tammy leitner has more. >> reporter: these gentle giants have a second chance on sonya's florida ranch. >> they learn what toys are, to get along with each other. because they have been confined in small areas. >> reporter: she's rescued 2,300 former race dogs, many with injuries. >> that's noodle. >> reporter: noodle. you are sweet, noodle. >> he broke his leg racing and then was dumped at a blood bank. >> reporter: now that greyhound racing has been voted out in florida. the fate of thousands of greyhounds there is uncertain. kate directs florida's 1 ouane society. of 17 tracks in the country. it's about two-thirds of the industry phased out and the finished. >> reporter: she says the sport is harmful. >> just one track in florida in 2017 there were 90 injuries. and 65 broken bones just at one. >> reporter: greyhound trainer henry chin believes these dogs are more than just athletes. >> these dogs are like family, and people don't understand that. >> reporter: the ban means that henry and thousands more racetrack workers will be out of jobs by 2020. >> it's devastating. for me, it's

here's tammy leitner. >> reporter: more than 29 million people buy gas with a credit or debit card every day. many of those paying at the pump unaware that these small skimmers could be hidden inside and stealing your credit card information. typical skimmer. ter:t happened to steven blake in texas. >> i ended up seeing charges on my bank account that i knew i didn't charge. >> reporter: texas and florida are hotspots for the crime. these two thieves caught in the act at a florida gas station. boca raton officer jessica ratiere says it's a high tech scam. >> this little device can steal your information like that. it's all transmitted through bluetooth. >> reporter: the secret service finding more than 200 skimmers at pumps across the nation this holiday season. >> the skilled guys can do it in 20 or 30 seconds. >> reporter: travelers on alert. >> i'm very cautious about those kinds of things because we work really hard for our money. >> reporter: police recommend paying in cash or inside with a credit card and advise choosing a pump closest to the store. all tips that could save you fro

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tammy leitner is outside a walmart in l,do florida with the spending frenzy just getting started. good morni to you. >> reporter: good morning, peter. the shopathon is on. black friday is no longer a one day event. shoppers have been at this 24 hour walmart throughout the night, many still on the hunt for deals. >> let's go! >> reporter: for many, it is a crazy who wi crazy holiday tradition. >> started when i was meet my grandmother and my aunlaunlts a mom. >> reporter: great deals. really good deals. shoppers braving long lines. >> i got here at 4:30 a.m. >> reporter: and extreme weather, all in t name of bargains. >> i got everything i wanted. >>eporter: 3,000 lined up at minnesota's mall of america, in kentucky, shoppers not as patient. some coming to blows over electronics at this walmart. >> stop it. stop. >> reporter: a reason some stayed out of malls and shopped online and in record numbers. some 4 billion spent according toarly figures, up 23% from last the average shopper spending about a thousand dollars. of the listtop >> i think i spent like a thousand dollars. i save

nbc's tammy leitner explains. >> what are you going to pay? >> reporter: call it a modern-day treasure hunt. >> 145, sir. >> reporter: bidding on abandoned storage units without knowin's inside. dan dotson, an auctioneer on the opular show "storage wars" recalled on facebook that a woman approached him last aynth. >> she s i want to tell you this story, m husband works for a guy and he bought a unit from you around it had a safe in it. >> reporter: but this wasn't just any safe. >> inside the safe, normally ey're empty but this time it wasn't empty, it had$7.5 million. >> reporter: $7.5 milon in cold, hard cash. but the story has another twist. dots says the owners got a call from an attorney representing the safe's original back. requesting their money >> they offered $600,000 then doubled it to $1.2 million and i guess they gave themack $6.3 million. >> reporter: dotson asked viewers what they woulddo. one wrote "i would feel too guilty if i kept it." another wrote "if they had that much money, why didn'they pay for the storage unit?" for on

we have nbc's tammy leitner with more this morning. tammy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. dozens of workers and volunteers are coming back here to do it again today. to recount each ballot by hand. all 67 counties in florida have until tomorrow to finish. in florida, it is a race against time. >> i agree. >> reporter: hand counting ballots the democratic senator bill nelson hopes will reverse his fortunes. ballots examined are those voters filled out incorrectly. circling or check marks or leaving blank. >> they will be duplicated and added into the vote totals and we will report the u.s. senate race by noon on sunday. >> reporter: governor rick scott in washington this week, posing with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says it is like the only westeperson who doesn'w it is time to move on is bill nelson himself. broward county counted 31,000 ballots in over two hours. >> all the votes were counted. positive. >> reporter: they have yet to release the results. nelson's campaign held out hope one of the machines the

tammy leitner, nbc news. >>> when we come back, the controversy over one person's artistic vision for space. >>> timely tonight, we look at a work of art that's going to be out of this world. it's scheduled to be sent into orbit to draw attention to how space is being used. but already it's causing controversy here on earth. >> reporter: when it's launched into space, this sculpture will shine as brightly as a star. it's mission -- >> a mirror in the sky. >> reporter: the artist developed his orbital reflector with no commercial or military purpose. >> the project is a provocation. let's think about what's going on in space. let's think about what the world's corporations are doing in space. >> reporter: art in space. not everyone is looking at it in awe. for this astronomer, there's already enough to see. >> the nighttime sky is filled with natural wonder and beauty. so we need to be very careful how we treat this, the sky. >> reporter: and there's important work to do. >> anything that's between my telescope and that distant object is contamination. it's a problem. >> reporter: the

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tammy leitner has more. >> reporter: these gentle giants have a second chance on sonia's florida ranchn what toys are, to get along with each other because they have been confined in small areas. >> reporter: she's rescued 2300 former race dogs, many with injuries. >> that's noodle. >> reporter: noodle, you are sweet, needle. >> he dumped h ebroke his leg as dumped at a blood bank. >> reporter: now the fate of thousands of dogs is uncertain. >> florida has two-thirds of the industry that will be phased out and finished. >> reporter: she says the sport is harmful. >> one track in florida since may of 2017 they've had almost 90 injuries and 65 broken bones. >> reporter: but greyhound trainer henry chin believes his dogs are more than just don't u racetrack workers will be out of jobs by 2020. >> for me it's devastating. >> reporter: and a blow to race fans. >> they're born to run. what's next? horse racing, polo, dog shows? >> most of these dogs only race for two years but can live for another decade so they have years and years ahead of being pets. roughly 6,000 greyhounds will need hom

. >> nbc's tammy leitner is live in hoover, alabama.ave a new statement from the local police there. i guess there was a scheduled news conference and canceled it. what is going on? >> reporter: stephanie, just in the last hour, hoover police put out a news release but it had very new details about what actually happened. the one thing they did say in it is to clarify he had a gun in the hand but not necessarily that he was pointing it at police when they shot him. now, keep in mind this news release comes just hours after the police department vowed transparency. there was another news release put out by the state agency who's now investigating but that also had no information, that just confirmed that they're the lead agency on this. keep in mind, this happened five days ago. we have a suspect still on the run yet there's no information about this person, who they're looking for. >> the family wants the surveillance videos from the mall released. what is that about and is that likely to happen? >> reporter: well, that's really up to t

but tammy leitner has an important warning for everyone who drives. , guys. it can happen in an instant when you're buying gas. thieves use a skimmer to get your credit card information. it happened at this gas station. and now, authorities are cracking down on this growing nationwide problem. it's a crime that's exploding. when you insert your credit card, they steal the number and go on a shopping spree. >> scary. i know all my hard work is gone. >> reporter: it happened to steven in texas. >> reporter: i saw charges of $75, $80. there was three charges on there. >> reporter: this holiday season, the secret service finding nearly 200 skimmers nationwide that could have been used to ring up some $6 million in fraud. >> they're easy to create. they're easy to deploy. and they can get a lot of stolen credit card data quickly. >> reporter: the agency that protects the president, also oversees financial crimes. the secret service is now trying to protect consumers from this increasingly common type of identity theft. >> it would be impossible for a consum

tammy leitner has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. i'm acrosst the str from the mall where the shooting happened. it has since reopened. and the family tells me, h a permit to carry a gun and they believe he was rushing to help others when he was shot by police. >> it hurts me to the my son is gone. i can't get him back. >> reporter: this morning, the heartbroken parents o a man killed at the mall, demanding answers. in>> thanksg will never be the same for me. it will never be the same. that's the day i lost my son. >> reporter: 21-year-old bradley jrd shot d by an pounidentified lice officer working security at the mallvi deos posted to social media showing the chaos after a fight erupte and gunfire. police initially fingering bradford as the suspect, saying he shot an 18-year-old man and-y r-old girl. >> they werelking around the ma the gun and trying to escape. my son would never pull a weapon. r:or ray ate d the wrong person. they r.said, whilebradford may have been involved in some aspect of thete ation, he likely did not fire th

nbc's tammy leitner has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm across the street from the mall where the shooting happened. it has since reopened. the family of amantic bradford said he had a permit to carry a gun and believes he was rushing to help police when he was shot by police. >> my son is gone. >> reporter: this morning the heartbroken parts of a man killed at the malady handing answers. >> thanksgiving will never be the same for me. it will never be the same. that's the day i lost my son. >> reporter: e shot dead thanksgiving night by an unidentified police officer working security at the mall. videos posted to social media showing the chaos after a fight erupted and gunfire. police initially fingering bradford as the suspect, saying he shot an 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl. >> they basically said he was walking around the mall waving a gun, running, trying to escape. my son would never pull a weapon. >> reporter: a day later police admitted they shot the wrong person, saying in part new evidence suggests that while mr. bradfo