what is your favorite thanksgiving side? does it have to be corn by definition? >> no, actually, it is my wife's stuffing and dressing. requires a great deal of chopping of lots of vegetables and nuts and it is absolutely delicious. we're looking forward to it. while i got everybody listening to this, four simple rules, make sure you clean your hands after you deal with that raw poultry, separate when you're cutting on different boards so you don't have your -- you reduce the risk of some problems. cook that turkey to 165 degrees, check it in three places, breast, thigh and the wing. and make sure that after you have eaten that wonderful meal, you don't take that nap until you put everything back in the fridge. >> number five is nap plentifully. secretary tom vilsack, thank you for being with us. happy thanksgiving. >> you too. "new day" continues right now. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, november 24th. i am brianna keilar with john berman. it is thanksgiving eve. getaway day for millions of americans. traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year. millions of people are loading up their cars, they're piling on to planes, they're heading to holiday destinations after a year of celebrating in place. the tsa is expecting to screen more than 20 million passengers nationwide here over the next ten days or so. and aaa says more than 53 million people will be on the move after the long holiday weekend, the majority on the road, that's 5% shy of prepandemic levels. >> gas prices are at a seven-year high. the average, the current average is now $3.40 a gallon, which has stabilized. not rising anymore. it is up from $2.11 a year ago. aaa breaking down the best and worst times for travel today. the most significant delay is expected between noon and 8:00. the best time to be on the road if you can stay awake is after 9:00 tonight. so what will the weather conditions be like for people who are hitting the roads and the air? let's start with meteorologist jennifer gray. >> john, yeah, we're going to see a little bit of a disruption across portions of the midwest as that rain pushes in. eastern seaboard, though, looking good. we are cold this morning, though. it has reached the deep south. freeze alerts in effect for portions of alabama, the carolinas, as well. temperatures feeling like the 20s across places like atlanta this morning, 27 in raleigh is what it feels like. feeling like 18 in boston. so a chilly start, but temperatures will rebound. we will warm across the east just in time for thanksgiving day, with high temperatures in the 50s across a large section of the northeast. if you're looking forward to the parade, i think the balloons will fly high, winds will only be gusting at around 10 miles per hour. well within the balloon wind limits and temperatures during the parade will be in the 40s or so. i think we'll have a bigger headache when we're trying to go home for thanksgiving. we do have our next storm system making way across the east, even some models hinting at a little bit of snow across the northeast so that could slow you down, so make sure you stay weather aware as far as friday, saturday and sunday go. that warmer air will give way, cold air moving in, and then another shot of it in time for the beginning of next week, john. >> jennifer gray, thank you for keeping us posted. we have some live pictures we want to show you of the courthouse in brunswick, georgia. minutes from now, the jury in the trial of the three white men accused of murdering unarmed black man ahmaud arbery will reconvene. yesterday, the 11 white and 1 black juror deliberated for more than six hours. cnn's sara sidner live in brunswick. the jury went home last night, sara, about to arrive back to begin deliberations again this morning. >> reporter: that's right. we heard from the judge. the judge basically called the jury in last night around 6:00 and asked them if they were close to a verdict and here's where there is a bit of a clue because we heard for first time from the foreperson who said that we are in the process of working to reach a verdict. and at first they didn't want to go home. so it gives you some sense of where they are, in that it is possible that we will see a verdict today or this week. but we have been watching this trial for now 14 days. and now deliberations into the second day, they're starting bright and early and about 25 minutes, the jury will start their deliberations again. and we heard a lot of different arguments. we heard from the prosecution, though, which gets the last word in every case, they get a rebuttal argument to the closing arguments by themselves and the defense. and what we heard from the prosecution was a story of what happened to ahmaud arbery, we heard the prosecution talking about empathy. and talking about why a gun was brought to this fight and the men who were chasing arbery. the men who later on said they were chasing him because they believed he committed burglary, but they did not know anything about any crime that ahmaud arbery committed because they didn't see it before they started chasing him. let's listen to a little bit of the arguments from the prosecution and from the defense in this case. >> where's the empathy? how about don't bring a shotgun with you? this is really easy. call the police. don't point a shotgun at people unless you're going to kill them. >> they wanted to stop him, for the police, to detain him. don't be fooled by this word arrest. you don't have to announce you're under arrest. he told you why he raised the gun, he was afraid he would be on him within seconds. >> reporter: now, we should also mention that the racial overtones and undertones both in this case have been very obvious. there was a moment in court that a lot of people are not going to forget and that is what made people in the courtroom gasp and sent ahmaud arbery's mother running out of court as fast as she could, horrified after one of the prosecutors talked about his appearance and mentioned his dirty long toenails. that really got people talking about dehumanization. for the prosecution, the portion mentioned that in her last words to the jury, saying that this is a defense tactic 101 and that it is offensive. john? >> sara, please keep us posted. could be a very, very important day there. kevin gough, the attorney for william "roddie" bryan, was pressed last night about his multiple requests to bar black faith leaders from the courtroom. let's listen. >> why do you think about pastors in terms of black and white? >> i don't think of pastors in terms of black and white. and let's be clear. if you were in that courtroom, sitting in my chair, representing roddie bryan, you would be doing exactly the same thing. >> no, i wouldn't. >> we have no problem with black people being in the gallery. never did. never will. chris, you can call -- you can call me ignorant. you can call me anything you want. but i'm here representing roddie bryan, and i'm going to defend my client to the best of my ability, and i don't really care whether the people in the cheap seats like it or not. >> joining us now to discuss is benjamin crump, the civil rights attorney who is representing the father of ahmaud arbery. ben, just to be clear, that attorney equated black pastors with the klan. what do you say to that, gough claiming that his opposition to black pastors being in the courtroom wasn't about race. >> well, i think it is ludicrous when everybody heard him specifically say black pastors. and this whole tragedy, and this entire trial harkens back to the jim crow era, where you really think about this young black man jogging and this white lynch mob who suspects he's done something criminal, they don't call the police, they don't give him due process, they chase him and kill him. and then you hear this defense lawyer talking about black pastors shouldn't be allowed in church. and to the courtroom, almost as if they're saying that you have a right to dictate what ahmaud's parents can do even in their day in court, their one day in court, where their child has been lynched. it is almost like the killers who are saying you need to comply with our mentality out there when they killed ahmaud. and then unbelievably you hear the defense lawyer in her closing say that ahmaud arbery had long legs with dirty toenails as if he was a runaway slave and they were allowed to chase him and make him comply or kill him. and the only question that remains unanswered is if this jury is going to give us a jim crow verdict or they're going to say to america we must be better than this, in 2021. >> what was laura hogue doing, do you think, with that long dirty toenail remark to the jury? >> i believe she was using dog whistle rhetoric, she was saying he's a scary black man, and so if you say he's a scary black person, and make the jury believe that, then you want them to divorce themselves of what they see on that video of a human being being chased down and being lynched in broad daylight. we don't want you to have consideration for him because he's the scary black person. it is trayvon martin 2.0. remember they assassinated the character of trayvon martin after he had been assassinated and now they're doing the exact same thing almost ten years later with ahmaud arbery. i mean, the similarities are eerily similar. >> back to kevin gough, he said this hypothetical, he proposed a hypothetical about an officer being on trial and i want us to listen to that. >> if every time a police officer is killed, we're going to allow the police department to stack the courtroom with uniformed police officers, i think you would agree that would be inappropriate. >> i also would -- >> would you not? >> i don't know if it would be appropriate. but i know it is not an analogy. having black pastors there to support the family, i don't think is going to have a chilling effect on a jury. nor should it. >> what do you think about his analogy there? >> well, i think it is misplaced. and most trials when police officers have been killed, you do have a lot of police officers paying their respect, as well they should. and i think it is very appropriate for the victims in a court proceeding to be able to have the people there who they wish to comfort them. in the black community, the faith and church is the foundation. and so to not allow ahmaud's mother and father to have their faith and spiritual leaders pray with them to keep their sanity, i mean, think about what you saw on that courtroom, pictures of their child, their baby who they brought into this world with a hole in his body. i mean, videos over and over again. so they're praying for them to keep their sanity in this insane situation. and to say that we refuse to allow black pastors in, it was just so arrogant. it was the essence of white supremacy mentality. almost like thinking because a black man is jogging, that ordinary white citizens can stop him and make him comply. and if he dares not follow their orders, then they have the right to kill him, and to say that that's okay. that is what we're saying. we can't allow america, that is the essence of a white supremacy mentality and we must be better than that. we must make the declaration of independence real for all american citizens. >> ben, i appreciate you being with us this morning. another critical day here in this trial over the killing of ahmaud arbery. ben crump, thank you. >> thank you. and coming up, fresh off a sweeping acquittal by a jury in kenosha, wisconsin, kyle rittenhouse made a trip down to mar-a-lago. what he and former president trump discussed. and it was one of the longest wrongful imprisonments in u.s. history. the man who spent 43 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit will join us live. plus -- ♪ i don't want to miss a thing ♪ >> nasa's armageddon-like mission to throw an asteroid off of its path. ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ what does the future of strength look like? 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>> i think there is no denying that this is politically driven because the white house wants to look like they are taking efforts to really combat this issue given people are hitting the road today, hitt ting the rd tomorrow, people are doing something they haven't been able to do last year and the year before. the white house wants to look like they understand the financial pain that these people are feeling at the pump, but i think the question about what the president decided yesterday to release these 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserves is a question of when does this actually go into effect and when will people see this actually affect the prices that they are paying at the pump. i think two things, one it is only going to be a modest change, based on what we heard from these energy experts. and the white house themselves are saying that it could be a few weeks before you actually see this translate into lower prices. so i think that's going to be part of this, whether or not it actually helps the president and i think also the white house knows that they're only expecting a modest change with this effort that he's taking. they know this isn't going to be something that completely rectifies the prices or brings them back to the levels people were seeing last year. but they want to look like they are doing something behind this and not like they're ignoring the fact that people are paying more when they're filling up their taverntanks. what the president is saying there gets to another aspect of this, he has a big climate message and oil is at the heart of it. and so the president is saying, you know, we are having to do what we're doing now to lower prices. doesn't change my larger message on climate. i think that is going to be kind of this conundrum facing the white house as they are dealing with this in the months ahead. >> so, kaitlan, we learned last night that kyle rittenhouse, after being found not guilty by the jury in wisconsin for the homicide charges that he was facing, he visited former president trump in mar-a-lago. the former president talked about this with sean hannity. let's listen. >> he's a really good young guy. he's 18 years old. just left mar-a-lago, a little while ago and he should never have been put through that. that was prosecutorial misconduct. >> so clearly the former president there trying to, i guess, gloom on to something on a way he sees political benefit. >> i don't think this is surprising at all from the former president. we know he was paying close attention based on what we heard to this case as it was playing out. we have seen how kyle rittenhouse has been exalted by people on the right in the aftermath of this verdict. and i think there has been some criticism and some questions about that because there is a way to have a nuanced discussion, to talk about the coverage of what happened in wisconsin with kyle rittenhouse at the beginning when this was playing out and as this trial played out. but now you've seen it turn into this celebration, where they really have taken up his cause and people who are saying they would like to elevate him further. clearly the former president is doing that by inviting him down it mar-a-lago, meeting with him, taking photos with him and talking about that and trying to use this as a cause. i don't think it is entirely surprising because we have seen the former president do this at other times. of course, he did find his way to mar-a-lago following that verdict. >> we have seen this exaltation happen with other folks. eddie gallagher comes to mind for me. i don't know i've seen someone where you have people like lauren bow vert and others in congress competing to get him as a congressional intern. >> yeah, i think it does raise the question kind of after -- in the aftermath of this what does kyle rittenhouse's future look like. does he have a political future? that's something people talked about. it is this way of where the right has really taken him up in this cause and talking about him, and ways they could elevate his profile even further. when you look at the facts at the heart of this, there were two people who were killed. he did shoot a third. it was a case that played out and had national implication, had the highs of the nation watching this. and now in the wake of this verdict you've seen how they have taken this up, they tried to elevate his profile even further. i don't think this is the end of it, clearly, of course, based on the former president trump -- former president trump hosting him down at mar-a-lago like he did. >> that guy is getting utilized, i think you could say, by the right wing here. kaitlan, thank you so much for being with us. here's what else to watch today. kevin strickland spent more than four decades behind bars for a triple murder he did not commit. and now a few hours ago is a free man. he's going to join us live next. and an emotional return to the job he loves. >> i can't believe i'm sitting here. >> what a moment. dick vitale back behind the microphone, court side. like i said, just what a moment. ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? 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>> it's, you know, it's refreshing, i guess that would be a start. disbelief. once again, i say feelings, emotions, but it was a restless night last night. and i'm thinking that this is -- this still isn't true. are they waiting for me outside to take me back? i mean -- >> is that what -- is that what was keeping you awake. kevin, is that what was keeping you awake, sort of the disbelief of it, or what were you thinking about as you were having a hard time sleeping? >> you know, i'm used to living in a close, confined cell where i, you know, i know exactly what's going on in there with me. and to being home, and you hear the creaks of the home settling and the electrical wiring and whatever else, it was -- i was kind of afraid. i thought somebody was coming to get me. i mean some stuff that you -- you probably wouldn't think i was thinking, but, yeah, i wasn't comfortable. >> how are you -- how are you feeling? do you have anger? >> no, you know, i can't say that i have anger because, you know, i don't want people to think an event, something h happens in a ten-mile radius of where i'm living that i'm responsible for it. i don't have anger. i'm paranoid, you know. do i have anger, frustration, you know, disappointment? i'm not going to go with anger. >> i certainly think you would be more than entitled, though i don't imagine there are many people who can know how it would feel to be you right now, kevin. one of the things is obviously that you missed so much, including your mother's passing recently. and you said that you wanted to visit her grave. have you been able to do that yet or to make plans to do that? >> yes. i already did that. i already did that. that was first stop. first stop. >> what was that like, kevin? >> that was the first stop, yeah. to know my mother was underneath that dirt and i hadn't got a chance to visit with her in the last years because due to her, you know, diminishing dementia state, you know, it was -- it was -- i revisited those tears that i did when they told me i was guilty of a crime i didn't commit. so it was a lot of stuff came out. i talked to her for a minute. i believe she could feel me, hear me, i do. yeah. that's, yeah -- >> i certainly -- yeah, no, i certainly hope so, kevin. you know she would have wanted to see this day as she stood by and supported you for all these years and, trisha, i think -- there have been -- it has been so obvious for so many years that this needed to be righted, just walk us through the last four -- few years and why it took so long. >> yeah, i think, you know, kevin's case really shows how difficult the process is for every individual who is innocent. and particularly here. so the first piece of evidence you talk about that showed he was innocent, his co-defendant named the other individuals involved, some folks never charged with the crime and said kevin was not there. so since 1979, kevin himself has been filing, he filed over 17 petitions with all this evidence, with evidence of the recantation of the victims, with the confessions from the real perpetrators and no court would hear it. they wouldn't even have a hearing. and so, you know, at that time in missouri there is a question of whether or not innocence is a reason to get out of prison. so when the prosecutor at the -- the current prosecutor agreed mr. strickland was innocent, we filed that petition to help get him out on his behalf, but, you know, whether or not innocence is a reason to get out of prison keeps him from being in court. and so it was such a strange position here in missouri where prosecutors didn't have the power to let someone out of prison, we had to change the law. that law went into effect in august and the prosecutor filed that motion to overturn the conviction, but even then that law provides for the attorney general to quote make an appearance, be at the hearing, question witnesses and make argument, and what that resulted in, in our state of missouri, the attorney general's office that fought every innocence case for the last 30 years was incredible delay. they sought to have the judge dismissed, to have every judge in jackson county and the hearing delay after delay after delay. that's what it is. that's why mr. strickland didn't get to be with his mother when she passed. >> something i think that is going to stun a lot of people is that missouri does not give assistance except for in specific cases for people who have been wrongly convicted. i want to highlight the go fund me page for kevin and we're going to go ahead and tweet this out, because i know a lot of people are going to be touched by this story. but, kevin, i understand that you want to see the ocean. >> yeah. yeah. that would be a big win. yeah. i think anybody that's alive should want to see the ocean before they pass, one time in life. yes, that's a big deal with me. >> can you tell us why? >> i just want to get in it. yeah. >> and what else? and what else, kevin? >> i lost my hearing. >> why would you like to see that? >> well, i mean, i was -- as a teenager, i was big on swimming. i always liked the water. and, you know, god created a big deal there when he put all that water out there and i need to get out there and see if i can ride a great white or something like that. but, yeah, that's, you know, the experience, i want to feel the power of the water. you know? at 62, i believe i can surf. if they get me out of this chair, yeah. so it is -- the water is wonderful. i mean, i can swim. so, yes, that's what the water's about. >> you must have missed that so much, you know, just some of the simple things obviously in life here over the last 43 years. kevin, it is a privilege to speak with you, kevin strickland. and trisha roho bushnell, thank you to all your work and for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. coming up, health officials sounding the alarm on cancer screenings after the life saving test took a back seat during the pandemic. and fomo no more. my next guest is 87 years young, triple vaccinated and not letting the fear of covid dictate her life any longer. 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>> for prevention, so important. elizabeth, thank you. >> right. so she's 87, vaccinated and boosted, and not letting covid crush her joy any more. catherine este writes in "the new york times," every day as i venture out, there is a drumbeat in my mind, a constant accompaniment, is this too risky for me. if the risk of getting sick with covid is holding me back, there is something even stronger drawing me out. the fear of not making the most of my remaining time. and catherine esty joins me now. i really appreciate you being with us. it is a really thoughtful op-ed you write and i should note you're a psychologist, so deep thinking is what you do here. but basically what you're saying is you're going to go live right now. you're sort of in a way done with covid. >> yeah. i think that's a good way to put it. i am, i'm ready to resume my life again. and, you know, despite the recent surges here in massachusetts of cases, i'm ready, i'm ready, despite the risk, to pick up the aspects of my life, this thanksgiving eve i'm thrilled to be going to connecticut to spend the holiday with my son and it is just very special. >> it is not that you don't acknowledge that there is a risk, you're just saying it is worth the risk to go live. >> yeah. absolutely. i mean, the risk -- i still take precautions. i live in a retirement community and we -- when we go out of our apartments we wear masks, and i'm happy to do this sort of as a person in a community and when i go to the grocery store, and the other places i go when i've been back to my church recently, i wear a mask. and that seems fine, even though i really realize and i've been backed up by the experts that it is unlikely that i'm going to be a carrier with my two vaccinations and the booster. >> i think it is interesting what you're saying here, there is nuance to it. you're not one of these people going out there and saying, let it rip! covid is just going to spread anyway, i'm not going to do anything and it is going to move. you're wearing a mask. you're boosted. you're just going to do those things and not slow down at this point. >> right. absolutely. there are some things i don't do. i don't go to rock concerts. but i don't go to large crowds. and so i'm with my family, i'm with my friends, i go to have dinner out, i've been to some restaurants, but, you know, not big crowded places. and so that seems right. so -- but i'm eager to be out and about. i'm done with -- feels like ready to go out and i guess i feel too that right now in spite of the ongoing pandemic, which i gather may be with us for a year or more, so i have decided, well, there is really nothing to wait for now. and i'm going to be living as fully as i can. >> what do you have against rock 'n' roll, catherine? >> i've only been to one rock concert and it was deafening, i'll tell you that. i don't. i have a grandson that say musician. and i'm so -- he's into heavy metal. so i'm all for it. but -- >> i can tell you are clearly a heavy metal fan. we appreciate you being with us. i think the message you're sending is a good one. people need to figure out how to live their lives, manage the risks, but go out and do tit. i hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving. best to you and your family. >> thank you so much. i think i will -- i'm really seeing this thanksgiving as not just picking up the usual, but something very special and not at all ordinary. and i guess in particular i just feel grateful for being alive. even more than i've ever felt before. >> what a wonderful message. really. i appreciate it. catherine, be well, motley crue sends their regards. >> thank you so much. while you were sleeping, this happened. >> lift off of the falcon 9 and dart on nasa's first planetary defense test to intentionally crash into an asteroid. >> crash into an asteroid. where have you heard that before? 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>> reporter: we know a little bit about where this jury is because of what they told the judge last night. the judge called them in about 6:00 p.m., which is the longest they have been in court. and asked them if they were close to a verdict. and in other words, did they want to stay a little longer or did they want to break for the night and come back and try again today. and what the foreperson says gives you some sense. it sounded as if as first they wanted to stay longer. they said we're in the process of working to reach a verdict. and so it gives you some idea of where they are, and they may, for example, have been closer than everyone thought last night. but they eventually decided that it was time to break and they would