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 this, you could tell.

>> a wal-mart employee reacting to the deadly shooting in the store he worked. another employee opened fire as crowds of people were shopping ahead of thanksgiving. officers arrived on the scene two minutes after a 911 call was put in. once inside the store they determined the shooting was over. they declared the scene safe. listen to this. >> while our investigation continues, we can tell you the following. six victims have died. four victims are in area hospitals with conditions unknown at this time. and the suspect is dead from what we believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> gillian: president biden is responding with a statement saying in part tomorrow is thanksgiving, one of our most cherished holidays that brings us together as americans and families when we hug our loved ones and count our blessings. because of another horrific and senseless act of violence there

are more tables across the country with empty seats this thanksgiving. there are now more families who know the worst kind of loss and pain imaginable. this republicans are sending a clear message to the homeland security and calling on secretary mayorkas to resign over his handling of the migrant crisis at the southern border warning if he refuses to step down, he could soon face impeachment. well comb to a new hour of "america's newsroom." dana and bill are off today. i'm gillian turner. >> mike: i'm mike emanuel. kevin mccarthy who could become the next house speaker when congress convenes in january says mayorkas should resign by january 3rd otherwise investigations could lead to his impeachment and they will begin on day one. >> our country may never recover from secretary mayorkas'

dereliction of duty. he can and must not remain in that position. >> gillian: let's get an update on conditions at the southern border from bill melugin joining us from el paso, texas today. hi, bill. >> gillian, good morning. that's right. yesterday we had a chance to meet up with el paso's democratic congresswoman. she told us she feels the gop trip yesterday was somewhat of a political stunt but says if republicans are serious about fixing the border crisis she is happy to talk with them to find common ground with them. she says a priority for her is really trying to relieve pressure off of border patrol agents having to do all sorts of humanitarian jobs and instead hire civilians to do the jobs. what does she mean? take a look at this photo here. given to me by a border patrol source in eagle pass showing an agent sitting with a young, unaccompanied migrant child who

showed up at the border without his or her parents. this happens constantly. we see the border patrol agents essentially performing the jobs of being a babysitter and social worker when these young children show up at the border. it happens across all sectors. look at the second photo here in the tucson, arizona sector another border patrol agent holding a young, unaccompanied migrant child. there have been more than 270,000 of these unaccompanied children and minors showing up at the border since president biden took office. enough to fill up three entire rose bowls and when agents are doing this they aren't on the front lines patrolling for the runners and the godaways. it happens with single adults as well. look at this. when large groups of migrants turn themselves in and are surrendering themselves it requires a large border patrol response. you can see the agents doing paperwork and processing and take them back to the processing facility and do data entry. that pulls agents off the front lines. they aren't able to go after the

guys who maybe don't want to be caught. congresswoman escobar says what should be happening is hiring civilians to do these humanitarian roles to free up our border patrol agents. listen to what she had to say. >> civilianizing that processing so that we don't have men and women who are law enforcement agents doing data processing. warming up meals, basically performing humanitarian functions. that would be better performed by civilian personnel. >> she said the way the situation is now it is not fair to the migrants or border patrol. border patrol has started hiring civilians, 900 of them now. border patrol sources say they would like to see a lot more. and the congresswoman wants to see it across the southern border. her bottom line if you want to work on solutions, give her a call. she is ready to talk.

we'll send it back to you. >> gillian: bill melugin in el paso this morning. thank you very much. mike. >> mike: southern california is in federal court accused of using the dark web to sell fentanyl pills to thousands of customers. christopher hampton arrested on november 2nd used the moniker narco 710. we have the details. >> it's worth remembering this is just one alleged dealer among so many who are peddling poison to american children and adults in all 50 states. christopher hampton will face 11 charges in court today related to running two illegal drug labs here in the l.a. area, shut down after multi-agency raid earlier this month. the labs used high-speed pill presses to create fake pills that contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. the poison pills were sold

online and it is that aspect of the new drug trade that concerns investigators perhaps more than any other. they say that when covid kept us all locked down, it also shut down the bars, nightclubs and other places where drug dealers would usually sell their product. they turned to the internet and social media making them even harder to track and putting more and more young people at risk. >> this drug has taken the lives of too many young people. many of whom were not addicts but to counterfeit pills, not knowing they contained fentanyl. >> and officials say the fact that these pills are being pushed online is something every parent needs to urgently understand. >> no matter where you live, you live in an open air drug market. we all have smartphones and access to social media where these dangerous drugs are now sold. >> the f.b.i., d.e.a. and a.t. f.are among the agencies

involved in the operation to address hampton as part of what is called the overdose justice task force. officials say it is one example of their significantly ramped up efforts in the face of this unprecedented drug crisis. in their words, mike, quote, we are fighting back. about time a lot of parents would say, mike. >> mike: amen. jonathan hunt live in los angeles. thanks a lot. >> gillian: that's a tiktok video from kaylee goncalves weeks before she and three other students were brutally murdered. we are learning more about the possible timeline. this as the search continues for the killer and a potential

motive. >> my impression is this is somebody who had a lot of anger toward the victims. it could be the fact that the killer felt slighted by one of them, maybe on a personal level. or maybe the killer was resentful of what these kids represent as being successful young people. >> gillian: dr. michael baden joins us now. doctor, the latest from investigators, i believe they are putting the time of the murders right around the 3:00 a.m. mark. how do investigators go about determining a precise time of death for all four of the victims? >> sometimes the autopsy findings can help by examining the body at the scene. changes and stiffening of the body with rigor. it doesn't work in this case. if the deaths were all within a half hour period of time that

seems likely, eight hours later when the bodies are found, the changes in the body won't distinguish among order of deaths. however, the actual injuries to the body may. if this were a type of rage reaction against a target, as may be present here, often there is evidence of overkill. of stabbing of the body many times after death has occurred. that wouldn't happen if there were other people in the other rooms, in the two other rooms that happened to get up and see what was going on and then became collateral damage so to speak. one of the ways that can be looked at also is whether the lets -- lights were on.

if they were killed in the dark the perpetrator had no reason to turn on the light. if the lights were turned on it would indicate the occupant of the room was up and that may have been indicated by the coroner statement that there were some with defense wounds on them. there was a -- >> gillian: doctor, in this case, is there any reason to think that determining the precise order in which the victims were killed might help to get a motive? we don't have a suspect but to determine a motive here? >> well, yes, it would be an indication from the nature of the wounds, from the overkilling that there was a target and this was a type that suggested of a rage reaction against that person for whatever reason,

whether revenge, being not spoken to nicely, whatever, the overkill would indicate the one with the most stab wounds probably the first one. now, the others we wouldn't be able to tell by the autopsy itself. >> gillian: doctor, we have to leave it there. illuminating speaking with you this morning. thank you for taking time with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> mike: ukraine reeling from missile strikes with some of the shelling hitting a hospital in the southern part of the war-torn country. how freezing temperatures are complicating the response. >> gillian: tempers are flaring at dr. fauci's final press conferences. he responded to some pointed questions yesterday about his handling of the pandemic. >> to all of those years i have given it everything that i have and i have never left anything

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>> gillian: defense secretary lloyd austin is meeting with his chinese counterpart on tuesday. >> the pentagon chief is concerned about a myriad of issues involving china. specifically aircraft from the chinese peoples liberation army concerned about aggressive moves and worried it may cause some sort of unfortunate accident. for perspective the increase concerns from the united states come not long after president xi jinping took the reigns of power

for an unprecedented third term. secretary lloyd austin raised concerns with his chinese counterpart, a general. how a pentagon spokeswoman described the meeting yesterday. >> he raised concerns about the increasingly dangerous behavior demonstrated by pla aircraft in the pacific region that increases the risk of accidents and affirmed the united states will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows. >> clearly concerns from the defense secretary. also from vice president kamala harris who is visiting the philippines while she didn't mention china by name, she did say this. >> [inaudible] >> the rhetoric from austin and

harris comes just a week after president biden met directly with president xi. the first time they met face-to-face during biden's presidency. gillian, white house officials insist that meeting was to bring down the temperature but at the same time secretary austin and the vice president clearly are taking aim at the chinese communist government. >> gillian: david spunt in washington. thanks. mike. >> mike: dr. anthony fauci making his final appearance at a white house briefing. things got ugly when a reporter tried to raise the question of origin of covid. >> only 13% of -- >> hold on a second. we have a process here. i'm not calling out on people who yell. and you are being disrespectful to your colleagues and you are being disrespectful to our guest. >> she has a valid question asking about the origin of

covid. dr. fauci is the best person. >> we are not doing that the way you want it. i'm done. simon, i'm done. >> former congressman jason chaffetz a fox news contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> mike: any surprise things got heated in the briefing room on what is likely to be dr. fauci's last appearance at the podium? >> they put up dr. fauci there at the white house but then he won't answer any questions. certainly won't answer the pivotal question. if you put him up there at the white house reporters get to ask questions and not just the way that the bidens want toment dr. fauci should have been fired a long time ago. it is a disgrace. i think see going to get to come back up to capitol hill because he will have to answer questions about his financial conflicts of interest. was he taking royalties and what about the origins of this? i think it was mal practice by

the democratic-run congress to not hold a single hearing about the origin of covid-19. not even a single hearing. >> considering the lives taken, the impact on all of our health, the impact on all of our lives, many, many people want to know the origin of covid as a former house oversight chairman, are you expecting this to be a central focus of a new republican-led congress come january? >> yeah, congressman comer has signaled that. other members have signaled that. energy and commerce has some jurisdiction. the oversight committee has jurisdiction as well. there will be a lot of document production and like i said, i think dr. fauci will come back up to capitol hill a few times. but they also want to see the paperwork. they want to see the financial flow of where things are going and they want to get intelligence briefings as well. it all needs to happen. the democrats just put a blind eye to it. it is time for us to know. don't you wish that had started

two years ago? we would be this much further along to make sure we don't have this problem again. >> mike: and tiktok and whether it threatens our national security. here is arkansas senator tom cotton. >> a massive surveillance program on america's young people. >> to be clear, it is not just republican concerns. the democratic chair of the senate intelligence committee warner has serious concerns about it. what are your thoughts, jason? >> yeah, this is one of those rare instances, mike, where you have bipartisan support or warnings, if you will, going out there talking about what the chinese government is doing to sur veil americans. people may say it's just my 14-year-old. it is just innocent enough. no, anything that -- everything that is in that phone, every text message and every document, every number, every -- it all is flowing into china and can be

used for sur -- i can't believe this has not been blocked yet by this administration. i know even in the trump administration, they were talking about it and probably should have done it back then as well. >> mike: thanks so much for your time and happy thanksgiving to you and your family. >> thanks. >> gillian: mass shooting at a virginia wal-mart has left six people dead overnight including the begunman who police say worked at the store. we have new details coming into the newsroom about the investigation. we'll bring it to you coming up next. plus this. could we be seeing the return of mask mandates for the holidays? a new government report is suggesting mandates would be a good way to help protect americans who have the dreaded long covid. dr. marc siegel with weigh in on that as well. >> starting now so you aren't exposed wear a mask if you're traveling, which continues to be

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>> mike: fox news obtaining a bombshell report on the university of florida's college of medicine showing the school incorporates critical race theory into its admission process and some educational programs. charles watson has more from atlanta. >> good morning, mike. this report comes from a group called do no harm accusing the university of florida college of medicine of using equity and anti-racist initiatives. terms the report at the core of critical race theory to indoctrinate prospective and current medical students scrutinizing reading materials that pushes diversity, equity and inclusion on faculty and student body in their recruitment and education process. the admissions page is quoted as an example. students kneeling and holding a

sign that reads white coats for black lives. the report says it is linked to page offered reading material such as anti-racist resources for white people and guidelines for being a strong white ally. the photo and reading materials have been removed but there is pushback from some medical professionals at the idea that this kind of learning and level of awareness is somehow destructive indoctrination. the american medical college association says these are issues that students themselves are pushing to address. listen. >> those things are based on evidence and based on our very sincere desire to do the best thing for all the patients we should be caring for, which is everybody, regardless of what their backgrounds are. far from being indoctrinated think students are some of our best advocates to make sure they have a broad view of what affects health. >> doctors and other medical

professionals show people of color largely fare worse when it comes to access of healthcare and the outcomes. guys, in terms of the university of florida college of medicine spokesperson tells fox news that it has a holistic admissions process and welcomes students of all backgrounds and doesn't discriminate. in terms much its curriculum the spokesperson says they do address things like access to healthy food, education and income because they say these are all things that affect a patient's health. back to you guys. >> mike: thank you very much, charles. >> gillian: a new report from the department of health and human services says that social distancing and masking should be encouraged once again even mandated in some instances in order to protect people from long covid. this comes despite president biden saying the coronavirus pandemic was over in september more than two months ago. let's bring in dr. marc siegel fox news contributor and

professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. they write the lifting of mask mandates and indifferent attitudes from social distancing typical further isolates people with long covid. this begs the question of whether as a public health policy hhs wants americans to start masking and social distancing again in order to protect people with long covid. >> well, i think they're absolutely recommending that now and i think that report implies they will start going back to the mandates. but there is a huge disconnect here. first of all, this report comes from an organization that is a digital analysis company. they advise governments and healthcare agencies. but there is a disconnect between that and what the people in america are feeling. first of all, where is the evidence that masking or social

distancing any anything to do with long covid? long covid is a real deal and this report actually is good on the issue of long covid. there is probably a million people out of the workforce at any one time because of long covid. report $50 billion worth of costs with that and they report 50 different symptoms that may be involved. if anything, i take from this we need more research on long covid. we have to figure out exactly what causes it and we are getting there and what to do about it. but masking and distancing have nothing to do with that directly. look, gillian, distancing came from the 1918 flu pandemic. flu is not as transmissible as covid. back in 1918 they recommended distancing. we suddenly recommended it with the covid pandemic but then found out that covid hangs in the air. that even with all the distancing in the world you are still spreading it. masking may have some value but mandates cause tremendous harm. we've been over and over that. by the way, as soon as the

mandates flew away and hhs should pay attention to this. as soon as they got rid of the mandates people stopped wearing masks all together, which meant they were being forced. i think public education is the key here, not mandates. >> gillian: you mentioned cold and flu season. we're in the thick of it now. a lot of parents desperate to find out more about rsv which is circulating at historic highs among young kids. my 1 1/2-year-old daughter had rsv a couple months ago. it was so bad, doctor, i would do pretty much anything to help avoid her contracting that again. talk to us about the differences in symptoms between flu and rsv and what parents should be on the lookout for? >> really important, gillian. i'm glad your 1 1/2-year-old is fine. i wrote about it on foxnews.com yesterday. i have a way of distinguishing this. rsv is upper respiratory.

clogging and your airways get clogged when you are tiny and you turn blue and have problems breathing. that's an issue with rsv. flu knocks you out. we're seeing it now with fatigue and body aches. you can't get out of bed. that's flu. with covid i'm seeing a lot of sore throats with this sub variant. very strong sore throat and headache and body aches. that's how i distinguish it if i get the phone call. the reason we're seeing so much rsv out of season is people weren't exposed to it because of the closures and shut downs. the immune system wasn't ready for it. it was on pause. it takes a couple of days for the immune system to come back. we'll come out of this. i recommend vaccines, i recommend the flu vaccine. a good match this year and covid vaccines. rsv you need to get to early treatment. >> gillian: we know we can take your advice to the bank.

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>> mike: jerusalem is rocked by two explosions. it was suspected attacks by

palestinians. the first explosion occurred near a bus stop at the entrance to the city killing the canadian teen heading to a jewish seminary. the second went off a half hour later near a bus stop in the northern part of the city. >> gillian: cheating appears to be on the rise across america. after recent scandals in competitive activities like fishing and corn hole we're learning more about the phenomenon. douglas kennedy took a look. what did you find? >> it's easy to accuse people of cheating without proof. this fisherman from ohio caught someone red-handed. they have a long tradition of telling tales but it crossed the line into something else. >> there was no story to tell on this one. it was just straight deception, you know? >> the fisher catching a winning walleye involved skill and luck.

>> nice lake erie walleye. beautiful representative of the lake. >> unfortunately as judge of a recent competition on lake erie, he found it also can involve stuffing a walleye with lead weights. it is really rare to catch someone cheating so clearly and unequivocally as you caught these two fishermen. >> i don't think it's ever happened before in live time on video where essentially everybody, the whole world got to see it. >> it is one in a series of cheating scandals that have plagued all parts of american society. including corn hole champions caught using illegal bean bags. >> a cheating scandal is sending shock waves across the professional corn hole world. >> a full body probe after being accused of using vibrating beads to win a championship.

even miss usa's crown become tainted. >> some contestants questioning the legitimacy of the pageant. >> cheating and cheating allegations are every where right now. >> it feels like people are prioritizing the outcome, the performance. >> a psychologist in new york has written extensively about modern america's cheating phenomenon. she blames a culture that rewards those who choose to win at any cost. more and more you are seeing people refusing to lose and refusing to admit they lost after they lost. >> we're seeing it across aldo mains. in government, in sports and normalizing the behavior. >> she says people who lie in order to win do damage beyond one event. >> this will affect all fishing competitions for a long time to

come. >> most fishing competitions at least here, it is done on an honor system. you can't have officials or official judges on everybody's boat. there is an honor code. >> an honor system some say is being systematically dismantled across many american institutions. back to you, gillian and mike. >> gillian: thanks, douglas. >> mike: president biden is once again extending the pause on student loan payments in response to an appeals court blocking his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower. the "wall street journal" editorial board reacting calling student loans the president's eternal emergency. joining me now "wall street journal" assistant editor james freeman. welcome. >> good to be here. >> mike: president biden was pretty firm back in august that this was only going to go until the end of the year. let's play it.

>> president biden: student loan payment pause is going to end. it is going to end december 30th, 2022, and it will end at that time. it is time for the payments to resume. >> mike: is he now extending it to june 30th because he can't control court action on his loan plan? >> yeah. he has this separate effort, an unconstitutional one to transfer half a trillion of debt from student loan borrowers to taxpayers. he is hoping the supreme court will look at it because appeals courts and district courts have been giving this a rough time, as they should. so i think now going back on his word and saying he is going to extend this payment pause is an effort to prevent a resumption of normal repayment before that court case. because i think if the resuchlgs occurs, those judges, justices who are probably not going to

like the constitutionality or lack there of of this plan anyway, are going to see that the world does not come to an end when you tell often well-healed borrowers in a very good job market that they have to repay their student loans. a lot of this aid is going to people who don't need it, beyond it being unconstitutional. i think the president doesn't want the courts to see these people being able to service their loans after all. >> mike: the administration's claim of a never ending national emergency to provide student loan relief deserved to be slapped down as the abuse of power it is. the question is, when will the courts finally act? >> some have been acting. this is really the greatest abuse of this era in terms of just blatantly unconstitutionally. we all understand the

legislative power in the country resides in the congress. he has to get congressional authorization to appropriate huge sums of money. he has not done that. he recently pretended that he had bizarrely claiming that he had signed a bill passed by congress. it was a complete falsehood. that's never occurred. he is now relying for both the cancellation plan and the debt pause plan on interpretations of a 2003 law that was meant to help soldiers with their loans and has nothing to do with what he is trying to use it for now. and so this really probably is not going to be a tough call once it gets to the supreme court. but i think he does want to delay that day of reckoning. >> mike: there is a cost to doing it. $155 billion and another $40

billion price tag. >> many -- a lot of these people don't need the help. one of the sort of under reported aspects to this besides all the other problems is there were already a lot of programs in place for people with low incomes who had high debt burdens. there is a lot of forgiveness that was already available and it was actually legal. so much of this -- most of this money is going to people in the top half of the income scale, the progressives on capitol hill love this even though it is not progressive by any of their definitions. it is going to well-heeled people and prevents reform of the system to finance college educations. >> mike: happy thanksgiving to you and your family. >> you, too, thanks. >> gillian: food pantries are facing record demand this holiday season as millions of americans are seeking help putting food on the table for their families this

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51 were shot down but two dozen got through hitting power stations, hitting the electric grid. knocking out power in a widespread way as well as hitting residential sites. look at what we saw just a short time ago. smoke still rising from the roof of this residential building behind us, another result of another russian missile attack. police on the ground trying to figure it out. a missile was targeting a power station nearby, either went off course or was shot down. the missile or fragments hit that building killing several and injuring several. we spoke to some residents of the area and couldn't believe it. they saw the rocket come down. they had a few choice words for vladimir putin and the russians. it was one of several sites hit all across kiev and right now power is out for the city as well as problems nationwide. another problem down in the

southern part of the country, earlier today, mike, a maternity hospital was struck by the russians. dead, a 2-year-old baby boy just a little toddler injured, his mother. all totaled major cities on this night from car kiev in the east to odessa in the south and the west. 43 million people in this country. this place is about the size of particular -- texas. there are nuclear power stations in the country. there are a few we haven't been talking about. power has been cut off to them. there are concerns about real meltdowns there and they're on backup power. concerns, dangers and a lot of people put out tonight courtesy of russia. back to you. >> mike: many thanks. greg. >> gillian: millions of americans are turning to food banks and food pantries for

thanksgiving dinner this year. inflation is causing a major drop in the donations families depend on. madison is live in new york. hi. >> yes, food banks are working harder than ever with inflation soaring. as you mentioned, at the same time donations diminishing because everyone is feeling the pressure of high inflation. feeding america, one of the largest food banks across the country say they are struggling with inventory at a time where demand is skyrocketing and seeing more people come in at most of their locations compared to the economic shutdown in 2020. at the same time, 40% of their locations are running on a budget deficit because of these costs. you can see why. at the grocery store everything that's going on your thanksgiving table up in cost. in particular turkey, it's up over 20% from last year. with certain items like turkey protein going up in cost the demand is jumping. a lot to deal with. take a listen.

so what the food bank here told me is that they have had to deal and get different alternatives and get donations when they can. they will feed as many people as they can. >> gillian: good to hear, madison, thank you. that does it for us at "america's newsroom." mike, happy thanksgiving to you ahead of tomorrow. >> mike: to you and your family. thank you. >> gillian: that has been great. "the faulkner focus" is julie banderas in today starts next. >> we begin with fox news alert. six people dead. a gunman opening fire inside a chesapeake, virginia wal-mart last night before turning the gun on himself. i'm julie banderas in for harris today. police are confirming the shooter was an employee at the store. the shooting taking place just before closing time. the store was busy with shoppers picking up last minute supplies for their thanksgiving celebrations ahead o