i talked about a great company, a black paper company that can be supported at officemax and staples. next-day c-span and officemax reported that both of the poll numbers were flooded by people looking for that paper company. most of them were not black. they ran that segment over and over again, same time the republican national convention, people were looking at me instead of congressman bryant acceptance speech last night pbs "newshour," the lesser chicago asked me to clarify as a fact after spending a day with is the black businesses -- their white becomes public growth of local black businesses the anderson effect. i'm anderson by the way. [applause] but i'm not telling you this to brag but i'm telling you this to show i think american is ready for this. i think america is ready to see our commuting empowered, proactively public is supporting our businesses. so that the country can benefit. i really do think america is ready for this. the person who when asked me today how do you do this? how do we do this? how do you stay informed and speak out? how do we act on this? are you re

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. >> reporter: office depot and officemax are also kicking off holiday sales this weekend.o is amazon.com. target's already offering free holiday shipping on all online purchases and sears is planning discounts next weekend. >> i think the sooner the better. you have more things, and you get exactly what you want. >> reporter: experts say they're competing to attract more shoppers earlier. >> for customers, waiting until the last minute does mean that they'll get the deeper discount, but it doesn't guarantee that they'll get that mercedes. >> reporter: holiday sales are expected to rise 4%. online purchases up 8% to 11%. wal-mart promises its shoppers cyber monday type deals this monday. >> they can expect 20,000 rollbacks on items across the store. we're rolling back items on toys. whether you're in the store, if you're on dotcom. >> reporter: so this year, you'll have less of an excuse. >>> if you're planning to take the ben franklin bridge today, you may get detoured. nbc 10's matt delucia is here to fill us in. matt? >> reporter: it's all because a few thousand people a