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last year. and now, as you might imagine, there are so many questions about why he was released and perhaps when the brits could have done something to prevent this had he been kept behind bars. doug mckelway with more on that. >> reporter: yesterday's terror attack is a reminder that despite ebbs and lulls in the pace of terrorism, it persists, and that vigilance by governments and citizens cannot wane. 28-year-old uzman khan, whose family came from pakistani-controlled kashmir, was radicalized in part through internet propaganda. among his long-term plans was to set up a training camp in pakistan much like osama bin laden did in afghanistan. >> we do everything we can, our agencies have stopped some 24 incidents over the last couple of years, and they continue to work in a fantastic and amazing way to keep us safe. vigilance from all of us is one of the most paramount things we

can do. we continue with our lives in every day every single day. >> we can never avoid 100% of them, but the kind of defense that this president has put in place, unlike his predecessor who was, frankly, inviting people in, for instance, massive numbers of syrian refugees and so forth that were unvetted by relative standards of this administration. >> reporter: president trump told american troops in afghanistan on thanksgiving that the u.s. has hundreds of terrorist prisoners in custody who are citizens of european countries. >> we'd like europe to take those prisoners. they have not stepped up to the plate at all. many come from france, many come from germany. they come from different countries in europe. they have not stepped up to the plate, that's not good. >> reporter: but there is also concern that i such a move would backfire. europe has often been more lean p cent with such prisoners. khan, for example, was released only halfway new an earlier terrorism sentence. he was wearing an ankle bracelet at the time of his knife attack.

leland in. leland: yeah. and we have heard even from boris johnson, the british prime minister, how upset he was about that fact. doug mckelway, thank you very much. laura's got a lot more on that. laura: that's right. we bring in the director of the margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation, nile guarder in. thanks for being with us to kind of digest everything that we're learning. so as we're learning more about the people that were involved in yesterday's violent attack, first, the suspect was a convicted terrorist who had been released from prison last december wearing an electronic monitor. now the bbc is reporting that one of the victims was a university of cambridge graduate who was working at a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near the bridge when this happened, and the attacker was in attendance at that conference. so you just think about what was happening yesterday before this attack, and it makes everything all the much worse. >> it's absolutely extraordinary

that you have a convicted terrorist who was sentenced originally for life, actually, by a judge who recommended that he never be released, who was then given a 16-year sentence upon appeal and then released after 6 years. and then allowed to attend a conference authorized by cambridge university in london on rehabilitation of prisoners. it's just amazing this individual was allowed on the streets of london. and he was part of a terror cell convicted of plotting to blow up the london stock exchange. they also plotted to try and kill boris johnson, who was then the mayor of london. they also plotted to attack the u.s. embassy. and they also plotted to create a terrorist training camp in pakistan. and yet this individual and many others like him have been released on the streets early, and they have been free to roam around and cause, inflict terror

attacks like this. and something has to be done about this. the criminal justice system, i think, in the u.k -- as it is across much of europe -- is completely broken, and we immediate to see -- we need to see terrorists who are convicted of terrorist plots kept in jail for life. they should not be released. laura: absolutely. >> absolutely abhorrent situation here. something has to be done about it. and the british prime minister, boris johnson, is pledging to completely overhaul, i think, the system here and to insure that those terrorists who are put in jail are never free from prison. laura: it's just unbelievable as these details are unfolding. and our gillian turner reporting news from a middle eastern wire service that the islamic state is claiming responsibility for the attack. and as we have been, you know, learning more about this, we know that he was wearing a explosive device looking contraption on his body. your take on that? >> yeah, very significant here. it is important to point out this particular individual was

actually linked to al-qaeda originally, but he did have close ties with a radical hate preacher who was sent to jail, actually, in the u.k. for his support for isis. and khan certainly was radicalized certainly in part by chaudhry. chaudhry himself was actually released early from prison himself, actually, which is another extraordinary situation. but without a doubt, you have a very significant isis and al-qaeda presence on the ground in the united kingdom. there are an estimated 3,000 individuals, radicalized individuals who are being monitored by the police as citizens of special interest for the u.k. authorities. and this is a huge, massive security problem for the united kingdom. the threat posed by islamist terrorists remains very grave in the united kingdom. and at the end of the day, we are still engaged in a global war against islamist terrorists

who seek the destruction of the west, who seek the destruction of the free world. and this individual, mr. khan, certainly is a good example of that, someone who should have spent the rest of his life in prison. and we need to have tougher policies in place in order to keep these terrorists in jail indefinitely, and we need to basically take the war to the terrorists. laura: i also want to talk real quickly about the heroes of this story, you know, these brave members of the public who jumped in to wrestle this guy to the ground. some using the only items they could get their hands on, i want to show you the cover of "the new york post," everyday heroes, talking about these people that jumped into action. you know, a lot of people in new york you see something, you say something, and one of the biggest pieces of advice we give each other is eyes up, be aware of your surroundings. and kudos to these people who

jumped into action. >> yeah, absolutely. it's very significant that the british public not just on this occasion, but on many occasions have stepped in to take down terrorists, and then the police have swiftly moved in immediately. and in this case, the police shot dead the terrorist, which was absolutely the right thing to do. but without a doubt, the british people willing to stand up to terrorists. they're going to tackle terrorists whenever they encounter them in london and across the united kingdom x. i think there was a great deal of bravery and heroism we saw on the streets of london we saw yesterday afternoon from members of the public who intervened to save the lives of many others. laura: nile, we want to leave it there. thank you so much for your perspective on this important story. we'll continue to bring you the very latest. thank you, nile. leland? leland: and we are getting some new information this afternoon about the suspect in the stabbing that happened in the hague. police say they now have a 35-year-old homeless man in custody. he's accused of stabbing three

teens. the victims have all been released right now, we're told, from the hospital. we'll monitor. that. president trump is in mar-a-lago down in palm beach for the holiday weekend as the house impeachment inquiry is slated to resume next week. democrats have given the president a deadline to decide if his lawyers are going to take part in the hearing. kevin corke would with the very difficult task of traveling with the president for his holiday visit to palm beach. hi, kevin. >> reporter: not too bad, right? good to be with you. will they or won't they? that's the real question for house democrats about whether or not the white house will take part in this latest opportunity to unpack the impeachment inquiry. the next step, obviously, is set to begin this month. now, i want to take you through sort of a tick tock of where we are at this point. december 6th is the real date i want you to keep an eye on, lucky, as we move forward. the white house, obviously, has a little more time than before. december 6th is the new deadline

which the white house has to let the committee know how they or will they participate. by the way, that'll also include the introduction of evidence and witnesses. i should also tell you this too, leland, that is the very same deadline for republican lawmakers on the committee to declare witnesses and evidence as well. then, of course, december 9th, that's when chairman nadler's committee will have a chance to consider the matter. do keep this in mind, he can approve or reject any request for witnesses and materials by the white house and the gop. for their part, the white house is really concerned that what's happened in the adam schiff-led intel committee will be replicated in the nadler hearing, which is to say it'll be an unfair process. but democrats on capitol hill, lucky, say there is no reason that the president and, for that matter, the white house counsel's office shouldn't participate. but there are, well, there are some skeptics among the republicans. >> i hope the president does participate in the judiciary

committee hearings, that he has his counsel there so we see a fair, open, transparent process. and i'm going to wait and see what the recommendation is of the intelligence committee, the judiciary committee, and then i'll make my decision. >> you know, what'ses so interesting about what the president is saying and what republicans are saying, it's the same thing we've been saying for months: there's nothing impeachable here, this is a witch hunt. >> reporter: okay. as you know, democrats would like to have a decision made sometime before christmas. if we're going to impeach the president, let's get that done in the house. or if we're going to censure the president, let's get that done in the house. one way or the other, we should know by then if they do choose the foreman, that means we're looking at -- former, that means we're looking at a senate trial sometime in january which means a very interesting winter in washington. for now, back to you. leland: in february there's those iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries that could change it all. kevin corke down in west palm beach monitoring all of that. thank you, sir.

laura? laura: okay. have you been out there or on your computer at least? the holiday shopping scramble has begun, and retailers are already seeing record-setting spending. online, at least. ellison barber joins us live to break down the numbers. hey, ellison, have you been out there shopping? >> reporter: oh, yeah, all the days, all the days. [laughter] people shopped a lot on black friday and on thanksgiving day. as you said, the biggest numbers we are seeing, they're all from online. online shoppers spent $4.2 billion on thanksgiving. that is a 14.5 increase from the last year. experts think online sales are going to end up hitting $7.4 billion. on friday alone, and that is just sales in the u.s. some people woke up early the day after thanksgiving and headed to the mall, but most seemed to do their shopping from the comfort of their home. a huge chunk of revenue on thanksgiving day came from smartphones. adobe analytics is monitoring thousands of online retail

sites, and they say smartphone shopping is going to make up almost 50 percent of retail holiday growth this year. cyber monday is expected to break records with retailers bringing in $9.4 billion, 18% over last year. cyber weekend is thanksgiving day through cyber monday, and you can see in the charts that people spend more online on the big days, black friday and cyber monday. but people are spending a whole lot of money the entire weekend. cyber weekend 2019 is expected to break $29 billion and account for 20% of the total holiday season's revenue. out of every $4 spent online, $3 are coming from purchases made on smartphones. the national retail federation is right, we are all going to keep shopping. the nrf expects holiday retail sales online and in brick and mortar stores to fall between $728 billion and $731 billion. that's for the full holiday season which is now through december.

laura? laura: all right, ellison, maybe we can compare notes later today. thank you so much -- >> reporter: you bet. laura: -- for that report. leland: we bring in steve moore of the heritage foundation, friend of the show well, to talk about how this all plays in all right. big picture, as an economist, do you care whether people are spending it online or in stores or on their smartphones? >> you know, we -- they call it cyber monday, maybe we might have to call it cyber friday, because it looks like more sales were done, leland, this weekend online than in retailers. yeah, you know, i do worry about the retail sector. it's a major part of employment and the shopping malls of the country. but the most important thing is are people spending, and the absolute answer right now is, yes. leland, this is a blockbuster economy. i mean, we just had further evidence of this this week. and i've been talking a lot on this show -- leland: you talk about a block buster economy, and then you talk about how you want to lower

interest rates. [laughter] >> well, first off, you know, just acknowledge the fact that the reason people are spending more money is because they have more money. they have bigger paychecks. they have -- and this is a great time to be an american worker. families are feeling flush with cash, and they're spending it. now, in terms of the fed -- leland: we'll get to that. but they tie in on this point. there may be record spending, which is what ellison talked about, there is also record debt. we're not talking about the national debt, we're talking consumer debt. the american consumers eau $14 -- owe $14 trillion. the government owes more than that but not much. is this cheap credit environment we're in where people can buy virtually everything they want and pay virtual hi no interest, is that dangerous in creating the same kind of bubble we saw in 2008? >> you know, maybe. but, look, we have -- leland: oh, there is a, there is a -- [laughter] a little pessimism in steve moore. >> look, i mean, i don't like

massive consumer debt. but on the other hand, you know, we have interest rates that are so low right now, now is not a bad time to be borrowing. leland: you know as well as i do that if the rates go up even just a little bit, they go up a lot on credit cards. >> that's true. leland: that is a very big squeeze. >> that's a fair point. my point is though, you know, when i was graduated from college, we had 14, 15 interest rates. now they're 2 and 3 and 4% -- leland: i think i -- [laughter] >> look, i mean, the point is, you know, the low interest rates have been a boon to the economy as well. now, you raise a good question, are they going to last, how long are they going to last. i wish i knew the answer to. that but i never thought i'd see the day when you have interest rates this low, and it is a blessing. and, you know, when you combine that with low unemployment and rising wages, people just feel good about their financial situation and they're spending. leland: clearly, that's what we're seeing play out whether online or in traditional brick

and mortar stores. put up the chart of what that meant for the u.s. stock market. when you think about it -- >> look at that. leland: this is dow from the low in march of 2009 up til the present day up now 3x. a lot of that is stocks like apple that has exploded -- >> apple and google are trillion dollar companies now. leland: right. and you also have some brick and mortar retailers that have expanded, walmart and target and other as well. all good things come to an end in economics, as we have learned. where do we look for the warning signs that that is about to happen? >> well, you're right. i mean, this is, you know, this recovery began in june of 2009. this is almost december of 2019, so this is a ten-and-a-half year recovery, one of the longest recoveries ever. what i would look at is whether or not the stock market continues to grow. i'd look at what's happening with business spending. the one area of weakness that i see right now is businesses are

not investing at the pace they were a couple of years ago. and ultimately are, that's a, you know, lead indicator. by the way, if we can get this trade deal done, both the u.s.-canada-mexico one and the china one, then i think businesses will start spending again. but, look, i'm not one that believes that bull market expansions like we're in right now die of old age. they don't. they die because of policy -- leland: okay, you think about that. thises from "wall street journal," a tight jobs market insulates a slowing economy and perhaps trump two. that brings up -- >> what does that mean, trump two? oh -- t-o-o -- leland: the president as well. >> yes. leland: the question becomes this, as we've seen this massive expansion, we saw this last year, stock market dropped 20. recession was -- we could all see recession coming. you and i talked about it. >> by the way, the reason that didn't happen is because the fed finally took trump's advice and

stopped raising -- leland: are you worried about something like that happens in october of next year, that that drastically changes the dynamics of the election in. >> absolutely. if the economy's as strong a year from now as it is today, i think trump wins re-election. if it goes weak, you know, he's in trouble, no doubt about it. bill clinton said it's the economy, stupid -- leland: i think it was james carville, but it goes to the interesting point though that perhaps is that one of the reasons we're hearing from him and from you this argument about interest rates? >> you mean to keep them low? leland: yeah. >> look, a year ago the fed was raising rate, and, my gosh, the stock market crashed by 2500 points. i like where the fed is right now. i'd do one more rate cut, but i think we're in a good position with interest rates -- leland: a happy steve moore, i never thought the i would see it. [laughter] good to see you, sir, thank you. have you back around christmas to digest. >> sounds good.

leland: laura? laura: the united autoworkers and fiat chrysler reaching a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract including $9 million in investments and $9,000 signing bonuses. it still needs final approval from workers. fiat chrysler is the last company to settle on a new contract with the union. leland: new information in the collapse of part of that hard rock hotel. watching the crane come down, why i.c.e. agents are now involved. ♪ ♪ ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight.

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chest. a close friend told espn that his family expects him to survive. we'll keep you updated. leland: an undocumented construction worker who was injured in the collapse of the new orleans hard rock hotel -- who can forget this video? -- has been deported to honduras by i.c.e. a lawyer working on the 38-year-old's case says he may have been targeted because he had complained about issues before the collapse including that concrete floors were sagging. ramirez palma had lost an appeal in early october, as we watch that crane come down one more time. ♪ ♪ laura: well, you may have heard former vice president joe biden is kicking off his no malarkey bus tour in iowa today. christina coleman is standing by live with those details on what's happening with biden and other candidates. >> reporter: well, candidates

are back out on the campaign trail after thanksgiving, and several of them in iowa right now campaigning at local businesses during the small business saturday. california senator kamala harris shopped with her sister in west des moines p, iowa, this morning. her sister is the chairwoman for her campaign which has been making headlines this week. her flagging campaign is reported wily in turmoil. a -- reportedly in turmoil. a former staffer writing in a resignation letter, quote: this is my third presidential campaign, and i have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly. with less than 90 days til iowa, we still do not have a real plan to win. that same staffer was hired this week by michael bloomberg's campaign. former vice president joe biden is also in the hawkeye state right now ahead of the iowa caucuses to gain some ground on the three opponents leading in the nomination race in iowa. the latest polls show biden in fourth place behind mayor pete

buttigieg and senators bernie sanders and warren, although warren has slipped in recent polls. however, she is still ahead of minnesota senator amy klobuchar who is campaigning in early voting state south carolina today. klobuchar attended a democratic party breakfast this morning. she also stopped by businesses on this small business saturday. as the candidates campaign on ways to create more jobs and economic growth. laura? laura: all right, christina coleman for us tracking it all, thanks so much. leland in. leland: british prime minister boris johnson visiting the london bridge earlier just one day after a man killed two people, wounded three others. new information about why the suspect was out of jail even though he'd been charged with related terrorist crimes before. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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isis has claimed responsibility for friday's stabbing attack. that is according to the agency news service which is isis' in-house news service, you might say. this as police say the suspect had a prior conviction on terror charges and somehow was out of prison. kitty logan live in our london bureau following these developments. hi, kitty. >> reporter: hi, leland. well, there's no independent confirmation of that claim or any kind of confirmation by authorities here, but police have named 28-year-old usman khan as the man they say was the attacker. now, as you say, he was a convicted terrorist. he was released from prison just last december, and we know now that he was involved in this incident on london bridge where two people were killed and five others were injured. the suspect went on the rampage armed with two large knives and wearing a fake suicide vest. he began stabbing people at a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. he'd been invited this as part

of his deal as, on remand. he ran out onto the bridge after attacking people at that conference. he was very quickly cornered by members of the public who wrestled him to the ground. police arrived on the scene within minutes as well, dragged those passers-by out of harm's way, then they shot him dead. now, usman khan served six years in prison for planning to bomb the london stock exchange, a sentence which had been reduced on appeal. police say he had abided with his terms of probation, and he was brought to that conference on london under those conditions. so many are now questioning with why khan was freed so early and why he was free to do, to take part in this attack. visiting the scene of the attack today, british prime minister boris johnson said it was a mistake to allow violent criminals out of prison so early. >> it does not make sense for us as a society putting terrorist,

people convicted of terror to offenses or serious violent offenses out on early release. we argue that people should serve, terrorists serve the term for which they're sentenced. >> reporter: police are now searching khan's home as part of their extensive investigation. they want to determine how this convicted terrorist was allowed to strike so easily in the heart of london. so all of that area where the attack happened around london bridge is still closed off while police gather evidence, but they have today praised those members of the public who jumped in and whistled the suspect to the ground that could have saved many lives, leland. leland: yeah. you have to think there's going to be a lot more police presence as the busy london shopping season ramps up. kitty logan, thank you. laura, we look back to gillian turner's reporting, this from an intel source inside the united states intelligence community. europe has to stop treating these guys like criminals, they are not.

they see themselves as freedom fighters doing god's work. it's very difficult to rehabilitate them. those are the people that europe already has detained. and then you think about the thousands of members of the islamic state who were under kurdish control, now may be under turkish control after the switch in syria, and so many of those perhaps being sent home to europe to meet the very same justice that this guy did. laura: right. and rewinding even the tape of the day, is so to speak, the suspect being invited to be at this conference and thinking what that was like for all those people in attendance who were listening to prisoner rehabilitation talk, and then suddenly this guy pulls out a knife and starts attacking people. when you talk about the everyday heroes that jumped into action that kitty was talking about and those details, that's what we look forward to in the coming days. hopefully, they'll talk to us, talk to the media and tell us about those moments of making the decision of whether or not to stay on the sidelines and

jump into action. you've got one guy e who grabbed a fire extinguisher, another guy who grabbed a 5-foot-long tusk off of after a wall. everybody took what they could get to chase this guy out of there and get the knife out of his hand. incredible feat. leland: that conference was called learning together. there were folks there who had to learn, as you point out, very quickly about how to deal with an attack as it happened. laura: right. all right. well, we'll have more as the day develops. leland, also here at home we're talking about u.s. distributers who are trying to manage the recent 25% punitive tariffs placed on e.u. imports on a number of products including french wines, single malt scotch and irish whiskey. that might make some people sit up and pay attention. so will it make an impact on your wallet? joining us now is the owner of pittsburgh's dread knot wines and other thanker of school

of -- and owner of school of wine and spirit. thank you so much for being here. you have the greatest job that we've heard of so far today -- [laughter] >> thank you. laura: i want to get your perspective of what this is like in the real world. we keep hearing retailers are reporting record sales numbers, so how are things looking for your business today? >> well, we're doing great for this season, and i think people just have to take a breath when they hear things about liquor tariffs. but all the pieces aren't instantly -- prices aren't instantly going to go up 25%. i can be pretty comfortable in saying that across the board. laura: so the tariffs, when we hear it affecting these small businesses and large businesses, how does it affect you when you talk about 25% in what does that mean for your customers in does that mean that favorite bottle of wine that you lo is going to be -- love is going to be 25% more expensive? how does that break down in your

store? >> well, at the consumer level from now and through christmas a lot of the prices won't move at all. so it starts back with, actually, the actual producer in france or spain and the people who directly import the products. they're negotiating with the producers. the producers understand that, you know, we're getting hit with the increases. and so they're kind of helping out also. they're -- they look at it more globally than that. they have of to sell to other countries also. so if they raise the price a little bit to everybody, then the united states doesn't carry the whole burden. and then the people who import, they take and they wiggle their margins a little bit so they're not adding a complete 25% onto it. then it comes to distributers like us.

we get a slight increase. they -- our increase is somewhere between, oh, probably about 10%, 12%. laura: okay. >> then we have to determine what kind of increase we're going to put on. so the consumer ultimately will probably see an increase of somewhere between 3-8%. laura: okay. well, when we talk about how these businesses will be taking a hit on this, what do you hope the general public will take away from it? you know, your customers learn about how you need to operate. are there any tips on how consumers can adjust? i was reading today, for instance, about a pittsburgh company that sells cheese. they're expecting to take a big loss. what can you advise consumers on this? >> well, there's certainly wines from other countries that aren't being hit with these tariffs. but in the greater picture also if you look at french wines, the prices of french wines, and then say, for instance, even some wines from america, even with

the increase in price, the price of the french wine for the same quality still could be less than the american wine. and i know a lot of people say, oh, well, just don't drink french wines, drink something else. but we don't say to steel makers, well, you made that out of steel, now make it out of paper or plastic. laura: sure. >> it's not a one for one. for people who drink wine and taste wine and like french wine, saying to them, well, now drink american wine, it's just not the same thing. lauer lawyer i also want to mention before i let you go that small business saturday today, such an important day for you and other businesses. obviously, sales, sales, sales is the goal. what else would you like to see happen today? raising awareness for small businesses has always seemed to be key. >> that is key. and i think, you know, in the wine industry shop at small stores, shop for, you know,

small distributers, you know? support the little guy, the little guys you add them all up, they're bigger than the big guys. so think about the little guys. laura: we hope that people will be enjoying what you have to offer. deb, thank you so much. i was looking at the pictures there of you pouring wine and teaching people. we look forward to hearing how you to after the holiday season, okay? >> thank you very much. laura: deb, thank you very much. >> thank you. leland: in the scene in hong kong -- this the scene in hong kong. folks waving american flags and singing the national anthem after a move by president trump to show support for pro-democracy protesters. you can imagine the chinese aren't so happy. we're going to let you know what they're saying coming up. ♪ ♪ to our military service members at home and abroad for all their hard work and sacrifice. we all sleep easier knowing you're out there

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leland: all right. people in the streets of hong kong singing the u.s. national anthem and waving american flags one day after president trump signed two bills backing the pro-democracy protesters there in hong kong. the chinese foreign ministry calling the move a, quote, severe interference in hong kong affairs, serious violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations. shocking, the chinese are not so happy about pro-democracy protesters, laura. what's interesting to watch now as we're seeing is how much this is energizing the protesters in hong kong. from the south china morning post there in asia, a sense of unease hangs over hong kong as protesters prepare for anti-government rally near site of violent crash between radicals and police. this has certainly emboldened the protesters to get this real voice of support from president trump and not only from the president, but also from both chambers of congress that passed

the law. laura: absolutely. you know, when you see those images, i mean, they really are so just incredible to watch. the american flags being flown and being waved around in hong kong, and some of the protesters who were out there on the streets waving those flags had something to say. here are some of them on thursday. >> i think that we have no -- we are not strong enough to address the chinese government. and we have -- we hope american government can support us. >> we are here because we know the united states has -- [inaudible] for hong kong this morning, so we especially want to thank the united states citizens is and also the president, donald trump, for supporting hong kong. finish. laura: you know, a lot of people say that the move of signing those bills was a risky one but, obviously, leland, the folks of hong kong waving those flags

certainly behind the president on that. leland: well, yeah. the risk that the chinese retaliate9 in one way or another. one way they could is in terms of the trade negotiations that are going on right now. this from the chinese foreign minister, the latest statement saying their act -- meaning the united states' -- will only further expose the malicious and hegemonic nature of u.s. intentions to the chinese people including our hong kong compatriots. we urge the u.s. not to continue going down the wrong path or china will take countermeasures, and the u.s. must bear all consequences. not a very veiled threat when it comes to the negotiations that are going on. steve moore talked about that just a little while ago, that the china trade deal could have major ramifications to the u.s. economy, have major ramifications to the chinese as well. so now comes the game of chicken. but political observers will tell you this sort of plays into president trump's week of being presidential. you have the visit to the church in afghanistan -- laura: right. leland: -- you've got this in

terms of foreign policy. very different than the week he had before. laura: and you know what? a couple of important weeks coming up. those trade talk deadlines coming up december 15, 16th, we'll see how it goes from there, leland. and another subject to get to, mexico's disaster prevention agency dealing with a very active volcano. take a look at that. how many people are at risk? we'll talk about that after the break. ♪ granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ make family-sized meals fast, and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪

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laura: a winter storm making its way across the country could cause problems for people trying to get home this weekend. jacqui heinrich has the latest on the potential travel headaches. sounds like there's going to be a lot of them. >> reporter: yeah, laura. this is the first really significant storm of the season s and it's a slow mover, so folks in the northeast are bracing for about 36 hours of severe weather. it's happening on one of the busiest weekends of the year. 55 million americans are traveling for the holiday, the most since 2005. today airports across the country have already seen nearly 250 cancellations and more than 2200 delays. in the midwest and northeast, being hit hardest today, tomorrow and monday, airlines are issuing change fee waivers preemptively. 30 cities in the northeast for

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rescuers found the bodies of two other children. the national weather service is warning people in the path of this storm, don't be on the roads unless you have to be. laura? laura: wow. incredible pictures and an important message. thank you so much. we hope everyone gets home safely after this holiday weekend. thank you. leland: there is the white house christmas tree, there is the bethlehem christmas tree overlooking manger square. we'll tell you about the lighting ceremony coming up. ♪ ♪ possibly... tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax.

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leland: 43 miles from méxico city where giant volcano is disrupting air traffic and putting over 25 million people at risk, it's already spewed gas, lava and ash 100 times this year. >> and the christmas spirit also being felt halfway around the world, crowds gathering in the ancient biblical city of --

leland: been there a for times. thatthat does it for us, journal editorial report is up next. ♪ ♪ paul: welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, the democratic impeach mint inquiry is set to enter a new phase next week with the house judiciary committee scheduled to hold its first public hearing on wednesday as it prepares to draft articles of impeachment against president trump. democrats on the house intelligence committee say they'll deliver a report to the judiciary committee shortly after they return from thanksgiving break following two weeks of their own public hearings that left americans closely divided on the question of impeachment. a new quinnipiac university poll shows 45% of voters think president trump should be impeached and removed from