store. could a series of smash and dash robberies keep people away? good morning and welcome to a special thanksgiving friday edition of early start. i m christine romans. laura jarrett has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have reports this morning from hong kong, california, france, istanbul, capitol hill, rome and virginia as only we can. but we start with breaking news this morning from johannesburg. serious concern about a new coronavirus variant detected in south africa. scientists worried because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people. remember, lower vaccination rates allow the virus to mutate more easily. every unvaccinated person is a host for a new variant. this morning infections in south africa are dramatically up. markets ricochetting around the world. tokyo, shanghai, all down sharply. europe has opened up down sharply as well. in the u.s. stock index futures pointing to a very dim s
secret service this year and tomorrow the first family will attend the same tree lighting ceremony where the president s late son bo proposed to his wife back in 2001 but on the first thanksgiving with the widely available vaccine, the president gave special thanks to those who cannot be with their families tonight. president biden: what am i thankful for? i m not joking when i say i m thankful for these guys. spending thanksgiving on nantucket, the commander in chief and first lady making a stop at brent point where they dialed into a virtual call with service members from all six military branches to give thanks. president biden: i ve watched these people, i ve watched them in the south china sea, watch them in afghanistan, iraq, wherever they are people wonder what america is, they look to this staff. they make me proud. president biden s island holiday marks a return to a 45 year tradition only broken a few times, including after the death of his son beau, and ami
we have fox coverage in a moment, transformer economic advisor, stephen moore appear but first, jacqui heinrich. she is from nantucket, massachusetts, where the president just spoke to members of the coast guard. hey jackie. hey there. good to see you and happy thanksgiving. president biden is not the first president to spend a holiday at a wealthy friends home. you will will recall president clinton spent, i think it was thanksgiving on martha s vineyard at the home of a wealthy democratic donor. of course president trump also spent his holidays at his own luxury hotel. however, reported this morning that the bidens are renting this $30 million oceanfront estate. the white house has not confirmed multiple requests from us to confirm that information. the white house announcement, officially, only said the first family will stay at the home of their friend, stephen rubinstein as they have done previously. criticism has mostly come from republicans, who say that the holiday
areas seeing nine inches, higher than hurricane irene. the p.g.a. tour and saudi-backed liv golf teed up for a merger. congress is stepping in. 9/11 families, betrayal to the community. obesity is body positive. neo-nazi and white supremacy ideology. if you are woke, be out of shape, fat, antifa. ainsley: president biden and leaders of g-7 will huddle up on the sidelines of the summit. todd: nato declined to invite ukraine into nato for now. steve: griff, day one got a deal with his best friends. griff: best way to describe what is about to happen is the consolation prize to not join nato. what we re watching any moment is president biden and g-7 leaders will have an official announcement. it wasn t on the schedule. they will announce joint declaration of support, similar to what we give to israel annually and it comes after we just heard president zelenskyy expressing frustration that the summit will end even without a conditional invitation to join nato.
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