rang out >> reporter: all because of that single gunshot, accidentally fired you cannot buy air jordan 11 concords now. the shoe stores are open you just cannot buy these shoes. one shop i talked to says, again fire, who cares, i want my jordans. >> they said there's a shooting going on. shooting was really nothing just a little firecracker. the police they decided to shut it down. obviously, they didn't have the situation controlled. >> reporter: >> reporter: police say up to 2,000 people were out here this morning. -- some had been here all night. the stores opened at 6 a.m. because of a demand for the shoes. the crowd grew angry when security and shoe store employees selectively let people in. officers on hand to control the situation were there when the gun went off by mistake. >> the shots were heard by richmond uniformed officers that were standing 30 feet away. they immediately contacted the individual who attempted to duck down between two cars took him into custody and located the firearm. >> reporter: was this your present to yourself? >> yes. >> reporter: what are you going to get inste

shopping turned into mayhem as thousands of people try to score a pair of the pre issued by the air jordan concord 2011 choose. there are real issues of the 1995 issues. the crush of the crowd in indianapolis was so strong they not have a door off of the hinges. a similar scene at annapolis. one person was injured and another person was a arrested. we heard from rob roblin three people were arrested after gathering in anticipation after mall management decided to call off presale. right now the shoes are sold out. the founder and ceo of first maryland bank has retired. it will infuse $36.4 million into the cash strapped and bank. the president will serve as a c zero on an interim basis and michael watson was named non- executive chairman. the holiday travel rush begins. 92 million americans are expected to travel over the next 11 days. triple a estimates a 10% drop in travelers by air because flights are less available and more expensive. mall traffic is not that much better. you are taking a look at a parking lot at the mall. that is like a mob scene. you can always check -- we're not there yet.

he says he paid about $190 for those air jordan concords. >> what time did you get here? >> since 4 in the morning. >> and why are these so special? why did you have to stay out here and get these shoes? >> man, these are number one jordans, everyone wants these. these come out about every six years or say. and i needed these. >> everybody wants them! of course they do. 81 like most shoe purchases, he will never actually wear his new air jordans, he wants to keep them in mint condition. >>> down in pineville, north carolina are dozens of officers and have to brake up fights to restore order after hundreds of people came out for the very same shoes. outside one footlocker witnesses said some shoppers started jumping the line and that caused a lot of folks to get angry and they got unruly. two women were even spotted throwing punches. neither was immediately arrested, however. >>> right after the break let's look at the weekend holiday forecast. could we be up for not a muddy christmas? i don't know. but first if you still have nor presents to buy, we'll show you which stor

pairs to give out, lorenzo was randomly picked in a lottery and paid 190 bucks for the size 9 air jordan concords. how happy are you right now? >> real happy. real happy. >> reporter: and the thing is you'll never catch him wearing them. >> nope. got to keep them in mint condition fresh. all the time. got to have them. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9news now. at least four people were arrested at an atlanta mall. officers said they had to break a car window to get two toddlers out after a woman went in after the shoes. >>> if you ordered gifts from best buy, you made need to put a backup plan into action. the electronics retailer announced yesterday it won't be able to fill some customer's online orders. overwhelming commands for some products -- demands for some products has led to a problem. the company won't say exactly how many orders are affected or which products are out of site. the shortages are black eye for best buy which has beefed up offerings from online retailers and discount stores. >>> hundreds of holiday wishes came true for military families this morning. members returned from afgha

rang out >> reporter: all because of that single gunshot accidentally fired you cannot buy air jordan 11 concords now. the shoe stores are open you just cannot buy these shoes. one shop i talked to says again fire who cares i want my jordans. >> they said there's a shooting going on. shooting was really nothing just a little firecracker. the police they decided to shut it down. obviously, they didn't have the situation controlled. >> reporter: >> reporter: police say up to 2,000 people were out here this morning. -- some had been here all night. the stores opened at 6 a.m. because of a demand for the shoes. the crowd grew angry when security and shoe store employees selectively let people in. officers on hand to control the situation were there when the gun went off by mistake. >> the shots were heard by richmond uniformed officers that were standing 30 feet away. they immediately contacted the individual who attempted to duck down between two cars took him into custody and located the firearm. >> reporter: was this your present to yourself? >> yes. >> reporter: what are you going to get instead?

. >> this is the air jordan concord that everybody is all geeked about. it's close to $200 to get this shoe. this is what happened in new york. some dudes decided to fight over some air jordans in the street. >> the fight started, people got trampled in seattle trying to get into malls. this is the destruction that happened to a mall window door. and the dekalb county, georgia, a woman was arrested because she left her two children in the car while she went to go get michael jordan shoes. >> now you're putting children in danger and that's completely unacceptable. >> to talk about the popularity of michael jordan shoes, we have eric nickel via skype, he's been collecting them for six years. >> what's so special about this concord shoe? >> well there's a lot of history behind it. it's the first basketball shoe that uses patent leather, which mix it shiny. when michael jordan was wearing it and he won, people went nuts. >> how many shoes have you bought over the years? >> i have 120 pairs, most i wear and the ones i don't, i plan on selling. >> i actually ha

pairs to give out, lorenzo was randomly picked in a lottery and paid 190 bucks for the size 9 air jordan concord. how happy are you right now? >> real happy. >> reporter: the thing about this is, you'll never catch lorenzo wearing them. >> known. got to keep them mint condition. >> reporter: surae chinn. 9news now. >>> at least four people by the way were arrested out at lake forest ball in gaithersburg, three for disorderly conduct and one for assaulting a police officer and one other note. twitter was all abuzz this morning with a rumor that an 18-year-old was killed in dc. police have no information about any murders over these sneakers. >>> police rushing into a law school after a fight breaks out. this video shortly after the brawl on wednesday night. it happened at connections school for the arts. up in baltimore. the school was playing core doza high from right here in northwest dc. both players and fans are out on the court trying to pick up the pieces. no injuries or arrests there. a spokesperson from dc public schools says they are reviewing the situation to figure out exactly what wen

this is the air jordan xi retro concord. some people say they want to resell them and the battle for the shoes has gotten out of control. this is sacramento. that's where things got really people tried to cut in line. some people called in. they disbursed their crowd. in georgia, people broke into the store before it opened, people were arrested. one woman left her kids in the car so she could get the shoes -- and one woman was trampled and her arm may be broken. again at the hilltop mall, one person is in custody. in fairfield, they are calling for mutual aid. back to you. >> i just wanted to mention, i'm guessing a lot of these people aren't going to wearing these shoes. i think they will resell them, right? >> reporter: right. i've covered these shoe crazes before. and the people i've talked to are either gonna resell them or some have avid collectors. they want them themselves. they don't actually wear them. they keep them in the boggs and -- these are not -- most people will not be putting them on and playing basketball

. >>> if you're hoping for a pair of nike air jordan concords, you're likely to be out of luck. went on sale for $180 and quickly sold out. nike.com was cleaned out in about an hour. that's it from cnbc first in business worldwide, have a happy holiday, everybody, now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." in less than a week, i'll be in iowa with the rest of us bringing "hardball" to you live from java joe's in iowa. a race that's seen candidates obviously shoot up and flame out one after another. here it goes. since september 1st, ron paul's had a steady climb. that's the yellow line on this chart going from 11% at the start of december to take the lead now. that's ron paul in the lead with nearly 24%, about a quarter of the vote for ron paul the libertarian. mitt romney represented by the pink line here on this chart has been rising through december. but seems to have stalled there. look at how it's flattened out there in the last several days. stuck at about 20%. that's always been mitt's problem, getting above 20%. newt gingrich, the green line, it's dropped li

the quest for air jordan 11 concords turning violent.ushing, shoving, even shottings over basketball shoes. cle mad dash turning into mayhem uding in the bay area where a shot was fired a

. >> that's right, this mob is all because nike rereleased the air jordan 11 concord. everybody wants them, shots were fired. >> the cops started running over to a guy and all i heard was, get that gun, get that gun. >> seven stores inside hill top were selling the air jordan's at $180 a pair. what they didn't tell the 2,000 people outside is that there were only 600 pairs available. this mob was so intense, police shut down the mall. this isn't new, says professor james taylor. >> you have this long history going back to the 1980s where you would have people being shot for sneakers. >> in fact, the 1990 cover of sports illustrated read, your sneakers are your life. how muggers and murders are linked to air jordan's. it was in communities of color and nike targeted those communities, he says, just like today. >> nike has been doing this for more than twenty years. i imagine michael jordan won't say a single word. he has been irresponsible his entire public career. >> a black market. >> young people bought those at $180 a piece and put them on ebay for $500. >> this pos

it's the air jordan concord 11.es in richmond, california. some shots were fired in indianapolis. some people got trampled. thankfully nobody was seriously injured. but as the shoes have gone on to sale, you, probably like me, are wondering why everybody is so crazy for these shoes. first of all, people don't buy these shoes to wear them. they buy these shoes to collect them. so literally taking them out of the box is already a no-no. they want to keep them in pristine shape. and apparently some of the people lining up -- because consider michael jordan retired eight years ago. there's people fighting for shoes and they have never even seen michael jordan play basketball. you help me figure out what the craziness is but we have one gift that is the it gift and this is the it gift, alex. >> and somebody is probably standing over your shoulder waiting to take that, right? >> reporter: they saw me hold these up at 7:00 in the morning on the "today" show and within five minutes somebody was saying, can i buy those shoes

nike today reissued the air jordan retro concord sneakers.eople around the country are waiting in line for a shot at these. >>> and while you may have heard of getting movies in the mail, but toys? hmm. tonight, we take a look at one entrepreneur's idea for gifts that keep on giving. or, at the very least, arriving. a concept some worn-out parents are welcoming. here's abc's becky worley. >> reporter: ah. kids on christmas morn. the thrill of the new. the agony of the forgotten. the expensive toys. tags still on it. yikes. but what if you could check off the ultimate santa list? a never-ending chest full of toys? you must be santa's helper. nikki pope to the rescue. she's the founder of toygaroo -- started right out of her home. it's a web-based service that bills itself as -- >> we are the netflix of toys. >> reporter: for just $24 a month, parents subscribe and get toys mailed to their homes all year long. >> that box is going to end up being about $120 worth of toys that she said $24 for. >> reporter: the toygaroo elves clean ever toy. >>

. >> timely, friday crowds ran in for the so-called gift to get, the air jordan concord 11. jordan, as in the legend michael jordan. he hasn't played with the nba in more than eight years, but that doesn't deter his fans. >> it's just -- they're good looking shoes. got my js, feel good. whew! >> mission accomplished. >> in some shopping centers, things got tense. in richmond, california, someone in line fired shots. in indianapolis, buyers were trampled and no one was serio seriously injured. manufacturer nike issued this statement, we encourage anyone trying to purchase our product to do so in a respectful and safe manner. store owners hope the shoes encourage shoppers to open their wallets for more than just shoes. the national retail federation has increased its spending forecast to almost $460 billion. up almost 4% over last year. shoppers are buying smart this year, bargain shopping from the palm of their hand. >> they're using all the mobile technology, all the web technology that they have at their fingertips to -- whether it's research products, compare products, look

mall or was this was in austin seattle and people went crazy trying to get the new nike air jordan eleven concords. i asked. her already . all right so that was in indianapolis sorry but there was also a mock shutdown in austin seattle so apparently people were going crazy all over the country for the new era georgia just basically that's horrible if you've got pepper sprayed yet all this is are spread apparently by police and also by other patrons like there was all kinds of craziness going on i mean if you like walsall makers from a black friday there was a huge fight in the wal-mart over the wall filmmakers and these air jordans they're like you know it took me almost so this is not really new americans are always like fighting over really crappy stuff made in china you know it is totally true yeah i have to say i've always been really weirded out by this obsession with the air jordans because like when guys are way more into shoes than me i don't know how to think. better about. it was telling us he was directing that like you have to be really good about going to where jordan that's not sure

. >> that's right, this masked mob is all because nike rereleased the air jordan is 11 concord. >> shots were fired. >> cops started running over to a guy and all i heard was, get that gun. get that gun. >> seven stores inside hilltop were selling the jordans at $180 a pair. what they didn't tell the 2,000 people cued up outside is that there were only 6 00 pairs available. police shut down the mall. but this isn't new, says professor james taylor. g you have this long history going back to the 1980s where you would have people being shot for sneakers. >> the 1990 cover of sports illustrated read your sneakers are your life. how mugging and murders were linked to air jordan's, and all too often it was in communities of color and ni can recollect e targeted those communities, he says, just like today. >> nike has been masterful at this for more than 20 years. i imagine michael jordan won't say a single word. he has been irresponsible. >> air jordan's created a black market. >> they bought them for $180 and put them on ebay for $500. >> this craigslist posting is for $900. second quarter e

of shoppers went to malls for a hot ticket item, a $180 throwback pair of sneakers, the nike air jordan concorde 11. and they weren't exactly used for gift giving. >> anybody wants a pair? >> stampede, busted stores, reported gunfire near san francisco, the christmas weekend was abuzz with last-minute bargain hunting and tracking santa's every move. more than 100,000 calls were fielded by norad, with kids checking in on progress. nearly 1 million likes recorded on santa's facebook page from around the world. and wide-eyed smiles of all ages spoke the universal language. >> i also got a wii game which i completely love, which is the 2012 olympic games. >> reporter: fewer smiles in colorado where 50,000 u.s. u.p.s. packages got snowed in, delivery uncertain. >> where is the truck, in timbuktu? >> reporter: anxious customers standing in line wondering if they'd get theirs in time. >> woohoo! package is in the truck. >> reporter: shoppers are already out here. some stores opened as early as 5:00 this morning, a big week for consumers, a possibly bigger week for retailers. experts say this week could

this is what the excitement is all about -- the new air jordan retro concord. retro concord.

. >>> and if you're hoping for a pair of nike air jordan concords, good luck. they sold out.bay for $600. i'm veronica de la cruz. now back to "lockup." >>> over the last decade, many states around the country have spent more money building jails and prisons than colleges. in the l.a. county jail system, the average stay for an inmate is 45 day, but some inmates can be locked up for more than two years. finding room for those prisoners is constantly a challenge. it requires not only the building of new jails but keeping the old ones running. east facility is the oldest operating jail in los angeles. otherwise known as "old max," it was built in 1951 to handle overcrowding. the 15 dormitories inside the jail can house approximately 2,000 inmates. with the nation's jail population becoming more middle aged, facilities like l.a. county's east jail are trying to accommodate older inmates and keep them away from more violent younger ones. >> this is the old man's dorm. which is a privileged dorm. you have to be 45 and older to be in this dorm. if you mess up in this dorm, you go b

nike "air" jordan retro concord shoes to be exact is what they're called i guess. they retail for $180 a pair. we looked on ebay for the heck of it. a pair of size 12s going for $750. they're sneakers, people. i'm just sayin'. >>> the widow of a virginia tech police officer killed on campus says she is amazed so far about the outpouring of support she's received since the murder of her husband. officer deriek crouse was shot and killed during a traffic stop on december 8th and people do not know why. police do not know why ross ashley killed officer crouse and then eventually killed himself. in the days that followed, tina crouse said she has received gifts, letters and more than $150,000 from a charity set up by two virginia tech students. she tells the roanoke times that "in all of the ugliness that's happened, i've never felt more beauty in my life." she plans on returning to cosmetology school next month. >> today marks the day 101 for the occupy protest movement. one of the few protests left but going on is here in washington. the everyone campment at mcpherso

>> seven stores inside the hilltop mall were selling the re-released air jordan 11 concord at $180 a pair. 2000 people turned out, but there were only 600 pairs of shoes available. the mob was so angry, police had to shut down the mall. isn't that crazy? >> unbelievable. over shoes. >> were you there yesterday? >> no, i missed it. i was covering the fire. >> right, our other big story. shoes? fire? >> really, for a pair of shoes? shots fired? >> amazing. they must be the hot product. i remember in 1996, i remember my brother had a pair of those! >> yes! >> when i saw those, those are so popular, what is it, 1994 again? what the? >> i could take my brother's old pair out of my closet! >> vintage! >> maybe they are worth more! >>> here's a live look outside, live look at the golden gate bridge. baby it, is cold outside today. we've got our christmas eve forecast, involving a freeze warning this morning. we'll tell you how low we're going to go, plus when we'll look at rain in the seven-day forecast. >>> also, foster parents open up a new world to a bay area young man. our student risin

the limited air jordan 11 retro concords. they were released coast to code toast for sale at $180. and in california, north of oakland, police have arrested one man who accidentally fired his gun while waiting in line with thousands of other folks. no reports of injuries there. and now rick has more. why are people so worked up over the shoes? >> remember the michael jordan ads, it has to be the shoes? they were right. up to 1,500 showed up at individual stores and malls across the country, in some cases you see they are pushing and shoving and shooting and fighting and smashing and trampling their way inside to try and be among the first to grab a pair of the limited we air jordans. as you can see there, dozens of officers were called in to handle them including in indianapolis and atlanta and houston. shops were fired outside a mall in california could have been someone trying to disperse the crowd trying to get their hands on the nikes and other body parts. >> got to lick the bottom of these. the bottom of these. we was out here until 1:00 o'clock in the morning. since 1:00 o'cl

this is all about the air jordan 11 retro concord. a replica of the original that came out in 1996.t just about michael jordan who retired from the game, but the fact that these shoes have been collector's items over the years. back in the 90s, you probably remember they were the target of thiefs and kids who were killed. the latest version sells for about $180 retail, but we have seen them online going for upwards of $600. the hot shoe for people who take sneakers seriously and it has been causing a frenzy around the country as they are released from the shooting in northern california. no one was hurt there, by the way. the shooter or alleged shooter was arrested. in another places, shoppers ripped the hirchls off of doors and the malls to try to get inside. thousands lined up and waited for hours around the country. there were near riots and several people arrested. in many places the shoes have sold out and other places suspended the sale today because of all the chaos. as you said, shopper are not really in the holiday spirit going for the air jordans. >> not at all. thank you

discounts but the suddenly released hot ticket item a $180 throwback pair of sneakers, the nike air jordan concord yes. anybody want a pair? >> reporter: gunfire reported near san francisco, the christmas weekend was abuzz with last-minute bargain hunting and tracking santa's every move. more than 100,000 calls were fielded by norad with kids checking on his minute by minute progress, nearly a million lights on stand's facebook page from around the world and wide eyed smiles of all ages spoke the universal language. >> i also got a wii game which i completely love, which is the london 2012 olympic games. >> reporter: fewer miles in colorado, 50,000 u.p.s. packages got snowed in, delivery uncertain. where is the truck, in timbuktu? >> reporter: leaving ac, customers standing in line, wondering if they'd get theirs in time. >> woohoo! package is in the truck. >> reporter: this will be a big week for consumers and even bigger week for retailers. experts say this could account for about 10% of all holiday sales, so they want a strong finish going into 2012. jeff? >> ron mott here in new york, thanks.

concord for those. all over the country people are lining up for the new air jordan retros. let's take a look at the commute now a the airport. speaking of rushes all over the country people are rushing to the airports. this is a live picture from the terminal outside. one of the terminals at san francisco international. and as you have heard allie rasmus ararater on the scene say -- our reporter on the scene say there is a lot of people. my advice is to arrive a little earlier. give yourself an extra half hour on top of who you gave yourself. let's go out and take a look at 80 westbound as you drive out toward the mccarthur maze. no major problems. i almost said hello to rosemary a little early. this is a look at westbound bay bridge. that traffic is moving well. and now my colleague rosemary. >>> good morning, to you. yeah we have a chilly one out there if you are heading out early to do shopping. make sure you bring along the hat, glove, scarf wear it all. freezing in some cases. if you are just joining us we have a freeze warning for the north bay valley location. the ea