obviously be sort of an eyebrow raiser to see donald trump put a democrat in a high cabinet position. we will see if that come to fruition. the other thing we re looking out for is commerce secretary, multiple sources say billionaire investor wilbur ross is the leading candidate for this. they re saying it is all but a done deal, but not fully a done deal and it s donald trump, so, you know, he could always change his mind at the last minute, but they seem to be on the cusp of potential announcements and we ll see if he get any of those tomorrow or if donald trump decides to hold off until after thanksgivi thanksgiving. we re waiting to see. sara murray outside trump tower. joining us now, our very own cabinet. matt lewis. peter buy nart. erroll lewis. kayleigh mcenany. democratic strategist simone. and carlos watson, editor in chief of ozzie.com. do we have david gergen with us as well? okay. we don t have david gergen with us. i thought we might. matt lewis, in terms of the
thanksgivi thanksgiving. there are people packing it in and spending their money on that special day. if you go on k-mart s facebook page, a lot of angry comments are on the page. but you re right, people will be in the store at 6:00 a.m. on that morning. and we certainly saw complaints with k-mart. shopper on best buy s facebook page are saying that best buy should be ashamed of itself. and everybody needs to take a chill pill here. black friday weekend brought in $59 billion last year total for retailers. and this year shoppers say they re planning to spend less. think about it, starting one day early can really help offset that especially since thachx giving is happening so late this week. you look on best buy s facebook page, and one employee says he s excited to work because he ll time and a half and have extra money to spend on christmas.
americans are hurting across the country and that s the subject the president was sharing in his we weekly address, although sharing a bit of optimism as well. i know that for many of you, this thanksgiving is more difficult than most. but no matter how tough things are, we still give thanks for the chance to determine our own destiny. i m joined by kristen welker who joins us from the white house. obviously, for the first family, they get the holiday to be together. what s on the plates for them today? michelle obama likes to make us eat more healthy around the country. they will be having the traditional thanksgiving feast here at the white house, but nutrition is certainly a big theme here for this white house and for the first lady. in fact, one of the top chefs here says they will be eating some produce harvested here in the garden at the white house, so a little bit of healthy
cloud cover, but no real rainfall. it s the northwest we re watching. if you re traveling sunday, it s here in the ohio valley, northeast and down toward the southeast we could find travel delays. thanks so much. have a wonderful holiday. new york, we re going to take you outside in the streets of manhattan because one of thanksgivi thanksgiving s most beloved institutions just getting underway here in new york city and michelle franzen is standing by with a front row seat for us. obviously, i don t want to incourage channel flipping, but people can catch this somewhere else, but they do not have the inside track that you have right now at the start of this parade. so fill us in. that s right. listen, thomas, countdown. the parade is officially underway here in new york city. a tradition as you mentioned getting underway, so you ve got the preview here. behind the scenes, take a look behind me. the balloon handlers. with many of those traditional
so that does tame things down and just seems like then some other big story would come up. things would explode again. there would be all these crazy headlines, but it looks like now the government wants to really look at how things work and then make some changes and the prime minister has vowed in fact that no stone will be left unturned in this inquiry. thank you. the thanksgiving, the gop candidates, well, they may be thankful for the chance to knock down newt gingrich, his immigration comments supporting a road to citizenship for families that have been here most of their lives is creating a big problem, especially in iowa. joe williams joins me now to talk about that. how big of a deal is this going to be going forward with the traditionally conservative caucusgoers in iowa? it s interesting. during the debate this past week, newt gingrich said he s prepared to take the heat and that s a good thing because he s going to get plenty of it. immigration has been a hot button is