n >>> to many chris hardwick is known as a comedian, tv host, author., and he might simply say he's a nerd. >> that's right. "world news now" contributor barry mitchell took a break from the polka and spoke with hardwick at new york's bowlmor lanes about excelling in life like only a nerd can. >> defense! >> defense! >> all right. go around. >> reporter: what is chris hardwick doing bowling? i mean, this is a busy guy. stand-up comedian, comic-con panel moderator. tv host of the series "web soup" on the g-4 channel, where he also contributes tech reviews to the series "attack of the show." has a top-rated podcast. and in his fortress of nerditude just wrote a self-help book that advocates for nerds everywhere. >> now entering nerdist.com. >> i like things. i want to celebrate those things. and the internet helps me build a community of people that also like those things. so yes, a lot of nerds like star trek, battlestar, dr. who in my case. but i don't have to like everything in the nerdverse to be considered a nerd. it's how passionately you like those

hardwick says it's time for retailers to keep black friday sales on friday. >> gary, can you come to the service desk and help out? >> reporter: to boost holiday sales, a lot of companies to plan to open at midnight or earlier on thanksgiving. some target employees would have to report at 11:00 p.m. on thanksgiving for their 10- hour shift. parking attendant anthony hardwick was so upset about that, he started a petition on change.org, asking the company to save thanksgiving. [sound of phone ringing] >> reporter: we spoke to hardwick by telephone in omaha about the online petition that nearly 190,000 people have signed in just two weeks. >> the petition is not about me, you know. it is about everybody that i work with, everybody that works in retail. this is just an tune for us, all of us, to stand up and say, come on, leave us one day to spend with our families. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by this target employee in rockville. >> if i had to come out at 11:00 at night on thanksgiving, i'd rather be home with the family. >> reporter: plenty of shoppers say they support the petiti

we spoke to hardwick by telephone in omaha about the online petition that nearly 190,000 people havetwo weeks. >> the petition is not about me, you know. it is about everybody that i work with, everybody that works in retail, this is just an opportunity for us, all of us to stand up and say come o leave us one day to spend with our families. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by this target employee in rockville. >> i would be kind of upset if i had to come out at 11:00 at night on thanksgiving. i would rather be home with the family. >> reporter: plenty of shoppers outside the rockville store said they support hardwick's petition. >> people expect to have thanksgiving day off. i think it is one a few holidays left in this country that are pretty much universally observe giant food i see places opening at 10 clock on thanksgiving. i think its agoten a little ridiculous. >> reporter: molly snyder says employees will be paid time and a half no all hours worked on thanksgiving. as for opening at midnight, snyder says said in a statement, they're responding to requests from customers to get

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more than 74- thousand supporters signed anthony hardwick's petition on change-dot-org. hardwick started the petition when tt announced its plan to open t midnight thursday night, for black friday. the petition calls for target to change opening time back to 5 a-m o employees can spend the holy with family. the tablet wars are heating. today, amazon begins selline much-anticipated, full-colo, touch-screen kindle fire it's about half the size ofe i- pad and at 199 dollars, s than half the price. early reviews have been pretty positive... the processor is fast, the display responsiv, and the brower intuitive. the big complaints: no camer microphone, limited memory,d no cellular network, meaninu only have wi-fi to connect o the web. it's 4-- going from an "f" n "a." the major grade breach at a bay area university.. and how the f-i is now involved. the man at the center of the penn state scandal speaks o. why jerry sandusky admits se of the charges are accurate. and.. cal students unite.. the action they're taking ar a violent clash with police. "i definitely support reoccup

we spoke to hardwick by telephone in omaha about the online petition that nearly 190,000 people have signed in just two weeks. >> the petition is not about me. it is about everybody that i work with, everybody that work in retail. this is just an opportunity for us, all of us, to stand up and say no, come organization leave us one day to spend with our families. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by this target employee in rockville. >> to come out at 11:00 at knit on thanksgiving. i would rather be home with the family. >> reporter: plenty of shoppers outside the rockville store said they support hardwake's petition. >> people expect to have thanksgiving day off. i think it is one of a few holidays left in this country that are pretty much universally observed. >> i see places opening at 10:00 on thanksgiving. i think it's gotten a little ridiculous. >> reporter: company spokeswoman molly snyder says employees will be paid time and a half for all hours worked on thanksgiving. black friday is a regular work day. as for opening at midnight. snyder says said in a statement, they're respon

anthony hardwick now has to be at work at target at 11:00 p.m. thanksgiving night. >> i'm going to have to get some sleep and i'll probably go to bed at 2:00 and miss my family's thanksgiving dinner completely. >> reporter: hardwick's created an online petition, urging target not to open until friday morning. but analysts say it probably won't matter. this could be a new holiday tradition. >> somebody's opening at midnight, well, look for somebody to now say, well, we're going to open at 11:00 p.m. and look for someone else to say, we're just not going to close on thanksgiving day at all. >> reporter: but sears and jcpenney are not playing that game. they say they will not open on thanksgiving day so workers can be with their families. but they'll certainly be watching the competition, to see if shoppers really have an appetite for this before they've even digested dinner. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> and now healthy living, and a jaw-dropping recommendation from some of the nation's top doctors. hardening of the arteries is not someth

hardwick works at target. he planned to spend thanksgiving proposing to his girlfriend at his family's house. instead, he'll have to sleep in that day to be ready for work at target at 11:00 p.m. good-bye, holiday. good-bye, family. hardwick has started a petition called tell target to save thanksgiving. it certainly has struck a chord. more than 84,000 signatures since monday. it's easy to understand why target wants to interrupt its employees' thanksgiving holiday. more people than ever are shopping on black friday. a whopping 22.3 million last year. we've all seen them, out at night, sacrificing sleep and shelter, anything for a good deal, anything. in 2008 a walmart employee was trampled to death bishopey shopt a long island walmart. this thursday retailers opening earlier than ever. target, macy's, and kohl's will open at midnight thanksgiving eve. for some employees, enough is enough. so the talk back question for you. is it necessary for retailers to open their doors on thanksgiving night? facebook.com/

. >> anthony hardwick says it is unfair to target workers to have to leave thanksgiving dinner to heado work but the company says it is just supply and demand and it points out hardwick isn't even scheduled to work thanksgiving night. >> we asked our facebook friends what they thought. you guys responded big time! trudy says so what! i have to work on thanksgiving day and black friday! the company didn't force you to apply for the job. they gave it to you. be happy and blessed to have a job because i am. >> sheila says target should have planned for this months before by hiring those who would be willing to work and those who don't have family members, those who are competent and those who are in shelters. >> laura posted so doctors, nurses, firefighters and police officers should protest they have to work thanksgiving. at least those in retail get to spend some of their holiday with their families. >> really interesting that he's not even scheduled to work that night. >> i know he's doing it on behalf of others. but we don't know really the situation. is everybody forced to work or we

. >> reporter: neither do many employees, anthony hardwick works part-time at a nebraska target store and got 200,000 signatures on a petition to keep stores closed on thanksgiving day. target this week responded. >> our guests have expressed they would prefer to kick off their holiday shopping experience right after the holiday celebrations rather than getting up in the middle of the night. >> reporter: whatever their strategy, for retailers this remains the biggest and busiest shopping day all year. one millions of americans can't help but buy into. well, with the big crowds, sometimes comes security issues. and we saw it early near los angeles, where about 20 people were pepper-sprayed near a walmart store. authorities say no one was hospitalized, but the 20 were treated for injuries from the pepper spray. just another sign that shopping on black friday can get very intense. >> janell, thanks so much. >>> whether you spent the day cooking, eating or on the couch watching football, a little bit of everything from coast to coast and overseas many folks spent yesterday giving thanks a

with him, coworkers russell hardy, who leaves a 3-year-old son and joseph hardwick, who was to be married next month. >> all of these families are just obviously heartbroken, trauma tized over the lost of their loved one so suddenly and on thanksgiving. >> reporter: the point of the impact, near the top of this steep mountain cliff. deputies and investigators have to be air lifted in. >> it appears to be almost like a cliff where the aircraft crashed and everything was not only strewn to the base and because of the explosion, some distance, but even behind where this cliff area is. >> reporter: it will now be the job of the ntsb to figure out what went so wrong on a clear arizona night. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to lisa. >>> overseas tonight, and to the three americans waiting to be released after being arrested during new violence there. also, a rare apology by the generals now ruling egypt, for the deaths of anti-government protesters during the clashes this week in cairo. abc's lama hasan is in tahrir square. lama? >> reporter: good evening, david. the three ameri

anthony hardwick works part time at a nebraska target store and got nearly 200,000 signatures on a petition to keep stores closed thanksgiving day. target this week responded. >> our guests have expressed that they would prefer to have their holiday shopping experience right after the holiday celebrations rather than getting up in the middle of the night. >> reporter: whatever the strategy for retailers, this remains the busiest shopping day of the year. one millions of americans can't help but buy into. well, some shoppers in california got more than they bargained for. at a walmart, 15 people were sprayed with pepper spray as they rushed to take advantage of a bargain there. nobody in custody yet and nobody hospitalized in that, but one sign, lynn, that there is some black friday backlash here in the united states. >> yeah, just wild there. all right, janel, thank you so much. >>> well, across the country tomorrow, small business owners are hoping to draw in local customers who typically avoid black friday crowds and they prefer a more hands-on experience than cyber monday has to offer. n

and joseph hardwick, a 22-year-old airplane mechanic.dwick was engaged to be married next month. >> all of these families are just obviously heartbroken, traumatized, over the loss of their loved one so suddenly and on thanksgiving. >> reporter: this morning, the ntsb is working to determine what went wrong, on what was to be a short flight, from mesa, to safford, arizona. the crash happened close to the crest of the mountain. authorities say their investigation will be hampered by the steep terrain where the plane went down. getting to the site requires repelling down the mountain after a lift from a helicopter. now, shawn perry, the dad of those three children, was apparently divorced from his wife. sheriff's deputies and a chaplain had to tell her about the accident and the loss of her children. and today will be the first real day that the ntsb investigator will get to that scene to try to start unraveling how apparently experienced pilots could have flown into that mountainside. lara? >> thank you, lisa. just a holiday tragedy. i ca

you've got steven schilling and nick hardwick and brian dawkins with ate ll business given to the youngsterhews. dan: 116 yards on the ground. first and 10 for san diego. mathews again. tripped up after he picks up a yard to the 25. bung lee with a tackle for the broncos. dan: 40 yards more for nick novak to get into range. he missed a 48-yarder going the other end of a field but made a 53-iarer, that was at the other enof the field as well in the first half. there's no wind at all in this stadium. ian: 40 yards gets him to 53, which he converted on earlier. shotgun. rivers. looking downfield. throws it away. third and long for san diego. dan: that's a mistake by rivers. there was no pressure that time he just ran out of the pocket. when he's running out of the pocket, he's losing ground. makes a throw almost impossible. he seeings dawkins coming, it's like a phantom. dawkins picked up by mathews, rivers forced to throw it away. ian: broncos giving chase. 168 yards and a touchdown. denver like theirs field position. movement. delay of game. referee: delay of game. offense. number 17. five-y

anthony hardwick started an online petition asking target to save thanksgiving.00,000 people have signed on to the petition. he says he's just asking for workers to be able to spend one entire day with family. >>> fairfax county police holding an online chat today at 2:00 p.m. to discuss shopping safety concerns. a financial crimes unit detective and a consumer affairs expert will be fielding questions. we've posted all the information on myfoxdc.com. click on web links. >>> just in time for the holiday shopping rush, a warning you've heard before. stay away from predictable pass words. >> an annual list of the 25 worst passwords is out. it's based on millions of accounts that have been hacked. at the top of the list, the most obvious, password. it's what some people use. then patterns like 111, and 123456. >> you may not expect, though, i love you, sunshine, superman, and football. consumers using any words on the list are urged to change them immediately. you'll find all 25 on myfoxdc.com. >>> thanksgiving dos and don'ts for your pets. we have some cuties instu

. >> anthony hardwick isn't paying any attention to that. he filed this petition on the web. says a full holiday with family is just for the elite he have this nation all americans should be able to break bread loved ones and get a good night's rest. target says maybe not. they say our guests, meaning our clients have expressed they would prefer to kickoff their holiday shopping by heading out after their celebrations rather than getting up in the middle of the night. they want to stay open, be there this is a big season. they are slashing prices 50% on electronics and other items. >> shepard: it is not as if nobody works for thanksgiving we are open around the clock, a lot of businesses are. if they don't want the jobs i'm sure there is somebody ready to take them. >> obviously, target isn't saying that publicly. this is the season, last year in november target had sales jump 5.5%, 212 americans were out on black friday last year they spent something like 45 billion dollars. the numbers alone would show that everybody but grandpa and the dog were at the mall. this is the sea

hardwick with a good seal block.d like dumervil just ran right by mathews as he cut up the middle. ian: and a career-high 134 yards rushing for ryan mathews. ball is down at the 35-yard line for denver. they crowd the line. mathews hit. two-yard gain for mathews. down to 4:37 left in overtime. dan: a field goal from here would be about 51 yards for nick novak. ian: second and long now for san diego. trying to put an end to a five-game losing streak, the san diego chargers are 4-6 on the season. they opened up 4-1. tolbert angles towards the 30, picks up a yard. joe maze another tackle combining with d.j. williams. nick novak today, a new career high. 53-yard field goal for novak. dan: plenty of leg on that one. the second one just pushes it to the right. outside the up right. both in that east end zone direction. he'll be kicking it to the west end zone if the chargers don't pick up a first down here. dan: third and 6 for san diego. and a loss on the play! von miller, loss of four. and the field goal unit will come o

. >> having to do that upset part- time employee anthony hardwick. so he started an online petition to, in his words, "save thanksgiving." >> if we lose thanksgiving, as just another holiday shopping day, are we going to start looking at christmas, with hungry eyes next. >> reporter: but despite the petition, it appears target is not going to budge. >> reporter: a spokesperson issued a statement to wjz to say, we have heard from our guests that they want to shop at target, following their thanksgiving celebrations, rather than only having the options in the middle of the night. by opening at midnight, we are making it easier to deliver on our guests' wants and needs. >> i'd be there at 10:00 thursday night, rather than 4:00 in the morning friday. >> and someone has to ring them all up. >> you get paid for it. why are you complaining? it's a recession. >> it's also report to remember why you're working. you work so that you can live. you don't live so that you can work. and my family is what i live for. >> and a spokesman says those working on that da

but anthony hardwick is out of omaha, nebraska and he's upset that he has to work thanksgiving evening. it's a special time for him. he proposed last year to his girlfriend on thanksgiving and wants to talk about his wedding plans. he's going to have to sleep during the day and miss thanksgiving altogether because he has to make it to an 11:00 shift on thanksgiving night. he's so fed up with this that he has to go to work that night that he started a petition on change.org. he's already got 89,000 reporters. he's obviously very upset about this. other stores are doing this, too. other people are having to work at those hours. after you eat your turkey and pumpkin pie. >> i hate to be the but come on, we've all worked a hall day or two or 12. >> we have. i'm used to it. >> i know. alison, thank you so much. >>> another guy who has worked a lot of holidays, chad myers, not only monitoring the cnn weather center, we like to throw something different at you that we can't always explain. so i read about these grids in the desert in china. i thought, ah, chad myers. what is going on? >> well

joining me from nebraska, the guy who started the pe in addition is anthony hardwick.ou. >> good morning to you. thanks for having me on. >> how many signatures do you have so far? >> the last time that we checked it was at 160,000-plus. it's getting up there. >> what are you hoping to accomplish with this thing? >> ideally what we would like to see is target push back its black friday open to 5:00 a.m. but in the big picture x we would like to see key members at target and other retailers have the option for black friday more temporary hiring so that we can tackle some of this unemployment. and everybody goes home happy. people can spend thanksgiving with their family. >> we've received a response from target. i want to share a portion of it here. the company says, "the team member you are referencing is not now, and never has been scheduled to work on thanksgiving or black friday at target. in early november, he informed his target managers he was scheduled to work at his other job on black friday and indicated that he needed the day off from target. we honored that

a guy named anthony hardwick works at target in omaha, started a petition on change.org, you can pet on there. he was having to work a ten-hour shift on thanksgiving day. everyone from target to macy's to gap to kohl's, toys "r" us is opening earlier and earlier and earlier so they can get you for the day after thanksgiving for your shopping. last year 22 million people, carol, went and actually spent money on thanksgiving late at night to buy things, to buy holiday presents. this guy says, look, he wants to have thanksgiving dinner with his family, that it's just not fair. it's not right to make retail employees work on the most important retail spending day of the year. this guy has 79,000 people, carol, who have signed up and say it's just not right. >> let me play devil's advocate for just a moment. i know all these people are shopping on thanksgiving day which is odd to me because i would rather be with my family, too. i also am working on thanksgiving day. what's so wrong about wanting to stay home with your family? i'm talking about why do people have to shop on thanksgiving d

the co-pilot, russell hardy and mechanic joseph hardwick also died in the explosion that could be seen for miles. >> last week, we told you about workers at a detroit company caught drinking booze and smoking weed all on camera. 17 of those workers now fired from the tower defense and aerospace plant which makes armored parts for u.s. military trucks and planes. in this video, you see them smoking pot and drinking beer during their lunch breaks. before returning to work to make safety equipment for our troops in iraq and afghanistan. an investigation by our fox affiliate caught them in the act. the company says they're looking to make new rules that don't allow workers to leave the premises during the work day. >> picture this, it's the letter meet lace party at the playboy mansion. i'm picturing it. i don't have to. i can look at it. guys have to pay $1,000 to get in while beautiful women are allowed to waltz in for free. that might sound like the norm but tmz reports one guy is suing the playboy mansion saying he was shocked to learn gorgeous girls were getting 100% discount at the d

anthony hardwick started an online petition asking target to save thanksgiving.ple have signed on to the petition. he says he's just asking for one day to be with his family. >>> online retailers planning an assault on people battling the black friday frenzy. web sites will be sending out sale offers to mobile devices to shoppers as they stand in line. some retailers fighting back by not displaying bar scans on some items so they can't be scanned. >>> our holly morris is wearing her dancing shoes today. >> sure is. she's danced her way out to ashburn, where she's learning a thing or two about hip-hop this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. think about all the dance studios in our area and think about all the dance studios in the nation, and you'll be amazed when i tell you the dance studio we are at this morning has recently been africaed number three in the nation. we are live this morning at studio bleu dance center in ashburn. we're going to show you firsthand why they won this coveted award coming up on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.

. >> reporter: anthony hardwick is a part-time employee in nebraska whose online petition to save thanksgiving got nearly 200,000 signatures. monday, volunteers delivered it to target headquarters in minnesota. target officials responded. >> our guests have expressed they would prefer to kick off their holiday shopping experience right after the holiday celebrations, rather than getting up in the middle of the night. >> reporter: for some, the black friday marathon is already under way, at this best buy in florida, an eager shopper turned the parking lot into a campsite two weeks ago. >> dr. peppers, waters, soon we'll have some lunch meat. >> reporter: this guy set up at a louisiana store last friday. >> they got a lot better prices than last year. >> reporter: in texas another dedicated deal finder. >> it's an $800 tv for $200 so we figure people will be here really early. >> reporter: all part of retailers' efforts to create their kind of friday frenzy as common as the turkey itself. >> consumers want to be part of it because there's some badge bounty to say i was there at 4:00 in the morni

anthony hardwick explained via skype. >> the store management is very friendly.hink about the people who are having an issue with this petition are up in minneapolis. >> reporter: both minneapolis-based retailers responded. from target, we have heard from our guests that they want to shop target following their thanksgiving celebrations rather than only having the option of getting up in the middle of the night. and from best buy, we have customers who have told us that they'd like to shop best buy on thanksgiving day, and that's why we're opening at midnight. elaine davis with the national retail federation says stores opened early to stay competitive. >> for the last several years black friday has been the biggest shopping day of the year. and retailers know that they need to do everything they can in order to maximize the sales on that day when were while some choose to enjoy the holiday at home, others give thanks for those giving up their holiday. >> they're giving up their family time and they need to -- everybody should just say thank you for being here to

now, that petition has gotten at least 14,000 signatures and another petition started by anthony hardwick, a target employees in omaha, nebraska, got some 200,000 signatures. so, some people definitely agree with this. both companies, both target and best buy responded by saying this is what their customers wanted. they wanted these stores to open early so that they could get these good deals. both employees also add that while they certainly disagree with the policy, they are happy that they can at least share their opinions with no problems. >> so, the question is, is this going to work for retailers? they need the sales. this economy needs consumer spending. are they finding that this is working for them in terms of increasing customer turnout? >> well, according to the national retail federation, this is the busiest shopping day of the year. so, many of these stores trying to capitalize on that to open early and the way it's described, it's a competitive environment. the earlier you open, the better chance you will have customers buying your items. so, clearly, that's what best buy is