james webb. eboni, lisa, melissa. melissa: i am going to stuff myself. i'm eating everything. kennedy: weight in turkey. back on tv friday at noon eastern. good news for you. "happening now" starts right now. choosing closest advisors. >> two big offers are are on the table and we are covering all of the news "happening now". >> we don't know exactly what president-elect trump is planning as he goes forward. we owe it to give him the strength he needs. >> president-elect trump taps the first woman for the administration assy we learn more about the vision and business plan in the white house. >> it could be a record week for holiday travel.

millions hitting the road and sky. >> and how the travel industry is handling the influx of passengers and the security measures to keep us safe. >> if you are flying, you want to know your pilots are prepared for emergencies. how do they stay sharp? we'll take you behind the scenes of pilot training, the ultramodern way. it is all "happening now". >> we begin with president-elect trump building his new white house team that turned out to be his own team of rivals as he choose a critic. and welcome to the second hour of "happening now". i am jon scott. >> i am patty ann browny e in for jennily. governor nikki haley is the

first woman named to the top postand dr. ben carson was offered secretary of housing and urban development and more announcementes could come today. there ary questions about mr. trump's sprawling network of business and conflicts of interest in the administration. mr. trump is carrying-on with business even as president-elect. and he told the new york times that the law is on his side. and meaning that the the president can't have a conflict of interest. >> so explain the quote that the president is exempt of rules that are imposed on congress and federal employees. and he's making sure he's not breaking a law. but anti- bribery laws could possibly g come in to it play. >> immunity to conflict of

interest is anything that the president might do could be in conflict of business. if down the road, any semblance that monies were paid and a real quid pro quo that is against the law. i am upon not suggesting that anything of the kind will happen. how might he distance himself from the business and how much protection he has, that comes in to play with the experts we spoke to. >> senate democrats are planning on filing legislation next week and demand that mr. trump would place assets in a blind trust. you believe it would not be effective in limiting the conflict of interest. >> when you put the cards on the table. this is a business that has his no, ma'am on it and built around his brand. he knows what his brand is and business assets are. and even if he was not trying to

show favorittism. what is going on. >> trump is talking about turning his businesses to his children and that may not silence the critics here? >> no. recently we have seen for example, trump met with the prime minister of japan ivanka was with him. and donald trump junior was in paris and his children are close advisors in business and from the campaign and after winning the election, there is a question of how much they have on business versus possibly. >> difficult to it separate the two and not so easy. what is his best play here? >> the experts we spoke to, said that he can provide the distance that silences many and not all

of the critics by selling or giving away all of his controlled business to his children and in control of the asset and they would have the holding and what ever benefitted the trump organization would not benefit donald trump. >> the problem with that, it is a deterrent to businessmen going forward that wants to seek higher office. >> the founding fathers believed from the ranks you come to president and to the ranks you return. back in the day it was more land holding and similar to real estate. and this is the first time we haven't had had a career politician in the highest office of the land and creating a pandering of how to work around that. closest is mike bloom blom, when he left his name brand business

to be mayor of the new york city. and then he returned to the business. >> this resolution that is imposed and stipulates that if he doesn't comply, he could be held in violation of the constitution and impeached. is there any chance of the resolution going anywhere in the republican controlled congress? >> i think it is a stretch to begin with. i don't think the constitution prevents a businessman from being president and owning business assets. we are talking about the appearance of the conflicts of interest and he has business holdings around the world and does business with world leaders trying to get the deals done. how do you manage the country and company of that size at the same time. >> even if he is not violating the rules, he will want to avoid

the perception of an ethic's problem. jon? >> as you were speaking, this fox news alert. president-elect donald trump chose charter school advocate becky devosz that is going to be a education secretary. a education activist from the state of michigan and also as i mentioned a advocate of charter schools. clearly, the trump administration is willing to take on the teacher's union. becky devosfor education secretary. >> and biggest holiday in a decade. and americans are traveling by car, bus, plane and train. and authorities are working over

time to keep things running smoothly. and we have fox team coverage. johnathon hunt on lax airport on the west coast and kathryn herridge in washington d.c. >> reporter: thank you, jon. for amtrak this is game day. peak time is tuesday and this year, they are expecting in exess of 70000 passengers. that they hit last year. and to deal with the increased traffic woes. they have more train and employees on deck and can expect to see more canine teams in the major rail hubs. their speciality is explosive connection. >> and amtrak police are

briefing their preens and briefing the canines in the station. and on railway and long the right-of-way. that is typical for a holiday boosting the efforts security wise. >> reporter: homeland security and tsa, have a rollover the next few days. they have hilo specialized crisis teams and have a search capability to deal with terrorist or criminal activity. >> we'll have our viper teams out and they are visible in the response. and these are teams of tsa and law enforcement agents that work closely with law enforcement. you will see the rail safe operations and there is a visible presence in stations and terminals. >> the same rules apply with rail travel as with planes. and they are urging passengers to be conservative and love a lot of time especially for the

pick up and for the drop off. you can expect more around the perimeter of the train stations. jon? >> big job ahead. catherine herridge. thank you. >> and los angeles international airport is expected to be the busiest airport in the country and that is where we are finding chief correspondent johnathon hunt. >> reporter: patty ann, it is moving smoothly here in lax right now. in the terminals we have been and there are not particularly long lines at check in and security. it looks like a pretty average wednesday here in one of the nation's busiest airports and also among the top three busy airports over the thanksgiving is atlanta and chicago as the

nations deal with 27 million passengers over the holiday period. 2.3 million of those expected to pass through lax here. that means it is not just a question of getting through the terminal and getting on to your plane, but a question of getting to the airport in the first place and traffic around the airport predicted to be very busy indeed, with officials telling us that 1 million vehicles are expected to come through the airport area over the next few days. obviously security is upper most in a lot of people's minds. we have seen heavily armed police officers patrolling the area around the terminal and inside of lax and the police and tsa, tell us that they are prepared for anything. listen here. >> our men and women on it is front lines every day and they are always looking for a little

needle in the haystack and in the cutting edge. >> now, take a look at the airports across the country, washington d.c., atlanta, chicago, denver, and all expecting very large crowds over the next few days. this one of the busiest day and it will taper off tomorrow, thanksgiving day itself and very busy through the weekend and cullinating on sunday when everyone is trying to get back home. so far the stream line process that the tsa put in seemed to be working and no major winter storms are expected in the country, patty ann, and so no major weather delays predicted at this point. and it can all change. and so far pretty good. >> good start anyway. johnathon hunt, thank you.

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said it is, carl? >> it is betsy devos. she is a friend of mine and i think she and dick. they are remarkable couple and family. she is spectacularly smart and able and true leader and passionate for education opportunity. this is a tremendous choice by president-elect trump and it is going to enthus people who are advocate of choice and charters. they know the devosalcy and her leadership. >> she's just been selected to be education secretary by president-elect trump and people all over michigan, when they heard my mispronounsation were a gachlt thank you for correcting me. i know you have not always been a fan of donald trump in the election process. but does this warm you to the

choices he is making as president-elect. >> he's starting to get republicans that are dubious when he picked mike pence as a vice-president running mate and terrific list of supreme court potential justices. look at his appointmentes of nikki haley as u.n. ambassador and this appointment today, this is showing a focus on on excellence and diversity and competence, he's got to be congratulated to be off to a good start. >> so let's talk about p stephen bannon, the chief counsellor and strategist in the white house, title i should use? >> co-chief of staff. nguy who is driving some of these choice and if so, what about the criticism of him as a closest racist. >> the criticism of bannon as a closest racist is unfair.

there is no evidence he is a bigot or evidence of anti- semiite. there are words that brightbart to it become an outlet for the altright. and that was a mistake on his part. alt- right is infested with bigot and racist and anti- semiits and conservatives have an obligation to deal with the unseemly elements of politics. william buckley did this. and bannon himself admitted that he had allowed brightbart to be an out let for the far are right. and i don't agree with the critics that he is a racist or bigot. but he made a mistake by allowing the website to be an outlet for vicious form of white supremist and anti- jewish

sentiment that you find in the altright. >> karl rove, thank you. >> you bet, thank you. well, it feels like you are are preparing for take off in a passenger jet even though you never leave the ground. that's ahead. coming up. how southwest trains the crews in the state-of-the-art simoutor. -- simulator.

you new information on toyota recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles because the doors could open on the rod. more than 700000 sienna mini-vans are recalled from model year 2011- 16. the company said it is tied to the electrical system that

operates the sliding doors. toyota will notify driver and offer a fix by midjanuary. new developments in the battle to defeat isis. the u.s. interrupting a key supply line for the islamic state in iraq. we have the live story of how they a chief that. and president-elect trump changing his tone on campaign promises including going after hillary clinton. so what should his supporters make of this? also as we get ready for the busiest flying period of the year, some assurances for nervous passengers. flying on board of a commercial airliner is safe as it gets. but how do the pilots stay sharp when actual in hour incidents are so rare. southwest airline give me

a look. >> tlesz than a decade after wright brothers first flew kitty hawk. they flew in models like this. and this was more than a hundred years ago. things have changed since then. it locks like a landing craft from a star are wars movie. it is impressive for those of us who love airplanes. yes tis a landing craft and a take off and cruise craft as well. nputting the airplane back up. and it is flying. >> this is a state-of-the-art full motion simulator for the boeing 787 series i was inviteed to try to fly it. my pilot was a navy pilot and had a long career in southwest airline and one of the chief pilots. >> once it is straight take it off of the tiller. >> computer screens it is see

realistic it is hard to believe that you are not cruising paste mount rannier. >> we are on 500. >> or making a night landing in seattle in heavy fog. >> thrust. and you landed out of a cat three approach. >> pilots who came to the airlines with the required hours of experience would have to qualify on a passenger jet would have to qualify with no one on board just to get practice time. a new trainee can get up to speed and qualify for emergencies without burning a drop of jet a. >> and they are trained on a glorified video came. southwest trains the crews to it handle emergencies that they will almost never have to handle

in real life. >> rotate. andy we just lost the left engine and assess with the nose. and gear coming up and fly in the command bar and stepping on the good engine and bring the bad one and we are flying out handsomely. >> that is wild. yes. i like that. >> it was one of the really exciting discovery, they simulate losing a engine on take off which is a fullenerable time. >> you you have seen guys with sweat dripping down. >> and they put their pilots through the ringer. they were easier on me. and they throw stuff at them and they don't know what to expect and they have to be ready. >> great way to train. >> see realistic.

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scrambling from the outskirt and trying to get out of the bleed fighting. they are holding back on isis to protect the civilians. hi, benjamin. >> reporter: hi, patty ann. coalition took out a fourth major bridge on isil. it is an attempt to cut it off in the east of the city and the role of the u.s. in the battle. they take off from the uss dwight eisenhower and maintaining a constant power in the skies. they have dropped more than 1100 bombs. oil wells are still burning uncontrollably. in the formerly held isis town and an attempt to darken the skies and disrupt air power that is effective and a turning point. and now as the troops move in

mosul itself where civilians are used as human shields. it is hard to carry out the hard work of clearing out street by street. today there was rare footage of an isis fighter alive. identified by displaced civilians who recognized him hiding among the local population. and that is a problem for the troops. how to distinguish. and hiding among refugee they could launch attacks in iraq or abroad. patty ann. live from london, thank you. >> there is new fallout from president-elect trump's sit down with the new york time and he seemed to change tone on prosecuting hillary clinton and climate change. but some portray mr. trump taking more moderate positions as he transitions from the

campaign to the white house. new york times said ronald reagan used to say the right approach trust but p verify and that is the right approach for mr. trump except for the trust part. >> and joining us now is kevin mcculla is radio talk show most. and bazil smiekle. and former senior adto then senator clinton. he said that he's not really interested in going after hillary clinton and prosecuting. we remember the lock her up chants that broke out in his rallies and what do you make of that? >> i never believed that he would go through with it. i think it was something to, to it sort of energize the crowds that he was speaking in front of. and he said himself, donald trump said there was a lot of

language in the campaign that he didn't necessarily believe but realized the impact on the people in the audience and voters. i didn't think there was anything prosecutable to begin with and i never believe he would follow-through with it. >> he said she suffered greatly and he doesn't care to prolong the sufferring. >> was that the new york times wanting hillary clinton to be prosecuted? it sounds like they are disappointed. i think what basle said is true. if you look at the way he negotiate. you speak tough to get the opening position place marked and do what you need to do to make the best decision possible. the new york times will look for anything he can be found inconsistent.

they were slow to investigate president obama and they will be eager to investigate anything with donald trump and slow to release them as they go along. >> he issued a series of tweets about this meeting. first it was off. i cancelled today's meeting with the failing new york times when the term and conditions were changed at the last moment. not nice. perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the new york times. and they cover me inaccurately and nasty tonight. >> and finally the new york time meeting is back on. >> a trump presidency will be tweeted away for the entire four years apparently. he had a contentious meeting the day before with other media outlet and it is not unusual where the media is an enemy.

but he will have to start building bridges with the media. there is a traveling press corps. and he will be pillared and he has to be transparent and having kelli ann and others who are veterans at this will moderate that message and tonight. >> his comment that they cover him with a nasty tone was born out with them quoting ronald reagan trust but verify but you can't trust him. >> it is no surprise that the new york times is taking that approach with him. conservatives will be happy to come in office and does the policy agenda and works on job and trade legislation and border security and keeping america safe and at night trolls the new york times. i am happy if he tweets them every night. it would be fine with me.

>> that's the thing, if he's concerned about how he's treated is focus on the policy. the narrative is that he doesn't know the details. and when he fills in the blanks the coverage will change. >> good policy and personalities make a good presidency. and the best thing about donald trump's status. he's not done a lot about interview people and trolling the new york time and picking cabinet posts. >> that may continue. >> thank you, both. >> we have new details about the bus driver arrested in the deadly school bus crash. [inaudible] >> there was early signs of trouble that are now reported about the man behind the wheel.

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>> right now details of a package that explode in a philadelphia apartment. the victim was identified as james alden in his 60s. he's in stable condition after undergoing surgery for the injuries. he thought it was an inhaler when he opened it. >> we think it is a single incident and see no known toys to terrorism. we'll update you if we come across anything for. >> federal authorities are investigating the envelope and bar code inside.

>> records show the bus driver arrested for a deadly school bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee had another accident two months ago. 24 year old john walker side swoiped a car and caused 4000 worth of damage in september. and chilling new details leading up to the crash. the victim of one victim walker asked the children if they were ready to die after wrapping the school bus around the tree. five were kill exclude others hurt. joining us is our defense attorney and thank you for joining us. >> so his question, are you ready to die to the children suggest pre-meditation and intent to kill and charged with vehicular homicide. could that be upgraded to murder? >> this should be upgraded to murder. there was not a bus accident.

it was mass murder. they were murdered by a bus driver who says, are you kidding ready to die and that is first fact that supports pre-medicated murder. and the second fact is his speed. he was going very, very fast and the bus was cut in half when it hit the tree. and the third fact, there was no other vehicle involved in the accident which proves that he intended on killing the kids. he is be charged with murder and i am offended by the fact that the hamilton county prosecutor has a bail amount of $107,000. he is a sleep at the wheel. >> toxicology reports are not back yet and we have statements from the surviving children. what else is there and how

damming is it? >> there is so much information we don't know at the moment and if there is merit to what said. i agree. but he is charged with the vehicular homicide. prosecutors will have to prove that walker's actions demonstrated a reckless disregard for the children and as a result of that behavior there was death. we don't know right now, if there is a black bogs that had data about the movement of the bus. and we hear there may be a potential witness and another bus driver that can testify to what walker's driving patterns were. speeding is a direct evidence of reckless. we have speed limits for a reason and if you go beyond

the speed limit, you you run the chances of not reacting in time to the danger. >> in addition to criminal charges, brian, we are are expecting civil suits from the family. >> if i was a prosecutor in hamilton county i would look at criminal charges and child endangerment against the bus service. that has a track record of inept bus driver. in 2014, there was a study that came out. in mechl is, tennessee. half of those at fault by the bus driver. you tell me that there are not red flags that existed in the transportation company to tell them, hey, we have to vet our bus drivers number one and once they are hired continue to

monitor them. >> and in addition to better vetting of drivers and the renewing calls for seat belts for school buses. how are they not required in the ones that take our kids to school. >> you are right. we got up to our seat and get in other people's societies and walk around in the bus ride. i don't know why it takes the deaths of five kids and others seriously injured for us to have this conversation about proper bus safety. it should have been had a long time ago and too late to have this discussion. >> it is too late as the tragedy has happen. thank you both so much. >> thank you, happy thanksgiving. >> it is almost thanksgiving. this year the turkey and trimmings might not gobble all

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hi, everyone. donald trump is making another cabinet pick as dr. ben carson says that he will have an announcement soon about his future. plus david petraeus now weighing in. would he join team trump? we have his comments. and get ready to meet tater and tot. the last two turkeys to be pardoned by president obama. join us soon.

folks are now preparing for the big thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, but turns out they are spending a tiny bit less than they did last year. the average total just under $50. last year it was 50.1 1d. so what do you get for all that money? it includes the turkey, plus stuffing, sweet potato, rolls, peas, cranberry, venggie tray ad pumpkin by with whipped cream and coffee with milk. >> what about the green beans with french fried onions on? you have to have those. we're watching who separate storm systems. snow already falling in washington state making roads slippery there. some areas could see up to a foot of snow from a system moving through the northwest and the rockies. meantime a second system is pushing rain and snow into the

midwest and northeast. rick has the latest. >> where are they shopping for that $50? >> not in new york city. >> no way. i don't know anyplace could you get all tla food for 50 bucks. two storms we're watching. nothing that will be a huge impact which is good. this storm you see on the radar picture, a little bit of snow across northern side. rain down towards the south. but it's not that strong a system, so we won't be watching really significant snowfall rates or rainfall rates. so it won't cause big problems on the roads. the west will be more problematic i think especially for your return home. airport delays, nothing really going on with all this weather we have except for across areas of the northeast and newark because of wind has 36 minute delays. but the other airports in the northeast are fine. and chicago is also fine right now. even though we've had the rain moving through. we'll continue to watch the

system move throughout the day and not very heavy rain, but it will at least make the roads a little slick across the ohio valley. snow northern parts of michigan, u.p. of michigan, northern michigan and northern wisconsin, as well. it pulls to the east tomorrow. so thanksgiving day, a little problematic, but most of that rain kind of weakens a bit which is good news. so today maybe delays this afternoon with the energy moving through the chicago area. the east coast, you're look good. west coast maybe some delays later this afternoon in portland. and up towards seattle. by tomorrow i think maybe in towards the san francisco area as the rain makes its way in toward central california. here is your thanksgiving day, though. we're look great across the plains. we'll sete tons of sunshine. southeast, looking really nice. unfortunately, no rain. we need the rain there. and then the northeast just scattered showers and a little bit of snow across interior

sections. and all of the action is out across the west which is great news, we need any precipitation that we can get. so something to be thankful for out west. >> absolutely. happy thanksgiving. a milestone birthday for a baby that america grew up with. we'll tell you how many candles in the final 30 coming up. ♪ baby, baby, baby don't leave me ooh please don't leave me all by myself ♪ ♪ i've got this yearnyearning, burning, yerping yearning feeling inside me ♪ thanksgiving at the anderson's.

i was stoked. that's my holiday. we invented it. so i'm like, "pass the stuffing!" and... it's not stove top. and i'm like, "what?" i wait all year. 364 days to enjoy delicious stove top stuffing. it's what makes thanksgiving, thanksgiving. i had to get out of there. i faked an attack of scurvy. scurvy. works every time. just about everybody is in a good mood on the day before nan thanksgiving and the stock market is following suit, up about 40 minutes. still well up above 19,000 the

record clove the othe close of . there are indications that the fed will take it as a sign that it's time to raise interest rates, but still, we'll take 19,062 when we can get it. >> and higher interest rates good for the savers out there. >> time for our final 30. 250 pilots who deliver for amazon and dhl have gone on strike. their work stoppage could delay shipping. the airline they work for is trying to get a court order to force them back into the cockpit. and the original gerber baby turning 90 years young. ann taylor cook became the face of the baby food company back in 1931. the famous logo was based on a charcoal drawing of her by a family friend. >> that is cool. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be here. and happy thanksgiving, everyone.

>> america's news headquarters starts now. and we start with a fox news alert. president-elect donald trump naming more cabinet picks today. hi, everyone. i'm heather nauert. bets city devoss is his picture as secretary of education. sm she met with him on saturday sat and hear's what mr. trump had to say. >> did you offer any jobs today? >> thank you for being here. >> well, betsy devoss is a long time advocate of charter schools, most recently chairing the group alliance for school choice. we'll have more on her. in the meantime, dr. ben carson says that he is actively considering his offer for hud secretary. recently saying on facebook, quote, an announcement is forthcoming about my role in helping to make america great again. mr. trump jetting off to florida where he will spend