right now on cbs 2 this morning...it's black friday, and the shopping has already begun.why crummy weather didn't stop shoppers in the corridor. how protesters in the midwest, didn't stop for the holiday, but still were able to celebrate it. and why a consumer alert that's already sickened more than a dozen, is expected to get even more people sick. welcome to cbs two this morning...and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio. let's get a check of our cbs 2

covering the corridor, corridor,it is black friday, we're taking a live look inside lindale mall, where stores just opened.the national retail federation estimates about 30 million people shopped last night. coming up a little later on c-b-s 2 this morning, we'll

have a live report from lindale, to see how black friday has started here in the corridor. black friday shopping has over the years started creeping into our thanksgiving day. day.last night there were lots of people out braving the wind, cold and rain to take advantage of some deals.dozens of people stood outside of best buy last night.cbs 2 news talked to the first few people in line, who told us, it was well worth it. "i needed a new tv and it was pretty cheap so and my neighbor needed one so i gave her mine and so we're both getting new tvs today." today." "800 dollar savings is enough to get me up off the couch to come here." here."best buy's general manager says they were ready for the flow of people.they are closed right now, but will open back up at 8 this morning. if you want to keep your money local - don't forget about small business saturday. entreprenuers across the corridor are preparing and hoping shoppers get their wish- lists checked off tomorrow. small business saturday was thought-up five years ago by american express and has been embraced by business owners

across the country ever since. some of you might be saying "no way!" to getting out in the rush of black friday shopping. shopping.but experts have some tips on how to survive, they say plan ahead: use apps that can help you find deals, compare prices and send coupons. know what gifts you want and where you need to go to get them - and check to see if the store offers a floor plan. and if you're really hoping to avoid swarms of people, shop from home. a lot of stores are offering the same sales in store and same sales in store and online. for 36 years a group in cedar rapids has made sure thanksgiving meals get to those in need. need.it's a partnership between aging services and transamerica.volunteers started at 6:30 in the morning on thanksgiving and packed 800 turkey dinners.other volunteers delivered the meals to the community's older adults and senior citizens. 08:32:58 its good meeting people. they're always so appreciative when you come to the door with their turkey dinner. dinner.130 volunteers helped thursday morning with even more on a waiting list.

person consumes more than 45- hundred calories while eating a traditional thanksgiving dinner.that's more than double the amount people should eat in just a day.the agency says on thanksgiving, people eat an average of three-thousand calories in the thanksgiving meal itself and another 15-hundred while snacking and nibbling through out the day. day.if you want to work off all those calories, you'd have to run calories, you'd have to run for about four hours, bike for about four and half hours or swim for nearly six hours! some of the most iconic images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. but it's also a lot of work to rangle the larger than life faces. "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17- balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the

comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. millions of people lined the streets to watch the famous parade.more than 25-hundred n-y-p-d officers were also there.law enforcement has been beefed up across the globe after the paris attacks that killed 130-people.president obama says there is no credible threat to the u-s and that americans should enjoy the holidays. chicken salad from costco is being recalled.a consumer alert from the food and drug administration says a california farm is recalling a vegatable mix they believe to be the source of an e-coli outbreak.19 people in 7 states have gotten sick from eating chicken salad from costco that has this vegetable mix of celery and onions.more people are expected to get sick, if you bought chicken salad from costco, throw it out. a maryland man is accused of trying to steal thousands of dollars worth of items from costco.according to officials--he took merchandise out of a large box... hollowed it out... then placed

of it.the man left the store after paying for what was suppose to be in the box, which was way cheaper than the items he took.he was later arrested.authorities say he nearly got away with up to ten thousand dollars in merchandise. good morning again, thanks for waking up with cbs 2 this morning...it's right now on this morning!

it's the day after thanksgiving and of course that means it's black friday. it's the shopping day famous for early bird shoppers and good deals. deals. cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore joins us from lindale mall in cedar rapids, which opened just minutes ago .. .. live in ....., mellaney moore,

news. thanks, mellaney. it's now on this it's now on

come...how corridor kids could benefit if the hawkeyes pull

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for the hawks - staying in the college football playoff hunt. hunt.here at cbs 2 news, there are also some bragging rights on the line.kevin barry and i have a little side-bet going with the anchor at our sister station over in nebraska. nebraska. well you know it is a big game coming up on friday, later today of course.and we're joined by monty torres, one of our friends out in nebraska. they decided to put a news anchor a news anchor and a weather guy together to talk sports.thanks for joining us in cedar rapids monty.pleasure to be with you guys kevin, justin.and, as you may notice, i'm wearing my cornhusker colors, the scarlet and cream here, the tie.we've got our black and gold all over the station, we're not wearing it on us right now though.but, now we've heard some kind of fun things about nebraska, they say the n is for knowledge.but everyone's

like 'i've heard that 30- thousand times.the say the n is actually for national championships, but i will point out, it's iowa who may play for a national championship this year, we're number four right now in the nation.look at him roll his eyes (laughs).hawkeyes are impressive, you gotta give it to 'em. 11-nothing, that's great, but don't forget just a few weeks ago, michigan was also undefeated, so hey.well, in all fairness though, that was, uh, do you thank the team monty, or do you thank the refs for that one?i thank the nebraska cornhuskers (laughs). hey, what is the mood around nebraska. obviously this is a big game, there's a big target on iowa's back. nebraska could be the david and goliath in this situation. give me the mood from where you folks are. how are things feeling from the nebraska side?you just said it right there, the david to goliath is exactly what nebraska wants the cornhuskers to be. nobody can take away from iowa's great record, 11-nothing like that, and how they're playing, very

consistent throughout the whole season. but i mean, when it comes to this particular game, and the rivalry that's been going on for so long now, you know that the team's gonna be up for you guys, and just as much as iowa wants to make it 12-nothing, the cornhuskers wanna deny that. so there's a lot of excitement and anticipation, and the belief that the sky's the limit. 11-0, you leave that outside the stadium on game day.well there you go. and we should mention the reason all three of us are together here, cause we're gonna have a little friendly bet between monty and us here at channel 2. it's fifty dollars to toys for tots, correct?that's right, have you made out your checks guys?no, i believe our boss is signing the paperwork.no matter who wins, this goes to a really good cause. and it was actually your guys' idea to come up with it, so. double or nothing, or you just wanna go 50-50?that may be above my paygrade to decide. i'll check with management to

decide that one.you can't lose with a cause like toys for tots, in either case. i'm not gonna admit that this is gonna turn out in any other way than the way i'm hoping, but still, in either case, you never lose by that donation to toys for tots.well hey, monty, we thank you so much for taking some time out and spending it with us here in cedar rapids, may the best team win.absolutely, good to see you guys.that's monty torres, our friends over in nebraska. and of course that game, coming up friday afternoon, 50 dollars goes to toys for tots either way, kevin.should be a good one for

it's still to come... come...why a health expert says you should be thankful for more than just on thanksgiving day. day.in your cbs 2 weather first forecast we have...

having a thankful heart is good for your health! health!dr. simon studies dr. simon studies grateful people at berkley in the science center.she said they found thankful people have a better cardio vascular profile, better blood pressure, they are more satisfied in their relationship.she said being gratful is something you can

learn.she said it's just like working out, it just takes a little bit of work. it's after the break... break...how some iowans are

up to right now on cbs 2 this morning...the incident that put the white house on lockdown on thanksgiving. the latest on an arson investigation in eastern iowa. and the scary situation that happened outside of one mall, on one of the busiest shopping nights of the year. welcome to cbs two this morning...and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio. let's get a check of our cbs 2

a man faces charges in iowa city after authorities connected him to thefts of jewelry and electronics. police say bruno felipe is responsible for a burglary in june and another in september. authorities recently searched his home and found evidence that linked him and a friend to several iowa city

burglaries. they say he admitted to pawning stolen items but denies stealing them himself. a man has been charged for setting a fire in cedar falls at about a quarter to six on thanksgiving morning.crews were called to 615 iowa street. when they got there, they found three vehicles on fire and thought it was suspicious. thursday afternoon, they arrested nicholas kollasch. he is now charged with arson and criminal mischief. forget a white chirstmas, some iowans had to deal with a white thanksgiving. thanksgiving.while it was raining here in the corridor, here's what it looked like in northwest iowa.sioux city saw more than a half foot of snow, which made it hazardous for folks trying to make their thanksgiving dinner on time. the weather there is suppose to be better today, but snow is back in the forecast in that part of the state, on monday. a judge has weighed in on the governor's controversial medicaid plan. earlier this year, the governor announced the medicaid program that has been run by the state, would soon be run by four private companies. a judge has now recommended the state throw out one of the four contracts. she said well-care should have

told state officials about fraud and mismanagement involving executives that were convicted last year. the ruling is a recommendation and the governor's office is expected to appoint someone to review it and consider the next steps. the white house was on lockdown for several hours on thanksgiving day, while the first family celebrated the holiday inside.the secret service says a man named joseph caputo jumped the white house fence.kris van cleave has more. more. a photographer captured the moment caputo, wearing gloves, drapped in an american flag, hopped the fortified white house fence -- holding a binder in his mouth -- before throwing his arms in the air, seemingly in celebration. (vanessa pena sot): "i just heard him take a big, deep breath and whisper to himself, like 'alright, let's do this.' and he took off, he jumped over the barricade, and then climbed the fence and once he went over, he kind of lifted his arms up."the intruder dropped to his knees with his

hands in the air as the secret service rushed to arrest him. (vanessa pena sot): "but it was chaotic. everyone around us was yelling and kids were crying. it was pretty unexpected." (mandatory credit for running video: victoria barranco)his flag was put into an evidence bag while a bomb squad searched the white house lawn. the fact the intruder made it over the fence upgrades put in place over the summer.in july new spikes were installed on the white fence to make it harder to climb. the secret service called that a temporary security measure until a long-term solution can be implemented.this incident follows a series of embarrasing incidents for the secret service--including a security breach where a fence jumper was able to get inside the white house and made it all the way to the east room. he was one of three men to jump the fence last year. (kris van cleave/on camera tag 1:12-1:26)criminal charges against caputo are pending but at this point we have no idea why he jumped the fence or what was in that binder. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington the fence jumper was not harmed during the incident. new this morning, there was a shooting near a

shopping mall in louisiana thanksgiving night.authorities say the shots were fired after a fight between people in two separate cars, at the edge of the mall parking lot.both vehicles later took off.one person was hit but is expected to survivepolice don't believe it had anything to do with black friday. "we have descriptions of suspect vehicle, we have crime scene and detectives on place. it appears this altercation had absolutely nothing to do with the shopping going on or the mall operations." operations."investigators were forced to close one store entrance to collect evidence. but the shooting did not affecting other stores at the mall. two men at the macy's thanksgiving day parade ended up behind bars. bars.new york police officers say they were caught flying a drone over the parade.the n-y-p-d saw the drone and used their helicopter to track it to its operators.the two men were then taken into police custody.authorities have not released their names or listed the charges they may face. an update in europe

lowered in brussels.the belgian prime miniester says the threat of an attack is no loneger "imminent." "imminent."the capital city now joins the rest of the country under the second highest alert level.police raided three places just outside the city on thursday but made no arrests. authorities are still looking for two suspects linked to the terror attacks in paris earlier this month, that left 130 people dead. meanwhile french president francois hollande continues to meet with other world leaders. leaders.he met with russian president vladimir putin on thursday.hollande was in the united states earlier this week.putin says russia is open to closer cooperation with both france and the u-s in fighting isis.at the same time, he also lashed out at the u-s for not preventing coalition ally turkey from downing a russian fighter jet. good morning again, thanks for waking up with cbs 2 this morning...it's right now on this morning!

lindale mall is now open in cedar rapids, and black friday shoppers are looking for deals this morning. morning.and that's where we find cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore. moore.mellaney how are things looking out there? there?

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covering the corridor, corridor,it is black friday, we're taking a live look inside lindale mall, where stores just opened.the national retail federation estimates about 30 million people shopped last night. coming up a little later on coming up a night.shopped last million people about 30 million people shopped last night.coming up a little later on c-b-s 2 this morning, we'll have a live report from lindale, to see how black friday has started here in the corridor. black friday shopping has over the years started creeping into our thanksgiving day. day.last night there were lots of people out braving the wind, cold and rain to take advantage of some deals.dozens of people stood outside of

best buy last night.cbs 2 news talked to the first few people in line, who told us, it was well worth it. "i needed a new tv and it was pretty cheap so and my neighbor needed one so i gave her mine and so we're both getting new tvs today." today." "800 dollar savings is enough to get me up off the couch to come here." here."best buy's general manager says they were ready for the flow of people.they are closed right now, but will open back up at 8 this morning. if you want to keep your money local - don't forget about small business saturday. entreprenuers across the corridor are preparing and hoping shoppers get their wish- lists checked off tomorrow. small business saturday was thought-up five years ago by american express and has been embraced by business owners across the country ever since. some of you might be saying "no way!" to getting out in the rush of black friday shopping. shopping.but experts have some tips on how to survive, they say plan ahead: use apps that can help you find deals, compare prices and send coupons. know what gifts you want and where you need to go to get them - and check to see if the store offers a floor plan. and if you're really

hoping to avoid swarms of people, shop from home. a lot of stores are offering the same sales in store and online. for 36 years a group in cedar rapids has made sure thanksgiving meals get to those in need. need.it's a partnership between aging services and transamerica.volunteers started at 6:30 in the morning on thanksgiving and packed 800 turkey dinners.other volunteers delivered the meals to the community's older adults and senior citizens. 08:32:58 its good meeting people. they're always so appreciative when you come to the door with their turkey dinner. dinner.130 volunteers helped thursday morning with even more on a waiting list. the c-d-c - says the average person consumes more than 45- hundred calories while eating a traditional thanksgiving dinner.that's more than double the amount people should eat in just a day.the agency says on thanksgiving, people eat an average of three-thousand calories in the thanksgiving meal itself and another 15-hundred while snacking and nibbling through out the day.

day.if you want to work off all those calories, you'd have to run for about four hours, bike for about four and half hours or swim for nearly six hours! some of the most iconic images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. but it's also a lot of work to rangle the larger than life faces. "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17- balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the sinclair oil dinsoaur, made a comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. millions of people lined the streets to watch the famous parade.more than 25-hundred n-y-p-d officers were also there.law enforcement has been beefed up across the globe after the paris attacks that killed 130-people.president obama says there is no credible threat to the u-s and

chicken salad from costco is being recalled.a consumer alert from the food and drug administration says a california farm is recalling a vegatable mix they believe to be the source of an e-coli outbreak.19 people in 7 states have gotten sick from eating chicken salad from costco that has this vegetable mix of celery and onions.more people are expected to get sick, if you bought chicken salad from costco, throw it out. a maryland man is accused of trying to steal thousands of dollars worth of items from costco.according to officials--he took merchandise out of a large box... hollowed it out... then placed electronics and jewelry inside of it.the man left the store after paying for what was suppose to be in the box, which was way cheaper than the items he took.he was later arrested.authorities say he nearly got away with up to ten thousand dollars in merchandise. it's now on this morning.we'll fill you in on the top three stories you need to know on this black friday.

here's a look at the top three stories you need to know on this black friday. friday.it's black friday and an estimated 100 million shoppers are expected to hit the stores today.but millions of americans have already shopped for deals.many retail stores opened thursday evening. a man faces charges in iowa city after authorities connected him to thefts of jewelry and electronics. police say bruno felipe is responsible for a burglary in june and another in september. authorities recently searched his home and found evidence that linked him and a friend to several iowa city burglaries. they say he admitted to pawning stolen items but denies stealing them himself. one man is behind bars after jumping the white house fence.

the first family to celebrate thanksgiving while the white house was on lock down.the man was immediately arrested by secret service and is now facing criminal charges. we'll hope you'll switch over to fox 28 right now for fox 28 morning live.coming up - the selfless act from one iowa boy that's helping to bolster a police force, and give a dog a brand