>> on this thanksgiving eve we're great full for all of you for making us number one for all these years. thank you. >> if you're traveling today and going home be safe on the roads and in the sky. happy thanksgiving. >> a gunman opened fire inside a wal-mart. six people shot and killed and we are getting new details on the suspect. good morning i'm mike emanuel in for bill hemmer. >> i'm gillian turner in for dana perino this morning. police have confirmed the shooter was an employee of the wal-mart. the store is located in chesapeake, virginia. investigators gave an update a moment ago. >> six victims have died. four victims are in area

hospitals with conditions unknown at this time. the suspect is dead from what we believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the chesapeake police swat team executed a search warrant at the suspect's residence and with the help of the virginia state police we cleared the house. we have reason to believe that there is no risk to the public at this time. >> let's get straight to griff jenkins from the ground reporting outside that wal-mart in chesapeake. what can you tell us this hour? >> good morning, gillian and mike. a lot more questions than there are answers. some information from chesapeake's police chief. we know the gunman was an employee at wal-mart. the identities of the six victims not released nor was the gunman's identity. a bit of a timeline. at 10:12 p. the 911 call came into dispatch.

by 10:14 officers arrived. 10:16 they entered the wal-mart. by 11:20 p.m. the scene was declared safe. the multi-agency law enforcement response speaks to the tragedy that unfolded here. you have the atf out of washington. f.b.i. team and evidence response team and the local chesapeake police. governor youngkin is speaking out this morning just moments ago weighing in on it. here is what he had to say. take a listen. >> this is a horrendous event, a horrendous, senseless act of violence and today we have to come around families and support them. there will be time for us to react and better understand, but today is a moment where we need to support these families that are facing the unimaginable. and that's where our prayers and thoughts must be today as we come together as a commonwealth

and a nation. >> at least six families will be heartbroken tomorrow on thanksgiving day. four others in the hospital and their condition are unknown. we know little about exactly what unfolded inside that wal-mart but presumably they were busy as shoppers were getting prepared for thanksgiving. we're waiting for more updates from the local authorities and bring it to you as soon as we get it. >> stick with us. let us know as you get new developments there on the scene. thank you very much. mike. >> today i am calling on the secretary to resign. if secretary mayorkas does not resign, house republicans will investigate every order, every action, and every failure to determine whether we can begin impeachment inquiry. >> resign or face impeachment is

the ultimatum mccarthy is giving mayorkas over his handling of the situation at the border. let's bring in former border patrol chief. >> good morning, mike. >> let's start with some numbers. october's numbers more than 230,000 people encountered at the border according to customs and border protection. you can see the trend from previous octobers. how alarming do you consider that trend? >> it's unprecedented. we have never seen the kind of traffic, illegal crossings at our southwest borders. it has never happened before in the history of the country. so this is a threat to all of us, right? those people don't stay at the border. they come to every city and every town in the united states. we know that there are many criminals in that group. hundreds of them. hundreds and hundreds of gang members. people on the terrorist

screening database. that means they're affiliated or government believes they're affiliated with terrorists. that kind of traffic and chaos at the border which is very preventable by the way is putting us all at risk. >> kevin mccarthy who wants to be next speaker of the house dropping the hammer on the homeland security secretary. let's play some more of it. >> we first take the investigation, the orders, lying to the american public, withholding ice from doing their job, not following through on what the laws on the books are today. we never do impeachment for political purposes. we are having an investigation. we know exactly what secretary mayorkas has done. >> is the resign or face impeachment ultimatum legitimate in your view? >> it is unprecedented. we're in a situation where a cabinet secretary is under threat of impeachment.

we've never seen anything like this. it is because this border is out of control. we've never seen anything like it. house oversight and what will be the leader needs to take the department to task. they need to find out what they have done, what they are going to do. they refuse to call it a problem for most of the time he has been the secretary. he doesn't want to call it a crisis and is resourcing the problem. everything they've done is made it worse. he talks about the border as if it's secure. we all know and see the images on your channel every day that it is not. so taking him to task with oversight and with the hearings is important because we've got -- someone has to take action here. the department is failing to do their job. it is a dereliction of duty. he took an oath that says he will discharge the duties of the office. he is not doing that. the laws are on the books that says it's illegal to cross the border without inspection. we have an uncontrolled out of control chaotic word border and

he is in charge. if president biden asked you how to fix it, what would you tell him? >> reinstate the protocols. engage mexico's assistance and get this border under control. have them control their southwest border. have them put troops back on our northern border. if people want due process to have an asylum claim in the united states we welcome them to wait in mexico so they can have their hearing and due process. that will stop many people from coming because the incentive to be released into the united states is pulling thousands and thousands of people in because that's what's happening. that's their experience on the border. they come, they have a brief stay with cbp and released into the country. that incentive is strong and we've sent the signal around the globe and why we're seeing the unprecedented number at the border. >> former border patrol chief. thank you for your time and have an awesome day.

>> you, too. thank you. >> interesting to see, gillian, what the homeland security secretary does. with republicans taking the majority, there will be a new speaker, new house chairs that they will be doing oversight and see if there is a change of action. >> it's interesting that the border patrol chief was just ousted last week. the new acting border patrol chief troy miller to ron's point has deep expertise in counter terrorism operations. maybe that signals a shift in the administration's thinking about the approach to the border. perhaps not. i submit that for your consideration. >> we'll follow it. >> police in idaho are set to give an update on the invest into the bloody murder of four university students last week. a lot of people asking a lot of questions that remain unanswered. there is no suspect yet.

what we can expect from today's briefing, dan, what do you have for us? >> gillian, police have been very tight lipped this entire investigation. it has led to some problems and led to a lot of rumors and speculation out there and frankly there are more questions than answers at this point and interesting to see if they take the opportunity at today's news conference to start to share more of what they know in hopes of generating some tips on this case. right now they don't seem close to solving the murder. they did have people telling them that kaylee goncalves may have had someone stalking her. police pursued hundreds of pieces of information related to that topic and have not been able to verify or identify any stalker. also we're getting our first look inside the house where the four students were murdered. heartbreaking video. the three female victims all roommates and good friends made a tiktok video imitating each other and that video was made

just days before they were killed. as for the investigation, police still have not identified the suspect or found the murder weapon that they describe as a fixed blade knife. the coroner said it had a long blade. after eight days of the crime scene being scoured, yesterday was the first time we saw no investigative activity. they might feel like they have all they are going to get from the house. a behavior analysis unit joined the investigation but so far nothing official about the profile of the killer. a neuro psychologist with jesse water talking about the killer using a knife. >> the knife forces the killer to get up close and personal with the victims. it suggests he might have wanted the victims to actually see him and that he probably also wanted to see the fear that he was instilling in the victims during

the attacks. >> again, we're having a news conference today with police. it will be 1:00 local time. we were told that there are no other news conferences planned after this one. they are waiting for stuff to develop for information to surface so they can release it. right now we aren't expecting a lot from today's news conference. >> dan springer in moscow for us this morning. we'll check in with you. >> investigators are searching for a motive following a mass shooting at a wal-mart. new details this hour. >> president biden's student loan plan is taking another legal turn. >> the white house reportedly shoring up its defenses as republicans prepare an onslaught of congressional investigations and how concerned should the administration be? you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value. veterans get more at newday usa.

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>> mike: president biden is extending the pause on federal opportunity loan repayment as the debt forgiveness plan faces legal challenges. the d.o.j. is asking the security to rule on the plan. lucas tomlinson is live in nantucket, massachusetts where the president is spending thanksgiving holiday. >> good morning, mike. president biden arrived here last night on nantucket island around 8:00 and staying at a $20 million pad across the island. he said he will take the student debt fight all the way to the supreme court. >> president biden: right now it's on hold because of these lawsuits. we're not going to back down in our fight to give families breathing room. it isn't fair to ask tens of millions of borrowers eligible for relief to resume student debt payments while the courts consider the lawsuit.

>> critics say biden is breaking his vow back in august when he promised to only extend the moratorium until new year's eve. some point the next month's critical runoff in georgia is one of the reasons. biden back in august with the promise not to extend the payments. he did not indicate there was wiggle room on this. >> president biden: student loan payment pause is going to end. it is going to end -- i'm extending it to december 31, 2022, and it is going to end at that time. it is time for the payments to resume. >> here in this little island of massachusetts many people believe this is the home of the first thanksgiving across nantucket sound on plymouth rock but the first thanksgiving was in jamestown, virginia. >> mike: looks like a postcard behind you. my question is the president was adamant the end of the year. now bumping it back six months.

is that the only thing he can control while the courts are considering whether this is even legal? >> that's what the president is saying, mike. he is saying until the security weighs in he will extend the payments. courts have already said congress control the purse. many people think it is unconstitutional. >> mike: lucas with the educational live shot. first thanksgiving in virginia, thanks very much. >> gillian: take a look at this. turns out most americans do not want politics on the table this thanksgiving. a new poll out now that finds that just about 2/3 of americans, 65% are hoping to avoid political discussions period when they sit down with family and friends this year. let's bring in guy benson, the

host of the guy benson show on fox news. you live and breathe politics. will you flip the switch tomorrow? >> gillian, now that you run through those numbers i'm a bit concerned because i am meeting my sister's new boyfriend for the very first time tomorrow and i was planning on grilling him extensively about politics. if i didn't like his answers i would perhaps roast him like the turkey. should i not do that? am i wrong here? >> you should definitely do that and also get back to us on monday and let us know how it wept for you. >> i have a whole powerpoint presentation on the board are crisis. what will i do with that if he isn't willing to listen for an hour and a half non-stop? politics at the table. very aggressive. what could possibly go wrong? in more seriousness, i think we've all been through a lot over the last couple of months. really the last six years highly

political. i am a very political person. we think about these things every day. for the job you know that, i know that. it is part of the description of what we do. i'm very lucky to do it and very blessed. i also think the occasional respite is a chance to talk about nothing to do with holidays. it is to give thanks, to talk about gratitude, to be with loved ones and friends and family and that sort of thing. what we do in my family, a very cool tradition and people are very welcome if they want to steal it. we put three kernels of uncooked corn at each place setting. as dinner unfolds we go around and each person lists off three things they're thankful for in the previous year leading up to thanksgiving. it is moving at times and really uplifting. almost complete apolitical and

i'm looking forward to that tomorrow. >> gillian: i like the corn kernels. i have a 1-year-old daughter. i don't know if she will get into the corn kernels. might be a choking hazard but we'll try it. i want to ask you about politics quick. coming up in the new year when house republicans come back to town, we're learning the biden administration is batting down the hatches and doing all kinds of preparations in anticipation of this onslaught of investigations. take a look at this. this is from "politico." president joe biden and aides are moving with speed to counter an anticipated barrage of right wing attacks. theory among several aides and close white house allies is the unending scrutiny will backfire and come to be seen purely as partisan overreach. is that smart political analysis or is that like pie in the sky hoping and dreaming? >> well might be a little bit of both. if the republicans do overreach

and just spray at everything and there is no discipline and it is not connected to things that the american people are concerned about or believe are legitimate it could backfire for the republicans. i think what the republicans need to think about carefully at the leadership level, chairmanship level of these committees is what are the least defensible errors of this administration? what are the areas that require the most accountability and oversight where the american people say yes, that's legitimate and something we should get answers about, whether it's the afghanistan debacle, the border crisis that i mentioned, a few other of these topics that have been swirling out there absolutery are fair game. if republicans put the white house on the back heels where this dough haven't good answers i think the plan they have that it will all end of blowing up in

the republican's faces, i don't think that's how it will play out. >> gillian: andy biggs said first move forward with the hunter biden investigation. what do you make of that? >> it's a fair area to ask questions about. we haven't really gotten answers on that. of course, there is a federal investigation into hunter biden so maybe let that play out, see what will happen there and, of course, the hunter biden issue fundamentally is a joe biden issue given some of the things the president or then candidate biden had said and asserted which seem to be not true. that's one area of interest for sure. there are others that might be more relevant to those types of swing voters that republicans struggled with a few weeks ago. there is no shortage of real failures to look into from this administration. the republicans will finally have some of the authority, power and gavels to do just that

starting in just a few months. >> gillian: thank you for joining us. tell your brother's girlfriend not to listen to all the stuff they say about you. you are not that bad. >> well, thank you that's very kind of you to say, gillian. thankful for that. >> gillian: talk to you soon, mike. >> >> mike: what's at stake in georgia in the elections. a contentious white house briefing for dr. fauci's final coronavirus q and a. what happened before the white house press secretary shut down the reporter's questions. >> i will not count on you if you yell and you are taking time off the clock. dr. fauci has to leave in a couple of minutes. i'm done. i'm not getting into a back and forth with you.

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started shooting, bro. sadly, though, we last a few of our associates. >> mike: eyewitness account of the shooting at a wal-mart in chesapeake, virginia. at least six people killed. several others hospitalized. the gunman is also dead. police believe he shot himself. investigators say the shooter worked at the store. more details as we get them on this developing story. >> right now we're in a sprint. december 6th is this runoff. it makes a huge difference in georgia. i believe herschel walker is going to win but 100% a turnout game. >> gillian: ted cruz is rallying the base. new polls show warnock has a slim lead over republican challenger herschel walker. jonathan serrie joins us from atlanta this morning. hi. >> older voters may determine the outcome of this georgia

senate runoff. bipartisan team of pollsters commissioned by aarp found that democratic senator raphael warnock has a narrow lead. 51% over herschel walker at 47%. warnock leads by a 24-point margin among younger voters. walker leads by nine points among voters 50 and older. this group makes up 62% of likely voters in georgia. a woman who claims herschel walker took her to an abortion clinic say she has proof that she and herschel had a -- she shall -- >> herschel, i never thought you would deny knowing me or our relationship. are you really willing to do anything, including lying to the voters in georgia, to become a

senator? >> we reached out to the walker campaign for comment and they have yet to respond. out on the campaign trail walker remains focused on rallying social conservatives as issues preventing transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. warnock is targeting moderates speaking about bipartisan legislation he sponsored in the senate and running political ads featuring people who voted for kemp but did not support walker in the senate race. early voting, gillian, is already underway in at least two georgia counties today with more expected to join this saturday. back to you. >> gillian: jonathan serrie in atlanta for us this morning. thank you. mike. >> let's bring in former clinton pollster and advisor mark penn. mark, welcome. >> thank you. >> mike: senator warnock appears to be leading in the polls. since the red wave never

materialized does polling really matter, mr. pollster? >> well, i think polling actually has been pretty accurate in the georgia senate race. it was last time. all the polls showed a very close race and there was one. so i would believe the polls in georgia. i think that was a reasonable poll done by the aarp. i think it shows warnock has an edge. he hasn't necessarily put it away. turnout will be important. will the democrats get young people voting in a runoff election? so far they've been very successful in turnout. in fact, i think the overperformance by democrats was largely that they were more successful at the turnout game than they were so much that the polls were wrong. >> aarp director says georgia wants their leaders to provide solution to inflation and the rising cost of living. preserve democracy and protect their health and financial security. the message is clear. if these candidate want to win

the u.s. senate seat they should pay attention to the matter issues that matter to georgia 50 plus. older voters typically show up, right? >> well, i certainly hope that's true. as you can see from the reporter, a lot of the charges back and forth are about, you know, personal actions. i think walker has been on the defensive with questions about his personal actions. not so much about the issues for him. warnock is running a smart campaign to go after the middle or moderate voters. and i think that walker's challenge is to get back to the issues and overcome the personal attacks he has. if he can do that he might do a little better. >> mike: let's talk swing and independence voters. swing voters still exist and pay attention to party selection of candidates and issues. mobilization of the party faithful is necessary but not

sufficient. persuasion of voters is essential. both parties knneed to appeal ta wider range of voters. how about voters in the middle? >> i agree with him. swing is king. and that if you think of the math, there are ten voters and you switch one it's 6-4. if you bring somebody in turnout it is only 6-5. incredible power of getting a swing voter. not only that, it brings the country together. that's what's interesting to me about what desantis did in florida. he brought over people who were democrats in large numbers so he appealed to the swing voters. most of this contest nationally in a lot of the other senate races was just about bringing out the base. that's why they were always 2 or 3 points one direction because

when you just bring out the base it remains a divided country. the net of the election is that we remain a divided country. i would like to see more candidates go back to courting swing voters which necessarily unites the country after election day. i'm disappointed when campaigns don't. >> mike: mark penn, thank you for your time and analysis today. >> thank you. >> gillian: the search continues this hour for the suspected killer of four university of idaho students. we're learning new details about the timeline of the murders. dr. michael baden joins us next hour. a lawyer for ftx is speaking out in court about the old ceo sam bankman-fried. we are breaking details about what went on inside the company. >> he was considered to be a billionaire. how have no content for a company of this size?

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>> mike: a lawyer for ftx tells a bankruptcy court said it was the personal five dome of the co-founder. calling for more regulation on

the industry. liz mcdonald is standing by but first edward lawrence is live in washington from fox business. >> this house of cards that fell really fast. the owner sam bankman-fried spent $# hundred million on real estate for himself and other senior staff. records show bankman-fried he used $10 billion in client funds to prop up his hedge fund called all meet yeah research that lost money betting on other things. it left ftx with not enough money for client withdrawals. experts say there were a lot of red flags missed related to this crypto exchange. >> failures looking in the rearview mirror. anybody that would have invested in this on the front end should have asked pointed questions about corporate governance and control. every time you are dealing with something off shore it heightens the concern.

>> as the bankruptcy court tries to recoup losses for investors left holding the bag, more calls for stricter regulation of crypto currency exchanges like this. >> we have consistently urged congress to take action to address regulatory process with digital assets and support legislation to better protect american consumers. >> the founder of ftx spent money buying influence donating $10 million backing president joe biden and spent $7 million on super pacs meant to keep democrats in control in congress. >> thank you very much. >> gillian: liz mcdonald joins us now the host of evening edit on fox business. i went down the rabbit hole last night reading about sam bankman-fried's operations inside this company. it looks more and more like this

kind of wolf of wall street level spending and partying. take a look at this. this is from ftx's new management in bankruptcy court. what we have here is a worldwide international organization, but which was run as a personal feifdom of sam bankman-fried. >> one of the worst cases of corruption we've seen. so the company spent $121 million on at least 19 properties, luxury homes in the bahamas including a 16.4 million home for the parents of sam bankman-fried who were university -- stanford university professors. unclear whether they knew where the money was coming from and whether they questioned what the funds were used for. vacation property for them. another unit spent $3 hundred million on luxury homes in the

bahamas. also includes, gillian, spending a lot of money, seven condos in a resort community where tiger woods holds his annual golf tournament. so, you know, the massive corruption and insiderism is making people ask who is watching the watchdogs in d.c.? is the system rigged against the investors? the answer is yes. this guy sam bankman-fried was hiring the watchdogs to sit on the board of his company, former cftc acting chair under obama. former house lawmaker overseeing agricultural committee there which is supposed to regulate it. sam bankman-fried wanted only cftc to clear his company's trade. wanted no middlemen to clear those trades. and so the other thing, too, what we're seeing as well, gillian, is ftx gave money to a

super pac about let me check it for you, $3.7 million and that money then went to another super pac that funded the races including for john fetterman in pennsylvania and democrats in texas, oregon, and california. john fetterman's team is denying any links to this guy and saying they had no idea basically where the money is coming from and he should be held accountable, gillian. >> gillian: talk to us about the victims. we know there are as many as a million people hurt financially by this. a whole lot of attention has been paid to the top dog celebrity multi-millionaire clients that bankman-fried had. were there little guys or any ordinary americans hurt by this? >> yes, they will be hurt by this. the fear is that people will be losing their retirement savings in this meltdown. you know, we are seeing at least $3 billion owed to at least 50

creditors. you point out a million. you can be sure that a lot of little guys will be caught up in this. so the idea that he is also giving money to at least seven democrats on house financial services, which is supposed to be grilling this guy and holding hearings on this. >> gillian: a watchdog. >> who is watching the watchdogs? this should never happen again. the little guy has to think of this. no one is looking out for them in d.c., no one. that's really scary, right, for investors out there, gillian. >> gillian: thank you so much for taking time for us today. wonderful to talk to you and illuminating as always. mike. >> mike: are we about to see the return of the mask? a new study says masking and social distancing should be encouraged or mandated. is it necessary? dr. marc siegel on call next hour. good advice to pack your patience when traveling on a holiday weekend.

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>> mike: it was supposed to cut down on crime.

police say legalizing recreational marijuana is having the opposite effect in california. more from los angeles. >> good morning, mike. voters here in this state as well as others were told basically legalize pot and your problems are gone. no more crime or jail overcrowding or chemicals in the water from illicit grow farms, no black-market, no cartels. in fact, none of that has happened. >> an illegal pot farm outside los angeles. inside deputies find guns and two accused growers hiding in a closet. it looks like a grow farm. it contained millions of illicit pot. >> the illegal industry is competing with the legal industry and putting them out of business. >> prop 64 makes marijuana legal

in california. >> voters were told it would eliminate crime and cartels. that hasn't happened. >> we're seeing a massive cultivation operations. >> organized crime still controls the market. illegal immigrants grow the pot while local gangs sell it through outlaw dispensaries. this is 1 of 85 illegal pot shops in los angeles. because selling cannabis without a license is a misdemeanor. they've been busted seven times. >> the illegal shops are undercutting the legal shops. they are coming in and selling the products almost half the price. >> inside looks like a candy store withedibles labeled and 24 varieties of pot. water and power will cut oaf utilities. building and safety cite the landlord for code violations. for law enforcement the cannabis experience is a disaster.

>> it will open back up in a day or two. >> so the update mike two people arrested in the l.a. dispensary were cited and release. and the pot shop opened within 24 hours. despite legislaturelization, whether police in pot shops or deputies in the illegal grow operations it is still sucking up all these resources and all the billions that california was supposed to realize in taxes never materialized. back to you. >> mike: william la jeunesse live in los angeles. >> gillian: never a dull moment on a busy travel day. a tsa worker at jfk discovered a cat inside someone's checked bag. belongs to the passenger's roommate. it snuck into the cute case when no one was looking. the officer spotted it on the x-ray machine. the cat is blessedly safe. now back home for the holiday.

i shudder to say this, mike, but they let the cat out of the bag. >> mike: i imagine how the conversation went down. dude, kitty jumped in the bag, safe but now three hours away from our place. sorry about that. >> gillian: it is really sad for anyone who has a pet as we both have dogs. you know that when you get the suitcase out there is mopey eyes and they go into a depression. they do climb into your suitcase, you have to be careful, i guess. you don't -- it probably would have been crushed to death loaded into the cargo hold of that plane. >> mike: long lines and short tempers at airports coast to coast as some 4.5 million people are estimated to fly two and from their thanksgiving destinations with a serving of travel headaches on the side. hillary vaughn is live at ronald reagan national airport outside

washington. >> well, there is a lot to be thankful for this thanksgiving. high prices is not one of them. holiday travel is no escape from inflation. this year americans are paying on average almost $1 hundred more per ticket than they did last year. that isn't slowing down turkey day traffic in the terminal. tsa estimates they will screen 2.5 million passengers today and sunday the two biggest travel days around thanksgiving. we expect to be busier this year than last time and close to pre-pandemic levels and we're prepared to handle the increase in travel volumes. airlines have stepped up to meet the demands. airlines for america, the major airlines saying more than 2 million people are taking to the sky each day. carriers have made significant changes to improve operations including proactively adjusting schedules and hiring aggressively. u.s. airlines have more employees on board than

pre-pandemic. pete buttigieg says he is watching to make sure that travel headaches that erupted over summer with massive delays and cancellations don't show up this thanksgiving. >> so we're definitely in better shape than we were this summer. i was extremely concerned about the delays and cancellations we saw in the early part of summer. that's my call on airlines to take steps like more realistic scheduling only selling tickets they knew they could serve. we'll watch it very closely as we go into the other peak holiday travel times coming in the next few weeks. >> mike, one thing that's helping airlines is the holiday travel season is getting longer. people have more flexibility on when they travel. mike. >> hillary live at the airport. many times. >> manager come in there and started capping people up and started shooting, bro. sadly we lost a few of our associates. he plotted