and straighten up their room? >> yeah. >> henderson helped raised a generation of kids with her optimistic wisdom. the brady brunch shows a non traditional family could work, an idea way ahead of its time. >> born in indiana, she was the youngest of ten children. the stunning beauty made her mark. that break coming right here on the "today" show. in 1962, she's becoming the first woman to host the "tonight show" before johnny carson took

the reign. >> four decades later, henderson returns to her "today" roots and through the years she shared many memorial moments on today. >> florence spoke to matt in 2015. >> you said you feel better now than when you were 30. what makes you happy in life these days? >> well, i tried to get up everyday and say wow, tait is a great day and i am alive and i have four healthy children and five healthy children. i have grand dogs and i have friends and i am gleszblessed t what i really love. i am grateful. >> when she was not appearing in tv, she's popping up in commercials pitching products. henderson continue to appear on tv in a variety of shows.

in 2010, at age 76, she competed on "dancingith the stars." over night, celebrities sent condolences on social media including actress maureen mcambassadm mccormick. florence henderson was 82-year-old. now wer got to turn to donald trump covering all sorts of way and more cabinet moves are expected today. the new york times report, wilbur ross is expected to be named secretary. as someone who has placed his faith and money and manufacturing, she shared trump skepticism and suggested any new tariffs will be varied.

>> people are tired not of trade but a bad trade transaction. this will be much more surgical and product by product, much more country by country and much more proceeded by negotiations. the secretary of state led to some thanksgiving day drama. you know the trump team loves to give us drama. arrival factions within the trump camp between rudy giuliani and mitt romney. yesterday, kellyanne conway shared a political story. receiving deluge of social media and private comms: romney some trump loyalists. good checklist. for donald trump, it was a working holiday.

he spent thanksgiving with his family at his florida resort margot largo, he tweeted of an ongoing effort. i am working hard, even on thanksgiving, trying to get carrier ac company to stay in the us. makiing progress, we'll know soon. carrier ac announced they'll be closing its plant and moving to mexico and leaving 2,000 people out of work. carrier ac responded they had discussions with the trump administration but had nothing to report at this time. >> they leave the united states like carrier and what do we end up with? we have unemployment and tremendous losses and we have none of the benefits. we'll establish tariffs that when they do that, there will be

consequences. we'll work with them and we'll be nice and fair but they have to be consequences. >> for all of this, lets bring in msnbc, political contribute eric tyler, he was a communicator director. good morning. >> good morning. >> on some level he seems like he's dammed all the way. when we see him bring up names like newt beginninggingrich. he's not a new name. look at some of the names, nikki haley and betsy devos -- >> and, everybody is giving donald trump a hard time on con fli conflict of interest. the only people that's been groomed all their lives to be

president, i don't think that's what the people expected. yeah, it is always going to be in the city and you are dammed if you do and you are dammed if you don't. he may be dammed going in the direction if he's promised. >> wilbur ross, is he a good pick? >> yes, i think so. if you lower the rate down to 15% should be an actual 15%, a lot of corporations we know play a lot of game and it should be a fair level plainfield. it is what they expect with and the markets like predictability and what they can expect. they don't like when it could be this year or this. they need to know when they makmake an investment. the dollar is going to be the same and all the inflation is about the same. that's what the government is supposed to do. >> they're sitting on it because

they don't know regulations stand ahead. >> obamacare was a big question mark like how it is going to affect my employees and how much money it is going to be and people did not find the subsidies find obamacare is triple. a lot of people are taking out short term insurance policies which could get to 364 days or a third of obamacare's cost. it is not compliance. so they're not paying into the system either and young people are not paying into the system and not being fined. a third grade economic major could have told you this was going to happen. >> what do you make of this potential tug of war going on within the trump and rudy giuliani and mitt romney. we heard kellyanne conway says over and over, loyalty is his currency. that's a wink at rudy giuliani but why not have mitt romney

given his expertise. >> i don't understand kellyanne conway unless she's getting explicit direction from trump himself. i am the only one who knows the real nominees of the ones i am going to pick and nobody else knows. it is a little message to the press, don't try to get this because i am then only one that has it. she seems to be under minding unless she's directed making it look like romney. i think romney is a good pick, he's a good student and knows foreign policy very well. who has experience being secretary of state? very few people. >> he's a good democrat and he's smart. >> beyond government, mitt romney has a massive business background. does that gel with donald trump's expertise? he knows how to deal with a guy

like donald. >> look, i think he would make a good seco good secretary of state. what i am hearing about mathis is mathis does not want to use the army when he does not have to. but, then the secretary of state who does everything to keep him from using his army. i think that's sbaabbathical. donald trump is talking about carrier, this is a lot of jobs. he made about a big part of the campaign and carrier is saying, we are talking, nothing is decided yet. is this all part of donald trump's effective pr machine. o on the one hand, it is a relatively small number of jobs. >> there are important jobs. >> people who work there.

if he were somehow to say i say carrier from moving, that's symbolic to his supporters. what i fear his supporters want though, i think his supporters are more protectionist and more anti-trade and you heard ross in the opening that he's not anti-trade. he just wants better trade deals. who does not want better trade deals. it is on balance and good for america. overall it has been good for america and it is been good for jobs and high paying jobs and it is great for the consumers. >> a trade deficit and a budget deficit are not the same thing. we are getting goods and what do americans like on black friday in cheap goods. >> yes, a lot of those products made over seas. you could not afford those products.

walmart have raised the standard living of poor americans than all combined. they can buy things where only would be set aside for the rich. we'll see. >> does it give you confidence across the board. not that donald trump is backing away from campaign promises but he's tweeting. if you read apart of the deal, he starts with the rhetoric that says here is my extreme positions and he backs it off. we'll have to see when president-elect trump acts. so far, i like transition of trump. >> we got to hold him accountable. thank you for joining us for black friday. now, one of america's most honored time traditions. the day to buy cheap stuff. 137 million americans are expected to spend today in

shopping malls. foot traffic was down last year. plenty of americans already out this year spending shopping. now, i want to look at jolene kent. set the scene for us, when did the mall open >> reporter: well, it has been opened for hours and people are coming in. those who say black friday maybe dead, i can tell you what we are seeing a lot of people coming and 137 million americans planned to shop this holiday weekend. that spending is shattering records. >> shoppers lining up fort lupton hours. >> the rush of action is a welcome site for retailers hoping to close out the year on a strong note. >> brian kornell, target's ceo says status have been positive so far. >> the lines were much bigger

than last year. a line records already shattered. >> a 14% jump from last year. almost half a billion dollars have been spent on mobile devices alone. >> we are looking pretty good for black friday and the holiday season in general for retailers. i think a lot of companies and consumers are happy that the elections are over. >> holiday sales are expected to climb 3.6% this year and shoppers started earlier than ever on thanksgiving day. macy's customers flooded in the door for deep discounts on boots and cashmere sweaters. new data shows the best deals are on electronics and toys and pet supplies. >> average tablet prices are down 25% compared to this time last year and television prices. toys discounted by 17% so far this holiday weekend.

>> reporter: now, it has been a record breaking morning this morning. target has had its best years ever in ecommerce and amazon.com is also telling us. the last eight hours of black friday, they are on pace to beat the number of items ordered this time last year. it is all looking up for retailers. can they sustain this to close out this fourth quarter in a way that matters to the bottom line. the mall here, new port center is rolling out every cart they can to get you in the door. >> looks like a big win for retailers and shoppers. jo ling kent, thank you for joining us. much more including the highlights of the nfl, my house was a low light. first, russia shadow cast throughout the elections includi

including moscow spreading a lot of news. we'll be getting thoughts on how tru trump's national team are shaping up so far. we'll be back in a moment, you are watching msnbc, the place for politics.

welcome back, you are watching msnbc, we are covering a new report despite russia's claims, it had no role in the election. it carried out a propaganda campaign spreading fake news. the two groups of independent researche researchers found that moscow employed thousands of people to make provacative online postings. russia set up network websites and social media accounts to spread this false content. some of that content shared actually was originated from the state funded information

services, rt and sputnik. i want to bring in our executive director of the fbi, shawn henry. what do you make of this report of russia's possibly role in the election? >> this is something we see before with brexit and ukraine elections. you see the russians use social media and the electronic distribution of missed information to try to influence world events so they are more favorable for the russian government and policies and etc. in this particular case, what researchers are saying is that there are tens of thousands of robot counts on social media that are spreading miss information as well as specifically planned false information to discredit candidate hillary clinton to help promote policies of donald trump. again, all in a way to cause chaos or confusion of the electoral process within the

united states, of course, beneficial to the russian government, stefanie. >> what can be done. if you say well, we know this is been done before, look at brexit. it still stands and here we are. what could the follow up be. we are in a new world of espionage. these types of things are not new. the advent of social media, the proliferation of these types of accounts have changed the game and made it influential and effective program. i think a lot of it is people knowing where their new sources are coming from and focusing on respected news agencies as posed to some of these dispaired group or other media outlets. >> shawn, you think that's going to happen? throughout the campaign when i spoke to young people on campuses, they would say i get my news from social media and

when i asked them where, they did not know what i meant. i just said twitter. lets get real. if we know this is happening, it is happening abroad from a legal perspective are the ramifications and going forward, what can really be done about it. from a consumer perspective, it is important to know the source. people just need to be aware that is occurring and make a determination of what type of news sources they are consuming. i think that the nation needs to define what those read lines are. we heard that president obama went and talked to folks in the kreml kremlin to dictate to them that this cannot happen going forward. >> that conversation did not work. if you are president-elect trump, you are sitting in that position, what do you do? you say thanks buddy? >> that's not going to happen.

i don't know how you put the genie back in the bottle. we all rely on social media and that's not going to go away. this type of influenced campaign, they're going to continue in the future. consumers have to be aware and i think that nations need to determine and dictate what is acceptable and what's not. i don't know how you actually go back and roll back the clock. that's not going to happen. it is really and begins with awareness and people derstanding these campaigns are active and they got to take action themselves to balance. you cannot assume everything you read in the internet is actual. this is all about the consumers. >> mike flynn appeared on russian television so far. what do you make of him as donald's pick? >> there is been a lot of discussions inside the belt way and washington, d.c. about

flynn's experiences and certainly as a general, there were times where he had a lot of respect and i don't know him personally but a lot of what i picked up from people where i spoken with. towards the end of his career there, there were some changes, clearly he made some pretty strong statements about isis and about islam and about how the u.s. should be negotiating and i think one of the things that is really important when you are dealing with isis and these groups is recognize and understand their monitoring social media and listening to what's happening in the press and that can be very valuable and helpful for us from a policy perspective but some of the inflammatory statement, oftentimes will work against us. some of the things that we heard about shutting down muslims access to the united states or some of the false stories i think or promoting story, we are going to kick people out across the board. those are the types of things

that maybe used to do recruiting. to justify some of the attacks and help in flame the the left isis of these types of groups causing potential damage for the united states. >> shawn, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts, i appreciate it. >> still ahead r, if your famil like mine decided not to discuss politics for thanksgiving. there were plenty of football to talk about. we'll go through the highlights including aretha franklin's epic performance. >> aretha, she deserves a lot of respect.

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it is all field goal aftes afte that. with the score tied in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. the vikings, interception thrown by quarterback sam bradford. detroit takes over and puts it up right as the time expired. 13 win and a tough spot in the in nfc forth. this game, the cowboys verses the redskins. cowboys won -- they got to a 17-6 lead. the score remained there until fourth quarter, the skins had a surge, washington would score three touchdowns in the fourth quarter including a throw by kirk cousins. each adding a second touchdown to their game totals. the cowboys in promproved 10-1.

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welcome back to msnbc live. it is a working vacation for donald trump who's spending at t the resort in florida. joining now is our kristen welker, what do we expect from the transition team? >> reporter: hey there, as the president-elect trump continues his vacation here in palm beach, the choice he's facing with his cabinet whether to bring on more formal rivals or loyalists.

>> president-elect trump spent his thanksgiving in what some are calling the pink white house. his 100,000 square foot palm beach estate margot largo. mr. trump was notably quiet with one exception, i am working hard even on thanksgiving, trying to get carrier ac company staying in the u.s. and making progrein. on the campaign trail, trump criticized carrier plant to move. >> if i am elected, not going to happen. it has had discussions with the in coming administration but nothing to add announce at this time. speculations is running rapid about the secretary of state. top contenders are said to be

mitt romney, a fierce critic of trump during the campaign. >> donald trump is a phony and a fraud. >> and rudy giuliani , one of trump's defenders. >> he's beginning to be a great president. i am glad i can play a small role. >> on thanksgiving kellyanne conway tweeted a message to some that's a hint noting former secretary kissinger and were quote "loyal." wilbur ross at the front of that line and secretary of defense, james matheus and doctor ben carson is considering the job. >> transition team is working smoothly, efficiently and effectively. the trump's team is responding to the latest controversy. mr. trump has only received two intelligence briefings since the election and far fewer than

expected. transition officials not denying the accusations but pushing back and arguing national security is donald trump's job. >> you are really special people, thank you. >> we love you. >> and we are learning this morning that third party candidate jill stein is touting the fact that she's raised more than $7 million. enough money to do a recount of three states. a group of scientists found voting regularities in those states. if you talk to those experts, there is little chance that those recount will change the outcome of the election if they happen. >> before we go, i need to talk about thanksgiving. i saw a bid about it. he did not have a normal thanksgiving. he had a trump style thanksgiving. what did this guy eat? >> he certainly did. >> 24 dishes, if you can imagine that.

let me read you a few of them. i don't think i could get through all 24. large plaz stostone crab and we salads and here are the top dishes, turkey, no surprises there. beef tenderloin, lamb, short ribs and scallops and the list goes on and on. if you want to know about desserts, three layer trump chocolate cake as well as pumpkin pie and about six more options. anything that your heart could desire. to be fair, i have been covering the president for quite sometimes as well, he has a pretty robust menu. >> who would not want a beef tenderloin and sea bass and lamb as as side. that's a obvious one, i don't know why i did not search that.

thank you kristen. >> i want to continue with our politics. anne guerin. i want to back to the team pick. this fighting of rudy giuliani and mitt romney. first of all, do you believe it? >> well, i believe they want us to believe it. i am not sure if that's the same thing. clearly, mitt romney, is qualified and he's the pick that would reassured and still now more than two weeks after the election and republicans who are happy that republicans won but not necessarily happy with donald trump or some of the choices he's made. rudy giuliani would not make those people happy. so i think there is a tension certainly within trump's own circle of advisers and beyond that from any advice he's

getting from any republicans. the fact that kellyanne conway could be sending out tweets that are backing and thinly vailed. we are talking about kellyanne conway here. if kellyanne conway is anything, she's a strategic beast. they want us to believe there is a tension and a discussion going on here about who'll best serve future trump administration and with a possible announcement today or next week. clearly, they did not want to role out a bunch more white guys. they want to do more appointments and nominations in train first that were not white guys. with egoba we go back to the two leading candidates who are both white guys. i they they cink they can get b them now. >> your post reporting that the secret service may now be

renting or looking to rent two vacated floors of trump tower. fifth avenue, manhattan, one of the most expensive cities in new york. donald trump commented on conflict of interest and saying there cannot be no conflict. i am the president of the united states. while we are sitting here, going this is ridiculous. >> no more of this mr. trump now you are the president-elect trump, no more business about the government. what does he have to do here? he could work out a free office space, i suppose, for the secret service, i am not sure if the secret service can accept that. we have rules on the other side that the government has to pay for what it uses. there is a bit of a tricky thing that works out there to a degree it would have been the same and had hillary clinton won, they

bought the house next doors to there with the wide expectations that had she won, that would be come for a place secret service camp out. they never said what the property was for and i don't know what they are going to do with it now. secret service would have to pay in fair use of those properties as well. the fact they would have to do this of the trump tower through donald -- it is expected. >> it is going to take a little while to work that out. >> i mean -- i think he means, i am the president and i will make decisions for the good of the country. he does and although we have never been in this position before and this secret service rental issue is a good example

of stuff that people have not considered ahead of time. >> it is only going to get more exciting. >> anne gearan, thank you very much for coming to dc. >> we are going to take a break. ahead this year for black friday, it is amazon and everyone else. we are going to talk about retailers trying to keep up as their doors are opening now in the early hours. look at this people in line, they love their black friday shopping. we'll be right back after this.

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welcome back to wall street journal reports. retailers now have been getting out holiday deals earlier this year and more often. walmart and jc penny deploying holiday promotions weeks ago. it was up to 15% from last year from early october to last week. could you believe that?

for christmas shopping, joining us now for national reporter sarah halsack. when you see huge promotions weeks ago, these are stores that had tight margins. is it going to affect the bottom line? >> it is baked in the pricing that you are getting. it may not affect their bottom line unless they have to do promotions they did note plan for later in the season. this is a trend that we are seeing. target is doing ten days of deals for black friday this year and amazon are doing 35 days for black friday these sales are slipping out for november and december. >> why is that? >> i think in the wake of the recession, everybody got hooked on these promotions, it was the only way getting them off the wall and spending. the people will come. it is a drug that we become hooked on because people are

used to see those deals, they don't shop without them. retailers are closing the bigot on that throughout the year but the holiday season, all bets are off, you are going to see a lot of deals. ? . >> it is about speed and delivery and lowest prices, it is tough to compete. >> that's staggering and 40% of all the money that's spent online. in some way it is about competing with am zon that's why you see walmart doing things like dramatically expanding their items to 20 million items now. that's a play to catch up with amazon. in some way, they are trying to distinguish themselves from amazon and making the store more experimental and at walmart, they're having a squad of holiday helpers this year, they're sole purpose is to get you check out faster so they run

back to the store to get items that you forgot or service play for you. hey, come here and have a great experience. the name of the game is volume then and not margin. >> yes. >> who is that good for? consumers. >> thank you very much for joining me. we'll take a break. washington post, sarah, thank you very much. we'll get a report from california. a woman who had been missing for r weeks, she was found, found on a side of a highway. we'll have the details of that incredible story, next. liberty mutual stood with me

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now for some news, i hate to report. two people are dead and four more injured following a shooting in a park in lewisville kentuc kentucky. the shooting may have started after a man in his 60s bumped the motorcycle of a younger man who had a gun on him. others in the area they joined in. officials say about 20 shots

were exchanged but all were expected to survive. hundreds of people including the city's mayor were at the park for a thanksgiving day youth event called the juice bowl. 112 people have been killed in loisville, kentucky this year which is a city record. now to the state of california where a mother missing for several weeks have been found alive. police say the 34-year-old woman was found. gadi schwartz has more. good morning. >> three long weeks ago, sherry went out for a run and never came home. her whole community came together to try to find the missing mother of two. over 400 tips were called into police and investigators searched dozens and dozens of miles, meanwhile, her family never gave up hope that she would be found safe and alive.

>> she's described as a super mom. this morning, surrounded by those she loves. she's been located and has been reunited with her husband and family on this day of thanksgiving. she was found on thursday 150 miles from where investigator believed she was abducted jogging over three weeks ago. she was bound with restraints but able to summon help from i-5 county road. the mother of two is recovering with her family by her side. for weeks the community comes together to search any sign of papini, her sister asking for the public's help. you don't realize that it could happen to your family. i know my sister would never abandoned her children and she loves her family very much.

>> her cell phone was discovered a mile from her house. she was described two of her captors as hispanic woman with a gun and a dark suv. >> we do not know if there was a stranger abduction or not. that was part of the ongoing investigation. while the papini celebrates a mother safe returns, the sheriff is still cautioning the community that whoever kidnapped her is still on the loose. the community of redding has still on edge, investigators have been speak to papini and they are expected to provide an update later today. stefanie, back to you. >> gadi schwartz. back to you. extraordinary mother found on thanksgiving day. >> president-elect trump building his cabinet and we also remember mrs. brady, the legendary actress who were made famous by those role, florence

henders henderson. we'll get a live report of her iconic career. thanksgiving is over and black friday is upon us. even though it has been under way for weeks. people have been flocking to malls since late last night. our coverage continues after this short break. you are watching msnbc.

good morning, i am stefanie ruhle in washington. right now we got a lot to cover. we are starting with america's famous mom, florence henderson, has passed away at the age of 82. her co-stars are remembering her this morning. stores across america are seeing huge crowds. analysts are projecting this

weekend could yield the biggest black friday sales ever. a california mother vanished a month ago has been found alive. she was left tied up on the side of a rural road. new details investigators are revealing as they are searching for her abductor for the mom that came home. we'll begin today with the heartbreaking news of the passing of florence henderson. she played one of america's most famous tv mom. she died at heart failure yesterday at the age of 82. she's known as carol brady, you know her, the blended family on the 1969 sitcom, "the brady bunch." the hit show lasted for decades. she was the face of west and