schwarzenegger is making a surprise visit to help breakfast. sierra nevada brewing company is brewing a special ipa. all proceeds going to fire relief. happy thanksgiving. i'm dana. this is shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house where president trump is thanking saudi arabia now. this time for low oil prices. which they don't even control in the u.s. it comes a day after he rejected the cia's conclusion that the saudi crown prince order the murder of a "washington post" columnist and u.s. resident. now lawmakers from both political parties are demanding answers and demanding action on the khaishoggi killing. and the dow opens with a rebound after wiping out all gains for the entire year. we're watching the markets in the final hour as we head to the closing bell. our reporting begins now.

and our reporting ends with president trump reportedly saying he wanted to order the justice department to prosecute his political rivals. that's not how it works. it's according to the reporting of "the new york times" citing two people familiar with the conversation. the times reported last spring that president trump or then president trump told the then white house counsel, don mcgahn, that he wanted to order the doj to prosecute hillary clinton and james comey. mcgahn warned the president that that could lead to your impeachment. fox news has reached out to the white house for a response. we haven't heard back. the president's lawyers say he has turned in his written answers to the special counsel robert mueller's questions. mueller's team is investigating moscow's meddling in the 2016 election, possible collusion

with the trump campaign and russia and whether the president obstructed justice. president trump said there was no collusion and no obstruction of justice. catherine herridge reporting live. >> a source confirms to fox news that the president wanted the justice department to pursue hillary clinton over the mishandling of classified information as swell as the clinton foundation. there's a mixed legal assessment over whether or not legal lines were crossed. >> it would have triggered i think a significant reaction in the congress and in the country. that's more important. in the country. as a result, i would hope he would have been in those notions to tray to retaliate against political foes. >> this is blown way out of proportion. there's no abuse of power contrary to when nixon set these

investigations on his enemy. >> don mcgahn who was at the center of the reporting saying that mr. mcgahn will not comment on his legal advice. the president is entitled to confidentiality. mr. mcgahn said the president never to his knowledge order that anyone prosecute hillary clinton or james comey. shep? >> shepard: i reported earlier that president trump's lawyers said he turned in his written answers to the questions from mueller. >> that's right. the president's legal team issued a brief stayed not long after your show yesterday confirming that the president's written responses are now with republican. they dealt with russian-related questions. he said -- >> president has nonetheless provided unprecedented

cooperation. shortly before the confirmation from the legal team, the president fielded questions on the white house lawn. >> the written answers to the witch hunt that's been going on forever, no collusion, no nothing, they've been finished, finished them yesterday. the lawyers have them. i assume they'll turn them in today or soon. >> this morning, again, the assessment is mixed rather from a legal perspective with a former prosecutor telling fox the data points indicate the special counsel may be wrapping up their investigation. if there's any potential conflicts between the president's written responses and evidence, that could create legal exposure. >> shepard: wrapping up. i heard that before last thanksgiving. we'll know when we know. speaking of thanksgiving, president trump today out with a new message for saudi arabia. remember yesterday it was we're standing with you, saudi arabia even though the c.i.a. has

concluded your ruler prince order the killing of an american columnist. today the message is thank you, saudi arabia. not for the murder and dismemberment but for the drop in oil prices. now, his confusion of wti in brent and the kingdom is considering cutting the supplies to raise the international price not withstanding, none of this is sitting well in d.c. some lawmakers from both parties are slamming the president for his comments, accusing him of showing weakness and undermining the nation's values, money over morals. the president says it would be foolish to shut off saudi arabia for both economic and national security reasons. benjamin hall reporting live in london. >> hi, shep. president trump's statement seemed intended to be the final word on this issue. he cited national security as the main reason why he made his

decision. there was been political backlash and abroad. here's what senator corker had to say. >> it is a delicate situation when we have a long-term ally that we've had for decades, but we have a crown prince that i believe directed the killing of a journalist. i just -- the language that was used, it was as if they were writing a press release for saudi arabia, not for the united states. >> saudi arabia is of course a key partner on all middle eastern issues, many of which the president laid out. the palestinian peace deals, pushing back against iron, the war on terror. some felt this was an opportunity missed. >> has to be a historic opportunity here to tell the people in the mideast that there's a new sheriff in town. if you disrespect us and you trample over civilized norms, you're going to pay a price.

>> despite the statement, there's still some in the u.s. trying to urge congress to release that cia report. still some consider stopping arms sales to saudi arabia. shep? >> shepard: what are we hearing from world leaders? >> very much the same. a backlash from abroad. the loudest coming from turkey who has long had a regional rivalry with saudi arabia and trying to split up the u.s. and saudi relationship. the turkish prime minister said the killing shouldn't be covered up for the sake of maintaining trade ties with saudi arabia. >> this is a humanitarian issue, a murder. we cannot say our trade will increase. but cover it up. let's ignore it. >> even a response from iran who was heavily mentioned by the president as a reason for his decision.

he cited their support for terror and how they killed americans in the middle east. the foreign minister tweeting that mr. trump bizarrely devoted the first paragraph on saudi's atrocities to accuse iran of all sorts after malfeasance he can think of. maybe we're responsible for the california fires because we didn't rake the forest like the fins do. saudi arabia denies any involvement of the royal family. president trump saying it's not 100% certain they are involved. seems there's more of this to play out. >> shepard: the c.i.a. has another assessment. president trump has repeatedly criticized federal judges. he's attacked them professionally and in some cases personally. they've not responded. until now. not just any justice. the chief. the top judge in all of america today has fired back. the chief justice john roberts releasing an official and perhaps unprecedented statement.

yesterday the president called the judge who ruled against his asylum policy "a obama judge." the chief justice writing that we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges on clinton judges. what we have an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. that independent judiciary is something that we should all be thankful for. twitter records show president trump has not gone after the chief justice for about four years when he ripped him for a decision on obamacare. for decades, american forces have been fighting islamic militants around the globe. in hotspots from afghanistan to iraq from syria to somalia. now a new study out showing the number of jihadist fighters has multiplied. more evidence that it's harder to kill an ideology with force

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>> shepard: the united states has spent trillions of taxpayer dollars fighting islamic extremism. with our allies, we won back critical territory in iraq and syria. all the while, the most brilliant minds in our military

and beyond have reminded us, the military is not equipped for this bigger fight. we have to win hearts and minds. there we failed. a new report shows the number of extremists jihadists around the world has not gone down at all. it's gone up. how much? the bipartisan center for strategic international studies reports the number of jihadies around the world has quadrupled and our nation's wealth has fed the war machine. jennifer griffin has more. >> the new report from the washington think tank csif warns that two decades after 9-11, the number of sunny islamists operating around the world has

metastasized. seth jones, one of the authors, explains. >> we're at near peak levels in the number of jihadist fighters. if you look at the differences between 2001, 9-11 and today, we see much larger numbers of jihadists on multiple continents, africa, the middle east even than we did in 9-11. this shows the magnitude of the problem that exists looking forward. >> the report says the total number of fighters this year between 100,000 and 230,000 around the world is much greater than the number of jihadist fighters in 2001 when the estimated number of islamic terrorists worldwide fell between 37,000 and 66,000 fighters. "every u.s. president since 9-11 has tried to move away from counter terrorism in some capacity and it's no different today.

americans should understand that terrorism won't even even though the terrorism threat may ebb and flow over time." the largest concentration of you jihadists are in pakistan and afghanistan. >> as you know, they have collapsed the geographic caliphate there, but as we told you for many, many months over a year now, the fight goes on as they splinter into smaller groups and we continue to hunt them down. >> the most surprising part is how much violence there still is from jihadists and allied groups. it's happening in areas where the u.s. has spent consider time in libya, somalia, yemen, afghanistan and syria among others. >> the reason according to the authors, these countries don't have functioning governments and the u.s. effort has focused on

military solutions. shep? >> shepard: jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. parts of northern california where a massive wild fire scorched the landscape is finally getting a little rain today. the forecasters weren't warned that the rain could cause flash flooding. the rains could make it hard to find victims. the fire blamed for killing 80 people. more than 800 others listed unaccounted for. jeff paul reporting live from paradise north of sacramento. >> shep, the rain is starting to come down hard here in the last hour or so. it's really picked up. that's made search efforts out here in devastated areas like this neighborhood more difficult. you can see the yellow tape. investigators say that's an area that is suspected of possibly

having human remains. the rain is making the efforts even tougher. the soil gets loss and then you have mudslides on top of that. the ash that they're trying to soft through is thicker. then you have the possibility of trees falling down. we spoke with some of these firefighters that are out here braving this weather, trying to get some folks back on their feet, trying to get the folks some closure. they tell us they have mixed feelings about the change in weather. >> it's bittersweet. the rain would help with the fire, the fire control. the rain obviously hampers the search and rescue efforts. you know, it's -- we look at it that it's just a moment in time. we're expecting two or three days of heavy rain. we'll persevere and work through that. the objective is to do the best we can and as rapid as we can to get the residents back. >> with so many still being unaccounted for, the number around 870 firefighters and search and rescue crews have

been going through each of these properties here in this neighborhood. i don't know if you can see every single home here burned right to the ground. so firefighters have been lining up, even using search dogs out here using just anything they can to look through, trying to find any sort of remains, give the family the closure. the firefighters have been working around the clock. they'll be spending the holidays out here and say it makes them more thankful for everything they have. shep? >> shepard: jeff paul reporting from the fires in northern california. whether you're headed to holiday dinner by plane or train, aaa is predicting this is the busiest thanksgiving travel day in more than a decade. and on wall street, the dow trying to make a thanksgiving rally. our reporting continues next. ♪

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to grandmother's house. travel expected to be up 5.4%. you'll see about 4.7 million people travel through the nation's airports. the good news is it's not that bad. if i step out of the way, let you look at the tsa line here at o'hare airport's terminal number 3. looks like an average wednesday. they see this coming, they budget for the overtime, they fill all the positions at the screening checkpoints and they keep the lines moving right along. aaa says so many people are traveling because more americans have money. >> people have more money in their pockets. disposable income is up. when we have time built in, we take advantage of it. >> we look at flightaware.com's misery map. most of the country is humming along. the misery is highlighted in red. you can see red in san francisco. they had weather issues with the wind shifting.

if you fly a lot, you've been through worse. the efficiencies in the air right now, tsa is recommending people get to the airport two hours early. >> shepard: thanks, mike. let's go to hillary vaughn from lax. >> shepard, this is supposed to be the busiest travel season lax has ever seen. they're expecting 2.5 million people to come through their doors this thanksgiving travel season. so they're rolling out all the stops to make sure passengers arrive at their destination happy and stress-free. their secret weapon to make this happen is puppies. over 70 dogs are walking the terminals, making sure that people who are feeling overwhelmed can pet them and calm down. anybody can put them. they're handing out business cards that look like this with their photos on them and have fun facts. the passengers i talked to are not complaining about the long

lines. they're complaining about the traffic headed into the airport. this is the gridlock that they're seeing. it's been stop and go in many places. lax says they have about 13 million cars rolling through. the big complaint, not long lines but a lot of traffic in the airport. shepard? >> shepard: hillary vaughn reporting live from lax. fox urgent. a live look at the dow. for once, look at this. we're in the green. stocks trying to bounce back after wiping out off of 2018's gains ending yesterday. yesterday's session alone, the dow closed down 550 points. too up about 105. the susan li is here. what is driving today? >> today is a bit of recovery. not a lot of volume. 30% down from the average. investors and traders have closed up their books for the thanksgiving holiday. so the gains might be exaggerated. i can tell you the first two days of the week were ugly. ugly for the markets and your

401(k)s. $810 billion wiped off. we talk about higher interest rates to come, slowing global growth. corporate earnings have been stellar in 2018. hard to compare in 2019. i'd say it's a gut check. that's what i'm hearing from investors. this is just a correction in a bull market run that they expect to continue. >> shepard: i'm writing that down. correction in a bull market run. >> it's on record. >> shepard: you know what happens. >> eventually ends? >> shepard: we know this. here's the thing. oil prices went up a smidge. >> yesterday was dramatic. the biggest drop in three years. you saw virtually every oil company selling off in the session. so a bit of a recovery today. i looked at aaa and the national average. that's the benefit to consumer. if oil prices fall, you're paying less at the pump. it's a quarter cheaper than a

month ago, close to $2.85. less you spend on gas, the more you spend in the economy. as we head to black friday, over a trillion dollars expected to be spent. imagine what that means for the u.s. economy. >> shepard: time to get lehman's stock. >> how about stearns? >> new reporting on the run off for the last senate seat that is still outstanding. it's mississippi where the current republican senator is now saying i'm sorry nor, well -- you'll hear it. then we'll get a preview of the 2020 presidential election. really? which democrats could be trying to get in on the action. it's too early for this. plus a look at what it takes to become speaker of the house and why technically -- listen now -- the next speaker of the house doesn't even have to be elected to the house at all. george woke up in pain.

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>> shepard: in mississippi, they had a senate debate and the republican demanded it be in an i'm the room with no audience and not even news media. that republican is cindy hyde smith. during the debate, she apologized for a comment that she said was not offensive to anybody offended by the comment. a few weeks ago, cindy hyde smith complimented a supporter saying she would attend a public hanging if that supporter invited her. in mississippi. where for plenty of people, you know, lynchings are not from history books from memory. here's what she said in the debate. >> for anyone that was offended for my -- by my comments, i apologize. there was no ill-will, no intent

whatsoever in my statement. >> shepard: senator hyde smith is running against the democrat, mike espy, that could become the state's first black senator since reconstruction. i started out as a four-way race and went to a run-off. the vote is next tuesday. steve harrigan reporting live. >> shepard, this was suppose to be an easy senate race for the republicans. mississippi has not sent a democrat to the senate since 1982. but cindy hyde-smith has made a number of missteps in addition to the one you referenced about the public hanging and told a group of college students that it would be a good idea to make it harder to vote for liberal folk. the comments were made in jest and her opponent is taking them out of context. >> i also recognize that this comment was twisted and it was turned into a weapon to be used

against me, a political weapon used for nothing but personal and political gain by my opponent. >> espy is having ethical challenges under his own. he's come under criticism for accepting $750,000 in lobby fees from the former leader of the ivory coast who is now on trial for war crimes. espy has attacked hyde-smith in her comments about the public lynch saying her comments are reprehensible. >> i don't know what is in your heart but it came out of your mouth. it went viral. >> president trump carried mississippi by 18 points in 2016. the fact that he's heading back there monday for two rallies for hyde smith show that's it could be tighter than expected. >> steve harrigan reporting live from the news report. president trump has made it

clear he does plan to run again in 2020. we've seen some clues about who he could face on the democratic side. it begin. garrett tenney reporting live. >> a long list of democrats want to take on president trump. more than three dozen including several outsider billionaire businessmen. tom stire says he's considering a run after leading an effort to impeach the president. he announced a six-figure ad to promote his impeachment with voting rights, the environment, education, a living wage and healthcare. another billionaire considering a run is former republican turned independent and now democrat, michael bloomberg. the former mayor recently spent more than $100 million helping

democratics in the mid-term and made the largest donation to a university, pledging $1.8 billion to johns hopkins for students. the biggest speculation revolves around the candidate that just raised more money than any democratic senate ever, beto o'rourke. >> sounds like you might be open to it possibly? >> you know, i -- yeah, i haven't made any decisions is the best way to put it. everything is too fresh still for me. >> bernie sanders leads a long list of lawmakers including elizabeth warren, kamala harris and john delaney, the first to officially announce. there's several alumni of the obama administration that are considering throwing their hats in the ring. former vice president joe biden, attorney general eric holder and housing secretary julian castro. we're still 1 1/2 years away from the dnc convention but the

debates will begin spring or summer next year. the click is ticking and the flights to iowa are filling up. >> garrett tenney reporting live. nancy pelosi's fight to be the speaker of the house is over for the moment. you can't be beaten by nobody. right now nobody is talking about running against her. since her one political or potential challenger, marsha fudge, now says she's out. pelosi became the first ever woman speaker of the house back in 2007. but democrats lost the house under her leadership and now she's trying the top position again. our senior producer from capitol hill, chad pergram has a way. today he reports on how the house chooses its leader who doesn't have to be a member of the house. >> nowhere is there anything in the constitution about the senate majority leader. but it does list the speaker of the house. the rules are clear as to how someone becomes a speaker.

successful candidate requires an outright majority of all members voting for someone by name. 435 house members. that means the speaker needs 218 votes. 218 is not necessarily the magic number. members sometimes vote present or absent or since the start of the new congress haven't yet been sworn in. so the house may have fewer than 435. consider the vote for former house speaker john boehner in january 2015. boehner commandeered 2016 votes. 25 lawmakers discast a ballot. they were absent attending the funeral of mario cuomo. the house was smaller. those members missed opening day and had not been sworn in. so boehner did need 2018. the speaker doesn't have to be a member. 54 people have served as speaker. there's never been a civilian speaker. secretary of state colon powell and former attorney general and

jeff sessions have received votes. >> here's what usually happens. the first act of the house when the new congress starts on january 3 is to pick a speaker. the democrats nominate a candidate and the republicans nominate a candidate. the entire house votes. the majority party wins. what happens if no one scores an outright majority? the house has to vote and vote until they finally elect someone. the speaker vote has not gone to a second ballot since 1923. frederic gillette won on the ninth ballot after three days. that was nothing. in 1856, the house consumed two months and burned through 133 ballots before settling on nathaniel banks as speaker. on capitol

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identified in local media reports was aware of that fact when he decided to try to make contact first on november 15. he parentally paid several fishermen to ferry him to north sentinel island and once nearby, transferred to a kayak and paddled to shore. the fishermen told indian police that he was met by several members of the tribe. he offered them gifts including a football but was shot at with bows and arrows. he escaped and swam back to the fisherman. but he returned the next day and the fishermen saw the tribesmen dragging him lifeless along the beach. yesterday officials spot's chow's body. they have now yet attempted to retrieve it as far as we are aware. indian authorities periodically check on the sentinelese usually through a navy helicopter flyover as happened the tsunami

in 2004. even then, members of the tribe, 150, reportedly fired arrows at the helicopter when it was said to have gotten too close. contact with them is illegal because of the contact of disease. the state department has not confirmed the death of john chow, who is 26 or 27 years old, state department officials confirming that they're "aware of reports and are working with local authorities." shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt reporting live. the taliban are denying responsibility for a suicide bombing in afghanistan. officials say it killed at least 55 people. happened yesterday in the capitol city of kabul at a wedding hall where hundreds of muslims were gathering for a religious holiday. >> shep, after this attack, i

spoke with one of the managers at this wedding venue. he tells me he was in an office adjacent to the main hall when the explosion occurred. i want to quote you in his words. his experience and the day that he went through yesterday he said to fox news "my legs are shivering. i can't control myself. it was horrible. i walked out to see what happened and there were bodies everywhere." the afghan president has declare add day of mourning across the country after the blast killed 55 and injured dozens more. the numbers according to the afghan health ministry i the gathering was reportedly taking place at the wedding hall to celebrate the birthday of the prophet mohammed. the spokesman said hundreds of scholars and clerks had gathered to mark the event after the bomb was set off. this comes two days after a u.s. met with the taliban to work towards a peace deal.

the taliban is responsible for many terror attacks but they're denying the bombing tuesday. isis has carried out similar attacks in the region. the gentleman i spoke with said that there were hundreds of people in the venue when the explosion occurred. many critically injured. this has officials on the ground in kabul worried the death toll could rise. >> thanks, trey. the acting attorney general matthew whitaker is set to speak shortly here in new york city about fighting the opioid crisis. we'll keep an eye on that and let you know if he makes news. in d.c., whitaker has a fight of his own. three senate democrats are suing to remove him. they say his appointment is unconstitutional. and now financial disclosure forms show that before he joined the justice department, whitaker earned more than $1 million from a conservative nonprofit group whose source of funding is a

mystery. david lee miller reporting live from new york city. >> shepard, the acting attorney general, matthew whitaker worked for this group that said they were promoting transparency in government. now whitaker lacks transparency when it comes to his past. according to financial disclosure statements, he served three years as the executive director for an organization known as fact. the documents show whitaker received $1.2 million in salary but the reports reveal little about the source of the organization's funding. now the state admission of the group on its tax filing says and i quote "the organization's purpose is to work for accountability, ethics and transparency in government through the legal process and education of the public in these issues." the executive director of the

group, whitaker, was an outspoken critic of the russia investigation. now as the acting attorney general, he could limit the scope of mueller's authority. meanwhile, fact where whitaker once worked describes itself as a nonpartisan watch dog and says they're not required to release donor information. the latest controversy comes as a number of senate democrats as well as others say that it's unconstitutional for him to serve as the acting attorney general because he was not confirmed by the u.s. senate. the administration however strongly disagrees and says that the president has the legal authority to make this appointment. shepard? >> shepard: david lee miller rolling from new york. ahead, for all those getting to grandmas, we'll go to the extreme weather center for your turkey forecast. in the east, expect cold, bitter cold. the big question around here is, will the big balloons be able to fly at the thanksgiving day

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>> i'm thinking turkey and football and maybe some shopping. thanksgiving traditions for a lot of us. retailers always looking for the big win. kristina partsinevelos is here. >> we've had a lot of retailer

earnings that came out and saw the stocks for some companies like target, kohl's closed down in the red. >> is this target's last thanksgiving? i heard it asked today. >> no. i heard more about online. the reason you saw the shares price down, the outlook in 2019. consumer confidence won't be as strong. we focus on the moment now, this season, adobe said they looked at over 55 million skus, one trillion visits. americans spent $132 billion from november 1 to november 20th. so what are the top gifts? >> shepard: we've gone from citizens to consumers. so what are the best ones? you don't even let me read it. >> this is listing the top things. grumblies. toys. the top two.

nintendo switch and ipad. >> that i know. the switch and what else? >> google home and ipad. >> do you have that? >> shepard: i'm not going to answer that. you'll hack it and go in there and turn the lights on and off. >> do we want to talk about deals? >> shepard: no. we ran out of time. the program ends in three minutes. >> i have more. >> shepard: i'm told to read. you ruined everything. >> i'm sorry. >> shepard: this thanksgiving could be one of the coldest ever in parts of the country. rick reichmuth live in the extreme weather center. will the balloons fly or not? >> i don't know about that. it's going to be windy. not over the 30 miles an hour threshold. big rain across parts of california. desperately need it to put out the fires, this rain should put out a lot of the fires that are across northern california and ends fire season completely. southern california, probably went get enough out of this. it will be significant. take a look hat this. doesn't look like much.

snow falling off of the great lakes. it's right behind this, the really cold air is, like january really cold. that's going to settle in here all across really down towards parts of the mid-atlantic, the southeastern state as well. feels like 38 in new york, 33 in boston. highs today not that bad. these are actual air temperatures today in the 20s for almost everybody. likely be the coldest air we've seen in 100 years on thanksgiving day. in a lot of cases, just breaking the records. doesn't last that long. by saturday, sunday, temperatures coming back. overnight tonight, cold air settles in here. by the time the balloons are trying to fly tomorrow, six degrees is what it will feel like across new york city. >> shepard: i'll pass. >> me too. >> shepard: thanks. a little while ago, we told you how john roberts sent out the note to the president saying look, mr. president, we don't have your judges and obama

judges and all the other judges. we have dedicated judges. send it out to him in an official statement. there's a tweet now. the president just reresponded saying sorry, chief justice john roberts. but you do indeed have obama judges. they have a much different point of view than the people that were charged with the safety of our country. it would be great if the ninth circuit was an independent judiciary. now we wait for another tweet. john roberts send it out earlier. the problem with this is, it could, if anybody believes all of this, take down trust in the system. the system which protects us from those that might not want the system to work just perfectly for personal reasons. john roberts says don't worry about us. we got this. the president's second part of the tweet should be coming soon.

the dow is closing. it was a sort of slow day down there. the volumes are really low. those the numbers were big earlier, not so much. hope you have a fantastic holiday. and i hope the rebels beat the bulldogs. i'll see you back here monday. >> holiday get away is on. americans from coast to coast hitting the roads and airports for thanksgiving as shoppers gear up for the biggest shopping day of the year. we're everywhere. welcome. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is fox on top of americans hitting the roads. mike tobin at o'hare airport on the big travel day. lauren simonetti in new jersey on the big holiday shopping push. mike? >> we're expecting to see holiday travel push into record territory. up 5.4% from last thanksgiving. expecting 4.7 million people to come through the