we say -- police say no one was seriously injured in the fights. >>> two years ago, the arden fair mall evacuated when shots were fired during a fight in the same food court. >>> a tidal wave of return gifts is expected to hit stores the next few days. the national retail federation predicts 40% of consumers will take back at least one of their holiday gifts. 23% of all returns were taking place between now and the new year. an estimated $60 billion worth of goods will go back to stores. people we spoke with in walnut creek had their own reasons for hitting the stores today. >> gifts from grandma and family didn't fit quite right, so. >> we got money for christmas, so we want to spend it all. >> i shopped for everybody before christmas and i shop for myself after christmas. >> that man has it right. many stores help boost their bottom line with the sales. while store clerks had their hands full with returns, delivery drivers are getting a post holiday workout. u.p.s. expects to handle 4 million returning packages by the end of the first full week of january. the company is calling monda

it happened yesterday evening at arden fair.police and mall security moved in smaller fights broke out. police closed the mall early. and it wasn't just there. abc news reporter michele franzen has late details. >> reporter: terrifying moment for shoppers who got more than their bargained for. scrambling for safety after violent erupted at several malls. a food court brawl at the arden mall in sacramento. police say rowdy teens tried to take over parts of the mall. >> got to the point where it was proact i have to shut the mall down. >> reporter: police made eight at least three arrests. and this is near pittsburgh. cell phone video capturing the chaos. people shoving and pushing and shoppers fleeing up theist escalators. police say six fights broke out and two teens went to the hospital. >> appeared to be no set type of a protest, just many juveniles. >> reporter: and in missouri at the independence center sirens and unrest as police barricaded the entrance. >> we take that seriously. that's why we were able to get a large poli

it happened yesterday evening at the arden mall.police say they were force today close it down two hours earlier than usual. they say it was precautionary and to prevent a repeat of a situation from two years ago where teens went through the arden mall knocking over signs. it was misinterpreted as gunshots and forcing the mall to be placed under lock-down. >>> if santa bought you a piece of technology for christmas, there's a good chance he didn't stick around to help get it up and running. as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom found out, that's what the day after christmas is for. >> you are here for the geek squad? >> yes. >> a other very long line. a line of people who opened presents and found something wrong. . when i turned it on it didn't work >> some problems are clear-cut. s >> the memory card wouldn't fit. >> others are a bit fuzzy. >> you see sort of an outline. >> some are hard to describe. and a few are disastrous. >> no mindcraft? >> that's not acceptable. >> yeah. >> it helps to bring food. >> yeah. >> i knew they woul

at the arden fair mall. it started in the food court and dozens of teens were brawling. security broke up that fight. but another fight erupted in the same area about 90 minutes later. the mall closed an hour early because of the fights. nobody was hurt. and beside the arrests, four people were banned from the shopping center. >>> well, as new year's approaches and police patrols step up for drunk drivers, the proposal to make the roads safer in the future. jerry hill will announce monday that he will introduce legislation to require motorists convicted of dui to install ignition locks on their cars. those locks prevent a car from being started until the driver blows into a breathalyzer and proves that he or she is sober. the law would apply to first time and repeat offenders. a pilot program is already being tested in several cities in california including alameda. >>> another controversy is brewing over the release of a hollywood film. egypt is banning the biblical epic exodus, gods and kings. the government claims it's filled with historical inaccuracies and told from

by her comment, there few exceptions and cosmetic pioneer elizabeth arden. the women tend to appear in miller's book as show girls and prostitutes. this is a gross misrepresentation. none of my characters are show girls and there is not a single prostitute in the book. one wonders. anyway. while this is going on, i don't have a slide on this. in vanderbilt and the baurt of jpmorgan move over from this area town. murray hill and fifth avenue. they move across town to sutton place. they take a neighborhood and make it a community for women dedicated to philanthropy and causes. fred french who saw the skyscraper earlier, he builds an affordable community for in town living. right around heaton place. they used to have a golf course. fred french's paper is there. they are very good. the whole area, the grand central area, sutton place, all along the shore from the greensboro bridge is all transformed at the same time. that's more representative of the park-like atmosphere they tried to create there. about this time, walter was in town. you know about the chrysle

at the arden mall in sacramento, a food court brawl and reports of gunfire after police say rowdy teens tried to take over parts of the mall. >> it got to the point where we shut the mall down. >> reporter: check out this scene at a mall near pittsburgh, cell phone capturing the chaos, pushing shoving and pushing. shoppers flee is up the escalators. police say six fights broke out and two teens went to the hospital. >> it appeared to be no set type of a protest. it's just that there were many juveniles. >> reporter: in missouri at the independent center, sirens and unrest as police barricaded the entrance. >> we take that seriously. that's why we were able to get a large police presence here very quickly. for "good morning america," michelle franzen, abc news, new york. >>> and president george h.w. bush is said to be in great spirits but he remained hospitalized a fourth night in a texas hospital. america's oldest living president, 90, was rushed to the hospital tuesday after experiencing difficulty breathing. doctors at houston methodist hospital say he is being kept there as a precau

it happened yesterday evening at the arden mall. police say they were force today close it down two hours earlier than usual. they say it was precautionary and to prevent a prepietrus from two years ago where teens went through the mall knocking over signs. it was misinterpreted as gunshots and forcing the name to be placed under lock down. >>> if santa bought you a piece of technology for christmas there's a good chance he didn't stick around to help get it up and running. as chris bloom points out, that's what after christmas is for. >> you are here for the geek squad? >> yes. >> a other very long line. a line of people who opened presents and found something wrong. some are clear-cut. >> the memory card wouldn't fit. >> others are a bit fuzzy. >> you see sort of an outline. >> some are hard to describe. and a few are disastrous. >> no mind craft. >> that's not acceptable. >> yeah. >> it helps to bring food. >> yeah. >> i knew we would get hungry so i parked a truck outside. >> and it may not help to state the obvious. but even af

it happened at arden fair close to cal expo.police say they were force ed to close down the mall two hours earlier than normal. they say the move was precautionary and meant to prevent a repeat of oo event two weeks ago when they went through the mall knocking down signs. the noise was misinterpreted as gunshots forcing the mall to be placed under lockdown. >>> if santa brought you a piece of technology, there's a chance he didn't stick around and help you get it up and running. as jonathan bloom found out, that's what the day after christmas is for. >> reporter: if you came here for tech support, you're not alone. >> you're here for the geek squad? >> yes. >> a lot of people. it's a very long line. >> reporter: a line full of people who ripped open their presents and found something wrong. >> when i turned it on, it didn't work. >> reporter: some problems are clear cut. >> the memory card or the battery would not fit. >> reporter: others are a bit fuzzy. >> sort of an outline. >> reporter: some are hard to describe. >> it's goi

diana hired forensic expert jonathan arden. >> in my opinion the victim died in the early afternoon on sense with the rigor mortis, the lack of decomposition. but when the state medical examiner was asked, why did you recommend the time of death be 65 hours prior to the time of discovery, given all the evidence of the rigor mortis, the lack of decomposition, she said under oath, because that's when they told me. the police told me that's when they thought it happened. >> but even with all the evidence in elmore's favor, diana and jensen knew the biggest hurdle would be explaining the blood on elmore's pants to the court. >> blood that was supposedly found on pants and shoes matched the blood type of mrs. edwards. and this was very difficult testimony to rebut. >> as jensen cross-examined the state's blood evidence, diana went through the testimony and made a key discovery. evidence lists showed elmore's pants had passed through eight different people before the trial. >> i jumped out of my chair. i start whispering to chris jensen, ask him what this means and who these people are and w

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arden, democratic caller, good morning. caller: i think that c-span had the worst year? host: how come? caller: you have 435 house members in the best that you all could do all the time was have people like steve king and marsha blackburn on your show. it looks to me that you could do a better job having someone with a bit of principles. host: who would you like to see? caller: some house of representatives that represent the country the way that they talk. you never say anything back to them whenever wrong. thank you. host: ok. back to twitter -- host: we are continuing to take your calls, the lines on the bottom of the screen. from social media and facebook you can also send us an e-mail. wendell writes that the president had the best year because he did everything he could for the people. he also writes that the republicans had the worst year because they did nothing. surely comes back and says -- where have you been living. back to the article written by "the huffington post" this morning. they write about gabby giffords having one of the worst years in washington. h