i always look at the neiman marcus catalog. always so much fun. how many years have you been doing this. >> we've been doing a christmas catalog since 1926. eighty-eighth year. we've been doing over the top fantasy gifts for the past 15 years. >> tens of thousands of dollars. let's start with stuff you'll actually buy. we'll show this stuff on our set. incredible water for crystal caviar and vodka serving set. this is pretty awesome. tell us about that. >> it is. it is a beautiful set made by water for crystal. eighteen caret gold on the outside. again, you can do with chill vodka, offer a shot of vodka to your guests as well as some fabulous caviar. gerri: $1,500. the vodka set 2,000. you've got what you're calling a multi game set. this is for the person who likes to play a little poker. have a little dice. really gorgeous. sitting on our set right here. tell us about that. >> good. that's a crocodile embossed set that comes with everything you need for game night and roulette wheel, a felt chips, cards, dice, everything that you would need to p

. >> reporter: hi there rick, here at the king of prussia mall there is this side with neiman marcus and bloomingdales, and then the other side. you won't have to walk outside soon, this new expansion links the mall and adds stores to this immense complex. >> there is the court on one side and the plaza on the other. >> you have this great property that is divided by a road and it's cold when you have to go outside. there is a link to make it a seamless experience. >> today the mall's owner retail giant simon announced a project and construction is underway, you can see in this animated artist's rendering the 155,000 edition bridges the two sides of the mall. inside there is enough space for 60 or 70 new stores, rest rans and a dining pavilion and all sorts of new features to enhance the shopping experience. >> you'll have phone charges stations and soft chairs and a new parking deck. >> the old parking garage is coming down to make way for the new parking facility. shoppers are happy that two sides will become one and offer new places to spend their money. >> it's great. >> you won'

saw it last year can target and neiman marcus. jimmy johns and home depot.e of the biggest holiday ones happened around this holiday season time. >> who is most at risk? because i do a considerable amount of online shopping. i wonder why these storms that have v. access to the best technology still can't seem to secure the data of you and me and everyone else who is shopping with them. >> the world has moved to new technology smart card chips. only ones still in the entire world not using that. all the hackers are moved here and targeting retail chains out of date. neglected security. you have big heists happening because there is basically no security around what's happening at the point of sale system. when you are going in and swiping your credit card. all that information can be stolen by hackers and used fraudulently and sold in underground market for lots of money. >> what about apple pay? >> apple bay and google wallet are two of the alternatives for home shopper ifs you have a new iphone 6. i highly recommend apple pay. target and accepted apple pay.

. >> a new parking structure will replace the one outside neiman marcus.shed in the fall of 2016. can you wait is the question? >> that's a big mall. >> it's nice to not have to walk outside but, yeah, that many more stores, it's kind of amazing, right. let's go shopping. let's take you outside right now, this is the ramp from i-95 northbound to the vine street expressway westbound. 9 o'clock tonight this ramp will close until 5 o'clock tomorrow morning so you've got to use the off-ramp to columbus boulevard or go north to girard and flip around there. west trenton line full regular service restored. they had some downed wires causing problems late yesterday but they've fixed that, dave. >> all right, karen, and on the big board we are cold this morning. we've got temperatures in the low 20's across most of the region. close to record lows in some spots. and by 9 o'clock, 24 degrees, so sunny but still on the cold side. 29 by noon. and this afternoon we're going to still get a high of 33. pretty much just like yesterday in the afternoon. 32 degrees by 3 o'

. >> reporter: neiman marcus, 40% off. >> ever 21, we rakdz up, shop -- racked up, shop shop shop shop. >> reporter: they were shopping until they dropped and the same was true at the king of prussia mall. >> what did you find? >> a lot of clothes. >> reporter: looks like santa came early. >> that's right. here at the region's largest mall which is about to get bigger, you can find almost anything from electric cars to all that glitters like this 11 karat diamond ring. no harm in looking. you could feel an energy vibe at kop mall. >> it's crowded and hopefully businesses are booming and go into the black this season. >> reporter: merchants are expecting aen increased sales. >> national retail federation said we'll see 4.1 increase over last year. >> reporter: they closed at 10:00 p.m. at the petroleum yum yum -- premium out lets. it was a good day for sales in limerick, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> a man walked inside a store in downtown chicago and shot a worker. the victim who is his girlfriend is hospitalized in critics condition. the shooter died instantly. the store i

. >> the old parking garage outside of neiman marcus is coming down and being replaced by a new statef the art facility. this new construction means jobs and stores and sales tax revenue here in upper merion township. >> we are looking forward to the additional jobs and revenue provided to the township and to our school district. >> reporter: now, some of the existing stores are relocating into larger spaces in this new edition and over the coming months we'll learn some of the new stores that are coming to the king of prussia mall. the construction is set for completion in the fall of 2016. live at the king of prussia mall, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. >> a philadelphia woman is taking a dramatic stand to stop the government from kicking her out of the country, this is angela, a honduran born immigrant that lived in the united states illegally for ten years, this morning she moved into the west kensington ministry where she plans to live in sanctuary, she was just ordered a final deportation order but she says she will not leave the sanctuary until

. >> neiman marcus, michael kor, 40% off. >> we shop shop shop shop shop. >> reporter: yes, you could almost say at old saying goes they were shopping 'til they drop. the same was true over the king of prussia mall. >> what did you find. >> a lot of clothes. looks like santa came early. >> reporter: that's right. here at the region's largest mall which is about to get bigger you can find be anything trg from this electric car to this diamond ring. >> that's $540,000. >> you can look. >> reporter: it's good and crowded and businesses are booming and they go into the black. >> reporter: merchants are expecting increased sales. >> all our trends show it's going to be a strong season. we're expecting to see a 4.1 increase over the last year. >> reporter: they closed at 10:00 p.m., counting sales receipt for the day, my sense it was a good day for the merchants out here, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> a man walked inside a store and shot a worker before turning the gun on himself. the victim who is his girlfriends is hospitalized in critical condition. the shooter died are instan

. >> neiman marcus, 40% off. >> we racked you mean, shop shop shop shop shop. >> reporter: yes you couldlmost say as the old saying goes they were shopping until they drop and the same was true at the king of prussia mall. >> what did you find? >> a lot of clothes. >> reporter: looks like santa came early. >> that's right. >> reporter: here at the region's largest mall which is about to get bigger. you can find anything, from electric cars to all that glitters like this 11 car karat diamond ring. >> it's crowded businesses are booming and they go into the black this season. >> reporter: well, merchants are expecting increased sales this holiday season. >> all the indicating trends show it's going to be a strong season. we're expecting to see a 4.1 increase over last year. we're enthusiastic the weigh it's looked the past 28 hours. >> reporter: they closed at 10:00 p.m. at the premium outlet. my sense it was a good day for the 150 retailers out here. limerick, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> tragedy struck inside a crowded nordstrom store in downtown, chicago, a man walked inside

when you go to a store a target, a neiman marcus and you make that credit card transaction, they haveting in there. what they have as sql techniques. they're injecting bad code into the computer systems of their -- neil: at the register? >> exactly. that's where the point-of-sale is. it's the registers. when you're making that credit card transaction, they're reading the numbers and they're reading your code. they're reading all the personal identifying factors that you have on that card. neil: well, what do you do? someone like you knows this stuff inside and out. i see people buying stuff with cash. and they're just buying that way. i used to think it was a little outlandish since i see more people doing it, maybe not. >> i do use cash, especially for transactions in places where i know they've had an attack. so places like home depot, target, i tend to use cash. if i'm pretty confident that the system in the store has been protected, i will use credit cards for a bigger transaction, but when i do that, i also double-check my account balances, and i always change passwords and make

. >> the old structure outside of the neiman marcus is coming down to make room for the new parking facility are happy that it will soon become one and offering more places to spend their money. >> you will not have to walk outside when it's freezing cold. that is cool. >>reporter:some of the existing stores move to larger retail space. what new stores are coming to the mall, and construction is ready for complex in the fall of 2016. >>> looking forward to that. >>> you don't have to wait until thanksgiving or black friday. the shopping push has begun. >> if you are in the market on the toys that are out on the best toy list that are released by amazon. i would not wait to get the hot toys. >> all right if there is a gadget on your list, small appliances, laptops and gaming systems they suggest black friday. if you are looking for clothes cyber monday is where you can grab the deals. the only prices will be at the lowest on thanksgiving. i think that they are excited about it. >>> tvs and laptops his name is ducis rodgers. >>> you can give us a shopping list tonight. >>> it's toys, all about

target, neiman marcus, all of these involved in a scam. some have not been reissued credit cards. they want to shop, they want to get everybody presence, what do they do? >> check your account on a daily basis, make sure every charge you see is yours. as to give you a new debit card. some ma mayhem and talk, but thy will do it. >> if you are on the wrong end of that activity. gerri: if you don't ask, you don't get. be bold, this is your life, you are protected. gerri: always great to have you here, thank you. gerri: if you are a shopper, you know what i'm talking about. you walk up a store cashier to pay for your items and asked to donate items to charity. and that is how they get you. with $358 million for charities into 12 by by asking for donations at the register. why do companies do this and how can you make sure your donation is on you wanted? joining me now with this tip. great to have you on the show. these are not fly-by-night companies getting mcdonald's, walmart, safeway, costco, ebay. why are these companies doing this? >> they know 90% of the research shows people wil

lastey tell us that their call clearance stores receive overflow from neiman marcus, but are alll studio stores outlet clothing. at the gap? to the regular store? >> they say their stores only carry me for outlet clothing. to a professor at the university. >> you can see differences that are writable -- right away apparent to me. here is a slight puckering in the seam of the one of the outlet. in the regular store, there are finer details. >> check out where each one is made. >> the one from the outlet is made in china. one from the regular store is made in italy. toshe points out an easy way find they are made for the outlets. >> the labeling for the three squares denote the outlet. >> what about the comparison to market prices? >> it is not clear from the price what they are comparing it to. --we asked them to compare provide us with the comparable items, but they declined. a spokesperson said that it was an issue under litigation and they could not speak to that. avenue said that they stood behind the quality and pricing of their products. the gap said that they were proud of their un

so did home depot, neiman marcus, michael's, to name a few.changed in cyber security between last holiday season and this one? the truth is, not much. >> there's very little congress can do beyond say, you have to keep up to this standard. because they can't predict the attack of the bad guys. they can't say, you have to protect your customers against future attacks that we don't know -- we won't understand how they man nest. >> reporter: cyber security expert cal kline says all breaches are not created equal. jpmorgan chase involved personal e-mail information getting out, not financial material or credit cards. but if you're worried about where you shop and card numbers getting stolen, banks generally assume the liability for fraudulent charges. instead, he counters, it's consumers doling out precious information through cleverly constructed scams that actually poses the gravest threat over the holidays. >> be mindful what was you click on. you know, if something is asking you for information that it shouldn't be don't give it away. spend ti

the standoff has been brewing here the last ten minutes a the corner of stockton and in front of neiman marcuse of police officers from the san francisco police are standing barricading themselves in front of protesters who were trying to get up to the area of union square where a tree lighting will happen here in the next 30 minutes. the protesters have been stopped here at the corner. many have dispersed, turned around and virtually disappeared. this march started about 6:00 p.m. from the plaza and made its way quickly up market street. people protesting the situation in ferguson, the decision by the grand jury. and also because it's black friday. a lot of people are shopping an a lot of people who weren't protesting felt like police are now reorganizing their efforts here. looks like a few more police officers have showed up. just to make sure a lot of protesters don't get through and possibly disrupt this tree lighting ceremony. again, it has been peaceful. police are out here in force. i would say there is at least 60 to 70 police officers standing here at the corner of gearry and stockto

her office is located in an upscale shopping district of chevy chase across the street from neiman marcust when we tried, no one wanted to talk to us. she's the ceo of bennett group financial and knows a lot about money appearing on tv, radio and the internet including this forbes.com clip on youtube. >> let's turn to somebody who manages 3 -- 3/4 of a billion dollars. >> she's also profiled in this vogue tv clip. bennett signed contracts for the luxury suite in 2007. court documents state for the first five years she paid in full a half million dollars each year. but then the payments started dropping off. >> it's hypocritical. >> somebody maybe is right. somebody is wrong. >> you get a lot of people that give financial advice end up in jail. it's just a fact of life the way it's going nowadays. it doesn't surprise me. >> die hard redskins. >> some folks who didn't want to touch that subject. we attempted to contact dawn bennett. after repeated calls there has been no response. an attorney representing the team says the cowboys organization views these types of lawsuits as a last resort.

the standoff has been brewing here the last ten minutes a the corner of stocktonnd in front of neiman marcusstore. a line of police officers from the san francisco police are standing barricading themselves in front of protesters who were trying to get up to the area of union square where a tree lighting will happen here in the next 30 minutes. the protesters have been stopped here at the corner. many have dispersed, turned around and virtually disappeared. this march started about 6:00 p.m. from the plaza and made its way quickly up market street. people protesting the situation in ferguson, the decision by the grand jury. and also because it's black friday. a lot of people are shopping an a lot of people who weren't protesting felt like police are now reorganizing their efforts here. looks like a few more police officers have showed up. just to make sure a lot of protesters don't get through and possibly disrupt this tree lighting ceremony. again, it has been peaceful. police are out here in force. i would say there is at least 60 to 70 police officers standing here at the corner of gearry

you have neiman marcus going in. coach already there. do we get people off their phones and back into stores? >> people want to go back into stores and go into unique experiences. they want -- shopping is still a form of entertainment. it is probably the greatest. people don't want to walk into that mall where it is the same old wherever you go the same thing. you have to do something that is creative, attractive and a place where people want to be and socialize. that hasn't gone out of vogue yet. it never will. >> it is a change in what you are seeing and what you will develop there. >> how are the miami dolphins going to do this weekend? >> of course we are going to win. >> back to you. >> thank you very much. great stuff. got questions about the dolphins but i guess i can't ask those. >>> a busy day for netflix. we will get you caught up on all the news including big news for australia but also on the bill cosby financial fallout. >>> if you missed out on chipotle's big stock run over the years we have a restaurant stock you might wan

targeting, neiman marcus, you name it. all these companies named in these scams. have not reissued credit cards. they want to shop, they want to get people presents. what do they do? >> use your credit cards, but check your accounts on a daily basis. make sure every charge is yours. you can ask your financial institute to give you a new credit and debit card. some may help me and hawaii, but they'll do it. gerri: if you're on the wrong end of someone's bad activity (?) >> if you don't ask, you don't get. be bold. this is your life you're protecting. gerri: always great to have you. thank you. >> thanks for the invite. gerri: speaking of online shopping, one of the dumbs on soon to be republican agenda. ending sales tax. will they succeed. first, here's your consumer gauge with the numbers that mean the most to you. check it out. gerri: heads up shoppers, don't worry about internet sales taxes. a bill allowing states to collect online sales tax from retailers outside their borders is getting the axe, at least according to a spokesperson from joan barren. major reta

nordstrom, neiman marcus and game stop. it's interesting.discussions with retail experts who say most people and really paycheck to paycheck to people, that is a big part of our economy. they love this and they think they're getting good deals. >> and also employees get paid more. >> there are workers who don't like to be compelled to work. we're talking about thursday, too. black friday, that's been settled. people shop on black friday. no question. we're talking about thanksgiving. >> christine, thank you. let's go shopping. >> i'm going to get all kinds of hate mail from people who love shopping on thanksgiving. >>> sometimes you need a little rhythm in your step like this fabulous anchorman. maybe a little twist every now and then. it just happens this guy does his dancing on camera. >> alone when they're rolling. ♪ [ high-pitched ] nailed it! [ normal voice ] you're right, that was really easy. i know, i told you so. on progressive.com, you can compare our progressive direct rates with our competitors' rates, so shopping is easy. you do

but for the most part, it's going to be the same price with us as it's going to be at neiman marcus oromewhere else. and so -- but that's -- i think that the customers are shopping differently today. i mean, she, it's largely she in stores like ours, starts with her phone. i mean, two-thirds of the time, she starts the decision, where do i want to shop today? am i looking for a cashmere sweater? and she'll literally do a google search and say cashmere, and hopefully macy's will pop up when she does. and then she'll way what price do i want to pay? and do i want two-reply or one-ply, she'll do all this right here. and then she doesn't waste her time. so she's going to the store with the full intent to buy, and she knows what she's getting. >> is there a hot-selling item this year that you can think of? >> the hottest category has been this year and it will continue to through the fourth quarter is athletic. so anything athletic apparel. and it's not regional. it's selling all over the country. in our case, frankly, you know, we weren't ever doing particularly well with athletic shoes. w

the new parking structure will replace the one outside of neiman marcus.ction is expected to be finished in the fall of 2016. >> okay, can i just say the mall of america has an indoor rollercoaster. i want one of those, too. >> you want a rollercoaster, too. >> they might do it, david. >> it's so big already. let's take you to the schuylkill. we've got something just coming in right now. this is the schuylkill past the blue route. eastbound traffic as you head towards the curve, this accident involving a tanker truck. we've got police and penndot all on the scene. eastbound traffic jammed from approaching to past the blue route. schuylkill expressway new accident right there. septa regional rails the manayunk norristown line still seeing 15 minute delays because of wire problems. watch for that. west trenton line back to normal after problems from yesterday, dave. >> cold out there this morning, karen, a temperature of 21 degrees in philadelphia right now which is only 1 degree above the record low. we may actually tie that record over the next hour or so.

reporter: it's a mission tur made for outlet and overflow from the regular store but from the neiman-marcus -- >> is this made for just this store or the -- they said their clearance stores receive overflow but last call studio stores are all made for outlet clothing. we brought the items we bout to textile professor dr. janesss devine. first wool sweaters. >> there's differencing in the seaming and finishing details right away apparent. you'll notice there's a slight puckering here in the seam of the one from the outlet and the one from the regular store there's just some of those finer details. >> reporter: check out where each is made. >> the one from the outlet is made in behind and the one from the regular store is made in italy. >> reporter: with the gap jeans she points out an easy way they're made for the outlet. >> the labeling with three squares denote the outlet. >> reporter: what about those compared to and market prices, a lot of outlet stores have on their tag. >> that's not clear from the price of what they're comparing it to. >> reporter: we asked neiman and saks to provide

that's why hackers targeted retail giants, home depot, super value, neiman-marcus, that's just a couplett, at the height of last year's holiday shopping season, hackers hit some 100 million target shoppers, so how are you supposed to stay safe? >> especially when you hear a number like that. 100 million. one in three americans. either you, someone you know, someone in your family was actually hacked. i can say my father went to target, used his debit card and was hacked because of the cyber breach. so even the father of the tech analyst for cnn. means you can too. >> probably saying you're not doing your job if this is happening to me. >> exactly. well, you know, the one thing i do like to say when we report on these hacks is there is some good news to it. in that we're talking about it, we're alerting consumers about it. we're letting consumers know this is a genuine risk during the holiday season. and we're also letting retailers know that they can't just sit back and say oh, of course our stuff is safe. why would anybody want to hack us? when you're hacking pf change's you know there

. >> reporter: they say they receive overflow from neiman marcus.o, it has to be gap factory. >> reporter: we brought the items we brought to a textile professor at north carolina state university. first, sak's men's wool swerts. >> there are dimps in seaming and finishing details. you'll notice there a slight puckering here in the seam of the one from the outlet. the one from the regular store, just some of their finer details. >> reporter: check out where they're made. >> reporter: the one from the outlet is made in china. the one there the regular store, italy. >> reporter: with the gap jeans? >> the labeling with the three squares denotes the outlet. >> reporter: what about the compared to and market prices stores have on their tags? >> that's not clear from the price of what they're comparing it to. >> reporter: we asked nieman and sak's to provide was the kompb rabl items. they declined. sak's said margaret price is determined through an aggregate market comparison. off fit stands behind both the quality and pricing of the product. gap is prou

. >> reporter: they tell us their last call clearance stores receive overflow from neiman marcus, butap. >> can i return those at a regular store? >> no, it has to be gap factory. rtd gap says its outlet stores only carry made for outlet clothing. we brought the items we bought to a textile professor at north carolina state university. first, sak's men's wool sweaters. >> there are differences in seaming and finishing details that are noticeable right away to me. you'll notice there a slight puckering here in the seam of the one from the outlet. the one from the regular store, just some of their finer details. >> reporter: check out where they're made. the one from the outlet is made in china. the one from the regular store, is made in italy with the gap jeans, she pointsous there's an easy way to tell they're made for the outlet. >> the labeling with the three squares denotes the outlet. >> reporter: what about the "compared to" and "market prices" stores have on their tags? >> that's not clear from the price of what they're comparing it to. >> reporter: we asked neiman and sak's to

that's the macy's an neiman marcus and so many others just rolled into one., huge store there. if they were really giving in to the black friday stuff, you'd know we really won the war for independence. >> who are the ones, the guards -- they're supposed to be expressionless at all times. >> with the big hats? >> are they diving after like toys? >> if they found out a dvd player was being sold for 79 quid -- >> you stand there making faces at them? people in this country continue to do it every year and i guess -- you're saying it sounds like what we end up doing is just taking sales that maybe we spread out over two weeks and tru put them in one day. >> there was another story that in the u.k., this is not a joke, they are starting to celebrate thanksgiving as well. so it's not just the commercial side of things. >> in the u.k.? >> in the u.k. >> why? >> i do not know. >> what holiday can we take from them? >> actually i think some of the -- some of the anonymous people are taking guy fox day. >> the victory over -- >> it's about revolutionaries. >> no, they

tradeoff in terms of the points per dollar is lower on the coffee maker than it is for sak's, neiman marcusre, easy. >> second, you say, need for speed. need for speed. recognize your need for speed. what does that mean? >> this is interesting. i work with ex-finty, part of comcast, parent company of this network. they said, okay, you're buying gadget gifts. do you feel like your house hold is ready to absorb that. right, multiple gadgets logged on at the same time. 3 out of 10 people said, you know, that's a good question, not sure. it's the old school equivalent of not having the batteries for the remote controlled car. that's a bummer, right? so xfinity, says to everyone, we don't want everyone to be mad at us. >> if you have six ipads in your house, it's not our fault. >> by all mean, upgrade. it is something to think about now or your best gifts are going to flop. >> you also say when you go to the stores, you should look at big ticket items first. >> big ticket items first. it's almost like dieting. if you kind of snack along the way, you're like, i can't believe i didn't lose weight.