it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
war in 2014. now that there will be a full-scale invasion, killing of civilians, noble expected them to invade areas where there are no military equipment and kill and shoot dead a civilian population. nobody expected that, but this is a fact. and it happened. and that is when russia gives information and says, if something goes not according to plan, they can use chemical weapons, and then nuclear potential. and that is why i believe these are dangerous claims of uninterest worthy people, and if we believe some are already untrustworthy then they can use nuclear weapons. dangerous indeed. putin s war left deep scars for many families including that of a 12-year-old girl who could be sent to a russian orphanage after her dad was killed. cnn s phil black joins us from kharkiv. you spoke with this girl s
hayed open 24 hours. my plan was to get here at 4:00 a.m. reporter: she wasn t alone nearly half the country went shopping this past saturday, now known as super saturday. the last big shopping day before christmas and hanukkah. they spent 34.4 billion dollars, ohat s 10% more than black biday, and this holiday season the average american will spend o1,047, the most ever recorded ine in part to increased jobs and wages. the sales growth comes from creative tactics says amanda lai, with the retail consultancy mcmillan-doolittle. we have ecommerce. hathin that you have mobile commerce, facebook, instagram, ninterest. it s easier than ever to just buy with one click in the app. in stores you re also seeing increased services. target, for example, has buy online, pick up in store. you can drive up and they bring it to your car. reporter: making life easier than ever for procrastinators.
aid that is still capturing headlines. our kaitlan collins is at the u.n. kaitlan, you have learned new details about the president s involvement in freezing that aid. tell us about that. reporter: there was real confusion about the timeline that happened here, but we have now learned that actually in the days of that late july call the president had with the president of ukraine where he pushed into that probe of joe biden and his son, that s when they were doing this broad review throughout the administration of all these foreign aid packages, and the president zeroed in specifically on ukraine, which surprised staffers in the administration who said before the president had a general uninterest in engaging with ukraine, even sitting down with the president. all of a sudden he was talking about ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, and accusing them of being corrupt and wasting money. that drew attention, of course. that led to mick mulvaney, the chief of staff, to tell the
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