live in ston. hi, doug. >> reporter: we are live for one important event. we are done with thanksgiving. that was during the day yesterday. today black friday. it's really the start of the holiday season as we head toward christmas. coming up at 6:00, they are lighting the tree here at reston town center. there's a ton of people. they are telling me they expect close to 5,000 people. it will be wall-to-wall people. you won't be able to move that much. we encourage you to come down. we have a lot of performances starting now. frosty the snowman is over there. rudolph is there. the next hour, angie is going to be here. the current temperature in reston, 38 degrees.

dulles, near the 40 degrees mark at reagan national airport. we'll talk more about the temperatures. veronica johnson will be back with me later on. go ahead and wave hi. they are waiting and on the ice rink. it's going to be a nice night out here in reston. small business saturday is less than 24 hours away. >> more than half the businesses on king street are locally owned. >> it's where we find david culver. >> david, what makes this year stand out from past years? >> reporter: aaron and erika, this year compared to last year, we have more businesses than before here in oldtown participating in small business saturday. i have gone to several stores. you are going to notice a lot of store clerks are wearing these black t-shirts. they read small is the new black. fe and sherry's oldtown store always looks a lot like christmas.

>> it's a christmas angel. >> reporter: these sisters run the shop. it used to belong to their parents. >> she's older, i'm younger. i let her think she's in charge. i make the decisions. >> it works beautifully. >> reporter: there's pressure to keep this family business alive. >> it's always been all or nothing. more than half our business is the last three months of the year. >> we have a bad year or two years, we are out of business. >> reporter: stocking up her children's boutique, lynne lee feels the same pressure. >> it's hard. we can't compete in that sense. >> reporter: this saturday, she's planning 30% sale. don't expect door busters. >> big box stores can go deep, deep discount. the thing is, maybe their mark up is higher. we can't. our mark up is not that high. >> a little bit in that section there. >> reporter: her customers get it and support it. >> i would rather help the local places trying to do something

different and trying to have a different vibe. >> it's a marketing technique, of course. also, it's nice to be able to go to streets like this where there's cute shops. >> reporter: coming up, all new tonight at 6:00, i'm going to show you how much of a community effort small business saturday is. reporting live in oldtown alexandria, david culver, news 4. >> thank you, if you are planning on shopping oldtown, getting around is easier than usual. the trolley started running at 6:00 this morning to get from the king street metro station to oldtown to shop. the trolley will run every 15 minutes and go to 10:15 tonight and it's free. we are following a developing story in montgomery county. water services should be back up and running for customers in rockville. a 12-inch main broke this

morning. 44 customers have been without water for several hours. that includes the county's animal shelter. no word on what caused the break. a sinkhole that swallow an suv in maryland has been closed up. it was caused by a water main break thursday. nearly 200 people were without water until 4:00 yesterday afternoon. crews were out this morning repairing the pipe and filling in the sinkhole. traffic is back to normal in that area. wow. 15,000 people. that's how many shoppers were in line at midnight for the opening of macy's store in new york city. that beats last year's record of 11,000. look at this. as soon as the doors open in nearby new jersey, cops had to pepper spray a man inside a

walmart store. he got into an argument with another shopper over a tv. that man is now in jail. more than a dozen stores opened at 8:00. the rest of them opened at midnight. bustling crowds in search of big bargains got their hands on deep discounts. retailers said the turnout was an encouraging sign for the season. one guy stole clothes from a kohl's store and jumped into a get away car. a second officer shot the driver. both the driver and the officer are in the hospital. two others went to jail. dozens of people protested outside this walmart in chicago on black friday. it's part of a nationwide effort organized by labor groups to convince the largest retailer to raise the salaries of its workers. in chicago, ten people, including two walmart workers

were arrested for blocking the roadway. a similar protest outside this walmart store in alexandria. nine people arrested there including one employee. their message was the same, higher wages. walmart defended the labor practices saying their pay is higher than averages. a lot of walmart workers are happy with what they make. >> reporter: shoppers weren't the only ones on verging on that walmart but protesters took to route one to make a point. some took it to an extreme. >> we want to raise awareness so people going into walmart how the workers are treated. >> reporter: the concern is how they are paid. tiffany is a customer service manager at walmart. >> $12,000 last year i made.

our cuts changing on the computer. >> reporter: these protesters are pushing for a livable wage for retail employees, at least 25,000 tla$25,000 annually. >> a worker environment that makes them proud of where they work. >> i don't have a problem with it myself. >> reporter: this walmart worker says his experience has been positive. >> walmart is one of the companies that offers great opportunities to go from the bottom to the top. it's basically up to you. >> reporter: the company says retail wages are among the highest and among the few companies that offer benefits like health and retirement plans for retail workers. it's the take home pay they were concerned with. among those arrested, a walmart employee willing to give up the freedom to get the point across. >> people were honking wanting to know what's going on. we were standing up for workers.

>> reporter: the salary protests have become a yearly event. this year, walmart's ceo weighed in. coming up, what he had to say. in alexandria, news 4. walmart released this statement, black friday is a big stage. we are not surprised that those trying to change our industry are use thg platform to get their message out. we expect some demonstrations though fewer than what critics are claiming with hardly any walmart associates. evan was 29 years old. his body was found in the water in baltimore on wednesday. they tell the baltimore sun, he died after leaving the bar with friends and walking on his own to his parked car. news 4 has been reporting on

the rise in heroin deaths in montgomery county. darcy spencer is here with more on what one mom is going to fight this problem. darcy? >> reporter: for this mom, it's personal. she lost two nephews within three months, one addicted to heroin, the other to prescription medications. she's taking the message to parents at her daughter's high school. >> it's an epidemic of the suburbs. >> she's talking about heroin. a drug that more and more young people are injecting into their vains to get a quick and dangerous high. >> don't be fooled and think it can't apply to your child. >> reporter: rachel knows the devastation of addiction firsthand. she lost two nephews, a football star and bobby, a brilliant 17-year-old took his own life with a cocktail of painkillers and rum as he was about to enter

treatment. >> the grief was so devastating. i was really, didn't function for about a year, literally. >> reporter: she says she's made it a mission to understand and educate about drug addiction. she spearheaded mandatory parent meetings in september at the high school in rockville, where her daughter is a student to warn parents. >> you have to get people there. you have to get parents willing to come. if the only way they are willing to come is to call it mandatory, then so be it. >> reporter: heroin abuse is on the rise across the country. here in montgomery county, at least 13 people died from overdosing on the drug jins june. >> if i can get to one parent to have them understand what they have at risk because you just don't want to figure this out after they are dead. or after they are already addicted. >> reporter: she says reluctant parents thanked her for her presentations. >> you could end up saving the life of your child, the life of

a neighbor, the life of a friend. it's everyone's problem. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, a local school board member and county councilman weigh in on the heroin problem and throw their support behind a change to help identify students abusing drugs. while most families are spending time together today, president obama left the white house for an unexpected visit. why he met with a special group of protesters. it is a washington tradition. a national competition to get the best smas tree at the white house. find out why the winner still wasn't good enough. and romney saves the day. one of the biggest supporters of the former presidential candidate turned into a hero in time for the holidays. veronica, how are things shaping up in the forecast? >> pretty nice. we had cold and not so cold days. next for us, a temperature

climb. i have the neighborhood forecast for the weekend and meteorologist doug kammerer is live at reston town center for

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support tonight from president and mrs. obama for immigration reformers. they met with the fasting for

families group. two of the activists have not eaten for 18 days hoping to get the senate to pass reform. earlier this month, house speaker john boehner ruled out vote for reform this year. the official christmas tree is now here. mrs. obama and her daughters welcomed the tree. the farmers who grew that tree, if you are lucky enough to have a ticket for a white house tour, you can see the tree covered in decorations. it is part of a holiday tradition that goes back decades. ♪ >> reporter: a little better than being strapped to the roof of a chevy, a horse drawn carriage arrived carrying the official white house christmas tree for 2013. first lady michelle obama followed tradition along with her daughters and puppies and

accepted the gift of the douglass fir from pennsylvania. >> the best part of the holiday season. check it out. >> reporter: presidents and fist ladies have been welcoming trees for a half century for the blue room. it became a bone fied tradition since 1966 from the reagans to the obamas. and every year, the delivery happened with much anticipation and a crowd of media with snapping cameras and microphones. this year, a moment like any american family. >> what do you think? >> love it. >> all right. >> the new jersey farm actually won this year's competition to supply the white house tree. they didn't have one large enough, so the owner asked a farm in pennsylvania for help.

mrs. obama said this year's tree will be decorated with pictures of military homecomings. a power outage impacting hundreds. mark segraves is at the live desk with details. hi, mark. >> we are working to find out the cause of the outages right now that have hundreds of families in southeast and southwest d.c. in the dark and cold. take a look at the outage map on pepco's website right now. that area, highlighted in yellow, indicates where the outages are. right now, more than 580 customers without electricity. the outages may be spreading. when we got word of the outages, the number of people affected was at 560. we'll keep an eye on it at the live desk. back to you. >> thank you. a chilly night tonight. not a great evening for something like that to happen for customers. >> no, it's not. sub freezing temperatures over the next couple days instead of the seesaw temperatures they are going in one direction. it's a direction i think you will like.

let's see what's going on. mostly clear sky. gorgeous sunset with the high clouds across the area. i'll show you where the clouds are on our satellite review as we take it back to earlier today to this afternoon around 2:00. around frederick, maryland, western maryland maryland, you know where i'm talking about. the clouds lifting to the north, heading to pennsylvania. right now, it's mostly clear. the temperature dropped under 40 degrees at reagan national. we hold in the upper 30s. by 9:00, cool. 32 to 34 degrees by 11:00 p.m. it is going to get plenty cold around here. what's going on across the area, high pressure that will be making its way through the northern portions of our area and just off the coast. we'll have an easterly wind moving in. we start tomorrow morning with a clear sky. yes, it's going to be cold. then we are going to pick up more clouds with the easterly wind for the afternoon tomorrow.

we start out mostly sunny, turn mostly cloudy late in the day. especially the areas to the northern neck and southern maryland. there's a slight chance there could be a shower around ocean city, maybe areas of the northern neck early sunday morning. we turn partly sunny by the afternoon. temperatures start out again, subfreezing in the 20s across the area. gaithersburg and leesburg, manassas, culpeper, starting autoat 22. areas along i-95, east of i-95, mid and upper 20s for a high temperature. here's a look at your highs for tomorrow. low 40s across the area. again, with a fair amount of cloud cover. i'm calling it cool. waldorf, 41 degrees for the high temperature. 42 degrees in town. your hourly forecast from 30 degrees at 7:00 a.m. to 37 by noontime with more clouds. 42 by 2:00 p.m.

tomorrow will be a cool day. i think you will like what sunday brings to the area. 47 degrees for a high temperature. we are going to see clouds making their way out of here on sunday. for monday, a few more clouds with this time, a storm system moving up the coast. 48 for a high temperature on monday. 47 for tuesday. next week, this time, if you have been missing out on the 50 degree high temperatures where you can walk around, 53 to 55 degrees for thursday and friday. look how quiet the weather pattern stays for a few days. the next best chance of rain comes with a storm system coming our way on friday. as i said, it's a great evening out there, a little bit chilly. we are on the other side of thanksgiving. time to get out and party in the holiday festivities. doug kammerer didn't waste any time at all. >> we have santa claus up there. i am so happy to be part of this. santa claus is coming out later

on to light the xas tree. this is a 23 year annual event. right now, santa's frosty follies performing. herndon friends, go hornets. i want to bring in mary with reston town center. this is a huge event for you. >> this is our biggest of the year. we start at 8:00 in the morning with the gingerman run. the little kids come out, then the parade at 11:00. it's a big deal. we had 500 participants and 15,000 people, make 20,000 because the weather was gorge. >> not bad. you said the one thing you don't want -- >> is know or rain. >> snow or rain or both at the same time. it could be the worst. last year warmer than this. this year, you were expecting quite a few people. >> between 15,000 and 20,000.

the turnout was great. the national champions from herndon's step team. >> that's right, they are right there. they were out here earlier. we are going to continue through. what do you have coming up? 6:00 the tree lighting. >> 6:00 the tree lighting. santa arrives in his sleigh with mrs. clause. we have a tradition i'm not going to tell you about. >> angie is going to be out here with us as well on stage lighting the tree. see you back here in a bit. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now we can't wait. we have the switch being thrown at 6:00. when i return, i have your travel forecast, not just for here, but across the country. aaron? >> see you then. thank you, veronica. parking restrictions kick in in time to return to work. we have a warning for drivers. mystery in a nightclub murder. we are getting new details about

one loudoun county high school boasts a unique thanksgiving day tradition. i can't wrap my mind around this. the last thing i want to do is exercise after thanksgiving. they practice. >> most schools are finished with their season by now.

jason pugh has more. >> briar woods opened. the main reason for their dominance is the quarterback. trace is a perfect 17-0 in the playoffs. he's committed to vanderbilt. up 17-3. a keeper here. he picks up 11 yards but comes up injured on the play. he's a tough kid. he gets up and carries on. later in the quarter, briar woods leads 24-10 at halftime. 27 yard hook up here. 24-17. then the end of the third, they tie up this ball game. travis fogel, a short pass. 87 yards to the house. we are tied up at 24. both teams score on their first

overtime possession after the spartans settle for a field goal. going for the win, they get it on this keeper. briar woods take it 37-24. >> i knew it was going to hurt. i only get one last chance my senior year. i'm not going to let an injury stop it. at halftime, we were talking about not to break the ball. i love these boys, they are brothers. i will fight for them any day. they are family. >> what's going to happen next year. i said i ain't worried about next year. i'm riding number 7s coat tails as far as i can. his perseverance through pain and will to win is second to none. >> still live in their quest for a fourth straight state championship. guys? >> jason, thank you. right now at 5:00, the white house is watching the clock.

>> the deadline is approaching to fix the healthcare.gov website. what's on the line if the problems linger? put the opening match of the world cup in jeopardy. one of the new pieces of video, it is dramatic, of the moment the crane collap

a fast forward through the headlines, nine protesters arrested including one walmart worker. there were similar black friday demonstrations and arrests in other cities. it's organized by labor groups demanding higher wages. crews making repairs to a 12-inch water main break. that break left 44 customers including the animal shelter without water. things should be up and running soon. president obama and mrs. obama vise sited a group fasting for immigration reform. they are trying to pressure house leaders to call a vote on the immigration bill the senate passed this summer. a young man shot and killed early this morning in prince george's county. tonight, police are trying to figure out who pulled the trigger. >> we are hearing from the victim's father who says his son

wouldn't fight with anyone. it was in an industrial park. zachary kiesch has the story. >> he was a cool guy. my son was a cool guy. >> reporter: emanuel is mourning the loss of his 23-year-old son. >> he was tall just like you. big. he didn't want to be bullied. he won't let you bully him. he would never start a fight. >> reporter: a long time employee at nbc called us when he got the news his son was killed here last night. the sign promotes a church, mountain of fire and miracle ministries. mountain hall is a banquet space that can be rented out for parties. we found a flyer for another party being promoted. he called home and talked to his parents at 12:00 last night. they wanted him to come home because they were concerned about the drunk drivers. he was chilling with friends and

would be home in the morning. at 4:50 a.m., police responded here for a shooting. nobody is talking? >> nobody is talking. >> reporter: as investigators worked throughout the day, i went door-to-door. folks at the loading docks say there are typically parties on wednesday nights that last to the morning hours until 4:30 a.m. zachary kiesch, news 4. after two deadly shootings that shook up a single apartment building in the span of four days, there is an arrest. yesterday, police in d.c. arrested 22-year-old charles young in the death of a 21-year-old. she was shot inside a complex on g street. a police officer who was investigating the death shot and killed another man who they say was armed at the building monday. a man tried to sexually assault a woman while she was taking out the trash this

morning. it happened in capitol heights. the woman told officers he approached her just before 2:00 this morning, striking her in the head. she fought him off and he ran. police are still looking for him. new developments on whether brazil will be able to host the world cup. here is a look at the deadly crane collapse. it collapsed on part of the stadium. it killed two workers on wednesday. soccer officials assessing the damage before they make a final decision on whether they can still host the world cup opener next june. we are now less than 24 hours away from the self-imposed deadline set by the obama administration for major improvements to the health care reform website. here is where we are on this friday, the 29th. they have a deadline for tomorrow, saturday the 30th. the white house said it is

expected healthcare.gov to work smoothly for most americans. kristen welker has more on what is at stake. >> reporter: it's crunch time for the obama administration. with the president's poll numbers at record lows, the need to get the website working couldn't be higher. >> they have to come through with a successful completion with a lot of the glitches they have been working on. >> reporter: the administration says over the past month, tech experts have made hundreds of improvements decreasing error rates and incruising the speed and say they are on track to have the website support 50,000 users at one time. >> if they cannot, it will be a political catastrophe that will loom the obama presidency for two to three years. >> reporter: wednesday, another setback. the administration announced they won't be able to enroll small businesses online for a year. instead, those companies will have to keep enrolling through

agents, brokers and insurers. >> of course we are disappointed in this being delayed for a year. the fact is, the small business marketplaces are up and running in every state. there's no loss in terms of what small business zs have access to. >> reporter: still, the negative headlines put the democrats on defense. >> once we get through the difficult, rocky start, it will be a successful program. >> reporter: republicans pounced with house majority leader eric cantor writing, president obama has delayed another major portion of obama care. age itselves say the president can rebound, but he's running out of time. >> they have to worry that in the second administration when you are already losing a lot of influence, everything else doesn't get drowned out by this one subject. >> that was kristen welker reporting. stay with us for updates on the health care website. you can get the late es anytime by going to

www.nbcwashington.com and search affordable care. mitt romney's son pulled four people to safety after a high speed crash. josh romney tweeted this photo of himself in the tichen of a house standing next to a car. he ran up to the car, opened the passenger door to help everybody out. nobody was seriously hurt. romney helped his father and brother save a family in a boating accident in 2007. bye bye baby is a popular shopping store. a couple shoppers had the police called on them because they wanted to pay cash. most of the hard core black friday s

one post thanksgiving event is going to the dogs in northern virginia. the cats, too, i should say. it was black fur day at the fairfax county animal shelter. it turns out, pets with dark coats take longer to be adopted. >> we have plenty of animals available. we don't have just cats and dogs. we have rabbits, guinea pigs,

hamsters. almost any pet you would find in a pet store we have here. >> it ended 40 minutes ago. there's another home for the holidays campaign. you can get 50% off adoption fees if you take home an animal by the end of the year. national recognition for a small business owner in vienna, virginia. >> take a look here. >> and the award for best florist goes to -- karen's florist morris, vienna, virginia. hey. >> the first annual steve har vi neighborhood awards announced during a taping of his show. karen's florist was named the best florist. th another winner from our area, the police chief of harbor,

patricia harmon was voted best police officer. the steve harvey show airs on nbc 4. you can see clips of all the winners on our website, www.nbcwashington.com. if you are already over the black friday shopping, there's more. we have everything you need to know before cyber monday. >> yeah, our liz crenshaw did all the work for you to help you find the best deals online. >> reporter: there will be some big changes for those of you coming bac

starting monday, the district will hand out $100

fines in one part of town if you don't park within the lines. >> in other parts of the city, there's limits to where food trucks can park. >> mark segraves has the details now, before you head back to work. >> reporter: the tracks are in and the wires are up. even the streetcars won't be running along h street northeast until next year, the fines for blacking the path start monday. you must park inside this white line or you'll get a $100 fine. while there's plenty of room for the cars and the curb, for the minnesota deliver trucks that serve the bars, restaurants and stores, it's another story. the plan is to have big trucks park on the side streets in the neighborhoods or nearby alleys. >> happy slugs. >> reporter: this business owner is happy to see the streetcars come in. >> it will be more work for the delivery guys, unfortunately.

they are going to have to walk further with all the beer and food. >> reporter: also, things change for food truck that is operate downtown. the city will reserve spaces for 95 food truck that is won this month's lottery. the spaces will be reserved. the food trucks will rotate every month depending on which trucks get picked every month in the lottery. it's a beautiful night out there. our chief meteorologist, doug kammerer will do just about anything to get close to santa claus these days. >> what do you see out there, doug? >> reporter: santa claus has security. i did not know that before i came down here. i just wanted to interview the guy. none of that is happening. we are here at reston town center, we are about to light the tree coming up at 6:00. this is the 23 rds annual event they have here. they have the parade that happens earlier in the

afternoon, around 11:00, then the christmas tree lighting. we have a couple performances. it's a beautiful, beautiful night. the christmas tree will be lit at 6:00. it will be lit by two people, santa claus and angie goff who happens to live down the street. how you doing? >> i'm doing great. this is one of my favorite events of the year. happy you could join, too. >> is it different when i hold the microphone? >> it is. >> you did a great job. down here are herndon high school students. say hello. did you know we are both herndon hornets. i was class of 2003 and she was class of 2011. back to you, veronica. i know you don't believe that. >> no, i don't. i see the gray hairs on your head, doug. that's right. uh-huh. doug did tweet he has his long johns on, too. it's cold. temperatures are now in the 30s across the area. in fact, i have been monitoring

the temperatures. here is the good night wake up forecast. 37 degrees at 9:00 this evening. that will be when everything starts wrapping up there, probably. 34 degrees. we are cool and cold by 11:00. 27 to 30 degrees is how we are going to start the day tomorrow. high clouds streaming in. the one location across the area that favors the most cloud cover is down across southern maryland where temperatures are topping out around 42 to 43 degrees. so, i'm calling it cool. sunday, the clouds will start moving out we are at 44 to 49 degrees. more sunshine expected sunday than what we'll have saturday. the travel forecast for the country right now, the only storm system that i see hitting the country this weekend, up here in the pacific northwest. when you have to get out of town, no issues, what so ever in terms of the weather. watch what happens with the temperatures as we move through the mid part of next week and the latter part of next week.

upper 40s to 50s for a high temperature. now we are on a warming trend with the next best chance of rain not until friday of next week. >> we like that trend. thank you. the black friday rush is officially behind us now. the biggest online shopping event in the u.s. is a couple days away. >> we are talking cyber monday. we have a list of dos and don'ts for online shopping. >> more than 129 million shoppers are expected to shop online cyber monday. chances are you will be at work, home, in front of your computer scouring for deals. here are the dos and don'ts. it's a sight to be seen once a year, crowds fill the stores across the country as shoppers rush to spend holiday dollars on black friday. for those who prefer to shop with the click of a mouse, cyber monday is right around the corner. in fact, half of all americans say they will shop online this

cyber monday according to neilson. if you are planning to spend, here are some dos and don'ts to get the most for your money online. our first do, do plan ahead. make a list of gifts you intend to buy. that way, you can avoid impulse purchases and focus on getting the best deals on particular items. to get the best price, dealnews.com says don't wait for cyber monday for deals on tools, hardware or appliances. the site says you will find the best deals on those this weekend instead. also, don't plan to buy electronics or tech gandgets on cyber monday. do buy clothing and shoes. deep discounts expected from hundreds of clothing and shoe retailers. don't want to get burned from cyber monday deal websites?

do visit cybermonday.com. it's promoted by the retail federation and will post hourly specials and exclusives from your favorite online retailers. don't click that purchase button without making sure the site you are shopping at is secure. check for https, "s" means secure. one more do for your cyber monday shopping. do know the return and exchange policies for any online retailer you shop. fairfax county's office of consumer protection says know how many days you have to return an item and who covers the cost of shipping in case you need to make an exchange. one more thing, if you feel like being charitable, the day after cyber monday is dubbed giving tuesday, a day to give back in the midst of the holidays. for information on giving

tuesday and cyber monday, visit us online, www.nbcwashington.com/liz crenshaw. shoppers claim the pricey shopping trip at a popular baby store ended with embarrassment. find out what happened that cause zed someone to call the cops. a young man risks his own ♪ hmm. ♪ mm-hmm.

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let's check out what toris are trending online. apple is playing different tune. this year, it's offering free gift cards with the purchase of selected gifts. if you buy an ipad today, the company is offering a free apple store gift card up to $75. walmart released best sellers for thanksgiving. they include kind of the norm, big screen tvs, apple ipad minis, laptops, microsoft x-box one, sony's play station 4 and call of duty ghosts. shoppers bought nearly 3 million towels. >> you have to have towels. >> when i wake up at 3:00 a.m., i am not thinking i need towels. 300,000 bicycles and 2 million dolls.

get that one. >> folks in houston got a nice surprise. ads for gifts from zappos.com. if your bag landed on an ad, you got the gift for free. two department stores made headlines after they were accused of racial profiling. >> questions are raised about a popular retailer in long island. >> we are talking about bye bye baby. it did not happen at a store in our region. we explain what happened in new york. >> reporter: a mecca for all things baby. first cousins claim they weren't allowed to make a purchase because of the way they look. >> was traumatized. >> humiliated. >> they tried to buy a stroller, crib and car seat for their cousins daughter. when they tried to pay in cash,

that's when they say the harassment began. >> the cashier took her counterfeit pen, checked all bills. the 100s had to be checked by a supervisor. >> she told her not to accept the money. security video bye bye baby provided shows some of the exchange. it's not clear which employee is narrating the video. >> and now the three suspects are clearing their pockets of all the counterfeit bills. >> someone else said do you have another form of payment because i feel uncomfortable with your bills. i said how? she said it doesn't meet the requirements. all of your money. all of your money. >> reporter: they say the supervisor threatened to call the police if they did not leave. >> i said i'm going to stand my ground. i don't have counterfeit money. >> reporter: after examining the bills, one officer said the bills looked good.

>> i asked for a formal apology. she said i don't have to apologize. proceeded back to the register, she said your money is still no good. >> reporter: bye bye baby denies the employees said that. they believe they were the victims of racial discrimination. there was probable cause to support the allegations saying they were discriminated while shopping. in a statement, bye bye beabl said they have zero tolerance for any form of discrimination and the allegations are still very much underreview. the company says when the incident occurred an internal memo was sent to all stores warning about an influx of realistic counterfeit 100 dollar bills. they can now sl their case heard by a judge who will make a final determination. they hope by coming forward, they can present the same from happening to others.

>> it was so humiliating, we said i don't want it to happen to anyone else anywhere else. i don't want anyone else to experience what we experienced. >> she says they were able to buy their gifts. they had to give the cash to a cousin who went back and paid with a debit card. >> we should point out, it involves a buy buy baby store in new york, not a store here in our area. right now at 6:00, water finally restored after a pipe breaks in rockville flooding streets, homes and an animal shelter. violence breaks out across the country in the holiday shopping rush. get ready for small business saturday. good evening. i'm wendy rieger sitting in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the holidays are here. thousands of us are out

celebrating. >> let's get to chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is live with the holiday tree lighting out there. it's crowded. hey, doug. >> reporter: it is crowded. you say thousands. take a look. hello everybody. now everybody is out here right now. we are waiting for santa claus. apparently, there are some delays. there are some delays with santa claus but let me assure you, these are not weather delays. the weather is fine, a little on the cool side. you can see who is up there right now emceeing the event. that is angie goff. doreen, i know you will love this. we are both herndon hornets. we are happy to be here and be part of this. this is the 23rd annual tree lighting. they are going to light the tree any minute now. hopefully, we'll bring it to you live once santa claus gets here. temperatures only in the 30s. we'll be here throughout the