bankruptcy wednesday. making news in america this morning, the black friday frenzy kicking off. a look at some of the best deals, the products already sold out and the best time to buy certain items. breaking overnight, a bus carrying a university marching band rolling over on its side. the pictures taken moments after the crash and new details on what happened. president trump threatening to shut down the southern border. >> the whole border. i mean the whole border. >> the demands he's making to mexico this morning as he's intensified his feud with chief justice john roberts. the money machine mystery. an atm appears in the middle of the woods baffling police.

this morning, we're finding out >> hasta la vista, baby. do it or else. >> how the former governor is >> our first look at "the lion king" remake. your atm. good morning on this black friday. bargain hunters have loaded up on carbs ready to scoop up the best deals they can find. >> and many are hitting the stores to handpick their items while others are buying online. either way, americans are expected to spend billions more this year than any other. abc's emily rau joins us live from washington. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai and kendis. yes, exactly right. from in-store deals to mobile

apps to freeor shoppers, there are all kinds of features helping to make this black friday the biggest shopping day of the year. the days of big box store stampedes may be over. but the lines this black friday still forming. >> welcome to blk california, florida to new york, eager shoppers lining up to snag the best deals. >> got up, cooked and had that thanksgiving dinner then we head out to do our black friday shopping like we do every year. >> reporter: many deal seekers started on thanksgiving. an estimated 34 million americans shopping in stores or online thursday alone. >> we're getting presents that most people couldn't afford unless they were $200, $400, $600 off. >> reporter: black friday though still expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year hitting $23 billion in sales up from $21 billion this time last year. store coming up with new ways to

reg ce buyers insteadf >> we try to spread it out so shieovas ee itr ir nto one day and know they want to spend time with their families. >> reporter: and online shopping, bigger than ever projected to increase by 15% with retailers like target and amazon offering free shipping with no minimum. with the holiday shopping season now officially under way, the national retail federation says more than 164 million people plan to shop over the five-day thanksgiving weekend. >> first store. >> yes. >> we're just starting. >> reporter: so many people just getting started, so what's behind these big numbers? well, analysts point to a few things. for one, the jobless rate that is the lowest it's been in five decades and then there's consumer confidence which is currently sitting at an 18-year high. kendis. >> all right, we'll see if it reflects positively there at the malls. our thanks to emily. >

black friday got off to a violent start in alabama. at least two people were shot inside a mall near birmingham. you see a bit of the chaos sending shoppers running for safety. reports say gunshots erupted inside the river chase galleria in hoover. police say an 18-year-old and 12-year-old were injured and an officer killed the gunman. also breaking overnight this time on the west coast, a bus carrying members of the university of washington marching band rolled over on its side injuring some students. the accident took place on an icy stretch of interstate 90 in central washington. at least 20 people were treated for minor injuries. we've learned that band members will resume their trip this morning to the state's annual big game between the university of washington and washington state. the former fbi director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch have been subpoenaed by the house judiciary committee to testify behind closed doors. comey says he's happy to answer questions. but in a public hearing to avoid what he calls selective leaking and distortion. now, republicans have accused

the fbi and justice department of bias in the hillary clinton email investigation and the russia probe. president trump is expressing frustration over his struggle to implement hard-line immigration policies to address caravans of migrants heading to the u.s. to seek asylum. as thousands of troops deploy to the southern border, they were treated to a thanksgiving meal. the president threatened to shut down the border completely andtx abs ra palmeri has more. >> they're special people, very, very special people, and we're very proud of you. >> reporter: shortly after making thanksgiving calls to military leaders, president trump issued this drastic threat to mexico. >> we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control. >> the entire border. >> the whole border. wholeor just threatening immigration but even saying he'll stop billions of dollars in trade. >> mexico will not be able to sell their cars into the united states where they make so many cars at greatenit to them,

not at great benefit to us, by the way. >> reporter: trump also intensified his feud with chief justice john roberts over a ninth circuit judge's decision to temporarily block his asylum ban tweeting, justice roberts can say what he wants, but the ninth circuit is a complete and total disaster. judges must not legislate security and safety at the border or anywhere else. >> the ninth circuit, everybody knows it's totally out of control. >> reporter: earlier in the week roberts had made a rare rebuke of the president's attack on the court saying, that independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for. >> what they're doing, what they're saying, the opinions are very unfair to law enforcement. >> reporter: the president also threatened to shut down the government if he doesn't get money for border security including the wall, and he's now raising the possibility of deadly military confrontations with troops recently deployed on the border. >> they have to. they're going to use lethal force. i've given the okay. yeah, they have to. i hope they don't have to, but, you know, you're dealing minimum of 500 serious criminals. >> reporter: president trump took questions on a wide range of issues, but the final question was what he's most

thankful for this thanksgiving. >> for having a great family and for having made a tremendous difference in this country. i've made a tremendous difference in the country. this country is so much stronger now than it was when i took office that you wouldn't believe it. >> reporter: president trump said he's ready to fight the ruling on the asylum ban all the way to the supreme court. tara palmeri, abc news, west palm beach, florida. investigators in india are consulting with tribal experts hoping they can find a way to recover the body of an american missionary. they believe tribesmen who have very little contact with outsiders shot and killed john chau with arrows and then buried his body on the beach of their remote island. tribal scholars say chau not only risked his own life going to the island but of islanders who have little resistance to disease. time now for a look at your

weather on this black friday morning. good morning. taking a look at the nation we're looking for cold weather in the northeast, wet throughout the deep south central part of the country and a mix for the northwest corner of the country and now we start off in the northeast, high pressure dominating keeping the cold air in place, quite cold, soaking showers throughout the southeast and tennessee valley region with moisture pumping up in the south central portion in arkansas, louisiana, mississippi as well as going into portions of texas but dry air filtering behind it, showers will filter from the midwest throughout the great lakes region pretty quickly. for the northwest we're looking for an outbreak of snow showers, snow to the valley floor and significant accumulation in the mountains with travel delays throughout i-84, i-90 on friday going into saturday as that snow begins to move a little further inland, and then for the southwest corner of the country going into friday more wildfire relief with improved air quality and we're looking for a risk for mudslides and debris flows

but snow for the highest elevations along i-5. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, the tight squeeze for a hiker in arizona. how he got himself stuck literally between a rock and a hard place and what's known as fat man's pass and what rescuers had to do to get him out. and the dramatic rescue of another american down under this time. how this adventurer survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters

a few helping hands got an arizona hiker out of a tight spot. authorities say firefighters managed to force johnny moto out from between two boulders.kn m'l now, crews climbed the mountain and set him free.

moto wasn't injured. mountain on his own. an american from hawaii spent 12 hours in shark-infested waters nea >> rescue crews finally managed to find him stranded on the hull of that boat with all of his possessions swept out to sea. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: this 29-year-old is thankful just to be alive this thanksgiving. levi verhoest spent 12 hours overnight sitting on his boat after it capsized off the coast of australia. >> i noticed the boat slowing down, and went out on deck and there was a hatch cover missing allowing water to flow in and by the time i was able to get out of the cabin and even attempt to do anything, the hull was already full of water and the boat just went -- capsized. barrn his cat that ra a minute.p

ran. the sailor tried to right his boat, but couldn't. after a long, cold night in shark-infected waters verhoest activated his personal locator beacon. be drifting out there hoping for someone to sail past. >> reporter: rescuers were able to reach him by helicopter 12 minutes later. linsey davis, abc news, new york. alg , e l ghin ct,om manhunt in nashville. that giant rock tossed from an overpass killing the driver below. this morning, that driver's heartbroken family is demanding answers. and the deepening mystery about how this atm found its way deep inside a forest. nd its way deep inside a forest. be another around the corner? or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot... almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. ...and eliquis has significantly

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to serve food to victims of northern california's camp fire. >> hundreds of volunteers served thanksgiving day meals to those who lost everything in the state's historic wildfires. >> abc's natalie brunell has more. >> reporter: tens of thousands of holiday meals served up to those who lost everything in california's camp and woolsey f to go for thanksgiving, they can just come here, and i feel like this kind of feels at home. >> reporter: volunteers have been preparing the feasts all week offering a sense of comfort for communities like paradise where the camp fire devastated entire neighborhoods. >> we had about 14% of our chico employees lose their homes, and just about everybody else here knows at least friends or family members who have lost their homes as well. >> reporter: celebrity chefs like guy fieri among those lending a hand. >> i think that's why they call it comfort food. it helps people feel a little bit better. >> reporter: even the dallas cowboys offering a tour of at&t stadium to the morgan family who lost their paradise home but

managed to save their dream tickets to the thanksgiving day game.otr igted toms of e us a m>>te isout woolse. lost homes even getting care packages and gift bags made by other children. >> when it's coming from other children, that's i think about as good as it gets. >> reporter: volunteers are already busy organizing similar events and tour drives for the upcoming december holidays. donations and children's gifts have been pouring in as people open up their hearts during the season of giving. natalie brunell, abc news, los angeles. authorities are asking for help to help locate a suspect in a deadly concrete tossing incident in nashville. 54-year-old joe shelton died after someone tossed a large chunk of concrete from an overpass. it smashed through the windshield of his car as he drove to work. investigators say it was likely thrown intentionally. now shelton's family is

heartbroken and mourning. >> he's someone we could all lean on. he was a great person all around and a joy to everyone that came to him. losing him is losing the foundation of our family. >> the shelton family is hoping that police make an arrest soon but investigators say it was dark outside, and there were no surveillance cameras on the bridge. in trouble as well after allegedly stealing an airplane. police say the 14-year-old and 15-year-old took the single engine plane from a private airstrip. they allegedly took off from jensen near the colorado state line and landed at a small airport 15 miles away where they were arrested. they're being held at a youth detention center. so this atm sparked some confusion in a forest along the coast of maine. a woman found the machine while walking in deer aisle. now, the local sheriff hadn't heard about any missing atms and then the owner came clean.

she said she found it in a trash pile and put it in the forest to prank her neighbors. >> a good one. before, during and after the turkey nfl fans filled up on thanksgiving football. >> yeah, dallas, number one right now, the cowboys now share the nfc east lead after beating washington. dak prescott was pretty good yesterday. he landed in a salvation army bucket and threw for two scores in a 31-23 win. so he was a donation as well. in the day's first game chicago and detroit were tied at 16 with 6 minutes left, then this happened. the bears' eddie jackson picked off a pass returning it 41 yards and the celebration, all right, let's -- >> ah. >> love it. were those burpees? >> did a couple of those. >> yeah, chicago there in the end zone. the final, 23-16, the bears. >> da bears. and in the 11-hour football feast it was new orleans hosting

atlanta. drew brees tossed four touchdown passes as the saints beat the falcons, 31-17 and new orleans has now won ten games in a row after losing its season opener. >> they're looking good. up next in "the pulse," our first look at the "lion king" remake. and also ahead, shaq to the rescue. how the hall of famer helped a family involved in a car accident.

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disney, our parent company, to release the remake 25 years after the original. i thought it was the pod save america guy. no, not quite. okay, so sometimes the early bird gets the worm and sometimes it's just a thief grabbing the wrong package. this woman was captured on camera snatching a package from a porch in florida. it was actually a box of super worms. >> you see, they were actually a thanksgiving day feast ordered for this pet dragon. that suspect realizing the mistake tossed the package in the trash, and it was returned to the woman who ordered it. police say that stealthy suspect is facing a felony charge. he she thoug sht >> o jopt s. deputy shaq reporting for duty thanksgiving day. basketball hall of famer shaquille o'neal was at the scene of a car accident in florida working at his other job as an auxiliary deputy for broward county. he helped comfort some of the children who were involved. after leaving the kids, he helped hand out meals for needy families. >> all around good move for shaq in florida. what would it be like for shaq to pull up next to you. >> need help?

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and good morning on this friday, november 23rd. in hope you are fully digested and can take in news, weather, and traffic. you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the day ahead. >> live doppler 7, the rain is here. atmospheric river with light rain. not much in the way of yellow or oranges. you can see which way this is it is pretty much west. impact scale of 2. that means pretty much steady . a brief downpour here and there. we have the wind00 this oo rnte

nnorth bay mountains. we'll talk about your planner when we come to bring in sue ak about traffic. >> we have wet roads. take a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems getting through here. trafic is flowing ni.cefour-care upper ar itde of lanes. you can see the western side of the span coming into san francisco is looking good too. an accident in oakland, j a of shopping on our phones, the ritual to going to an actual store on friday continues. >> hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, alexis. guess what? it looks like it's 4:30 in the afternoon, not 4:30 in north f.

they are advertising the whole store is 50% off. this is for crowd control. the store is open. this outlet opened at 3:00 in the afternoon. it has been open all night long. it is not the only stores that decided to open yesterday. target opened at 5:00 yesterday. so black friday does really start on thursday now. shoppers say they were glad to have the stores open. they want to get a jump on the . in linehasgiving i probably took part in one or two more before this. i'm newun that we get to spend time with the family and you're not out here all night. >> reporter: back here in livermore, according to mall security, a little slow right now. i can hardly believe that. a little bit of a lull.

the big crash was 3:00 p.m. yesterday. another round at 6:00 a.m. to come in. spots are opening as people leave. you can park at the college and they have a shuttle running from the college to the store. >> the little kids behind you are, like, mama, why am i up to early? >> reporter: i have the same question. >> the city of oakland is encouraging people to do their shopping at local businesses instead of big box stores or retailers, makers, restaurants and artists in taking part, offering special deals and discounts. organizers claim they started black frida in