sam's club also hopes to lure customers away from rivals. largest warehouse chain in terms of number of locations, but not in terms of sales. costco is the industry leader in revenues and sales per square foot. analyst brian sozzi says that's because costco is more popular with upscale households. >> the core customer at costco is higher income. that's always been my takeaway. and costco does seem to have a greater share of wallet, just because they are more focused on the consumer. >> reporter: to broaden its appeal, sam's club is rolling out a new store layout nationwide with wider aisles and a beefed up fresh foods department. >> it's one of the most important parts of our future. the members that we've talked to say they really want to see more variety in their fresh assortment. we've made a big commitment to elevating quality in our meat department, expanding selection in our produce department.#& >> so let's check out sam's. that gives members personalized discounts, wi-fi in stores, and the ability to place internet orders for pick-up

it didn't work. >> oh, sam. sam. sam. >> reporter: okay. it came to the chicken. but i was really good at customer relations. welcome to harlon's. >> thank you very much. >> how can i help you? >> reporter: what would you like today? how can i help you? >> what kind of meat should i get? >> reporter: they're all good. i tried them all. would you like some of our harlon's barbecue sauce on top? >> sure. >> reporter: how is your day going? >> good. how is yours? >> reporter: mine is going well. it's my first day at work. >> he's my new employ. >> reporter: when you think about ten years from now, what do you hope is there? >> harlon's bar-b-que. >> reporter: wow. >> and my dad, a black man who started in 1977, and rose from nothing to this. that's what i need to see. that's it. >> and that's why there's more to love than just barbecue there. it's candace. candace brooks joins us now. >> good morning. thank you so much. >> you are amazing, by the way. >> thank you. >> a powerful force. >> delicious. delicious. >> nice kick. >> thank you. we ap

sam, how are you over there in philadelphia? he's gone. sam's gone. just want to try to include you here in new york. juju? are you going to be watching? >> i am, cameron. sam, both of you are working with clowns today. there has to be a joke in there somewhere. >>> people are getting a jump-start, not only on the parade, but also looking for bargains on this holiday shopping season. they're already lining up for deals. we have team coverage this morning, including how to avoid standing in line, by going online. we begin with a look at the new thanksgiving day sales that have some calling today black thursday. matt gutman has more. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, juju. happy thanksgiving. nobody would mistake this for a black friday line. this is the first time in sears 100-plus-year history, where it opened its doors on thanksgiving day. this is a big trial for a lot of retailers. at this sears location, it doesn't seem to be paying off. this morning, stores are opening when they've never opened before. >> the customers that come in on thanksgi

morgan is uncle sam they are more than anybody connected to uncle sam and they've been naked shorting selling silver that they don't own in order to suppress the price so we've been sentenced some more video this video was so first run let's look at one bank next cars or has a plan to crash j.p. morgan all we have to do is buy one else of physical silver. good job one banki. you tube revolution buy one ounce of silver put j.p. morgan six feet under and here is the one which is slightly pornographic mamma must keep forgetting that and thanks to. your how much you have i can only. try. so she's purchasing her silver there every time j.p. morgan drives the price then there's another series called silver queen which is even a bit more risque so the search for silver coins is making a special dedicated silver queen video just for the crass j.p. morgan by silver campaign all we need is about five percent of the world's population to buy one silver coin that's all we need to do and j.p. morgan stock about is zero jamie diamond and charlie munger will be out sweeping floors where they should

sam, thanks. have a good time. >>> sarah palin, taking aim at pennsylvania's proposed school nutrition guidelines, calling them evidence of a nanny state that's out of control. our rob nelson has more on this growing controversy. >> good morning, guys. sarah palin, no stranger to controversy. and some are calling this cookiegate. it started when she bought some cookies from students in pennsylvania. >> it is a thrill to be back in the keystone state. >> reporter: calling pennsylvania's plans to issue new guidelines, limiting the number of sweets allowed in classrooms, a nanny state run amok, sarah palin took matters into her own hands. she talked about it monday night. >> had to shake it up a little bit. i heard there's a debate going on in pennsylvania over whether public schools are going to pan sweets. cakes. cookies. that type of thing. i brought dozens of dozens of cookies to these students. >> reporter: while palin's cookie delivery may be tongue in cheek, she makes a larger point. the debat

it didn't work. >> oh sam. sam. sam. >> reporter: okay.ter: how is your day going? >> good. how is yours? >> reporter: mine is going well. it's my first day at work. >> he's my new employ. >> reporter: when you think about ten years from now, what do you hope is there? >> harlon's bar-b-que. >> reporter: wow. >> and my dad, a black man who started in 1977 and rose from nothing to this. that's what i need to see. that's it. >> and that's why there's more to love than just barbecue there. it's candace. candace brooks joins us now. >> good morning. thank you so much. >> you are amazing, by the way. >> thank you. >> a powerful force. >> delicious. delicious. >> nice kick. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> tell us what you brought for everybody. they're still swallowing. >> okay. after that segment. i brought our brooks family foods, ribs and sausage that you can get packaged online at harlonsbarbecue online. and this is the fresh meat. some people like the fatty part. some people like the lean areas. this is the secret that we put on our barb

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today's sale cuts uncle sam's stake in g.m. to 37%. that could drop even further if over-allotments and warrants are exercised. now that its public again, what could be next for g.m. stock? david menlow of i.p.o. financial thinks individual investors should be weary. ... wary. >> individual investors that were the beneficiaries of the i.p.o. price stock at $33 will probably see the price of general motors come down and possibly violate that price. although it's nice to have the actual shares and say you bought the i.p.o., it's important to realize that this company is walking into a fourth quarter that is going to be softer than the previous three quarters than have reported. >> tom: the i.p.o. is being hailed as a milestone from wall street to the white house. general motors' return to the stock market helps it shed a reputation as "government motors" and puts it on the road to financial recovery. but as diane eastabrook reports, g.m. still faces major potholes. ( applause ) >> reporter: with the roar of a camaro engine, general motor

. >> i am a colleague and a good friend of ann and sam. i want to speak briefly to support their presence as members of the community and of our school community. i used to live in bernal and had to relocate my family out of the city because we could not find a home here. teaching at the school that i teach at, i hear stories from ann about students who runs into in her neighborhood, as her family is involved in the neighborhood. it stars the longing in my heart to be back in the community i teach in. i think it is essential that a city like san francisco allow teachers to work in the same communities we teach him. bernal is the quintessential san francisco neighborhood and this is the quintessential san francisco family. they are part of our community, an integral part of our school community. our schoolmates them. our community. -- our school needs them. >> if you would not mind filling out a speaker card, we would appreciate it. >> i am a neighbor on 11 colridge. i live to the rear of the proposed building. i brought some evidence i wou

and sam champion. hey, sam. >> hey, george. we're going to start with a little bit of rain on the eastern seaboard. one to two inches of rain is possible, in about all locations. some places will pick up more than three. strong to severe storms are on that line, down into the deep south there. we're looking at a big snow system in the west today. we'll go into that more next half hour. >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up in our next half hour, tina brown will join us live. much more on the royal engagement. much more on the royal much more on the royal engagement. so i went back to my doctor again. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma symptoms all day and night. [ man ] symbicort improves my lung function, starting within 15 minutes. symbicort will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. it is a combination of two medicines and should not be taken more often than prescribed. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems, and children and adolescents may h

and sam champion. hey, sam. >> hey, george. we're going to start with a little bit of rain on the eastern seaboard. one to two inches of rain is possible, in about all locations. some places will pick up more than three. strong to severe storms are on that line, down into the deep south there. we're looking at a big snow system in the west today. we'll go into that more next half hour. >>> there is rain across most of the region this morning especially in virginia. the rain is crossing the potomac from charles county to western maryland. we will see off and on rain today. some showers will be moderate. temperatures are near 50 degrees. 52 degrees at reagan national and we are on our way to the mid-50's and tomorrow will be >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up in our next half hour, tina brown will join us live. much more on the royal live. much more on the royal engagement. so i went back to my doctor again. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma symptoms all day and night. [ man ] symbicort improves my lung function, startin

sam champion, ladies and gentlemen.ing has to be followed by 12 days of cardio. you know, whatever. we'll work it out before we get there. good morning, everybody. by the way, every now and then, some signs are so wonderful. and you guys spend so much time getting the artwork exactly right. that is the best picture of me anyone has ever -- i knew immediately who that was. wait, wait -- that's it. who drew that? who is responsible for that? that's phenomenal. >> thank you. >> the picture. the expression. i love everything. let's get to the board. one or two things going on this morning we want to talk about as you walk out the door. what about this storm, tomas? a lot of discussion about it in haiti. it slowed down a little bit now, meaning the path will be more west than it was. we're looking at a very strong category 1 here. we're looking at winds in the 70-mile-per-hour to 80-mile-per-hour category here. 10 to 15 inches of rain in the mountains there. and we have an awful lot of people who were in tent cities, still a

sam, thank you. >>> plastic surgery is on the rise every year. many stars admitting to plastic surgery procedures. cynthia mcfadden took a look at how modern medicine has changed the world of celebrity forever. it is something to see this, cynthia. >> reporter: it really is, robin. this special tonight shows some of the prices that are paid by the stars, both physical and financial. we'll be talking about the types of procedures, the dos and don'ts, and give you the real scoop on who's had what done. right now, i'm going to show you a report of the rising trend of teens going under the night. how young is too young for breast implants? >> that's me, before my eighth and ninth grade dance. >> reporter: caitlin is a beautiful girl. but like many teenage girls, she suffers from insecurities about her appearance. >> i felt pretty. but i didn't want to draw more attention to what i didn't have. >> reporter: at 18, she says she's been continually tormented for what she considers her physical shortcomings. >> i have always been the friend with small bre

good for him. >>> let's go to sam for the weather. you have news this morning, sam. >> we do.e. we're going to start with pictures. a live shot out of philadelphia, really. we love philly. look at the gorgeous skies. something else this morning, world it's becoming the world-first eagles stadium, the world's first major sports stadium to supply all of its own energy. it's being retrofitted to use alternative energy. 2,500 solar panels on the stadium facade. the energy there they generate should be enough to cover what it needs over the next 20 years. completely self-sustaining. congratulations, philadelphia. let's look at what's going on this morning. it's the strong winds in the northeast, driven by the drier air, the cooler air of high pressure here. that was yesterday. today, there's less wind. but still, the cold air. check out boston going to 47 on friday. philly, you're 49. d.c. stays in the 50s. but new york down to 40, as well. the one system to watch is the one in the northwest. it will be dropping rain into northern and central california. by fri >>> right now, tempe

sam, good morning again. >> good morning, juju.on this show. a really nice guy. i don't think we can squeeze another person in here. we can't do dancing. we don't have room. everybody, we don't have room for anything more, right? oh no. i don't know how we're going to pull it off. texas, this is like the whole -- half of the studio got here from texas. don't ask me how. i don't know. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we want to talk about. all of your twitter and facebook pictures. we're throwing these up if we can. we have snow pictures. we have beach pictures. they're on our twitter and facebook page. here's the travel trouble spots during the day today. it's right in the middle of the country where the rain will be. there's a hit of ice and snow.od robin, george, this is going to get a little nasty. everybody has teams here. they're divided into teams. good luck with this. >> everybody is well-represented. >>> are you ready? [ cheers ] are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> this is it. the moment we've all been waitin

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. >>> let's get to sam champion with the weather. good morning, sam. >> good morning, everyone. we're going to start with texas, as well. there's big, soaking rains in the east texas area. houston has had more than 2, 2 1/2 inches of rain so far this morning. we'll watch the heavier rains move toward beaumont, shreveport, and jackson, as well. i don't think that really ends today. cold air, brutally cold air, from buffalo at 26, new york at 37. we say that because it's about ten degrees colder than normal in some locations today. bundle up out the door in the morning. it will get a little bit better by the afternoon. it gets better to the northwest. there's less rain. drier skies move in. a mess yesterday. >> all of america's weather in the next half hour. including, we have to talk about tomas. this tropical system responsible for deaths in st. lucia. could become a hurricane and head toward haiti. so we have to talk about that. >> and still more than a million in haiti without shelter. sam, thank you. >>> coming up, charlie sheen back on tv, as he files for divorce. we'll have