locally, tulsa, our economy is doing very, very well. the rest of the country, unfortunately, is not doing that hot. we might have a different buying pattern and a more affordable buying pattern than other cities in our country. decisions that are made locally usually are in our best interest. >> are you and other city officials getting behind this? are you going to be out there on saturday buying stuff at stores? >> absolutely. we have to lead by example. our city council is very supportive. we in administration, in our city government, our city council, are very united in this effort. we realize we are one tulsa. one, northeastern oklahoma. we are one group of communities and collectively, we are a lot more strong in how we can approach economic development opportunities. so haven't more friends in that regard was a better opportunity for us. >> congratulations on all the work you are doing to prepare for this. i wish you and all of the small businesses in tulsa the best of luck on saturday. great to see you. >> thank you very much. ap

>> tulsa is a mecca for small business. we're having a lot of local promotions but we're trying to do it specifically. in the downtown area we are opening up buildings that have specialized shops inside the building in larger areas where they have an opportunity because of one bit of advertising that brings people inside. it's like having a mall in the downtown area. >> for a lot of people who want to support small business but they want to do one-top shopping. it's cheaper at a big box store. as the mayor of the city, why is it so important that people support small business? >> well, for our city about 80% of our revenue comes from sales taxes reseals. there's so much of it it around. it supports local people. and we're not as tied to decisions made outside the economy. locally we are doing very well. so we may have a more affordable buying pattern. decisions made low l cally are in the best interest. >> are you going to be out there on saturday buying stuff in small stores? >> absolutely. we have to lead by example. our

of the folks promises out there so let me give you the quickest and direct us route to canada from tulsa you leave out of tulsa here you take highway seventy five northbound ok seventy five northbound up through kansas past kansas city when you get into. watch for that junction for interstate twenty nine because then you want to take i twenty nine. omaha nebraska right here you want to take interstate twenty nine then it gets. colder than up in the north dakota and literally i twenty nine to go to the canadian border now. they're laughing at me when you get to canada this is serious stuff. apparently romney supporters are unaware that big government marriage equality and universal health care are the law of the land up north so i'm not sure if they want to be singing and are just. coming out all across the nation americans are suffering suffering from crippling amounts of debt whether they're drowning in underwater mortgages or facing outrageous student loan bills what is occupy wall street doing to relieve all that pressure and lift america out of the doldrums of. download the official

. >> there's tulsa. that's the tulsa victoria's secret. so, yeah, friday i just kind of slept in. glad i wasn't at the tulsa victoria's secret. >> i feel like i've heard a lot of trashing of black friday shoppers and i want to stand up for black friday shoppers. it is america, and if you want to spend three days waiting in line to swarm victoria's secret, that is your right. it's one of the great traditions like punkin chunkin, hot dog eating contests, fright butter, the corn palace. they're great american traditions. especially for a great deal. >> if you're wondering, the role of spokeswoman of red state america is chrkrystal ball. >> i was home in virginia over thanksgiving so it may have rubbed off. >> i want to really and truly stand up for people shopping on black friday because there are two kinds of shoppers. you don't need that. people who are suffering in the recession who need these discounts to be able to get through the holiday season. they've got to take care of their family, they've got to take care of their kids and this is allowing them do that. some of these stam

of the folks promises out there is let me give you the quickest and direct us route to canada from tulsa you leave out of tulsa here you take highway seventy five northbound ok seventy five northbound up through kansas past kansas city when you get into. watch for that junction for interstate twenty nine because then you want to take twenty nine out of omaha nebraska right here you want to take interstate twenty nine then to get up through sue falls south dakota then up in the north dakota and literally i twenty nine to go to the canadian border. let's wish him well and that's the way it is tonight tuesday november thirteenth two thousand and twelve. for more information on any of the stories we covered visit our web sites at tom arbonne dot com or dot com and if you missed any of tonight show you can watch it in h.d. on hulu at hulu dot com slash big picture also check out our two youtube channels there are links of thom hartmann dot com also to. the different ways you can send us your feedback and don't forget democracy is not a spectator sport it requires participation get out there g

leave out of tulsa here take 75 northbound.get into omaha, because for that junction for interstate 29, because you take 29 out of nebraska here that will get you up through south dakota and north carolina and literally i-29 will go to the canada border. they are laughing at me. this is serious stuff. >> jennifer: seriously. please don't go. we need a fully populated crazy town. it keeps the rest of us sane. it has been a long week. a great week for democrats and a bad one for republicans. and nobody better than our own brett ehrlich to put the cherry on top. so shhhh, brett's talking now >>> well election week has come and gone and it's time for a joke dump. ♪ >> this is joke dump. before the election a hopeful candidate romney commissioned a design firm to design a president-elect romney website, it leaked online and you can actually visit it if you want to feel really really sad for him. he really thought it was going to happen. [ wah wah ] >> when all was said and done sheldon adleson flushed $100 million down the toilet. y

>> reporter: at midnight, when the gate went up, the crowd poured into this victoria's secret in tulsaall for this. a pink shiny gift bag filled with purr fume and lotions. one of the deals that had black friday shoppers in a frenzy. from a scramble for dvds at a walmart in san diego. to this rush on a forever 21. >> people are going to get hurt! >> reporter: in massachusetts, a toddler loaded into an ambulance after he was left in a parked car at 1:30 in the morning while his caretaker went shopping at kmart. in san antonio, texas, a man tried to punch his way to the front of a line at sears. the los angeles police department deployed hundreds of extra officers and handed out shopping safety tips in local malls. >> so far, so good for the city of l.a. we've had a stronger presence, so, people can be out there and enjoy the day. >> reporter: and many shoppers today got just what they came for. >> we got boots, we got shoes, we got appliances. luggage. >> reporter: still, despite the throngs, this year, more people chose to shop from home. e-commerce sales are up 17%. a quarter of those

looked like when thrones of shoppers rushed for bras and panties in the victoria's secret store in tulsa, oklahoma. it's a scene repeated at malls throughout the country today. fortunately, we can report no one was killed this year. but there was some serious violence. in tallahassee, florida, two people were wounded in a shooting outside a walmart. mese say it was a disagreement over a parking space. in the bay area, no major problems as shoppers flooded businesses such as best buy and target. with more stores opening in the pre-dawn hours the rush was largely over by lunchtime. why all the effort on a holiday morning? >> we've investigated on if we could probably get the same price all year, and usually black friday is it. >> won't be clear for a few days how many shoppers hit the growing number of stores that actually hoped on thanksgiving day itself. as for those alleged bargains out there today, i guess you don't have to worry if you slept in and missed it. the wall street journal looked at six years of retail data and found for many gift items, prices will actually drop closer to c

. >> this is tulsa. live in tulsa. >> oh my god. >> there was a human stampede victoria's secret in tulsa. captures hundreds of people rushing in as soon as the gates were open. luckily reports say that no one was injured. hard to believe. >> what was the deal there. >> deep discounts on bras. didn't you know? we did see 50 percent off sign yesterday at the store. >> with all that craziness, venturing to the stores on black friday can be survival of the fittest. the challenge can be especially tough if you are a small business owner watching box stores with deep discounts. >> those local businesses are fighting back against the powerful retail chains by celebrating the third annual small business saturday. >> joining us now is the ceo of new tech. the small business authority berry sloan. good to see you, berry. >> good to be here. >> talk about small business saturday. it's gone on a couple of years now. how important small businesses are for this economy. >> small businesses are clearly the largest job

and first, the crowds, customers crushing their way into victoria's secret here, this one in tulsa, all to get a gift bag. this one for the discount dvds in a san diego walmart. and a lone customer celebrating victory after finding what he was looking for at a best buy. economists cheering as well. take a look at the record-breaking numbers. 247 million shoppers in the stores and websites in the past four days. shoppers spending an average of $423 per person. an all time high $59 million spend over the thanksgiving holiday. tonight, john schriffen with the pictures that help explain why so many records have now been shattered. >> reporter: from georgia to oklahoma, to california. the deep discounts this holiday weekend brought out the worst in some shoppers across the country. but for retailers who jump-started the shopping season early on thanksgiving day a huge success, raking in more than $59 billion, up almost $7 billion from last year. >> black friday, good or bad, isn't an indication of how the retailers will fare for the year. but it's a good sign that the consumer has shown up.

i mean, stepping into, in tulsa, oklahoma, a segregated lunch line. and i think i was, like, four. and there was a family waiting behind this little velvet-covered rope to go in the cafeteria line, but weere white, so we were going to walk right through. but i had been to kindergarten. i knew the rule-- first, first, right? they were there first. so i took this rope down and said, "y'all go ahead," speaking like an okie. and this father, you know, this african american father, and my father... you know, i can only barely understand now what must have gone on between those two. >> hinojosa: and why does it bring tears to your eyes to talk about this moment, kevin? >> i think because i'm a father now. i think my innocence at the time didn't help me to... i didn't understand what was really going on. i look back now at my own family, caught up in that horror of racism, that terrible burden that we carried, and both... i'm both overjoyed that we put that much of it behind, even though we've got a long way to go, and also just to imagine what that had to feel like for those dads. >> hin

lacy currently plays for the tulsa shock. >>> prince george's police have issued a silver alert.fternoon at 2:00 leaving her home on eastern avenue. she was driving a gray 2005 toyota with maryland tags 763bfa. she is in need of medication for high blood pressure, diabetes. if you have information in this case, you're asked to call prince george's county police. >>> in ecuador, some are taking the american democratic party to the extreme by getting a donkey on the ballot. the presidential election there is in february, but the deadline to get mr. donkey on the ballot was thursday. the group tried to register his name. they even dressed the donkey in a tie for the event. but they were turned away from the electoral office. >> what? they were? >> what's this? >>> this makes more sense. this is santa claus, this is santa in his modern day way making his way to tysons corner. he's on the new toll road. >> santa, the first occupant of the toll lanes. >> pretty sweet sleigh. >> is he driving or somebody else? >> i think somebody else. we've said too much. >> the top was down there. >>

the victim, jennifer lacy, holdclaw's ex-girlfriend who is a current wnb applier for the tulsa shock.dclaw has been ordered to wear a monitoring device and have no contact with lacy. she's do you back in court at the end of the month. >>> redskins are itching to get back on the playing field. they have a tough schedule ahead of them. fox 5s lindsay murphy has the latest. >> reporter: can we just say the next seven games are must- wince. they are and they might be wins. garcon and merryweather will play on sunday. garcon is a big threat on offense, merriweather is a pro bowl safety. the redskins and eagles rivalry, and this is a big one. different this year because both teams are at 3-6 and this is a start of a tough stretch for the redskins, four days after the philly game they play at dallas on thanksgiving day and that is two games in five days. even though the coaches did do cowboy scouting, the players don't want to hear it. >> we have one game to worry about and that is the game played this sunday. you know, that is -- no, we're looking ahead. you can't look ahead. i get tired of

they are taking advantage of black friday deals and over whelming the enerance of a tulsa, oklahoma victoria secret store. there are mobs and anxious shoppers on the hunt for deals. the crowds in georgia reportedly fought for a deal on a cell phone. all of this is part of a kick off to the shopping season. and so with black friday known as the big prize for major retailers. today the spot light falls on the mom and pop stores supporting local stores that are struggling in a tough economy. local retailers are looking for a boost they need. and ther joining us from new york with more on this effort. >> anna. >> hey, there. today is small business saturday and carries more significance. and the northeast is still reeling economically from super storm sandy. we are here in long island and the owner said sandy could not have hit at a worse time. she makes 40 percent of the sales and said it will be impossible to make up the sails and is thankful because all of the ventors are letting her delay payment. >> i was in tires actually over that. i was scared. i don't want to lose my credit and good nam

>> tulsa, oklahoma. >> jeff, are you stupid? >> jimmy: no. jeff -- no, all right.yes. >> all right, thank you, jeff. >> that's all you need? >> yeah, what are you stupid? >> i am. >> jimmy: all right. thank you, jeff. next up? >> what's your name? >> michael. >> michael, where are you from? >> england. >> michael, are you stupid? >> jimmy: the glasses would indicate that, no, but who knows what his opinion of himself is. let's find out. >> no. no, i'm not stupid. why do you ask? i'm not stupid. never have been. never will be. >> superman! >> oh. >> jimmy: gullible. reactionary. all right. >> what as your name? >> erin. >> where are you from? >> hickory, north carolina. >> and are you stupid? >> jimmy: is she? yes. wow. take it easy. all right. >> sometimes. yes. i can be. and i make really stupid decisions but it's cool because you only live once. yolo. >> jimmy: she's right. [ applause ] yolo. who else do we have? >> what is your name? >> john. >> where are you from? >> buffalo, new york. >> john, are you stupid? >> jimmy: is john stupid? everyone says no. okay. >

tulsa's route 66 marathon marked her 34th street weekend running 26.2 miles. woman some call the marathon goddess, says she's doing it in memory of her father who died of pancreatic cancer. she says she'll give the money she raises to cancer research and that's a fox report across america. we're gotting word of a hiccup and the push to save twinkies. a new report claims the company that makes twinkies may not be coming back from the dead after all. so who is to blame? developing news next e never sou. oh, yeah! [ male announcer ] that's because it's always made with real cream, never hydrogenated oil like some other whipped toppings. the sound of reddi wip... [ whoosh ] ...is the sound of joy. the sound of reddi wip... [ whoosh ] experience theticket to pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery?

the most part it will be damaging winds, possibly some large hail and frequent lightning in dallas, tulsaand knocking on chicago's door. we've got some football being played sunday night in chicago, hopefully we'll get through all four quarters without any rain. but it's not going to be likely. it looks like that cold front will be moving in for that. 64 degrees for a high in chicago, 60 degrees in new york city. mild weather. that's what we need in the northeast especially where we still have power outages. here comes the front marching toward the east for the ohio valley, anywhere from cleveland down towards new orleans. we'll have that chance for more thunderstorms out ahead of it the mild weather. behind it you'll notice the big cooldown. chicago's high on monday only 40 degrees. and then by tuesday even across the south we're cooling things down with atlanta's high in the upper 50s and wet weather for the northeast and mid-atlantic coast. well stay with us. we've got more on your forecast, wake up with al on the weather channel 6:00 and 10:00 in the morning eastern time. wooohooo....

reporter: at midnight friday, when the gates went up, the crowds poured into this victoria's secret in tulsalahoma, all for this. a pink, shiny gift bag, filled with perfume and lotions. one of the deals that had black friday shoppers in a frenzy. when these prepaid cell phones were unveiled at a walmart in georgia, the crowd pounced like a pack of wolves. one woman appears to have someone's hand in her mouth. walmart says no one got hurt. a scramble for dvds at another walmart in san diego. to this rush on a forever 21. >> please, slow down. people are going to get hurt. >> reporter: in massachusetts, a toddler loaded into an ambulance, after police say he was left in a parked car at 1:30 in the morning, while his caregiver went shopping at kmart for a 51-inch tv. in san antonio, police say a man tried to punch his way into this sears, prompting another man to allegedly pull a gun. the los angeles police department deployed hundreds of extra officers and even handed out shopping safety tips in local malls. >> so far, so good for the city of l.a. we've had a stronger presence. so, people can

even two years ago they lost to tulsa.d to contend for a national championship. they have not lost yet, as you said. this has really been one of the nice stories in college football, and this is a program that is so national. it's really like the yankees or even the dallas cowboys, really a national brand that i think the ratings last night from the game were tremendous and the national championship might be the most viewed college football game ever. this is really a program that people polarize. this is a program that matters. >> and notre dame will probably end up playing alabama or georgia from what i understand. quickly here, either one of those teams do you think good enough to beat the irish? >> i think both of them are. realistically people that follow college football know alabama is very strong, a die nas tick team. no matter what the match-up is, it's relevant. it's sort of this national powerhouse against the regional team, and it's great for college football. >> and it's notre dame. let's talk about another st

stewart price was part of a group of 20 volunteers fom tulsa, oklahoma >> we came up to watch the marathon. my daughter was going to run in the marathon. it was going to be a big celebration. they canceled it. we're so gratified that we're here to help others. we know in oklahoma we have tornadoes. let me tell you, we had the bombing. when we have our tragedies, people throughout the country, they throw in and they come help us. it's the least we could do. >> reporter: in red hook residents were pitching in too. >> sir, do you want a sanitation crew here tonight to do a pick-up? >> reporter: john has led here for a quarter century. he's cochair of the red hook civic association. his house was spared. since the storm he spent 18 hours a day running errands of mercy and checking to make sure the power is coming back across the neighborhood from its industrial quarter to its large housing project. he hopes the storm will end up strengthening ties in what was already a tight-knit community. >> fine, fine you know your neighbors. in the past when we suffered the effects, the adverse effects of

. >> yeah, joining us now from tulsa, oklahoma, is randy fouch, ceo of radar petroleum. >> good afternoon. thanks for invitining us. >> what a situation we find ourselves in. how is the storm affecting oil and gas from your stand point? >> first off, our thoughts and prayers for all the people really impacted by this. but this isn't really a gasoline problem. nor is it particularly a refinery problem as we've heard. it's an electricity problem and the damage to the local electrical supply. it's a terminal problem. the refineries have storage. some of them are back up. it's that last road from the terminal to the gas station and the gas station being able to purpose pu pump it. if you're waiting in line for gasoline, it's a significant issue, but it's a local issue. regionally and nationally, we have a great infrastructure with lots of supply. >> i mean, you understand that supply chain process. let's assume that some of these filling stations that supply the gas tankers themselves that take the gas out to the gas stations, let's assume they get their power back sometime late tonight or to

>> guest: they're in tulsa, oklahoma. and... c-span: what do they do? >> guest: they're retired. my dad was an engineer for many years with ingersoll-rand company. fine citizens, admirable people and i look up to them. c-span: and how much influence did they have on you when you were growing up, what you studied and where you went? >> guest: well, they didn't particularly have any academic influence, but, i mean, they raised me, you know, formed my character and, in that sense, had the decisive influence. c-span: what is, and i take this from your book, 'historicism'? >> guest: yes. c-span: what does that mean? >> guest: historicism is a common--a commonly-held view in our time among most leading academics. it's the view that there are no objective standards outside of the flux and flow of the historical process. so, in other words, when the founding fathers said, 'all men are created equal; they're all endowed with certain rights,' what the founders meant was--and that is never going to change; that's always been true and it's always going to be true. there will never be a time

host: we will go on to tulsa, okla., republican caller. carol.aller: i would like to know more, if given obama a's stance -- given obama a's stance on gun laws, and do you see them trying to have increased gun control and take our guns? guest: i do not think he does a lot on guns, honestly. he did not do a lot in the first term. it is something he has supported, reinstating the assault weapons ban. he did not do anything in that area. that would be a major distraction. it is not a politically popular thing to do. since he did not do anything on gun control, gun-control groups, they gave him an f. there are fears on the right that he will go after guns. i do not see him doing a lot. host: carol, tulsa oklahoma. that is who we talked to. ellen, florida. -- alvin, florida. caller: i think there was a clear difference stated between the democrats and republicans about their policies. the majority of the american people voted for obama and his policies. there needs to be compromise, of course, but i heard john boehner speak yesterday. he talked compro

any problem in tulsa will liquidate and sell all of its assets.ostas are positives will be in bankruptcy court tomorrow. and the judge will decide if it will allow to shut down. police in colorado's a 12 year-old girl grasp a pickup truck her father has been arrested for allowing her to drive the father had been drinking and has been arrested before for d.u.i. charges. never say no one was seriously hurt in the crash. >> you can let your kids drive to find open field toward of a parking lot when there's nothing around them. hopefully learn this lesson he could hurt his little girl. >> the father argues that he had not been drinking but he had misa admits he should not have that historic drive. >> it is a wet starts area a lod to the airport. here is a live look out of lhasa, the nation's busiest airport we're expecting a pretty heavy decks in atlanta-- heavy day welcome back the time is 4 :29 on your wisdom morning. a look at the james lick freeway. wednesday morning. erica is standing by with a look at our forecast. >> good morning to you annie i

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host: we will go on to tulsa, okla., republican caller. carol. caller: i would like to know more, if given obama a's stance -- given obama a's stance on gun laws, and do you see them trying to have increased gun control and take our guns? guest: i do not think he does a lot on guns, honestly. he did not do a lot in the first term. it is something he has supported, reinstating the assault weapons ban. he did not do anything in that area. that would be a major distraction. it is not a politically popular thing to do. since he did not do anything on gun control, gun-control groups, they gave him an f. there are fears on the right that he will go after guns. i do not see him doing a lot. host: carol, tulsa oklahoma. that is who we talked to. ellen, florida. -- alvin, florida. caller: i think there was a clear difference stated between the democrats and republicans about their policies. the majority of the american people voted for obama and his policies. there needs to be compromise, of course, but i heard john boehner speak yesterday. he talked comp

tulsa, oklahoma.aller: i'm coming from a different perspective, but you are talking about the $1 million figure. i made $1 million last year. i will pay two hundred $70,000 in federal income tax and another $44,000 in state tax. i'm a small business owner. we have 300 police. i will insure you that tax rates do effect businesses. obama-care effects employee practices as far as benefits we can provide notice the above the administration -- provide. i noticed the administration is targeting businesses. it is not need to watch different callers say different things. there is a pot of money that comes in and that is revenue. there is a path that goes out, and those are expenses. everyone prioritizes expenses and has something to live off leftover. these policies helped the president frame -- basically the media. using the term that it is only on the top $250,000 chris sunset -- 2% of revenue earners, that really affects 40% of all revenue. these people that make $50,000, they say $250,000 is a lot to me.

. >> host: well, brian in tulsa, okla., since this e-mail to you, mr. davis. when a president is not able to prevent or avoid war, why should he be admired and put on the list of great presidents? shared avoiding preventing bloodshed and more be the most important criteria in choosing a president to be on the great presidents list? >> guest: that is a really interesting question, and i'm going to turn it around a little bit to say that certainly presidents have to be judged most highly and most demanding lee based on taking the nation into war. that being said, it gets into a much bigger question of which wars are preventable, avoidable, or justifiable. the civil war certainly could have been prevented if there had been much, much stronger leaders, much earlier in american history. by the time that lincoln is on the scene, this is an inevitability that he is not going to be able to prevent. lincoln, of course, comes into office saying, we do not what -- he says, into your hands my dissatisfied trencherman. he is putting it on the doorstep of the seceding state

host: republican in tulsa, oklahoma, good morning. chris: good morning. my comment is, i'm coming at it from a different perspective, but you are talking about the million dollar figure i made a million, $30,000 last year. i got my tax bill from my c.p.a. i'll pay $270,000 in federal income tax. and i'll pay another $45,000 in state tax in the state of oklahoma. and i'm a small business own, we have 300 employees, i will assure you that tax rates do affect businesses. as a an owner, obamacare effects our employee practices as far as benefits we can provide. i noticed that the obama administration is targeting businesses like papa john's pizza, comment openly and honestly saying you add exspent spences to business, the business has to react. it is so naive to watch different callers say different things. there's a pot of money that comes in, that's rf new. there is a pot of expenses that goes out, those are your expenses, every business and family in america starts with the revenue, prioritizes the expenses, and has something left over to live on. these ta

paul rudd pitched in, our elf for the morning collecting gifts for children of domestic violence in tulsa of one of the owners of pretty ugly. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> what's very interesting, this year, the donation kind of hits home because of what happened in new jersey. >> it does. we were hit very hard this year in our ugly dollhouse and offices and we have been giving to the "today" show toys r us for 10 years, very special for us. over $2,000 has been donated this year. >> that's terrific. you guys came up with an idea to help too, this year? >> yes. we donated with clothes and canned goods and it's important after the storm that hit us pretty hard. >> it really affected you. >> yes. it makes us feel we're very thankful for everything we have and always give back. that's what's important in life. >> that's terrific. thank you so much. appreciate all the help from the ugly dolls. >>> we are getting a little bit of a break from our next round of rain. that's on the way as we head throughout tonight. mostly dry for the first part of today. light showers coming down all