. the race for black friday deals is already on and if you were hoping to be first in line, you may already be too late. >> we have to sit and suffer. >> is it worth it? >> yeah, absolutely, it's a good time. >> reporter: last year these guys spent 4 days for black friday deals. >> last year we got good deals. >> reporter: black friday expected to be a big money maker. >> around 29% of adults tell us they are going to be shopping

on black friday. that's a big number. >> retailers project netting 10% of their november sales on friday alone. here at townsend, 32 stores, including macy's will open at midnight on thursday. >> we actually have a lot of stores opening, and there's 10 to 15% off. >> whatever we can grab we're going to get it. >> i have an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old and they both want electronics. >> reporter: with christmas lists getting longer. >> a drag on and a samurai power ranger and one more thing. >> reporter: the need for deals is even stronger. some of the earliest store openings, toys r us will open at 9:00 tomorrow night, wal- mart opens an hour later at

10:00. okay. thank you, megan. many other big buck stores like target and best buy will open at midnight. marylanders on crowded. >> the lines at busy southwest terminal were long and the fort mchenry tunnel the lines were long, too. no day is as packed for thanksgiving travel as this one. it was enough to make some scream. but others took it all in stride. >> they got bumped from two flights and the third one a was a charm. >> it's good to be home. i think everybody does the gauntlet in order to be home with the family. >> we work very hard throughout the year to plan and prepare for this thanksgiving travel. >> reporter: the busiest day was not without frustrations,

though. big airport delays in nearby philly. gas prices are still higher and a strong storm system brought rain into the pacific northwest and there was snow and ice, too, but none here where proud papa pat o'neal couldn't wait to welcome his daughter home. >> she may not act like she wants to be home but i think she really does. >> reporter: ready for a smooth trip and this reunion. >> i'm ready to go back. >> reporter: sunday is the busiest day to travel back and the maryland travel authority has extended all construction projects through the middle of next week. at the belt way and 83. and a company is being blamed for this gooey mess on the pennsylvania turnpike. it got stuck on hundreds of

cars. the tar like liquid leaked out of a truck that belongs to a company in stevensville. a terrifying crash sends a group of girl basketball players. a drunk driver is to blame and it is not his first offense. wjz is live. kai has the student's harrowing story. >> reporter: the man police say caused the accident has a criminal past. a frightening accident as a school bus runs off the road. on that bus the girl's basketball team from great mills high. >> we are merging into the car and i closed my eyes and i felt bumping and we were in the dark and everybody was scared. >> reporter: maryland state police say it happened at 9:23 tuesday night. he went through a stop sign. as he did they say the -- hit a

ford fusion propelling the ford into the bus. the back of the bus was left dangling in the air. >> we had 33 individuals on the bus, 23 students. >> reporter: the occupants of the bus were treated as a local hospital and recented. the two occupants of the car including a 13-year-old girl were hospitalized. a registered sex offender. >> our students were put in harm's way as a result of irresponsible activity. >> reporter: the school district says the maneuvering from the bus driver was heroic. >> the basketball team canceled practice today and will resume work outs on monday. a man kills a man armed with knives. she says when he refused to put

down two large knives as ordered she shot him. he died at the hospital a few hours later. the officer was not hurt. she is on desk duty while officers investigate. breaking news in arizona. a plane crashes into mountains outside phoenix. witnesses say they saw a fire ball and explosion when the plane slammed into the super decision unmountains. rescuers are searching for survivors. the penn state sex scandal, two more boys have come forward claiming jerry sandusky abused them. one of the victims is related to the former penn state assistant football coach but he insists there's no truth to either accusation. he's due back in court next month. dozens die in the violent

clashes between police and protesters in egypt. surged into the square for the 5 5th straight day. caught in the chaos are 3 american students who have been arrested, including one from georgetown university. reaction from the campus. >> as students here at georgetown leave for the long weekend many have derrick sweeney on their mind. he was on a semester abroad program. now he's being held by egyptian police who released this video of sweeney and two other americans all three taking part in violent protests and throwing moll a tile cocktails at police. sweeney's mother said her son called her today to tell her

he's okay and didn't do what he's excused of. >> i asked him if he threw something off a roof. he said no, we didn't. >> reporter: many concerned for sweeney's safety. >> he's one of our students that's over there and i don't know. hopefully he's safe and hopefully he's getting due process. >> i'm terribly worried about him. it must be a. >> it makes me a little bit nervous for his safety knowing it's very unstable right now. >> no comment from georgetown university only releasing a statement saying they are in touch with officials in egypt. late today an egyptian official announced the students

it is 45 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the forecast is coming up. rains in italy trigger

mudslides. the wall of mud and debris has buried homes and cars as they try to get two people who are stranded. several bridges and road ways have also been washed out. a landlord is arrested for measures he took to get rid of a tenant. he drove a forklift into the home. the tenant pleaded with him to stop. he is now charged with attempted murder. the leader of a break away amish group of charged with -- the fbi says -- ordered the cutting of the beards and hair of amish men. mullin is also accused of making some members sleep in chicken coops and forcing married women to have sex with

him. have received hundreds of calls. if convicted the 7 men face up to 10 years in prison. a narrow escape for a couple driving along the oregon coast. were on their way to the super market as a violent storm came ashore. a branch came through their sunroof. according to jane it happened to fast there was no time to be scared. >> you could have died right then. it's just like, you're really stunned. you don't really realize what almost happened. >> reporter: while no one was injured by the falling tree branch, it did destroy the car. the couple said from now on they will avoid that part of the highway. many people flying this holiday have the extra expense of bag fees. introducing a bill that would allow each driver to have one free checked bag. he said that would less en the

number of carry on bags and streamline the security process. also mandate all luggage fees be exposed in advance. a couple by sasha and malia, the turkeys are named liberty and peace. they will be part of the christmas at mount vernon program. well, it is beginning to look a lot like christmas here in baltimore. the largest holiday themed festival is about to kick off. mary bubala. >> it is a 3 day extravaganza, there are toy train cars, all the fun and activity supports the kennedy institute and it's become an after thanksgiving tradition. >> everyone knows they are going to festival and some

people are here for the whole day. >> reporter: some of boston's most talented designers. >> also part of the festival of trees hand crafted ginger bread houses. >> offering three crafted. there is the house of denise and vic and don and marty. all to help raise money for kennedy craiger. say the public has been so generous. >> in the last 22 years it's raised over $12 million. >> reporter: all are for sale during the entire festival, mary bubala. and the kennedy craiger institute of trees begins this friday. it runs through sunday as port of our community commitment, wjz is once again a sponsor of the event. we are focusing on tomorrow and the next several days.

>> it is going to be really spectacular. compared to how bad it's been the last couple of days. take a look at temps right now. has cleared out nicely and cooled down. where it should be, 45. northwest winds at 6. they have really calmed down. on the way back up. right now freezing, 32 in oakland, some snow showers this morning by the way. 46 ocean city and the warm spot 48 down at pax river. they were close to 70 this morning. wind shifted the rain moved out and things have cleared out. generally from the low to mid- 40s and kent island down by the bay. winds down. now dead calm. we'll have later winds overnight. not a big deal tomorrow. so we won't be dealing with a lot of strong winds.

temperatures tomorrow will be higher than the last day or so. mid to upper 50s. showers and storms all this morning moved off the east coast. did slow things down quite a bit this morning. snow across north new england. some areas in maine got 6 to 8 inches. all the rain has moved off. a lot of this is what we call ground clutter, not precipitation, that's all off to the east. we've cleared off nicely. just a few clouds here. generally clear, beautiful conditions, pleas amount, high -- pleasant. going to move back to the west coast. moving in under those winds. sunday pleasant but sunday night another some coming in from the west. more showers it looks like on monday. tomorrow, bright, sunny, milder conditions, just a really nice day coming up.

winds 5 to 10 knots on the bay tonight until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. the bay temp around 52 degrees. 34 by morning with the lighter winds. upper 50s, sunny, very pleasant afternoon, just a beautiful day. 60 on friday with sunshine. 66 saturday. whoa, 64, maybe some evening showers on monday. cooling down to 55 degrees. have a great safe thanksgiving, denise. 66 on saturday, wow. check in with don scott and marty bass tomorrow beginning at 5:50 a.m. less than 24 hours before the ravens take the field, including an injury update next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, the 49ers are on their way pretty soon. >> they are here. >> oh, they are here. well, hello, welcome. >> now we've got some football. tomorrow the official injury report has ray lewis listed as questionable for tomorrow night. that means a 50/50 chance he may play against the 49ers. he missed the game against cincinnati because of his injury. a number of ravens is up in the air because of bumps and bruises and having little time to recover. harbaugh says san francisco has the advantage of having fewer injuries. but has been points out the disadvantage of traveling. the 9ers come to baltimore with their 9-0 record. aside from the brother angle

ravens players see this simply as an important game in their push. >> we believe that we're in it for the long haul. we believe we have what it takes to go to a super bowl. we believe that. this is a team that's in our way and that's how they are looking at us. they are sitting at 9-1. >> every game counts right now. it's november, december, and as you can clearly see, one loss put us from number 2 and put us to number 5 last year or something like that. so we definitely have to make all of them count. big game tomorrow night and a college football reminder, the tarps wrap up saturday. you can see that here on wjz. they will kick it off around 12:30. there are multiple reports that you urban meyer has agreed to

take over at -- but he says it's not true. some say he's agreed to a 7 year contract. meyer won 2 national titles at florida before he retired a year ago. preparing for a possible presidential visit saturday when takes on oregon state. president obama's brother-in- law is the oregon state head coach. michelle obama's brother has the team off to a 5-1 start. the tip off due to the possibility of security delays. now, i have spoken with craig robinson and he has had the pleasure of playing basketball at the white house but he can't say who wins. if you think there's a lot of food on your thanksgiving menu. >> coming up the incredible amount ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the holiday classic a christmas story is turned into a movie. producer for a christmas story the musical. it is already open in detroit. no plans yet to bring it to baltimore. the songs include a major reward and. it's a retirement party some 30 years in the making. is leaving his job at the age of 102. he will likely be the oldest working person in america. he started running errand's in

1936. here's a group of people you probably don't want to see around your thanksgiving table. some of the world's top professional eaters. no silverware as everyone attacked their own roast turkey. the riddenner was this -- winner was this small girl. she devoured 5 pounds of turkey in under ten minutes. >> where did it go? >> be right back. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,