t.j.?urn now to the first major snowstorm of the season, more than a foot falling in the rockies and that storm is now on the move this morning and mola lenghi is in colorado for us. good morning, mola. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. folks throughout the western united states waking up this morning to the first significant, first widespread snowstorm of the season. here in beaver creek, colorado, ski country, folks are waking up to several inches of snow. other parts of the colorado rockies saw up to 11 inches of snow. the heaviest snow fall was in month where 22 inches accumulated. but other parties of northern california all blanketed. the storm's also bringing heavy rain, much-needed rain, at least in the drought-stricken parts of the country. as the storm pushes east, areas of the mississippi water shed are expecting four inches of rain this week. it's certainly an area that can use the rainfall. george? >> okay, mola. thanks. >>> to politics now, final day of midterms just two weeks a

t.j.live in tallahassee as their school spirit sends us into the weekend. >>> good morning, america. this is a great jam. gets you going. george can bob his head a little bit on this friday morning. that's right. t.j. holmes is at florida a&m university in tallahassee getting ready for homecoming. good morning, t.j. looking good, man. >> reporter: good morning to you, stray, and the incomparable, famous marching 100 and they're playing "famu spirit," is the song. old gospel, old-time religion, is what they're giving you and yes, here, homecoming, it is a lot of spirit and it is pretty much a religion, and we're going to get into it this morning why homecoming is so special in this 135-year-old university. so looking forward to checking in with you throughout the morning at famu. >> we're going to be talking to you all morning long. we're having a lot of fun, because it is a big morning. we are also counting down to tonight's first pitch of the world series and we've got a big surprise for

t.j.?ght, britt, thank you so much. >>> we want to turn to a warning, certainly one that parents need to hear with halloween coming up. it's about potentially deadly fentanyl pills that look like candy. drug officials in new york confiscated about 15,000 of the pills in a lego box and they're turning up all over the country. stephanie ramos has the latest on this. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. this story is so concerning. drug enforcement agents say 2 milligrams of fentanyl can kill a person. police say the amount they found just a few blocks away from here could have killed 500,000 people. this morning federal agents with an urgent warning to parents about rainbow fentanyl. pills the colors of candy. >> this is every parent's worst nightmare as halloween fast approaches. >> reporter: in new york city, 15,000 rainbow fentanyl pills seized from a car just days ago. many of them found in this yellow lego box. doctors especially concerned the pills may appeal to tee

t.j.?n, thank you as always. >>> we turn to the deep freeze settling into several northern states and some are bracing for a foot of snow or more. our alex perez is in chicago. i caught a shot of you before we put you on tv. you were bouncing around trying to stay warm so i guess that's an indication of how it feels in chicago this morning. >> reporter: yeah, it's that time of the year, once again, t.j., here in chicago and in much of the midwest we are waking up to the coldest temperatures of the season so far. now, many across the region are coping with flat out and in some cases record-breaking cold temperatures to start the workweek. snow and lots of it. check out these images. that will be the big problem in the upper peninsula of michigan where they are bracing for possibly more than a foot of snow between today and tomorrow and the cold blast expected to spread south. freeze watches and warnings across some 12 states, cities like denver, to nashville to pittsburgh all on alert. some

t.j.?t of stuff could start costing us more because of this. we thank you so much. >>> we turn to california and gas stations there are charging more than $8 a gallon in some instances. mona kosar abdi has more from los angeles and what's behind this possible surge now. good morning to you, mona. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. california drivers just can't seem to catch a break. i'm at a gas station in downtown los angeles and look at these prices behind me. a gallon of regular unleaded will cost you $8.35 a gallon and it's not just los angeles. the state average is $6.42 a gallon. that is almost double the national average and less than 2 cents under the all-time record. you may be wondering why are gas prices so expensive here? there are a number of factors. first, there have been both planned and unplanned maintenance at california refineries. there's also an increase in the demand for fuel. also california refineries are only allowed to produce the more expensive summer blend of gasol

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t.j.? >>> robin, from there to the white house, our senior white house correspondent mary bruce is there for us. and mary, it appears that this is what president biden feared and has been warning about. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. we have heard the president warning in recent days about the high stakes at play in this war. so far no comment from the white house. the president is spending the day at home in delaware for the holiday. he'll be back here this afternoon. this administration is in near constant communication with the ukrainians. they have pledged to provide them with security assistance for as long as it takes, and the president in recent days, as we have seen russia struggling in this fight, openly questioning how will putin find a way out of this? asking what is his off-ramp here? this morning it's very clear for now putin's strategy is to double-down and escalate. t.j.? >> mary bruce for us at the white house. thank you so much. whit? >>> t.j. we turn now to "your voice,

t.j.ser look. i'm particularly interested in the impact on equipment makers and on sort of leading edge fabs into the future. china's had this ambition to build its own domestic capability, but that's looking tougher right now. what does that mean for other companies that are trying to build up capacity, including potentially intel? >> well, china stated ten years ago that they wanted to become self-efficient on semiconductors and they worked on it, but fortunately for us semiconductors are a relatively unique business where freedom and free markets matter a lot, and that's why your industry is always dominated people who have an axe to grind might define it as percent share manufactured which doesn't matter that much anymore the term foundry was invented by a cal tech professor, and i find it insumlting but what he said i the semiconductor, the brain part of the function will be in the chips, what's on the chips and how small the gee no-- are joe biden has tripled down on that strategy, a

t.j. and george are going to talk about that. >> that jumps out, right?nd some are now taking to social media to raise awareness. stephanie ramos has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in this country and these young women you're about to hear from are sharing their stories that could have a major impact on someone else's life. >> i was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at the age of 29. >> reporter: these young women in their 20s and 30s taking to social media with a shocking diagnosis -- breast cancer. while it's rare, new research shows breast cancer in women under 50 is on the rise and with it bringing a unique set of circumstances. >> they're just starting their careers, they're starting their families, they have their whole life ahead of them. >> we are at chemo for round two. >> reporter: this entrepreneur was just 27 when she shared her diagnosis on instagram. stage 3 triple negative. found in black women under 40. >> i didn't think cancer that could happen to me. i also thought tha

. >>> off price stores like t.j., home goods and electronics. i want to bring in nathaniel myerson. what are they doing here? >> good news for holiday shoppers, christine. you can find great discounts and a ton of availability at t.j. max, ross, burlington. the designer brands, they have too much stuff right now. they need to unload it and that's where t.j. max and ross come in. they buy that stuff for chief and turn it around and sell it to shoppers for steep discounts. this is the perfect environment for their business model skbl interesting. that's also perfect for people who are weary of inflation. you can get stuff cheap. is it just me or do all of these deals, sales seem a little overwhelming? black friday every day. >> it's a really confusing environment, christine. the holiday season is earlier than it ever has been. we're not close to black friday. there's going to be pre-black friday sales, cyber monday, cyber week and then there's the week before christmas. when are we supposed to shop? when are the best d

t.j. said from -- you talked about putting icy hot on your ears, t.j.so called cheating. of course we're coming up on the celebration of "morning joe's" 15-year anniversary. >> oh, my gosh. >> remember earlier in the show, pat buchanon, mike barnicle, we would see them putting icy hot on their ears to focus their delivery during the early morning hours of 2007 and 2008. >> now i understand the mugs. okay. very nice. 15 years. >> of course, mika, i'm curious. the padres are facing the dodgers. >> yep. mm-hmm. >> what are you thinking? >> i'm a little upset after last night. >> yeah. boy, it was bad. i got to say the mets, mans, it was tough. but you do have cleveland facing new york, going to the bronx. that should be a great series. cleveland pitches were fantastic. yankees are a really good team but they don't have the best hitters. seattle, what a comeback against the blue jays. came back -- i think they were down 8-1, came back, won to 9-8. going up against the astros. the phillies, our condolences to claire mccaskill and some of the greatest fans in

t.j. >>> want to turn now to scam u and a new warning.nd the country so scammers are now targeting you over your utilities claiming they'll be shut down if a payment isn't made right away. steve osunsami has details. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, t.j. it's that time of year when scams like this are more effective. when they prey on the fears of people who don't want to get caught without their water, heat or electricity during the coldest months. denise banks in cincinnati said she always pays her water bill. >> i was sitting at my desk at work. i received a call. >> reporter: but just a few weeks ago she said someone called her cell phone pretending to be from her local water company, and they were threatening to cut off the water to her house if she didn't pay them right away. >> i honestly believed that i was talking to somebody from the water works company, so we had a discussion. >> reporter: she says they demanded she pay them $235 through zelle, a mobile transfer payment service that you can use through you

new today, t.j. max announced it's cutting its ties. they don't tolerate discrimination, harassment or hate of any kind t.j. maxx parent company operates mash shalgs and home goods. ye's basketball academy banned organizers announced kanye's words and actions violate it in london they removed this figure of ye the guardian said they took it to an archive room as for ye, they say his comments are just awful but they won't remove his music unless his record label requests it >>> russia practiced launching a massive nuclear strike today they sent us this helpful video. the drills came in an incredibly intense time vlad putin has made thinly veiled threats of using nukes. concerns are growing he might be planning some sort of false flag attack to give russia an excuse to do something to escalate the war. ukrainian troops are saying they will use a dirty bomb on their soil the dirty bomb is transparently false. they're trying to do something that will not create a long time flooding disaster. they say they're planning to blow it up and blame

t.j. has the latest on their journey. good morning, t.j. >> let's consider.etting ready for school. now, there's another 8-year-old getting up this morning quite literally hanging 1,000 feet in the air attached to a rock wall in yosemite. he ain't thinking about recess. he's thinking about the summit and now this kid is about to do day three of what is considered widely as one of the most difficult climbs in the world. >> we are on el capitan. >> reporter: 8-year-old sam baker, middle name, adventure, really. his middle name is adventure, and he's on a mission to become the youngest person ever to summit yosemite's el capitan. >> this is an epic adventure with my dad. >> reporter: sam and his dad joe spoke to "gma" from their campsite a thousand feet up on the side of el cap's granites walls after completing day one of their vertical climb. >> we still got a long way to go. we are -- >> we are up one-third of el capitan. >> it's going to be awesome, right? >> yep. >> reporter: the colorado father and son trained a year and a half to scale the 3,000-foot-high

t.j. maxx says they are also dropping his line yeezy, from his stores. you also an impact on the oakland city council ceng represent district iv in november, which covers much of the oakland hills. and which partially reads still rooting for you. hope your comeback is much greater. juliette goodrich sat down with joyner to gerardo ramirez-vera side of the story and here is what he said. >> and how it impacted people, i was just looking at it. he can't be well. some will ask what was he thinking? i can only think about the situation i'm in right now to apologize to the people who were hurt. you know, there was a lot of historical trauma for people who are jewish community. >> she also issued an explanation on twitter partly reiterating the tweet was not condoning anti-semitism, strugg with heal sutot, ocarnia cayss wget skbut a ui isinouth. halfway through, bam, get hit by a driver. when i knew my injuries were serious, i got on the internet. i made a phone call. when i spoke with jacoby & meyers, they let me know i was in good hands. they made sure they

take advantage of the supply and demand imbalance because we're getting the benefit of not only the t.jthe burlingtons, the grocery stores, the home depots but we are seeing a surge in demand as well from some of the better credit mall tenants as well looking for open air shopping center expansion. think of seve osha we used to have ulta cosmetics be the dominant player in beauty for us now we have sephora looking to expand dramatically in open air shopping centers and the same goes for other retailers >> connor, it's really a pleasure -- >> i want to ask conor one more question >> please, tyler >> it's a really important question conor, is that where you usually sit? is that your office? >> this is our office. we just did our earnings call and our all-employee call. this is our office in jericho, new york -- >> i like that you sit there, you're a man of the people you sit there -- >> also those ceiling plights -- >> come shop in jericho. >> you've gota halo effect here do you see with the ceiling lights >> some of the best schools -- one of the best schools in america, jericho, new yor

t.j. maxx says they are also dropping his line yeezy, from his stores. you also an impact on the oakland city council race. they are both vying to represent district iv in november, which covers much of the oakland hills. and which partially reads still rooting for you. hope your comeback is iettodria mirez-ra side of the story and here is what he said. >> and how it impacted people, i was just looking at it. he can't be well. some will ask what was he thinking? i can only think about the situation i'm in right now to apologize to the people who were hurt. you know, there was a lot of historical trauma for people who are jewish community. >> she also issued an explanation on twitter partly reiterating the tweet was not condoning anti-semitism, but showing compassion for those struggling with mental health issues. >>> tonight, one california cannabis company says its joints will get you to mars quicker than elon musk. but a lawsuit now claiming false advertising about that. okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline.

department store, have higher income earners but also have the rack, which is in competition with, like, t.j. maxx, and they have a good online presence. this isn't just, are people going to department stores they have a good idea of the retail in general. >> steve grasso. >> hmm that's it? okay >> what are you watching we are within the segment of, what company you're watching this earnings season. >> usually you set it up for me. i get it you already set it up. financials are what i'm looking at, wells fargo specifically they have been the underperformer different story than j.p. morgan but i don't see any reason why these financials should give us anything we went from a year ago, quarter talk about release of loan loss reserves now we're going to be talk about provisions for credit losses one's a head wind. thee other is a tail wind. earnings are going to be down. revenues, maybe they could squeeze out positive revenues. but i want to hear what they're saying as to see where they think the economy is is and where they think the consumers are. >> tim seymour, what name are you watching th

t.j. is here with what he had to say.ence. from the time he took that hit and was treated on the field then carted off, it was at least seven to eight plus minutes. he now says he does not remember that chunk of time that we all saw play out. yes, tua tagovailoa, he is now cleared protocols and this was a bit of a stunning revelation from him. from the guy who just in a few days is about to be out there taking hits again. >> i'm just really excited that i can prepare and, you know, play. >> reporter: he's back. he's ready to play and we are hearing this morning for the first time from dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa about that hit that left him with a severe concussion. >> at the time i was unconscious, so i couldn't, you know, really tell what was going on. when i did come to and kind of realized what was going on, i was just wondering what happened? >> reporter: the 24-year-old says he doesn't remember much of that night when a cincinnati bengals defender threw him to the turf. you can see his hands and fingers seiz

first t.j. has the details. good morning, t.j. >> george, you used the word extraordinary.s and podcasters. a case where it's the podcasters this time, not the police and prosecutors, who actually did the job of seeking truth and justice. and this morning, it is official. adnan syed was wrongly convicted of murder. adnan syed, a free man this morning. all charges dropped against the once convicted murderer who was the subject of the wildly popular podcast "serial." >> this is a prepaid call from -- >> adnan syed. >> reporter: interviewed on a prison phone for the podcast and always maintaining his innocence for the 1999 murder of his high school ex-girlfriend, hae min lee. >> i mean, no way i had absolutely nothing to do with hae's murder. >> he is elated. he is joyful. there have been so many ups and downs over the past 23 years. so he is really just taking it all in, but he's incredibly grateful for all of the people who have supported him and believed in him over the years. >> congratulations! >> whoo! >> reporter: he got his first taste of freedom last month when a judg

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t.j.'s point, is in the supposed to be the pro-life party? >> of course, that is supposed to be the pro-life party. it's supposed to be the party of family values, but i think we have to be really clear. before january six, before donald trump, before ronald reagan even, the gop has for a long time been the party that espouses family values and then legislators everything and anything but. i want to be clear here. not only am i a political progressive, i'm the daughter of a black baptist pastor theologian and black ordained baptist minister. when i'm clear about is that the greatest hypocrisy of the gop is not just exhibited herschel walker or donald trump, it's exhibited standing in the way a fits of mother and children. it standing in the way of the ability for queer children to have free and reduced lunch. a senate in the way of pay prettily bend affordable childcare. there are so many ways in which the gop has policies, your specter of the rhetoric, has policies that stand oppositional to who and what jesus stood for. we have to reckon wi

remember t.j. maxx there the latest printed cut ties with the artist.he recent anti-somatic comments and his tweets. there is a stock as you can see higher than the premarket. i am standing by for mcdonald's for you obviously the dow component that will be a big one. maria: we will be back to you, florida attorney general ashley moody is warning this halloween could be the scariest of her lifetime literally as mexican drug cartels try to target children with the rainbow colored pills and drugs disguised in candy packaging, joy to be law enforcement against drugs and violent ceo and law enforcement officer nick tomorrow. the lead programmer the lead program allows law enforcement to partner with school districts to educate students on how to make smart decisions without the involvement of drugs, violence or bullying, great to see you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> i'm happy you have this group you're leading, how are you preparing students for this risk ahead of halloween. >> we issued a directive to 3500 instructors in 1500 law enforcement ag

. >> very good, you are awesome t.j.. >> talk to you guys. >> good evening everyone, i am laura coates in washington, and i am alison camera auto in new york. this is cnn tonight. >> we are here not just received the pop culture pan from jake pat tapper, but we are also here with our panelists from across the political spectrum. there is one team here in washington with me >> and the others in new york with me. >> basically we have so much news we need to studios. it does not fit in one. so let's start with all of the developments heading up to the midterms. the big guns from barack obama to donald trump are about to hit the campaign trail, and we've also got new polling that tells us about why people are choosing certain candidates, and the kind of america voters want to have. which of course is every candidate's dream, to have this data. we also have a mid term issue that affects every, single american. frankly for that matter, all around the world. the climate crisis. jane fonda is going to be here to talk about her climate activism, and what she things will happen if republicans re

foot locker and t.j.he latest companies to cut ties with rapper ye after anti-semitic comments. our company does not tolerate discrimination, harassment or hate of any kind. this after a representative for scemper says ye had to be escorted out of its main office in l.a. yesterday after he showed up uninvited that stunt coming a day after adidas cut ties with the rapper as well. a big birthday surprise for a massachusetts boy who wants to be a cop when he grows up. three gratify ton police officers showing up to wish little cladino a happy fourth birthday. boy who had his own uniform got to take a ride in the cruiser. happy birthday. relove you. >> steve: god bless those cops. >> carley: absolutely. >> ainsley: thanks, carley. new study claims newscasts are 13 times more likely to bash republican governors than the president when it comes to immigration. texas congressman tony gonzales on the media's border bias next. - hiring is step one when it comes to our growth. we can't open a new shop or a new loca

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wonderful, look at the notes, you're a fashionista, t.j.owner. >> let me tell you something, long before we were talking inventories, they started to collapse that's because inventory was building up the balance sheet. you'll catch the dogs before they bite you. i don't own much already anymore because they started to collapse if you're taking it slow, inventories building, take it behind the barn and shoot it >> wow, quite the statement. >>> final trades next on "halftime," what a call on retail stay with us >>> are youle fog "the halftime report" podcast? what are you waiting for look for us in your favorite podcasting app follow the "halftime" podcast now. you know? so, i broke up with my bad student loan debt and refinanced with sofi. turns out we could save thousands. break up with bad student loan debt and refi with sofi. you could save thousands and pay no fees. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi get your money right. power e*trade's award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with its customizable options chain, easy-to-use

the woman, identified as t.j. in court documents, also said the man killed two other women.ct has been identified as timothy haslett jr., a 39 year old white man. he now faces charges of kidnaping, rape, and assault. all of this follows concerns raised in september by black residents in kansas city that a serial killer was targeting black women. police back then dismissed those claims, saying in a statement, "this claim is completely unfounded. there is no basis to support this rumor." joining me for more on all of this is natalie wilson, the cofounder and coo of black and missing foundation. natalie, thank you for joining us. natalie: thank you for having me. amna: your organization looks to support missing black people. when you looked to the initial police response, what did you think? natalie: when we first heard about the story, we were angry but not surprised. we had already seen something like this before, that cases of color for missing people are not taken seriously. and sadly, we believe that race and income level and zip code are often barriers to law enforcement

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we know for apparel it tends to be off-price chains like t.j. maxx and marshals.t for the charitable trust. i like to describe these stores as the preferred channel for dumping unwanted clothes these days they're practically overwhelmed with merchandise they can practically pick and choose, which is fantastic because that means they can pick the best stuff and sell is it at a price. tjx, i would buy it aggressively >> buy buy buy >> sometimes you can do field work on channel checks but they're never perfect. even expert analysts who do cham checks on apple the biggest company in the world often get it wrong and they do it for a living now, my favorite, though, is a bit of an oddity i do a channel check by monitoring what's for sale in a place called olly's bargain outlet i'm a proud member of olly's army which is a discount club, not a paramilitary organization. i always find myself buying much more than expected when i go to one. last time i ended up buying a cooler and a bunch of books too. they were so cheap, they were attr attractive that's because olly's boug

different about us is if you and i have a manic crisis, maybe we spend a thousand dollars in vegas or t.jwas worth $220 million, well north of that in the string. he goes out and buys a company at its peak value, twitter should not be worth $44 billion. if you look what happened to facebook, meta and everybody, had he waited, had somebody whispered in his ear, wait, maybe he could have bought it half price. this is why he's going to have to be dra -- draconian in his cuts. he wants to create an everything app, but i think he's in the -- >> i feel like you're criticizing the wealthiest man in the world about how to make money? >> he's going to kick me off twitter. >> no is on friendster anymore. let me ask you kind of like the question were all wondering, is the former president going to return to twitter. he had some commentary on truth social and what he thinks of it and this new ownership saying this, he thinks truth social looks and works better to my eye but happy that twitter is now in sane hands as donald trump puts it, ending with, i love truth. where do you see this ending, ben? >

t.j. maxx is another good opportunity. they pay a dividend. t.j. maxx more so than mcdonald's.t's a way for clients to protect them during the downturn is give them more yield than typically get and that is helping them ride out what we're seeing here. >> joann thank you. good to see you this morning. >> you bet. >>> we promised blackrock's earnings. $9.55 per share. that's estimates of $7.07. revenue did fall 15% from a year ago. that's primarily due to the decline as you might imagine in the financial markets. the stock right now off in the premarket about 1.5%. >>> coming up an in depth interview with a man known as mac the knife. former morgan stanley john mack. the crisis and his take on crypto these days. wee talk about that next. as we head to a break take a look at the biggest premarket winners and losers in the s& >>> welcome back to squawk box. former morgan stanley chairman and ceo john mack out with a new book titled" up close and all in". i spoke with john mack in an interview. he reveals he has dementia. we'll hear from him about that later this morning. first we

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look at a company like t.j.ick up consumers as folks go out and do some bargain-hunting. it is not uniform. you have to dig into the profit outlooks of companies. lisa: there are entry points that are better than others. are you looking at companies that have been beaten up or at resilient companies that perhaps could hang in for longer? that is the conundrum right now as some people lament the overlay of gloom on everything. joanne: it depends on what sort of investor we are handling. some of our clients are older and retired. they want to continue to get some higher income that we are trying to delivered through specialty portfolios. if you can lock in higher dividend yields, even 6% or more , they can ride out volatility and get past this crisis. eventually, we see growth investors look beyond the crisis . what is really going to happen in three years, nothing at six months or 12 months? if you are a growth investor, you want to look to resilience and quality and secular growth trends. maybe it is a company l