nfl star j.j. watt is helping the victims of the parade tragedy in his hometown of waukesha, wisconsin. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i am anne-marie green. happy thanksgiving. this morning, americans are preparing to gather once again for thanksgiving. one year ago many families were separated during the pandemic. now people are traveling, and holiday celebrations have returned. one of them is the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city. last-minute preparations got under way yesterday as crews started to inflate the balloons. at least 6,500 people are expected to line the route. security is ramped up, as well. police will block off access routes with heavy vehicls and concrete barriers. city leaders say that there are no credible threats against the event. we have more from along the parade route. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. from the start of the parade route where the balloons and the floats are already lined up and ready to go. americans appear determine

nfl star j.j. wattims of the parade tragedy in his hometown of waukesha, wisconsin. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i am anne-marie green. happy thanksgiving.

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. >> j.j. watt who is from waukesha put out his condolences.ng what happened at the holiday parade back home, horrific images. truly hoping everyone is going to be okay and those not involved is safe. thankful to everyone who rushed to action and helped the wounded. >>> following a manhunt in georgia. a man tried to bring a gun through security at the airport and accidentally sent off a shot. police say 42-year-old kenny wells mistakenly fired the weapon when he lunged for it inside his bag at a tsa checkpoint. cnn's nadia ramira has more. >> reporter: well, the manhunt continues for 42-year-old kenny wells. police say he is the passenger that came in through the tsa checkpoint and had a firearm and accidentally discharged that firearm and then he was able to run away. he was able to flee. they're still looking for him with multiple arrest warrants out for 42-year-old kenny wells. now this happened at the busiest airport in our country here at hartsfield-jackson international during what was a busy weekend as many holiday travelers are trying t

j.j. watt tweeting, just see what happened at the holiday at home in waukesha tonight.one is going to be okay and those not involved are now safe. thankful to everyone who rushed to action and helped the wounded. senator tammy baldwin, also tweeted, the horrific violence at the waukesha christmas parade is heartbreaking. please keep the victims in your prayers, tonight. and the statement from the -- about the waukesha for a tragedy, saying, our prayers are with the people who have been injured and killed to the tragic incident in waukesha. i among the injured, or one of our catholic priest, as well as multiple parishioners, in walk a catholic school children. please join us in prayers, for all those families, and those who are traumatized, from witnessing the horrible scene. there are more reactions, and i want to go straight to cedric, alexandra. he is the former police chief. an msnbc law enforcement analysts. subject, those responses are important, you talked about it in your last conversation with us in msnbc. about what this entire community, and how they are being

and waukesha native j.j. wattals now reportedly offering to pay the funeral costs for the six victims killed in that attack. back to you. carley: todd, thank you so much. i had no idea he was j. born in waukesha, wisconsin. it was so good to him to offer to pay for the funerals of those in the attack. lawrence: always giving to charity when a crisis happened. now it struck his home and able to be there. >> joe: we know he raised that all mahoney after the hurricane. he has made that a part of who he is. we need more people like that to step up and do the right thing. carley: big headline this morning on this front is that despite this attack, and despite the fact that the attacker was let out of jail on just $1,000 bond, even though he ran over the mother of his child, and had a rap sheet 50 pages long dates back to 1999. several felony charges, the white house says they are standing by the push to end cash bail because they say that it creates a two tiered system. a white house official actually said this to fox

. >> julie: nfl star j.j. watts giving back to his hometown after sunday's deadly parade massacre. brooks junior is accused of driving his s.u.v. through the parade route killing those six including an 8-year-old boy and injuring dozens more. >> benjamin: the white house insists president biden plans to run for reelection. beltway insiders say there is buzz around transportation secretary pete buttigieg. thanks for coming in this morning. i want to talk about that in a moment. the idea of president biden running for a second term. listen to what the "washington post" reported one democrat said. one democrat involved in kam fains said they couldn't think of a single person they spoke to in the last month who considered the possibility of a biden running again to be a real one. you look at the poll numbers and 44% approval rating. take into consideration he will be 82 when he starts his second term. do you see any chance he is going to run? >> well, regardless of whether he runs again, they have to maintain the impression that he will be running. it is a way to free the field for fut