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U.S. Holiday Travel; Virginia Mass Shooting; Power Supply Slowly Returning in Ukraine; Protest Leader Becomes Malaysian Prime Minister; Holiday Shopping Season. Aired 4-5a ET
Aired November 26, 2022 - 04:00 ET
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KIM BRUNHUBER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, Canada and all around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber.
Ahead on CNN NEWSROOM, stormy weather could delay millions of people who traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday. What to expect before you head to the airport.
Plus, we're learning more about the alleged Walmart shooter. Hear what's in a note he wrote before the rampage.
And Vladimir Putin is meeting with mothers of Russian soldiers, thanking them for their sacrifice. Hear why some believe it was all staged by the Kremlin.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Live from CNN Center, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Kim Brunhuber.
BRUNHUBER: The Christmas season has begun in earnest here in the U.S. now that the country has wrapped up the Thanksgiving holiday. Shoppers from coast to coast took advantage of Black Friday sales in both brick-and-mortar stores and online.
Airports will face a surge of passengers heading home this weekend, most of them on Sunday. Government data shows the number of air travelers Wednesday came close to a pandemic record. But weather could create complications. Heavy rain and even snow could cause headaches for people in the air and on the roads.
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BRUNHUBER: So if you're flying Sunday, the crowds might make you miss social distancing. CNN looks at how packed the airports will be.
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PETE MUNTEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're in a short-lived air travel lull but it's all about to come roaring back the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when everyone comes home all at once.
The TSA screened 1.4 million people in airports across the country, it's the lowest number since February. Look at the day before, 2.46 million people screened by TSA nationwide.
That's only 6 percent off from 2019 before the pandemic and just shy of a pandemic era air travel record.
Now the question is will Sunday hit a pandemic era record?
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MUNTEAN: And could it hit the all-time record when the TSA screens 2.88 million people the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2019.
I asked the TSA administrator if that's a real possibility this time around.
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DAVID PEKOSKE, TSA ADMINISTRATOR: This holiday travel period will be the biggest holiday travel period, we think, since the pandemic. So pre-pandemic on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, almost 3 million passengers. We will be pretty close to that, the Sunday following this Thanksgiving.
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MUNTEAN: These numbers are so important because of the uncertainty that airlines and passengers faced over the summer when they cancelled 50,000 flights in total due in part to staffing shortages. That was compounded by bad weather.
The weather this time around has been relatively good and airlines have been on a hiring blitz. In fact, United Airlines cancelled no flights network wide on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
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BRUNHUBER: A man overboard situation interrupted what was supposed to be a relaxing Thanksgiving cruise. A man was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico after apparently falling from a cruise ship. U.S. Coast Guard video shows him bobbing in the water, desperate for help before being hoisted to safety. CNN's Nick Valencia has details.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it kind of blows normalcy out of the water here.
NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A miraculous Thanksgiving rescue at sea after a carnival crucial part passenger went overboard.
The cruise company said, the 20-year-old man was reported missing Thursday around noon. He had last been seen around 11 pm Wednesday by his sister leaving a bar on board the ship which I left New Orleans bound for Cozumel, Mexico.
LT. SETH GROSS, U.S. COAST GUARD: At any point from 11:00 pm on Wednesday on, he could've entered the waterway.
So he realistically could have been in the water for 15-plus hours before we were able to successfully rescue him.
VALENCIA: Since so much time had passed since he was last seen, the rescue operation was particularly challenging.
GROSS: Understanding we did have a big time delay, the longer that somebody is in the water, the greater the search area is going to be. So time is certainly at the essence.
VALENCIA: Ultimately, the crew above aboard a cargo vessel located have about 20 miles south of southwest past Louisiana, where the Coast Guard was able to helicopter in and hoist the man out of the water to safety. He is in the hospital undergoing medical evaluation and is reportedly in stable condition.
GROSS: He was able to identify his name, confirmed that he was the individual who fell overboard. He was showing signs of hypothermia, shock, dehydration.
VALENCIA: Carnival Cruise Line expressing their gratitude in a statement reading, we greatly appreciate the efforts of all, most especially the U.S. Coast Guard and the mariner who spotted the guest in the water.
GROSS: The will to live in something that you need to account for in every search and rescue case.
VALENCIA: This man's will to survive, leaving even those who rescue him in awe.
GROSS: This is, like I said, one of the longest that I have heard about and just one of those Thanksgiving miracles.
VALENCIA: The U.S. Coast Guard tells CNN that the water where the man was found was roughly 70 degrees Fahrenheit and could have potentially contributed to keeping him alive for the hours that he was floating in the Gulf.
Meanwhile, investigators are looking into how exactly he went overboard and what he did to survive -- Nick Valencia, CNN, Atlanta.
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BRUNHUBER: Mexican authorities have issued an arrest warrant and started extradition proceedings for a friend of the North Carolina college student who was found dead inside her vacation rental last month.
Investigators say Shanquella Robinson was vacationing in Mexico when she died in a direct attack, not an accident. Now the victim's family is speaking out. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SALAMONDRA ROBINSON, SHANQUELLA'S MOTHER: On Saturday evening, they called and said that she wasn't feeling well and they were going to call a doctor. But when they called, the doctor hadn't arrived yet but they said she had alcohol poisoning. We received the autopsy report on Thursday and it said that her neck had been broke.
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BRUNHUBER: Mexican officials haven't named the suspect but confirmed she's an American, who's believed to be in the United States.
Authorities in Virginia are still trying to find a motive for the mass shooting in a Walmart store earlier this week. Officials say the gunman had no criminal history and they released a death note he had written on his cell phone. Brian Todd has more.
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JESSIE WILCZEWSKI, WALMART EMPLOYEE, SHOOTING SURVIVOR: He had the gun up to my forehead and -- this is really hard.
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tonight's chilling new details released by police reveal that the man who killed six Walmart employee spot has weapon that very day.
City officials say the shooter had no criminal history and that he legally bought the gun he used, a nine-millimeter handgun. Officials releasing screenshots of writings found on the gunmen's phone, the title: death now.
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TODD (voice-over): He describes that grievances he had, writing his associates were laughing and mocking him, saying they, quote, "gave me evil, twisted grins. Mocked me and celebrated my downfall the last day. That's why they suffered the same fate as me."
In another part he writes, quote, "I wish I could have saved everyone from myself. My God, forgive me for what I'm going to do."
While the gunman spoke of specific people in the note, police say none of them were his victims. And the names were redacted for privacy.
CNN reached out to Walmart to inquire if the shooter had any complaints against him or had ever been disciplined or demoted.
In response, Walmart said, quote, "there is nothing that can justify taking innocent lives."
One survivor, a fellow employee, told us earlier this week that she had been warned about the gunman.
BRIANA TYLER, WALMART EMPLOYEE, SHOOTING SURVIVOR: I am new, but I had heard from the very beginning that he was the one to watch out for. TODD: The city also released the identity of the youngest victim. Now identified us 16-year-old Fernando Chavez-Barron. Friends say the teen had just started working at the Walmart and used his first paycheck to buy gifts for his mother.
JOSHUA TREJO-ALVARADO, FERNANDO CHAVEZ-BARRON'S FRIEND: I was hoping everything was a dream until the day. I wish he was so here standing with me.
TODD: With two people still in the hospital, dozens gathered Thursday to pray for the victims.
As the community struggles to move forward, the survivor can't stop reliving the terror.
WILCZEWSKI: The sound of the droplets, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick -- replays, replays, replays, replays, of how much blood was coming off the different chairs, it was making a rhythm and it was one of the most disturbing things I think I will never let go of that.
The mayor of Chesapeake, Rick West, has announced a vigil for the victims at City Park on Monday evening. Walmart still not answering CNN's questions, whether any disciplinary measures had ever been taken against the shooter or whether complaints by other employees had ever been made about him -- Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
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BRUNHUBER: It's been nearly one week since a gunman opened fire at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ bar, killing five people and wounding 19. One of the victims, Air Force veteran Isaiah Aponte, spoke from his hospital bed about surviving the attack. Here he is.
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AIRMAN ISAIAH APONTE, U.S. AIR FORCE (RET.), CLUB Q SHOOTING SURVIVOR: I remember him just directly shooting towards the bar. I ended up just trying to get as much cover for myself. And once he was on the ground, that was when I was able to like get out of there.
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BRUNHUBER: He says he's forever grateful for the people who stepped in to save lives.
Brazil is mourning after a deadly attack on two schools. Reports say a 16-year-old opened fire on an elementary and middle school and an education center on Friday. At least three people were killed, 11 others injured. No details are available about the victims.
Police arrested the alleged shooter, who was seen in security footage in military attire with a semiautomatic weapon. The governor declared three days of official mourning after the attack.
After more than 100 days in lockdown and a deadly fire in one Chinese region, angry residents protest the government's strict zero-COVID policy. How health officials are responding to their demands.
Plus, the World Cup match produces no goals but generates tons of discussion of the drama between the U.S. and England and what it signals about both teams going forward. Stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: Early voting begins today in some 2 dozen counties in Georgia. Election Day in the Senate runoff between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, is December 6th.
Statewide early voting starts Monday and runs for five days. With outside donations pouring in, Walker is trailing in the money race. He only has about one-third of the cash reserves that Warnock has on hand, according to the Federal Election Commission.
The power is slowly coming back after Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy system. But another challenge is making repair workers' jobs a whole lot harder. We'll explain coming up. Please do stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: Welcome back to all of you watching here in the United States, Canada and around the world. I'm Kim Brunhuber. This is CNN NEWSROOM.
Lights are slowly coming back on in Ukraine following massive Russian attacks on its power system earlier this week.
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BRUNHUBER: Right now officials say Ukraine has about 70 percent of the electricity it needs. But repairing the damage is an uphill battle as power crews deal with high winds and sub-zero temperatures.
The Russian strikes knocked out power to much of the country on Wednesday. And this image here shows you how it affected some of the most vulnerable people on the ground.
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BRUNHUBER (voice-over): Ukrainian officials say this girl had to rush to a gas station to recharge her medical breathing device after power went out. President Zelenskyy says, despite the progress with repairs, more than 6 million homes and businesses are still without power.
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BRUNHUBER: CNN's Clare Sebastian joins me from London.
As we saw there, many Ukrainians now coping with the effects of these power cuts and winter just starting.
CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. This is exactly how Russia had planned it when they began this strategy of using loitering munitions, drones and missiles to attack civilian infrastructure that began on October 10th.
Right now, we are at a critical point because Russia is stepping up their attacks. We saw this week for the first time all four nuclear plants were offline at the same time. Many other electricity generating facilities were also offline after a huge barrage of attacks.
On Wednesday Ukraine is working incredibly hard to bring these back online. We had an update from the Kyiv city administration this morning that said 130,000 people are still without power.
Obviously not great but a significant improvement. They say that the water is back on and the heating is being brought back on, as well, for many homes. They're working extremely hard to do this.
Of course, all of this under the specter that more attacks could come. However, one thing that perhaps wasn't part of Moscow's strategy is that international support is being stepped up.
E.U. countries are donating generators; France, Latvia, Czech Republic; there's an initiative to bring European cities into that, help them to donate generators. USAID has donated 80 generators. Allies are coming in with this new kind of support.
BRUNHUBER: And Clare, Ukraine not a member of NATO but it just got another strong statement of support from the alliance. Take us through that.
SEBASTIAN: Yes, the NATO secretary general speaking on Friday, Kim, ahead of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting coming next week, said that the alliance will stand with Ukraine, quote, "as long as it takes." They are not backing down from their support. Take a listen to more of what he had to say.
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JENS STOLTENBERG, NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: What happens at the negotiating table depends on what happens on the battlefield. Therefore, the best way to increase the chances for a peaceful solution is to support Ukraine. So NATO will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. We will not back down.
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SEBASTIAN: That is the polar opposite view from what Russia takes. A Russian senator saying this week that calls for peace and NATO providing military support to Ukraine are mutually exclusive.
They have accused NATO of prolonging the conflict with their support. But the secretary general says he expects not only to see more military support from NATO members pledged next week, not just short term but long term in terms of helping Ukraine upgrade its military from Soviet-era weapons.
He also expects more pledges for nonlethal support, things like medical supplies, drone-jamming equipment and more equipment to help them repair the now crippled power system.
BRUNHUBER: Appreciate the updates. Thank you so much.
It seems no coincidence that, on Friday, which is Russian Mother's Day, President Putin met with mothers of the very soldiers he's sent to the battlefields of Ukraine. He put on a sympathetic face. But as Fred Pleitgen reports, mothers' groups who are critical of the war were conspicuously absent, some implying that the event was stage managed.
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FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice- over): The Russian president meeting those he knows are a backbone of the combat effort in Ukraine, soldiers mothers, many of whom have lost their sons.
NINA PSHENICHIKINA, BEREAVED MOTHER (through translator): My heart bleeds and my soul freezes. Dark memories cloud my mind. I cry and cry and I hear my son saying that we will see each other one day.
PLEITGEN: Putin eager to show empathy.
VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT, RUSSIA (through translator): I want you to know that I personally -- the entire leadership of the country, we share your pain. We understand that nothing can replace the loss of a son, a child, especially for a mother.
PLEITGEN: As the war in Ukraine, what Russia calls the special military operation drags on and casualties mount, an increasing number of wives and mothers are calling on Russia's president to help their husbands and sons.
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PLEITGEN (voice-over): Valentina Melnikova heads the Russian Soldier's Mothers Committee and says her group and many others were not invited to meet the president.
VALENTINA MELNIKOVA, RUSSIAN SOLDIERS' MOTHERS COMMITTEE (through translator): Why didn't they take these women who recorded the videos?
How many of them are there?
Fifty people. Well, bring them to Moscow, put them in a hall not too close to Putin. No, they didn't want to. They wanted to hand-pick others.
PLEITGEN: The Russian military says it has mobilized more than 300,000 Russians from September to November. But complaints have been mounting from old, rusty weapons, to a lack of food and poor housing conditions. As this video uploaded to social media purports to show.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): How we live. No command, no offices, nothing. Here, you can see how a guy settled, fixed up the window, we have no supplies of provisions, no food. They said survive on your own. It's up to you.
MELNIKOVA: Well, the logistics turned out to be completely unprepared for what has been happening for nine months. The front line is long. There are a lot of units. There are a lot of people there and the army should do this. They should feed, clothe and provide medical care.
PLEITGEN: Russia doesn't regularly update its casualty figures but it's clear many families are grieving. This, a ceremony for fallen soldiers in the Irkutsk region.
GOV. IGOR KOBZEV, IRKUTSK REGION (through translator): They are true heroes. They did it in the interest of our state and interest of all of us, of our fatherland.
PLEITGEN: And the Russian president knows more mothers and wives will have to sacrifice, as there seems no end in sight to the war in Ukraine -- Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Moscow.
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BRUNHUBER: Officials in the capital of China's Xinjiang region say they plan to lift COVID lockdowns in stages by allowing some of the 4 million people in low-risk compounds to leave their buildings and eventually move within their neighborhood.
Now the move comes after serial protests broke out over China's strict zero-COVID policy. Protesters smashed fences and called for an end to the lockdown and blamed the policy for delaying firefighters from reaching the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday.
Ten people were killed and nine others injured in the blaze in an apartment building. In the meantime, for the third consecutive day, China set a record for the highest number of new COVID cases since the pandemic began, more than 35,000 new locally transmitted infections reported on Friday.
People are calling an unidentified man a hero after he made an anti- lockdown speech while in a locked down compound in Chongqing, China. Videos of the man went viral on the social media app WeChat before they were censored.
One video showed the man being restrained by police and being let go after a group of people surrounded the police. Now CNN is unable to confirm the man's current status or why police were trying to detain him.
Malaysia has a new prime minister, ending days of unprecedented post- election crisis. Now the world is watching to see how the new leader, a familiar face, who spent years pushing for reforms, plans to govern in these divisive times. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Protest leader, prisoner and now prime minister. Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim and his supporters have waited three decades for this moment.
The 75-year-old has been made to wait for his chance to lead, waiting in opposition in the political wilderness and, for a decade, in a jail cell. But his rallying cry has not changed, reform in a country plagued by political corruption and sectarian divisions.
ANWAR IBRAHIM, MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER: It was some call issues that will never compromise, issue of new governors, issue of anti- corruption rights, issue of judicial independence.
STOUT (voice-over): Anwar has suffered as Malaysia's fragile democracy has, at times, cracked. Jailed for corruption and for sodomy in the years after he served as deputy prime minister to Mahathir Mohamad, charges he has always said were politically motivated, aimed at ending his career.
EI SUN OH, SENIOR FELLOW, SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Those who mock progressives and reformists in their political opinion would think that indeed Anwar was hugely wronged in the process.
But in Malaysia, there are also some rather conservative cohorts of population of voters, who felt that Anwar deserves every bit of his incarceration and punishment.
STOUT (voice-over): In 2018, his relationship with Mahathir was patched up and the pair joined to defeat their opponent at the polls.
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STOUT (voice-over): He is now serving jail time for his part in the theft of tens of billions from Malaysia's 1NDB state investment fund. But the deal for Anwar to eventually take power from the aging Mahathir broke down. And Anwar was once again the leader, perpetually in waiting. That wait is now over.
OH: I think a number of Malaysians were overjoyed as to Anwar's assumption to Malaysia's premiership. And they saw that as the culmination of a long process of democratization.
STOUT (voice-over): Anwar will not have unchecked power; despite winning the most votes in last week's election, he could not achieve a parliamentary majority. Malaysia's king stepped in to break the stalemate, asking Anwar to forge a coalition government.
But as he finally takes the job he has coveted for so many years, Anwar is confronted by immediate challenges, from spiraling living costs to extreme weather brought by climate change. With that, the seemingly ever-patient Anwar does not have time to wait -- Kristie Lu Stout, CNN.
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BRUNHUBER: All those midnight door buster deals are gone. But the Black Friday long lines are back. Coming up, what's driving some Americans to shop in stores as well as online this year.
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BRUNHUBER: You might never guess inflation was a problem looking at the Mall of America on Friday. Hundreds of people stood outside the nation's largest shopping center at 4:30 in the morning in frigid temperatures, waiting for the mall to open.
The day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday, is the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. The mall is celebrating its 30th anniversary as well as a return to pre-pandemic levels of operation.
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BRUNHUBER: Now the crowds weren't just at the Mall of America. All across the country, people were shopping on Friday, many hoping to get a good Black Friday deal. Some families said the shopping trips were more about tradition. Listen to this.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My mom and I started doing this about six years ago. And the tradition is, wake up as early as possible, get to the earliest store possible and get a selfie before the doors open. And then get a selfie once the car's full.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We woke up about 6:00 this morning. It's definitely not my first Black Friday.
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BRUNHUBER: Retailers are expected to offer more discounts on overstocked inventory this year. Alison Kosik reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORESPONDENT: No shortage of crowds piling into the Macy's department store, the iconic department store right here in the heart of New York City in Herald Square. They are looking to start their Black Friday shopping.
Black Friday is expected to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year with 150 million people expected to have gone shopping just on Friday with more than half of shopping in store.
And while shopping in-store has become popular again, online shopping is popular as well. Here is one Macy's executive.
MARC MASTRONARDI, CHIEF STORES OFFICER, MACY'S: I think we have a really big base of consumers which shop online. But we also have consumers are shopping in stores and our best customers shop both of them.
They really shop by their situation. They shop by their occasion. That's why we spend so much energy on being an omnichannel retailer that allows our customer to use all of the different options that we offer, whatever is most convenient for them.
KOSIK: Deals and discount are expected to bring out a record number of shoppers; 166 million people are expected to shop from Thanksgiving Day all the way through Cyber Monday.
And this year, inflation really is the elephant in the room it is pushing consumers to kind of think strategically on how they want to shop. Inflation is cutting into their budgets. Here's what one shopper told us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One of the problems is inflation. Prices are high. You have to make some adjustments.
What are you going to buy this year?
Yes, it is a little bit of downsizing in terms of buying gifts. It's not like last year. So, yes, inflation is affecting us.
KOSIK: So shoppers tell me they are sticking to their budgets. They are letting deals and discounts dictate how they are going to spend. The National Retail Federation is upbeat about how this holiday shopping season will wind up, saying they expect Americans to spend 8 percent more than last year, adding up to a total of $940-960 billion for November and December -- back to you.
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BRUNHUBER: Earlier I spoke with analyst Ryan Patel and asked if retailers have fully rebounded from the pandemic. Here he is.
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RYAN PATEL, GLOBAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE: The better retailers moving forward are going to be more nimble. How to get online purchasing is only increasing. How you interact with the consumers, what kind of sales and discounts you're going to provide.
Is sales promotional even something you want to continue to do at a higher discount rate?
You know, that was interesting this season, as well, about how people were discounting. So to answer your question, I believe retailers have learned to move forward. I don't think going back, going back to what?
The same amount of sales?
I think they need to show how to grow them and being able to be more nimble, learning from the last two years how to get that consumer product to the consumers in a meaningful way and still make money.
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BRUNHUBER: You can watch the whole interview with Ryan Patel in the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM.
A group of kids from Uganda orphaned, disadvantaged but they've danced their way to the World Cup with a message of joy. We'll have that story when CNN NEWSROOM continues. Please do stay with us.
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BRUNHUBER: Dance and sport can unite people from around the world. For instance, take the Triple Ghetto Kids, a dance troupe from Uganda, who have been invited to perform in Qatar during the World Cup. CNN's Becky Anderson has their story.
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MADWANAH SSERGIRINYA, "KING," TRIPLE GHETTO KIDS: Dance means to me a lot because I lost my mother and ...
ANDERSON: That's all right.
DAOUDA KAVUMA, TRIPLE GHETTO KIDS: It's OK, everything will be fine. OK?
ANDERSON (voice-over): King lost his mother when he was just 9 years old, left to fend for himself on the streets of Kampala with his younger siblings. But after the heartache of early tragedy, an opportunity to find joy.
Meet the Ghetto Kids. Each of these children has a different story. But they have one thing in common, a love of dance.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have a father. I have a mother. But they are jobless. I come from disadvantaged family, sometimes we eat once in a while. Now because of dance, I eat every day, I go to school and sometimes I send money to my family because of dance.
ANDERSON: That's amazing.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Inaudible) --
ANDERSON: Yes.
ANDERSON (voice-over): Daouda started the group in 2013 when a homemade video went viral.
KAVUMA: So it went out and then people were saying, "The video is going viral."
I said, "What's viral?"
"The video is on YouTube."
"What is YouTube?"
I didn't know about it.
ANDERSON (voice-over): Himself homeless at a young age, he says he was taken in by a good Samaritan, something he has never forgotten.
KAVUMA: That's what inspired me. So right now, I have 30 children, so we are using music, dance and drama to help the kids to afford this education, health care, then medication and other needs that children have.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): The dance troupe have been invited to the World Cup by Qatar's Generation Amazing and Visit Qatar.
KAVUMA: The Generation Amazing, they promised us to help us build our foundation, because we have a home. We are now trying to build it, it's on a starting level, so they promised us to complete our -- the home for the kids, because we're planning to have like a hundred kids and more.
ANDERSON: What do you think of Qatar?
KING: It's good.
ANDERSON: Tell me what you've done since you've been here.
KING: I meet the mother of Emil (ph), yes and I meet Aguero (ph).
ANDERSON: You met Aguero (ph)?
Are you joking?
No?
You're going to be dancing, performing a little bit later on.
Can you just give me a few moves?
Wow, amazing.
OK, am I coming in?
Oh, please don't do this to me.
ANDERSON (voice-over): A timely reminder of the power of sport in changing our world -- Becky Anderson, CNN, Doha.
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BRUNHUBER: That's a great story.
Thanks so much for watching. I am Kim Brunhuber in Atlanta. You can follow me on Twitter @KimBrunhuber. I'll be back after a quick break. Please do stay with us.
