here s georgia governor brian kemp on that. people are getting screwed in this, martha. it s a small, hard-working business people that are up in cobb county and in the metro atlanta area that are going to get hurt by the all-star game being pulled from here. this is outrageous. people need to stand up and join the fight and say, look, we are done with the cancel culture in this pressuring. dana: former new jersey governor chris christie had this strong message for biden. he is lying about this bill. he is lying to the american people about it. to cause the raging fire he said he was going to put out. he is lying to cause racial divisions in this country. that s what accused donald trump of doing and he is a liar and a hypocrite. all right. i also wanted to play some sound from a restaurant owner in atlanta. you can imagine how disappointed they are to not have this business come in. it s devastating. it s devastating to the city. it s devastating to many businesses
of the golden governor of the golden state. but first, the washington post accused of running a hit piece on republican senator tim scott hours after it was announced he would be giving the gop response to president biden s address to a joint session of congress on wednesday. the article titled tim scott often talks about his grandfather and cotton, there s more to that tale, seeks the raise questions over comments the senator has made about being an ancestor of slaves. ultimately, the piece did not debunk scott s past claims about his ancestry, and people are quick to note the suspicious timing of the report which was published roughly 12 hours after scott was tapped to make the republican rebuttal against the democratic president. congressman steve scalise defending the senator. watch. tim scott s e a wonderful person, a dear friend, but he s also a rising star. and there is nothing that scares the left more than a conservative african-american leader who s gaining
very key house progressives. the marine posted outside the door is what tells us in washington speak, classic signals of this traditional white house, that the president remains in the west wing. this is the latest in a series of meetings the president has been holding. earlier we know he spoke with top democrats, schumer and pelosi and met with key senators who can sometimes be holdouts including sinema, manchin and moderates. joe biden is doing what he did before. he is doing what he said he would, being peace maker. now liberals are threatening to take the bipartisan infrastructure bill which the senate passed last month unless there is a wider impact on the $3.5 trillion impact on the economic agenda. as of tonight there is not a full agreement on that publicly. speaker pelosi saying this back on capitol hill. after your meeting with president biden are you still planning on holding a bipartisan infrastructure vote on monday? you expect me to be we re on schedule, l
cavuto. shopping for christmas is up 19% from last year that could mean consumers don t want to be the grinch this year by not giving presents the readout from a guru, what does this mean, 19%, the saturday before christmas what does that mean for retailers going into this season? we re certainly seeing retailers benefit from this, and especially the small businesses, so according to the data catalyst institute 79% of small businesses have an offline presence, so this is a brick and mortar presence, while they are still selling online, they are expecting people to walk into their stores and buy last minute. so i m sure people are out there right now going and shopping, you know, literally in the 11th hour, brick and mortar stores are certainly getting the store traffic. in addition, these sort of offmarket venues that these retailers are taking advantage of, like the street markets and the street fairs, 57% of small businesses have presence there, meaning a brick and mortar
it ll be awkward if they make the playoff and don t have a head coach. i will never understand the timing of some of these college football coach moves, right before these championship games and bowl games. andy, thank you very much. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, november 30th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. breaking overnight, the omicron variant of coronavirus has now been detected on five continents. nearly a week after being first discovered. now, this is not unexpected. scientists expected this to happen, and it doesn t get to the major questions about how severe the illness might be. japan just identified its first case hours ago. that means 19 countries or territories have now diagnosed at least one case of omicron. there are no confirmed cases in the u.s. as of now, but if you listen to dr. fauci and others, it is almost certainly here. with so much still unknown about th