indiana, michigan, both signed right to work and have been leading the country a new factory job growth. we let people know that folks and right-to-work states are earning more money than people in the state of missouri. the fact is this will lead to more jobs and higher pay and it is one of the reasons why the people are smart and they recognize that some of the elites, whether they are union bosses, special interest insiders, they have been pushing a lot of falsehoods. people expect us to fight for them, we are really excited about the tremendous support we have built for us across the state of missouri. martha: thank you very much. good to have you here tonight. my pleasure. thanks for having me on. martha: also, tonight, president trump moves to defend his daughter after a growing number of retailers decide to dump her brand. the tweet is this. my daughter ivanka had been treated so unfairly by nordstrom s. she s a great person, always pushing me to do the right thing. terri
in the past. martha: it does seem quick to tell my coincidental. i can understand any retailer deciding not to, excel something if someone wants to buy it. you have all of these people piling on simultaneously, it does smack of some sort of political message that they are trying to send. that is a different issue than what katrina is talking about. the american people was an acute message but i don t want to support ivanka trump or by extension, her father. this is free-market capitalism. they should be celebrated in this country. donald trump claims he is a free-market capitalist. i don t understand what the problem is. americans were not showing up to buy these products. why should stores continue to carry them when they are not making a profit? nordstrom released their numbers, they showed the downward spiral. ivanka, the company commented that she was notified in early january of the fact they were going to sever ties with her brand. martha: thought about her commitment? ivan
so we talk about old navy, maesy s, wal-mart, target. they opened up on thursday. we ll see how much money they actually brought in from those days. maybe this is one of those things they don t take in what they expected this is a one year wonder or something. i don t know. it struck me a list of stores like apple, the home depot, marshalls, nordstrom s, costco, they made a statement of saying we are not opening on thanksgiving. i wonder given a bit of a backlash in the air over this, if a company makes a statement like that and gets rewarded in a way. i think another thing the stores aim at an upscale audience. i think it points to the fact this black friday is this quite middle class tradition. wealthy people are not rushing out to the mall. nordstrom can say we care about giving our workers off. it may be the examiner base is not interesting in coming in and shopping on thanksgiving.
retailers know shopping on thanksgiving is becoming a new tradition ended retailers are listening to their customers and responding to demand. reporter: another reason stores are open on thanksgiving is the average american is expected to spend about $738 this holiday season. about 2% less than last year. retail action project says retailers are running thanksgiving for thousands of their employees. while those people are underpaid because they are not getting enough hours year-round, but some are choosing to buck the trend by staying close, those stores include nordstrom s, costco and pc reached and son. the new york area hardware and appliance store releasin leasina commercial explaining their decision. we are all here together at thanksgiving again.
black friday s back. friday start thursday at 8:00 p.m. reporter: walmart, sears, toys r us and kmart are unwrapping their door buster deals as early as tonight on thanksgiving. they ve tested their doors on thanksgiving night. the test results have been positive both for the consumers and retailers. reporter: positive is right. the longer the holiday shopping season is, the more people spend. and thanksgiving is a big one for retailers who expect to make up to 30% of their holiday sales just this weekend alone. with your hard-earned dollars at stake, no store wants to be left out. it s important for retailers to make sure that they re in the game, too. and if walmart opens early, then it will be hard for its competitors to sit on the sidelines. reporter: now, there is one store, nordstrom s, that it says it doesn t mind being on the sidelines today. in fact, it s advertising the fact that it is not open today.