out of

that? well people have to agree at some point to watch at least a little bit of the other side's news coverage, and i don't see that coming anytime soon. >> yeah, it's not a bad idea. all right larry sabato, always good to talk to you. thanks a lot. appreciate it. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you too. >> so at least five democratic lawmakers from connecticut, all of them from connecticut, say they were targeted with bomb threats over thanksgiving, the latest being u.s. senator chris murphy cnn national security reporter zach cohen joins us now. zach, we have new details about what was included in some of these messages what can you tell us? >> yeah, that's right, guys democratic house leader hakeem jeffries revealing in a new statement this afternoon that there is at least one consistent detail in all of these threats that were sent to several lawmakers on thanksgiving. and he writes in the statement, quote these incidents range from detailed threats of a pipe bomb placed in mailboxes to swatting all signed with, quote maga. at the conclusion of the message. so

obviously the last part there is something jeffries revealing for the first time that does appear to have been consistent in all of these threats that were sent and targeted democratic lawmakers over the holiday. and look, we need to be very clear here, too, that law enforcement officials are still working to investigate whether there was any sort of motive or potential ideology that went in and was behind these threats. right. this is a key part of the investigation, and one that will play out in the coming days. and weeks. but again, we at least know that there is a consistent theme, or at least a consistent detail that ranged across the various threats that were sent out. and this speaks to something that a spokesperson for senator chris murphy, who you obviously mentioned was among those who received one of these targeting these threats in a statement to me earlier, she said that this appears to be part of a coordinated effort involving multiple members of congress and public figures. so potentially this could be what she was referencing. some similarity across the threats.

and more broadly, this does underscore a concerning trend that law enforcement officials are taking notice of. and one that, you know, even if these bomb threats, which in this case, all were investigated, no evidence of a bomb was found. but even if there was no bomb, ultimately discovered, these threats can have an incredibly destabilizing effect. law enforcement officials increasingly believe that they can be intended to intimidate government officials to disrupt government operations including vote counting process and the vote administering process. so really, a range of possibilities here as law enforcement officials work with members of congress and others who have received similar threats to try to pin down where they're coming from and what's motivating them all right, zach cohen thank you very much. >> appreciate it. let's talk more about this with cnn senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. chief ramsey, always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> yeah i mean what do you think what steps will authorities take as part of this investigation into what's behind these threats? i mean, it sounds as though maybe they're making a little bit of progress in figuring out

what's what. this is all about. >> well, i mean, they're going to try to trace the source of the call or however they got the information, but just let me say this calling in a false bomb threat or a swatting incident is stupid and it's dangerous. it's very dangerous. it's dangerous for the person who's the target. obviously it's dangerous for anyone who legitimately needs police service at a particular time, and all the resources are tied up on a swatting incident for an example. and it's dangerous for the first responders. i mean, these kinds of calls are priority one calls, which means lights and siren. you get there as quick as you can. i had two officers killed in the line of duty responding to priority one calls for service during my time in philadelphia. this is not a joke. i mean this is something that they take very seriously and if they're able to find the people responsible, they need to be arrested. and they need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.

they've got to send a message this is not okay to do this stuff. >> yeah, yeah, there are certainly challenges when it comes to an investigation like this. capitol police say that they aren't releasing a lot of information on these threats because in part they want to avoid copycats. how do officials go about determining if these attacks were simply similar or if they were coordinated, or if they were copycats someone watching this happen and then repeating it themselves well, it's hard to get around copycats because you'll have some somebody watching this broadcast for an example that thinks somehow that's a good idea. >> you know, a lot of stupid people, you know react to things like that. and so you're not going to get around that too much. but there are ways in which they can start to try to tie things together, to see whether or not it's a single source, if it's a group of individuals or what have you, that may be responsible for this. i mean attacking the leaders in congress, people newly appointed to the next

administration, all those kinds of things. you can maybe start to see some kind of tie in. you'll get some copycats. but, you know, law enforcement is going to take this very, very seriously. and people need to understand, again this is not a joke. it is something very serious. and i think that when we start using terms like it's not credible and things like that, it kind of makes people think it's not as serious as it really is. obviously, if a bomb doesn't go off or you wind up, it's really not a home invasion in progress but in this current climate it's just a matter of time before one of these kinds of calls turn out to be legit. and then where are we? and so you know, everything has to kind of ratchet down a little bit. and we really got to start taking this stuff serious chief charles ramsey appreciate you sharing your expertise with us. >> thanks for joining us and happy holidays. thank you thank you. still ahead this hour on cnn news central australia passing a social media ban for kids under 16. why some lawmakers say they doubt the new measures will actually

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now watching just how australia will execute the world's first ban on social media for children younger than 16. >> a lot of parents i've got to think, are paying attention to this in this country no question. this law requires tech companies to take reasonable steps to make sure that those under 16 can't access social media. some lawmakers though, doubt it will actually work this is a rubbish bill. >> it has no substance. it's almost embarrassing i mean, this is boomers trying to tell young people how the internet should work let's discuss with cnn media analyst sarah fisher, who is also senior media correspondent for axios. >> also with us lisa strohman, a clinical psychologist who wrote the book digital distress growing up online. sarah first to you, what could these reasonable steps from social media companies look like? and what did you think about that lawmaker describing the law as

rubbish? >> i think a lot of people in the tech field agree with her, and that's because you run up against two big issues, one in places like the united states, bands like this are almost unenforceable because of the first amendment. you've seen various states introduce similar laws, like in utah, only for courts to strike them down, saying that they go against the constitution. and then secondly, age verification online is really hard to do. now, this law requires the platforms so social media that age verification. but when you talk to platforms, they're going to argue that the responsibilities should be really left to the device makers, whether that be the mobile phone manufacturer or the computer manufacturer. but overall, it's really hard to do age verification right if you are to introduce something like biometrics you run into a ton of privacy data violation problems. and that's especially problematic with kids, because you'll note in most countries, including the u.s., we have stricter data privacy laws for kids than we do adults. and then you also run up against the problem of government

issued ids. a lot of young people, as you know, especially under 16, they don't have any form of a government issued id yet. >> and lisa, i mean 16 is the the number here. the key number here in the u.s., social media firms allow children as young as, what, 13 to join is there i mean, what does the science say about all of this? and what are the expectations that this that this could work? i have to think i was just saying this a few moments ago to a lot of parents are teenagers are of teenagers are thinking, you know what? this sounds like a really good idea because you just can't get these teenagers to get off these phones and get off these apps yeah. >> i mean, i think that the science is very clear that at younger ages it is very problematic and it causes massive injury. as a psychologist, i've seen over the last two decades a various issues eating disorders self-harm, suicide. so it definitely is impacted by the use of social media at particularly these young ages. i think that sarah has a lot of

really good points in terms of the legalities and some of the things that if we're looking at it from a of a bigger picture there, but the humanity of our children are in crisis our families are not supported. and if we can give that balance back to the families and give them that extra three years as a psychologist, i tell parents, get them through middle school, get them into hopefully their junior year of high school. and that's really when kids can actually i think, tolerate some of the things that come through those algorithms. so if you're just looking at it from a clinical perspective, then my doctor opinion is that i think it's a really great idea, and we've got to figure out ways that we can make these, these age verifications work for families and for these kids. >> yeah lisa, because the danger isn't just psychological and issues of self-image and the sort of things you've talked about. there are also concerns about how this sort of technology can actually change a young person's brain. and their ability to focus. axios today

had a piece labeling the next generation the snippet generation at the risk of sounding like a dinosaur saying that tv rots your brain, i do wonder how social media can change a child's attention span. >> yeah, i've talked a lot about the issue that i see of technology acquired ad nobody really talks about. it's not a diagnosis by any event, but when i look through and talk through school systems and families and teachers, we definitely are changing the way that we're taking information in. and so we have to look at it from a very large conceptual space and say, all right, are we educating? are we managing it right? if we're going to be this new ai or open ai system, we're really not actually creating our own content. we're sifting through it and we're trying to figure out what information that that whole scrape is giving us and what we want to use for our own creative thoughts, or how are we going to put our own spin on it so it definitely is a totally different generation.

and to me, the power is giving that voice to the kids and really bringing them in. in some of these conversations. and that's what i do through my programs, and that's what i do as often as i possibly can because they truly are going to be the answer of how we manage this better in the future. we're not going to have an ability to have legislatures that are, you know, average in the average age of 60 to be able to really understand what our kids are going through. >> yeah. and sarah, you were saying earlier, it sounds like this is not going to happen in the u.s. is it possible in any way shape or form that you could see a crackdown on on what these tech companies do in terms of, you know, really getting kids addicted on this stuff absolutely and i would argue that's the solution, right? >> is instead of coming up with some sort of blunt law where it's virtually unenforceable, come up with various transparency measures, various changes to privacy measures so that you can make it a safer

place for the kids that are using it. and that has been the route that we've been going on in the u.s.. i mean, if you look at the ftc, they've been urging to bring child privacy laws down from age 16 to age 13. they've been cracking down. more on child policy violations on companies like meta and tiktok. the platforms are trying to introduce more children friendly features and products if you look at meta, they've got messenger for kids. you know, tiktok has an under 13 policy, but then you know, kids over 13 have a different experience, which is much more moderated. that to me is the route that you should be going because it's actually enforceable. whereas if you look at what australia is doing, it's so blunt trying to expect that these social media platforms are going to be able to actually do age verification, otherwise face huge fines. what's going to end up happening is they're going to have to actually pull some of their features from these countries, and that's not the viable solution either. so i think for the us perspective, we're actually kind of treading the right path here, trying to find that middle ground as opposed to doing something so blunt that it's not even

possible. >> it is going to be an ongoing debate, no doubt about that sarah fisher, lisa strohman, appreciate you joining us. thanks so much thank you still ahead, it's been three weeks since a woman in hawaii disappeared during what was supposed to be a layover. as she was traveling in los angeles. but hannah kobayashi sister just revealed she has reason to believe the 30 year old is still alive. we have new details. after a quick break news night with abby phillip weeknights at 10:00 eastern on cnn giving giving that's possible through the power of del i with intel. >> so those who receive can find the joy of giving back you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. >> millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid but may be missing benefits. they

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series of cryptic texts saying hackers had stolen her identity. >> all right, cnn's natasha chen is in los angeles with the latest. natasha, what are you learning? >> right. well, what we're learning is mainly from hannah kobayashi family because los angeles police have said very little about this case. in fact, the only time recently that this case has been publicly mentioned was at a city council meeting this week where the police chief said this. take a listen on friday, november 8th, 23 year old hannah kobayashi missed her connecting flight from lax to new york, which the investigation determined was intentional. >> over the next few days, she maintained contact with her family and was active on instagram and note there that he says that she intentionally missed her flight. >> she was supposed to make a connecting flight from la onto new york. the family police said. then arrived in los angeles a couple of days after

that filed a missing persons report. and that's when lapd really went into full gear with this investigation, putting out that missing person's report. uh, what we've heard from the family is that hannah kobayashi was last heard from on november 11th. now that's really more than two weeks ago now with a strange set of text messages which we can show again on the screen here, where she texted a friend saying deep hackers wiped my identity, stole all of my funds, and have had me on a mind f since friday. i got tricked pretty much giving into into giving away all my funds for someone i thought i loved. now, in the recent interview given by her sister to news nation right before thanksgiving her sister sydni kobayashi says, in my mind it feels like someone is controlling her. her sister said that may not have even been her. the family also mentions surveillance video that they have seen showing hannah kobayashi at a downtown metro station. it's unclear exactly when that

footage was taken, but again, all of this is coming from the family. the police have not released any of this footage. everyone is being very careful and tight lipped despite all the massive amounts of tips that we are aware that police and the family are getting. >> all right. natasha chen. very disturbing case. thank you very much. in the meantime, the san jose state women's volleyball team will play for the mountain west conference championship title tomorrow after boise state forfeited its match today against the spartans over reports of a transgender player on san jose state's team. this move comes despite the commissioner of their conference already ruling that the player in question meets the eligibility standards to compete the controversy has not only divided the volleyball world, but the spartan team, including one player who filed a lawsuit to prevent their own teammate from competing in that conference tournament. cnn's camila bernal joins us now live, and we're learning new details about how the team learned that this

player was allegedly transgender. >> hey, jim and boris. yes so this player has been on the san jose state team since 2022, but it was in april when there was a news article that spoke about her gender and that's when this story really became a political story. instead of a sports story. so i want to first explain what's happening. this weekend. so san jose state was supposed to play a semifinal against boise state. boise state withdraws from the championship, which means that san jose will advance to the final on saturday. they will be playing either against san diego or colorado state in that final match. now boise did not explain exactly why they're withdrawing, but this is not the first time that they boycott these games against san jose. they did so during the regular season in two different games. and actually san jose has had six victories because of teams that withdrew and did not want to play against san

jose state. so all of this again just became this controversy back in april and one of the team members the co-captain, actually, her name is brooke slosser. she filed a lawsuit to prevent the player in question from competing. now, san jose state has not confirmed the identity or the gender of the player which is also why we are not naming this player. but as part of this lawsuit and the co-captain of this team. also speaking to the new york times and she said this, i'm going to read it to you. she said, we just don't think it's fair that a man is allowed to play. so she was referring to this transgender teammate and said in that interview that she called it a hard decision to file the lawsuit because she didn't want to put her team through more than they were already going through. the father of the player in question here also spoke to the new york times, saying this the rules are allowing it and i've told my

daughter, can this team get over this? and just come together and try to win she's a human and we're not going to be part of a mob mentality and march down to city hall and burn her at the stake. i feel like that's what this is turning into now. i do want to say that a federal judge in denver ruled that it is okay for her to play. she is allowed to compete, and then an appeals court upheld that decision. so she will be able to play and they will be playing this weekend. guys all right. >> camila bernal thank you very much. when we come back notre dame's billion dollar makeover. it is simply miraculous doctor box there were many failed attempts to fix my teeth. >> i retouched all my wedding photos and it was even affecting my health i trusted you because you specialize in dental implants. you created a permanent solution and customized my teeth so it still felt like me. my new teeth have improved my life and change my

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