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perry failed to make the presidential primary ballot. he fell short of the 10,000 signatures of registered voters. his campaign says it will review the facts. volunteers at virginia g.o.p. headquarters in richmond are assessing the signatures submitted by newt gingrich. virginia's primary is on march 6th which is supertuesday. in cuba, 2900 prisoners have been granted am necessary city but a man from maryland is not one of them. he is held on spying charges. he was arrested in 2009 working as a government contractor. cuba accused him of spy bug he said he was there to help the jewish community. good evening on this friday night. >> unless you are in line for a new pair of air jordan sneakers things are going smoothly. this is a look at i-95 in

virginia. remember where you were tonight people is it not only moving but is it movely swiftly and has been for much of the day. the airports are running smoothly with temperatures mild. the skies are clear. the d.c. area fliers are not seeing long delays or cancelled flights. the crowds were at the smalls and shopping centers have extended hours now. there are discounts at the stores and shoppers have been fighting the crowds there. jackie bensen is in tyson's corner the epicenter. >> reporter: is it a few minutes after 11:00 and not only are people inside the store they are still arriving. >> christmas just popped up. >> reporter: a lot of shoppers say that because the christmas holiday is on a weekend they found themselves doing more at the last minute. >> do you usually wait for this close to christmas? >> is it his fault. >> it is my fault.

it is just the way it worked out this year. >> reporter: buoy town center was busy. >> it has been an experience out here really, the crowds but it's been nice. >> reporter: there was not an empty parking space to be found even in the remote lots but costumes say there were empty spaces on store shelves. retailers expected people to do less buying and the opposite occurred. >> everything is gone. yes. yes. everything is gone. >> reporter: this macy's store opened 24 hours until christmas eve. back to you. >> thank you, jackie. nike says is it concerned by the chaos surrounding the launch of air jordan sneakers and crowd safety has to be the number one priority. from fights to crowds to near riots the shoes created chaos.

>> reporter: mad dashes across the country on friday. the crush of the crowd in indianapolis so strong it knocked a door off injudges and shoppers to the floor. >> i tripped over the girl that fell. i jumped over them and kept running. >> reporter: the band known yum for a pair of these air jordan 11 basketball shoes. >> we just ran in there when they opened the door and everybody was going to every store. >> reporter: scenes were similar at two other malls around indianapolis. near seattle police used pepper spray when things went beyond unruly. >> a fight was caused. but everybody was trying to stop the fight and they start spraying. >> a surprise given how docile some were at other stores in seattle. >> i will get three pair for myself and wear one and put two up for a few years. >> reporter: sales of the

sneakers in san francisco were suspended after someone fired a gun into the air rattling a crowd of shoppers. the crowd outside the store in maryland had grown to 500 before sunrise. the retros are reissues of the ones that debuted in 1959. wore by michael jordan. today they are instant collectibles commanding develop dollar. >> the highest i have seen is 600. >> how much did you pay? >> 200. >> they retail for $180, a price for some that's far exceeded in value. chris clackum, nbc news. 500 people lined up at westfield annapolis before the mall opened this morning. the crowd was out of hand at pentagon city. security had to limit how many people went in and out of the

mall at the time. many people waiting in line are trying to get the shoes to resell them. they are going for up to $550 online in our area. 'tis the season for holiday lights. one neighborhood in fairfax county is exuberant. most of the show on two houses. shomari stone looks at the dueling displays. >> reporter: this is a friendly competition between neighbors. let's get ready to rumble. ♪ tim smith and randy depew face off. their christmas decorated homes brighton the holiday spirit for thousands of families. tim's house has a santa theme with eight santas, more than 30,000 lights, 15 inflatables a nativity scene and a flamingo.

>> we found it and put it up in the tree. and the neighbor doesn't really like the flamingo. zblth. >> reporter: randy sync niced his lights to a song with a nutcracker, wreaths and presents that open and close. >> i turn on the radio and just watch it. >> you can see the people lining up to take a look. we ask which one they prefer? >> that one. >> the one with the santas? >> yes. >> i like the one with the lights. >> the music all the way. >> gentlemen i sampled 30 people and most adults preferred your house two to one. but most kids preferred your house, tim. so i guess we'll call it even. how does that make you feel? >> fantastic. mine is fun and his is for more the adults. >> so everyone can have fun.

both men say they will keep their lights up until new year's day. happy holidays. back to you. >> all right, santa. thank you. good stuff. >> thank you. merry christmas. outside tonight the temperatures are starting to feel a little bit more like december. that flamingo was probably comfortable, doug. >> yeah, considering some areas started off in the 60s. 66 in the river at 4:00 this morning. 61 in cambridge. 53 in washington at 11:00 this morning. but we also hit 52 at 3:00 in the afternoon. and temperatures on the mild side but i don't think we'll see numbers like this until the middle of next week. we'll see the temperatures cooling down over the next couple days. i'll show you how cool things get tonight and what you wake up to on christmas morning. >> thanks, doug. a fire started in a trash

can for forced someone to jump out of a second story window tonight. it started at 9:00 and started -- after starting in a trash can the flames quickly spread down a hall. the person who jumped was taken to the hospital with broken bones. five others were treated for smoke inhalation. a suspected pipe bomb forced the evacuation of a neighborhood in virginia this evening. on manning square an in a townhouse community a bomb squad took it somewhere to be destroyed. the investigation continues. police and a stunned neighborhood are pleading for information about the beating of a 70-year-old woman that happened inside her home in capital heights last night. the intruder broke through a window. the victim was left unconscious on the floor with a broken nose and eye socket. she called 911 after crawling to the phone. it's not yet clear what was

taken from her house. reprehensible is the word that d.c. schools chancellor is using to describe a brawl involving cardoza high school's basketball team. this video was taken on wednesday night at a basketball game. witnesses say players and fans ran on to the court exchanging punches. today henderson wondered why the adults department step in to stop this brawl. >> it is disappointing when to watch children engage in that level of violence. >> children are going to fight, right? sometimes things jump off. but our inability to stop that quickly was very disturbing. >> both teams are expected to be punished after investigations by school officials. a private plane had to make an emergency landing near myrtle beach, south carolina. the plane had a difficult path

off the beach. a massachusetts woman says she had cupcakes taken from her by airport security as she tried to board a flight this week coming home from vegas. it was a gift from a friend packaged in a jar. the tsa agent said it was the frosting that made him suspicious because it was a gel-like substance that conformed to a container's shape. >> i feel there was no doubt in his mind this was a cupcake but he was being very technical about things. obviously he knew it was not a terrorist threat. >> the tsa is reviewing the case. but the rule allows for cakes, pies and cupcakes to go through check points unharmed. a scare for the royal family. prince philip had emergency heart surgery. he was taken to the hospital after suffering chest points. he is 90 years old and had a

stent implanted to open a blocked artery. is it not clear if he had a heart attack. he will be in the hospital for a brief recovery. the french government announced will the pay for the removal of 30,000 breast implants. the country determined that the p.i.p. implants using industrial silicone are more prone to rupture but they did not find a link between the implants and nine cases of cancer. the ceo of the company is on interpol's most-wanted list. he is wanted for crimes involving life and health. still ahead tonight, some of the country's biggest grocery store pull baby formula off store shelves. a long trip home from afghanistan is made sweeter by what is waiting in the hangar. if

more national chains are joining wal-mart in pulling a possibly tainted batch of faeb formula off store shelves. it is labeled n for newborns in a light blue container. a ten-day-old baby died from an infection that is found in dried milk and formula. walgreens, safeway and supervalue also pulled the formula. 200 members of the d.c. air national guard returned home today. members of the 113th wing were reunited at andrews air force base with their loved ones. all they wanted for the holiday

was to make it home. >> it is one of the best gifts. i am grateful. my children wanted their dad home for christmas. that is one thing they asked for. >> some families will take it easy and enjoy quiet time and others will have a lot of people over to celebrate their return and the holiday. new york city banned holiday decorations at transportation terminals so one manmade a walking christmas tree costume and now wanders around the staten island ferry terminal spreading unconventional holiday cheer. >> political correctness gone crazy where christmas decorations are offensive or unsafe or whatever you want to call it. it is this agenda that is trying to destroy everything that is traditional about america.

>> you have to love new yorkers. the mayor says that the ban was implemented after people sued the city over previous decorations. >> it is interesting hearing that coming from a christmas tree. good for him for being adamant about his believes. >> no matter how grouchy you are, you see a walking christmas tree. >> you have to smile. >> and it's a good-looking tree. >> and a thoughtful tree. >> at that. >> how is our christmas weather looking? >> i don't think it can look much better. you can get into the 20s like a couple years ago and into the 60s like we have been a couple years ago. this year kind of in the middle but hedging warmer. across the area right now is it a nice night but is it on the cool side. cool enough to i think get more in the christmas spirit. a lot of people saying needs to

be colder and the other half saying wait a second on the cold air. the cold air may wait two weeks to get here. today's high was 53 around 11:00 this morning. the afternoon high was 52 degrees. nine of the last 11 days have been at or above 50. that is amazing for month of december and as of right now we would be the seventh warmest december ever. but we will get cooler. 45 right now under the partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. the cloud cover will help to keep the temperatures up. but with the wind we will cool down a bit. 39 in gaithersburg. 43 in lees burg. 38 in la plata and 40 in honeytown. hello to my family and friends down there. some 4 doppler radar showing not much in our area. interesting things up here.

if this is hit the ground it could be a flurry in the panhandle of west virginia. that frontal boundary will cool us down tomorrow. look at the nation. denver all clear. down in florida just a few showers. there are no big storms anywhere. this is the biggest storm that could produce snow in new mexico but it's i doubt any of you are going to new mexico tomorrow. maybe you are. satellite and radar showing clouds moving in. we will continue to see the clouds through the day tomorrow. future weather showing that wind switching around during the day tomorrow out of the north. a cool day but on sunday christmas the wind shifts to give us warmer air. the temperatures around 50 degrees and a nice afternoon. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, a school start, 26 to 36 degrees. we will see temperatures on the warm side at least above average. 50 on sunday on christmas.

46 on monday. 51 on tuesday. that's our next best chance of rain as santa flies by, the temperatures will be brought down in the middle of the week with temperatures in the upper 40s. but right now just about all the days are above average. >> looking good. thank you, doug. still ahead in sports the [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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at least it was exciting. >> it was an exciting loss? >> a loss is never exciting. >> it was exciting leading up to the loss. >> they made it interesting. the capitals have more wins against the devils than any other team in franchise history. you be this season the devils have dominated. the caps played possessed in the third piod but washington loses in a shootout. here are the heros of the third period. down 3-0 in the third the caps rallied and the caps get on the board. see it again. great pass, great play by like. it's his eighth goal of the season. later still down 3-1. caps on the offensive. stuffing it past brodeur. right through the pads of brodeur and it's a one-goal game. let's than two minutes to play,

semin gets the puck, wheels around, fires on net. rebound in front. and that's the equalizer. a 12th and 13th goals. pumped. we go to overtime and a shootout. ovechkin trying to tie it up. but brodeur makes a great glove save. if this scores it's over and he does. the devils down the caps 4-3. new jersey's two wins this season against the caps have both been decided by a shootout. up next the caps are on the road against buffalo on monday. maryland sophomore guard howard making his season debut against radford. howard was expected to miss at least 10 to the 12 weeks be you the terps receiving an early christmas present. howard not if the starting

line-up but he provided a spark off the bench. the terps trail. howard buries it. he add 7 points in his season debut. tied at 39 at the break sharing is caring. he had a career high 17 points. under two minutes to play leading by four. a huge bucket. two of his 15 points in the game. maryland wins 65-60. the terps have improved their record to 7-3. here's what the head coach had to say after the game. when. >> when you add him it's like we're starting over. it's a guessing game but we played with poise. we executed down the stretch. it's a good win. >> it was real good. it gave the team more

confidence. everybody had confidence tonight. we just wanted to get the win and we did. >> it felt great to be out there. the timing was off. it felt great in practice. but it was the first game and i kind of expected it. i got a little frustrated but i was happy to be out there with the guys. >> next up a home game against albany on wednesday. george mason wins tonight. ryan pearson went for a game-high 25 points and 10 rebounds. george mason improves to 8-4. tomorrow it's the redskins and the vikings. 1:00 christmas eve day game. the redskins trying to put back-to-back wins together for the second time this season. >> and they're favored to win. >>

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let the holiday begin. president obama is enjoying the weather in hawaii. air force one landed a few minutes ago. the president joins the first family for holiday vacation. several families will have a brighter christmas thanks to the work of an nfl player phil internship taylor. his focus was on low-income families. he treated 100 people to a holiday party at richard wright charter public school in northeast. the families got toys and gifts.

taylor told us why he started the foundation? >> to give back to the community. a lot of the guys who played ball gave back to the community. >> reporter: the foundation aims to encourage young people to become responsible leaders. that's our broadcast. the tonight show is next. have a wonderful h

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