philips came forward after trayon christian made headlines claiming he, too, was racially profiled after purchasing a ferragamo belt in april. >> the officer stopped me from the left side saying i just got a card from barneys saying your card is not real. >> reporter: mark lee, ceo of barneys said quote, no customer should have the unacceptable experience described in recent media reports and we offer our sincere regret and deepest apologies. we want to reinforce that barneys new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. "treme" star robert brown filed a suit this week against macy's. he said police accused him of using a fake credit card and detained him back in june. >> we have not heard of end of

phillips came forward after 19-year-old trayon christian made headlines saying he was racially profiled after purchasing a belt at barneys in april. both shoppers want damages from the store and the new york police department. >> undercover cops that have regular clothes on stopped me from the left side and asked me i got a call from barneys saying your card is not real. >> reporter: in a prepared statement, mark lee, ceo of barneys new york, said, quote, no customer should have the unacceptable experience stib scribed in recent media reports and we offer our deepest regrets and sincerest apologies. barneys new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. our mission is to ensure all customers receive the highest quality service without exception. the new york police department says it's investigating the incident. jay-z's representatives have not commented but kayla phillips hopes they do. >> when he hears about it or when he gets involved in it he knows it's not right and will make the right choice. >> reporter: and jay-z isn't the only star caught in the middle of a high-e

. >> trayon christian, a college student says he bought a $350 belt with his debit card.cops chased him down the street and handcuffed him. >> undercover cops, on the left side, had regular clothes on, stopped me. and i got a call from barney's saying your card is not real. they had me in the cell for an hour or two. just in there waiting, patiently waiting. after that an hour or two go past. i'm sorry your car was real. sorry for awful this. they let me go. >> christian is suing barney's. so potentially is a 21-year-old nursing student whose own brother is a new york city cop. she came forward the day after christian with a similar story. >> i was feeling helpless, demeaned, confused, hurt, embarrassed, humiliated. >> she says she used tax rebate money to buy the $2,300 bag at barney's and was stopped by the cops. she has a message for jay z. >> i know he will make the right choice. >> what is the right choice? >> to don't have any dealings with barney's. >> though jay z signed the deal before the incident came to light and 25% of sales go to his charitable foundation wh

. >> reporter: in april, 19-year-old trayon christian was confront after buying an expensive belt. >>ercover cops on side, with regular clothes on, and acted like a cot the the got a call from barney's saying it was not real. >> reporter: but it was valid as was kayla phillips' last february, after police stopped her after buying a capitol hill $2500 hand'd bag. >> it made me feel so low. >> reporter: jay-z has business deals with barney's and macy's. macy's carries his clothing line and barney's will debut a limited collection of his designs, ranging from a $6700 coat to a $33,000 watch. he pledged some of the profits to charity. he has boycotted some companies who he says were racist in the past, including cristal champagne. thousand of his fans have signed an online petition asking him to severitize to barney's. it was started by lifelong jay-z fan derick bowers. >> you can't deny what's happening here. he's the face of hip-hop culture, and when we regular folks who don't have the money or clout to walk in and can't get serviced, what's the point. >> reporter: you want it to be mor

hundred dollar handbag with a temporary debit card with no name on it, and in april, 19-year-old trayon christian, who bought a 350- dollar belt also with an atm card, soon found himself surrounded by undercover officers. though both instances happened in manhattan, and both phillips and christian were released, their lawsuits resonate with barneys shoppers in chicago. "i would probably say there's no 'policy' but the way african-americans are portrayed in society, i can see it. not necessarily barneys, but i've been in stores and followed. even walgreens, i've felt uncomfortable." "maybe it was justified. but i wouldn't say it's a systemic problem." published reports say barneys flagship store, where the incidents happened has been hit with more than 50-incidents of credit card fraud, and that undercover police are inside. but what led them to act? "my best friend is african- american and we've been shopping at the barneys in new york and i haven't noticed her treated any differently. (did she buy anything expensive and was scrutinized?) i don't think so." in a statement, barneys ceo, mark lee s

. >> reporter: trayon christian, a 19-year-old college student says he bought a $350 ferragamo belt with his debit card. after he left, he says two undercover cops stopped and handcuffed him saying his card was fake. it wasn't. then kayla phillips, 21-year-old nursing student whose brother is a cop came forward with a similar story. saying she used tax rebate money to buy this 2300 dollar bag and was stopped by police. she had a message for jay-z. >> don't have dealings with barneys. >> reporter: she is not the only one pressuring jay-z to bow out. one fan tweeting will blue ivy be racially profiled when she purchases her first designer bag? the new york city police say in cases like these, they are called by the store, and do not act independently. barneys has now offered its deepest apologies, but this is not a new problem in stores across america. it even has a name, shopping while black, just today in fact, actor robert brown, who stars in the hbo show treme sued macy's saying he was unlawfully searched by undercover detectives. macy's is investigating that case. as for barneys it hi

." >> reporter: 21-year old kayla phillips came forward after 19-year old trayon christian made headlineslaiming he too was racially profiled after purchasing a "ferragamo" belt at barney's in april. both shoppers want damages from the store and the new york police department. >> "the undercover cop from the left side that had regular clothes on, stopped me on the left side and asked me, 'oh i just got a call from barney's saying your card is not real.'" >> reporter: in a prepared statement, mark lee, c-e-o of barney's new york said: >> "no customer should have the unacceptable experience described in recent media reports, and we offer our sincere regret and deepest apologies.we want to reinforce that barneys new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. our mission is to ensure that all customers receive the highest-quality service -- without exception," >> reporter: the new york police department says it's investigating the incident. jay-z's representatives have not commented.but kayla phillips hopes they do. >> "when he hears about it.or even when he get involved in it, h

. >> reporter: trayon christian, a 19-year-old college student says he bought a $350 ferragamo belt withhis debit card. after he left, he says two undercover cops stopped and handcuffed him saying his card was fake. it wasn't. then kayla phillips, 21-year-old nursing student whose brother is a cop came forward with a similar story. saying she used tax rebate money to buy this 2300 dollar bag and was stopped by police. she had a message for jay-z. >> don't have dealings with barneys. >> reporter: she is not the only one pressuring jay-z to bow out. one tweeting will blue ivy be racially profiled. in cases like these, they are called by the store, and do not act independently. barneys has now offered its deepest apologies, but this is not a new problem in stores across america. it even has a name, shopping while black, just today in fact, actor robert brown, who stars in the hbo show treme sued macy's saying he was unlawfully searched by undercover detectives. macy's is investigating that case. as for barneys it hired an outside expert to review it's policies from top to bottom. jay-z mean

trayon christian, a 19-year-old college student, who bought a $350 belt, says he was stopped and handcuffedrcover cops, on claims that his card was fake. >> i showed my i.d. and may went through. >> reporter: kayla phillips, a 21-year-old nursing student was stopped by police, after she used her tax rebate to buy a $2,300 bag from barney's. >> i was feeling helpless, demeaned. >> reporter: this morning, jay z is facing pressure to bow out of his partnership with the high-end retailer, that carries items designed by the mogul. a petition for jay z to cut i ties has 4,000 signatures. meanwhile, some jay z fans are pushing back on calls for the rapper to ditch barney's. saying part of the proceeds for the deal will go to the rapper's scholarship charity. jay z's line is set to hit shelves next month. >> big p.r. nightmare for the stores. and the shopping season about to begin. >> not the news they want. >> thank you, rob. appreciate it. >>> time to check the national forecast. let's get it back to ginger. hey, ginger? >> cold is the headline in the southwest. a place like huntsville, alabama,

trayon christian handcuffed and detained two hours after he bought a ferragamo belt.gram. now both filing against nypd and barney's to fight alleged discrimination. according to his attorney, he said his only crime was being a young black man. alex, you have this strange thing happening. stores make a lot of cache on associates like jay z and hip-hop figures actually arresting people for coming in and spending money after they have spent it. >> this is 2013, new york city. it's important to remember. it should not be happening. brings me back when obama came out after trayvon and spoke about how he had been in a department store and he had been trailed. all these conservatives saying that didn't happen. it's just another example. this is one of many. this is another example. this is going on. we still need to talk about issues, we're not over race. >> the fact his name is trayon, too similar for words. extremely ugly. >>> another piece, apparently edward snowden is not the only one leaking information, former movon director riding the train yesterday. great story. he

. >> reporter: 21-year-old kayla philips came forward after trayon christian made headlines claimingofiled after purchasing a ferragamo belt in april. >> the officer stopped me from the left side saying i just got a card from barneys saying your card is not real. >> reporter: mark lee, ceo of barneys said quote, no customer should have the unacceptable experience described in recent media reports and we offer our sincere regret and deepest apologies. we want to reinforce that barneys new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. "treme" star robert brown filed a suit this week against macy's. he said police accused him of using a fake credit card and detained him back in june. >> we have not heard of end of this. >> jay z issued a statement because a lot of people were saying, listen, pull your line from there. he said i'm not going to pull my line because all the proceeds go to charity. right now, what i need to do is wait until an investigation is under way and i see what the outcome is there. >>> coming up next, every extra sip of that soda could cost you. a city's n

." >> reporter: 21-year old kayla phillips came forward after 19-year old trayon christian made headliness racially profiled after purchasing a "ferragamo" belt at barney's in april. both shoppers want damages from the store and the new york police department. >> "the undercover cop from the left side that had regular clothes on, stopped me on the left side and asked me, 'oh i just got a call from barney's saying your card is not real.'" >> reporter: in a prepared statement, mark lee, c-e-o of barney's new york said: >> "no customer should have the unacceptable experience described in recent media reports, and we offer our sincere regret and deepest apologies.we want to reinforce that barneys new york has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination. our mission is to ensure that all customers receive the highest-quality service -- without exception," the new york police department says it's investigating the incident. jay-z's representatives have not commented.but kayla phillips hopes they do. >> "when he hears about it.or even when he get involved in it, he knows it is not right and he

make a lage u store said it hired a ci cf1 now we told you about the young shopper, 19-year-old trayon christianause they automatically assumed that it was fraudulent. >> right. >> and now we have this happening. >> the second shopper, who heard about e forward on wednesday to say she had a similar experience she was trying to buy a handbag from the store. 21-year-old taylor phi apparently this was not an isolated incident to stay least. at least an apology has been issued. >> that's true. >> i think we'll hear more about the story. >> sad but true. >>> power is being restored to residents in northeast ohio after a major snowfall but there could be more on the way. at one point, nearly 50,000 customers w >> the problem is the wet, heavy snow is falling on trees that still have their leaves of course that falls on to the the local utility warns it may taktil o re i can't believe it. it is this time of the year again. >> but it is only october and it is already that bad in certain >> wake me up mem i'm done. >>> here's a look at of there will be rain and snow in otr lakes, otherwise the northeast