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>> left overs hadn't even cooled off by the time hundreds of shoppers packed tysonsco er. good morning, everybody. thank youor joining us. this morning, we're showingou the way to still score the best deals for whatever items are on your list. >> let's go to lauren. >> we areow getting out of the turkey coma.
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a lot of people are shopping early this black friday morning. some people are heading to work. sun coming just right before 7:00. so we have a little while before the sun comes up. temperatures, it's cool out there, we're in the 20s across the area. it's chilly out there and it's going to be chilly throughou thday. we are also warming up. so we'll talk about that rain. another thing, we have a winter weather advisory that's now been posted for portions ofar our ea. so we'll talk about that as well. so let's first talk about traffic. >> there's no traffic out there. it's light as could be.
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ramps on 495, lanes are wide open. also a crash in the district, east capital street. we understand a tow truck is on scenes well. all is clear in virgini on 95 and 395. be going ictions wil into effect today. it feels like a holiday, but it certainly won't drive like one. that's the latest. back over to you. >> wehowed youust a couple of minutes ago, there were terrifying momblts for early k friday shoppers in alabama. one person is dead and agiittle rl injured after a shooting ata all on thanksgiving night. police say the shooting happenef r a fight broke out between twoeens inside that mall. one of the teens was shot by the other teen and when the gunman tried to runaway, he was
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confronted by police and shot and killed. police say the 12-year-old girl was in the voir diriity of the gunfire. she is expected to be okay. >> it's the biggest shopping day of the year. >> they already shut off hundre of millions of dollars this year. consumers already spent $400 million shopping online. that's up 23% from the year before. the best deals are on som of the high end electronics like tvs andtp smarnes. but for those deals you have to wake up early and wait in line. shoppers got the message waiting for hours atational harbor
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last night. and deals like 40% the entire g store id enough for people to wait in the cold. >> we had to wait at least two hourthe parking lot. then we got out around 5:30 and we were all bundled up. three jackets. >> we also have ourye es out for good deals. >> passenger says a d.c. man went into anti-semitic rant. passengers say he made statements against jewish people and demanded all jewish people raise their hands so he could
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entify them. he is seen wearing a jewish prayer shawl. officers charged him with obstruction. ed anta police rele statement reading when the flight arrived at the gate, the male continued the disturbance and refused to provide officers with identification. >> firefighters pulled unconscious person out of a home in oakton. someone reported smoke pouring out of window. the mattress caught fire. this morning we're still trying to find out w td ont person's condition. >> we have thi video of the smoke as crews work to put it out on fairfax street. no one was home at the time. the cause of the fire is still under instigation. developing this morning, authorities are working on getting the remains of an
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american missionary kil ad on remote island in india back home. 26-year-old john allen chau trying to converthe most isolated tribe on he was possibly killed by bow and arrow. his family expressed their sadness but said they forgive those involved in his death. >> a thanksgivin message from the president to the u.s. military. he was at his home for the hoday weeken yesterday he went to a nearby u.s. coast guard stationhehere hook hands and spoke to the service members. he spent part of the day on a alteleconference thanking the military for their dedication. >> i say hello and hpy thanksgiving. melania and i want to express our profound gratitude for the
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sacrifices that you make to defend our nation. >> while meeting withhe coast guard, mr. trump thanked them for their work responding toes hurricround the country and invited them to his rest palm beach. and the president joined his faly toelebrate the holiday and this morning we're getting a look at what was on their thanksgiving dinner menu. it began with a full salad bar and tkey from a carving station. chilean sea bass and braised short ribs. all theraditional thanksgiving sides and the meal ended with an assortment of desserts. like so many o our dinners last night. too many desserts. tedins had a lead on the cowboys into the third quarter and it all came crashing down. >> i had fans of both teams shouting in my house. now the burgundy and gold have
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blown their division lead. we break down what they need to doe their next match up. >> the redskins in a 31-23 loss thursdaynight. the cowboys, feasting on the redskins. wideec reiver trey a quinn bright spot thursday afternoon. the rookie scores his first career touchdown giving the redskins theirirst and only lead, 13-10 in the thi quarter. but dallas answers back and n. >> cowboys take the lead and never look back. after aoor performance the defense ting the blame for the loss. >> defense. we lost the game on defense two weeks in a row. if you're going to d simple
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things you're going to get barrassed on nationaltv. that's why we don't get respect as the redskins. >> their next game not for another ten days, but up next, another division opponent, monday night football at the philadelphia eagles. from arlington, texas, news 4 sports. >> we're working for you with information about your amazon some customers received an e-mail from the company telling them their names and e-mails have been exposed because of a technic tecca technical error. but it's been fixed. the website andte s were not breached. >> popular office conditions for some around the holiday. the white elephant gift exchange. >> remember that? >> i y got a tv.
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>> no, it was a fuzzy thing tha got in my hair. >> 4k, like 80 inches. so big. trading gifts with your co-workers boosts holiday sales according to onlineretailer zulily, they'll spend up to $22 billion in presents. in an online survey about the ite elephant gift exchange, 35% of people say they love spending time with freniends an family while one in four admit i they're onl it for the gifts. othersay they're favoriteart is walking away with something >> if you want to do the tv this year for me. >> unexpected.
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>> we're heading out to california where a survivor of the recent wildfires i reunited with his best friend just in time for the holiday. >> what a great story. i can't wait for sunshine out there today. that's going to warm us up a little bit, but we're still looking at pretty chilly temperatures. we have a winter wther advisory in parts
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the meaning of thanksgiving had a deeper mearng this y for the survivor of the woosley fire. organizers from several am communities together to host the malibu strong community
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thanksgiving. also invited the firstre onders. the camp fire is 95% contained this morning. 83 people have been killed by that fire and this morning we're seeingn emotional reunion between a camp fire survivor and his lost dogs there. he couldn't hold back emotions when he finally saw his dog maggie safe and alive in san francisco.oo maggie t off when they were trying to get away from that fire. the police officer found the 12-year-olur dogunded by es fl >> it makes this whole disaster less complicated. just be glad that she's still alive and she didn't get hurt. everything around her was burning.
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>> the same animal shelter took in 9 other campfire dogs. >> an elderly woman spent thanksgiving with a sanitation worker that may have saved her from the californiawi fires. >> she thought she was going to be trapped at her home until the garbage collector showed up. margaret newton is 93 years old. the caregiver was gone for the day and the fire was spreading close to her home. and the garbage man came to the neighborhood and surprised to see her still home after starting to see smoke come over the nearby mountain top. >> he came down and got the garbage can andook them to the truck and said what are you doing here? >> i gave her the seat i had available in my truck and took her to the best person i knew. >> he had been told to abandon his route because of the fire, but he kept going because he knew several elderly people on
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that route. margaret said she considers him like family now. >> what a blessing to have someone like that. >> an angel. >> while many u of are so busy cooking thanksgiving dinner, thousands of volunteers spent their time preparing meals for those inneed. volunteers from the cheesecakeo fa prepared the meals and served them at the sherman avenue community center in northwest d.c. roasted turkey and of course the world famous pumpkin cheesecake. >> if you didn't catch this at year'snal dog show, here's the new winner. whiskey the whippet won best in show. had he claimed the cup and enjoyed as victory meal a well. this is the 17th year for the national dog ishow. ever know what the judges are looking at. >> he doesn't look as weird as
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some of them. some of them it's halike, kind of dog do you have? okother thanksgiving day parade in the millions of people gathered to watch the floats and performances. yesterday wound up being the coldest thanksgivg day parade ever. some floats were almost grounded due to the strong winds. eventually the weather calmed down. >> those floats are so cute. >> i was watching al and savannah. >> they had heaters, you know. h th some heaters. i don't know howell they would work under those. conditio i felt bad for the performers. >> the mean girls, they hadts shn and stuff when they were doing their little performance number and i was just thinking, that's terrible.
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>> 3:58 in the morning. oh my goodness. give me a chill. it gives me a chill to my core also thinking about all the shinpers sta in line during the overnight hours because below tures in the 20s that freezing mark. the good news is the wind is calmed down. so we don't havhe wind out there. thank goodness. much lighter winds. partly sunny out there today.th temperatures i mid to upper 30s and a lighter wind. so that's the main story out there. nothing on the radar. so if you are traveling today, looking good. looking good for you pretty much across the u.s. now weave a winter weather advisory. his is for the valley and
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really down here through page county out through west virginia. this is a higher elevation. this is where we could see freezing rain tomorrow morning eventually chango grain. rain is coming for all of us and we'll have rain through t tomorrow and it could be heavy at times. temperatures in the 50s this ekend and there's your warm up. we do have rain that will start as a mix in the higher elevation. let me show you this real quick, we're try today, but here we go, this future cast is not picking up on the fact that there could be some spotty freezing rain,th butwise we're going to see heavy rain through the day tomorrow. keep that in mind. it should be out tomorrow night. we'll talk about the ten-day forecast coming up. but let's first talk about traffic. you're telling me there's none out there. >> it's traffic ertime, whe you're ready or not.
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it's 4:30 on this black friday. we're working for you plan to shop today. some of there deals beginning in the next two hours and we'll make sure that you everything that you need to take advantage of those. >> lauren, how many layers should shoppersave on a they head out for the da >> it's hard too, because yout don't wano be hot inside the mall. >> it's a strule

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