lester. >> jolene kent in new jersey, thank you. in northern california they know she is alive and well. woman who was apparently abducted more than three weeks ago is free and back with her family after interstate. little is known about the circumstances of her disappearance. nbc's goti schwartz is there with the latest. >> reporter: around 4:30 a.m. thanksgiving morning, 23 days after mother of two sherry papini, went missing, a call over the police radio. >> chp is advising she is heavily battered. >> reporter: dispatchers saying the kidnapping victim appeared to be shackled to something. and advised she is chained to something. >> reporter: a driver spattered her and called 911. an emotional papini found 150 miles away from where she was abducted. within hours the 34-year-old was reunited with her husband who police cleared as a person of interest after passing a lie detector test. >> her husband keith was immediately responded down to the area, and is remaining at sherri's side. >> reporter: the search for her began right here

nbc's jolene kent has details. >>. >> reporter: black friday fever gripping the nation. >> reporter: black friday fever gripping the nation. shoppers grabbing deep discounts america, finally open after being closed on thanksgiving day. >> if you want something, you're willing to wait in line. >> this is your one time to go out and throw down and get out there and get dirty. >> reporter: amazon and target reporting record online sales, too. >> it is a great time to be a consumer. interest rates are low. there's deflation in food. if you're at the pump, fuel prices are low. >> reporter: walmart says 70% of its web traffic during black friday has come from mobile devices so far, but a spike in for macy's. its website crashed. macy's saying high volume was to blame. several instances of violence threatened to derail the day. a j.c. penny and sears closed in chattanooga after a shooting in the parking lot. a fight over a parking lot spot in reno left one man dead. near atlantic city a police investigating a fatal shooting outside macy's hours before it opened for the day. for some stores

for your dollars, but this year, the holiday deals are already here and as jolene kent explains, it could be the end of black friday as we know it. >> reporter: in f shopping like this makes you cringe, good news. experts say black friday madness may soon be a thing of the past. >> the way black friday is really changing. it's not just one day. it is these five days money on everything under the sun. >> reporter: sales in stores on black friday were down 12% last year, and this year shoppers plan to spend half their holiday budget online. in fact, many retailers have already kicked off their online black friday sales. here's how to take advantage of deep discounts right from your couch, starting now. fill up your shopping cart, and as the black friday deals come out, sign out of the site all together. stores want you to complete the sale, so when you log back in you may get new discounts or free shipping. deals on different device, shop on your phone, your tablet and your computer. prices may change by device because retailers are tracking your search history and past shopping habits. and

lester. >>> jolene kent in new jersey. thank you. in northern california tonight they know she is alive and well. a woman who was back with her family after being found shackled at the side of an interstate. little is known about the circumstances of her disappearance. nbc's gadischwartz is there with the latest. >> around 4:30 a.m. thanksgiving morning 23 days after mother of two sherri papini went missing, call over the police radio. kidnapping victim appeared to have been shackled to something. >> chp is on the scene and advising she is chained to something. >> reporter: a driver spotted her and called 911. an emotional papini found 150 miles away from where investigators say she was abducted. within hours the 34-year-old was rue united with her husband who police cleared as a person of interest after passing a lie detector test. >> her husband keith was immediately responded down to the area and is remaining sherch for papini began here over three weeks ago. we are about a mile away from her house. now, her neighbors reported see

jolene kent there.ou be careful. >> thank you. >>> up next, donald trump's skipping out on daily intelligence briefings, only doing two so far. far fewer than many of his predecessors. what kind of information is he missing out on? (vo) your love is purely thoughtful, purely natural, purely fancy feast. delicious entrées, crafted to the last detail. flaked tuna, white-meat chicken, never any by-products or fillers. purely natural tastes purely fancy feast. >>> welcome back to msnbc. and sources confirm elected donald trump only received two intelligence briefings and traditionally intelligence officials give a president-elect briefings nearly every day and the school bus crash in tennessee. a sixth elementary school child died last night and six still in the hospital. a l federal investigation continues. >>> a scare in grand central terminal and check it out. this is an ecigarette exploding in a man's pants. while at work. you can see he was treated for third degree burns and expected to undergo surgery

nbc's jolene kent explains why it may push some to look for a new home rather than later. >> reporter: jen had no plans on rushing her house hunt. >> i've been looking for a home for about a year and a half. >> reporter: but the victory of president-elect donald trump sent her into a race to secure >> we decided to lock in immediately. >> reporter: she was right. the 30-year fixed rate mortgage has spiked 0.4 of a percent since election day. that's the biggest increase since 2013. that means the payment for a $200,000 mortgage has gone up by about $56 a month. >> we've seen a sharp rise in mortgage rates over the last week because of the speculation that a trump administration is going to mean more government borrowing, more government spending and over the long term higher inflation. >> reporter: the pressure also m refinance. >> i'd refinance now. we don't know where the interest rates are going in the future. >> reporter: despite an increase in rate, realtors say it's still a seller's market. although mortgage rates are ticking up, they still remain at historic lows, and mortgage e

nbc's jolene kent tells us where the bargains are tonight. >> reporter: good-bye black friday, hello black november. . sales rolling out earlier than ever, blanketing the internet and the mall. amazon, walmart, best buy, and lowe's, offering black friday discounts now. >> sales are coming earlier and earlier. i like that, because i like to shop early. >> reporter: the early bird deals are part of an industry-wide reaction to black friday struggle. last year, in-store sales were down a whopping 12%. this year, the average american will spend $936 over the holiday season, down from 2015. so dozens of major brands debuting sales ahead of schedule, bluring the lines between shopping day. so far, 44% of american adults plan to shop black friday sales. to lure you in, walmart is taking the holiday creep to another level, moving cyber monday deals up to spend early and often. despite all the steals and deals out there, experts say do not buy everything now. >> black friday is really changing, is that it's not just one day. it is the five days of savings. >> reporter: right now, experts say

jolene kent is in the rain for us.seems to be all about the economy, the issue driving voters there, right? >> reporter: alex, that is exactly right. we're in front of republic steel. i want to show you how big this steel plant once was. this used to employ over 2,000 people and now republic steel has lost thousands of jobs. it's down to only four employees who are here just to guard the assets. and the economy, of course, a very important issue to you, craig, right here, the vice president of the local united steel workers union. and you're one of the four who continues to work for republic. why is the economy so important to you here in lorraine? >> well, we've been devastated. we've lost over 1,500 jobs. 1,200 recently back in 2009 we had 2,500. our community is devastated. we have lost firefighters, police department. we should be able to stand here in front of this steel plant right now. we should be hearing steel being made and not brought into this country from china. >> reporter: who are you supporting in 2016

nbc's jolene kent is live in the board of elections. jo, what are you seeing on the ground this morning? >> reporter: it is packed and it is electric here at the franklin county board of elections. i want to show you 98 voting machines here. they're called dre's. direct recording electronic machines. at no point when people are voting or afterwards will these be exposed to an outside network. cyber security in franklin county and throughout the state of ohio. you can see people have been waiting in line outside in these epic lines that are going all around the shopping center that we're inside right now. something you should know about ohio, it is a very tight race right now. neck and neck according to the columbus dispatch newspaper. 48% for hillary. 47% for donald trump. a lot of supporters from both sides here early voting today and here in franklin county, what you can see, all these voters will make up 40% of registered voters will have already voted before election day even starts and we only have about 2.5 hours left until early

. >> reporter: in the season of giving, using credit wisely to stretch that holiday jolene kent, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with a near disaster caught on camera when a heroic big brother comes to >>> we have an update tonight on the nobel surprise. you know the one, bob dylan awarded the nobel prize for literature. the music legend went silent a few days after the announcement but later told an aw reward left him speechless. said he will not be in stockholm to accept ward at the december 10 ceremony. the academy said he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible. no word on who will scoop it up for him. >>> the white house announced today the final group of recipients president obama will award the nation's highest civilian honor, the medal of freedom and it's an all-star list among the names, kareem abdul jabbar, ellen degeneres, loren michaels, robert redford, diana ross, vin sculley, bruce springsteen and ss ciceliy tyson. we put the full list on our website. >>> caught on camera, a thing a lot of paren

nbc's jolene kent, and morgan bradford keeping an eye on early voting.eter alexander in tampa with team trump. and we begin with kasie hunt in florida with the clinton campaign. kasie on the clinton campaign bus in pembroke pines, florida. that is where mrs. clinton is set to take the stage about an hour or so from now. so as i mentioned earlier, kasie, tim kaine is also going to be in florida. donald trump will be there too. are you able to glean anything from the early voting data, as to which side seems to have the advantage thus far? >> reporter: well, democrats are really 401( focused on the facty seem to have edged out republicans overnight in the new counts for early voting. but it's very, very close. democrats are really encouraged by the fact that there seems to be a surge in hispanics voting here in the state of florida, which will be really important for them if they want to hold on to this particular state. of course, hillary clinton doesn't need to win here in florida, as badly as donald trump does. without winning here, donald trump's path

now, i want to look at jolene kent. set the scene for us, when did the mall open >> reporter: well, it has been opened for hours and people are coming in. those who say black friday maybe dead, i can tell you what we are seeing a lot of people coming and 137 million americans planned to shop this holiday weekend. that spending is shattering records. >> shoppers lining up fort lupton hours. >> the rush of action is a welcome site for retailers hoping to close out the year on a strong note. >> brian kornell, target's ceo says status have been positive so far. >> the lines were much bigger than last year. a line records already shattered. >> a 14% jump from last year. almost half a billion dollars have been spent on mobile devices alone. >> we are looking pretty good for black friday and the holiday season in general for retailers. i think a lot of companies and consumers are happy that the elections are over. >> holiday sales are expected to climb 3.6% this year and shoppers started earlier than ever on thanksgiving day.

jolene kent live in ohio.ou very much for that. >>> i want to bring in patrick murray, director of the monmouth university polling. people ask me about polling, are the polls accurate, what can you tell us from the polls? i want to get your take on them beginning with the abc/"washington post" poll. that shows clinton with a four-point lead dipping after the week. how are you reading into this hint of momentum so close to election day and in light of that fbi investigation? >> yeah. the polls are fascinating, having done quite a few myself. we see a lot more volatility. and one of the things that's interesting about that abc poll -- and we've taken it as an example of all the other polling going on out there, is that four years ago abc was close. at the end it had a three-point lead for barack obama. he won by almost four points. but before that the poll ranged from a plus-one obama to a plus-three romney. only a four-point swing before that. we've already -- in this abc poll, we've seen a 13-point swing from

jolene kent, new york. >>> some of the other big stories tragedy in india. more than 100 people were killed when a passenger train derailed. around 150 rescue workers had to use blow torches to cut through the wreckage and pull out survivors. authorities fear that death toll will rise. >>> president obama is meeting today with the leaders of australia and canada in peru. on saturday, he tried to reassure world leaders that the u.s. will honor commitments them not jump to conclusions about donald trump. >> i always said how you come pain isn't how you always govern. >>> a six day old newborn abducted after her mother was shot to death has been found safe this morning. on saturday, police found baby sophia at home in dallas unharmed. two people are in custody and now being questioned. >>> big news in space this weekend. on saturday, three new astronauts arrived international space station including 56-year-old nasa astronaut peggy whitson. she's the oldest woman ever to fly in space. meanwhile, a new weather satellite blasted from cape canaveral on saturday. f

jolene kent is braving the crowds at the malls in jersey city, new jersey. good morning, jolene. >> reporter: good morning. we see record breaking numbers already. target and amazon over the past 24 hours have already shattered their own records. a lot of shoppers out today. rasheem is here. why are you out shopping? >> looking for a suitcase, sheets for my bed, watches. >> reporter: what is it about the deal that gets you out from brooklyn to jersey city to make a purchase? why? >> people more friendlier, cheaper, no tax. >> reporter: that bottom line that counts. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: i want to show you this busy register here and we're inside sears where the black friday deals are flowing. we've got a bunch of shoppers here and what we're finding this black friday may be one of the biggest black fridays on record and target already seen their ecommerce had a record day and amazon just the last ten hours or so of black friday, they have already sod more products, had more orders come in than last time so we see the health of th

let's take you to ohio, where donald trump has a five point lead in the latest polling, jolene kent is live. >> good morning. the millennial vote is very critical. we're here on ohio state university campus where the democrats are turning out in favor of hillary clinton. a lot of students here very passionate about senator bernie sanders and moved over their vote. this is all coming together as many have early voted across the state of ohio, though, jobs and the economy continue to be a very important issue. especially for the thousands of steel workers who have lost their jobs. that vote is now going more towards donald trump, in addition to hillary clinton, and changing here. what we have seen in several counties, though, is that voter turnout is high, up 50% over the last week alone. we expect record turnout here in franklin county where they say vote totals have already surpassed what we have seen in 2012. the lines, of course, are very long. but moving quickly. >> now to florida where it couldn't get any closer, donald calls it his second home. mariana is in jacksonville where it

jolene kent is in columbus, ohio. >> reporter: thanks, morgan. 17 minutes left in early voting in ohioranklin county where the race is tight. you can see behind me a huge line. along the lines we have candidates here campaigning. joining us now is governor ted strickland. you are running for senate. you are in a very tight race right now. things don't look like they will turn out in your favor. >> this is democracy in action. we have a strong grassroots effort. i'm feeling good. hillary clinton will cover ohio. >> what do you think will push ohio into hillary's column? it is a tight race. 48% to 47% for donald trump. >> the fact is we have thousands of volunteers and hundreds and hundreds of paid organizers in the state going door to door, getting out the vote. that will make the difference in ohio. >> ted strickland running in a major race, determining the difference of power in the senate. you can see the line behind me. about 14 minutes left in early voting here in ohio. back to you. >> in the interview live with ted strickland the polling average has rob portman with a load in the

jolene kent in north bergen, new jersey. thanks. nice to see you.nksgiving. >>> joining me with black friday, which deals get started today, which deals we should worry about on cyber monday. joining me is regina lewis, a "usa today" contributor. so, there's this sense of urgency from some people. others rushing out to the store doed. >> 60% of people will shop this weekend. interestingly today is the fastest growing online shopping day, up 15% year over year. people want to shop, get in on the deals but maybe they don't to want go out yet. they'll be out in droves tomorrow. we heard cyber monday at the top, expected to be the biggest largest shopping day in history. >> wow. >> let's talk about bargains timingwise on black friday? >> today and tomorrow, think electronic and bigger tickets items. they're practically way televisions. we saw it on the walmart piece, they have a 32-inch television for under $70. very striking. after that, you'll start to see other categories kick in. you see home appliances, a lot of zero percent finance offers. make su

nbc's jolene kent at a mall in jersey city, new jersey. what are you observing there with the black friday epic dealing out there? >> reporter: that's right. it seemed like the whole mall is 50% off and see the signs here, 50% off all across, every single store. charlotte russe, michael kors and meeting with the great families of jersey city. great for being out here today. what brings you out with your entire family? >> well, i'm looking for a good deal. i can't i'm not. i'm looking for a good deal. my brother called me this morning. he was like, i hope you're dr s dress dressed, let's go. >> reporter: a lot of different family members. what are the items? >> i'm looking for some baby items because i have brand new babies that arrived in my family, three of them, which is crazy and awesome, such a blessing and on top of that, my wonderful children and they're also going to show you what santa will want them to get for them this year. >> reporter: a list for santa claus, right? >> yes. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us. we also

jolene kent out on democracy plaza. a pretty sizable crowd now, watching our coverage, watching these numbers come in. jolene. >> lester, that's right. out here on democracy plaza, where situation here is very electric. i want to take you through the crowd here. show you some of the voters. we have a lot of clinton voters over here. we have trump supporters behind us. what we find is about, 50% of this country, 60% of this countryie country will be divided when we wake up tomorrow. and so, this is an area. oh, oh no. we have got a voter from arkansas as well. lester, what we want to till you is, yeah, right here. okay. so here in democracy plaza. a lot of action. a lot of voters from all over the country here. and we'll send it back to you in studio. >> jolene. thank you. if you are in the neighborhood big tv's there. be careful when you walk. we mentioned this coming hour -- arizona, new mexico. still watching florida. >> want to show you really quick. florida. less than 100%. 100,000 votes. georgia don't have a lot of