captioning funded by cbs it's friday, november 25th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." shoppers scrambling for the best deals of the holiday season, but is it worth it? president-elect trump tweets he is working hard, even on thanksgiving. what that might mean for thousands of american workers. and remembering a lovely lady. florence henderson, best known as mom to the brady bunch, has died at the age of 82. ? one day when the lady

and they knew it was true love ? good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with sad news in the sitcom world. actress florence henderson who played the ever cheerful mom on an iconic tv show has died. ? here's the story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls ? >> henderson was a broadwa before she became carol brady. the show about kids from two families was a '70s hit. "the brady bunch" one of the first american shows to focus on a nontraditional family. as the mother of ten children she knew about children. maureen mckocormick tweeted, yo

florence henderson died in a hospital last night and she was 81. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will have more on actress florence henderson. many of millions of americans are making the transition from an old tradition to a new tradition. they are out searching for holiday shopping bargains. stores. >> a store manager told us up to 30,000 people shopped here yesterday. he is expecting more people today in what many retailers predict will be a very strong day of sales across the country. more than 137 million americans will go shopping for big bargains this holiday weekend. most of them today. >> i got a tent right over there. a sleeping bag and a couple of

up camp in front of a store in texas. he was one of the first to cash in on black friday sales. online sales are expected to climb as much as 10% compared to 2015. many started black friday shopping on thanksgiving thursday. hundreds lined up for blocks in queens, new york, to grab deals at jcpenney and others waited for hours at this best in glendale, california. >> i don't condone this black friday shopping. i think it's horrible to do it on thanksgiving but i can't deny is there a good deal on thanksgiving. >> reporter: experts say it's a good idea to have a shopping list. >> if you're just walking around the mall and in and out of stores you're going to get frustrated and tired and want to leave and say everyone is getting a gift card. >> reporter: the national retail federation estimates the average

this season for holiday gifts. an interesting tidbit. the national retailers association says gift cards are high on women's gift list and men prefer electronic gadgets like this. so if you haven't done your shopping, anne-marie, here you go. thank you, roxana. cyber shopping safety on "cbs this morning." tips on how to protect yours shopping season. the parade of cabinet candidates to donald trump's door paused at thanksgiving but there was still buzzing at high profile jobs that are still unfilled. in the meantime, trump has a pledge to stop an american company from closing a u.s. plant. president-elect donald trump took to twitter this thanksgiving to say he is working hard to keep manufacturing in america.

plans to move 2,000 jobs to mexico. carrier tweeted a response. carrier has had discussions with the incoming administration and we look forward to working together. nothing to announce at this time. mr. trump's adviser, kellyanne conway spent thanksgiving weighing in on 2013 mitt romney who was on the short list stk to be secretary of state despite his fierce criticism of donald trump during the campaign. fraud. >> reporter: conway tweeted on thursday the pick has a deluge. the president-elect is also expected to tap billionaire investor wilbur ross for commerce secretary. ross splits his time between new york and florida just down the street from mr. trump's. hillary clinton's campaign is

in three battleground states. some data experts and election lawyers want to make sure hackers didn't affect the results. clinton has not responded but another candidate is taking action. anna werner reports. >> reporter: jill stein has raised more than $4 million in just over 24 hours, all through donations to her website. >> our goal is to create a voting system that we can believe in. >> reporter: stein is questioning results in pennsylvania, where trump ruff roughly 68,000 votes and minnesota his margin of victory was a little over 27,000 votes and michigan which is still too close to call. what evidence of fraud do you have in this election? >> let me be very clear. we do not have evidence of fraud. we do not have smoking guns. what we do have is an election that was surrounded by hacking. >> reporter: she points to the hacking of the democratic national committee and the hacks

hacks linked by u.s. investigators to russia. she says it all raises questions of fraud with electronic voting machines that demonstrates the need for a count of the actual paper ballots. voting rights attorney john bona bo bonafaze is helping in this process. >> if we don't ever look at the ballots and we don't ever verify the vote, why should we expect that public trust. >> reporter:t people who say donald trump won fair and square. you need to let it go and get over it? >> i'm engaged in this process as a small democrat. i believe in the democratic process and i believe we ought to verify the vote, regardless of who the winner was declared on election night. it may turn out it doesn't change the turnout of the election but it's a healthy process for us to engage in as a democracy.

first about recounts but with no decision made he approached stein instead. the only comment from president-elect donald trump's team was a tweet from kellyanne conway saying, look who can't accept the election results. referring to clinton supporters. anna werner, cbs news, new york. in france today, police are searching for a man who fatally stabbed a woman at a home for retired catholic missionaries. the attack happened thursday 60 priests and nuns were evacuated. police are not saying if there is a connection to extremists. security at religious sites in france has been increased since a series of attacks by islamic militants. the u.s. military has suffered its first combat death in syria. a member of the special operations forces died thursday in northern syria. the pentagon says the victim was

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memory but the crowd in her hometown roared its approval. on the cbs "moneywatch" now. snagging the best deals on black friday. and would you buy a cartier watch from walmart? jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. markets open this morning but close early after a strong week on wall street. the dow climbed 59 points on wednesday to an all-time high before the thanksgiving holiday. the s&p closed u also setting a new record. the nasdaq, though, lost about five points. many shoppers are out right now shopping for black friday deals and experts say they sould be in luck. they say retailers reserve lower than usual prices for the day after thanksgiving. the same report says reports out before black friday not likely as good as the ones you can find

third-party sellers to attract higher income shoppers. some luxury items available include 18,000 dollar cartier watches and prada shoes worth hundreds of dollars. after the hype of black friday, smaller businesses want you to think of them. tomorrow has become known as small business saturday. it is an effort to support local stores and what they do for communities with the goal of pumping money back into local economies instead of the big box retailers. another excuse to shop! whenever you get into some of those little stores, you find such unique gifts. i'll really an idea. >> i agree. you know, you're supporting your local community. >> exactly. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. still to come, beware the netflix tax. cities across the country are charging extra to stream video. we will show you one place where the people are fighting back. before fibromyalgia, i kept on top of things.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. cities across the country are seeing a backlash against new taxes on streaming video. local governments are trying to make up for lost revenue when people cut the cord from their cable companies and switch to services l carter evans has more. >> this tax doesn't make sense. this is just money grabbing and all i got to say. >> reporter: the pasadena city council has been taking heat for weeks, after announcing 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility. so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my do not want the tax. >> reporter: even if it's a

>> reporter: he says the designed tax was designed to make up lost tax revenue for people getting rid of cable tv and home phones. >> i read it multiple times and was like, when did this happen? >> reporter: it happened when pasadena voters modernized a law in 2008 to tax land lines and never'ing it could be applied to video streaming. 41 california cities now have similar laws. >> folks are going to wake up and see tax line items on their netflix and are not going to be happy. >> reporter: the internet association director says cities could be violating federal law because the government doesn't allow tax on the internet. >> utilities are electricity and water and sewer and all sorts of other types of actual utilities. websites and apps don't fit that mold whatsoever. >> reporter: that hasn't stopped cash-strapped cities across the country. chicago is currently being sued for charging a 9% tax on video

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it is here. black friday. they are getting in line. stores all over the country. will you get some deals? some are getting a head start. plus, we are sticking with savings this morning. how you can get cash back at the grocery store and all you

a smart phone. so close. a rough road game for the skins. they fall to the cowboys. and wait 'til you see what happened after the game. first though, let's check with melissa nord with the weekend weather. friday is here. people are sleeping off the turkey. are we getting rain? >> well, only going to see an isolated shower chance today. and mainly dry for the morning and afternoon hours for the black friday shopping. by the even, we see the right now, a mostly cloudy sky and temperatures holding fairly consistent across the area. 45 here in d.c. and cooler spots in the upper 30s. but when you compare this to what we have seen some morning, this is not that bad. so the generic winter coat, good idea for the morning. the afternoon hour, we hang with the mostly cloudy sky and there's a front to the west that will bring spotty showers

upper 50s this afternoon. the weekend forecast in a bit. well, good morning everyone. a nice, quiet day after thanksgiving. and we are seeing a light volume of traffic in and around the beltway. to the maps, so far, so good. we haven't had any problems on the roadways but we are expecting that to change as folks head and out and about. i will let you know where the hot spots are likely to be. first, we have breaking news for you. we are sad to report -- >> what about the yelling up there, what's wrong? >> oh, nothing, nothing at all. >> that's the kind of nothing that bothers me the most. >> florence henderson who played carol brady on the brady bunch died last night. and we are expecting to learn more about what kind of charges angela davis is going to face. he is accused of gunning down a

on tuesday. 29-year-old collin rose was shot in the head and died the following day. family and friends are relieved to hear that a california woman who disappeared three weeks ago has been found safe. and now police are looking for the two women who they believe were her captors. authorities say she was kidnapped but managed to escape. police are looking for two armed. the investigation is ongoing. most cubs fans will tell you it was worth it. the team owes the city of chicago $388,000. that's what it cost to clean up after the massive victory parade. about 5 million people flocked to the windy city to celebrate the cub's first world series win in more than a 100 years. it's friday. you made it. the news at 4:30 starts right

all right. ready, set, shop. where people are already lining up for the black friday deals. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. >> and i'm mikea turner in for jan jeffcoat this morning. let's hand it over to meteorologist melissa nord for a check on the forecast. >> not going to deal with many in the way of rain showers today to interrupt your black friday shopping plans but an isolatho evening. temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning. winds are on the calm side. that's not really a factor for heading out to the shopping malls today. and tomorrow though, for small business saturday, the winds are going to be breezier out there. 39 in waldorf. frederiksberg, 33. 39 in manassas. so fairly consistent temperatures. 9:00 a.m., near 50 degrees. and we will climb into the mid- and upper 50s today.

cloudy. and towards the evening hours past sunset, isolated showers will be possible. what comes behind the isolated showers, some cooler weather on the way for the weekend but more sunshine in the picture as well and we will look at the seven-day forecast in a bit. well, thank you. it's definitely a great day to get out. quiet on the roadways this morning. i think a lot of people are a little slow to start off but we will see mo tick. right now, all lanes are open on the outer loop and inner loop of the beltway. northbound lanes of 95 in the stafford area looking just fine. one camera shot, things are moving fairly well across the american legend bridge. no problems at the wood -- row wilson bridge. a lot of important