alex johnson is one of those missing out in an efforts to get his hands on a big screen tv. >> it's notn until you get what you came for. and when you get what you came for it makes it worth it. >> buyers refours what do you think about that -- remors, what do you think in -- remorse, what do you think about that days lost. the hardest par is the cold, finding a rest room and missing out on thanksgiving dinner. >>> on black friday some malls will track your move by your cell phone signal one in california and one in virginia plan to monitor shoppers to find out how long they are staying in a store and they will be saying they are using the information anonymously. what do you think, being tracked by your cell phone signal for marketing. let us know what you think on facebook. >>> if you want to avoid longlines, get the gifts online but not at work. you have to be work. this is parts of cyber monday. employers are cracking down on people shopping for the holiday season on the first day of the workweek. the employment agency surveyed more than 1400 perspective executives from companies ca

alex johnson wrote about the story for msnbc and today is the first day the new changes take effectsoners be set free today? >> a lot of them are waiting for this day. a lot of requests were already in the pipeline and it created a backlog in districts. there is no way to know exactly how many will go free today. you are right. it's projected that close to 2,000 people will be eligible for immediate release beginning today. >> the disparity in sentences for craig versus powder was considered discriminatoryy and it affected them proportionally. explain how they are different under the so-called fair sentencing act signed by the president last year. >> before you can be subject to a minimum five years if you recall holding five grams of crack. less than a fifth of an ounce. to trigger the same sentence, huh to be holding more than a pound of powder cocaine. 500 grams. the new rules don't eliminate that. they don't make the amounts of cocaine to trigger the minimum sentence identical, but they cut it drastically. instead of a 100 to one ratio, it's in the neighborhood of an 18-1 differ

johnson looking at hollywood and politics. thank you for your teime. >>> quick programming note for you. tune in to "now" with alext here. >>> want to keep you undated on a developing story. the president of the charity linked to penn state says he has resi resigned. the ceo of the second mile sent out a statement just a few minutes ago saying the focus should be on the children. he was a ceo for 28 years. second mile will now conduct an internal investigation of its own. now, it's alleged former penn state assistant jerry sandusky met his victims through this charity. we continue to watch that story for you. >>> so many people have been weighing in on twitter about the penn state scandal. today's tweet of the day from joan rivers. quote, if it were up to me, jerry sandusky would be going from penn state right to the state pen. cnbc's darren rovell said, quote, football games won't help penn state move on. finding out every detail of how this could happen will mean more. diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. then try this. freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna-- [beep]

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