Transcript for ABC News Live: Gunman pleads guilty to killing 10 at Buffalo supermarket
ABC NEWS , AMERICA'S NUMBER
ONE NEWS SOURCE.
AND HELLO, EVERYONE.
I'M KYRA PHILLIPS SO GLAD
YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US TODAY.
AND I'M TERRY MORAN A TOP
HEADLINES TODAY ON ABC NEWS
LIVE.
THE GUNMAN IN THAT HATE FUELED
MASSACRE AT THE TOP SUPERMARKET
IN BUFFALO HAS PLEADED GUILTY
IN COURT.
HOW VICTIMS FAMILIES ARE
REACTING AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR
THE KILLER.
AND EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY IN
GEORGIA.
THE LATEST ON A HIGH STAKES
SENATE RUNOFF AND HOW IT COULD
HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S AGENDA.
>> PLUS, THE RUSH IS ON FOR
CYBER MONDAY DEALS.
THE BIGGEST ONLINE SALES
WILL HAVE THE IMPACT OF
INFLATION ON THIS DAY AND HOW
THIS HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON
STACKS UP AGAINST PREVIOUS
YEAR'S.
BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH OUR GUNMAN
IN THE BUFFALO SUPERMARKET
MASS SHOOTING PLEADING GUILTY
TO ALL STATE CHARGES IN COURT
TODAY.
THOSE CHARGES, INCLUDING
DOMESTIC TERRORISM MOTIVATED
BY HATE, MURDER AND ATTEMPTED
MURDER.
ALL THIS COMING MORE THAN
SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT GUNMAN
ALLEGEDLY KILLED, KILLED
10 BLACK PEOPLE AND WOUNDED
SEVERAL OTHERS.
DURING WHAT POLICE CALL
A RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTACK IN
A SUPERMARKET IN BUFFALO,
NEW YORK .
>> ABC NEWS STEPHANIE RAMOS
IS IN BUFFALO WITH THE LATEST
STEPHANIE .
>> HI THERE, KYRA.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WAS
A VERY SOLEMN TONE IN
THE COURTROOM TODAY.
MOST OF THE FAMILIES OF THE 10
PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT AND KILLED
AT THE TOP SUPERMARKET HERE IN
BUFFALO BACK IN MAY WERE IN
THE COURTROOM.
ALSO, FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE
WHO WERE INJURED, THEY WERE ALL
HERE TO SEE THE SUSPECT,
19 YEAR OLD PAINTON GENDRON.
HE WALKED INTO THE COURTROOM
WEARING ORANGE JUMPSUIT.
HE WAS HANDCUFFED.
HE ALSO SEEMED VERY CALM, AT
EASE, NOT MUCH OF A FACIAL
EXPRESSION, BUT THE JUDGE
PROCEEDED TO READ THE SUSPECT,
HIS CHARGE, THE CHARGES,
THE SUSPECT PLEADED GUILTY
AND SIMPLY SAID YES WHEN ASKED
FOR HIS PLEA BY THE JUDGE.
BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT, WE
SPOKE WITH THE BUFFALO DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AND HE EXPLAINED
ONE OF THE HIGHEST CHARGES,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
TIME THAT THE STATE OF
NEW YORK HAS FOLLOWED THROUGH
WITH THAT SPECIFIC CHARGE.
>> TAKE A LISTEN.
IN NEW YORK , YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER
10 YEARS AGO, OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY ENACTED
A STATE DOMESTIC TERRORISM
CHARGE, SPECIFICALLY MOTIVATED
,I THINK, AND BY A RACIAL
ANIMOSITY OR PREJUDICE IN
SOME FORM.
AND SO WE ARE WE ARE UNIQUE IN
NEW YORK .
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, I CHARGE THAT
IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT'S
EVER BEEN CHARGED IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK .
AND MR. JANAI NORMAN IS THE
FIRST DEFENDANT IN THE HISTORY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO
BE FOUND GUILTY OF THAT CHARGE
GENTLEMENS.
>> NEXT COURT APPEARANCE
IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 15TH,
WHERE HE WILL BE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT
PAROLE.
NOW, SHORTLY AFTER THAT
CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY , WE ALSO SPOKE
WITH THE SON OF ONE OF
THE VICTIMS, THE SON OF RUTH
WHITFIELD, WHO WAS AT THAT
TOPPS SUPERMARKET BACK IN MAY.
AND HER SON , GARNETHILL TELLS
US THAT SHE WAS THE MATRIARCH
OF THEIR FAMILY.
SHE SAYS THIS IS STILL A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
HE SAYS NOTHING WILL BRING HIS
MOTHER BACK .
JUSTICE WILL NOT BE SERVED.
AT THE LEAST THAT HE SAYS HE
CAN DO IS ADVOCATE FOR HIS
COMMUNITY AND FOR EQUALITY
KYRA.
>> ALL RIGHT, STEPHANIE RAMOS
THERE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK ,
FOR US .
>> THANK YOU.
SO I OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
NOW AND WE ARE JUST
A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY FROM
THAT SENATE RUNOFF, THAT
REMATCH BETWEEN HERSCHEL WALKER
AND INCUMBENT RAPHAEL WARNOCK
STILL GOING ON .
THIS IS THE BIG ONE .
NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME
RACE, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE
NOVEMBER EIGHT .
SO JOINING US WITH MORE ,
STEVE MITCHELL, WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENT FOR THE ATLANTA
JOURNAL CONSTITUTION.
TO YOU, SO THIS IS THE NEVER
ENDING RACE, JUST LIKE IT WAS
THE LAST TIME TWO YEARS AGO IN
GEORGIA.
BUT THIS IS CRUCIAL, ISN'T IT?
TELL US WHAT'S CHANGED IN THIS
RACE SINCE ELECTION DAY LAST
MONTH.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO YOU?
>> WELL, WHAT'S CHANGED
A LITTLE BIT FOR HERSCHEL
WALKER IS THAT NOW BRIAN KEMP,
WHO WAS ELECTED AFTER
THE GENERAL ELECTION, HE IS NOW
CAMPAIGNING WITH HERSCHEL
WALKER.
HE'S PUTTING HIS
POLITICAL CAPITAL BEHIND
SUPPORTING HERSCHEL WALKER'S
CAMPAIGN.
AND THAT'S CONSIDERED SOMETHING
THAT COULD BOOST HERSCHEL
WALKER IN THIS RUN.
FOR WARNOCK.
I THINK WHAT'S CHANGED IS HIS
MESSAGE HAS SHARPENED.
>> HE'S MADE HIS RUNOFF
CAMPAIGN ABOUT COMPETENCE
AND CHARACTER.
HE SAYS HE HAS HERSCHEL WALKER
DOES.
>> IT IS ONE STRATEGY WORKING
BETTER THAN ANOTHER AT THIS
POINT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
SOMETHING WE PROBABLY WON'T
KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL AFTER
ELECTION DAY.
BUT I DO THINK WARNOCK SEEMS
TO BE BUILDING A BROADER
COALITION.
THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS LOOKED
LIKE THEY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL
TO THE WAR, NOT FOR WALKER.
HE AND PARTICULARLY THESE
SURROGATES, LIKE GOVERNOR KEMP,
LIKE SOME OF THOSE SENATORS
WHO HAVE COME DOWN TO SUPPORT
HIM.
THEIR MESSAGE HAS BEEN
MORE ABOUT NOT SO MUCH FOCUSING
ON HERSCHEL WALKER, BECAUSE
I THINK EVEN REPUBLICANS KNOW
HE'S A PRETTY FLAWED CANDIDATE,
BUT FOCUSING ON THEIR BIGGER
MISSION OF PUTTING
MORE REPUBLICAN IN THE SENATE
IN ORDER TO MAKE IT
A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO CARRY
OUT HIS AGENDA.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE MESSAGE
THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO ENCOURAGE
SOME REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
THE QUESTION IS , THOSE
MODERATE VOTERS, THOSE SPLIT
TICKET VOTERS THAT SEEM TO BE
LEANING TOWARDS WAR OR NOT, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MESSAGE
COMING FROM WALKER'S CAMPAIGN
IS ENOUGH TO SWAY THEM
BACK TOWARDS WALKER.
AND SO FAR , I GUESS MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND
GEORGIANS HAVE VOTED EARLY,
INCLUDING THE INCUMBENT
SENATOR , RAFAEL WARNOCK.
>> HE VOTED ON SATURDAY.
WE SAW HIM THERE.
SO GIVEN THAT, WHAT DOES THAT
TELL YOU ABOUT THE INTENSITY
ON THIS RACE THE LAST TIME TWO
YEARS AGO WHEN WHEN WARNOCK WON
,IT WAS GOING TO DECIDE POWER
IN THE SENATE, GEORGIA ITSELF?
WELL, NOW EVERYONE KNOWS
THE DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL
THE SENATE, AT LEAST AT
THE START.
DOES THAT LESSEN THE INTENSITY
FOR EITHER SIDE OR HOW DOES
THIS FEEL JUSTICE JUST
AS INTENSE A RACE TURNOUT BEING
SO HIGH?
>> YEAH, IT JUST ISN'T.
IT REALLY DOES FEEL THIS
INTENSE TURNOUT IS HIGH.
>> IT EVEN IS STARTING TO BREAK
RECORDS IN SOME WAYS ON CERTAIN
,ESPECIALLY MOLA LENGHI, THAT
THIS WEEKEND TURNOUT WAS SO
HIGH, EVEN THOUGH STATEWIDE NOT
EVERY COUNTY HAD EARLY VOTING
THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST
INTENSITY.
THE OTHER THING IS VOTERS CAN'T
AVOID THIS ELECTION.
>> IT'S ON THEIR TVS
WITH ADVERTISING.
THEY'RE GETTING MAILERS.
THEY'RE GETTING TEXT MESSAGES
AND E MAILS FROM THE CANDIDATES
SOLICITING FOR DONATIONS.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO NOT
BE AWARE OF THE RUNOFF.
BUT WE'RE ALSO WE ARE SEEING
A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND THIS
RACE, EVEN THOUGH THE BALANCE
OF POWER AT THE SENATE IS NOT
AT STAKE.
THE LEVEL OF POWER THAT
DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE IN
THE SENATE IS AT STAKE.
IT'S A QUESTION OF 50 50
COMMITTEES VERSUS DEMOCRATS
HAVING A CLEAR MAJORITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE HAVE YOU AND WE'RE JUST
TALKING ABOUT JUST
THE INFLUENCE HERE IN THESE
TIGHT RACES IN THIS RUNOFF
AND WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR BOTH
PARTIES.
YOU'VE GOT DONALD TRUMP HAVING
THIS DINNER WITH A VERY
WELL-KNOWN, INFAMOUS, WE SHOULD
SAY, WHITE SUPREMACISTS, ALONG
WITH KANYE WEST ANTISEMITE.
DO YOU THINK THIS WHAT WE SAW
HAPPEN OVER THE WEEKEND
WILL IMPACT THIS RACE, THIS
PARTY, WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW OUT?
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD
HAVE HAD MUCH IMPACT UNLESS
TRUMP STARTED BECOMING
MORE VOCAL OR TRIED TO COME
CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA.
BECAUSE TRUMP AND HERSCHEL
WALKER'S TIES ARE LONG
STANDING.
THAT'S KIND OF BEEN BAKED INTO
THE PERPETUAL OFFICE CAMPAIGN
FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO THE FACT THAT HE HAS A CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP ISN'T REALLY NEW TO ANY
VOTERS, WHETHER THEY SUPPORT
HIM OR NOT.
BUT TRUMP HAS STAYED AWAY.
YES, HE HAS ENDORSED HERSCHEL
WALKER WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, HE
SAID, OH, YEAH, DON'T FORGET
TO VOTE FOR HERSCHEL WALKER,
BUT HE HAS NOT STEPPED FOOT IN
GEORGIA THROUGHOUT THIS RACE.
AND WE DON'T EXPECT THAT
TO HAPPEN IN THE RUNOFF.
SO IN BOTH FOR WALKER
SUPPORTERS, HIS SURROGATES
AND HERSCHEL WALKER HIMSELF,
THEY ARE NOT FOCUSING ON TRUMP.
AND SO FAR , DEMOCRATS, YES,
THEY SAY THAT'S ONE OF
THE ANOTHER REASON WHY
THEY THINK HERSCHEL WALKER
IS NOT THE RIGHT PERSON
TO SERVE IN THE SENATE.
THAT'S PART OF, AGAIN,
CHARACTER INCOMPETENCE THAT'S
COMING FROM THE DEMOCRATS WHEN
IT COMES TO HERSCHEL WALKER.
>> SO LET'S SAY THE TRUMP
HASN'T GONE, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
INVITED.
I WONDER IF AFTER THOSE
MIDTERMS, WHICH WERE BAD FOR
HIM, HE'S BAD LUCK FOR FOUR OR
MORE FOR SOME CANDIDATES.
BUT WE'LL SEE ON ELECTION DAY.
TIM JOHN MCHALE, THANKS VERY
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.
>> WELL, COMING UP, THE FIGHT
TO EXTRADITE THE SUSPECT IN
THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN
TOURIST IN MEXICO AND HOW IT
COULD AFFECT THE INVESTIGATOR.
WHEN WE COME BACK .
STREAMING LIVE
AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS.
GLAD YOU'RE SHARING WITH US
TODAY.
WELL, MEXICAN POLICE HAVE
ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT IN
THE DEATH OF THAT AMERICAN
TOURIST, SEAN ROBINSON.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE
THE TWENTY FIVE YEAR OLD WAS
KILLED BY AN ACQUAINTANCE.
>> AND NOW THERE ARE
NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW JUSTICE
WILL WORK ACROSS THE BORDER
HERE.
MATT RIVERS HAS MORE FROM
MEXICO CITY.
>> MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SAY
THEY BELIEVE 25 YEAR OLD U.S.
CITIZENS TRANQUILLO ROBINSON
WAS KILLED BY AN ACQUAINTANCE.
ANOTHER AMERICAN WOMAN, WHILE
ON VACATION IN LOS CABOS.
ROBINSON WAS FOUND DEAD AT
A LUXURY RESORT IN LATE
OCTOBER, TRAVELING WITH A GROUP
OF FRIENDS WHOSE ACTIONS
IMMEDIATELY BECAME SUSPICIOUS
AND ONE NOW VIRAL VIDEO TOO
VIOLENT TO SHOW.
ROBINSON IS SEEN BEING SEVERELY
BEATEN BY ANOTHER WOMAN IN HER
HOTEL ROOM, WHILE AT LEAST TWO
PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WATCH OR
RECORD THE INCIDENT.
IN ANOTHER, SOMEONE FILMS
ROBINSON TAKING A NAP THE DAY
BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED BY A
POLICE REPORT FROM THE DAY SHE
DIED, SAYS GUESTS AT THE RESORT
CALLED FOR MEDICAL HELP,
CLAIMING SHE HAD DRUNK A LOT OF
ALCOHOL.
A DOCTOR SAID SHE WAS, QUOTE,
STABLE BUT DEHYDRATED, ADDING
THAT THE GUESTS REFUSED
TO BRING HER TO A HOSPITAL.
THE POLICE REPORT SAID SHE WENT
INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND WAS
DECLARED DEAD AT SIX P.M..
BUT AN AUTOPSY OBTAINED BY ABC
NEWS CONTRADICTED THAT REPORT,
SAYING SHE WAS DECLARED DEAD
THREE HOURS EARLIER, SUFFERING
FROM A SEVERE SPINAL CORD
INJURY AND A DISLOCATED NECK.
>> THEY ATTACKED AND IT WAS
NOTHING SHE COULD DO.
AND NOW SHE WOULD STAY IS NO.
>> SHE WENT BOTHER.
NO WAY.
SHE HAD A GOOD HEART.
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES NOW SAYING
THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE CASE
BACK IN THE UNITED STATES ,
THE FACT THAT THE PERSON
ACCUSED IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED ALL OF
THE EVALUATION HERE.
>> MEXICAN PROSECUTORS FILING
CHARGES FOR FEMICIDE, WHICH
MEANS THEY BELIEVE ROBINSON WAS
KILLED, AT LEAST IN PART
BECAUSE OF HER GENDER .
MEXICO IS ASKING THE U.S.
TO EXTRADITE THE SUSPECT
TO FACE CHARGES IN MEXICO.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE ANY
EVIDENCE IF THE U.S.
AUTHORITIES AND POTENTIALLY
A U.S. COURT ARE NOT CONVINCED
THAT THE MEXICANS HAVE A VERY
STRONG CASE, THAT IT'S VERY
UNLIKELY THAT SHE WOULD
BE EXTRADITED.
>> NOW, U.S. AUTHORITIES COULD
ALSO CHOOSE TO PROSECUTE THIS
CASE THEMSELVES.
AND WE KNOW THE FBI IS ALREADY
INVESTIGATING.
BUT I SPOKE TO ONE FORMER
US DIPLOMAT BASED HERE IN
MEXICO WHO TELLS ME THAT IT'S
ALL ABOUT WHETHER THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT WILL COOPERATE HERE
.
WILL THEY TURN OVER THEIR CASE
FILES?
WILL THEY ALLOW THE FBI
THE ACCESS THEY NEED
TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE THOSE
REMAIN OPEN QUESTIONS AT THIS
POINT KYRA.
ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS, THANKS
SO MUCH.
AND SO FOR MORE ON THIS
INTRIGUING CASE, LET'S BRING IN
FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES
AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
ROBERT BOYCE.
AS WAS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR,
MANAGING PARTNER AT THE COCHRAN
LAW FIRM, CHANNA LLOYD.
SO, SEAN, LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU
ON THIS QUESTION OF
EXTRADITION.
IF, IN FACT, A SUSPECT
IS DEVELOPED.
THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS HOW
WOULD THAT PROCESS WORK FROM
THE U.S. TO MEXICO?
HOW MUCH WE SEE THE MOVIES
PEOPLE RUN ACROSS THE BORDER,
BUT HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE
EXTRADITION PROCESS IN
ACHIEVING JUSTICE?
FOR A SUSPECT WHO'S IN MEXICO?
>> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TREATY
THAT SAYS THAT THERE CAN
BE EXTRADITION WHEN PERSONS ARE
FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED
A CRIME.
NOW, THIS ONE'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ACTUAL U.S.
CITIZEN WHO'S ACCUSED OF THE
CRIME, WHO IS STILL IN THE U.S.
.
MEXICO ACTUALLY HAS TO SUBMIT
OR REQUEST TO HAVE THIS
INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED AND THEN
EXTRADITED.
>> IT IS A VALUE CREATED BY THE
STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS, INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS OFFICE.
ONCE THEY HAVE FOUND THAT
THE LEGAL FINDINGS ARE
SUFFICIENT TO RISE TO THE LEVEL
OF CRIMINALITY, IT'S THEN
FORWARDED TO A DISTRICT JUDGE
TO ISSUE THAT ARREST WARRANT
AND THEN A HEARING AT THAT
HEARING.
ALL THE EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED
FROM WHAT THE MEXICO
AUTHORITIES HAVE GATHERED.
AND THERE'S A DETERMINATION IF
THERE'S ENOUGH LEGALLY
SUFFICIENT INFORMATION IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
TO DETERMINE CHARGES THAT WOULD
SUPPORT EXTRADITION.
SO COULD WE SEE MEXICO ENGAGE
IN THE PROSECUTION?
>> AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THE SUSPECT IS EXTRADITED OR
NOT, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE
THE U.S. CAN ACTUALLY SEEK
TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST THIS
SUSPECT'S CURRENT.
MEXICO HAS TO SUPPORT
THE INVESTIGATION BY PROVIDING
ALL OF THE INFORMATION,
THE EVIDENCE AND ALL OF
THEIR CASE FILES THAT
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THE U.S. WOULD
BE MAKING ANY DETERMINATION
BASED ON .
>> AND BOB, THIS INVESTIGATION
ACROSS AN INTERNATIONAL BORDER
IS GOING TO BE COMPLICATED.
HOW MUCH COOPERATION WOULD
THE UNITED STATES GET FROM FROM
AUTHORITIES, POLICE,
INVESTIGATORS IN MEXICO?
DOES THAT WORK SMOOTHLY?
MOST OF THE TIME?
>> IT DOES, BUT IT DEPENDS
ON THE ISSUE AND THE ISSUE HERE
IS YOU HAVE A BIG, BIG PROBLEM
AND THE TIMELINES ARE GOING
FORWARD.
YOU HAVE MEDICAL REPORTS, WHICH
IS THEY CALL IT 215 OR
THEY LEAVE AND THEN THEY COME
BACK AND THEN SHE'S DECLARED
DEAD AT SIX CLOCK.
THAT'S NOT INDICATED
ON THE CORONER'S REPORT.
THIS A BIG PROBLEM IS THAT IT
WAS TRUE BEFORE ANYTHING.
THIS GOES FORWARD.
ALSO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE THAT TERRIBLE
VIDEO THAT WAS SHOT OR
AFTERWARDS OR WHAT TIME THAT
WAS.
THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS HERE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE
TO HASH OUT WHAT I THINK IT
WILL GET DONE.
IN THE END.
IT'S JUST WHIT JOHNSON BEFORE.
IF NOT, THE FBI WILL PROSECUTE
THOSE PERSONS HERE IN THE U.S.
IF THEY CAN'T GET ANY THAT
THEY NEED.
>> SO THEN, BOB , THE MEXICAN
INVESTIGATORS DROPPED THE BALL
HERE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
>> I CAN'T SAY THAT WITHOUT
THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'LL TELL
YOU ONE THING.
IT DOES SEEM TO BE COORDINATED.
WHAT WHAT THE REPORTS ARE
COMING OUT OF THERE THAT
THE PROSECUTOR, MR. MANDELA,
SAID.
NOW, I SAID BASICALLY THEY HAVE
A CLARIFY CASE.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE
WITH THESE CHANGES.
CLEARLY, THIS THINGS HAVE
CHANGED TWO WEEKS AFTER
THE EVENT WITH THE VIDEO GOING
VIRAL LIKE THAT, WHICH CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE MEXICAN
AUTHORITIES WITH AN ARREST
WARRANT FOR U.S. CITIZEN.
SO THINGS ARE REALLY RATCHETING
UP HERE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY A LONG TIME
BEFORE THAT FILLED
WITH ROB MARCIANO.
WE HAVE THE ANSWERS THEY WANT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO JUST TAKE A WHILE.
>> YEAH, THAT THAT'S THE POINT
OF IT DOES LOOK LIKE NOW THAT
THERE'S SO MUCH ATTENTION,
THERE'S ALL THIS MAKES IT
MORE DIFFICULT.
AND I WONDER ABOUT THE ROBINSON
FAMILY.
SHONNA, WHAT WHAT RECOURSE DOES
THE FAMILY THIS THIS YOUNG
WOMAN, YOU CUT DOWN KILLED IN
IN THE PRIME OF HER LIFE, WHAT
RECOURSE DID THEY HAVE WHILE
THESE WHEELS OF JUSTICE IN TWO
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES GRIND AWAY
?
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF INFLUENCE
ON THE SYSTEM.
VICTIMS ARE TYPICALLY AND THEIR
FAMILIES ARE ASSIGNED A VICTIM
ADVOCATE TO WALK THEM THROUGH
THE PROCESS.
BUT THIS PROCESS IS STRICTLY
BETWEEN OUR STATE DEPARTMENT,
THE FBI, AND THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH
INFLUENCE TO PUSH NOW.
THEY CAN ALWAYS WANT
TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP
INVESTIGATING IF THEY DON'T
HAVE ANY AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW
FOR THE FAMILY.
>> YEAH, IT'S SUCH A DISTURBING
CASE IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND CHANNA LLOYD, ROBERT BOYCE
,THANKS VERY MUCH, AS ALWAYS,
FOR BEING WITH US.
>> WELL, COMING UP, MILLIONS OF
ONLINE SHOPPERS ARE HUNTING FOR
DEALS ON THIS CYBER MONDAY.
WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE LATEST
RETAIL NUMBERS AND WHERE
TO FIND THE BIGGEST DISCOUNTS
COMING UP NEXT.
SO JOIN US THIS AFTERNOON
FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW.
>> ABOUT CYBER MONDAY SCORES OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE
SCOURING THE INTERNET.
YOU, INCLUDING PUTTING ME
SHOPPING FOR DEALS FOR
MY WIFE'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HE WON'T GIVE ANYTHING UP.
THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
,THOUGH, IS GIVING UP SOME BIG
NUMBERS, SAYING MORE THAN
SIXTY THREE MILLION PEOPLE
WILL ACTUALLY SHOP ONLINE TODAY
AFTER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HIT
THE MALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ON BLACK FRIDAY, WHICH, BY THE
WAY, WAS NUTS DRIVING DOWN
THE HIGHWAY.
>> I COULD NOT BELIEVE
ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS THE BACK
UP, UP AND DOWN FOR
NINETY FIVE JUST OUTSIDE SAN
FRANCISCO.
THAT IS TRUE.
THAT IS TRUE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, ALEXIS ?
I MEAN, BREAK DOWN THE EARLY
NUMBERS AS WE'RE DEALING
WITH INFLATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE STILL WERE
READY TO GET A GOOD DEAL .
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WAS ACTUALLY IN A MALL THIS
WEEKEND, VERY UNLIKE ME, BUT
I WAS AND IT WAS DEFINITELY
MORE CROWDED THAN I AM USED
TO SEEING.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WANTED TO GET
BACK TO THE PHYSICAL STORES.
WE ACTUALLY SAW IN PERSON
VISITS TO THE STORES UP
THREE PERCENT THIS BLACK FRIDAY
VERSUS LAST YEAR.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
DOING ACTUAL SHOPPING.
IT WAS MORE LIKE SOCIAL
SHOPPING.
THEY JUST WANTED TO GO TO THE
STORE, DO A LITTLE WINDOW
SHOPPING AND EAT OUT.
RESTAURANT SALES WERE BIG THIS
PAST WEEKEND, BUT WHEN THEY DID
WANT TO BUY, THEY ACTUALLY WENT
ONLINE ON BLACK FRIDAY BECAUSE
ONLINE ORDERS TOTALED
NINE POINT TWELVE DOLLARS
BILLION.
THAT WAS A RECORD.
SOME OF THAT IS INFLATION, OF
COURSE, BECAUSE OF PAYING MORE
TO BUY LESS, BUT STILL
IMPRESSIVE.
AND TODAY, CYBER MONDAY, WE ARE
LOOKING AT SALES TOPPING ELEVEN
POINT TWO BILLION.
IF THEY DO, IT WILL BE A RECORD
.
>> SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR
THE ECONOMY.
WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT
THE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS, WHICH
ARE SIGNIFICANT, BUT COMPARED
TO THE LAST TIME INFLATION WAS
THIS HIGH, WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT
WAS ALSO HIGH AND IT WAS AFRAID
ABOUT LOSING THEIR JOBS, IS A
DIFFERENT CLIMATE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE
ARE BUYING.
WHAT ARE THE EARLY TOP SELLERS
AND WHERE ARE THE BIGGEST
DISCOUNTS, DO YOU THINK,
ALEXIS ?
>> YEAH, AND YOU JUST HIT
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A STRONG JOB
MARKET, SO FOLKS SHOULD FEEL
A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE GOING
OUT AND SPENDING BECAUSE
THEY FEEL SECURE IN THEIR JOBS.
SOME OF THE BIG SELLERS YOU
COULD HAVE GUESSED IT ANYTHING,
APPLE, MAC, BOOKS, WATCHES,
ALSO DRONES, PRETTY POPULAR.
AND OF COURSE, GAMING AS USUAL,
INCLUDING FIFA.
TWENTY THREE , MAYBE, YOU KNOW,
THE WORLD CUP HAPPENING NOW,
HAS MADE THAT SORT OF A FRIEND
OF MINE FOR EVERYBODY AT
THE MOMENT.
>> AND WE'RE ALSO LEARNING OF
THE IPHONE PROBLEMS IN GETTING
IPHONES BECAUSE THERE ARE
SHORTAGES, BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
IPHONES ARE MADE IN CHINA.
CHINA'S LOCKED DOWN SUPPLY
CHAIN PROBLEMS.
>> HOW BIG A DEAL IS THAT GOING
TO BE FOR APPLE AND FOR PEOPLE
WANT TO BUY AN IPHONE?
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL .
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
AFFECTING THE IPHONE 14 PRO
AND PRO MAX MODELS.
PEOPLE WHO ORDERED THESE PHONES
LAST WEEK COULD GET THE
EARLIEST THIRTY SEVEN DAYS FROM
NOW.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ORDERED THEM
YET, YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT
GOING TO BE GETTING THEM IN
TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE REGULAR APPLE
14 IS IN STOCK.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS BECAUSE OF
THE ONGOING PROTESTS IN CHINA
OVER THEIR ZERO COVID POLICY
AND ALL OF THOSE LOCKDOWN'S
AGAIN, APPLE COMING UP AGAINST
SOME REAL BIG SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES.
NO WORD YET IF IT'S AFFECTING
OTHER APPLE PRODUCTS LIKE
THE MACBOOK AND THE WATCHES.
THEY'RE NOT MADE NECESSARILY AT
THAT FOXCONN MANUFACTURING
PLANT IN CHINA.
SO FOR NOW AT LEAST, THOSE
OTHER PRODUCTS SEEM TO BE OKAY.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING
IN THIS FULL DISCLOSURE HERE,
I WENT IN TO SWITCH OUT
MY IPHONE TO GET THE NEW
ONE BECAUSE I HAD TIME.
RIGHT.
WE HAD A FEW DAYS OFF.
THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE A
MONTH.
BUT ALEXIS ARRIVED IN TWO DAYS.
I LITERALLY HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK
THAT.
>> YEAH, THIS IS MY PHONE.
YEAH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I JUST GOT
LUCKY.
YOU.
>> IS IT ME?
I JUST I WAS BLESSED.
THIS THING I'M GOING TO SAY
IT'S JUST YOU AND I THINK THAT
RUBS OFF ON ME.
GO I'LL SEND YOU MY PHONE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO TO BUY IT.
BUDLONG WITH THAT SAID, YOU DO
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
THERE'S LESS SCAMS OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW, TOO.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT
CALLS YOU'RE TAKING AND WHERE
YOU GO IN LINE WITH RELAXIUM.
>> THERE YOU GO .
THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BRING
BACK TO THAT TOMORROW.
YEAH, SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT
THERE.
>> SO DEFINITELY MORE MORE
TO COME SEE WHERE YOU GO GREEN
TO .
GOOD TO SPEND YOUR MONEY, COLOR
OF MONEY, COLOR, MONEY BABY .
>> THAT I LIKE.
THANK YOU ALEXIS .
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN HAS DECK
THE HALLS AND WE THE PEOPLE CAN
NOW OFFICIALLY ENJOY
THE CONSTITUTION THEMED HOLIDAY
GLITZ AND GLAMOUR AS SHE HAS
UNVEILED HER DIVERSE
DECORATIONS WITH IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I LOVE WHITE HOUSE DECORATIONS.
THESE DECORATIONS INCLUDE OVER
SEVENTY SEVEN CHRISTMAS TREES
AND EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND
HOLIDAY LIGHTS.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING AN
ENTIRELY EDIBLE GINGERBREAD
CREATION MADE FROM
TWENTY SHEETS OF SUGAR COOKIE
DOUGH.
THIRTY OF GINGERBREAD DOUGH
AND ALMOST FORTY POUNDS OF
ICING.
LET'S EAT THE WHITE HOUSE
PRETTY GOOD.
OH, IT'S BEEN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EATING AWAY
AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW
AS WE FOLLOW POLITICS.
BUT IT'S EVEN SWEETER BY THE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY VOLUNTEERS
WHO WORK DAY, NIGHT OVER
THE PAST WEEK TO MAKE
THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL
A LITTLE BIT SHINIER.
THIS YEAR, WE GOT LUCKY
COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU
AND I.
WE GOT TO SEE THOSE ROOMS, SEE
THOSE DECORATIONS.
I HAD TO BRING MY KIDS,
WHOMEVER IT WAS, WOULD ESCORT
THE PRESS THROUGH WITH A MAJOR
PROJECT , THESE WHITE HOUSE
DECORATIONS, CHOOSING A THEME,
MAKING SURE IT ALL CAME OUT
RIGHT.
>> I LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT GETS
YOU IN THE SPIRIT.
YEAH.
AND YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE
ONCE IN A LIFETIME THINGS YOU
GET TO HOLD ONTO AND YOU PASS
ON GENERATION TO GENERATION.
THERE'LL BE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AGAIN
AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHRISTMAS PARTIES.
SO HAVE FUN, ENJOY
THE DECORATIONS.
IF YOU GOT AN INVITE, KNOW YOU
CAN WE.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T GET AN INVITE
THIS YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER COVERING
TRUMP?
>> WELL, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
WELL, THAT DOES IT FOR US THIS
HOUR.
I'M GETTING THE BIG WRAP NOW.
I'M CAREFUL, TERRY MORAN.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
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ABCNEWS.COM.
THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE US IN
THE NEWS WILL CONTINUE RIGHT
AFTER THIS.
>>
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