we do have an issue. this one in pittsburgh. it's eastbound highway four, a fatal accident. all lanes are shut down while the investigation goes underway. there is a detour in place. try to avoid the area if you can. >> number seven. it wasn't just humans enjoying thanksgiving food and treats. take a look at these animals at the oakland zoo, celebrating the holiday the way they know how. by eating. i mean, it's not much different than the way we celebrate, right? >> that's true. >> so earlier in the show, there was a pun that spencer made for mona. listen to this. what? how does mona laugh? i don't know, with a low. >> ♪ ♪ "good morning america" for the viewers this morning the winter blast and deep-freeze after millions ahead home from thanksgiving ready for the black friday rush. >> cold blast, temperature set to drop across the country. more than 12,000 among the nine

states with freeze alerts as lake snow affects michigan and new york dumping several feet in the northeast. >> heading home the tsa bracing for its busiest day ever as we learn new details about the stowaway is not passed airport workers from a flight to new york to paris. how she remained undiscovered for hours. the investigation underway. >> massive barrage, russia escalating attacks on ukraine leading more than a million people without power and in the cold. >> ready, set, shop! >> it is finally the best time of the year, black friday. millions joining the frenzy and what is on your list? >> how many copies of the book? >> toys to tech, we have the best bargains dropping this morning before you head to the stores. >> nfl nightmare... >> no, this is disaster in the

making here! >> the bears seeming to throw the game away the last moments of the lions. the football fall out this. >> can i get a... >> how about "moana 2" making a big splash to the movies with record-setting start after a big opening weekend from "glicked." is the holiday box office set to roar this year? >> announcer: live in times square, this is "good morning america." >> "good morning america," we hope you had a great thanksgiving. i am here with gio and whit. >> we love it. guess what, it is a different holiday for some of us today. it is black friday here until >> our sales guru with becky worley with all the best deals at macy's. in new york, becky, what are using right now? >> it is happening, gio. people are shopping and today is that they know they can get the lowest discounts and feel

competent. one subset of the american, swifties black friday. can you imagine, black friday? boom! we will tell you where all the deals are coming up. >> an explosive combo and becky looking for that that best buy ceo corie barry and what she says the top that was for the season. >> also had president biden speaking about the transition and weighing in president trump's sweeping tariffs from goods mexico and canada and what that can mean for our relationship with our neighbors. >> but we began with black friday freeze sweeping across the midwest and northeast with lake-effect snow through the holiday weekend. sam champion inside the actors studio, sam champion wore his turtleneck. good morning, sam. [laughter] >> i'm trying to look smarter. i need glasses and it will be achieved. >> we love it. the big storm across the country put all the rain in the place of televised parades were pulled out of the country.

but it got stronger as it pulled away, but it does not look like a lot in new hampshire and we can do better than that and stay on the roads, but it doesn't fully work in snow so drive slower. look at all the lake-effect snow and a winter storm behind it. gather up on the lakefront's eastern side of the lake and if not familiar with lake-effect snow, this easily gets feet of snow. and we thought some places will pull land 3-6 inches of snow. 3-5 inches the underwater tower which could be easily 6 feet of snow. buffalo, we have a big football game, how do i know? people tell me. under the double f is buffalo so that is orchard park and there are the places that could get a big hit of snow. so during that game tomorrow night, you could see 3 feet of snow falling on the football game. and frozen lakes include cold winds as the combination for that, gio. >> don't sell yourself short. you know what is going on.

football or not. >> sam, thank you so much. the storm could affect the trip home for millions of american and trevor ault with the details. >> good morning, gio, a few speed bumps but 80 million or so americans traveling, smooth sailing but a big part of thanksgiving day travel is the return home. we might have a busy state still ahead. >> this morning millions of holiday travelers pushing through slushy november weather. stretching from ohio to new york and as much of a foot of snow expected in maine. just south pouring rain from new york city down to philadelphia and washington, d.c. travelers head home, tsa expecting several busy days ahead and sunday could be the agency's busiest day ever expecting to screen more than 3 million passengers. we are extending on the other end and today, celebrating thanksgiving day saturday. >> this morning, the stowaway

passenger who slipped past tsa, i.d. scan, and delta agent to sneak onto a delta flight from jfk to paris. >> this is the captain and they are just waiting for the police to come on board. >> rob jackson was on board. >> she must have been hiding one of the laboratories for jfk. during the flight she was moving from one lavatory to another never actually going to the passenger seat. >> that woman was detained on landing and now conducting a full investigation. >> it should have never gone to that point where unauthorized person was able to board an international flight. >> the passenger said most people not aware of the situation until they landed and stayed on board for the french police. the stowaway sparked concerns because multiple security failures. >> without a doubt and the majority of americans traveling all by car. what is the best time to get behind the wheel?

it is interesting, gio, today is the day the traffic is expected to be worse in the morning and usually the opposite if heading home today, later will actually be better for you. the best time will be if you can hang out until sunday, take off earlier site on sunday. >> it will get busy after that. trevor, thank you so much. gio, president biden weighing in on president-elect tromp's stiff tariffs on canada and called it counterproductive while trump said the move is critical to border plan. jay o'brien is at mar-a-lago with more, good morning. >> president biden pushing president-elect trump to change his mind about the key campaign promise, a rare move just months before donald trump returns to the white house. >> president-elect donald trump's spending thanksgiving at mar-a-lago with close confidant, elon musk. the two seen in a video dancing along to the ymca with melania and barron at the table.

it comes as president biden has strong words for trump calling for him to rethink his threaten sweeping tariffs on goods from mexico and canada calling them counterproductive. >> the pacific ocean, atlanta ocean, and two allies: mexico and canada and the last thing we need to do is screw that up. >> with a rare critique, a lame duck president criticizing successor months out from inauguration day coming thanksgiving where biden told reporters he was thankful for a peaceful transition of power. tariff threats a central theme on trump's campaign. trump recently promising on day one, he will enact sweeping 25% across-the-board tariffs on imports from mexico and canada until both countries stop what trump says flow of drugs and illegal migrants. accounting for $1 trillion in trade every year, mexico and canada are the largest trading partners of the u.s. and tariffs

likely to fall back on u.s. consumers with rising cost on goods from cars to electronics to fruits and vegetables. earlier this week, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, speaking with trump on the phone. it was a good call for president-elect, but this is a relationship we know takes a certain amount of working on, and that is what we will do. mexican president claudia sheinbaum who promised own tariffs if trump follows through with threats downplaying possible trade war between the u.s. and mexico. >> just days ago, trump and mexican president claudia sheinbaum speaking about immigration and sheinbaum agreed to stop migrants to mexico before they reach the border effectively. he says closing the border but the mexican president appearing to contradict that, and mexico's position is not to close borders. >> as we see how that play out, we are learning about multiple bomb threats made against democratic lawmakers from

connecticut. >> that is right, whit, five democratic lawmakers including chris murphy had their homes targeted with hoax bomb threats on thanksgiving. no explosive devices were found. this morning, the fbi and state and local law enforcement with multiple investigations into those threats and others with several of donald trump's cabinet picks this week. >> gio, thank you, rebecca. >> we overseas to the war in ukraine. russia launching a massive barrage across the country targeting energy as winter approaches and vladimir putin's warning for strikes could intensify. our chief foreign correspondent, ian pannell, tracking the latest, good morning, ian. >> good morning, rebecca, that is right russia expanding defense partners challenging for south korea and europe russian defense minister in pyongyang to

saying he wants to maintain balance of power in northeast asia. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians without power today. russia with another aerial attack on ukrainians and the energy system essentially trying to crush the power grid as the temperature starts to plummet. president biden calling it a horrific attack and ambassador to ukraine for us to hide in a bunker while it was happening. putin claiming that the attack was response to u.s. weapons against russia recently approved by president biden. but honestly, these types of attacks have been happening well over a year. and a warning to the u.s. and nato, claiming his weapons like this hypersonic missile is stronger than the american once and he has ten times more missiles than all of nato combined. he is also trying to flatten president-elect trump calling him, "quite clever and experienced man who will find a solution." for all the talk of peace plans russia pressing war against ukraine harder than ever as

tensions grow between the u.s. and its allies in russia and its partners. gio. >> thank you so much for reporting. now to banning kids from using social media, australia passing a law for those under 16. diane macedo following the details, good morning, diane. the first law to ever abandon social media and tiktok, facebook, reddit, x, instagram have a year to figure out how to impose this. after that, he can face fines to $33 million if they failed to keep kids under 16 from having accounts. australia's prime minister said the loss by online harms to children pet facebook alleges legislation was rushed. australian lobbying for groups with the bill passed for weeks and no one can explain how it will work. some mental health advocates have also worn potential unintended consequences including isolating children who use the platform to find support. the ban does not apply to educational services including

youtube, whatsapp, google classroom, but the big question is how they will verify a user's age because the law states the platforms cannot just require a government i.d. of course, the big question, will other countries follow suit, gio? >> all right, thank you so much, whit. >> to black friday and adobe analytics consumers spending record $6.1 billion online on thanksgiving. up nearly 9%, retailers dropping some of the best deals of the year and becky worley at macy's in herald square with the latest. becky, good morning. >> good morning, whit. yesterday was online but today is a mix of both. shoppers are at macy's and they are getting the lowest prices. but the question, where are the deals? it is finally the best time of the year, black friday. >> it's started online on

thanksgiving and this morning, the shopping frenzy goes into the real world. we got a look at the target displays. >> door busters seems mostly a thing of the past... this black friday swifties prime for new purchases. >> some target stores will have black friday line and taylor swift line. >> target exclusively releasing the official taylor swift tour book and available for the first time on vinyl and cd. >> how are people getting the book and how many copies of the book? >> the shoppers the big draws electronics, clothing, and home items. >> black friday is coming up so quick so here are the deals. asked by enticing shoppers with $200 of samsung galaxy phone and it was $649 and is now $499. -- $449. target going big on cozy, the toddler's pajama $12 an hour

also 40% off matching sleepwear and slippers. experts say take a hard look at gift bundles. >> most retailers will have gifting assortments and that is coming at a nice deal from promotion perspective as well $5 and where you might see 30% or 40% off. >> black friday options will be on gift giving and lowe's have appliances more than 50% off, top-loading washing machine was $629 and now $228 but now $669 whirlpool refrigerator but now $899. now in the lead up to black friday and thanksgiving, people were saying to me should i buy big tech items right now? hold on for the big ticket items and sure enough, we got sales today on things like the xbox on sale that's by $75 off. even top-of-the-line galaxy black 2 terabyte edition is not $599 but comes with $75 gift card from best buy to sweeten the deal.

and then, one of the highest reviewed tvs have the year high sense ua 55 incher $697 on amazon. let the festivities began, today is that they when chopping is happening in full, rebecca. >> let the retail games began. great job. we will turn to the nfl after nothing goes better with turkey and football. and melissa adan joins us, good morning. with a game that riled up the fans the most. >> good morning, rebecca. it was a thanksgiving deal on that field we didn't see coming. the chicago bears with a shocking loss and detroit lions winning the first thanksgiving day game since 2016. >> look around, and it is caught! >> it was an action-packed turkey day on the gridiron. >> here comes jamison, hurdles,

what a move! >> the detroit lions ceiling the 11th clinic this season, the best in franchise history that it was this baffling moment from the bears that gave detroit the edge. >> disaster in the making here! >> the bears just three points behind and one timeout left. appears to throw away the game as the clock slowly takes down. >> completely botched at the end by the bears! the coach defended his decision for not calling timeout in the final moments. >> i like what we did there. i think we handled it the right way but it didn't work out the way we wanted to. >> commentators and bear dance called the final moment insane and egregious. j.j. what echoing the sentiments with many his post literally coaching malpractice. quite the game. as for the cowboys, they clinch the first at home win against new york giants and the packers not letting the cold freeze or offense beating that dolphins. rebecca. >> melissa another big lineup today.

absolutely later today at the kansas city chiefs go up against los angeles raters in a special them especially black friday games, guys. >> we are looking forward to it. >> the fantasy team is looking strong already. thank you, melissa. the outlook for the holiday shopping season ceo best buy, corey barry joins us live. the abc news investigation into exotic animal attractions and we are going to hear from one woman said she was injured after an elephant wrapped its trunk around her. >> and "moana 2" is massive and fans are addicted to "glicked." we have the latest on the holiday box office. but first, we go back to our friend. sam. take a look at new york city, good morning, again. and we show you beautiful skies after yesterday's rain 8.6 which puts rainfall deficit about 7 inches so a lot of rain to replace in that area that we didn't get since september. the cold air down from south of texas to louisiana and going into the panhandle florida, these temperatures to the freezing mark and some cases a little bit below it.

but this cold air is going over the eastern half of the country, remember i told you the storm was huge and cranking up so pulling and cold air. chicagoland with temperatures in the 20s but normally low 40s of this is chilly. that is the weather around here and what you can expect. this morning. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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welcome back to "gma" and that is the trailer for mufasa, the "lion king" and the new love story t to build on "glicked" and "moana 2" at the box office. >> we say "glicked" like gladiator and "wicked" "glicked." we will have more on that coming up but first, the top headlines following right now millions of americans heading home from the holiday with freeze alerts and south heavy snow in west/northeast. sunday could be tsa's busiest day ever to screen more than 3 million passengers. iga swiatek, the world's number two ranked women's tennis player in french open champion revealing that she has been suspended for testing positive for banned substance. international tennis integrity agency said iga swiatek did not take it intentionally but still imposed 30-day suspension. iga swiatek, in a instagram video she said she has cried about the

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>> gio, it is black friday and retailers expect a buddhist. the national retail federation says holiday spending will increase 2.5 two 3% over last year and let's bring in ceo at best buy, corie barry, who joins has now from best buy store minnetonka, minnesota, good morning to you, it is great to have you >> thank you for having me. >> you are the numbers spending expected to increase but what do you see so far and your outlook for black friday and cyber monday? >> we have actually seen really good demand heading into the holiday and the last few weeks really strong for us. we are seeing customers drawn to great values but also drawn to some of the new technology, some of the up-and-coming big-screen tvs or some of the new computing that we have that has ai and it. a customer that has been resilient and obviously looking forward to special enjoy this holiday season. >> okay, so give us the hottest

deals and gift ideas right now. >> what is awesome we brought back old-school door busters and you can get them online and you can get them in the app or in the stores and you can get samsung 75-inch crystal 4k tv for $549. great deals on gaming and we have xbox series x that has a 2 terabyte memory and $75 gift card with that. $400 off, macbook pro, literally something for everyone. >> we have talked a lot about inflation down where it was the price is still high on many items. how is that impacting and what is best by doing doing to combat that? >> here at best buy and consumer electronics, actually the price is as low as we have seen them all year long right now. and i think what we are trying to get is a real value. still you can get amazing product you want and self-gift if you want to have that xxl 98 inches big but at a price point more accessible than anything we have seen all

year because definitely consumers are making trade-offs when the price of the basics a little bit higher. they might be looking for more of a value play for consumer electronics. we try to make sure we have everything every single price point and have that available for whatever the budget is. >> nothing wrong with a self-gift, by the way. is it better to shop black friday, or should we wait for even better deals for some items on cyber monday? >> there are exceptional deals today. i think what we are trying to do is pepper amazing deals throughout the holiday season. you can go on the app and get flash deals every single day through the app that will be different products through the holiday season. i can tell you today, you will get the best deals of the season. >> earlier we proposed the trump's tariffs but how do you expect best buy customers impacted by that if it were to play out. with some of the products coming

overseas? >> the supply chains and consumer electronics are completely complex and technical and global. we hope we can work with the administration to help them understand what the impacts might be. for best buy, we only direct import 2% to 3% of the product so it is working closely with the vendors and the manufacturers. but for sure if we see sweeping tariffs, consumers will see higher prices on the products. the teams will work hard and we are good at navigating this and have done this before but impacts to the consumer. >> we don't have much time left, but can we get the deals on our phones or a reason to come in for the stores for exclusive sales. >> the deals are available everywhere. that is the good news, but it is so much fun to come into the store and hear from amazing associates who actually can bring this to life in a way that is different but trust me if you want to do it on your phone, we will be there for you too. >> corie barry, we appreciate it. thank you so much.

gio. >> great conversation but now abc news investigation exotic animal attractions and give people opportunity to get up and close with wild animals but some experts say they can be dangerous. and this morning, one woman sounding the alarm with her encounter with an elephant turned dangerous. erielle reshef has the story. >> there are the shopping images of animal encounters gone wrong. watch as this camel loses control at a traveling circus injuring seven people in pittsburgh in 2018. this wild african cat attacks a toddler at a birthday party. the people shown in these videos ended up being okay. and this morning, dana garber speaking out to cbs news after she said it happened at an elephant sanctuary called endangered art foundation in oklah three years ago. >> she wrapped her trunk around me. this taken moments before the elephant was attempting to pick up dana's father-in-law before she said it turned its sights on

her. >> i was being squished and held very tightly, and it still gives me chills. i had a head injury and then the crushing of my knee. >> dana said she needed three surgeries to recover and filed a lawsuit out of court. the foundation did not admit wrongdoing and continues to deny dana's claims. abc news had local reports to find 150 people over the past ten years who have claimed they were injured during exotic animal encounters and various facilities in the united states. experts say this is a conservative number because there is no one agency dedicated to tracking these incidents. >> anyone around these animals know they are not controllable. the ceo at the humane society of the united states, katie said, these kind of interaction simply

should not be allowed. >> what is that concern with humans interacting with these animals? >> wild animals are just back, they are while the taking selfies with animals and getting to close at national parks, it is dangerous and traumatizes the animal and many times enters the person. >> critics say this can happen at places they call sanctuaries or safaris. but the most concerning, they say, roadside zoos that are poorly regulated and not accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums. experts tell us facilities that don't care adequately for animals can lead to people getting hurt. >> they are putting the interest of the customers in front of the interest of the animals. >> as for dana, she hopes her story will prompt others to think twice before visiting a facility that offers exotic animal interactions. >> i almost died. i could have died. i don't want that to happen to somebody else's family. >> for "good morning america," erielle reshef, abc news.

>> what a story that we simply cannot forget how strong these animals are. >> exotic animals are not your friend so keep your distance. coming up next, waves of love from "moana 2," the holiday box office breaking records.