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this is the first year roer was asked to keep his pizza hut open on thanksgiving. the story has a happy ending. words of rohr's firing spread across the internet causing pizza hut to respond on facebook saying he has been rehired by the store owner. >> cleanup efforts have uncovered more incredible video of this month's deadly tornadoes. in indiana, surveillance video shows the tornado's destructive power as it tore through a middle school, smashing windows and even causing part of a roof to collapse. damage is substantial. school officials are not even sure if the school will even be rebullet. >> for a look at the weather outside, nbc meteorologist bill karins is here. >> great weather today, perfect, ideal. >> really? >> you want to throw the football a little bit in the backyard. >> you're a bearer of good news. >> just bundle up. it is cold. let's talk about the wind forecast in new york city because again the threshold, 34 miles per hour. here are the winds over the last six hours, we've got the winds just below that 34-mile-per-hour threshold, even the last h

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tony said he told his bosses he would not open the pizza hut. asked him to sign a resignation letter. wrote his bosses a letter saying he wasn't quitting or resigning but his refusal to comply with the greedy and moral request meant the end of his tenure. pizza hut has not commented to say he quit and was not fired. so that leads to our question of the night and all the rush to start black friday earlier and earlier. are we losing something out there? john writes on our facebook page he's got no problem with it. let the market decide. if there's no business to be had, the stores will close. we get similar sentiments from phil. yes, the store should do whatever the store wants to, not what you or the government thinks the store should do. but there are things more important than making money. where is the true meaning of being thankful if families are being cheated out of spending their time together? erin may have said it best. it's up to the management of the store and the shopper if they want to shop. it's not the same world our parents grew u

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and this is the first year roor was asked to keep his pizza hut open on thanksgiving. this story does have a happy ending. the word of roar's firing spread across the internet causing pizza hut to respond on facebook saying, he has been rehired by the store owner. all is well. >>> time for your turkey day helping of sports. thanksgiving means family, food and, of course, a full day of football. so plan your meals accordingly. the first course begins at 12:30 eastern with an nfc north battle between green bay and detroit. your second course begins at 4:30 with the oakland raiders taking on the dallas cowboys. the cowboys are hungry for the win as they are tied for first in the nfc east with the eagles. for your final course served up right here on nbc at 8:30, afc north fight to the end between the steelers and ravens. both are 5-6 and two wins away from the division leading bengals. >>> home sweet home in ohio for lebron james and some cleveland cavalier fans have started a movement to try to lure the king back to ohio for good by giving out "come home lebron" shirts b

tonight pizza hut issued this statement.s right to not work on a holiday. as a result, i would strongly recommended that the local franchi franchi franchisee reinstate tony. we look forward to welcoming him back to the team. >>> a rabbi added a menorah. he handed out jelly donuts and menorah's. that's a good combination. >> and hanukkah, the next time it will happen together? >> 76,000 years. >>> fun show tonight, garth brooks on the program, he'll po perform for us. >>> we're already getting the couch ready for tomorrow, a lot of football games. >> did you move the couch? >> no, just have to get it prepped for everyone. get the cushions nice and soft. >> the warriors and sharks in action tonight. let's head to dallas first and check in on the warriors. the mavericks, the former warrior there. fourth quarter, warriors coming back. the mafs would answer after that. warriors lose 103-99. >> we execute and defend the way we're capable of defending, that will take care of who we are, and we'll get back to the team that meverybod

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as manager of this pizza hut, he said he would not open up. when asked to resign, he claims he refused. >> thanksgiving is supposed to be one of the two days we are closed a year. >> he said he wrote his bosses this letter. not, hise was fired or bosses disputing that he was let go, it got the attention of pizza hut headquarters. on facebook it posted "we fully respect and employee's writes to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of pizza hut in america are closed on thanks giving. as a result, we strongly recommended that the local branch easy -- franchisee reinstate the store manager and he agreed." rohr said that he did receive a call, but is unsure whether he will go back. it wasst didn't think right. >> in case you are wondering if they caved under national checked, and they are indeed open. >> scott, thank you. 7 on your side with a consumer alert. the number one holiday gift this year is a gift card. gift card spending is projected to reach a high this year. spend $163 on them. but not every gift card is created equal.

an update on a pizza hut managers story. the one in indiana who refused to open the store on thanks giving day. we have learned they are offering him his job back. he has worked at the franchise for more than a decade. pizza hut's corporate office said they made a serious error in judgment. no word on whether he will take his job back. thousands of people have a good meal to eat on this thanksgiving day thanks to the hard work of the night in columbus. they spent hours preparing food for thousands of needy and homebound people. we have a look at what goes into fixing all those plates. from pouring and stirring it to slicing and stacking, this decades-old thanks giving tradition just keeps getting bigger. >> it is a true community effort erie >> the largest thanksgiving celebration put on by the knights of columbus will serve 2600 this afternoon. that's a thousand more meals than just three years ago. >> more turkeys this year than last. and the numberrs of servings and the people and trucks we need and it is an enormous oper

. >> one pizza hut manager rebebed against the thifg -- rebelled against the thanksgiving work day. he said the franchise opener forced him to retine. his story went viral. the company offered to rehire him. the location opened. tony said he's not doing back. >> why can't we be the companies that stands up and cares about employees, there's only two days that people cann spent with their family. >> pizza hut said in a statement: >> restaurants, franchise manager says he offered rohr his job back, but rohr says the incident was the last straw. >> despite backlash plenty of shops decided to open. kmart welcomed shoppers at 6 o'clock. others, are opening ahead of the midnight start. analyst expect sales to be up 4% compared to last. it's not agreement. >> katherine barrett joins us from a best buy near seattle. what was it like when the doors flung open in. >> it was hard to tell who was more excited. the crowd that waited for four hours in the cold, some camping overnight. they were ready to get inside into the warm and get the bargains that they came for. we were inside before the do

. >>> the manager of the indiana pizza hut says he was fired for refusing to open the store on thanksgiving. tony was told that it was mandatory this year, saying he stood up for his employees and then lost his job. >> thanksgiving and christmas are the only two days that they are closed in the whole year and there are only two days for those people to have guaranteed to spend with their families. >> and now pizza hut executives deny that he was fired. they claim that he quit. >>> snowy icy conditions have lead to at least ten deaths. half in texas. in oklahoma, this suv, they lost control and they ended up rolling over into a ditch. and in arkansas the 12-car pileup. 400 flights were canceled on out of the airport. >> i would look forward to thanksgiving all year long. having a day cut off is not the best thing in the world for me. >> people don't realize that when they have ice on them that they lose it. >> on the plus side, the same system was a welcome holiday boost for ski areas in colorado. they expect their best season in six years. >>> and the weather, they could put a damper on the

. >> the manager of a pizza hut refused to open today and was fired.za hut announced it offered him the job back. >> there are six ski resorts to pick from. the ski business is changing. more people are buying lift tickets in advance online where they can search for the best deal with all tickets more expensive the cofounder of this website says skiers have a cheaper option. >> the season prices are falling or the value in the passes is giving you more access or fewer blackout days. >> another way to save skiing is by leasing the gear. over a thousand season leases have been sold opposed to a few hundred last year. >> if you have questions preparing the bird, add rise is a call away. the butter ball turkey hotline answers 100,000 questions between now and christmas and crisco has a hotline for baking >> stuffing the turkey and ourselves is a thanksgiving tradition but it takes effort to burn off calories. we wolf down an average of 4,500 calories on thanksgiving twice the daily recommended amount. to burn it off you have to run or lay basketball for 7.

tony roar runs a pizza hut in elk heart, indiana.se decided to stay open on thanksgiving, but he disagreed. he thought pizza hut should be quote the company who standing up and cares about our employees and let them have the day off. the office stepped in and told the owner he should be retire hired. >>> in the midwest, something extraordinary to give thanks for. doctors at the university of chicago performed two successful kidney transplanted with the twist. the surgeries involve two recipients from two different families. thanks to a a surgery that allows overweight pashts to receive a transplant. kevin hamilton donated a kidney to gloria and by doing so, he helped move his mother further up the transplant list. >> 2006 at the time, i wanted to do it, of course, i was too young. i had to wait 12 years, until i was 16. >> randall's daughter was compatible. she donated a kidney and the two families came together as the younger generation joined forces to save the lives of their mothers. >> wow, that is truly remarkable. >>> a car dea

. >> a pizza hut manager says he was fired after refusing to make his employees work on thanksgiving.>> here are the headlines at >> here are the headlines at this hour. this hour. >> only on al jazeera america. >> only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's headlines. in cairo clashes erupted between egyptian security officers and protesters, over a group of women for holding a peaceful protests. news services showed china's air space over the east china sea, move raises the stakes in the standoff with the united states, japan and south korea over the zone. >>> the community of washington, illinois came together to feed the thousands of people who lost their homes in the devastating tornadoes earlier this month. about 1200 turkeys were donated for the feast. >>> and some americans are getting a jump on the thanksgiving tradition of shopping. kmart started business at 6:00 this morning. walmart and target are opening later in the evening. but it's not happening everywhere though. laws in maine, massachusetts and rhode island, ban

a pizza hut manager who refused to open his restaurant today is unemployed. tony was trying to protect his workers from working on the holiday. the franchise owner forced him to resign. when the word got out social media exploded with outrage, angry commentators inundated a corporate facebook page. a company offered him his job back. it is open, and tony has no intention of going back to work. >> why can't we be the company and say we care about our employees and you can have the day off. two days most people are guaranteed to have off to share with their family. in a statement pizza hut said: franchise manager says he offered him his job back. watch out croughnuts you have competition, sweet-filled doughnuts are sold on hanukah. they are perfect for thanks-giveka. we have more. >> on this thanksgiving israelis are thankful for doughnuts, they've been made the same way for 60 years. first round the dough, throw it in the fire and it skirts in the ceiling. sold on hanukah, a jewish holiday. they are equal opportunity, a doug nut that gets soldier exports. for

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. >>> a pizza hut manager says he was fired for refusing to open today.being offered his job back. tony has worked at his store in indiana for a decade. the store asked him to sign a resignation letter. instead, he wrote a letter saying he wouldn't quit, telling his bosses it's the people at the bottom of the total pole who, quote, make your life possible. >> i said why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about our employees and you can have the holiday off. thanksgiving and christmas are the two days they're closed all year, the only two days people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their family. >> i was a little shocked. i was thinking something would happen, but i'm proud he stood up for what he believed in. >> they're still going to sell pizza. i just didn't think it was right. >> the guy's bosses insist he wasn't fired, that he quit, and in a statement to cnn, this is what pizza hut is saying. we fully respect an employee's right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of pizza huts in america are closed o

. >>> the manager of the indiana pizza hut says he was fired for refusing to open his store on thanksgivingny roar was told it was mandatory year. he stood up for his employees and then lost his job. >> thanksgiving and christmas are the only two days that they're closed. in the whole year and there are only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families. >> a pizza hut exec denies that roar was fired and he claims the manager quit. >>> 4:52. coming up president obama gets a frosty reception from some audience members during a speech here in san francisco. now, meet the heckler who caused all that commotion. >> but first, a new york couple celebrates their 81st wedding anniversary. this morning, they reveal their secret for success. ,,,,,, >>> all right, checking out your thanksgiving forecast, there's still a slight chance of showers doesn't look like a rainout. but could be a little bit wet on thanksgiving day. >>> and if you still have to head to work today. this is what the bridges look like. things look really good actually on the golden gate. the ba

but one manager of an indiana pizza hut he was fired for refusing to open.is employees deserve the holiday off. after the story gained national attention pizza hut issued a statement saying we fully respect an employee's right not to work on a hol ta. as a result we strongly recommend that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. we look forward to them welcoming tony back to the team. >> it's 5:09. still ahead on "today in the bay," sharing the love this thanksgiving. a couple expecting more than 1,000 for thanksgiving dinner. >>> welcome back everyone. a good thanksgiving morning to you. taking a live look outside. looks like a lot of people eeng. probably a lot of people have the day off. that's the bay bridge toll plaza approach. metering lights i think it's safe to say they are not on. 5:12 now. when it comes to the thanksgiving feast most cooks need a few dozen people but a livermore couple they are getting ready to feed hundreds. starting at noon lorraine moore will dish up to anybody who stops by the boswell center for t

the manager of a pizza hut in elkheart, indiana said he was fired when he refused to open today. he spoke to msnbc's ed schultz. >> it is not right. >> reporter: this morning, pizza hut corporate headquarters stepped in and he was offered his job back. at k mart in chicago, joel meier had two carts of games, dolls, and toys. all to be given away to children's charities. >> how good are the deals today? >> probably, about half price. so, i bought it -- get, twice as many toys for the kids. >> reporter: analysts say that shopping on thanksgiving is diluting black friday they will be comparing these crowds with the crowds tomorrow morning. kate? >> john yang. thank you so much. what will the weather be like for all bargain hunters tomorrow. meteorologist janice huff joins us from the weather center. janice? >> kate, quiet tomorrow, like today from coast to coast. not much going on. chilly conditions in the east. mild out west. tomorrow, friday for all of you shoppers, it will be sunny, boston, down to washington, atlanta, temperatures in the 50s. miami you will be in the 70s. clear

pizza hut announced late wednesday, it offered him his job back.man bradley, abc news, washington. >> if you do go out today or tomorrow, just take it easy. don't trample anybody. let's all just stay cool. >> the deals usually last through the holidays. you'll be able to find it again. >> it will be all right. thanks for that report, tahman. >>> the nightmarish trek to thanksgiving dinner didn't turn out, though, to be nearly as bad as travelers had feared. >> 300 flights were canceled. but it was smooth sailing for most passengers. and that's probably because so many people decided to leave a day early to beat that storm. but for those traveling by car, there were a number of crashes on the slick roads. >>> and blustery weather in new york is threatening to ground the iconic balloons at the macy's thanksgiving day parade, the biggest of the country, by the way. the balloons are all blown up and ready to go. but officials will decide this morning if it's too windy to send them up. >>> and the first family shared the thanksgiving spirit at a washing

a pizza hut manager refusing to open on thanksgiving is forced to resign. but now the company is eating its words. >> will they or won't they float? the fate of the balloons in the macy's thanksgiving day parade is up in the air. >> plus, why is it so much fun? >> because they help you. >> yeah? and you're learning? >> yes. >> this isn't your average p.e. class. inside the gym they are tackling real life problems and it's what makes this pleasanton elementary school cool, coming up next. >> and cool in spots around the bay area this morning a lot of clouds moving in overhead. we'll have your holiday forecast coming up. >> and traffic "holiday light" in both directions of 880 if you plan to catch a flight today for thanksgiving, traffic very light just outside of the oakland airport. i'll have more "kcbs traffic" for you in just a few minutes. ,,,,,,,, last year was the biggest flu outbreak in over a decade. before the first sneeze... help protect with a spray. before the first tissue... help defend with a wipe. and help prevent with lysol. to get 10x more p

protesting owners to open up pizza hut on thanksgiving.employees to take the day off. the franchise ordering the manage tore resign. now pizza hut is offering that job back. the manager hasn't decided whether he wants it though. now to israel to prime minister netanyahu got a call from president obama, the president asking the israeli leader to tone down his criticism of the u.s. forged deal with iran for a while. so far no word on whether the prime minister netanyahu plans to agree with that and, now, inside the white house. where it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. the first lady, sasha, and maliyah and the first dogs all welcoming the official white house tree. this year's tree arriving to pennsylvania by horse drawn carriage that's romantic. 18 and a half foot long douglass fir and deadline day. we say it's fast approaching it was supposed to be really fast approaching. the deadline to fix healthcare.gov is set for tomorrow, in less than hours the deadline line. where we started site will be down 12 hours scheduled to go back

what happened to one pizza hut manager who said enough was enough. >> and social media backlash. "family guy" shocked fans with the death of a major character. >> few high clouds moving overhead. could we actually see some rain drops for thanksgiving? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and chp telling us there's debris all over the roadway and the connector ramp is partially blocked. we'll have the latest on the details there. but of course we want to know what drives you crazy during the commute? you can ask a question or share a gripe by e-mailing -- or find me on twitter and you can tweet me at e we thinker@kpix 5. and see if your question gets answered on air. ♪ because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. tors killed off on >>> well, fans of the hit fox series "family guy" are shocked and very confused isocrates fors killed -- isocrates fors killed -- as creators killed off one of the most beloved carjacks. that would be brian the family dog. already a petition on change.org urging them to bring br

of young brands the parent company of pizza hut made twelve million dollars last year a million dollars a month and one hundred fifty million and one hundred fifty million dollars in stock options don't you think he can afford to give his employees a day off neal oh for sure and hey i will tell it as a perk of much like barry goes off tomorrow on hidden ignored ok. ok. now that's a personal decision i mean maybe this is not the right company for him. you know it's a free economy out there if he doesn't get along with management he has the perfect right to go find somewhere else to work in the company has the the right so you know you support it so you support yum brands for firing him david deal they weren't if it for the record companies closed on thursday and friday and saturday you support the right of the company to fire him i'm wondering if david does. i support the right of the company to fire then i think it's immoral but i don't think it ought to be illegal and i'm with neil that government shouldn't be standing in and telling companies when they're allowed to open and when when

of young brands the parent company of pizza hut made twelve million dollars last year a million dollars a month and one hundred fifty million and one hundred fifty million dollars in stock options don't you think he can afford to give his employees a day off neal oh for sure and hey i will tell it it's a perk of my swag very goes off tomorrow on hidden ignored ok. ok neil no that's a personal decision i mean maybe this is not the right company for him. you know it's a free economy out there if he doesn't get along with management he has the perfect right to go find somewhere else to work in the company has the right so you know you support it so you support yum brands for firing him david deal they weren't if it for the record my company is closed on thursday and friday and saturday you support the right of the company to fire him i'm wondering if david does. i support the right of the company to fire then i think it's immoral but i don't think it ought to be illegal and i'm with neal that government shouldn't be standing in and telling companies when they're allowed to open and when wh

pizza hut announced he had been offered his job back.has worked for the restaurant chain for more than ten years and thinks today should be a day for family. >> want to be a company that stands up for employees and you need the day off. only two-days you are guaranteed to spend the day with your family. >> traditionally thanksgiving and christmas are the only two-days out of the year that pizza phut is he is cloed. >> if you are hitting the sales there are plenty of sales that will be open. there are a handful holding back. here are the stores that will not be participating in the mayhem. once again not costco, nordstrom and burlington coat factory will be keeping their stores closed. those stores may see a jump in sales on friday from those who support the idea of a quiet holiday at home. and we asked our viewers are you planning to shop on thanksgiving or do you think stores should stay closed? funny how many people are so opposed to stores being open but are okay with movie theaters restaurants beganed stations. those employees don't

pizza hut's corporate office says it was an error in judgment. no word whether rohr has accepted the offer to stay on. >>> today's thanksgiving football feast kicks off with the lions hosting the green bay packers. as lions' head coach jim schwartz says i guess we don't have to worry about setting an extra place for josh sitton. >> they're a bunch of dirtbags or scumbags, that's how they play and how they're coached, that starts withier coach, with the head coach, schwartz, he's [ bleep ], i wouldn't want to play for him. >> seriously? scumbags and dirtbags? come on. i know the lions have a few problems with dirty play, i know, but scumbags and dirtbags? >> we're spicing up the rivalry, right, carol? can we really argue suh has had some controversial plays. two years ago stopped on a packers' offensive lineman and kicked matt schaub in the groin. >> that was an accident. >>y i suppose, he's a fierce competitor, some call him dirt y. >> i would be the first to admit suh has his problems. nick fairley for this year. >> they have a host of character

the pizza hut manager who refused to force staff to work on thanksgiving isn't sure he wants his joback and the stand he took on behalf of employees brought support in social media, 28-year-old tony rohr refused to open on the holiday and he was hired because he told the owners in a letter that the workers deserved the day off. >> why can't we be the company that stands up and says we care about the employees and you can have the day off and during a year two days they are off to spend with the family. >> reporter: the pizza hut corporate office stepped in and said he should be retired. the statement said quote we feel strongly that the situation could and should have been avoided. the vast majority of pizza huts in america are closed on thanksgiving and say that the local franchise reinstate the manager and they got the holiday off and the restaurant did not open on thursday. worries that the macy's thanksgiving day parade huge inflated characters would be on the ground but they did fly and they took a grip as the winds were 26 miles per hour. the low-flying balloons encountered a f

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pizza hut manager tony says he lost his job after refusing to his employees work today. >> thanksgiving and christmas are the two days that they are closed the whole year. there are only two days those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families. >> pizza hut says the decision is up to the independent franchises. the company is evaluating an unfortunate situation and in a statement said we respect an employee's decision not to work on a holiday if they so choose, which is why the vast majority of pizza huts are closed on thanksgiving. for cbs this morning, carter evans, los angeles. >> the national retail federation estimates up to 140 million people will shop this weekend. stores are banking on it. jill is here this morning. good morning to you. i find myself really upset because i feel like i'm already behind the curve. is the backlash worth opening the day before? >> it depends. it's estimated that 33 million people will be shopping today. we won't be one of them but that's okay. the key is retailers are trying to get us into the stores earlier and earlier. the mor

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the outlet is not owned by pizza hut chain, and pizza hut said decisions about whether to open or closed are made by the franchise owners. a survey suggests people think stores should be closed on thanksgiving. >> organizers of macy's parade are checking the skies the decision whether the balloons will be allowed it blowing in the wind. john terrett is live on the upper wet westside of manhattan. that's snoopy, a favourite. how is it looking out there? >> well, it's a bit touch and go. we had terrible weather last night. i was here, it was driving rain. it went over, like they forecast. then the temperatures dropped. we are freezing now. the problem is the wind. i know i'm great to look at, i know. >> you are. >> i know you want to see the balloons. i'll step outside. you look at the balloons and i'll tell you what happened. >> the problem is that's snoopy with woodstock on top. when the wind blows, woodstock rocks and rolls. there are rules saying if the winds are more than 23 miles per hour sustained or gusting at more than 34 miles per hour, the big bad boys can't go up. that's the pr

>> those are my guys. >> i like pizza hut.should all just get a board game out and sit with the family. >> that's the point tony was trying to make. >> go tony. >> remember yesterday we showed you this incredible video of this massive traffic jam, nothing new really on the 405 in los angeles. >> looks pretty. >> we were saying the same thing. they were sitting there for 8 hours. >> what would you do? what would you pay to get out of that kind of a traffic jam? this is a question that a growing number of frustrated drives are asking themselves because there's a spread now of express toll lanes around the country where you pay to get out of gridlock for a fee, sometimes as much as 90 cents a mile you can go in a special lane where you get to go faster. >> yeah. >> go for it. >> $100 a mile just to get out of that. >> but critics are calling it the lexus lane. >> you take the existing hov lane and if you have one person, if you pay you can ride the hov lane. >> but is that fair to people that can't afford to pay it? >> will that

pizza hut.ast year's contest between these two teams was the third at at&t stadium and lived up to its billings. tech quarterback seth doege with one touchdown of his own. >> charles: baylor hasn't won three straight over tech since they won four straight from 1984 touqb 1987. >> gus: first down and ten at the 25. petty. incomplete. flag on the play. goodley the intended receiver. he ran the double move on the near side. >> charles: and got bailed out because he and petty didn't have the same]h$m connection. >> gus: pass interference number 24 defense. >> gus: bruce jones. >> charlie: petty threw the ball the double move you described. watch where the ball lands. that is behind him. he is thinking he is on the stop action and took it on up up field and then bailed out with the call. >> gus: first down at the 40 for the bears. linwood up to the 47 on the slide. >> charles: shock linwood. i believe thatoji shodrick. look at that. the ball almost popped out. his mom started calling him shock becau

. >>> a manager of an indiana pizza hut was fired for refusing to open on thanksgiving day. he was told opening on thanksgiving was mandatory so at a meeting with his superiors he decided to take a stand. >> i said why can't we be the company that stands up because we care about our employees and you can have the day off? >> pizza hut backed off and he got his job back. >>> if you are hitting the road this morning, boy, everything is clear. it's all yours. >> it's all holiday lite. >> it's thanksgiving "holiday light." right here in the bay area, but we have live pictures of just a bad situation over in l.a. so traffic just a mess just outside and right at l.a.x. be thankful it doesn't look like that right here. traffic better than that. 101 at the speed limit through the peninsula right here approaching third avenue in san mateo. and that light traffic stays with you heading towards sfo. no traffic delays for 880 either just outside the oakland airport. of course, yesterday was the big travel push. but in case you may be expecting someone at the airport this morning, there

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a statement from pizza hut says it respects an employee's right to not work on the holiday. rohr says he hasn't decided yet whether to go back to his job. the bay area has its own thanksgiving football tradition dating all the way kron4's haaziq madyun takes to the field for this years san francisco high school championship football turkey day game >>: high school football fans were going wild here at the keys are stadium in san francisco this thanksgiving but for the 89th annual si of five championship game of a better known as the turkey bowl. >>: it's a tradition. every time we go to the turkey bowl we have to let it. but the lines of verse as the lincoln high school mustangs. >>: wang dan class of '71. >>: link and hired a lump patrick chase says sports figures have played in this game. >>: o.j. simpson pripet. this is the check digit game for the city's schools for it happens every turkey day and all but banned all to on the dock is starts and lincoln right now the coach has gone through six championships so that will be a record. >>: not so fast as galileo a llama denn

. >> sreenivasan: between the pizza hut employee who gained a lot of traction elderly this week by pubbing back against his franchisee saying let's stay closed on thanksgiving. is there a larger push happening here? >> in ways the biggest push we've seen in years, maybe even decades, by low-wage workers protest, we really need to raise wages, we're seeing these protests against wal-mart and mcdonald's, and burger king, and taco bell, and pizza hut. from one perspective, hari, they ar.i think there's a general systemic protest where these workers are saying generally, there's a whole stratum of work irworkers in the united states make $12,000, $14,000 a year, and something has to be done to help us. yes, they get food stamps. a lot of the food stamps have been cut back recently. and there's this incipient push to raise the minimum wage. we have seen prince gorge's county in maryland vote to raise the minimum wage to $7.50 an hour. there's a push among the loi-wage workers, partly democrats, saying the minimum wage is too low, $7.50, $8 an hour is too low and we have to do something about it

. >> catherine: the manager of a pizza hut in elkhart, indiana says he's been fired for refusing to makees work on thanksgiving. tony rohr says his bosses told him it was mandatory -- and that's when he decided to take a stand. >> catherine: tony wrote a letter spelling out why he felt it was important to give employees a break. and says he refused to make it a letter of resignation - which his bosses had requested. one of his bosses claims tony quit voluntarily - but he says that's simply not true. >> catherine: pizza hut's facebook page has been inundated wit posts criticizing the company's decision to open on thanksgiving. >> catherine: >> pam: in contrast fry's electronics supporting their employees and their wish to be with family this thanksgiving. >> pam: the bay area company will not open any of its stores for post-thanksgiving dinner shopping tomorrow night. the stores however will be open in time for black friday shopping. >> our employees had to work late and come back early last year when we tried this. we are a family owned business we've been open for 29 years i think the t

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are you saw story on gawker actually right before i came on here that a manager at a pizza hut was fired because he refused to open his store on thanksgiving first of all who's ordering pizza on thanksgiving i don't even think it would be very crowded but people are feeling a lot of. yeah exactly oh yeah i'd like the turkey pizza with gravy. a little slow that yeah i mean i just don't understand why people would shop there anyway but it does seem to be a trend to have black friday become black thursday because a week long there is the holiday season but we've also seen that a lot of times black friday doesn't necessarily even have the best or cheapest prices it's just the hoopla around it where people know the price is got to be good but it's fifty percent maybe off of a higher price to be getting rejected up to it's often now finally what you would see in there. but i know where we'll see you the turkey table you better way to this is really important before we go i really want to know can you please fill us in on how to do things giving dinner like properly be any tennis advise google

are you saw story on gawker actually right before i came on here that a manager at a pizza hut was fired because he refused to open his store on thanksgiving first of all who's ordering pizza on thanksgiving i don't even think it would be very crowded but people are feeling a lot of. yeah exactly oh yeah i'd like that turkey pizza with gravy. a little slow that i don't i just don't understand why people would shop there anyway but it does seem to be a trend to have black friday become black thursday because we've long crazy holiday season but we've also seen that a lot of times black friday doesn't necessarily even have the best or cheapest prices it's just the hoopla around it where people know the price is got to be good but it's fifty percent maybe off of a higher price to be given that they jacked it up to it's often a scam now finally you know it's easy in there. but i know where we'll see you at the turkey table you better way to this is really important before we go i really want to know can you please fill us in on how to do things giving dinner like properly be any tennis advise