though, with the recent plunge at the pump, i would expect some last-minute travelers. and the tsa precheck program, the one that helps you skip all of those lines is coming up on a five year anniversary. that means those who got into the program early will abide to get a notice that you need to renew every five years. but you will need to go to the office to renew. bret: mike, thank you, happy thanksgiving. when you finish going through airport security, remember to grab your loose money out of the bin. the change, or the couple of bills you put out of your pockets and you put in the bin before it goes through the scanner. it turns out, many people don t do that. the tsa says $869,000 were left by passengers at a checkpoint in 2017. that is enough for 10,000 tsa recheck memberships, mike just mentioned, or 86,000 netflix subscriptions. lax passengers left the most, with more than $62,000 in the bins. tsa says it makes every effort
deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes. here is what is changing. the definition of criminal aliens will expand to include things like drunk driving, shoplifting, and any violation of immigration law. experts say that is a wide knowledge that could technically apply to anyone who illegally cross the border. although, dhs and secretary john kelly emphasized there would be no mass roundups. there will be expedited removal, instead of waiting months or years for deportation cases to make their way through the legal system, the courts would largely be bypassed. border agents and immigration agents would have wider latitude to decide whether someone should be deported. the plan is to hire 15,000 more agents but that could take time, considering 2 out of 3 border and customs applicants feel the polygraph test. we are already 2,000 agents under staffed. for context, there were 869,000
there s 869,000 power customers without service. big increase in the number expected later today. you ve got new jersey, new york, issuing states of emergency, advising folks, drive carefully or just stay home. no kidding. nearly 1 million people without power. that would ruin your day, when the snow is come down. freezing rain, too. warnings issued for large parts virginia and d.c. the storm already leaving a mess across the plains and the midwest. don lemon joins us now from boston. you pulled the short straw, didn t you, don? the city cancelled school. how are things looking? reporter: i don t know if i pulled the short straw. but i pulled the little one. i ve got a little help here, by the way. decklynn is going to help me through this weather forecast. are you doing all right? yes. reporter: don t get shy on me now. i m told by decklynn and his mom and everyone here, this was not here. there was zero snow here. so they ve gotten to about 6 to 8 inches of snow just in the s
north as canada are being descended upon this area to help with the restoration of power but not expected to get underway until monday here are the latest power outage numbers right now, maryland 869,000 without power. west virginia 600,000, ohio one million, d.c. of 7,000. pennsylvania 32,500, indiana 135,000, kentucky and north carolina minimally hit single greatest damage in the state of virginia 2.5 million people were without power earlier today. even at this late hour if you drive across northern virginia the suburbs of d.c., nine out of every traffic light out of every 10 traffic light without power. shopping centers are without power. it is no wonder authorities are telling people to be prepared for lasting a week in this intense heat without power. harris: that is brutal.
obama s top surrogate on the campaign trail. she will also be the top surrogate in washington when president obama needs to look presidential, she can look political. she is also a prolific fund-raiser. she will help president obama reach that goal of $1 billion. we think he is going to raise to try to win re-election. talking about president obama s re-election, he put out his re-election video a couple days ago. republicans are snickering, because they put out a video of their own, the national senatorial committee are in charge of elected senate republicans. they put in a parody video. they are getting a lot of views. this morning, the nrsc received 869,000 views. meanwhile, president obama s video only got 287,000 views. let me say this, in his defense, though, carol, if you look at his twitter feed. president obama has 7.3 million