now threatening to stop do or die shopping season in its tracks. good with morning, everyone. i m charles payne many for cavuto, and this is cavuto live. more on that rail strike in a minute, but first, how holiday shopping is kicking off this weekend. nate foy is tracking all the action outside of macy s in harold s square, new york city. nate. reporter: charles, good morning. yeah, a r09 of people getting ahead of that potential problem with the possibility of the rail strike, getting the items that they want while they can. and on top of that, a lot of people have tight budgets with inflation being what it is. but despite that, a projected 166 million consumers will be shopping between thursday and monday this holiday weekend. black friday so far the busiest day. take a look at this graphic. during that a- day stretch 5-day stretch, consumers are expected to spend $34.8 billion, which is a 3% increase from haas year. now, the official numbers from black friday haven t come in