cookbook. >> i believe i saw on "the five," brought them a cboard. >> the five, the number one recipe, the first one. >> thank you for joining us, have a happy thanksgiving weekend. don't forget to dvr the show. here is "america reports." >> gillian: first came the turkey, now the shopping, at least that's the way the worked up until now. tens of millions are shong up a storm but retailers say the days of the in-person predawn blockbuster deals are officially over. what does that mean for your wallet and the economy? hello from washington, i'm gillian turner. this is "america reports." great to be with you today, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving, i feel the same way. by the way, steve's coconut

carrot cake, i'm all about that. gillian and i are here, because john and sandra are off. inflation eating that the holiday budgets, driver, airfare. 43% more for tickets this year than last, due to a whole lot of issues, including higher fuel costs and a pilot shortage. tsa screened 2.4 million across the country just yesterday. highest level since 2019. but, with cost for things like airfare, gas, groceries, searching under high inflation, how much will people have left over for shopping? billions of dollars for the economy at stake, gillian. >> gillian: fox team coverage on the holiday travel rush, and inflation for black friday. jeff flock is at philly international airport. so jeff, did we have or not have

a flightmare this year? >> so far so good, keep your fingers crossed. sunday is coming. if it looks calm out here at philadelphia international, it's because it is and that's reflected around the country. i'll take you perhaps to the arrival boards here in philly, pretty much everything is running on time. take a look at the numbers nationwide today. yeah, we are just 32 cancellations, this is na nationwide, 1,000 or so delays, a quiet day in the air travel system. yeah, and that's, even though more people as you report are flying. 1.4 million through the turnstiles on thanksgiving day, a little better than this time last year. the airlines say there is a reason for the smooth sailing, or smooth flying, whatever you want to call it. because they have reduced their schedules, not as much flights

out there, not promising dealing better with absence from the employees and more people in reserve. they say the remote work thing, yeah, an impact, too, on the way people travel. they are not travelling on the big days anymore, maybe kind of able to sparse it out a bit and not all at once. despite that, we still have a pilot shortage, that means the reduced flights are causing trouble at airports in terms of convenience. 324 airports have lost flights since 2019. 60 airports in the u.s. have lost half of their flights, and 14 of those airports have actually lost all service. so yeah, it's going to cost more, it's not going to be as convenient, but so far so good. i leave you with another mode of travel, that's the price of gasoline. driving instead of flying, a little less than it was, 3.57,

down $0.06, but still pretty high, $0.20 more than this time last year. i guess people are maybe shopping instead of flying today, gillian. >> gillian: sounds like a great weekend to stay wherever you are, what i'm going to do. happy thanksgiving to you, thanks. >> me to. >> gillian: arthel. >> the stores are looking to make money, one reason this black friday looks very different from the days of door busters and chaotic crowds. grady is live in chicago, magnificent mile. i see some people behind you. are folks out there shopping in chicago? >> it has picked up. we were out here at 5:00 in the morning, it was dead quiet, not like it used to be, 10, 15 years

ago, but nice weather in chicago, and you don't have to hit the door busters, deals all day long and you see the steady stream of people on michigan avenue and it is supposed to be a record weekend for both in store and online shopping according to the national retail federation. they say 166 million people will shop this black friday through cyber monday. deloitte says the average shopper will spend about $500 between now and cyber monday. that's a new record and 12% increase from last year. but, you mentioned inflation because of it, your money is not going as far, even though we are spending more in terms of the dollar amount, the average shopper is buying seven fewer gifts compared to a year ago, you are not getting as much bang for your buck, and shoppers on the mag mile tell us finding a good deal this year is more important than ever. >> we were just, as we were shopping and walking, we were just talking about inflation and how it's really affecting

everybody. >> personally i only got a summer job and baby-sitting gig, i don't make a lot of income. prices have gone up, i don't appreciate it but got to make due with black friday. >> shopping anyway. >> shopping, yep. >> all right. >> since so many people are scouring for deals, depending what you are looking for, black friday might not be the best time to buy. the deepest discounts on tvs, black friday is the best bet. but for toys, clothes and computers, experts say you are actually better off waiting until later this weekend for the best deals and for those parents who might be looking for gifts this weekend, the top toys for girls this year, according to the national retail federation, barbie and lol dolls, boys, i'm a poet and didn't know it, hot wheels and legos, classics are back this year. >> you know, barbie is it, she

has been, always will be, and still standing. >> timeless. i never had one, but -- >> all right. >> i was going to ask you, you mentioned it, you british columbia it up, you know, you can play with whatever toys you want to. good with me. grady, you take care. gillian. >> gillian: retailers are banking on holiday shoppers to boost their bottom lines after another tough economic year, but with inflation sticking through the end of the year and bottomless bargains to be had online, does black friday hold the same appeal? editor at large gerry baker, and happy belated thanksgiving to you. let's start -- let's start off with this headline from the journal today. why black friday shoppers aren't finding door buster deals this year. more people are expected to return to stores after two years pandemic disruptions, but high

gas prices and grocery bills loom over holiday shopping. if you heard grady's report, it sounds like the in-person shopping bonanza is kind of a fuzzy picture this year, a mixed bag at best, is that right? >> yeah, gillian. three things are going on. one, a long trend over time towards people buying more online, digital retailers, continues to expand and larger and larger share of shopping. secondly, obviously the pandemic hit black friday the last two years and that's changed shopping habits, more people are getting used to shopping online. and third, exactly as you heard grady talk about, the impact of inflation, and people are making careful judgments what they are spending their money on, instead of buying the 184-inch tv for $25, they have to be more careful. striking, interesting thing, despite inflation, consumer

spending remains strong in the united states. worry as we look forward with interest rates rising, mortgage rates up significantly, and real wages are not rising, we will see a slowdown over time in spending. >> gillian: this surprised me, gerry. another reason looks like in person bonanza on black friday, at least, is going to be diminished. take a look at the headline from reuters. u.s. retailers add cameras, steel cables, to deter holiday crime. call for number 3, target, organized retail crime has driven $400 million in extra profit loss this year. a headline on page two. a handful of things to shrink the drive in business, and theft is a key driver. we know we are not alone, and it's worse over the last 12 to

18 months. so that crime we are seeing across the country is really having an impact on retail right now. >> it really is, gillian. as you know, i live in new york city. you go into many stores in new york city, regular household goods, a pharmacy and like toothpaste and washing up liquid and things like that, literally you actually have to summon an assistant to get them and you know, you talk to them as i have done and they say these are the things people, you know, like to come in and steal, thieves come in and steal because they can sell them on the street. that has been a huge problem, and by the way, cities like san francisco and portland, oregon, the situation is even worse, many, many businesses have shut down, people are saying they can't afford to keep their businesses going there because they are losing so much to crime. it is a real problem. many, many major cities have been hit by that and they are as you say, as the report says, writing in a the profit and loss account hundreds of millions of

dollars in expected theft. that is a real problem, and you know that, is a problem speaks to something much deeper in society that again, particularly with many, many jurisdictions where they don't seem to be keen on prosecuting crime, san francisco recently, the law changed so up to a relatively high amount of money, $700, you will not be prosecuted for shoplifting. >> not arrested, either. >> exactly, exactly. >> gillian: one thing that interests me and maybe you can explain this, when we first started seeing the stories of organized retail crime, if you follow the reporting, it was the major exclusive labels, like gangs smashing windows at gucci, louis vuitton, but now it has

trickled down, impacting retailers like cvs, smashing and grabbing items that cost 2.99. >> yeah. i want to be careful what i say, i don't want to give indication i know much about the fencing of stolen goods, but i think the general picture is it's much harder to sell on, to fence, you know, a gucci handbag at $10,000, than to go into a cvs and pick up a couple hundred dollars worth of household goods and sell them on the street. petty crime, still organized, gangs and groups do this, easier to pull off and so many stores have had to result to extreme measures. a tube of toothpaste you have to wait for 10 minutes until the assistant comes to open the cabinet. >> gillian: and annoying for us

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>> arthel: ended up being a controversial piece of fabric, but masks and their mandates could be coming back. federal health officials just released a report calling for a new round of mask mandates. this comes as los angeles county is now strongly urging people to start wearing masks again in public as covid cases there begin to surge. senior correspondent has more, so steve, are mask mandates coming back? >> arthel, a lot of talk about mask mandates coming back but not in the near future. you mentioned los angeles county, right now officials there are strongly recommending that people wear masks in public places, and they do so after a rise in covid cases. covid cases on the daily average for local cases are about 50% higher than they were just four weeks ago, so they have seen a surge there, they have taken some steps but are not going to mandatory mask wearing yet, and a lot of health officials say because not just of covid but

also when you factor in the flu season and rsv, people may consider to wear masks again. >> prudence and being careful rather than carefree i think would benefit everyone out there, and dust off that mask, you know. they are very easy-to-use, and they really do offer another layer of protection. >> the department of health and human services commissioned a report that recommended wearing masks in public places. it stopped short of saying, calling for mask mandates and health officials make that distinction clear. they say there's a big difference between asking people to voluntarily wear and a mask mandate. a big gap between those two. >> the mask is a very polarizing way to go, given everything we have been through, but a mask mandate is a different type of

thing. it's different than voluntarily wearing a mask. >> in the u.s., 40,000 cases each day, a rise of 7% in the past two weeks. >> arthel: steve, thank you. >> gillian: take a look at this crazy story out of china we are following this afternoon. at least the best we can, given the tight censorship in place in that country, chinese police are seen cracking down on large worker protests. you can see hundreds of demonstrators are marching outside the largest iphone factory, this went down yesterday at the company's headquarters foxconn in central china, dispute over a promised bonus they have not received. foxconn is apologizing, say a technical glitch in the payment process is responsible for the bonuses. >> arthel: gillian, we have

heard many stories of cruise ship passengers going overboard that ended in heartbreak. this one might make it even more headlines because it does not. here is the story, carnival cruise lines reporting a man fell overboard from valor yesterday while sailing from new orleans to mexico. after 12 hours of searching and fading hopes, the crew of a cargo ship based in liberia spotted the man floating in the gulf. he was alive and well, taken to a hospital and is in stable condition. so that -- right, it's hard to believe. i cannot believe it, this man, if he was not living right, he better now because he just got a second shot at life. >> gillian: if you were waiting for a sign, that's your sign. we hear these stories of passengers falling overboard on cruise ships, it's terrifying because you are likelier than not just plunging that far into the water, it's terrible.

>> arthel: this one is a happy ending, thankfully. >> gillian: a looming rail strike is threatening to hit the economy as the holiday season kicks into high gear. agreement on track, and why is it that president biden is contradicting the staff where they are. >> arthel: house republican leadership is bringing new investigations with them to capitol hill when 2023 kicks off. republican laurel lee was just elected to congress and she will tell us what she will focus on day one. >> investigation of joe biden, the president of the united states and why he lied to the american people about his knowledge and information in the family's international business schemes. to be clear, joe biden is the big guy. kwler cler .

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♪♪ >> gillian: people hoping to get back home after travelling for thanksgiving may have some delays, to put it mildly, due to soggy weather. a quick forecast check with rick is coming up in a minute, but first this. rail unions are rolling closer to a possible nationwide strike next month. president biden's staff says he's working around the clock to stop the crisis, working from nantucket where he's spending the weekend. so, lucas, president biden took credit the first time around a couple months ago for averting a strike. will he be able to do it again? >> experts say this is not a good time of year for a rail strike with christmas just one month before today.

president biden spoke yesterday on thanksgiving, said this time around he does not plan to roll up his sleeves and negotiate. >> you talk about who the hold-up is, mr. president? >> i can't, it's the middle of negotiations still. >> have you been in touch with the parties again? >> my team has been in touch with all the parties and i have -- i have not directly engaged yet because they are still talking. >> just a few days ago, biden's press secretary said something completely different. >> the president is indeed involved directly, but i don't want to get into details at this time, but he has been involved. i just said the president has been directly involved. he's been in touch. this is the third time i'm saying he's been directly involved. >> back in september, gillian, weeks before the midterm elections, biden administration took credit for avoiding a rail strike, but that deal is now in

danger. both sides from until early december to come to an agreement. congressman mike waltz spoke earlier. >> she's trying to distance the president because this deal with the railroad unions is literally about to come off the rails. three of the 12 unions have rejected it. what's so interesting and convenient, before the midterm elections, he was taking credit for saving the country's economy. >> amazon workers in 40 countries are staging walkouts and protests on this black friday. we have asked the white house for reaction. we'll let you know if we get it, gillian. gill lucas tomlinson in nantucket, thanks so much. >> arthel: republicans will look to make a splash in the new year when they take control of the house. leaders are promising investigations into a myriad of issues concerning the biden administration. but some new members are also

stressing that republicans need to actually deliver on some of the policy platforms they campaigned on. let's bring in laurel lee, florida congresswoman elect, representing district 15. she's also the former florida secretary of state, so miss lee, thanks for being here, jumping in, how do you strike the balance between oversight and overreach? >> well, both of those objectives are critical. to be sure, it is time for republicans to seize the opportunity to talk about our policy agenda and what conservative leadership means in congress. and absolutely we are prepared to do that. there is a very detailed policy agenda that includes economic checks and balances on the biden administration and the economy that's strong, a nation that's safe, a government that's accountable, but i can tell you my constituents want answers to the critical issues during the biden administration, so as the new republican majority i think

we need to do both. focus on those policy issues but also ensure that we are asking the right questions and holding the biden administration accountable. >> arthel: also in terms of policy making, the people want that as well. how can the republican-led house come out strong? what policies should you prioritize in terms of bringing issues to the table that can make the lives of everyday americans better? >> well, i think it begins with the economy. voters across the country are feeling the effects of the biden administration's wreckless spending and wreckless economic policies. so we need to begin by focusing there. and ensuring that we curb excessive and wasteful government spending, and also involve tax and regulatory policies that actually support businesses and economic growth. so without question, republicans are prepared to do that. and really look forward to having the opportunity to showing the american people what a difference it can make to have principled conservative leaders

in congress. >> arthel: how might the behavior of the house over the next two years impact the 2024 presidential race? >> well, really in both of those ways. to begin, i think it is important that we take this opportunity to really demonstrate what a difference it will make to put a stop to some of the wreckless spending. just this week, we saw joe biden again with student loan policy that makes no sense for americans and more fundamentally is absolutely devoid of consideration for basic separation of powers. the biden administration is attempting to do through unelected bureaucrats that which belongs in congress, major questions, policy questions and spending should always be done in congress. so it gives us an opportunity to put a stop to that inappropriate ever by the biden administration to do administratively that which they have no constitutional authority to do. it's also a key issue for voters

in my area that we focus on the southern border and the biden administration failure to secure that border. every day we see unchecked illegal immigration, empowering the cartels, not just to bring in deadly fentanyl, which is coming into all of our communities in america, but also as a former prosecutor i can speak to the travesty that is human trafficking, which is happening every day at our southern border. so as americans and leaders in congress, we need to be focused on doing everything possible to put an end to these types of policies and secure that southern border. >> arthel: indeed. and how do you do that? >> well, i think it begins clearly with an investigation of secretary mayorkas. we saw earlier this week, speaker designate mccarthy and republican colleagues down on the southern border really shining a light on some of the issues and challenges that we have down there.

it is absolutely time for secretary mayorkas to be accountable for his decisions, indecisions and failures to come up with a border policy that will keep our country secure. we also have individuals on the terror watch list coming across our border unaccountable here in our country. posing a threat to every community. >> arthel: i totally understand your points. for the sake of time here want you to tell me, you have to get to the bottom of what's going wrong, how do you make it right in terms of policy and i know you need to investigate but you have thousands of people coming across the border every day and the fentanyl, they are capturing some of it, we have to admit they are capturing some fentanyl but a lot is getting into our communities, too much. so again, what's the immediate, you know, fix to stop the flow? >> well, i think the immediate fix is this. it's quite simple. we are a nation of laws and we need to ensure that everywhere in america those laws are being followed.

so right from day one, there needs to be transparency about this administration and what they have been doing and the decisions they have been making. i hear every day from constituents in my district that they want answers. we have not just an opportunity but an obligation to ensure that the american people get the truth about what's going on at our southern border and that we put a stop to any, any efforts that is not compliant with our existing laws and policies. >> arthel: and now you are former secretary of state of florida. when will your former boss, governor desantis, announce his run for the white house? >> well, i'll say this. it was an incredible privilege to get to work as a senior part of the desantis administration and i am so proud of the policy objectives that we were able to advance and work on together. he is an incredibly talented leader and certainly in florida we are all very proud of our strong conservative leaders and looking forward to what the future brings.

>> arthel: how long do we wait? >> time will tell, time will tell. we are very proud of our bench here, we've got a lot of great leaders coming from florida and i know we are all very much looking forward to seeing what the future holds. >> arthel: you are not going to tell me when he's going to announce. maybe you'll come back and tell me. congresswoman elect, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> arthel: take care. gillian. >> gillian: take a look at the travel weekend weather check for you we mentioned a minute ago. rick at the fox weather center. >> we have had worse, we have had worse holiday travel times overall. look at this temperature-wise. coldest spot on the map, 34° in fargo. we are warm across parts of florida, breaking temperatures, high record temperatures again across florida. you see that orange on the map. take a look at the travel delays going on, there is not a single airport that is reporting any significant travel problems right now. one spot we are watching is some

moisture across parts of the southwest, a developing system. you see the know across parts of west texas, this is for today. a little rain through the northeast, most is gone. so clearing up behind it any delays in boston are going to be improving and later on today, sorry, dropped my clicker there, later on today we'll see some showers across parts of the pacific northwest that will cause some problems, gillian. excuse me for that, i had to drop down to get my clicker, that's what happens in live weather. the system in the pacific northwest will cause some problems tomorrow, possible delays across the south but not from icy or snowy weather, and sunday, worst day for the eastern seaboard, d.c., boston, seeing some delays, and new york, chicago. sometimes you get the holidays it's really bad. this is not one of them. some troubles but overall you can get home, just a little

delayed. >> gillian: you handled it very perfectly, like gene kelly, never missed a beat. i don't know how you do what you do with or without the weather, i can incredible choreography. talk to you later. >> arthel: nice work, rick. turns out thanksgiving holiday in the big apple saw a surge in violent crime, including a deadly shooting. what the nypd is doing the day after to restore public safety. >> gillian: as republicans get ready to take control of the house, kevin mccarthy is pledging to hold dhs secretary mayorkas accountable for the record breaking flood of migrants at the southern border. brandon judd coming up next. >> this administration loves him. probably the most successful member of this administration. they wanted an open border, they campaigned on it, and he's delivered it. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of

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>> arthel: holiday crowds in new york did nothing to keep criminals hidden in a city shadow. a man was shot and killed in queens while he sat in his car. that's in addition to an attempted rape on a moving subway train in manhattan. and on a different subway line, the attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy. now the nypd says it's taking action to keep people safe. laura is live in new york city with more. laura. >> hi, we know new york city is packed with tourists this time of year, and there always has been crime to go along with that. but with the recent uptick in most all categories of crime, including those that occur underground on the subway, some are growing concerned about how they are going to get around safely, especially with family and kids. nypd putting more officers on the streets during the holidays, along with members of its counter terrorism bureau to keep

crowds safe at key locations like the parade yesterday, holiday markets, rockefeller center and on subway. police arrested one man beating a 12-year-old boy with a crutch in brooklyn. described as an unprovoked attack. that boy got a black eye, cuts to his head and arm. he went back to school this year but has reportedly been walking with other people from now on. one of the more alarming crimes, attempted kidnapping of a 10-year-old boy who was riding a subway with his 15 and 16-year-old sibling the day before thanksgiving, these images of the suspect accused of trying t pull him off the train before his brother and sister were able to fight him off. two new york city thanksgiving day murders in the city in the bronx, 23-year-old man was shouldn't shot in the chest, another 23-year-old was shot in the neck, no arrests in either case as the investigations continue. and police also need the public's help identifying who

walked up to a locked gas station who shot an employee who opened the door to help him. he is in critical condition. and the best advice to be aware of your surrounding, stay alert, and if you see something, say something. >> unbelievable. thank you so much. gillian. >> gillian: a bitter back and forth in the department of homeland security over the crisis at the southern border. working around the clock over the holidays, even busting a human smuggling operation near mission, texas. brandon judd joins us now, white house says not only are they not changing anything about the strategy moving forward but double down. karine jean-pierre wednesday. >> and we have set up anti-smuggling operations with mexico and guatemala, and we prepare to transition to the next phase of our work to manage

the border in a safe, orderly and humane way. the department of homeland security will double down on those proven strategies and you should expect to hear more from them in the coming weeks. >> gillian: what do you say? >> the problem, the more you tell a lie the more apt the public will believe it. that's what the administration is doing. lying about what's happening on the border. they are trying to set the new normal. make people think that 200,000 apprehensions is a normal rate. they are trying to tell you that they are setting up operations with guatemala and mexico, in reality, there are no operations right now. we should be apprehending between 30 to 40,000 people per month. we are at 200,000. and that's the problem with this white house. they continue to deflect because they know the mainstream media will not call them on it. if you look at what secretary mayorkas says, if the mainstream media would say give us your metric, you say the border is secure, tell us how you make

that determination. all the facts clearly show the border is absolutely not secure and cartels control stretches of our border which is allowing all the fentanyl to come into the united states. >> gillian: where do you get the 30, 40,000 number, a more reasonable number what we should be experiencing. >> in a normal year, we apprehend between 30 to 40,000. go back to the bush administration, obama administration, trump administration, minus 2019, that was not a normal year, but those years and apprehensions were somewhere between 30 to 40,000. those are normal years. right now we are at 230,000, and on top of that, being you've got the got-away, those that enter the country illegally like you are showing right now and they are able to evade apprehension. that's over a million people. we have never even come close to that number previously.

>> gillian: while karine jean-pierre says the biden administration is getting it right, mark kelly was asked do you think democrats have recognized the complexity of the issue and frustrations people have. he says absolutely not, not even close, surprising coming from a democrat. >> he has to. he's in the state of arizona. illegal immigration and border security, it pulls as one of the top issues, the economy obviously is number one, but border security is number two. he has to be honest about what's taking place on the border so he is calling out his colleagues, we have to do something to address this. but the truth is, this administration took a calculated risk. the border security was not going to harm them in the midterms and because there was not the red wave that was expected, they are waving the white flag saying we did prevail.

>> gillian: brandon, we have to leave it there. happy thanksgiving. thanks for taking time with us. >> you bet, gillian. you, too. >> arthel: personality and beauty, razzle dazzle. says i am here to win tonight that. the top pup at the national dog show. we'll tell you who took best in show. plus, inflation hitting christmas trees. say what? that's up next.

>> gillian: if only money did actually grow on trees because chances are you are going to need more it this year, maybe a lot, to decorate your house for christmas. >> fertilizer is going upwards, you know, we used to pay a couple hundred dollars per acre, now 5, $800 an acre for fertilizer. some expendables such as netting, christmas tree stands, even our sharpies we are using to price trees are up 20%. >> gillian: turns out the price of a christmas tree is expected to be between 5 and 15% higher

than just last year. >> the national dog show best new show winner is the french bulldog. >> arthel: winston, yes, winston. took home the top prize at the prestigious annual dog show, 3-year-old frenie is a fan favorite, and 78th best in show title in his career. winston beat out ten other finalist, with you judge called him the ultimate blend of personality and beauty. one fan nailed it on twitter calling him an furect ball of marzipan. >> gillian: he is so pleased with himself. what makes frenchies so

confident. >> they are show stoppers. if you see one, right, you stop. like oh, you start doing the baby talk to the frenchie, it just happens. so adorable. >> look at him smiling. like oh, yeah, i did it, i did it. >> he's totally smiling. and the thing about dogs, they are worker bees, you know, and they want to do, they want to i am president th-- impress their owners. >> gillian: they are lazy, mine are 12, so that's part of it. but they have never been, you know, high energy. >> arthel: look, when you get to be 12, you get to do whatever you want to. my dog, george, is, believe it or not, he's 17 years old, and he is, i mean, he has high energy, you know, he loves to go out, we took him out last night for thanksgiving dinner with his little bow tie on, and he stole the show. >> gillian: send us tom pictures. >> oh, i will, i will, all right. look, we will keep this up.

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>> arthel: all new at 2:00, twitter ceo elon musk making more waves, now hinting he may release details about twitter's censorship of the hunter biden laptop story. social media sites were quick to remove posts about the story in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. and now musk is weighing whether he'll unveil details on twitter's decision to do that saying it's "necessary to restore public