other side. he also dropped an envelope which was later picked up by a robot that was sent to check the guy out. he was apprehended and brought to a northwest gate. he is now under arrest and likely to face trespassing charges. we are told secret service is investigating his car that was parked at the lincoln memorial. all of this of major concern because the first family is inside the white house enjoying their thanks giving debtor. -- thanksgiving dinner. last year omar gonzalez got inside the white house before he was apprehended. the white house still on high alert. authorities investigate who this guy is and what he did this. richard reid, abc 7 news. kimberly: they came just as the first family was preparing for thanksgiving dinner. earlier, the president remarked he hoped for a turkey that did

not turn out to dry. but if it does he will have plenty of other options. here is the official menu for the first family dinner. three options. turkey, ham and prime rib. carbs everywhere highlighted by two types of stuffing. mac & cheese, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes. medley, kale caesar salad and the thanks giving staple of green bean casserole. for dessert only six different pies to choose from. horace: love was the key item for the charitable act that is become a geeky tradition. --d.c. tradition. 3500 meals were delivered to people battling a terminal illness. a 27 year tradition aims to allow people in the fight for their lives to have a holiday meal for up to five people. full of: with bellies dinner, millions of americans are now taking the next step in what is become a holiday tradition, shopping. horace: there are two very

different camps in the shopping frenzy. tom roussey is with shoppers lined up waiting to get her hands on the doorbuster deals. kimberly: jeff goldberg talk to people with a different perspective. he's at the best buy in potomac yard with the backlash against some retailers. this is the big moment people have been waiting for. walking into the best buy. . the doors just "ago the first people got here 3:00 this morning. everybody going and looking for laptops and television. hundreds of people have been online for hours. there are plenty of companies and individuals to look at something like this and say, no thank you. thats not that long ago thoughta -- queen pea this was no way to spend thanksgiving. >> they crazy. reporter: and then sheaw the

deal for the 49 inch toshiba tv. >> i thought i would have to be one of those crazy people this week. reporter: as the linesman did a thursday, some companies say enough. rei made big news by announcing it will close all of its stores today and tomorrow while paying its 12,000 employees to not work. instead, encouraging them to be with family and enjoy the outdoors. fast.tside caught on others are resisting the heirs, including gamestop, cosco, and bed bath & beyond. >> there is a lot of groundswell around the movement. reporter: she is joining plenty of other families in arlington. she supports families that want their employees to take a walk in the park. >> i 100% supportive for making that decision. >> when it be encouraged to have a day with your family?

reporter: the line waiting may be memorable for other reasons -- >> it's boring. reporter: she said the tv will give her much to be thankful for. >> i'm happy because i believe good after this. -- i will eat good after this. reporter: she did have a big smile and her face. a traffic jam of people trying to get inside. plenty of other stores are open tonight. walmart, target, sears, old navy and tomorrow is black friday one the holiday shopping gets serious. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. kimberly: while some oppose the idea being open on thanksgiving, many go to the store's attorney get a good deal. tom is live at the toys "r" us gaithersburg which just opened. reporter: we are outside. now we are inside. that's just one shopper but we

have plenty more, trust me. these are some of the popular items in this area of the store. you have lego. i'm told that is always a popular one. i will show you the video of when they opened the doors at 5:00 on the dot. they were probably 100 people outside. i am told the popular items are star wars with a big movie coming out next month. and also the legos are a big deal. anything with the movie "frozen" is still hot. not as many as perhaps we've seen in years past but they are opening fairly early at 5:00. we come back out here live and we have another camera elsewhere in the store. that camera will show you some more shoppers right now that are in this toys "r" us. a lot of folks said they have not eaten thanksgiving dinner yet but they wanted to come here first to get stuff for the kids for christmas and then they are good to go. on this camera we have another group coming into the store right now. ma'am? what are you hoping to buy for the kids? >> i don't know.

just looking. video games. reporter: popular as always. these ladies are just waiting. nobody buying anything yet but they will in a few moments. they are excited to serve the customers it was arrest. live in gaithersburg, tom roussey, abc 7 news. tonight: 7 on your side with a consumer alert about holiday shopping. " if it seems too good to be true, it probably is." that's the latest it is with a target coupon of social media claiming to offer 50% off purchases. a number of people have asked on facebook. the company responded by saying it is a fake and will not be honored in stores. abc 7 compiled a list of what time major chains are opening for both tomorrow night and tonight. you will find some of the time -- the argan's -- bargains that wjla.com.

it is been a fabulous day to the outside. horace: how long will it last? a first look at the forecast. brian: we will do it again tomorrow. we may see a little fog later tonight or tomorrow back in the mid-60's. the only difference is maybe a few more clouds. looking at the weatherbug camera at national harbor and without beautiful it is. inspecting the peak of the wheel -- pink of the wheel. that is an awesome shot. falls church, 60. 60 in waldorf. mid-50's for winchester off to the west in the valley. temperatures fall into the 40's downtown, 30's in the burbs. it could be a little bit of patchy fog tonight and tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon for black friday, things are looking good. we will look at the weekend, including sunday travel for your trip home coming up in just a

bit. horace: progress in the war on terror. brussels, belgium lowered its terror alert after two weeks at its highest alert level. that has police in france and germany conducted multiple terror raids looking for anyone in a could to isis or the november 13 attacks. at least two people were taken into custody in those rates. the terror attacks in paris and mali prompt of the state department to issue a worldwide terror alert. that has many on edge on this busiest day of the travel season. stephen tschida is at union station with what he is hearing. reporter: you can see a lot of security measures.at union station police presence is very strong. this it's troubling for others. holiday travelers heading to their thanksgiving destinations amid tight security.

>> security was longer, the longest i've ever seen it. reporter: by midday at reagan national airport the security checkpoint appeared abandoned. some passengers that despite all of the safety measures they do their best to put terrorism out of their minds. >> we live in london so it is always a threat. reporter: some travelers said fear did creep and other thoughts. >> it crossed my mind at penn station seeing the security but it is ok. reporter: we spotted plenty of police. a comfort to some holiday travelers. >> not concerned at all. >> it's on my mind because they could be in a car. they could be at a restaurant. anywhere. reporter: even those venturing into the nation's capital did express some concerns. but they continued their tradition of bringing help to the homeless on thanksgiving. >> it.

and because there are some he people in need. i'm here to try to meet some of those needs. reporter: while the crowds have thinned at the airport and here at union station, as you can see the police presence, the security presence is still in place. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. kimberly: we are learning more about what prompted officials to remove four passengers for my flight baltimore last week. just before takeoff a passenger told flight attendants she saw a man receive a text with the word mite" and then a code for an airport in india. the man in three people with him were all removed from the plane and questioned. authority said he looked through his phone and found no such message. the met -- passengers were released without charges. oface: a third night

protests is affected in chicago over the shooting of a teenager. they say their goal is to disrupt black friday shopping on michigan avenue. last night a damaged the city's christmas tree. police released dash cam video from the list of four he was shot 16 times last october. prosecutors charged officer jason van dyke with the murder. , the tricks a:00 thief used to steal more than $11,000 in merchandise from a costco and how they caught him. >> i think this'll make people think twice. kimberly: what a lawbreaker is doing to stop predatory towing after we expose how often cars are towed after seconds of being parked. the extraordinary effort summit through to make sure everyone has access to a hot meal this thanksgiving. kimberly: a restaurant's good deed to make sure did it was repaired safely. horace: abc 7 is asking what are

you thankful for. join the conversation on facebook.com/wjla

horace: a lot of people were doing that today. the will turkey fry this morning and southeast washington. they brought unto it -- uncooked turkey's the be fried for free. sharing close with kids were socks. collected socks and mittens for the children. >> as a charity that helps children who need clothes in the washington area get brand-new close. -- clothes. we have clothing we are collecting today. you can also sign up on our website to donate or provide an outfit to a child. horace: they are also want to go holiday tree maker clothing drive next month. kimberly: and active charity this holiday involving taking a trek into encampments. diane cho explains. reporter: instead of sleeping in on this thanksgiving day, volunteers rolled up their

sleeves and went straight to work. >> hand, turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, green bean casserole. reporter: it helps feed the homeless once a month but today churches from all over northern virginia and from maryland and d.c. jumped in to help serve a meal to someone in need. >> it's exciting to see people coming together. reporter: putting together more than 460 meals. >> it shows the community cares and people want to do something but don't often know what to do or how to do something. and drivingading up over in caravans to hand out meals to three different homeless camp's in prince william county before heading to the district. >> dehumanizes people. these people categorize someone as homeless and to realize that is a person. reporter: trying to make a difference in the lives of those who need it the most. >> last year we had a lot of

people but this seems to be more people coming to volunteer today. is pretty horribly. humbling.-- horace: it's interesting to see the different things people are doing to help people in need. kimberly: it's all over. it on the streets and in the forest. good work everybody. beautiful day. brian: i showed you this picture a little while ago. watching the sun going down at national harbor with some peak matching pink clouds the color of the wheel. a kind of sums up the gorgeous day we had today. 64 c official high downtown. -- 64 degrees was the official high in downtown. definitely a beautiful day no matter how you slice it. more of the same tomorrow.

there could be some fog tonight. we were at 59 in the city. . frederick checking in at 55. 55 -- at 55. a line of showers from wichita to dallas. a little bit of snow on the backside of this. they cold light of moisture is tracking eastward. tomorrow the high pressure will be year. maybe a little fog in the morning that will be a beautiful day around here. temperatures will remain above average. as we head to the weekend the light of showers will start to approach. we will see much on saturday. may be a spotty showers or two. on sunday, more clouds in spotty showers. temperatures will start to drop back a bit. closer will be close to the low 60's. by sunday, back in the mid-50's. average for this time of year.

this little system basically hangs around our area through the weekend and will keep us a little bit unsettled from time to time. here is futurecast with the degrades they are anticipating. oklahoma city. almost three inches of rain. dallas could pick up over three inches. kansas city to joplin, missouri. st. louis about 1.5 inches. not a time of snow but maybe a little bit of a messy next from denver, colorado springs. omaha and other dockside at minneapolis -- backside of minneapolis. they could definitely impact travel which are heading back in the other direction heading home. tomorrow we will have a few more clouds around. early in the morning recent -- we can see patchy fog. at the end of the afternoon we should warm nicely. to the mid 60's saturday, introducing a few more clouds in the mix. some spotty showers.

probably later towards the evening. keep the umbrella handy. enjoy the nice, mild weather in the low 60's. looking beyond sunday, it looks like a day where will have rain. not a ton. it will be good for shopping over the next couple of days. i will show you temperatures are a little bit cooler in the first half of next week for sure. and of the never start to slip back briefly. the best shot at rain will be tuesday, tuesday night and into wednesday and then driving back up for the second half of next week. kimberly: i can't believe you're hanging onto the 60's. a thief uses sleight-of-hand and a big fat pillow to swipe thousands of dollars in goods. what police say finally got him caught ahead. the actions of virginia lawmakers taking to stop predatory towing. kimberly: tonight, it's a night

for laughs. it starts with the muppets at 8:00 in that leads up to abc 7 news

kimberly: the i-team getting action after trouble some of the main encountered during black friday shopping. it is predatory towing. horace: a lawmaker is trying to

crack down on it after seeing and i keep story last spring. reporter: partake is no problem of thanksgiving. all the street parking is available at -- but tomorrow it will be a different story. if you don't read the signs your car could be gone in a flash. although a new bill introduced in virginia may make it tougher to hold your car away. charley is not a hollywood icon but he didn't start his own version of "gone in 60 seconds." >> it feels so wrong. reporter: we first met him last winter after he was towed from this arlington lot. >> you would not think you could park, go in and say where in a parking your car would be gone. reporter: armed with hidden cameras we saw it happen again and again. seconds with the help of spotters. >> their tactics are not

acceptable. they are borderline legal and people need to be paying attention. reporter: for gender delegate k cori was paying attention. she decided to take a stand. >> here is a legislation. reporter: yesterday she filed a bill to crack down on predatory towing. her proposal says you cannot be towed from a private lot unless the owner of the private property is there to sign off. >> i things will make people think twice and slow down the number of cars that are towed away. reporter: and slowing down the time is all charlie wants. he does it will still happen. he just says that they give it is fair that a car can be towed in the moment to take to ask a question. >> they are not looking at as though i'm a customer. the business is the customer. as long as the business gives them free reign they are set. reporter: they admit that this is is probably would not like her parking plan and she does it

could be tough to pass. she could also get support a cracking that a predatory towing from congress. coming up, i will tell you what is happening on the hill to protect you. joce sterman, abc 7 news. kimberly: still ahead, the lucky -- that set to turkey free -- two turkey's free. horace: of man gives a lift home with the vape i am a car. reporter: could you managed to steal a box the size of $11,000 in stolen goods? the story of amanda police say did just that. -- a man police say did just that. 's staple forores god, her children, her grandchildren, a great grandchildren. "thank you

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>> you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00, on your side. stores across our area are in full swing of thanksgiving day shopping deals. doors open at meijer stores, including best buy into his arrest about 30 minutes ago. we will get a live report and just about 30 minutes. police say one man's attempts to get himself a five finger discount has landed him in jail. only on 7, kevin lewis shows us

how the scheme worked. reporter: could you stuff $11,000 worth of cosco products in one cardboard box? >> beside a lot of hard drives comes speakers. >> i'm stunned. reporter: police say this man did just that. stuffingheard of box but that's another level i guess of stealing. reporter: witherspoon entered the cosco where he grabbed a big box holding a car seat. be emptied the box in which shopping, placing items like professional speakers, a lot of computer hard drives and digital cameras inside. then went so far as to take cosco pillows and place them inside the box to muffle the sound of all those loose items. the cosco cashier was none the wiser. >> the total value of $11,093?

that is somebody's wage and then some. reporter: when managers found the abandoned car seat they reviewed security video and called police. weatherspoon sold much of his loot in silver spring. >> that is amazing. reporter: he had been living in this northwest recovery home. we conceal the identity of the man who answered the front door today. >> he no longer lives here. he resided here but no longer lives here. reporter: weatherspoon is finished his thanksgiving at the montgomery county lockup, facing a felony theft charge. is alleged trick foiled just before black friday. kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: pretty tricky. thanksgiving is a kind of a thankful and to serve those in need. that is what employees and volunteers did this afternoon. the restaurant, bookstore and mounted theater opened its store

on 14th street in northwest washington to feed the homeless. mayor muriel bowser talk to folks there. horace: an act of kindness for a total stranger goes far beyond a ride home for a utah man. robert forward is a high school custodian. every day he takes the bus to and from work, about two hours each way. after missing the last bus, couple he never met offered him a ride. when they heard his story, they decided the right is not enough. they started a gofundme page and got friends to help donate and then bought him a car. >> i got emotional. i cried like a boob. i never had a gift like that in my life. >> we felt he was deserving of something. >> you want him to feel like you can succeed and that he can provide for himself and support

himself. horace: it really is quite a gift. he found the car at an auction into the repair work himself. fodrd's to be is now about half an hour. kimberly: a man draped in an american flag and carrying an envelope jumped over the white house fence this afternoon. he was immediately taken into custody on the north lawn by the secret service. they are investigating a piece of paper the man appeared to leave on the lawn. yes a parked his vehicle nearby. the white house went on lock down with the president and first family all inside for thanksgiving. horace: some of you are just now sitting down to dinner in late -- and thank you for letting us join you. of are relied to start black friday shopping. others are closed or open early tomorrow. new information about the scare on a spirit airlines flight.

passengers were taken of the chicago-bound flight after a woman thought one received a text with the word "dynamite." they found no evidence of such a text. horace: pope francis held a massive canyon today -- mass in kenya today. ♪ horace: tomorrow he is scheduled to visit a slum that is home to some of the poorest people in kenya. he will speak with an irish nun that helped 300,000 of nairobi's poorest children. kimberly: the new workout aimed at making it fun to stay in shape. horace: the lucky bounce that allowed to turkey's to wiggle out of becoming thanksgiving dinner. kimberly: football and thanks giving go hand-in-hand. we will take you to the traditional turkey bowl to tell on big. big -- who w

horace: lawrence's cycle for his wife, getting into culinary school and being alive.

steve: tomorrow's weather -- brian: a little bit of fog in the morning. low to mid 60's for highs. partly cloudy skies in mild conditions. weekend we will start mild on saturday. temperatures in the 60 degree range. there could be a spotty showers or two. they could be a spotty showers. same kind of deal on sunday. if you spotty showers here and there. temperatures back into the 50's.

we keep those images for early next week. i want to talk about travel on sunday. we could see some spotty showers around here. from st. louis to the south is for the best chances of rain. a lot of the big cities, chicago, minneapolis will be dry with sunshine. dry in atlanta and out in los angeles and san francisco as well. travel hopefully not majorly impacted. they could be a few spots down your dallas and st. louis. we will talk more

horace: and unlikely escape saves to young turkeys from becoming thanksgiving dinner. out asy: what played police braced to run of turkeys on a wisconsin freeway. >> one turkey was pretty compliant and followed commands to get into the crate. the other turkey fled on foot. reporter: to turkeys fell off the back of a truck. >> they made a break for it. reporter: to track down the tricky toms they called it reinforcements. >> they do not teach us how to capture domesticated turkeys when they are running around on the highway. reporter: for 15 minutes they

were chased and corralled until back in the cage . >> they are just kids. they found themselves in an interesting situation. toorter: they been traveling meet her on finally -- untimely fate on it dinner table. >> i would assume they are heading back to slaughter. they have thanksgiving at a whole different way that a lot of other different turkeys. reporter: they are recovering with the raptor education group. the two lucky turkeys without live the rest of their lives eating instead of being the. -- eaten. kimberly: did she really just say that? horace: coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, a man loses his home in a freak accident. why he is still giving thanks tonight. kimberly: serving others on a daily basis. house and first responders are being honored with a "scandal

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kimberly: new information on the breaking news in the white house. the secret service identified the man accused of scaling the white house fence as joseph caputo. he was straight and an american flag when he jumped to the fence at 3:00 this afternoon. charges against him are pending. much more on this in just a few minutes on abc 7 news at 6:00. horace: many americans have to work on thanksgiving and with heightened security measures here in washington there is no break for local first responders. as mike carter-conneen reports they still enjoyed a feast fit for pilgrim. reporter: a thanksgiving

tradition. they served five star meals to d.c.'s finest. >> thanksgiving those they can't be with their families during, it's important they have the experience and it's an opportunity for us to thank them for what they do for us. reporter: it was the 16th annual event where friends feel more like family. >> this is something i'm very appreciative of. i try to do my best to show that appreciation. reporter: is always served with fine linens, silver in china -- of china. >> it's gorgeous. reporter: hotel staff and their families rolled up their sleeves and rolled up the west -- welcome backs -- mats. >> we had just one order to go. 350 here ino about about 150 to go. reporter: they have been

prepping since sunday. they had made hundreds of pies for the first responders and hotel guests. >> may be 300 pies altogether. pecan, pocket and apple. reporter: while they are grateful for a warm meal, more than anything they appreciate the warm welcome. mike carter-conneen, abc 7 news. horace: the troops overseas were not left out this "scandal. the department of defense -- not left out this thanksgiving. according to the dod they shipped out about 52,000 pounds of turkey to bases across the world. some of the troops even got a special holiday wish and a call from president obama. kimberly: one of the most recognizable landmarks is closing, at least temporarily. the national louisiana of the marine corps will close for three months at the beginning of the year.

that is to allow time to install two vintage aircraft. it is also undergoing an extensive renovation and it should reopen at the end of march. time for a check on i-95 in other area roads. how is it looking? jamie: we are seeing very light volume. this is right at the wilson bridge. hour, not a this holiday bbc bumper-to-bumper traffic. it is very light. we had an earlier crash on the capital beltway. that is god. it was near branch avenue. getting ready to leave the house and going to have dessert and the in-laws are grandma and andpa's house, no problem. 49 miles per hour on the gw parkway. we are clear on the inner loop and outer loop. quiet ride. we have nothing to worry about as far as troubles through montgomery county. we are clear on the top side of the beltway.

95 as well as the washington parkway. pretty good getting up towards baltimore. 21 minutes it will take you from the capital beltway continuing closer to clarksburg. no issues right now. that is a look at traffic. back to you. ,imberly: fantasy and fitness the two joining together to greet a popular new workout trend. is called mermaid fitness. it's the creation of a fitness instructor and english professor at delta college in michigan. swimming, yoga, pilates, weight training, and the mermaid slim. -- swim. >> i've heard a lot of people say i feel so powerful. that is what it heard when they put it on for the first time. physically, i'm getting a lot of benefit. i'm working muscles i have not worked in a long time. kimberly: jodi already expand

the number of classes she offers. look. good horace: not for men i guess. kimberly: you can try it. their armor meant -- there are men. brian: i did not know about mermen. it is beautiful. we are still in the upper 50's. are average temperature is 53-54. 55 it falls church. herndon at 54. waldorf and 58. all of us feeling warmth to the west. a lot of spots are still on a very comfortable side. temperatures in the 50's and 40's. a little bit of patchy fog

tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon should be gorgeous. the weather in the we will keep it dry and wild. south of the carolinas, west towards charleston or columbus, things should be good to go. our next chance of moisture roles in for the weekend. it's very isolated shower chances on saturday and sunday. temperatures will be dropping from 60 to 50's on sunday. cool early next week for the best shot is probably late next tuesday and wednesday. temperatures like these, not too many complaints. kimberly: about a lot of people are playing football outside today. robert: unfortunately, one was playing this afternoon. that is for the redskins. erin: they lost a major piece of their defense. chris culliver, the quarterback is done for the season after retort of this eighth d.l. -- acl and mcl in practice.

on this thanksgiving, they hope he has a speedy recovery. practice was over early today to give the players and coaches home. >> pot roast on thanksgiving. whatever my mom puts in front of me. >> i'm fickle for a lot of stuff. -- i'm thankful for a lot of stuff. the good food my wife learned to cook it doesn't burn nothing up. kimberly: this is a big day for the redskins even though they are not playing. eagles were an accident gets the lion's. they are a mess right now. no sam bradford in this one. five touchdown passes the calvin johnson. the eagles looked horrible as big.ions win

d.c. mayor muriel bowser in the house for the turkey bowl. was all wilson. was the m.v.p.. yes, that was a catch. and then right there the past to david armstrong. wilson in a blowout, 40-24. -peet.et the three >> we had in our mindset. we got that too championships. back-to-back champions. they counted us out so we prove to everybody. kimberly: i'm sure they are enjoying their thanksgiving meal right now.

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horace: a washington state man says he is evidence that the thanksgiving spirit is alive and well. stormly: they wind and destroyed is somebody's getting back on his feet with help from strangers. >> got a letter memories here. reporter: when he returned from the movies last tuesday night he came home to this. >> not even level ground. reporter: to hemlock trees blew over a heavy winds, crushing the cavities had since 1972. it took a whole second floor? >> i was glad it was not there. reporter: if you did inside, he would not be here.

everything he owned was in here? >> yes, sir. reporter: he has survived a brain tumor, floods, landslides but this is devastating. >> when you have flooding in wind, i usually come back to a lot of cleanup. not something like this. reporter: on disability with their homeowners insurance or electricity, and about -- in the mountains. >> i have not had he for weeks. up a gofundmeut page, not asking for $50,000 to rebuild the $5,000 just for the necessities and a working generator to keep warm. >> i didn't think anything would happen. reporter: in four daisy is nearly reached his goal. >> definitely renewed my faith in human spirit. i'm humbled by it. this whole cap and is all i got. got.bin is all i

>> this kind of holiday is a good day even though this is happened. i feel really fortunate. kimberly: that generosity has not stopped. another $1000 in donations has poured in. some are done with the food and onto the shopping. we are live with the black friday frenzy starting early. horace: parking at malls to be toughened up. our team is investigated predatory towing. kimberly: unrest in chicago with plans for more protests. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. horace: the rush is on. black friday shopping starting now. we are seeing crowds lined up

for the big deals. kimberly: one of the most popular places is toys "r" us. tom is live at the gaithersburg location with the early birds. what are the hot items? reporter: one of them is right up to my left. lego never goes out of style. is hot it again this year. we also have a very nice lady over here who is a big surprise. i don't know if you can get it, but her big gift is down here. i would be giving away a surprise that you know what it is. what is this? roazer scooter. reporter: she gets to play with this as early as tomorrow. she is fairly -- very excited. this is video of the last hour since they opened. i have talked to one couple who said they saved $700 by coming here today.

they said it was worth coming here at 5:00 on thanksgiving. talked to another lady who bought more stuff. she said she said a lot of money as well. have much do you think he said? >> probably a couple of hundred dollars for sure. the price all this stuff before the black friday specials. it would be at least $200 more. and it only took us 30 minutes. reporter: we are pulling out all the stops. this is a two camera shoot. this is a section where people have been piling up a lot of items. it is busy throughout this entire place and we are more folks in my section. another hot item. i have seen silly people grabbing this. the nerf part is traditional. it's a new nerf gun that is all the rage this year. i have seen so many people buying it. a lot of the traditional toys are still popular this year.