and he should enjoy a thanksgiving. he deserves that. and i think wherever he is right now, general michael flynn agrees. he is going to have a good thanksgiving. i hope you do as well. that will do it for here. here comes "the five." ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone i'm dana perino, greg gutfeld, it is 5:00 in new york city and welcome to a special edition of "the five." turkey fresh on the minds of millions of americans as they hit the road this thanksgiving and maybe you are on the road right now but things will be different this year as taking some aggressive steps with ongoing search in new covid-19 cases across the country, no no last-minute shopping in new mexico. the government shutting down a

dozen grocery stores after employees tested positive for the virus. new york city is at a checkpoint with quarantine out-of-state travelers and despite no evidence, outdoor dining to search and casas restaurants in los angeles county forced to shut their doors except for takeout and delivery. so they are calling on residents to cancel nonessential travel. earlier, president-elect joe biden delivered a thanksgiving address and says each of us has a responsibility in the fight against covid. speak with the federal government cannot do this alone. each of us has a responsibility in our own lives to do what we can do to expose the virus. every decision we make matters. every decision we make can save lives. none of these steps we are asking people to take or political statements. everyone is based on science, real science appearance before let's go around here, emily one

of the things about the science especially when it comes to outdoor dining is los angeles county health department says it does not have data showing outdoor dining leading to the spread but now these restaurants are going to be closed for at least three weeks. >> emily: that is exactly right, dean appeared to the contrary the fact that the small businesses in these restaurants are dying. as we know the restaurant industry the single largest private employer of the united states 11 million jobs on the line with 100,000 shut permanently. i don't understand why people think government is the answer and the solution to problems and not the cause of it. especially with these executive orders coming down the line, all of these governors know how to do is fearmongering and ticket and find their way out of the virus. but that is not going to work. so take maine where the sunday brewery dared to stay open and in response inspected them 30 times and find them $6,000 a

day. there was not one covid contraction found at that brewery. they are shut down or in l.a. like you mentioned a restaurant with 62 year multigenerational history outside dining, and by the way 70 degrees today and l.a. so that is what we are dealing with. zero data and that covid can be conducted to support these overblown, overbroad government overreach. and executive order and pointing to the detriments of these orders. >> dana: not only that geraldo come at the restaurant owners and small businesses have invested to figure out a way to make things safer so they did te plexiglass, the distancing, spruce it up a little bit, even flowers and plants and things like that. so those are costs as well. >> geraldo: i think many, dana committed these measures may be overblown and overwrought. but you don't want to be the governor or the mayor who presides over the people of

dying just as a vaccine is coming online. we had 156 deaths in ohio yesterday. it was a record for the buckeye state. very, very concerning and we are all looking at this bitter irony at december-december 11 of the beginning of the vaccine and so i mean for three weeks, we have to grin and bear it. my dad in the coffee shop binder business and i know how tough it is to start, restart, but you know you just don't want to be the last person dying before the vaccine is given. >> dana: i get that and i think things are complicated. let me ask you, greg, some of these decisions are closing an entire grocery store because a few cases where employees tested positive so now it just makes it that much harder to get the essentials so the essential staying open the first time. >> greg: another solution but i would like to quote the philosopher michael melis who said "tyranny is when the

population is imprisoned. freedom is when the politicians are." and i'm thinking about this as geraldo brings up you don't want to be the governor. that is actually why you become a politician. you want to be the governor, not just during the good times but the bad times. and you have to take these risks. you are just not going to be the governor when it's healthy. closing the grocery stores you know that the people who made that decision knew in advance they were doing it. you know they didn't close the grocery stores until after they are made went shopping. that is what gets me so mad about this is that people, the people that are making these rules are making these rules with exemptions built in for themselves. we have seen this with lori lightfoot, gavin newsom, andrew cuomo and his brother, chris. they all take advantage of their status and their political power. meanwhile me -- not leave

because i do will a little bit of power, dana, i don't know if you know that. >> dana: i feel it. >> greg: we have to look at the statistics and emily is right there is no science in the outdoor dining when the temperature is 70 freaking degrees but sending people inside, inside and tight rooms which are stuffy, which viruses enjoy places where there is not air current flowing. right? so this doesn't help. then threatening to arrest people. where are you going to but them? in jail where covid is rising. this makes no sense at all. but i'm a broken record on this. we have been talking about this forever. freedom versus lockdown. we have to keep starting this conversation over every single day because we are looking at deaths and we are looking at risk but we have to remind ourselves that death and injury is around every corner. we have to look at this with a sober ride. the case of fatality rate is 23%

since may and that is because treatment, we are testing more. and so more cases the death rate will drop. and we are just better at isolating the vulnerable which is what we should keep doing. >> dana: the hypocrisy, my sister outside of denver sent me this morning denver mayor michael hancock, you know he boarded a flight to go to houston and on his way to mississippi but then his office had put out a statement saying "don't travel." >> the rules are not for the rule makers. they were for the citizens. but i'm actually proud of americans for showing an independent spirit. you know, dana, i know you know this after 9/11 we had debate about how much freedom we are willing to trade for security. why are we having the same conversations when coming to this pandemic where surely, more freedoms for security from a virus we have to take seriously? with all respect, to geraldo,

bear what? bear the fact that these mandates have invaded our families, holidays, traditions and that we can't have a beer without ordering an appetizer in new york? now in vermont this east german style encouragement of children to tell on each other about what they did over thanksgiving day holiday. geraldo, at some point grin and bear is not enough. by the way before we move on to greg's point, really quick about politicians versus freedom of loving americans, my favorite authoritarian through this whole thing so far i think is actually republic larry hogan from merrill lynch who said earlier this week you don't have a constitutional right to go mask lives. he compared it to drunk driving. you don't have a constitutional right to drink and drive so you cannot go mask free. the constitution binds governors and politicians. it doesn't find -- >> this jingle rhetoric, this

faux rage you are generating among people rather than stressing where the mask, keep your distance, wash her hands and let's get practical here. there was a vaccine coming tomorrow. why can't we just be patient? we have three weeks. >> geraldo, i promise you -- >> geraldo: we have record debts in ohio yesterday. not just months ago, not six months from now, yesterday. people here are scared to death. >> geraldo -- i assure you this outrage is not faux. you can take this virus seriously and the american people can beat and are responsible. we don't need politicians to mandate -- >> geraldo: where your mask. >> dana: all right, guys guys, good talk. issuing a full pardon to general michael flynn. we are talking about it next on "the five." research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia.

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♪ >> greg: president trump issuing a full pardon for michael flynn, former national security advisor. trump tweeted "it is my great honor to announce that general michael t flynn has been granted a full pardon. congratulations to general flynn and his wonderful family. i know you will now have a truly fantastic thanksgiving." flynn pled guilty 2017 to logging to the fbi in the early stages of the russia investigation i.e. hoax. so geraldo, i believe this is great news. i know you feel the same way

because we know he was entrapped by a group of people out for a trump scalloped. he would just happen to be a victim of circumstance. that is me. >> geraldo: i don't know about the circumstances but bravo, president trump. you did exactly the right thing. general flynn was a great soldier in afghanistan. he became very political, get that. and rub some people the wrong way because he was a political activist, but this whole thing with kinsley at the russian ambassador and the conversation, he knew that he had been in moscow, washington, d.c., together, chatting him up and be cool. and for the fbi to come to the white house and entrap him, you are exactly right. it was entrapment. they went there to get him and it was a perjury trap here they asked him a question that they knew he could not answer without embarrassing himself. then they parlayed that and they

wanted to get them fired or arrested. and because of their greedy, anti-trump hatred with home bureau with mueller with this revenge squad to get trump, just collateral damage, greg. >> greg: dana, the other thing, judge sullivan who refused to come i guess to grant dismissal, even though pretty much everybody was on the same page. >> dana: right, as i understand judges are reluctant to overturn things when someone has pled guilty originally. then want to change the plea. but the justice department said when you're cool with him changing his play. so judge up and drag this out for six months. and i know and i'm sure michael flynn and his lawyer and family would have preferred a dismissal because that means there is nothing on the record, there is nothing. now a full pardon also means and i do think a dismissal would have been better, but given that the judge was not granting that

in the pardon was given an out that case is mute in front of the judge. >> greg: i love that word, that is a great word. anybody upset about the michael flynn thinks remember who president obama pardoned. f al in terrorist responsible for 100 bombings. this is the first time i've asked you a question in ten years. back in the days of redeye, you have definitely cleaned up come i have to say. [laughter] >> thank you. >> greg: what are your thoughts on any other pardons? do you see any other pardons coming up? >> we will see about other pardons but let's talk about flynn if i might. adam schiff talk about the president pardoning process with organized crime. what would organize crime look like? all the levels of power on a single individual using extortion to break that person both judicially, legislatively and financially. and all of that is what happened to michael flynn. he is broke.

the justice department originally in the court system, his own lawyers, the fbi all levered against this one single individual to see this man received a pardon is honestly an act of justice. may be to dana's point he might have got a dismissal but this is the only guarantee past the justice to michael flynn that he very much deserves at this moment. >> greg: emily i will ask you a curve ball questions will be prepared. i hope you are prepared, you are a lawyer. it was asked whether donald trump should pardon himself and the person who was answering the question might have been karl rove, no that would make him look guilty. and i'm thinking to myself, people that are saying they will go after trump don't even have a crime to charge him so it is like you should pardon himself because they will go after him and then find the charge. so wouldn't you tell trump, you should pardon yourself because

these people are coming after you without even a crime? >> emily: greg, i like your style but i think that is a very creative move for him in the form of messaging npr. but it is mute, your favorite word because without a crime or conviction there is nothing to pardon. so if i can i will speak to this. to me, guys it's not the flynn pardon but the reason the pardon was necessary. and taking a step forward, judge sullivan, he sat on uncontested department of justice motion to dismiss for almost seven months. now we know the incoming administration pledged not to use the doj to build it like a weapon but i hope that includes conducting an audit of the judiciary in holding responsible these kind of errant judges that are clearly political activists. you know me. i'm not usually if your monger but this to me was absolutely absurd. he tried to circumnavigate the justice system.

i hope moving forward, i hope we see these judges held responsible. >> greg: absolutely. you know, dana, i know he will pardon more people. and putting out the name of will kim. >> dana: what did she do? >> greg: she went to jail and refused to snitch on her friends and got a year for logging, who do you ever lie in court, who is that person, the judge? i'm a law abiding person but it happened in a shoot-out back in 2001. and i think that trump should do it before the grammys. she did win a grammy for marmalade remake. >> dana: love that album. >> greg: then little kim can go to the grammys and say donald trump at the grammys come i know you are watching. >> dana: great idea, greg. >> greg: joe biden -- >> dana: but don't pardon that other person. do not do it! [laughter] >> i know what you are saying.

>> greg: but wouldn't it drive people crazy if he pardon her? >> dana: great, but do not pardon the other person. >> the congressman from staten island. >> greg: there you go, that's not bad. joe biden and he answers critics who say he's obama's third term. ♪ ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event.

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♪ >> welcome back, everybody is biden administration destined to be nothing more than a third term for president obama? biden incoming cabinet which chocked full with familiar faces giving supporters and critics the major case of obama era

deja vu. the president-elect said, not so fast. >> this is not a third obama term. we face a totally different world then we phased in the obama/biden administration. the president, president trump has changed the landscape. it has become america first. we have been in america alone. we find ourselves where alliances are being frayed. speak with the president-elect is also laying out his first 100 days in office and what they would be like. >> i am going to make a commitment the first 100 days and i will send an immigration bill to the united states senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in america. >> geraldo: i like that idea giving the pathway to citizenship of 11 million. it won't fly. i think the senate, greg, will hold it up and never allow it to be passed.

i think they should compromise and go with the dreamers legalized and do that first, what do you think? >> greg: first of all, let's talk about what he said our alliances were free to enter trump here that is not true at all. he's got th the whole equation backward. alliances do not make a country strong. a strong country gets you alliances. we saw that. we saw that under trump. we saw so many people realizing that, you know what, he's not that bad. he's okay here then he starts working and everybody realizes come up we have to create an economy, nobody backs coming home and all of a sudden, this kind of person receives this turns out to be a pretty good leader of amnesty, okay? this again, who is this helping? who is this helping? why is he doing it? because the fact is we have the lowest unemployment for minorities and teenagers and women in modern history. why was that?

because jobs were available. and he's going to reverse that. it's not going to help people. >> dana, you recognize these names janet yellen, the new treasurer secretary, ron klain, the vice president's chief of staff will now be chief of staff as president. he is bringing back old john kerry, jake sullivan, tony blinken, it is like the return. >> dana: one thing that we have learned about joe biden is that he likes to surround himself with people that he's known for a long time. he likes the fact some of these people have had multiple years of experience and don't forget, geraldo, everybody on the list that he has announced so far confirmed by the senate at least for something along the way. so that makes senate confirmation a little bit easier. biden seems to be quite happy to be seen in normal, boring guy. that is how he ran, that is how he governs from a back to normal, everything is fine. so i think maybe we should let

them get their feet on the ground and see how it looks because no term is exactly like the previous president. something always happens. just take a look at this year. something happened. something changes in 2001, 9/11 something always changes that makes it a different. it is not exactly a third obama term but it looks like it at the moment. >> greg: do they deserve patience after what they have done? that is a hard thing. >> dana: i am just think i'm not prepared to see a third obama intellectually in office. >> greg: i don't know. they deserve -- >> that may be, but you know, will, looking at the steam from a what you don't see is bernie sanders, elizabeth warr elizabeth warren, aoc, none of the squad, the entire progressive wing of the democratic party at least so far has been cut out of the new biden administration, will. >> will: that is true, geraldo but still i think it will be a

third obama term. obama term on steroids. dana is right. this administration will face different issues than the obama administration faced but the tactic will be the same. let me give an example once there is pushback on this immigration pursuit, what do you think will happen? they will revert to identity policy, not just the obama administration but the democratic party for some years now. they will call anyone who disagrees with it a racist. i give for example president obama on the breakfast club when he pondered on why latinos voted increasing numbers for president trump he said they forgave "races things" because they are evangelicals and into abortion. >> geraldo: will come a hold on. i think we have president obama saying potus 44. >> there are a lot of evangelical hispanics who, you know, the fact that trump says racist things about mexicans or

puts detainees, undocumented workers and cages, they think that is less important than the fact that he supports their views on gay marriage or abortion. >> will: he could not be more wrong from my point of view. >> so many levels, geraldo, think about president obama to accuse president trump or criticize putting kids and cages. this started under the obama administration. number two, president trump is for gay marriage. in fact obama was not for gay marriage in the beginning and double trumdonald trump doue for lgbqt. so to dana's point, they will revert to this hammer, this tool they use no matter what issue comes before them in this administration.

>> geraldo: the reason numbers, doubled, inherit template conservative and i don't mean to generalize but i am on the insight on this one. faith-based family oriented and entrepreneurial, natural republicans but they have to recognize that fact. but emily, you know what is interesting to me also, the biden team is saying they will be back at the head of the table in this international community with the world health organization and nato and so forth. do you think the american people want the united states to abandon america first and embrace, re-embraced the paris climatic core and these other international agreements, emily? >> emily: i don't think the american people want their interest their interest depleted in any way, regardless of what you call it or where you are saying that we are sitting. i think, to me, this new

administration like you go to the concerts and it sounds like journey but it's not. it is still not steve perry. here, i think we can look forward to unfortunately like the capitulating foreign policy that we saw during the obama administration. hopefully, we won't be subjected to that definitely elitist classic obama talking down to people like you just played in addition to remembering how westerners cling to their guns. but in terms of focusing on immigration and immigration reform, what is interesting to me over simplification is all that you will hear from the administration it will not be a racist policy and finally we will welcome immigrants without consideration were talking about the push factors coming from central and south america in part or the cartel where international norco cartel drug industry that plays such a momentous parts. there are tons more but i know we are out of time now. >> geraldo: tear the wall down to my wonder how that would go

up over. the judge hands down a ruling allowing fed up residents to sue the city overcoats to the police force. ♪

♪ >> will: welcome back to the special edition of "the five." minneapolis is upset with the surging crime rate in the big city and they got a big win in court. a judges ruling they are allowed to sue the city over major cuts to the police force. this comes as a violent crime skyrocketed in minneapolis. nearly 200 officers left the four since the beginning of the year. could this happen in seattle next? they are the city council voting

to cut police budget by 18%. emily, i know you are from seattle. you are familiar with the community. what will be the reaction if the police is cut by 18%? >> emily: we already see the reaction. people are upset and they hate this because it is not rational. right now the size of the police force decimated already and the size of what it was in 1980. the population of the seattle group by 18% but the city council said this was to invest alternative measures to provide healthier outcomes from minority communities. the mayor says yes, this is deliberate, and i applaud it. but so naive. one small example of the seattle police force has a harbor unit because here they donate topography we have 100 miles of waterways. so this business with public roads along the water's edge. so our police force in the harbor unit, they act as

paramedics, firefighters, firefighters and cops. guess what the police budget pays for? over time which is the only way these guys can obtain and maintain the license required for them to provide and fulfill these roles. like scuba diving and piloting these boats. so this isn't a healthy measure by any means but simple basic economics and not a functioning, healthy society. >> will: geraldo, in a pandemic of violence. the city is bleeding, what are your thoughts? >> geraldo: my basic thought is that well, you reap what you sow. these folks have been actively trying to get the cops defunded. guess what? the cops defunded in violence is spiking. what broke my heart, going back to seattle, best said a black woman wonderful leader of the seattle police department, she clearly discussed.

all of the people are quitting. a lot of the chief, high grass are quitting and minority police officers. the most effective, possible antidote to crime and are leaving the job because of this radicalism that knows no bounds. >> will: grade, striking to see victims of the rising crime rate. they were supposed to be helped by the idea of defining the police. >> greg: to geraldo's point these leaders are minorities. a lot of the people causing this to happen are white, overeducated, leftist who are miserable people who are on the streets destroying businesses and harassing minorities. i have a solution, we need to 911. we have a real 911 for people who want hypocrites. for the citizens who need help. and then you have a fake 91. that is like for the portland mayor and the seattle mayor and people who say burn it down so they call the cops. when you call fake 91, they

connect you to somebody just like you as they send that little leftist to your house. that person helps you with a mug or where the arsonist. because right now they do need to reap what they sow. these children need to get sick on the candy. they need to get the hang over to lesson. >> will: tina i would give you the final thought spirits before i think this has longer term consequences what is happening now because how many young people that might have thought they wanted to be police officers are making a different decision right now. then you have a situation where not only do you have fewer police officers now but well into the future and it will be hard to get them to want to sign up. >> will: absolutely travesty happening in multiple cities right now. stay right there because "the fastest seven" coming right up. ♪

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what the heck is this? a mysterious truck in the utah stamping officials and the world. is it in the installation or message left behind by aliens? we may never know but the truth is out there. you know how i feel about aliens and yes, i believe but i think this is an unauthorized artwork on federal property. what say you, will kane? >> will: i don't know. i will not dismiss a limb message. if somebody told me there were zombies on the other hand, i would not dismiss him. this is 2020. i think the government acknowledge the existence of ufos. >> there are zombies. >> will: geraldo i do not dismiss anything come election fraud, ufos come i don't dismiss anything. >> emily: greg, what do you say? >> greg: you know how i feel about aliens. this was a total p.r. marketing move to sell more monolith. the model industry has taken

quite a slump since 2001 space odyssey and had a big leap there with him on a list there and then the market went down. i should have learned this. and imagine head i built a giant cover of my book the plus and left it in the middle of the saharan desert. i could have sold a zillion copies. stupid me. >> emily: what do you say? >> dana: greg's explanation is more believable than ufos. i think when this mystery is found out -- >> greg: everyone will want a monolith. >> dana: i don't want one. >> emily: geraldo zombies were no zombies? >> geraldo: i think, emily, someone was creative but i love the modern art aspect of it. it looks very substantial. the cost of a bunch of money so i think dana is on to something because she would track the creator because of the curiosity

so much to invest. >> greg: you are too cynical. >> will: the problem putting a book copy in the desert you have no idea how long to leave it there before it is discovered. >> greg: that is true, that is true. >> emily: next up google is releasing date on the most unique lease searched site state-by-state. let's break it down. for greg and my home state of california, lots of people are searching for mac and cheese which seems kind of basic. willis from texas where apparently they love fruit salad. >> will: what! speak for them xp five corn bread stuffing is all the rage and pain on filmic de novo from wyoming where crescent rolls are the bomb. okay, geraldo how do you feel about your state's choice. do you agree with it? >> geraldo: in ohio it is stuffed mushrooms but i love the corn bread of new york. i was raised on it and it is delicious. i love stuffing and i'm all about stepping.

i'm all about canned cranberry sauce. i like the canned cranberry. you know the one, what is the brand? >> dana: ocean spray. >> geraldo: ocean spray, ocean spray. >> emily: dana, how do you feel about the crescent rolls? is it stuffing versus gravy? >> dana: i like the gravy and i think gravy should go on for stuffing. i think crescent rolls are fantastic. i did leak filmic read through the list and north dakota's most searched for side dishes quito soup. why? i don't get it. somebody from north dakota. [laughter] >> emily: greg, you are from california so it's all about mac and cheese. i thought that was interesting searching for it because it seems typical, right? >> greg: i have a theory of people who have special sides that they bring. when someone's prides themselves

on special thanksgiving day side no one will tell them it is bad. so it becomes a tradition. it becomes a yearly thing like creamed corn became a tradition because no one wanted to tell peggy the pilgrims that it is kind of gross. as gross as salad. who brings salad unless they were lied to the entire lives, that solid matters? emily: scissorhands, that was the main food. all right, well, tell us about fruit salad. >> will: i can't commit his fake news, it is fake news. i would trade geraldo right now. would you trade me, that corn bread? i would trade you. sweet potatoes, anything? b1 what about pumpkin pie? >> greg: that is a desert, geraldo.

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>> dana: hey there, time for one more thing. greg, what have you got? >> greg: all right. if you are stuck inside saturday night we have a brand new gutfeld show what a cast tom shillue, kat timpf, tyrus, joe machi. if you ever take the subway sometimes you come out of subway and you are just not really sure where you are. well, this is me. i'm like always when i come out from the underground i never know where the heck i am. he got his lunch and now he's going back. there he goes. breaking the ice. >> dana: i don't think that's

his lunch. i think is he making a dam. >> that damn beaver. we will be back with news. >> dana: i have a book recommendation. this is a book that i'm -- i love it. it goes on sale on amazon on friday. by amy mayo talking to the sky. who is she? grammy award-winning song writer and author. this one is for the girls martina mcbride. every time i hear that song blake shelton, amazed, lone star and then boys to men. she is amazing. this book, to me, is like educated, the glass castle. and also something hilarious all in one. she has had an incredible life. she has been through a lot. >> greg: hold the mayo. one funny story when she was growing up she thought she truly believed when she was 13 or 14 that she was going to marry rick springfield.

>> greg: her too? >> dana: yeah, years later they meet. it's an amazing story. >> greg: did they get married? >> dana: no. they meet and they did song writing. >> greg: he just hooked up with her. >> dana: that would have been a good story as well. >> greg: i'm joking. >> geraldo: i wanted to note seriously the passing this week of the age of 93 new york's first black mayor david dinkins. graciously fair minded gentleman sure could use more of his optimism on matters of race going forward. closer to home my 15-year-old soul is starting an ethnic cookbook. we are famously half jewish and half puerto ricoible. she made first meal in homage to my mom potato one side from my mom's favorite. and rice and beans from my dad's favorite recipe on the other. rice and beans and poo at a time

that. >> dana: she has grown into a very beautiful young woman. >> geraldo: thank you, dana. >> dana: will cain what have you got? better make it goodwill will i know this is the moment on "the five" i will be hosting "the story" with martha mccallum. >> dana: i forgot to plug i'm doing that tonight. will will just came over the top of me. i want to say this not a debate a discussion with my buddy pete hegseth on "fox & friends" about what you do when you are fry ago turkey we keep having these turkeys explode right? can you see on your screen. that's right. there are 1700 cooking fires every year. triple the number -- it's not funny, greg. >> hey, here's the tip. don't put a frozen turkey into a fryer full of oil. >> dana: that's a good tip. emily, 25 seconds for you. >> emily: smoky mountain service dogs organization that pairs mobility assistance dogs with disabled u.s. veterans.

they just got a batch of new puppies that i wanted to the show you winston, sully, oak, blaze and duncan. wonderful organization. >> dana: all right. thank you. that is it for us, everyone. tune in tomorrow for our thanksgiving fan mail special. ♪ >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier in tonight president trump pardons michael flynn. we will have details shortly. right now millions of americans are taking planes, trains and automobiles to thanksgiving holiday destinations that travel comes despite pleas from the government to stay at home and limit gatherings in order to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. we will have complete coverage of that in a moment. we begin with the flynn pardon. the retired army lieutenant general was a central figure in the trump transition in 2016. his prosecution was key to years of trouble for president trump. correspondent kristin fisher starts us off tonight from the