Time and deliver deliver when we have to this is right now margin of error election. It really suggests. And you said youve got democrats, republicans, independents all amongst your ranks and your members. Given that its going to looking at like a margin of error election. This could be, youre going to have members who were supporting the other guy, no matter who the union sides to endorse, how do you manage that . Well, we manage it through pauling, talking to our members, making sure our leaders are out there talking to the members. We have 360 locals nationwide we got to make sure everybody is playing a role in this and thats how the decision thats how the judgment is going to be made. Sean obrien. Great to have you on. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. A new hour of Cnn News Central starts right now john, it giving a new warning today as lawmakers get ready to vote on possible a possible tiktok ban, critic say this band could be a threat to feast free speech a Government Repo
Spend around $9 billion today alone. cbs meg oliver is out with the throngs of bargain shoppers in northern new jersey this evening. meg, good evening to you. reporter: tony, good evening. all day, we have seen a steady stream of customers at this best buy. in-person shopping is up more than 14% this year compared to last, and we also know that this weekend, we re expecting about 160 million people to shop. early this morning, eager shoppers lined up outside this best buy in new jersey, ready to cash in on black friday bargains. i started at 3:45. reporter: 3:45 in the morning? yes. reporter: bryant hairston came for the tvs. was it like pre-pandemic. did you have a long line? no long lines this year because everybody has early black friday deals. in the past long lines, a lot of headaches, chaos. epg tential supply shortagma started their holiday sales in october, making black friday a
Pays for it what we should be exploring is how do we drive down the cost of healthcare. the things that are driving the costs up. there is no focus on that in these plans. well, in fairness to governor nusm he has a proposal for government program to pay less for prescription drugs. rachel: that s a good idea. that s an admission that it is inefficient program that it does not get a good deal for the taxpayers it is overcharging taxpayers. if you want to bring costs down, the way to do that is through competition. by letting consumers control the money so that they care about lower prices in a way that they just don t when the government is paying. and the way that the politicians don t when government is paying. and what you see in healthcare is when consumers control the money. we preserve the freedom of providers to compete to offer consumers a better deal than what they re getting right now. prices fall while quality goes up. that doesn t happen in government programs. rachel:
amazon all the way. 100%. most of it has been online. why is that? it s easy, it s convenient. free shipping. but the brick-and-mortar stores for them, the days leading up to christmas are vital. 20% of traffic into the stores during the season happens in the week before, so they did all they could to roll out the red carpet for shoppers. retail experts also say 53% of consumers, but 126 million people, were taking part in last-minute shopping on what s being called super saturday that last christmas last saturday before christmas. it s not over yet. stores like walmart and macy s, they know the bargain shoppers don t even come out until this week, so the shopping and a sales will continue all the way up until new year s. back to you. lisa: i know that i personally contributed. have a good one.
Sales were at $528 billion. in 2017, the estimate for this holiday season, $682 billion. a spokesperson for mastercard said, overall, this year it was a big win for retailers, and jon, it is not over yet. the bargain shoppers are the ones who will be out and hitting the sales all the way to the end of the year. jon: some more cash registers to come. anita vogel from los angeles. thank you. new york city empire state building showing off festive display on christmas day with a red and green lights and a candy cane antenna. the tower is featuring a music delight show, featuring quest to stephani you make a file christmas. the l.e.d. lights with that they can have 16 million colors, and a whole new array of digital effects. jon: wow. president trump is looking ahead