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From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever, with the five things you need to know for Thursday, November 28th. Happy Thanksgiving. Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks and appointees are facing threats. The Trump-Banz transition team says several people have been targeted in, quote, violent, un-American threats to their lives and both who live with them since Tuesday night and yesterday morning.
CNN's Jeff Zeleny has more. Several top officials were targeted, including Pete Hegsitt, Trump's choice for defense secretary. He said Wednesday night his Tennessee home was a target of a pipe bomb threat. Others include John Ratcliffe, who's tapped to lead the CIA, Elise Stefanik, selected for UN ambassador, and Lee Zeldin, chosen to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
Now the FBI said it takes all potential threats seriously, but one law enforcement official who's familiar with these incidents and investigations told CNN, these types of swatting calls are quite common and often target people who are in the news at any given time. Trump had a conversation with Mexico's president, but both came out with different takes about it. Trump said on social media that Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to stop migration to the U.S. through Mexico, saying the two had a, quote, wonderful conversation.
The call came after Trump promised to snuck a 25% tariff on all products from Mexico and Canada, unless migration and drug smuggling into the U.S. was stopped. But in a post on X, Sheinbaum said she told Trump that migrant caravans are not arriving to the U.S. border because they're being addressed in Mexico.
CNN political analyst Common Hughes says people shouldn't read too much into the interaction. We should separate public statements and what's probably going on behind the scenes. They may be testing each other to see how they react to Trump's characterization of the meeting, because that's a sign of whether his leverage is working behind the scenes. So I don't think you should read too much into these public statements because at the end of the day, this is just a negotiation.
It's brief mention. Ukrainian authorities have called off a nationwide air raid alert early this morning after what they say was a Russian aerial attack. Officials say air defenses were activated across the country, including in the capital, Kiev, with the air raid alert in the capital lasting more than nine hours because of a combined missile and drone attack. Officials say critical and energy infrastructure facilities in many regions were targeted, with nearly a million households left without electricity in western regions after an emergency power cut.
A federal appeals court has blocked the Biden administration from removing a razor wire put up by Texas officials on the Mexico border. Texas sued the Biden administration more than a year ago when border patrol agents cut down razor wire that state officials had placed as part of its own efforts to prevent border crossing. In an emergency appeal in January, the Supreme Court sided 5-4 with the Biden administration, allowing federal agents to remove the wire. But in a ruling yesterday, the Fifth Circuit rejected arguments that the federal government had so-called sovereign immunity, which prohibited the lawsuit.
The new order barring federal agents from destroying the wire includes the caveats that Homeland Security has access to the land on both sides of the wire for, quote, immigration law enforcement and emergency purposes. Some Thanksgiving parades are going to be a lot soggier than others. We'll tell you which ones next. It's Thanksgiving, and millions of people will be gathering with their loved ones to watch the parades.
But it's going to be a rainy and cold turkey day in the east. With the forecast, here's CNN's Alson Chincha. Hey, Charlie. Happy Thanksgiving.
Well, for any folks who may be wanting to do some outdoor activities or maybe even some last-minute holiday travel, it is going to be a bit soggy today from Maine all the way back down to Mississippi. And in portions of interior northeast, it could be looking at some snow showers for several inches of accumulation. Now, if you plan to head out to some of the parades, some festivals, maybe some races, especially for cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, it's likely going to be quite soggy this morning. Now, a little bit farther west, cities like Detroit and Chicago, much drier conditions there.
Great for being outside. Just a little bit cooler. That's all for now. We have a special holiday programming today and tomorrow, so our next episode drops at noon eastern.