alexander died when he was only 33, and his monumental project could not sustain itself.ut the model of the greek state he exported of a civilized city in a barbarian landscape became the model for the greek city-states for the next 300 years. one such city was pergamum, built in what's now turkey in the second century b.c. pergamene rulers were neither democratic nor especially heroic, but they borrowed the heroic forms of alexander's time and of classical athens to express their ideals and values. but in their art, like carvings on the great altar of zeus, the pergamenes depicted the struggle between the gods, between the rational and the irrational, with a violence and passion that the classical athenians never permitted themselves. you can feel the drill ripping into that stone to create that writhing hair of the giants. you can feel the chisel cutting away to create feathers or skin or scales, muscles or drapery-- whatever. you can feel the rasp making those immense range of surface textures together with the polish, so here the sculptor is foregrounding his own tech

emily mentioned lamar alexander. there is a whole slew of education bills that are stacked up, the re-authorization of no child behind, etc. what's your prediction or sense of do you think we'll see any progress in this congress? and also, how do you see alexander and patty murray the likely new ranking dem getting along? >> it will be interesting to see urray takes onm the full house -- with ties and sweater vests in the winter. which is the thing i will miss most about lamarr, is his winter style. just like tom coburn's beard every winter, the harkin sweater vest. he was the chairman of the appropriations committee. patty murray could do both of those also if she wanted. i don't think that she will. but she will probably come on at health. so i think that murray has been on health for a long time. she and alexander have a working relationship. she's proven herself to be very willing to get things done at heart, she is a negotiator. she's a legislator. she likes writing bills. and having her name on them. i would no

alexander: mr. president, i'll have about 20 minutes. a senator: hour and a half. mr. whitehouse: all righty. now i know. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia is recognized. mr. manchin: i want to thank my good friend, senator pat too maniy, for working with me to make sure ow kids remain safe in every single school across our country. i'm a father of a three and a grandfather of eight. there is nothing more upon than protecting my children and grandchildren. our bill is just common sense and has already passed by a voice vote with not one opposition in the house. this simple placks sure that all employees who work with our students pass a background check to make sure they have no criminal records or an abusive history. that includes everyone, from principal, teerchtion and secretaries to cafeteria workers and janitors. since january 1, 4010 teachers across america have been arrested for sexual misconduct. just since january 1 of this year. that is more than one teefn per day who h

gaga,y bennett, lady alexander wayne.re was an artist you could collaborate with, who is on your target list? >> that is going to be a surprise. i will tell you when i have it. >> nobody you're looking at? >> he can't tell you, because then that person raises the price that they want. we always want to price to the customer. so you have to wait and see. >> congratulations. they are all sold out of these. but you can see them here. coming up, you may vote how you shop. ♪ >> we all know what really happened after tuesday's midterms. the start for campaigning for 2016's presidential election. the clinical leaving of brands like starbucks and pizza hut. -- political leaning of brands like starbucks and pizza hut. >> we are not talking about the ceo clinical affiliation, weird looking at store locations of that company. >> the regional location of these brands. >> correct. they looked at the district vote in the midterms, and this is what you find. has 83% inparel democratic congressional districts. i don't mean to diss time m

ç >>> the middle of the night but nothing would stop getting hands on the new alexander want line ath&m. >> i was running in the middle of the street to get bart. >> the land was toship online but the website crashes and the company apologized to customers. at the store, sky 7 shows the line wrapped away the block. >> he is a very young and hip designer. >> it looks hectic. a lot of people had what i wanted. >> consumer psychologist is not surprised at frenzy. there is more to it than people wanting designer labels. >>> the other part is what i call competitive sports shopping. in a way it is a badge of honor to get the item first and show it it off. >> in the case of alexander wang it does not hurt when the first lady of the united states is photographed wearing your jeans. >> online all a was left was drawstring leather pants for b, 350 but foes -- got what they wanted. >> inspiring. high end people are baying affordable brands. inspiring. >>> anything competitive in sports i was last one pick on the lay ground. >> but is shopping. >> you would pick me first. >> yes. >> you would f

who writes bestes say about their favorite memory of peddler's village and this years winner is alexander bear in fourth grade at our lady of mount carmel school in mrs. brooks class. tell me about your favorite memory. >> my favorite memory is making a... unaudible you made a wish, you happened to make a wish when you came to peddler's village. you wish your teeth would come in and your wish was granted. >> yes. >> reporter: your teeth look fantastic. are you excited. this is your first time at grand illumination. >> yes. >> reporter: are you exited to help santa pull down the switch. >> yes. >> reporter: what are you diagnosis for christmas this year. >> i pad. >> reporter: ipad. go big or go home. i love it. she looks so great. she has the fur hood keeping her warm. we are boating go to go up on the stage joined by mrs. claws who made the trek from the north pole and i hear santa will make a grand entrance this year. we will bring you grand illumination in a few minutes here on cbs 36789 i will go upstage and read alexander's prize winningest say this year. i'll send it back to you in

emily mentioned lamar alexander. there's a whole slew of education bills that are stacked up, reauthorization of no child behind, hire and act, et cetera. what's your prediction or sense of the you think we will see any progress in this congress? also, how do you see alexander and patty murray getting along? >> you mentioned patty murray, it will be interesting to see if patty murray goes the full harkin and takes on both house and -- sweater vest. which is the thing i'm going to miss most than they did not tom harkin which is winter style. just like tom coburn's beard comes back every winter. so harkin is not only the health chairman but also the chairman of the appropriations committee that does labor health and education. patty murray could do both of those also if she wanted i don't think that she will but she will probably, she will come on health. i think murray has been on help for a long time. she and alexander had a working relationship. i think she's also for someone who is proven herself to be very willing

so emily mentioned lamar alexander. there's a whole slew of education bills that are stacked up, reauthorization of no child act, ethigher ed cetera. what's your prediction or sense of do you think we'll see any this congress and also how do you see alexander newpatty murray, the likely ranking dems getting along? >> you mention patty murray, it be interesting to see if she goes what we call the full and,and takes on the house is theater vest, which thing i'll miss the most about harkin. so harkin is not only the health chairman but also the chairman the appropriationings committee that does labor, health and education. murray could do both of those if she wanted, i don't think she will, but she'll come and help. so i think that murray has been long time.or a she and alexander have a working relationship, i think she's also proven herself to be very willing to get things done. she's a negotiator, a legislator. she likes writing bills and having her name on them. to see not be surprised such alexander-murray bills every

us receiver of the george washington alexander hamilton and james madison. his most recent book which was released last week as "founder's son" a life of abraham lincoln" and already getting wonderful reviews. i'd like to ask before i invite him to the stage anything that makes noise like a cell phone is switched off now pleased when meet to welcome richard brookhiser to the stage. [applause] >> thanks. i n being adjusted. they did not need this in the 19th century. it is always a pleasure and an honor to be here at the historical society. just my publicist, basic books has done a terrific job they are publishing and well and i could not be happier. roger has done so much for history and particularly was very generous to support the publicity of this book. and lou gave me crucial early a vice when i was trying to find my way ever 15,000 books published now 15,001. and also my friend and agent over 20 years this is our tenth book together restarted with washington and andrew johnson next. we will try to do better than that. abraham lincoln was preoccupied wit

. >> that is causing some residents to question exactly where they belong area and >> alexander can use his passport to vote in local elections but not for national parliament. 1000 people hold a special great passport. they are officially stateless but the document does have one big advantage. >> i don't need a visa to travel to russia. >> alexander lives not far from the russian border. he was two years old when his russian parents moved here. he is 68 years old here now and calls estonia his home. nine out of 10 people speak russian. many complain the country does not treat them fairly or equally. >> i have lived here for 65 years. why would i need estonian citizenship? >> you have to learn estonian. it is difficult. >> after the russians were left without citizenship after the breakup of the soviet union. becoming estonian includes a language proficiency test. sergei is not convinced they are discriminated against. >> you will be discriminated against because you are russian. i am russian pre-my mother is russian. i didn't experience this kind of stuff. >> tensions have been rising.

and pictures, calendars. >> seth: but, it's all alexander -- it's not of the phone itself, it's of himred: it's of him. >> seth: gotcha. >> fred: more than anything else. >> seth: that's great. and is it just open until thanksgiving? >> fred: yeah, just until thanksgiving. until thanksgiving morning, 6:00 a.m, so get in there earlier. >> seth: wait, it's open -- it closes at 6:00 a.m. on thanksgiving? >> fred: yeah, on thanksgiving, so you can actually go back and be with your family. >> seth: very nice. so it's like a reverse black friday, where you want to say get out of here. and what's the name of it? >> fred: fred's emporium of sculptures of alexander graham bell. [ laughter ] >> seth: that's a bad name. >> fred: i'm -- >> seth: it's a bad name. >> fred: yeah. >> seth: i love you, but that's a bad name. well, i'll have to -- and where is it real quick? just for everybody -- >> fred: right downstairs. >> seth: okay, great. [ laughter ] we've got such an excellent show for you tonight. david hyde pierce is here. [ cheers and applause ] can't wait to talk to him. also stopping by to

alexander? >> absolutely.rijuana or being able to -- or having anything else. what's most important is about ending a near half century long war on the american people and respecting the individual liberties of adults who want to engage in their own personal lifestyl lifestyles. >> when you say that goes to policing, i want to bring norm back in and read to you in 2011, just to put some data on that point. marijuana possession arrests were over 500,000, 663,000. have also nearly doubled since 1980 according to an fbi report, teen marijuana use also reaching a 30-year high, which is what the critics say they're worried about that kind of thing. but walk us through this as a law enforcement priority at a time of budget crunches. >> let me just say very clearly that after having spent 34 years as a cop, i think i have a pretty good idea of what kinds of crimes scare people, cause them to change the way they l e live, cause them to restrict the freedoms, not only of themselves, but certainly of their children. tho

robinson had his hand in there and alexander react to it. like what are you doing?lls it. come on! i have to be honest. i really don't like that call. >> verne: time called. 1:07 to go. the last 6 years, fourth quarters: 3838 third pass interception of the game. 2009 peterson intercepted. 2010 to mcelroy.

peter alexander has more. >> everybody out right now. >> reporter: this is home video of fence jumper omar gonzalez running across the white house north lawn in september. a damming review by the department of homeland security blames the secret service for a series of performance, organizational, tactical and other failures. the report found the secret service's alarm systems and radios failed to work properly and many of the officers on duty didn't see gonzalez with the knife as he scaled the fence. among the failures, the inaction of a secret service officer with an attack dog who did not hear the radio because his ear piece was out. that officer was talking on the cell phone and only saw gonzalez after witnessing another officer running toward him. >> the secret service is designed with such redundancy that we can accept a couple of human errors, but not as many as seemed to happen in this incident. >> reporter: gonzalez overpowered a uniformed secret service officer, unaware he had broken first line of security because the alarm box was muted at the request of the white house ush

robinson had his hand in there and alexander react to it. like what are you doing?sells it. come on! i have to be honest. i really don't like that call. >> verne: time called. 1:07 to go. the last 6 years, fourth quarters: 3838 third pass interception of the game. 2009 peterson intercepted. 2010 to mcelroy. 2011 reid in a great

we were there with sa van ga guthrie, al roker, peter alexander. melissa is wearing the light blue cute. how do you feel now? >> angie was with us as well. teaming up with the "today" show, peter alexander, this is the second annual cranksgiving food drive. great experience, great cause. 12 miles picking up canned goods for miriam's kitchen. a little sore this morning but definitely worth it and a whole lot of fun. good bonding experience. very fun. taking a look here at eastbound traffic headed to the bay bridge. it is shut down. we're getting a little bit of movement. just spoke with police. it should completely reopen in the next 10 minutes. high wind warning on the bridge with a disabled tractor trailer blocking things there. 15 at jefferson pike, new crash there. and inner loop before 50, two right lanes blocked there. taking a wider look at things, overall looking good. things slowly quite nicely. 66 and 95, no major problems. 270 coming up at 5:31. >>> 5:24. investigators are saying exhaustion may be the cause of a deadly bus crash in northe

. >> you're an image consultant and you melt with alexander. we -- met with alexander. we want to show you one of the designs to help veterans look elegant, not just efficient. our model is coming out. tell us about this design. >> this is a very versatile piece. she's paired it with a wool blazer and a of slate steel gray blue dress that goes from the hospital to night. you can take off the blazer and then pair it with heels and a pearl necklace and look completely elegant. it's also great for weddings. >> very nice. we love the heels that are with it. where is your store? >> we're located at tysons galleria on the third floor near wildfire. >> from camouflage to couture, your company -- how did the whole idea of mixing the two together, how did you do meet? >> actually maggie and i both share a passion for fashion and for charity. so we met at a fashion charity event in alexandria. we both have lived overseas for many years, transitioned back to the u.s. so we shared transitions in common and we wanted to help other women going through that and make it more fun. >> we

we get our report tonight from our national correspondent, peter alexander. >> reporter: a chorus of outrage this weekend. angry students march through the manicured grounds of the university of virginia. >> the protests, a response to this lengthy "rolling stone" investigation into the alleged gang rape of a freshman at a fraternity house two years ago. an assault lasting three hours with seven attackers, leaving her beaten and bloody. yet the victim told the magazine her friends discouraged her from reporting it. >> they told her that she would be black balled from uva social life. that her reputation would be ruined as the person who cried rape. >> when she did come forward several months later, the article says the administration gave her options but failed her. by insisting she not go to the police. >> i think when i first read the article i was simply sick to my stomach. there was much more information in "rolling stone" than we had. >> reporter: tomorrow the university's board will meet to discuss its sexual assault policies. police have been asked to investigate the case. the

but somehow she and alexander, 11 years old, survived the gunshots at pointblank range in the early morninghours thursday. detectives say this investigation is far from over. >> motive is not one of those things we'll be able to talk about today. we may never know with certainly depending on the condition of lepage what that motive was. >> reporter: police say they are still seeking information from friends and loved ones, including that of a possible text message sent from one of the children to a classmate at school. >> a lot of information has come into the detectives which includes that piece of information. we are actively pursuing a lot of different pieces and leeds. that is one of them. i cannot comment on that beyond the fact that we are aware of that information. >> can you tell us what the message said? >> no, i cannot. >> reporter: police tell us they were also able to quickly locate the father yesterday afternoon and rule him out as a suspect. they do say the father of the children killed is fully cooperating with the investigation into the mother's past. friends and loved ones

we get our report on all of it tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: on the road they're a family favorite, but owners who think larger means safer will be stunned by these results. today, news that some of the best selling minivans are failing a crucial crash test that simulates the front corner colliding with another vehicle, a tree or a lamp post. the insurance institute for highway safety warns the nissan quest is one of the worst performing vehicles it's ever seen for this type of crash. >> we had to cut the seat out in order to remove the dummy. and then we needed a crowbar to pry the front foot loose. >> reporter: in houston kathrine fuller says she's now nervous about taking her kids out in her nissan quest. >> i always thought since it was a larger vehicle and roomy vehicle that we were all safe. >> reporter: minivans are typically designed on mid size car platforms but wider and heavier. that leaves large areas less protected in a serious crash. >> high proportion of the minivan market is running a poor rating in this test. and those poor ratings are in some spect

>> peter alexander in our d.c. newsroom live tonight. peter, thanks. >>> now we go to the middle of the country. ferguson, missouri, and this tense stand-by period waiting the grand jury decision of the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. tonight the town remains under a declared state of emergency which means the national guard is ready should police and protestors clash violently once again and disregard all these calls for peace. our report tonight from nbc's ron allen in ferguson. >> reporter: with protesters back on the streets, anticipating a grand jury decision whether to indict officer darren wilson in michael brown's death -- >> as a member of the ferguson commission. >> reporter: today missouri's governor named his so-called ferguson commission. 15 citizens tasked with finding solutions to problems like poverty, education, policing, which has fueled the demonstrations. >> i'm not preparing for war. i'm preparing for peace. >> reporter: as the focus remains on the governor's decision to declare a

we begin our coverage and analysis tonight with our national correspondent peter alexander in washington. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. capitol hill will be a very different place when the new congress is seated just several months from now. for republicans it's a youth invasion of sorts. the average age of the senate republican freshmen class is 49 years old. fresh off their blockbuster night, the new faces of the republican guard. joni ernst, the self-described harley riding, gun toting, pig castrating, war veteran. >> i grew up castrating hogs on a farm. >> securing the senate majority for the gop for the first time in eight years. >> and we are going to make them squeal! >> reporter: the republican wave more like a political typhoon crashing down on democrats and president obama. >> it was a historic night at every single level. this was all about a direct rejection of the obama agenda. >> reporter: the renovation in congress ranks a clear reflection of voter frustration and disgust. much of it directed at the washington establishment. leading the way

peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> good luck with that. we're back in a moment with the "snl" cast member about to take on a big assignment. >>> also an update on a terrible crash that badly injured bono of u2 worse than we first knew. ♪ what becomes of the brokenhearted ♪ >>> jimmy ruffin has died, brother of the late-temptations singer david ruffin. he gave us that classic, "what becomes of the broken heart," the mississippi native motown singer 78 years old. >>> bono is in very bad shape. the u2 singer and his family have an apartment off central park in new york. he and his family went out for a ride and there was a terrible crash. he has a broken orbital bone, three breaks in his shoulder blade and a six-way compound fracture in his left arm which required three metal plates and 18 screws in one of two surgeries. u2 was planning a big tour to support two albums, but bono faces a long recovery now and months of physical therapy. >>> "snl" cast member cecily strong has been selected at the annual white house correspondents dinner next s

peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> president obama joining other world leaders at the apec summit in beijing. the group photo brought another test of his strained relationship with russian president vladimir putin. the two had a brief conversation according to aides. president obama will meet with china's president on wednesday. this trip will also include visits to myanmar and australia. >>> late word tonight from new york state health investigators about what really went on inside that doctor's office when joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. this will have a big impact on the medical community because some of the details are shocking. some of them speculated about but not confirmed until right now. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with us. stephanie, good evening. >> good evening, brian. this report highlights a list of missteps. among them one of the doctors treating joan rivers did not actually have privileges to practice at the new york clinic. rivers did not give informed consent for all the procedures she was given. and one member of the medical team actually took cell phone

nadia went to classes at this element will he school. 11-year-old alexander who was seriously wounded went to this local middle school. >> our hearts go out to the family that remains. >> i have three kids and, you know, when it involves kids at all it's always tragic. >> reporter: nadia and nicholas were found shot to death in the same bedroom. alexander and his mother were airlifted to cooper hospital where they remain in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the head. police recovered the gun used in the shooting at the home. >> we may never know with certainty depending on the condition of le page what that motive was. >> reporter: sources say le page was an unemployed registered nurse and suffered from depression in the past. her husband sources say is in maryland and does not live at the home. >> my prayers go out to them that they would, you know, be comforted and be able to get over this. >> reporter: kevin um instead is organizing a candlelight vigil for sunday night. >> we need to keep this in our hearts and keep moving forward. but also keep reminding the community that

peter alexander has more. >> reporter: this is the home video of fence jumper omar gonzalez running across the white house north lawn in september. a damning review by the department of homeland security blames the secret service for the failure. the report found secret service alarm systems and radios failed to work properly and that many of the officer on duty didn't see gonzalez armed with a knife as he scaled the fence. among the failures the actions of a uniformed secret service officer with an attack dog who was not listening to his two way radio his ear piece was out and a stand by radio was left in his locker. instead he was talking on a cell phone and only saw gonzalez after witnessing another officer running towards him. >> the secret service is set for redundancy. we can accept a couple of human errors but not this many. >> reporter: gonzalez overtook a secret service officer. he barrelled past the guard, turned left and ran into the east room. he ran the entire length of the white house to the other end of the east room before he was tackled by a heavily armed counter assault a

and a boston exhibit celebrating the works of alexander calder. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. the united nations warned today that the world must get most of its energy from renewable sources by 2050 or increase the likelihood of what it called severe, pervasive and irreversible damage. a report produced by hundreds of scientists around the world said inaction ultimately would prove much more expensive than switching over to renewables. secretary of state john kerry issued this statement in response: greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are higher than ever

alexander hamilton, a different person from the secretary of the treasury. dr. hamilton, a scotsman observed among new yorkers, a man could not have a more sociable quality than to be poured down liquor while others sunk under the table. this was how you prove yourself in polite company, being able to drink everybody else under the table. new york city officials issued over 300 licenses between march 1772.1 and new york had double the number of establishments than other large colonial cities. it is in many ways more of a drinking town of the other cities in north america. we are not talking very large. new york city has about 25,000 people at this time. was unlike boston and philadelphia in other ways, unfettered by the cultural predominance of quakers or descendents of puritans. new york city's ethnically diverse population could find common ground over their desire to make money and also hanging out over bowls of punch and tankards of ale. public houses can be found throughout the city. they had a close relationship with commercial life. cabins sprang up with

nbc's peter alexander has late details. >> everybody out right now! >> reporter: this is the home video of fence jumper omar gonzalez running across the white house north lawn in september. a damning review by the department of homeland security blames the secret service for a series of performance, organizational, technical and other failures. the report found the secret services alarm systems and radios failed to work properly. and many officers on duty didn't see gonzalez armed with a knife as he scaled the fence. among the failures actions of a uniformed secret service officer with an attack dog not listening to his radio because his ear piece was out and a standby radio left in his locker. instead that officer was talking on a cell phone and only saw gonzalez after witnessing another officer running toward him. >> the secret service was designed with such redundancy that we can accept a couple human errors, but not as many that seem to happen in this incident all at the same time. >> reporter: gonzalez overpowered a uniformed secret service offic

alexander nguy >>> closed captioning is sponsored by wall beds and more. he talk about a real head scratcher, a san jose man won $3.5 million off a nonwinning ticket. alexander nguyen took the top prize after winning in the california lottery's second chance program. he says he plans to take his wife on vacation. want to see the world for free? >> well, if you're canadian and your name is elizabeth gallagher, you're in luck. i got the first part right. i'm not canadian, though. jordan exon ibooked the 18 day trip for himself and his girl friend. then they broke up. the trip is next month. jordan doesn't want to waste the extra ticket, so he's offering it to anyone with his ex's name and a canadian passport. >> isn't there a country western song about that? >> it is if you spin it backwards. play it backwards and you'll get your dog back, your girl friend back and the trip is all good. >> sounds like the offensive line for a certain football team i know. >> did pablo take the giants offer? what a new baseball manager said that will guarantee him a job for l

that child, alexander, does remain in critical condition at cooper medical center this afternoon. beside those three children in an upstairs bedroom in the same bed identified as her bed and that the gun was lying close to where she was, that she was still breathing. police also narrowed down the time frame to between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. thursday morning. police say lepage tried to hide the noise of that gunfire. >> a pillow was used to muffle the gunshot sounds which we believe accounts for the reason

peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> good luck with that. we're back in a moment with the "snl" cast member about to take on a big assignment. >>> also an update on a terrible crash that badly injured bono of u2 worse than we first knew. ♪ people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although it's not a weight-loss or blood-pressure drug, farxiga may help you lose weight and may even lower blood pressure when used with certain diabetes medicines. do not take if allergic to farxiga or its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash, swelling or difficulty breathing or swallowing. if you have any of these symptoms, stop taking farxiga and seek medical help right away. do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problem

peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> the holiday shopping frenzy once reserved for black friday is already upon us on the day when we're giving thanks for the things we have, retailers want us shopping for the things we don't have yet. and they're doing whatever they can this year to lure us away from the dinner table. our report tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: the wait is finally over. and if starting black friday on thanksgiving evening seems normal now, well, k-mart opened this morning at 6:00. >> we put the turkey in the oven and we had nothing better to do so we came to pick out a few toys that were on sale. >> reporter: a laid back holiday with family has increasingly become a day to dine and dash. >> retailers open doors earlier and earlier on thanksgiving day every year because it works. because millions of americans show up. >> i got a fridge, a stove, toys, storage bins, i even got skylander paper. i'm excited. >> reporter: but not everyone's happy about black friday's creep into thursday. >> it's kind of hard because you're supposed to be like super th

peter alexander with us from our washington newsroom tonight with more. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. federal officials are calling on the japanese company takata and five manufacture manufacturers to recall those equipped with takata, ford, honda, chrysler, mazda and bmw vehicles generally with models years 2008 and before. it affected cars mostly in areas along the gulf coast with high temperatures and humidity, but the government says it's making this new move after learning about two incidents outside those areas. officials say drivers should keep wearing seat belts and can continue to drive until their vehicles can be repaired. if takata and the automakers do not follow through, the government says it will force them to. >> peter alexander in our d.c. newsroom live tonight. peter, thanks. >>> now to the middle of the country, ferguson, missouri, and this tense stand-by period waiting the grand jury decision on the white police officer who shot and killed an unlarmed black teenager. tonight the national guard is ready should police a

her lauras trying to paint the victim, her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander, as a man torn between his mormon religion and his life-style. ace jurors charged with deciding whether arias lives or dies hears arguments about pornography on his computer. we have doug burns, former federal prosecutor. rebecca rose woodland a trial attorney. this ground to a halt, defense saying defense misconduct. there used to be all the files on his computer, porn sites, that travis alexander visited, now they're gone and the police must have done something untoward here. the police and prosecutors say no such thing happened. if any files were deleted it was on the part of the defense attorney. who settle this is argument? >> we'll see some experts come in from both sides. the experts will be computer i.t. people, this was there, or this wasn't there. they're able to track your computer obviously and go back and see what was there. and, we'll see what happens because this is a big issue. this goes to the heart of the defense, that he was a sex craved maniac that she had to fight herself and her life again

nadia went to an elementary. 11-year-old alexander was seriously wounded. he went to the local middle school. >> very sad about the whole incident. our hearts go out to the family that remains. >> i have three kids and, you know, when it involves kids at all it's always tragic. >> nadia is my best friend and she was always nice to me. >> reporter: nadia and nicholas were found shot to death in the same bedroom. alexander and his mother were airlifted to cooper hospital in camden where they remain in extremely critical condition with gunshot wounds to the head. police recovered the gun used in the shootings at the home. >> this investigation is far from over. and motive is not one of those things we'll be able to talk about today. >> reporter: sources say le page was an unemployed registered nurse and suffered from depression in the past. her husband sources say is in maryland and does not live at the home. >> my prayers go out to them that they would be comforted and be able to get over this. >> i actually cried because i couldn't imagine losing my kids. >>