katherine barrett, what are the crowds like out there? >> well they're growing quite a bit.this store is set to open in just half an hour. there have been people camped out here all night. there are people who started to line up this afternoon. but now the line stretches around the building and back across the parking lot. store managers say it will take until at least 9:00 p.m, even if they open in half an hour to cycle people through to get what they want. they are handing out tickets so there won't be that mad trampling dash for if -- for the door. there were people with tents up who had been camped out here all last night. >> i only had one blanket on me, like a jacket, a sweater and some sweats. my toes were frozen the whole night. >> just first time for me to stand in this line. so it's upsetting. >> we had a big brunch for thanksgiving so we did it all in for breakfast and then we came here. >> now, that young man had talked his dad into giving up that turkey dinner to come here. he saved his own pennys to pay half the cost of a 46 inch television. the gentleman who s

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. >> katherine barrett joins us from a best buy near seattle. what was it like when the doors flung open in. >> it was hard to tell who was more excited. the crowd that waited for four hours in the cold, some camping overnight. they were ready to get inside into the warm and get the bargains that they came for. we were inside before the door busters. the managers and the staff from pumped, hi fiving, snapping snapshots of their own. this is their make or break kick off to their most important sales season of the year. >> remember speed and accuracy, we have to do it all again. >> it was good. starting from 4 o'clock in the afternoon. i got what i want. >> it looks different. >> we had to have the thanksgiving dinner delivered to us this year. >> for some, this annual shopping spree is an annual tradition. >> we're having issues here. we'll let you go. thanks for the live report. crazy black thursday now. retail expert phil wahba spoke to us about what stores are doing to protect customers after stampedes and violence. >> what walmart has done is