i feel every store should be closed. >> so they can be home with families. >> but westfield is giving what the customers wants and the general manage says "given the enthuse a we have seen for early openings over the past few years, west feed welcomes the opportunity for accommodate the demand." >> do notship. i hate to say that because i love my customer and want them to come in by i have faith they will support us in this. >> a simple request by an employee hoping to restore the meaning of thanksgiving. >>> some retailers are bucking the trend of making a buck on that that. home depot says our stores will be closed. take time to enjoy food and family and friends. sigh friday morning. t.j.maxx says our stores will be closed so our associates can enjoy the holiday with family and friends. >> we have a list of stores opened and close at abc7news.com . >>> we knew going into the business we have to work holidays but retails did not know that. they changed the rules. >>> you are in a food coma and cannot think. shopping taxis -- takes >>> leading up to thanksgiving day, how is the weathe

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westfield montgomery and the new springfield town center will all open at 6:00 p.m.t make sure and check. and have a plan. i guess people eat early and then go shopping. >> i posted on my facebook page the time the stores are opening. you'll have to bring your pumpkin pie with you and scarf it down at the stores. >> there's a chance of scattered showers today. especially for those of you in northern virginia. is it going to be anything like yesterday? absolutely not. >> okay. >> mainly dry roads. it's really through the morning and midafternoon hours where we could be tracking scattered showers. maybe wet snow mixing in during the morning hours. be cause of slick spots from the rain and snow overnight. i posted snowfall total on my facebook and twitter pages. travel looking good as well. definitely need the sunglasses tomorrow. it is cold on friday. today it's chilly. we're at 39 degrees. wind is not an issue. wind not going to be an issue throughout the day today. here's the latest satellite and radar. notice this rain down to the south impacting richmond. it could

. >> reporter: you will see something that you've seen at least for the past year here at the westfield and that is the merry makers. these folks who are unabashedly happy and merriment they'll be running around the mall doing random acts of kindness for folks, offering prizes, maybe carrying your bags, buying you a cup of coffee, you never know what you will get from them. but you will definitely see them and this mall is going to be open until midnight tonight and will open up again at 6:00 a.m. folks expect to see more than 100,000 people over the next 24 hos. live at westfield montgomery mall, derek ward, back to you. >> grabrave souls shopping alre. >> men don't want to be part of that experience. >> but husbands get extra points for doing it. >>> some of the stores just opened a few minutes ago. david culver is live in springfield. david, people lined up to get inside that target where you're at, right? >> they sure are, erica. it's noneny, the signs say black friday deals but here we are still in thanksgiving and a lot of folks didn't have much of a thanksgiving. in fact, they've

. >> westfield annapolis mall, packed with friday shoppers. >> somebody yelled shooting and we ran toack of the store. a shooting, but a violent, bloody dispute in the food court. this store clerk and other witnesses say the sound of overturning furniture could have been mistaken for gunshots. >> people have kids and all these bags. we do not know what was going on. >> some shoppers got on social media with tweets like "avoid annapolis mall, active shooter inside." " shots fired at annapolis mall." all completely false. >> everybody panics and wants to -- and wants to let everyone know what is going on without having the facts first. the mall was evacuated and they realize there were no gunshots. people were allowed back inside. >> leaving some shoppers concerned about the speed and accuracy of social media. people not thinking critically for themselves and gathering facts before they make snap judgments. it's very scary. it puts things into perspective. you have to be careful, especially on days like this. >> the police believe the suspects are young teenagers, nobody so far in custo

. >> westfield closed early refusing to let more shoppers in after 7:30 p.m. the protest continued outside. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> here is one example of the damage in the mission district tonight. this picture is from baretta restaurant on valencia street. the diner who sent these photos say a group smashed windows as they walked by. nobody was hurt inside, but people inthere -- in there as you may expect were very scared. >> those who came out to union square did keep their demonstration peaceful. this is video taken by one of them. he had blue neon letters chanting all lives matter and hands up, don't shoot. >> the protest actually began in oakland hours earlier when a small group caused big disruptions on bart. they chained themselves together and into two different trains at the west oakland station. bart evacuated both trains and he stranded people on both sides of the bay. >> my ancestors had nothing. >> it took two hours for police to unchain and arrest the 14 protesters and get those trains moving again. >> meanwhile in fergu

. >> reporter: much like this, westfield mall was locked down to keep protesters out. more video from youtube shot inside the protests show officers being hit with a thrown traffic barricade. police tell me 78 people were arrested including six juveniles. back to you guys. >> john, what can you tell us about the officers injured during the protests? >> reporter: one was injured hit in the face by a tequila bottle. it caused a serious laceration in his face. but they are all going to be okay. >> john sasaki live in the city. thank you john. >>> more details about last night's protests. san francisco mayor ed lee issued a statement saying i respect the rights of those peacefully protesting no have their voice heard. those who coopt meaningful demonstrations to vandalize and loot disrespect michael brown and diminish the voices we need to heard. those responsible will be held accountable and prosecuted. >>> in oakland, wal-mart set the scene for protesters angry with the low wages and ferguson. protesters are asking for a continued boycott of wal-mart. they say wal-mart i

. >> reporter: she works at the westfield oakland mall in san jose and started a petition on change.org to reclaim national holidays from shopping. >> especially at 6:00 p.m. it makes it impossible for us to have any thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: shoppers said it's just getting out of control. >> it makes me kind of sick to my stomach. it's sad that they have to come to work. this time is supposed to be for families. >> reporter: she says she doesn't mind working on black friday but hopes malls and retailers will give back thanksgiving. retailers claim it's really up to the consumers to decide. if you choose to shop at the stores open tomorrow on thanksgiving, you can do so. if you think that it's wrong, stay home. i'm peggy bunker, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, peggy. stuck and waiting in the terminals, a messy mix of rain and snow rolled onto the east coast today as millions began their thanksgiving getaway. from new york to washington, d.c., more than 700 mights were canceled and delayed over 3,000 more flights. jeff ranieri has been tracking those conditions for us tonight an

. >> westfield closed early refusing to let more shoppers in after 7:30 p.m. the protest continued outside. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> here is one example of the damage in the mission district tonight. this picture is from baretta restaurant on valencia street. the diner who sent these photos say a group smashed windows as they walked by. nobody was hurt inside, but people inthere -- in there as you may expect were very scared. >> those who came out to union square did keep their demonstration peaceful. this is video taken by one of them. he had blue neon letters chanting all lives matter and hands up, don't shoot. >> the protest actually began in oakland hours earlier when a small group caused big disruptions on bart. they chained themselves together and into two different trains at the west oakland station. bart evacuated both trains and he stranded people on both sides of the bay. >> my ancestors had nothing. >> it took two hours for police to unchain and arrest the 14 protesters and get those trains moving again. >> meanwhile in fergu

it happened at noon around democracy at i-270 near westfield montgomery mall. so far, no word on what caused the collision. >>> nordstrom store in chicago is closed after a deadly shooting on black friday. the gunman is dead. his victim remains hospitalized tonight. mary maloni has reaction from shoppers who were there when the shooting started. >> we just heard two pop, pop. >> reporter: those pops, the sound of a gunfiring into a crowded nordstrom. tragically turning black friday frenzy into outright panic. >> my more was like get to the back. get to the back. and the other managers came back like, confirmed it was a code red. >> the kids were running down. people were dragging stuff down. dragging their kids down the stair. it was scary. >> our fellow cowork evers and guests, we evacuated the building through the emergency exit. it was happening so quickly. >> reporter: chicago police say the gunman entered the store and targeted his exgirlfriend before turning the gun on himself. >> you wonder what got into him to want to do something like that. it is prett

all westfield shopping malls.e doing is try to get the word out and get people enrolled and reenrolled before the september 15th deadline so their healthcare plans can start on january 15. it this is because initial signups are lower than ever thought. >> this is -- appears yet another gimmicky type of push from the white house to bring obamacare into the mainstream public. and, you know, if you look back through the years. we have had the twitter #s, we have had the white house hooking up it celebrities and singers. obama on leno. tweeting with katie per yment and now here we are taking obamacare to the shopping malls across america. it seems a last ditch desperate attempt to push obamacare. >> and on othe heals of all the gruber videos, i mean, they really must think that he we're stupid, right? he called the american people stupid, now they are trying to get people to sign up. cheryl, when you look at the cost of obamacare and you look at other things on people's christmas list, obamacare is pretty expensive. o

. >> westfield closed early refusing to let more shoppers in after 7:30 p.m. the protest continued outside. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> here is one example of the damage in the mission district tonight. this picture is from baretta restaurant on valencia street. the diner who sent these photos say a group smashed windows as they walked by. nobody was hurt inside, but people inthere -- in there as you may expect were very scared. >> those who came out to union square did keep their demonstration peaceful. this is video taken by one of them. he had blue neon letters chanting all lives matter and hands up, don't shoot. >> the protest actually began in oakland hours earlier when a small group caused big disruptions on bart. they chained themselves together and into two different trains at the west oakland station. bart evacuated both trains and he stranded people on both sides of the bay. >> my ancestors had nothing. >> it took two hours for police to unchain and arrest the 14 protesters and get those trains moving again. >> meanwhile in fergu

julie hyman did just that at the westfield garden state plasma mall in new jersey and is here with more have seen a couple of the reasons that malls are still trying to give people what is at the mall. >> carousel at the mall. >> amazon.com does not have an interactive carousel experience, at least not yet. there is the santa at the mall and other festive events that retailers try to have to get you in the store. there are also the deals they're offering. some of which match what you see online and some of which do not. analyst i visited the mall with, of keybank's capital markets, said 40% off is the new 20% off. it is a problem for many inailers with increases costs. i've talked about the issue of margins more broadly and this is what he said. >> margins are under a lot of pressure. greatit is creating a environment and free shipping online. all of these he wrote margins. >> this is a big issue for the last holiday season. they also had a problem with inventory last holiday season. they had too much stuff. people did not want to buy it, and they had to cut and cut the prices to clear

. >> at westfield mall was locked down to keep protesters out. more video from youtube show police officers being hit with a thrown traffic barricade. >> 78 people got arrested last night. >> and among those were some juveniles as well? >> i think six juveniles. >> there was also damage in the mission district to a bank of america, a radioshack and origin businesses. six officers were hurt, the most serious suffered a deep gash to the face, when he was hit with a bottle through through his window. >>> today in oakland demonstrators set their sight on wal-mart and say they are angry about low bathes and the recent events in ferguson. >>> protesters are asking for a continued boycott of wal-mart. they say the discount giant keeps employees under the poverty line, which in turn leads to crimes of poverty and acts of aggression. >> wal-mart pays a large sum of money out of its annual $14 billion budget to support police terrorism, to support policing agencies, police athletic leagues and such. >> protests he are asking people to shop locally or at le

. >>> a look at westfield mont goal mall's $90 million facelift. it features a dining tara instead of the traditional food court. it features lobster me. and a 16 screen movie theater. >>> your trip on two wheels will be easier after a snowstorm in arlington. the county set aside $300,000 for bike trails. the county can says it is the first jurisdiction in the area to have a snow plan for bike trails. >>> speaking of snow or at least the cold. the early blast of cold air remains over a huge part of the u.s. this is a picture of denver. balmy 4 degrees. yesterday at this time they were negative 14. temperatures as much as 40 degrees below normal. pacific northwest seeing snow. midwest, record cold. and the south is dealing with it too. overnight freeze warnings were issued. and little rock, arkansas saw its earliest snowflakes in more than a decade. i talked to my mother yesterday in atlanta and she said she wasn't leaving the house. it was too cold. it's too soon. she couldn't handle it. >> yesterday when i saw a little sleet, i think a tear that i

westfield mall in bethesda is making the change after a piece fell off. part of the side rail buckled in late september. nobody was hurt. the mall says it will have valet parking available while the mall is rebuilt and they're working on a $90 million renovation. >>> they're saying it was a faulty brake cable that caused scaffolding to come loose in new york city. when that happened, two window washers were left dangling from one of the tallest buildings, stranded nearly two hours up there 68 floors up the world trade center. >> firefighters were able to cut through the windows. the men were tethered to a rig and the firefighters cut through the nearly inch thick window to get to them and get to them inside. police also had an extra scaffold from the top for precautions. >>> legislators back in session and making big changes. tonight, they're denouncing president obama's climate deal with china and slamming nuclear talks with iran. jay is live at the capitol with the latest. >> hi. clearly, there is a sense of change here but plenty of work that must be d

she started a petition urging westfield and other management companies to keep the malls closed on thanksgivingosed on thanksgiving. >> this is a >> the mall says by opening on thanksgiving they are giving customers what they want: k-mart, wal-mart, best buy are the other major retailers open on thanksgiving. >> i imagine you soften the blow if you say, you can choose, and make double or triple time if you do work on thanksgiving. >> if you choose. >> is that bay of saying i am thank will i have a job. >> i have been saying that for 32 years. >> you are only 34! >> again. again. >>> new math. >>> hope we can add the totals together over the three systems and come up with a nice number that will get our rainfall deficit totals back to where they should be for this year. you can see the low and in the middle of the screen is where the thick are clouds are. until it is here we have an offshore breeze with mostly clear in the low levels and we have high clouds and partly cloudy across san jose and santa clara valley. it will be cloudy in the afternoon and mild but a chance of wet weather and cooler

fashion center, westfield and springfield town center will open at 6:00 as well. . >>> eager shoppersnt the night in the cold. camping out to be the first to get deals in gaithersburg. brandon jackson says he thinks it is worth it to sleep outside for electronics. >> i have never done the whole black friday thing, waiting for something. i figure why not do it. i'm off for the three days. my family is going to be in virginia. so i have nothing to lose. >> he has a long wait ahead of him. you could end up overspending and not even know why. >> erika gonzalez has what major retailers are doing to step up security and keep you safe. >> jessica anderson with kiplinger personal finance says there's a reason you end up buying more than you expected. >> your subconscious has already decided what you're going to buy before you pull out your credit card stphrr that's right. you are propelled to buy for a different reasons, not just the sales. number one, shopping with a friend. >> we've all been there. oh, that looks so great on you. i must have it. >> reporter: the average person will spend 5%

administration sending workers to help you understand the enrollment process to find out only at westfieldl including montgomery and bethesda. they're also at the wheaton and annapolis malls. this runs through the 15th of february. it is a lot easier to enroll in the affordable care act on line. nearly half a million people got insurance through health care.gov last week. it was the first week of open enrollment. more than 220,000 were signing up for the first time. health care.gov website had massive problems last year. >> so how attached are you to your iphone? blackberry wants to give you more than $500 for it. it's part of a new push to win back customers. blackberry gives you $550 if you trade in for the newest phone, the passport. to get the deal, you must have an iphone 4s or later model. the program starts december 1st. >> a london red carpet with strong ties here in washington. angelina jolie was on the red carpet at the unbroken premier. her husband, brad pitt, was nowhere in sight. she is getting oscar buzz for directing unbroken. it's about st. louis zamborini, the olympian tha

it begins at noon at the westfield san francisco center. >>> it didn't take youngsters long to trick-or-treatid have to wait for nightfall. for decades they've walked along union street asking are for candy. the merchants sure enjoyed it welcoming the kids. the rain let up just long enough for the kids to kin that tradition. >> giants pride in the bay area. where some of the best seats were to catch yesterday's parade. >>> the culmination of a betwetrange creatures.y're, they're strange creatures. they are. you and i. betwetrange creatures.y're, they're strange creatures. 't think like you and i. they are. you know it. they just, they ignore us. totally. it's like we're only here to serve them. yeah, that's what i been saying. but then they turn around and fill you up with chevron with techron. i guess we're doing something right. yeah but, come on, humans? humans are weird. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. and what's up with the cat? [ laughter ] [ laughter ] got my eye on him. and what's up with the cat? [yeah, enough for t

let's take a look at conditions today in westfield, massachusetts. shoppers dealing with snowy roads, parking lots and those shovels are hot item. if you are driving north, you may see heavy wet snow on the pennsylvania turnpike in lancaster. road crews are working nonstop to keep that turnpike and other highways clear. doug has a head to ohio. >> i'm thinking about riding my bike. what do you think? >> yeah. >> i like that idea. >> i like that. >> tonight. yeah. >> what about saturday? >> exactly right. >> next week. >> i was going to ask you beforehand, for sure. it's going to be a tough go out there next week. we've already seen problems on 6 will out that way. a lot of people heading that way. so, yeah, heads up for you. what's going on? >> i have to work! >> let's look at the snow around our area. we told you it would fall around the prince george's county area and we told you it wouldn't amount to too much out there. still, a little snow fell. at a time today, it did in fact accumulate on the grassy surfaces just as we talked about. but no prob

them new coverage because of a deal that has been worked out between the federal government and westfieldl. so in florida, connecticut, washington, illinois, maryland, new jersey and new york, outreach tables will be set up and pamphlets will be handed out by health and human services representatives. it's the same story on the west coast with covered california running the show. the goal is to get 9.1 million new customers enrolled in the next two and a half months. so far fewer than half a million signed up. this morning the website for bestbuy went down on friday friday. they put up a banner that said we're sorry and after about 90 minutes they were back in action. charles. >> speaking of obamacare, if mike cutler is right, it's making these illegals the president is helping out even more attractive to hire than the millions of legal americans here. mike, this is a big story. explain it to the audsure. under the provisions of obamacare, illegal aliens supposed loly are not covered. employers that hire people granted temporary status would not have provide them with waumcare and that sa

. >> reporter: the westfield shopping center closed early refusing to let any more shoppers in after 7:30 p.m. as the protests continued outside n. san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> and here's just one example of damage in the miss district. this picture is from a restaurant on valencia street. the diner who sent us these pictures says a group just smashed the windows as they walked by. nobody was hurt but people inside, as you might expect, were quite scared. many of those who came out it to union square last night to protest did keep their demonstration peaceful. this is video taken by one of them. the protesters held you up blue neon lit letters spelling out the words black lives matter, while chanting all lives matter, and hands up, don't shoot. >> mike brown didn't have to die. >> the day of protests actually began in oakland hours earlier when a small group caused big disruptions on b.a.r.t. they chained themselves together and to two different trains at the west oakland station. when they refused to move, b.a.r.t. shut down the transbay tube stranding people on b

turning back of time is at the westfield, san francisco center. >>> it didn't take youngsters long toese students from sherman elementary school didn't wait until nightfall. for decades kids have taken a break from classes and have walked along union candy asking for candy. the merchants enjoy it and set up spooky displays to welcome the kids. the rain let up long enough for the kids to continue the tradition. >> that is dangerous to leave out the bowl in front because they're gone in just a few handfuls. >>> giants pride in the bay area coming up. we'll show you where the best seats were to catch the parade. the opening of a remarkable museum in poland made possible ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant! broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >>> welcome

. >>> the fight broke out at the westfield annapolis mall and caused panic a couple hours ago. sparked some rumors that shootings were going on twitter. police have said there was no gunfire at all. you can see how packed the parking lot is there. chopper 4 was flying over the mall and police say this appears to have been started with a fight involving some young people. >>> over the district, crowds of protesters swarmed the front of the walmart on h street today. workers striking for higher wages, demanding $15 an hour. this was one of 1600 protests in stores across the country, including maryland and virginia. walmart says it's unfortunate the group is trying to disrupt the holiday spirit for their own agenda. >>> a lot of black friday shoppers out today at montgomery mall, but not all hunting for deals. news4's zachary kiesch joins us live with a different perspective on the black friday rush. hey, zac. >> reporter: hey, doreen. you know, i have friends, but never as many friends as when the camera is out. i've been hanging out with my friends here at montgomery mall all da

your looking live right now at protesters in san francisco they're headed to the westfield center atstreets they started marching about ago about a mile jaunt from the ferry building to fifth in market adjutancy their couple of hundred of them headed down market street west. their destination is the west feels center will continue to monitor that activity. >> reporter: meanwhile the ferguson protesters and oakland shutdown the west oakland box station for two hours the was no service for two hours they chained themselves to the bart train. at the link arms and is ariel village video here is the courtesy of our partnership with abc seven news >> reporter: in this initial call the l.a. were 25 people were lost to the train and each other or this badge they're also talking about heavy duty bought the bike log bike locks elsie k. as other supporters gathered in rallied assigned seen reading black lives matter from 10:30 a.m. until almost 1:00 p.m. this afternoon the west oakland station was shut down eventually firefighters were able to free the protesters were arrested for nobler number

the obama administration partnering with westfield owning dozens of malls across the country targetinghoppers. last year there was some backlash running those commercials urging people to chat about obamacare. is it a good idea to target shoppers who are trying to escape the holiday spirit at the mall? >> lesser there was the pajama clad man talking about health care underneath the christmas tree. this time they are going to the front lines basically, where the people are. they will also be in pharmacies dealing really with the frontlines of health care because so many people rely on prescription medication and social media targeting young people, women about to get married or have children. not just to sign people up, but looking to sign up young invincible's who can pay into the system but don't have chronic health care issues so they are not taking out of the system as much. they are realizing last year didn't work, they are trying something new. a better chance at success because they are targeting people in person. this is the busiest shopping time of the year. a more narrow enrol

. >> a whole group of malls, westfield shopping menopauses rallying these other obamacare health carers. as you're shopping for all those door busters, you'll be getting bombarded with these flyers. >> they created these partnerships with certain malls and stores. but also if you go on to facebook, they know who you are and they can target certain ads, they're doing that also. so on line, they're targeting specific people for this and putting those kinds -- >> right. you mention anything about your health, if you had said that on facebook, they might say, oh, you have a sore back? why not get a better premium. you might see an ad for obamacare popping up right in your news feed on facebook. >> also partnering with web sites like the next.com, debunk.com because these events in women's lives in particular, trigger maybe it's time to get new health care. >> what are you going to talk about today at the dinner table? let us know. you can e-mail us and give us some ideas. >> will it be obamacare? give us some safe words. >>> new overnight, a massive mob of ferguson protesters filling the