this year and tomorrow the family will attend the same ceremony with the president's late son proposed to his wife back in 2001. on the first thanksgiving was a widely available vaccine w president give special thanks to those who cannot be with their families tonight. >> what am i thankful for? i'm not joking when i say i'm thankful for these guys. >> spending thanksgiving on nantucket, making a stop at -- with a child into a virtual call will service members from all six military branches to givemb thanks. >> watching them in the south china sea, afghanistan, iraq, wherever they are, people wonder what america is they look and they see them and make us proud. >> island holiday marks the return to a 45 year tradition, only broken a few times including after the death of his son and amid the pandemic last year. the first timely sharing a message to those grieving this holiday. >> as we give thanks for what we have, we also keep in our hearts those who lost and those who have lost so much. and those who have an empty seat at their kitchen table or their room table this year because of this virus or another cruel twist of fate were next to him. we pray for them. >> his own health coming into focus after the white house announced a polyp removed from a colonoscopy last week is benign, slow-growing, but thought to be precancerous legion for which no more action is required at thisi time. the tubular adenoma is similar to one biden header moved into thousand eight. the doctor said in a letter advising routine surveillance and another colonoscopy and 7 te in his late 80s. two areas of observation balances physical including keep an eye on his frequent throat clearing and notably stiffer gaze delegates compared to last year. while the doctor officially deemed him fit and healthy to successfully execute the duties of the present he is the oldest president in american history and a fox news poll showed more than half of voters in the president's age is interfering with his job. including woody 9% of voters over 65 and 28% of democrats. >> and when the present heads back to the white house next week, they will be a renewed emphasis on getting his nominees confirmed, including his pick for the offices of management end. it confirmed, she will be the first black woman to hold that office. mike.th >> mike: jackie, many thanks. and the new coronavirus variant has been detected in south africa. scientists say it is a concern because of the high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people. here in this country, there is continued resistance by many to vaccine mandates. correspondent kevin corke showsa us tonight. speak out with numerous lawsuits pending over vaccine mandates and groups representing teachers airline workers, law enforcement officers, and firefighters, it is certainly arguable that there is a growing resistance to being compelled to take the shot. but thousands of americans now willing to fight and/or walk away from their jobs to preserve their bodily autonomy. in fact, texas, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina, and utah are among the more than half of all u.s. states filing or joining lawsuits in opposition to the federal rule which would require businesses with more than 100 employees to enforce vaccinees mandates. in the recent challenges may be turning the legal tide. citing a recent court order by the u.s. court of appeals from the fifth circuit granted a motion to stave the vaccine men date, osha, the occupational safety and health administration has announced it will temporarily stop its enforcement efforts. "pending future developments into litigation." this and some federal workers are now alsois pushing back wita lawsuit filed just as weak on behalf of the u.s. military member charging that the government shot mandate is unlawful and unconstitutional. >> going to start kicking our service members over this covid vaccine. does this not make us question whatof are the priorities of ths administration? is it national security or is it this woke movement? speak up at the white house and sis mandates work, noting that just one day after its deadline for compliance at some 92% of the 3.5 million federal workers affirmed that they were at least vaccinated partially. >> let's be clear.: vaccination requirements should not be another issue that divides us. every day you see more businesses with vaccination requirements and the mounting data shows that they work. >> still, criticize efficacy like michigan which up until june had a masked mende and now leads the nation a new daily case is all despite having more than 60% of its state's partially vaccinated. mike. >> mike: kevin corke. kevin, thanks a lot. let's bring in dr. marc siegel, professor menon at newark -- and fox news contributor. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. good to be with you. >> mike: so b on these minutes, there's a question about whether they are legal. we will letut the courts with tt out. are they helpful, effective in terms of stopping the spread of covid? >> they are hopeful in terms of compliance in certain areas as kevin just said. here in new york city where they imposed a mandate on workers, front-line workers, they got all the way up from 70 to 93%. but i question what are the other options here because there are other countries like israel and in europe with a mandate isn't really a mandate. it is and then sent out. do you want to go to a public area, you either have thee vaccine or you got over covid and they give you credit for that. we are not giving credit for that for me in the united states even though there is some immunity involved with getting over covid were having testing option. germany calls the three g blood loss. a rapid test may be the most predictive of all -- but germany, asta you know, under te new incoming chancellor, may be about to go into a more superimposed vaccine mandate and lockdown. so these are shifting terrains how do you get people to comply, how to get people comfortable without them putting them at quitting their jobs? >> mike: w.h.i.p. reporting on a new variant out of south africa, concerns about it spreading and hitting young people. what you know about it, how concerned are you? >> i've said before i'm not always concerned about these variants of concern. but this one, b11529 does concern me. i will tell you why. it has 32 mutations in the spike protein, which is how theut virs spreads in the province around johannesburg, there is about 500 new cases over the past day and they think, not proven you, that this is the predominate variant, in other words, delta on v the wayne in this one increasing. it looks like it is highly contagious, and that is what concerns me because of their varyings that have emerged haven't had a chance against delta d because delta is so contagious. the other issue is will the vaccine present against this variance? will the treatment?th we are keeping a really close eye on this one. >> mike: two boosters, should we wait for the elderly and folks to get them or should we line up and get them as soon as possible? >> weac have enough in this country for everyone to get this over the age of 18 which what i said in this "wall street journal" op-ed. i think everyone should get them but i do have an eye on places like south africa where i just mentioned, only 20% of people are vaccinated. to get enough vaccines to everyone in the world. we are 3 billion people in the world that haven't been vaccinated yet. we need to -- the rest of the world has to get vaccinated. we do need boosters here. evidence is emerging that shows these vaccines are waning and the boosters bringing back to where you need to be. so everyone over 18, booster. >> mike: president biden tweeted a week ago today i'm announcing we purchased 10 million treatment courses of pfizer's antiviral covid-19 pill. vaccination is still a most important tool but this new pill may dramatically reduce hospitalizations and deaths help accelerate our path out of this pandemic. merck and pfizer going to the fda process with these pills. how big of a deal are these pills and how much should they help the fight against covid? >> i think they are huge.hi i think both drugs are very exciting. i think the pfizer, which has something called an inhibitor, may stop the virus in its tracks. but the key thing here is rapid testing needs to accompany this. we need to know that you are exposed and that you are in a very early part of the illness and i've been saying for months now, now with them saying the same thing, let's have a public and private partnership to get a rapid test in every house in america. that isra how we know who is contagious and who is going to need these antiviral treatments. >> mike: to the presidents physical, we are told he had a potential precancerous polyp removed from a colonoscopy. 3-millimeter polyp identified as a tubular adenoma. similar to when he had removed in 2008. how much of a concern is that? >> i'm not concerned about this but it's a wake-up call for everybody over the age of 45 in america to be considered for a colonoscopy. 30 to 50% of americans over 50 have these polyps. twice if you are over 70. 7 and he has had one before. mike, four to 5% of these tubular adenoma's, 4% to 5% turned cancerous. but it means he has to have a follow-up colonoscopy. his doctor is saying ten years. our doctors would say more like five years, three to five years just to be sure. but the chances of it turning cancerous is about three to 5% in most cases. >> mike: and as leader of the freeee realty will very close supervision. dr. marc siegel, thinks of phones for your time and happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. great to be with you. >> mike: this thanksgiving is a lot closer to the traditional holiday than last years. many observances that were canceled or curtailed because the pandemic had returned in some termed this weekend. he takes a look from new york. >> the 95th annual macy's day thanksgiving -- came back this year in full force. >> it is live and also them and there is everything here. it's the whole vibe of the city coming together. >> last year's parade was only televised and featured no grounds in the parade room was shortens. this year, thousands of spectators and families on the street as two dozen floods, a thousand marchers, and ten marching bands led the way for the real stars of the show. the 15 gigantic helium inflated blue standinglo as tall as six e feet. this year's balloons included new additions like baby yoda from "star wars." and ate a twist from netflix as well as classics like snoopy, ronald mcdonald, and the pillsbury dough boy. it involved culminating with the and only santa claus. the turkey day parade also made a triumphant parade in chicago and runners in dallas and beyond took part in annual turkey trucks. for millions of americans comments the first time in two years that thanksgiving feels like thanksgiving. sure there are reminders we have a way to go.. i pandemic, supply shortages, and inflation prayed or thinksnn giving dinner were up 40% this year compared to last year according to the american farm bureaupa federation. aaa says it will be more expensive to drive back home. thanksgiving gas prices are at an eight-year high. even the liquor industry isy facing supply hiccups. speak of the shortages are crazy and so we are buying as much champagne as we can so that we continue tos fill ourselves. >> still reminders of the true spirit of thanksgiving are priceless. more than 28,000 u.s. troops stationed in south korea away from their families celebrated with their fellow soldiers. >> i still feel the love and the spirit of thanksgiving. and in new york city today, an nypd officer received a hero's walkout as she was released from the hospital here last night, sheho was shot in the arm twice. tonight, she is home with her family. happy thanksgiving. in new york city, brian, fox news. >> mike: consumer shopping online has spent $76 billion in november so far. that is according to the latest data collected by adobe analytics. that figure surpasses last year's 63 billion in revenue generated during the same time period. i'm next, an update on the afghan family we've been following as they come to the u.s. following the u.s. military withdrawal. tonight, how the children are adjusting. first here with some of our affiliates around the country are covering tonight. box 11 in los angeles where police are investigating a robbery at a nordstrom store in canoga park. five suspects carried out the crime. california is experiencing a rash of robberies at high-end retail centers. fox live in new york says the city's highest ranking uniformed police officer is retiring. monte harrison is a first person ever to rise from kid that two chief of the nation's largest police department. the department's first african-american chief of detectives. and this is a live look at san antonio from fox 29. one of the big stories are tonight, texas governor greg abbott serves up holiday meals to texas department of public safety troopers and texas national guard service members. stationed on the border for operation lone star he wants the mission in early march to help secure the m border and combat e smuggling of people on drugs in texas. that is tonight's live look outside. from special report, we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ e ride, you'll find many challenges. ♪ your dell technologies advisor can help you find the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. plaque 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on a day when she is more thankful than ever. she says people often forget heh family went 74 days before there were any arrests in this case. she told us there was a relief hearing the verdict that all three defendants were found guilty of murder. wanda cooper jones also said she believes her son was looking down on them when the decision came in, smiling then and smiling now, resting in peace. we also asked her what message she thinks the result of this trial sends to the world. >> i'm hoping that the verdict of guilty on all three defendants sends a message of accountability. i mean, you can't make better decisions and not be held accountable. >> what you think his sacrifice and life will do for other people maybe? >> i'm hoping that his sacrifice will -- it's going to implement change. he has already brought about the hate crime law in georgia, also the citizen's arrest law being repelled, so he has brought about change already. >> mother says she is ready for whatever is next in this case. likely sentencing in a few weeks and then those same very three men will be heading to federal court where they face hate crime charges. mike. >> mike: jeff paul live in georgia. jeff come offense a lot. tonight we check in on an afghan family we've been following since they left that country following the military withdrawal. this evening we look at how the children are adjusting to life here in america.a. there's national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> three months ago, johnny, who served as a combat translator for the 82nd airborne in afghanistan did not know what would happen to him and his family after the u.s. military withdrawal. today his daughters are getting something they never would have received under the taliban, and education. >> everyone could come into my room, we want to go to school, we like school we have a friend back school, we want to play with them. >> his daughters have been welcomed at their new school in north carolina and embraced by the community where many of the soldiers he once served alongside now live. these soldiers from the 82nd airborne helped him and his family escape kabul in august. >> the moment that they pulled up, it got to be so quiet. you could hear a pin drop. and the girls get out of the car and they walked up and of course they were smiling, beaming ear to ear, and my family, the kids just were waving and saying hello in their native language. >> they play soccer in the same team as the daughters of sergeant mike ferrero and his wife sarah. johnny served as a translatorr for mike, who lost his legs and suffered a traumatic brain injury. both mike and johnny each have three daughters. a now they are neighbors, and their daughters are best friends. there girls went trick-or-treating for the first time and now have playdates after school. >> that was actually first halloween in the united states. >> they did not speak a word of english when they arrived at their element to school. >> google translate doesn't have dari on it, so it's been an experience with that, so a lot of hand gestures, pictures, but it's a little thing, you know, to get them understand. last week, she actually said a full sentence in english. the cover first sentence? >> "i like pizza!" [laughs] she loves pizza. get into coming to school every day and learn, especially as a girl, they are just so excited and are little sponges. >> is thanksgiving, one afghan family has brought so much joy to this north carolina community who opens their hearts and help them start their new life in america. >> grateful to be safe here. and for this first thanksgiving i'm here with my family. >> at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> mike: beautiful story.je up next, how government informants are getting rich on your dime and getting a free pass to break the law. ♪ ♪ when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org hearing is important to living life to the fullest. that's why inside every miracle-ear store, you'll find a better life. it all starts with the most innovative technology. like the new miracle-earmini, available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small that no one will see it, but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a thirty-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle right now and experience a better life. do you take aspirin? 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>> yet.t this is how business is done. it's been this way legally on the books as far as 1980 is concerned. one law enforcement source told me that this is something that's been going on and it probably will, allow informants to break the law but with permission, according to the government account ability office. informants have been able to do this and they will be able to continue to do this. of we have a report from the government accountability office that says in the appropriateil circumstance, an agency could authorize an informant to purchase illegal drugs fromiz someone who is the target of a drug trafficking investigation. >> it's all legal but we think there needs to be more transparency on the entire federal law enforcement complex when it comes to confidential human sources. >> that's adam, the whistle-blower here. he's calling for the federal government and law enforcement community to release payment information to the public after a case is closed, so basically, mike, this has been going on for decades.er it's eye-opening. if not illegal but he's calling for more transparency. >> mike: great reporting, thanks, david. >> you bet. >> mike: there are still dozens of cargo ships in tens of thousands of container sitting up the california coast despite the president's effort to address the supply train crisis. william la jeunesse has an update tonight from san pedro.pl >> [indiscernible]. >> managing america's supply chain begins here. >> these guys are all loitering. >> inside the control tower handling ship traffic at the port of l.a. and long beach. >> if they're coming from asia, it normally takes two weeks to cross the ocean at 18 knots. >> officials hope the logjam here is over. shipping cost and container volume from asia is down but it doesn't mean lower prices or more inventory at christmas. the gap, nordstrom, nike, all save supply chain problems are hurting sails. >> holiday goods or shipping right now at unprecedented rates, 20% above what the prepandemic numbers. >> because of that unprecedented volume, new rules. instead of ships racing over from china only to sit offshore for a month spewing pollution into the l.a. basin, going forward, ships must wait 150 miles offshore until a birth is open. >> if they can slow steam from the last port of call and come here and arrive closer to the birth time, that's a benefit for everyone. >> we have a massive backlog of ships and those ships are emitting pollution into this region, which is already home to some of the worst air quality in the united states. l.a. long beach is number one for smog. >> changes off the water are helping as well. port officials say the threat of fines were reduced the container backlog 33%.rt labor is still tight. inside the seafarers union hall in san pedro, there's not awe crewmen insight. >> i can't say we are short, because we got manpower, but we are looking for more. >> local officials are optimistic. >> things are still tough but they are getting a lot better. in a few months they're going to be a lot better. >> that's yet to be seen. west coast dockworkers just rejected a contract extension and if they stop working, gridlock returns. and with it, the price spikesf and shortages that experts already say will extend well into next year.y mike. >> mike: william la jeunesse, thank you very much. forecasters are warning that multiple so-called atmospheric rivers threaten the northwestern u.s. over the next few days. this comes a week and a half after damaging floods in washington state. the latest weather event expected to bring up to 3 inches of rain and some areas already hit hard by the recent flooding. up next, how ukraine is preparing for a possible invasion from the russians. ♪ ♪ nts know we have their backs. 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m >> well, he's our oldest president, as you said. i think in keeping with that, it's just a good thing for him to be transparent with his medical procedures and medical hrecords. i think the white house was very, very transparent in telling us about the precancerous lesion that was found, the polyp that was removed. they don't seem to be treating it with any great urgency, they said he doesn't have to have another colonoscopy for 7-10 years, but the reality is thate lots of people are talking about his age. i think the critics use it as one of the ways that they, you know, buff at him, along with talking about hunter and talking about his gaffes and vice president harris, but the reality is at this point, you know, he's been performing pretty well. got the covid relief will come of the infrastructure bill, he may get build back better, the stock market i think gained 25%r this year, job numbers lookld good, gdp i think is the best sense '84, so not bad for a guy who's the oldest president we've known. >> mike: no mention in any of the paperwork about cognitive testing, a lot of folks saying that should be something checked if you're the oldest livingg president. jason, your thoughts? >> well, one of the side effects of covid over the last 18 months is that people have been shedding aside and not going to their preventative health screenings. my own father lost his life tor colon cancer. if he had any screening eight years before -- i'm glad the president was out there getting a colonoscopy as a short and that's a message to a lot of others that they should. i still think there's some deep concerns about the cognitive capability of this president. you just have to look, listen to the daily gaffe and understand that he can't seem to answer a question from anybody in the media in a spontaneous way without creating a national scene, so there are still those concerns. >> mike: while the white house says the president has every plan to run for reelection in 2024, there's a lot of democrats who don't buy that. thoughts on the president's health and how he's doing at this point? >> the health should be -- a magazine article reported in june of 2019, said that 40% of americans didn't want to president that was in their 70s, and we see where joe biden is on that scale. when you compile that with the fact that we see on television daily images of the president falling asleep around world leaders when we see that he loses his train of thought in the midst of press conferences, we see what experts, medical experts across the spectrum have said that there's signs of mental decline there with president joe biden. i think we all should be very, veryec concerned. when you also mention the fact that poland has shown the majority of americans don't believe that he's competent, they think that he's unfit to lead this country. i mean, i don't know what he has to be thankful for this year, maybe because he's underwater with bowling and so is his vice president. >> mike: so it is thanksgiving day and there are some signs of returning to normal. we've got family traveling to see other family members, i've got a house full of family right now as a matter of fact. so that's good. we also saw the macy's thanksgiving day parade, juan, your thoughts on covid and getting back to an all american holiday? >> i just got to say, to me this is been a very special day because you're right, mike, just like your family, my family was able to get together.us didn't happen last year. i have to say i have strong memories about taking the kids up to new york to sit on the sidewalk early morning, central park west, to see the big balloons. to see that back in the parade taking place and see all of the bands from all the high schools around america, it is a delight. it made me emotional. i hate to sound like i'm the old director, but it's really a sweet memory, a sweet reality. >> mike: you realize how much you missed it when it's been gone. m and so some of the messaging about covid over the holidays, let's play this clip. >> if it feels like it's going to be weird, may be make it kind of fun, say we are going to start with hors d'oeuvres in the garage, we will have drinks, we will do our rapid test and thenr come on in, right? you can make it playful, make it fun. >> take away the anxiety, take away the concern about -- and you can enjoy the holidays very easily. >> mike: pretty sure were not doing hors d'oeuvres in the garage, your thoughts about the messaging? >> i never thought i would do hors d'oeuvres or any eating really in the garage, that seems kind of silly. look, i think thanksgiving is one of our nations greatest moments and i hope we do pause and we give thanks to those men and women were serving overseas. there's a lot to be grateful for in the united states of america. the mere fact that you're born here gives you an advantage in this world and the freedoms and the hundreds of years of history in our country, all those freedoms, they didn't come by accident. o there are men and women who laid down their lives to make it so prosperous. i know there's a lot of discussion about covid but my goodness, take a deep breath and be with your family and loved ones and enjoy some cranberries. you've got to love aur holiday that focuses on cranberries. >> mike: today in new york city, the parade was back, the floats, the balloons, here's outgoing mayor bill de blasio. >> the macy's thanksgiving day parade is back, it's going to be safe because people have gonepa out and got vaccinated in this city in a way that surpasses almost everyplace else in the country. come on out, it's going to be amazing moments, part of the rebirth of the city. we are leaving covid behind, we are moving forward.enh >> mike: your thoughts? >> well, i can appreciate the sentiments from our dear colleagues here. i appreciate those thoughts, but we've got to understand too toe. recognize the fact that normalcy looks different everywhere, where you feed go in new york city, you've got to be fully vaccinated in order to walk into a restaurant to share dinner with your family, same for places like los angeles, california. this is not what many would consider normal, so i appreciate the fact that we've got parades and there's a lot of other positive things going on in the country and people are getting back to some sense of normalcy,e but we are not fully there yet and until these mandates are lifted, we probably won't be really there. >> mike: juan, and a concern about the possibility of all these folks getting together and people thinking perhaps this whole thing is over? >> that would be premature as he was just saying. i was particularly paying attention to the little kids, people who are under 5, still in vaccinated but it was such great news that the people 5-12 were able to get vaccinated. at least they had their first shot, some will soon get there second, and that's been a big breakthrough. t those concerns exist and of course you have to trust that everybody who says there vaccinated is vaccinated. >> mike: all right, panel, that was great. when we come back, reasons to be thankful. a special holiday segment with our all-star panel. please stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i had a dream that someday ♪ ♪ i would just fly, fly away ♪ plaque psoriasis, the burning, itching. the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask you doctor about tremfya® today. go with simparica trio it's triple protection made simple! simparica trio is the first and only monthly chewable that covers heartworm disease, ticks and fleas, round and hookworms. dogs get triple protection in just one simparica trio! this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures. use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. protect him with all your heart. simparica trio. to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll have many questions. challenges. and a few surprises. ♪ but wherever you are on your journey. your dell technologies advisor is here for you - with the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. >> mike: finally tonight, the >> finally tonight the all-star panel and what they are grateful for this thanksgiving. our many blessings, john, lead us off. >> i'm thankful for the christians across the united states and across the world to live my family up in prayer. it a has been a tough challengig year for us. i'm thankful for our pastor who has been a constant god innt my life through this challenging time. >> amen. >> well, i just want to say to john, am all praying for you and i hope you are well. to me, going through the last couple of years with covid the comment to me how importantli family is and the stability and love we get from those closest to us. my family got together this, summer at the beach, the outer banks of northern carolina. it was an after year, pretty sweet moment and i'm so grateful. we had a very special addition to the family this year. there we are at the christening outside of chicago for miss margo williams. of course, here she is just before her thanksgiving having a little something to eat. >> jason, bring us home. >> that's great. in july our son-in-law had a pool accident much the way charles cross timer had appeared we thought he would be fully paralyzed. through prayer and modern medicine and love and caring and amazing miracles, the strength of our daughter and son-in-law come i think he is going to be all right. >> that's beautiful. >> wonderful. >> thank you for holding dinner for me. thank you all,, tomorrow special report and afghan soccer team. i mike emanuel in washington. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to a special edition of "tucker carlson tonight." happy thanksgiving.. we've got a lot to be thankful for this year. thanks to fox nation without an amazing opportunity to dive much more deeply than we ordinarily would on some of the most important issues in the country. we are grateful for it.. as far as tucker carlson today, we've had a chance to speak to a lot of fascinating people. one of them is michael flynn, he was in that -- they targeted and destroyed him.t