stacey cohan at the arlington mall. what's it look like where you are?lina, i haven't gotten a chance to shop. i have jennifer, she's only been at the mall an hour or so. and you've done very well. so why come out this early? that's the question? >> for me it was actually a little late because the mall opened at merchandise night. so coming in 4:30, 5:00, i'm in and out and table to get everything quickly. >> you said because some of the stores opened at midnight you think that helped ease the crowds at 5:00 a.m.? how have the lines been? >> awesome. i have not had to wait in one line. >> are you done? are you really done with your christmas shopping? >> almost. >> really? so it's worth -- you have little kids. you don't get sleep anyways. >> that's right. only had to get up an hour earlier than i usually do. >> there you go. we've got a bunch of shopping bags here. she's saying there's good deals on clothes, lines haven't been too long at pentagon city. this is a four-level mall. they have almost 200 stores and so there are a lot of deals to be had. if

and stacey cohan at a mall in arlington, virginia. we want to go first to george howell. george, what's it look like where you are? >> well, alina, you know, good morning. so fewer people in the store right now than we saw earlier. we want to talk about some video that we talk this morning at this particular best buy. we saw some 600 people file into this store all trying to get, you know, these deals. you look around, you see the tvs. there are televisions that are marked off. you've got laptop computers that are marked off. laptops and tablets definitely the big items that are in demand here. and store a store like best buy, you know, not only is it competing with online sales, but also competing with walmart, target. it's really important for this store, when you talk to the store managers here, to make sure that they get the best bang for their buck. you know, best buy had disappointing third quarter earnings. they're doing the best to make up for that. this is the day to do it. so you see them really advertising and pushing these deals. these door busters. again, we

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