Bargains. Its also about bonding. I think its a good way for us to maintain our friendship. Sometimes i wont buy anything, i just like the company. Reporter on the other hand, a third of the shoppers surveyed say they stay away from the black friday stores. The high def tvs aside, any other deals worth noting . Reporter here they said if you spend a thousand dollars or more at any of the stores today, you can qualify for two free tickets to the broadway show aladdin at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. So 10 tickets were given away today. We give you a live look now at union square in San Francisco. Plenty of people braving the crowds to shop and be there for the long standing tradition, the macys Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. It will take place less than two hours from now. Parking lots are parked there. Weve seen cars circling. Theyre trying to find the coveted spots. If chopper 5 can move over, youll see the impact on 580. Traffic pretty steady. The exit ramps for falon road backed up on to the freeway. Outlets opened at 3 00 p. M. Yesterday. Will stay open 31 hours straight. Thousands of shoppers got up before the break of dawn to hit the outlet stores. Many spent hours waiting long lines for deep discounts. The savings drew shoppers from all over the world. I love it. Thats why i flew all the way from the philippines to see your country. Its actually when we interview, we get front of the line . Reporter no. That was a good try though. The National Retail federation says 70 of americans will do some shopping this weekend. To score big on the deals, dozens of shoppers in san jose camped out overnight at the Bass Pro Shops. They told me i was crazy being out here at 5 00 in the morning. We are going to save about a hundred bucks. Yeah. Hes going to buy a firearm. So it will be all right. Black friday is the start of a monthlong marathon of deals and sales. Anne makovec on why some retail experts say you should start out slow. Reporter thing this dishes were still in the sink when shoppers began camping out for the 5 00 a. M. Opening of this Bass Pro Shops in san jose. My poor alarm is still going off. Reporter and while there were plenty of deals inside including jeans for just 10, retail experts say storming the stores at the start of the season isnt always the best way to shop. You venture into the store on black friday, you may end up buying more than you planned on buying. Reporter Courtney Jefferson of nerd wallet says online retailers often offer discounts on a wider range of products than stores. Of course, you may have to pay for shipping. If you do visit a store in search of a specific deal, courtney advises bringing the ad or having it handy on your phone. It may contain a coupon that you can stack on top of the deal. For big ticket items, consider paying with a credit card that offers price protection. And dont feel pressured. Weve been seeing the graying of black friday. It was black friday and black friday weekend and then black friday week. Now its black november. Reporter in San Francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. The controversial plan for a new Cement Factory is on hold in vallejo. Opponents say it will send toxic dust into the air. Now as kpix 5s da lin explains, theres a new roadblock that involves money. Folks in vallejo are already upset that companies trying to build a cement plant. They say the latest refusal to pay money it owes the city is a precursor to how they would treat the people. They seem like a house guest that wont get off the couch. Reporter a Company CalledVallejo Marine Terminal wants to open a water terminal, while or som is seeking to open a cement plant. The two companies owe the city close to 55,000 for drafting an Environmental Impact report. If you are here doing business in our community, building something in our town, and you say youre going to pay to do this, this, and this, then for goodness sakes, pay up. And quite frankly that irritates me. Reporter mayor bob said no payment means no Environmental Impact report and no report means no cement plant. If youre going to play, youre going to pay. Thats bottom line. Reporter opponents say orsom is intentionally withholding money to pressure consultants to make changes to the er. Theyve shown the disrespect, theyve shown the disregard. Reporter the two companies also owed about 23,000 in july. But eventually paid the city back. We could not get a response from orsom this holiday weekend. For now, it appears the city has stopped working on the Environmental Impact report. In vallejo, im da lin, kpix 5. Orsom released a statement saying, it cant imagine 50,000 being a show stopper. Chopper 5 showing the aftermath of a deadly truck crash in berkeley. Started when a tractor trailer got a flat tire. The empty dumpster it was carrying hit the overpass at university avenue. The driver was thrown from the cab of the truck. He later died at the hospital. The force of the impact ripped the cab and trailer apart. Chp needed three hours to clear the wreckage. In palo alto, thieves broke into this computer shop. The front door window was completely smashed in. Police believe the crooks used a large cement pole to break in and then ransacked the place. The store by the way also sells cell phones and other electronics, but no word yet on what might have been taken. Big story overseas, the hunt is on for a gunman who attacked a crowded mosque in egypt. At least 245 people were killed. Over a hundred others were injured in what is being called the deadliest terror attack on egyptian soil. We want to caution you, some of the video in this story is graphic. Reporter weapons say a deadly attack on an egyptian mosque started with an explosive device going off. When worshipers stopped fleeing the mosque, the gunmen went inside to continue their rampage. Seeing gunmen fire on ambulances. The Egyptian Military later conducted air strikes nearby. This cool terror act will strengthen our resolve. Our strength reporter no one has claimed responsibility for this terror attack yet, but a professor says it has the hall mark of an isis strike. The mosque is a [ indiscernible ] preacher and in the eyes of the extremists, the isis extremists is kind of sinners because theyre seen as renegade muslims. Reporter northern sinai is considered isis turf. He also said we have to get tougher and smarter than ever before. And we will. Need the wall, need the ban. God bless the people of egypt. President trump also tweeted this right after the attack horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in egypt. The world cannot tolerate terrorism. We must defeat them militarily. Right now, search crews are racing to find an Argentinian Submarine that disappeared in the atlantic. It was last seen 9 days ago. Teams from a dozen nations have been searching by air and sea for the vessel. It was halfway home to its home port when it lost contact with the navy. This evening, there are new tha have plunged off the continental shelf. An International Agency said it detected an underwater sound thats consistent with an explosion near the submarines last known position. If that were the case, that would obviously result in the death of the crew and destruction of a submarine. Theres a lot of skilled, experienced people out there doing their best and it will be for them to announce when this goes from search and rescue to recovery operation. The u. S. Naval institute says ships are heading to the area and will be using sonar and other technology to map out the ocean floor. Marijuana churches and the effort to shut them down. Why they say their pot sales are legal under one part of the constitution. Plus putting the Golden Gate Bridge up against some intense wind storms. Why this testing is being done right now in canada. And snow in the north bay. The city that created this Winter Wonderland today as the bay area gets ready for a new round of wet weather. A free diver was attacked by a we are following a developing story out of pebble beach. A free driver was attacked apparently by a shark this afternoon. It happened at still water cove. Getting reports the diver suffered a significant bite to his right leg. Were told hes in stable conditions. Warning signs have been posted there near still water cove. Smoking pot and praising god . Two san jose churches are under scrutiny for selling marijuana. Now city leaders want to shut them down. Devon feely in san jose. Reporter theres 16 pot dispensaries in the city, but this isnt one. City Council Member deb davis says dont be fooled by the religious icons on the outside of the building. Cowhich he willa shally, she says, is a pot dispensary. They can call themselves whatever they want, but the superior court of california has granted us an injunction against one of the locations all right. Reporter both she says are operating without a license. I think its important to make sure the products people get are safe. And the only way we can ensure that is that they get the products from the 16 dispensaries that are legal in the city. Reporter facing legal action from the city, neither organization wanted to talk on camera today. Id say that you guys should, like, come and give this place a chance. Like, i understand from the outside you guys are looking in, like you guys never actually been inside the place and actually experienced the church that they have every sunday. You guys would change your minds. It doesnt really hurt anyone, you know what im saying . It just has a lot of good benefits too. Reporter the San Jose City council recently approved the recreational sale of marijuana starting next year, but will continue to crack down on unlicensed dispensaries. Reporter the city of san jose hit the native american churn with a permanent injunction on monday. A new development in the russia investigation. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn may be cooperating with the special council. Mola lenghi at the white house with more on the important move by flynns lawyers. Reporter Michael Flynns attorneys had been cooperate with president trumps attorneys, but now flynn is cooperating with robert mueller. Even if that is the case, the president himself a lawyer for former National Security adviser Michael Flynn told president trumps legal Team Wednesday they can no longer be in communication. The move may signal that the retired threestar general may be cooperating with Robert Muellers russia investigation. Michael flynn is a fine person and i asked for his resignation. Reporter mr. Trump fired flynn after reports surfaced that flynn misled the Vice President about his contacts with russia. An indictment of Michael Flynn or his son or a plea deal involving both. The president s attorney tells cbs news if it is a plea deal, that doesnt mean it has anything to do with the president. The press i know doesnt have any questions. If you do, i wont take them. Reporter he and First Lady Melania Trump handed out turkey sandwiches at a coast guard station. President trump spent the morning talking on the phone with the president of turkey before playing golf. He returns to washington sunday. The president is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders next week. One pressing issue is funding the government by december 8th to avoid a potential shut down. The president says he wants tax reform finished before the end of the year. Adding to the laundry list of things to do the president has when he returns to washington, he tweeted that once a tax bill is signed, he plans to refocus on repealing and replacing obamacare. As you know, that has failed several times this year in congress. Back to you. All right. Thanks so much. Now, more tests are planned on a model of the Golden Gate Bridge to assess the effects of powerful winds. Right now a miniature midsection is being tested at a lab in canada. They want to see if a suicide barrier would make this span vulnerable to damage in an intense storm. Check out this winter scene in downtown san rafael. The annual parade of lights and winter play ground now underway. The Event Features live entertainment, a holiday marketplace and of course a little sledding in the snow. That slope is always a popular attraction. It will stick around as long as the snow lasts. Till it melts. Take a look at this. Heavy fog rolling into San Francisco this morning. Our cameras rolling as it made its way through the golden gate and into the city. The bay bridge almost covered by fog as well. Hey, go back out live to chopper 5, shall we. Its over stone ridge mall in pleasanton and the parking lots of packed here too. Stone ridge open till 10 00 tonight. We have changes in the Weather Department as we continue with the first half of a dry weekend. The second half turns wet as we look live toward mount diablo in the distance. The all important weekend forecast is coming up. And then coming up, all new at 6 00 tonight, sisters no more. A japanese city cutting ties with San Francisco after 60 years. But first the markets closed up today, just a half day of trading. Heres a look at the closing numbers from wall street. We need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. My names Scott Strenfel and im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. So every single day were monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. During storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. Learn how you can be prepared at pge. Com beprepared. Together, were building a better california. Im worried. I have this medical bill. Oll, huh . Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. Is, is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. All right. Lets before we get to the weather, take a look at the sky. Thats where the weather thats where it originates. Beautiful sunset out there. Things cleared up today. It was warm, muggy. Fog was a problem this morning, be a problem again tomorrow morning. It was a nice finish to what began as a foggy day in the bay area. The sunset tonight 4 53 p. M. And the aftermath is gorgeous. You can barely make out the silhouette of the fault out there in the east bay, mount diablo. For us today, we got up to 75 degrees at concord. In santa rosa, 65. Mild day today. That will be true again tomorrow. Right now, the numbers have descended into the 60s. So a mild friday night for all the shoppers in the bay area. Heres how it looks high atop the west coast. High pressure continues to spin off of baja california. It will be the same thing tomorrow. But tonight theres already indications that High Pressure is going to begin to erode a bit. Clouds out of the bay by midnight tonight. Then more will be on the way for saturday. A shield of high clouds moves in tomorrow afternoon and thats in advance of more rain moving into the north bay by late saturday in the north bay and the rest of the bay area by sunday. Tomorrows okay. Sunday, not that rain is bad by any means sunday it will be wet in the bay area starting from north heading south. It will dry out after a few showers on monday. Northern quarter looks partly cloudy, but dry. For saturday. Sfo, if you plan on really heading out, the airports a high of 70 degrees, partly cloudy skies. Los angeles continues, warm, 81 after they set a record of 91 yesterday. New york 58 and in seattle, showers. Overnight lows tonight, were going to be looking at mid to upper 50s. Tomorrow morning, one minute before 7 00 a. M. , sun up. Forecast highs will be below average. Down in the south bay, high clouds, sun and mid70s for the most part. In the east bay, pretty much the same. Little cooler in the strait. Over the north bay, saturday is dry, but sunday gets wet. You see that in the extended forecast. Sunday, rain spreads south. Monday, lingering showers and then next week looks iffy. For the moment, were going to say tuesday through friday stays dry, but stay tuned for that. Well be back. 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Actually served up to a customer at a waffle house in florida. The customer ended up taking a few drinks of the water before discovering that. You dont expect a frog. So it was quite a surprise. My husband and i have always enjoyed waffle house, but being that that happened, it kind of puts a bad taste in your mouth. Well, ive had the opportunity to enjoy a waffle house or two myself. The manager apologized profusely. Good night. Ning sponsored by cbs quijano pure evil, in a house of prayer. Hundreds are dead after Militants Attack a mosque in egypt. While in london, panic after reports of shots fired. Oh, my god quijano also tonight, americans get a jump on their shopping online and at the stores. Theyve been talking about the death of black friday for about ten years. Quijano theres a call to boycott a university after a professor is accused of preying on female students. And steve hartmans at a high school where lunch is a feast for the soul. 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