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nbc bay area's kimberly tere is in san francisco with more on the holiday trend. here's a look at what she found. >> reporter: some consumers are giving thanks today for the opportunity to get a jump start on their holiday shopping. >> this is actually not crowded, which is why we're glad it's open today. last year we were here on friday and it was just ridiculous. >> reporter: stores, including old navy, are moving their black friday sales up a day. >> i think it's excellent. i think it's really, really good. we love shopping. >> reporter: according to the national retail federation, 18 million americans shopped last year on thanksgiving. that's up from ten million, five years ago. while most of the shopping started online, some brick and mortar stores took notice and are now in on the action. industry analysts say they expect this trend to continue with a few more retailers jumping on the bandwagon each year. >> i think, you know, with the way the economy is right now, it's probably a good thing to get people out and shopping. >> reporter: at the stroke of midni

no one has been injured >> th morning tere are two d.c. council members who want to stop paying long-term welfare recipients. marion berry and yvette alexander have propose aid five-year limit. the limit would put the district in line with mo other states. opponents y it would lead to homelessness and hunger >> now alaska's senate seat. incumbent snur murkows is close to claiming the seat as a write-in candidate. she surpassed joe miller in total votes. if you throw out the ballots that don't spell her name correctly, miller regains the lead. they will finish counting today or tomorrow and it's expected murkowski will end up winner. right now she leads miller by 1,700 votes. >>> a house panel will continue liberating the house ethics charges of charlie rangel. he is charged with 13 ethics violations, including not reporting income from a villa in the dominican republic. the pal denied his request to postpone the trial so he could get an attorney. if he violated any house rules, the full committee woul decide what the punishment will be. >>

. >> how those kids are tering middle school and we're starting to see the gains at middle school levelful we'll see the gains when they reach high school. >> other schools are now doing a number of things to try to improve scores. for example, here in oakland, two middle schools have decided to extend their school day. >> united academy is one of them. thanks to a grant the school will work with a nonprofit that will run an extended academic program. >> so knowing the standards, the guides, knowinghat the students are working on in class and awill allowing practice time. >> they want to make sure that no one is left behind. in oakland, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> bay area researchers will be joining th effort to examine a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis. here is carolyn johnson. >> they are just back from a trip to the east coast. gail and michelle and the other weren't taking a vacation. they were together to receive an experimental treatment. >> that we were independent and did not depend on each other but what a joy. >> all three women suffer from multiple scle

if tecmmissi fee cincd tere is a publi plcy ne togr ths Äsace, t ca alsorequire embership and reducedcle ownership in the building. it is not required, but it is an optional tool for the commission. those are the five changes that are before you. chairperson maxwell: thank you. supervisor mar: thank you, ms. rogers, for the work on this. i am looking at the gis maps for city car share and zip car. i am looking at how far west it goes. at 20 fifth avenue, there might be one or three spaces -- at 25th avenue, there might be one or three spaces, but nothing in richmond. how would this expand for people on the west side of town? >> there are two types of spaces, the type required by the planning commission, which is a majority of the spaces, and the vast majority, which are provided voluntarily in places where they see demand from membership. we have met with both zip car and city car share over the last year. they are committed to expanding. they need to expand in an incremental matter in -- manner. that is something they could answer better. the city cannot force them to relocate other

>> if you're in the east bay, you already feel the rain pat tering on the roof. as we look to the rain turning to snow, the higher elevations storm warning is in effect for the sierra nevada. we'll go in closer here. cloverdale saw the rain first down through santa rosa and now we see stinson beach getting rain fairly soon as well. coming up, we'll talk about when that rain is going to come to an end and more cold air could be on the way. >> thanks, jennifer. >>> new at 11:00, a new change on the way for cal tran. george? >> reporter: one more game and that's it before the bears return. an upgrade to the stadium and businesses in the area will have to get used to quiet areas in the city and they may lose money because of it. >> there is not a better sound when the bears are running down the field for a touchdown. but next season the cheers will be replaced by silence. the cal bears will be playing at at&t park while the 87 hifr year-old stadium gets a long-overdue seismic upgrade. the walls will be resurfaced and the inside will be gutted as everything will be br

governor schwarzenegger got a smat tering of boos out there. is a web site, fans were not happy. but somewhere, hello to matt cain up in the sky, the baseball fans accepted this franchise. >> we do monthapologize faa lit for the torture. i got a lot of gray hair here. [ speaking spanish ] >> i grew up a dodger fan. but right now and forever, it's all about the san francisco giants and the world series, baby! >> the san diego padres, the atlanta braves, the philadelphia phillies, the texas rangers, they are all outta here! >> very nice. dwayne kuyper there. he's been with the team as a player, now very popular as a broadcaster. outta here! everyone talked about the mets who had it all, now we have the giants. >>> for the last four weeks when all we've been talking about is the giants, we've been out of town for much of that time. do we still have other teams? >> we do. >> raiders, 49ers? the warriors in oakland. the wore yoarriors and memphis y grizzli grizzlies. they're off to a 3-1 start, their best start inyears. >>> years.we >>> we're back i

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live in richmond, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kimberly. >>> a last-minute reprieve may have arrived just in time for a san francisco college student on the verge of being deported. 20-year-old nursing student steve lee was set to be deported to peru tomorrow. but tonight dianne feinstein intervened, and that has led to immigration authorities delaying the deportation. the story is confusing. lee's parents were born in china and fled to peru to escape chinese rule. lee was born in peru and then the family came to the united states, but were supposed to leave about eight years ago. lee's parents are now awaiting deportation to china. but since lee was born in peru, he is scheduled to be sent there. right now he is being held in a detention center in arizona. >>> the antioch man who allegedly threatened to blow up the bay bridge last week is due in court tomorrow. 51-year-old craig carlos valentino is facing multiple charges from an ordeal that began around 7:30 thursday morning. police say he took his 16-year-old daughter hostage, drove on to the bridge and called 911

the teres rally for a -- terps rally for a win. >>> as the ravens prepare for tonight's game in atlantateam's injury report is locking light. this person is injuried. he hurt his foot playing the new england patriots, an injury which kept him out of practice and tonight's game. >>> when it comes down to both team's quarterback, not only did joe flacco and rian come into the league the seam time but the same ratings. >> still going to be a heck have a football game tonight. you figure it can easily get into the fourth quarter. it will not get over until at least 11:30. loke i said -- like i said, belly up to the bar. en ji the game. enjoy purple thursday and have a good time. mentally give yourself a three-day weekend. that's the only way to look at it. >> unless you're a rocket sign this or a brain surgeon. >> then complail -- call in sick. it's going to be gorgeous. 61 degrees at lunch on its way to a high of about 6. 57 this evening. 45 now. we're doing a beauty shot have the inner harbor. i got to tell you about this. this is the coolest thing in the inner harbor. going through it is

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we'll tell you about the lottery they've tered. >>> and people across the country were up very earlyis morning to be among the first to see e new harryúpttter movie. stay with us. >>> new today, president obama is in portugal. he arrived this morning for a summit with nato allies. afghanistan will be the key topic. president obama is certain to be quizzed about america's exit strategy. >>>ews 4 aaron gilchrist is ve in the news room with details. >> this is going to be a quick trip for the president. just two days there. he'll be discussing the critical foreign policy issues beginning with the war in afghanistan. president obama actually in portugal for two separate mmits. he'l meet with nato and european uni countries. first the focus will be be the war strategy in afghanistan. nato countries are expected to set a goal of giving afans control of their security by the end of 2014. beginning next year, actually. this trip, though, will actually hit on other big issues. conflicts with russia on building a msile defense shield in europe and economics, which the president addressed after

a chunk of the ceiling tere collapsed yesterday afternoon because of the construction going on aboveund. no one was hurt. that's a quick check of the headlines. joe, back to you. >> thanks very much, aaron. >> breaking news right now out of the district. police were involved in a shooting in the 2500 block of southern avenue southeast. megan mcgrath is live on the scene now with the latest. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. this started with a traffic stop here on southern avenue very early this morning, right around 2:30 and then it ended when an officer, a u.s. park police officer, fired his weapo at a suspect. now i'm joine by sergeant david sh losser with the u.s. park police. kind of describe here what happened this morning. >> abou 2:30 this morning an southern avenue, the u.s. park police officer made a traffic stop, and in the course of t traffic stop he did discharge his rvice weapon. nobody was hit but the vehicle fled the scene. and a short distance later, the vehicle was located and u.s. park police detectives right now e speaking with the person that

. >> there were plenty of doubt teres and naysayers who said it couldn't be done, who were prepared tohrow in the towel and read the american auto industry last rights. that wasn't an acceptable option, to throw up our hands and to quit. that's not what we do. >> so let's help you decide by scrubbing the numbers to get a better sense of whether gm cannot only survive but thrive, and whether you will get all of your money back. all alley ali velshi, our chief business correspondent. >> you already said $50 billion is what the u.s. government popped into gm. i am going to show you to you. we gave gm $50 million. they have made some money and been able to pay back some of this. as a result of this the initial public offering today, the amount that general motors has been able to repay the taxpayers has been $23 billion. of the $50 billion. that means that there is another $27 billion to go. in order to do that, two things have to happen. angus is going to tell you about one of them. gm has to be a good, valid, going concern. that is something they have to prove. the other thing is the sto

>> they keep low eshg tering thn for doctors. you will see doctors opt out. i hear around the country, i travel at rallies, events. i talk to folks. they tell me, gosh, for medicaid, medicare it's tough to find a doctor who will take me now. because they're pushing the rates down so far. there is only so much blood out of the turnip that you can get. >> when you say talking candidates you would support. you talk full throttle conservative across the board. what does that mean? >> well, the free market. americans for prosperity focuses on free market, use, some one that will hold the line on taxes or simplify the tax code, some one who is going to cut spending. the republican contract or whatever the term was -- frankly is was in as ambitious. as it should have been. the pledge. the pledge. it was not as ambitious on spending as we would like to have seen. a trillion budget deficit. $100 billion, not enough. genuine meaningful tax cuts. i tell you a go i respect during the campaign. did you see the last florida senate debate before the election, driving some w

still a few hundred left in there, the more aggressive protest teres on this campaign today. as you were saying there were tens of thousands of students who have come out to protest about cuts in education here and a rise in tuition fees. a small number of them actually targeted that building, because it is the conservative headquarters. they attacked the building, vandalized the building. they set off fires. some of them got on the rooftop and through down missiles. they threw a fire extinguisher at fire officials. it's been frustrating for a lot of protestors who came here to campaign legitimately and peacefully. they feel that their message has been hijacked by a few. and certainly inevitably it was the case that the media focus, a lot of it was on this area today. the police are here now in significant numbers, but i was here right at the start around six hours ago when a handful of students initially went into the building, followed by a few more, i would say about 150 at the start, got into the foyer of that building. we were all pretty surprised they managed to penetra

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it is eyeingery -- their i am , a very naive, but i aive, tere i am , very nice but i stuck my neck outcause i remembered that my dog had taught me that animals do feel emotion. since there are college students here, let me tell you. i had a wonderful supervisor, one of my toughest critics at the start, who came to africa and said two weeks there told him maurer then his life of research put together. -- more than his life of research put together. he met fifi to love to this little baby and always wanted to touch him. any time another animal approached, fifi would brush them away. he said she could not be jealous because i could not prove it. i was sure she was, so what should i say? he said, she gave in such a way that had she been a human child we would say she was jealous. i used that same way of writing in the early days so that you cannot be pulled apart. there is nothing anybody can criticize in that sentence. [laughter] >> now we are going to switch gears a little bit and get serious. what was yours carious moment in the wild? >> -- your iscariots' the moment in the wild? -- you

>> i believe tere's on the order of seven engineers and a dozen or so inspectors. >> are there different kinds of engineers in the office? >> there are. there's drilling engineer, production engineer. and some field engineers. >> when a permit comes in to drill a well like macondo, which is the particular kind of engineer who would review that permit? >> if it's an application for a rmit to drill for a well it would be by a drilling engineer. >> and do you have a sense about how many application ores permits to drill the new orleans office would field in the course of last year? >> it's a large number. i don't know the precise number. but again, the new orleans office does have on the order of 25 to 30% of all the permits that come in, in the gulf of mexico. >> does that functionally mean that that's that drilling engineer in the new orleans office through whom that work is being channeled? >> it depends on the type of permit that comes in for the application of permit to drill and the applications were sidetracked, that would be correct. but there are other sorts of permits that come in