>> good morning it's an exciting day for shopping lovers on this black friday is expected to be record-breaking the national retail federation said over 183 million people are planning on shopping in-store or online this year between thanksgiving and cyber monday up from last year and up from the pandemic but the national police association is warning shoppers about crimes that tend to spike around the holidays. >> we are seeing burglars follow people home from the mall. from the store and especially if you drive home from the mall or from the store with lots of packages in your vehicle they will follow you home and attempted to rob you often in your driveway. >> it's important for shoppers to stay vigilant if you are not shopping in a store and doing online you have to be aware of

people like porch pirates who will steal your packages but the national police association said the most important thing to do is prevention with locks, cameras things like that. >> being followed home is pretty creepy. that's enough for me. thank you. we appreciate your reporting on this black friday thank you. >> molly: migrant crime running rampant including a major drug and credit card scam bust in new york city on wednesday welcome to a brand-new hour of america's newsroom.>> griff: i am in for bill, 2 migrants reported in new york city. the men are said to have ties to the violent venezuelan gang and they are reported to be part of a group ref of threaten tenants in an apartment in aurora colorado and in chicago they are warning police officers to be careful when encountering suspected tda gang member sprayed

>> it's a continuation of what we have seen time and again with the migrant crisis is our sanctuary city policies of blaming. now we have a new series of questions how do they end up in new york was this part of the failed biden harris agenda? >> we have team coverage mike tobin standing by chicago and first in manhattan with more on the major drug bust. >> the reported members were taken into custody as part of a major drug trafficking and credit card scam bust in new york city for the new york post that said 215 suspected

venezuelan gang members picked up during an early morning raid on wednesday following a month-long investigation. the post sharing this photo of the semi automatic weapons pistols and ammo found both had active warrants in aurora colorado on felony charges of first-degree burglary and menacing with a firearm for another incident showing them and other men breaking into an aurora apartment about 10 minutes before fatal shooting. a local reports of the men knocked on 2 apartments and threatened residence. police said at the time the men had not been linked to any criminal gang but the new york post is reporting from its sources that they not only somehow made their way here to new york city from colorado but also both men are tda members who were involved in credit card fraud violence and selling heroin and fake weed in new york city.

stephen all right thank you very much and now for the latest on the warning from chicago police let's bring in our senior correspondent mike tobin. what are you saying? >> we have more indication that this gang is fortifying increasing its numbers and getting more bold law enforcement and sanctuary cities knows that and they know the gang poses a threat this officer safety alert went out over the summer. it appears to have started with immigration and customs enforcement but it warned officers it has been reported that members from the transnational criminal organization have been given a green light to fire upon our attack law enforcement in denver colorado but in chicago officers are urged to use caution and tactical awareness when approaching someone who has tda affiliation. the trump think tank had a deep dive and part of law enforcement all documents.

>> it looks like from the latest dhs reports they are in 16 us states and based on the fbi national intelligence center there's thousands of them all across the western hemisphere. >> the vita administration designated the transnational gang is started in a visit venezuelan prison it has popped up in 16 states. and some of the information dog up and the documents said graffiti has been popping up in the chicago glitzy shopping district the magnificent mile right behind me. >> and officials tell me that the gang members are harder to detect that ms 13. great reporting. thank you mike. molly? >> molly: at the southern border texas public safety

troopers coming across an unaccompanied 10-year-old boy from el salvador left behind from the smuggling guide that brought him to america. >> molly: the former chief patrol agent of the border patrol in arizona joins us. that is heartbreaking video. and thank you for your insights here on this day after thanksgiving holiday weekend but will he see video like this and this is hard for the border patrol to encounter this we have seen a lot of children coming across the border. a little girl two years old in a long line of people and there was a recent from lieutenant

olivarez talking about this as many of us are celebrating thanksgiving let's not forget the children that will not get to enjoy the holidays or see their families because they have been placed in a situation due to open border positions and they are exploited and exposed to dangerous criminal environment during their journey to the us. sadly there is video of this boy and there are many others. your thoughts right now. >> it is disheartening it hurts to see this assess played out countless times throughout my career and the men and women of the border patrol deal with this firsthand thank you for lieutenant olivarez who is putting this out there and your partner in crime has done a great job of highlighting this open border humanitarian crisis because these are children. last week it was a two-year-old today is a 10-year-old but this plays out every southwest border state every day we have these unaccompanied minors and

this is a problem and we are really looking forward to the new administration coming in and cleaning this up and fixing it and finding the reasons why these kids continue to get traffic and hopefully save lives. sweetie do you have any concern with the new trump administration the cartels no that we will see an uptick in the pushing of children across the border in the coming months. >> we saw that when trump got elected coming into 17 and that little boy said his mom is here so there will be a big push to unite these families or connect these kids with potential family members and helps to vastly mo that will be used and also any time you bring families and it makes it more

emotional and difficult to deal with but this is a trend that is going on right now but something that will get fixed i feel confident >> and the texas authorities and the federal government with the trump administration and the court just ruled in the favor the federal court of appeals ruled that texas has the right to build that razor wire border wall and then biden was wrong to cut the razor wire what does this big change in administration mean for texas that has been in essence arguing that they have been forced to fight and save and

protect the border to a great extent by themselves. >> i grew up in texas there's a couple of sayings god bless texas and don't mess with texas and governor abbott has been an ally with the border patrol when it comes down to security we are thankful that we have that he has led the way. and with the cooperation necessary for securing the border at the front line but doing the enforcement that we have heard about so much from the borders are and working with ice and so having that cooperation is critical you have sanctuary cities warning about these criminal gangs but they are resisting but thank goodness we have texas it will be a huge play for us as we get this border security

enforcement underway i have no doubt in my mind texas will lead the way hopefully the other states will realize there is value to protecting borders and citizens that we don't have these problems and these continued crime waves >> the administration the federal level happy thanksgiving to you. >> 230 million americans meteorologist adam joins us with a look at the forecast which seems to suggest is time to break out that heavy winter coat. >> now old man winter comes in and these are current windchill temperatures in the portions of the upper midwest minneapolis

feels like -2 chicago nine and that cold air is sweeping across the great lakes picking up some lake effect snow. the usual suspects getting it and as a result we see some different weather tour weather advisories and warnings across this general region when it's all said and done there will be areas where you're looking at 6 to 8 inches of snow but you start to see some of those deeper pink colors that will come out into feet of snow a major weather event and this is part of the world this familiar with that and otherwise across the country you are looking at cold temperatures minneapolis and 27 in chicago and places south oklahoma city and cold air is funneling in what about those folks who are traveling? other than minor delays you see largely clear conditions that will continue for saturday a

spin up with some light snow ultimately on sunday folks taking as much as they can it's all green so travel is good you need to be bundled up the next couple of days. >> griff: all green that's a good forecast for travelers. thanks. molly. >> molly: more saber rattling from china what beijing is warning the us not to do plus this. anti-israel protesters attempting to derail the macy's day parade how mayor eric adams responded and a college ball volleyball tournament is reframing the fight for fairness in women's sports.

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set to face off against san jose state in the mountain west conference women's volleyball semi finals but the team is withdrawing over allegations that san jose has a transgender player.william is in los angeles with the details. >> because of the forfeit by boise state san jose will play tomorrow in the mountain west league title and if they win the spartans go to the big dance. the ncaa tournament next month in louisville. so one of the main reasons san jose got this far as the star blair fleming according to filings a biological male. fleming was a record-setting

mvp for her high school women's team in virginia she went to coastal carolina before transferring to san jose state where the six foot one outside hitter was named the all-conference team with honorable mention. half of san jose states conference wins have come by forfeit five teams boise state wyoming southern utah refused to play. a dozen players have filed suit against the conference saying it violated their title ix rights protecting the opportunities fairness and safety of women by allowing fleming to play. the biden appointed judge rejected their argument saying suspending fleming from the tournament would risk confusion and prejudice at minimum san jose state and appeals judge affirmed that ruling. so regarding the latest forfeit a disappointed boise state athletic director said in a statement they should not have to forgo this opportunity while waiting for a more thoughtful and better system that serves all athletes. basically the bottom line is this issue is not going away several states ban mail

transgender athletes abide administration propose changing title ix to prohibit that on transgender athletes that many suspect president trump will take a different point of view. sweetie all great points. william appreciated. >> griff: china is ramping up rhetoric against taiwan that comes as a taiwanese president prepares for a trip to the marshall islands with a stopover in hawaii. let's bring in michael the single fellow for the heritage foundation. china doesn't like these stopovers they objected strongly to the current taiwanese president's predecessor when he did it and now we are about to have it again what do you see happening? >> it shows the contrast between biden's china policy and what donald trump did in the first terminal what he plans on the next term biden

very stupidity they keep provoking taiwan biden keep saying we will defend taiwan and his own staff takes it back this is a very divided government.the majority in parliament once talks with china they had eight years of negotiations with china you can now fly nonstop between taiwan and beijing several times a day trump accepted the policy he got him to come to mar-a lago saw him again in osaka and buenos aires he got a lot of things done that could lead to as many as 2 million new jobs and most of all avoiding nuclear war. biden has been so provocative even though they know there's 2 million taiwan businessman in mainland china. the biden people are stoking or change metaphors they are pushing on the most sensitive nerve the chinese have so two more nights to stay in hawaii overnight with taiwan's

president that the chinese say is a cause of war so i leave it up to see what's going to happen with president trump but i think provoking china needlessly over taiwan is a big mistake if you want big things from china like a peace plan. biden won't even talk about it with them is kind of bizarre how the biden people are provoking china almost every day. >> griff: you are right looking ahead to the next administration i think tariffs are certainly on the way but i want to give you a statement because the defense ministry spokesperson for china says the chinese people's liberation army shoulders or sacred mission of sovereignty territorial integrity and resolutely will defeat all attempts for taiwan independence and thwart all interference by external forces president biden had this to say about the terror threat.

>> china is we set up a hotline between the president and myself i am confident about him and i am not saying but he understands what's at stake. >> griff: that lays out what you're talking about do you think that the trump pipeline hotline whatever it is will increase greatly and how important is it? >> it's extremely important to world peace and there was already a hotline i was in the room in the oval office when his letters would come in president trump would do a reply they had several phone calls but to go over sensitive issues and had many meetings in

person also by the way biden seems to have a contempt for chinese culture you saw president trump had his granddaughter recite the dynasty poem and mar-a lago to show respect for chinese culture and history and he is so powerful he's a tyrant he makes concessions that trump wants to get and the biden approach is just foolish. >> we will see what his reaction is if we see more chinese drills in the taiwan we saw this time last year we may see it again soon but before we run out of time i want to get your reaction to russia's attack on ukraine launching more than 200 missiles and drones escalation you are worried about? >> yes major escalation don't forget who is the backer of pugin and the russian defense complexes china if china could be persuaded to back off

there's some evidence they want to do that we have a possibility of a cease-fire that they put so much pressure on the russians that they have to meet the terms of the cease-fire so that's what is a major war and peace issue is whether or not the chinese will help us with iran and with ukraine with trade agreements being restarted those kinds of things and stop these little pinprick pointless provocations that biden seems compelled to pursue. >> griff: you do a great job of putting it into the big picture of context. thank you for your time. >> this is an era where political violence and harassment is real and we have to do something about it. >> we have come through a polarizing election and i just hope that everyone lowers the temperature.

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>> thanksgiving bomb threats targeting half a dozen lawmakers taking place in connecticut thankfully no one was hurt and it comes the same week that members of the trump administration facing bomb threats and swat attacks. the trump transition team saying it won't be deterred or intimidated by those threats. thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving weekend on this

black friday we appreciate your time on the holiday weekend. i want to get your thoughts. >> this has become more prevalent the attacks on people who enter the political system if they are politicians or prosecutors and judges your thoughts on the collaborative effort be potentially could be at stake behind this facing these new administration officials playing a big role broadly in all sorts of public life. >> obviously none of this should be tolerated. and we have to wonder where this is coming from in particular because the addition of two examples of democrats and republicans and incoming to the president trump staff is this an outside actor? is this from a different country does this have anything to do with ideology at all or is this something that is meant to cause disruption and fear? there's a saying that says good

men and good women don't run for office because it's a sacrifice and part of that sacrifice is are the threats that people receive most of the time those threats you see them with people volleying things back and forth on twitter because people have open access to people that leave the country. they can communicate with them even if the leader doesn't communicate back and then that just sort of balloons out to be other ways to threaten them when they are not getting the attention that they believe they deserve. >> some people can feel safe in anonymity that the former fbi assistant director calls this domestic terrorism. take a listen. >> the existence of a threat or the making of a threat as an act of domestic terrorism is designed to intimidate incoming

nominees and political nominees so if it comes pro-palestinian or domestic this is domestic terrorism at its purest form. >> this could potentially mean serious charges for the people behind these threats. >> absolutely and a lot of these people that are threaten to have young families. how do you accommodate that sense of fear and uncertainty and stability into your life just because you have stepped up to serve your country and he is not wrong this is domestic terrorism. it is a terrorizing thing to have your home, the place where you call your sanctuary where you gather with your family threatened by unknown actors. that is the very definition of terrorism. speak i want to get to another quick topic in new york city people came out for the big parade in the pro-palestinian protesters. mayor adams had this to say. >> i want to take the moment to

tell the grinches that believe they are going to disrupt the parade is not going to happen we acknowledge the city will respect peaceful protests we are not going to accept any violence or disruption in this parade there will be no tolerance for interfering at all.>> molly: thankfully the nypd shut that down just a quick reaction from you for those protesters. >> this is they have been doing this since i was a kid i can remember betty white was one of the announcers it shows you how old i am for the thanksgiving day parade this is something that people along with football gather around their tv sets with their families as they are preparing things in these kinds of disruptions people do believe in free speech on the right to protest these protesters seem to do a lot of what they are doing out of really wanting attention and there is sort of this iconic photo of ronald mcdonald coming

up behind him and you can almost imagine president trump in the window sending him out there. >> i will take a betty white reference any day. selena thank you for your thoughts. >> griff: a priest who fled the united states for brazil in the 1950s is now the seventh african-american on the road to sainthood lauren greene has more from the new york city newsroom. >> the catholic church recognizes more than 10,000 saints but none of them are african-americans born or raised in the united states but a growing list of candidates could change that the latest on the path to canonization is the servant of god a black priest born in boston who went to brazil because he was not allowed to practice in america

because of the color of his skin but it never made him better. when he applied to a seminary in staten island new york he asked the priest in charge if they accepted people of color writing i shall not in any way feel hurt. don't feel hurt you tell me the truth please. god bless you dear franciscans. father martin joins half a dozen african-american men and women known as a saintly six whose causes for sainthood or in the early stages expert say of those seven it is father augustus a slave who became a priest he may be the first black american canonize. black catholics are championing the causes for others honoring the challenges they overcame through slavery and >> think about it. being a black person in the united states during that time and the things that they were able to accomplish the work that god was able to do through them during that period that is inspiring me. >> the legacies of saints are

being highlighted in the episodes of martin scorsese's new documentary the saints streaming now on fox nation. >> what a remarkable and inspiring story. thank you. assuming that was a fantastic report. at house speaker mike johnson announcing a meeting with the leaders next week. what elon musk and expecting to tell lawmakers about their plan to/government waste.

>> griff: a hiker reported missing more than a month ago has been found alive. he went missing while camping in northeast british columbia

he was feared dead but some worker spotted him on a service road on tuesday morning he is hospitalized and reunited with his family. there he is. >> molly: cochairs elon musk and vivek ramaswamy heading to their buying some major cuts. hilary. >> this meeting with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy and republican lawmakers shows congress is taking the goals to cut government waste and trims spending seriously and they want to work together to get it done. >> i think having people that bring a business mindset having been a small business owner bringing that into congress looking at agencies can be a very effective strategy so having elon musk and vivek ramaswamy both individuals have

started companies and grown companies we are looking forward to working with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy on working with government making it more efficient and effective. spent most people spent thanksgiving day carving a turkey but vivek ramaswamy spent the day brushing up on ways to help the government. some suggestions on how to cut spending warning if we do nothing that federal debt held by the public would rise to 110 percent of gdp at the end of 2032 reaching 185 percent by 2052 debt that is high and rising as a percentage could slow economic growth raise interest payments and heighten the risk of a fiscal crisis the committee for responsible federal budget does have an idea of ways to save over $1 trillion reversing bidens executive actions reversing some of the actions on spending

things like student debt forgiveness and healthcare could save $1.4 trillion. >> is going to be an interesting week ahead on capitol hill. thank you for being there for us. >> griff: thank you very much for more let's bring in the trump economic advisor steve moore. thanks for being here i hope you had a great thanksgiving but you may be happier now to see that the market is up hovering around 150 or so hundred 60 and then there heading for may be the best month on record here. what you make of it as we wait for this plan to come and to be clear obviously this is going to be much more than axing shrimp on a treadmill programs this will be a drastic attempt to cut government do you tie the markets surge right now with things like this doj

meeting? >> you are exactly right we have seen a burst of confidence since the election day and that was reflected obviously at the boom and the stock market but if you look at the consumer confidence number it went way up if you look at small business confidence, way up in the approval rating is higher than it has ever been since he started running for president nine or 10 years ago americans are on board with his agenda if you look at the polls and asked the average american how much of your tax dollars are wasted most people say between 30 and $0.40 of every dollar so my point is i think trump and vivek ramaswamy and elon musk are onto something they have the american people behind them but you are mentioning earlier

they are going to take their crusade to capitol hill i think that's where they may meet some resistance not just from democrats but republicans because they love to pass out money and play santa claus. >> griff: after the american people clearly spoken the last election the working class speaking out. steve today is black friday and tomorrow is often known as small business saturday and at the top of this doj plan is regulatory rescissions that are coming which is nothing but good news i suspect for small business owners. >> that is right and those executive decisions we think there will probably be 100 or 200 of these that donald trump is little really going to sign into law basically in the first few hours in the white house so you are correct and you are also correct that those could save hundreds of billions of dollars but my point was that you are going to have to a lot of these reforms that are absolutely necessary. there's no question about it we can cut hundreds of billions of

dollars of waste and duplication fraudulent payments all of these things but my point is they will need congressional approval for a lot of this and i think the challenges can they not get republicans but democrats on board passing these and i think the voters are behind them 100 percent on this and by the way how can democrats say they are in favor of waste and government? >> real quickly before i run out of time i've got 30 seconds but i've got to get steve's take on trump's threat 25 percent tariffs on mexico and the "wall street journal" points out that would quote shatter their words but the mexico trade agreement that trump negotiated himself. >> it's simple we cannot allow these poisonous drugs into this country any longer.the leading cause of death of young people today is drug overdoses

from things like fentanyl i think this is an appropriate tool to save lives in america mexico and china have to help to end this epidemic of lethal drugs into this country. >> we shall see if it works we knew it was coming in here it comes. steve, thanks for coming have a great weekend. >> molly: the holiday season kicking off one teenager is leading the effort to send care packages to our troops stationed overseas.that story is next. >> ♪ ♪ >>

>> griff: cuteness alert the national dog show has a surprising new champion. there he is. stealing the show in

philadelphia yesterday. >> here he comes. >> how about that. >>. >> griff: he is 2 and a half years old and has 125 different best in show awards he is the first to in the title in at least two decades. molly? >> molly: so deserve. one new york teen is ringing in the holiday season by sending some cheer to servicemembers a 17-year-old has sent thousands of packages since he started this operation santa back in 2020 that was the year his sister captain samantha was serving overseas during covid. thank you so much for what you are doing you are an inspiration if you could just talk more about your inspiration and how this got started.

>> thank you for having me. i hope you had a great thanksgiving. i started this operation in 2020 after covid i have not seen my sister at that point it was about 12 months or so since she left and she was telling me how all of the soldiers weren't able to keep in touch with their families and things like that and that they were just feeling low and kind of upset about where they were at for the holiday season and i felt awful that the soldiers that do so much for us felt this way so i decided to take action. i started a go fund me and spread the word and it was so successful that we decided to keep it going to where it is today. >> what are the sort of things you are gathering? >> sure. in the care packages throughout the years we have had

waterproof socks. which the soldiers love. travel mugs.blender bottles. blankets in the past. black rifle coffee company very generously donated coffee to the soldiers there going to ship them directly overseas. protein powder. things that these soldiers can really appreciate and utilize properly >> how can people help? >> to support operation santa sams soldiers and viewers can donate to the go fund me under operation sams soldiers 2024 and we get letters of support throughout the year from the soldiers so anything the community can do would be appreciated. >> molly: this is an incredible service you are doing. we can all identify with missing someone at the holiday

so thank you so much for what you are doing giving us an opportunity to help with this we greatly appreciated and for sharing your story.continue success for use for sure. >> thank you i appreciate that. happy holidays. >> thanks for being with us. >> griff: good on that young man is remarkable. i can remember being on multiple occasions in iraq was soldiers and sailors airmen and marine around thanksgiving and near christmas and these care packages you can't overstate how important they are because it gets lonely around that time when you are a >> thanks, we begin with a