that's why macey says it's opening its stores for the first time ever. trisha kress is working her first. >> it's not like forced labour. >> some workers feel force the to work. they are are urging shoppers to boycott shoppers. michelle in pennsylvania posted that she quit her retail management job saying the shopping thing has gone too far. >> kmart is not knew to the line-up of retailers open for the holidays. this year the stores will be open for 48 straight hours between thanksgiving thursday and black friday. it will take a lot of workers to keep things up and running. employers say they'll do what they con to make it worth it. they are paying time and a half. walmart is boosting discount from 20 to 25% and providing a full meal to workers. >> you can't beat that. can't beat free money and food. >> brian williams will not get anything from his security guard job, but he makes more money. >> i'm getting holiday pay for me and my family. >> ty says you cannot put a price tag on family time. >> i can't imagine my family being somewhere and i can't be t

. >> macey's latest results spreading cheer on wall street ahead of the shopping season. spreading the good word without god. a church created by two aith yests, creating a following. >> president obama's choice to lead the federal reserve takes center stage on capitol hill. the senate banking committee is expected to grill janet yellen on fed bond buying program and interest rates. they'll question the need for further stimulus. yellen says she's: >> yellen, and the suggestion that she continues economic reform helped the wall street to a record-setting day. >> macey's is putting investors in a sell battery move as we head into the shopping season. earnings rose 41% to 47% per share. >> a movement of atheists grew into a movement. it started in a london pub. its founders will not thank god for their success. >> hello. >> jones and evergreen spring - two pop -- and pippa evans, to stand-up comics are on a tour in the u.s. >> it was chiefly invented... >> they are not here to spread laughter. they are here to change the world. >> we would like to make the world as good as

. >> macey's employees are surprised by the customers when the doors flew open thanksgiving night. >> the national retail federation says $89 million shopped on black friday. that's compared with 35 million on thanksgiving day. president obama called members of the armed forces to thank them for their service and wish them for a happy thanks living. >> we give thanks to the freedom we defend. the freedom to say what we want. >> the president celebrated a low key thanksgiving with his family at the white house. many of his predecessors have gone to camp david during the holidays. >> 45,000 americans serving in afghanistan enjoyed a traditional thanksgiving dinner. the pend gone says they were served 75,000 pounds of turkey, 50,000 of beef, 29,000 of sweet potato and 20,000 pounds of pie. hundreds of volunteers kept a tight grip on the terthed rope during the macy's parade, controlling the huge inflated characters and the 29 miles per hour windgust. >> al jazeera's jason garrett was there. >> macey's staff called them their gentle giants. 16 huge balloons flying through the canyons of n

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. >> i am robert macey, in 2013, the authority board approved the award of the contract to the team of university of maryland to the university of colorado to conduct the case study, which is to compare the project delivery and public partnerships. >> the lead partner in maryland determined that it cannot legally agree to one of the authority standard contract provisions designating california as the venue for dispute resolution, this is due to the nature of the way that the university of maryland is incorporated as part of the state of maryland. so in the typical practice, when making agreement to receive the funding from the other states, it uses the associated foundation to allow the acceptance of all of the appropriate contract terms. >> the foundation provides the grant administration and the accounting services and the cost is unchanged after a consultation with the city attorney, we have agreed that this is acceptable. this is a technical correction to designate the system as the partner for this study but no other changes are required to the scope of work or participants >> tha

. >> macey stores open for the first time in 155 years and shoppers are pouring in. >> behind bars - why egypt says two dozen young women are a threat to the government and the outrage it's causing on cairo streets. talks of complaints ignored, and how rain may

i was talking about the macey's parade and how the wind will play a factor. right now, somewhere like laguardia has winds gusting. central park wind at 8, gusting to 23. so that is within parameters. the winds are dying. we may squeak out the balloons. there's a reason the rules are in place. there has been big debacling. a couple of years ago in 2005, m and ms hit a couple of sisters. resume or they got m&ms for life out of that. the low pressure causing the rain moved to the north. there's a pressure gradient behind that, creating the wind. as the low pressure moves out the winds are slowly diminishing. we have some of the winds in parameters in the central park area, and because they are slowly lessoning, we might be able to get the balloon off the ground. we are keeping our fingers crossed for this. as we continue we had the rain moving out quickly becauseful same wind pattern. we had areas, snow, they we will be dealing with. the bands are lined up in the same direction as the wound pattern is flowing. the rest of the country, if you head out, this is a

. >> macey's staff called them the gentle giants. 16 huge character balloons flying through the canyons of new york, narrowly making it through the skyscraper - as traditional as having the whole family for a thanksgiving sk dinner. >> it almost didn't happen, a storm passed over leaving blustery weather in its wake. winds, higher than 23 miles per hour or gusting above 24 miles per hour would have kept the boys on the ground. stiff breezes did not stop the balloons taking off. at times they tested the strength of their handlers. macy's estimates 3.5 million braved freezing temperatures to watch the parade. 50 million would have seen it on tv. >> thanksgiving day parade. why wouldn't i want to be out here. >> the statistics are staggering. >> 16 gentle giant balloons, more than 30 smaller ones, 11 marching bands, 900 clowns and 1600 drum majors, mainlier et cetera and cheer leaders. it's over for another year. listen closely as the parade windows down. you can almost hear a sigh of relief. definitely something worth giving thanks for. >> well the front that produced the rain and brought

why high winds my ground macey's balloons. >> and the problem with a popular potato snack.

macey's is also joining the trend. list, you can check out our holiday page at kron.com. >>> a lot of shoppers are not happy that black friday has morphed into black friday. they are lashing out threatening to boy caught scores. -- boycott stores. a badge is circulating on facebook. it has been shared more than 950,000 times as of wednesday. this year, the holiday shopping season was cut six days short. many retailers feel that sales could be flat. >>> we're looking at clear skies over the bay area right now. we have some cloudy skies that a starting to clear. they will remain clear throughout the weekend. we have sunny conditions for saturday and sunday. temperatures in the mid to high 60s. a very nice weekend on tap for us. right now, our temperatures are pretty nice. 62 for napa. 58 in oakland. as we push towards black friday, we can see mid-60s for the most part. some high 60s as well with mostly sunny skies. however, it is a spare the air day. no wood burning allowed for black friday. tomorrow it will be enforced.

. >> to add to what you said about the macey's parade and the ba balloo balloons, it's not just the winds sustained, but gusts into the mid-30s. we have to watch both elements. as the loan skirts up the coastline we'll see gusty winds. it will be a concern. you can see where the brunt of the storm is now. most of the western half of the country is cooperative. this is where you are travelling instead. rain through the south, busy hubs like atlanta could have delays. this is moving out. impacting more of the north-east. it will be the new york airport. philadelphia. if a plain is stuck somewhere. it still could use problems. on the back side of this we've had snow, interior around the lakes. an influx of warm air. that's why the coast sees rain and snow. because of the snow interior, that's why we have a lot of winter weather advisories. if i go south, the coastline of north carolina, this is when you know it's a potent storm, snow, rain and a tornado watch. there's enough dynamics. here is how the coastal system might rates up the coastline. into tomorrow, on the backside of that. it look

the macey's parade is soon. children checked out the floats. >> there'll be a 30 foot tall cradle to celebrate the first day of hx onica. >> hours before nuclear talks resume in six world power the nation's supreme leader said they would not step back. >> a series of people killed in baghdad. the deadliestance explosion at an outdoor market. >> the supreme court is leading the texas abortion restrictions. it came as voters in albuquerque voted against a ban on late-term employment. >> the struggle some fame lis face putting dinner on the table. >> kobe bryant back in practice. when will he lace it up in a role game. >> i'm metrologist nicole mitcham. temperatures to drop in the middle of the country. we'll have that. >> aljazeera.com continues in 2.5 minutes. >> from our headquarters in new york, here are the headlines this hour. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour. >> a deal in the senate may be at hand and just in the nick of time. >> thousands of n

. >> maceys will garner a lot of attention - posting quarterly earnings, and wall street will searchor clues about how consumers feel heading into the holiday shopping season. this time of year is make or break for the retailers. heavy emphasis is being placed on internet sales. >> they are putting presence on social media, apps and because of snant gratification they are offering consumers test messaging. when the client goes into the storm and wants to get an instant coupon. >> internet retailers will get a 57% increase in sales, analysts predetective. >> a bitter defeat for starbucks. an ash bit traitor saying they must pay kraft food. starbucks complained the partnership was not working and prematurely end the contract in 2011. >> gl the model s sedan real is denied. the electric car is 5-times less likely to have a fire than a petrol-powered car. tesla's stock has plummeted. >> the government is moving closer to selling its stakes in general motors, selling $1 billion of gm stock. the government recovered $37 billion of money it spent to say gm. taxpayers are still $12 billion i