Continues to improve. Ryan owens, abc nene, dallas. Familyy in houston was extra thankful this holiday after two children were rescued from a carjacker. The brother and sister were sitting in their mothers truck in a gas station when is a a stranger jumped in and started driving away. Mom and her sister chases after him. The kids were eventually put out in the street and scooped up by their mother and aunt. The driver unfortunately did get away. The Holiday Shopping season is officially under way. Black friday got off to an early start with many shoppers across the country hitting the stores barely after thanksgiving dinner. While others are optinin to hunt for rock bottom bargains online. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Acrcrs the country, the d dls race is ofofcially on. Best buy, toys r us, macys, walmart, target and kmart all among the retailers officially open for business right now. Id be slaving in the kitchen if it wasnt for this sale. Reporter nearly 60 of americans, 136 million of us, planning to shop between tonight d sunday. The number crunchers cracking the shoppingngode, finding today and tomorrow, black friday, are two of the best days of the year for deals on electronics. But even those unwilling to brave the crowds can cash in because many of those top tech deals are also online. Now, theres so many sales online that its almost like, theres no point in actutuly being bombarded by other human beings in stores. Reporter still, some retailers are sitting out this years early openings. Staples, open the last two years on thanksgiving, will shut their doors completely for the holiday this year. The crowds are pouring into this best buy in chicago. The first person in line waited four hours in the rain. So, whats bringing everyone out to stores tonight . The 49inch tv here for 149 bucks. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, chicago. Id like to know whahadeals she wants. I wonder what shes going after. She gets exposed to so many deals and apps. But shes always generous and passes it on. Does she . To our viewers. Thatt true. Got to always pass things on like this time of year. We are asked to take part in coat drives for those less fortunate to help them stay warm through the winter. A woman in hal fax, nova scotia has come up with a unique take on that idea. Along with some friends and family, she decided to wrap the donated coats and jackets around street poleses they all hadad tata saying i am not lost. If you are stuck out in the cold, please take me to keep warm. The woman says wha w s meant to be an anonymous gesture has gone viral. Anan she was outed on social media. She says all that the attention makes her uncomfortable. She doesnt want the attention but shes glad that the coats on poles are inspiring others to give. A a whats great about thaha is, instead of going coat shop ong line in the next couple of oh, kendis, no, no. Where its nice and warm. For the less fortunate. Got to remind you again. But its a nice gesture. So you know, people who really need a coat will g one, not people who are drunk and coming off the shihi late night. Hey. Im not looking at you when i say that. Im not coming off the shift. I might be drunk. Coming up, shoppers beware while youre looking for those deals thieves are looking for your wallet. The thieves caught on camera argumenting shoppers and what you can do to stop them. The box oice battle happening this weekend. The films looking too g gner oscar buzz and rake in ikt sales had remember to find us on facebook. You can make history. You can be our 1 millionth like on facebook, wnnfans. Com. Im alex trebek. If youre age 50 to 85, this is an important message. So please, write down the number to you about isnt the one on your door. Its a rate lock for your Life Insurance that guarantees your rate can never go up at any time, for any reason. But be careful. 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Some of them you might say are looking to make a steal. Theft, soars this time of year. How not to become a victim. Reporter take a look at this Surveillance Video. Do you see the thieves grab this watch again. Two men acting as decoys. The woman using items in the store as covererhile she tries not once, but six times to snatch her wallet. These individuals tried many times to get this one purse. They did the unlatching. They went back, they did more distracting. And many attempts, and then they went for the kill. Reporter then, in full view the security camera, they go through her wallet, taking whatever they can. So, when youre in the store looking at something, the detective is going to show us how easy it is for them to grab your wallet without even knowing. It only takes a second if you just kind of look at a garment, you are just a little bit stracted. Did you alrerey get it . Get what . Reporter i really didnt think they got it. Experts say the best way to avoid being a victim of pick cketing are to keep p y bags or purses zipped up and in front keep your wallet in the bottom of the bag and use credit cards. Most thieves are looking for that wad of cash. Shes running. She has our stuff. Reporter thefts arouou home spiking,g,s well. Deliveries stolen right off your porch. While police say you should never confront a thief on your own, there are some ways to make sure your christmas cheer isnt stolenen schedule your deliveries for a time when youre home, or send them to your office or ask a neighbor to collect them. Hopefully, you can avoid having your christmasreath, along th everything else, stolen right from your front door. Kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Wow, what a scrooge there. Stealing the christmas wreath. I know. Thats a gcod tip to put your wallet at the bottom of y yr purse. So often we have it out. It is so easy. You saw how easy it was for her to have her wallet take. And what do we do as guys . Put it in our front pocket. Thank you. We did a story jusus yesterday on gma how turkey thefts are up, but it goes beyond turkey thefts. People are sticking it down their pants. How big are t tir pants . S . They werelearly happy to see you. But oh, boy. But turkey thefts were up but also a lot of Grocery Store thefts are up bause of the selfcheheouts where you can go by and not necessarily put the more expensive item through the scanner. Interesting. Coming u in our next half hour, you dont want to wait for the stores to openn to find all the deals. Im doing it online right now. Some of those bargains may only be available in stores. Im doing this for research purposes. There are plenty of new films in the theaters this weekend. Nothing says you have to go shopping today. There are quite a few good movies in theaters right now as the oscar race heats up. A tradition for some familieses seseral new releases are generating buzz already. Nick watt looks at some of the contenders. This is one of the biggest blockbuster weeks of the year. And 69. Yearold sly stallone is the headliner. You got to work hard. I swear to god, if youre not going to do it, im out. Theres already supporting actor oscar buzz around rocky for there the seventh rebootot its called creed. Apparently his wife talked him into it. She said dont be such a coward. Even when i was doing the sequel, the second one, people were come on. The third one, stopalalady. Fourth one, put a fork in it. Reporter this time rocky is training adonis creed for a big fight and critics are claiming its the best rocky since the original. This week, were also talking spotlight. Tell this story, were going to tell it right. The tale of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Here theres bou to be a a oscar nominee and the oh, so, oscar worthy love story rooney mara, kate blanchett. I like the hat. And for the families, pixar is the good dinosaur from our Parent Company walt disney. Arent you just the cutest thing. To get to work with pixar was be able to go down in pixar history is another thing. Its mind blowing to me. Reporter tuesday night previews were record breaking. It eclipsed frozens stellar tally froro two years ago. Let it go, let it go and creed made more money than any prethanksgiving preview in history. Show me something. After r little lackluster year, hollywood is hoping that after your turkey, youre going to buy a ticket. Nick watt, abc news, los angeles. Good movies. Yeah, a lot of good buzz foror those movies even though were so many months away from the oscars, a lot of people are saying the season is upon us. Coming up in the mix a hoax sister takes aimt tararts. Next. Today you can do everythin in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. 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A guy posted fakak ads at target aimed at target. An invitation to kyles bar mitzvah. 359. 99, thats a steal. Regular price was a 100 cash gift into kyle notny so. A ripofof for the poor guy. T te a look at the second one. Fanny pack filled with pudding. 9. 99. Savings of 10. I can work with that. So heres the third one. Its a tent with an a ary possum. 50 off. 24. 99. Does the pos system sum comes with it. While quantities last. He c ce up with crcrtive stuff this kid. Then theres this. The hot gifts for ken towers. Half man, half horse. Buy one get one free mane and tail and a standup desk unit and i like the luke sky mopper. Dont forget star wars. So actuallll you know what, after all this, target thought it was kind of cute. They said it was a nice little attempt. So they did respond. They did. Polka time now. Theyre not selling kyles bar mitzvah. Break the doors down join the pack help our stores get in black thats the black friday polka come on shoppers out of bed santa claus is in the red thats the black friday polka you help our economy by spending all your p p teet bad none of this junk is made here in the usa stars and stripes still the king wave your flags made in beijing for the black friday polka plalaa tvseally swe handheld toys to help you sweet foets thats the black friday polka better not mess with me kick thats the black friday polka spend your money now and get an early christmas thrill plus next year well be paying for obamas Health Care Bill underneath the Christmas Tree a brand new colonoscopy thats the black friday polka stores open at 5 00 a. M. So heres what you should do, when this polkas fininied run right out and. Join the queue buy stuff cheap go today then resell itn ebay, thats the ready, set, charge this morning on world news now, holidastorms. Millions of americans facing a difficult trip back home today. Flflh flood warnings as s avy rains hit the middle of the country and a cold front turning that rain into ice. The accuweather forecast is ahead. Hopping sweep. The black friday dash begins. If you skipped the stores yesterday, dont worry, there are still plenty of deals to be had. A complete roundup from our shopping expert. And new this half hour, more troubles for trump. The president ial hopeful explaining himself after seeming by poking fun at a disabled reporter. Why he says it would be impossible to insult the man. And tom the turkey. Ththfamous face who surprised his kids yesterday getting in full costume. So can you guess who is lurking as a turkey there . Thats in the skinny on is friday, november 27th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. This black friday. Everyone gearing up for the sales and deals. Dinner. I swear, my blood type is now cream. Oh. I did have a little bit of eggnog. You did . . Spiked eggnog. It was pretty good. Cinnamon on top. Good thanksgiving though . Very good. Well, it was a bit of a disaster. The precooked dinner i had ordered, remember told you . Y made reservations. No,o, ordered delivery from a Grocery Store. I wont say which one. I did not realize that they give you a cold turkey. Are you kidding me . Like a huge cold turkey. And d picked it up an hourur before guests arrived. And i looked on the instructions, my husband calls me from the grocery s srend says you do realize this is cold and it needs three hours. That really is a disaster. Yeah, how many butterball segments did we do for the hot line . I used every single tip. We preach what we teach here. We f flow what we each. Oh, my gosh. Too much eggnog. Running on. How did you get out of that . I actually used the tip they said. Tent it, put foil. You cooked it. I iut it in the oven. 300, 350, i cooked it one hour and it was fine. It was fine. It wasnt cold. It was already cooked. Disaster averted. How can you havee a disasasr with ordered food . Thats my life in the kitchen. You were able to achieve it. A lot of americans are dealing with the weather. Such a big story. Wiy, icy, wet and cold, and ththre saying its not t er yet. Take a look at these scenes in green bay. Cold driving rain drenched Lambeau Field where the packers fell to the Chicago Bears in front of thousands who decided to brave the s4orm. Our abc aditi roy has more on the holiday storm. Reporter that extreme weather, 35 Million People, bracing in the southern and Central Plains, with snow and ice spreading across the heartland. It is extremely cold and windy. Reporter gusts of 30 miles an hour blowing the ice. The sleets actually pretty painful. Reporter cars coated. Along with power l les and trees. In colorado, more than 200 flights delayed at the denver airport. The bromirskis now missing thanksgiving dinner in florida with their famamy. Its frustrating and a little disappointing. Reporter andrew greers trying to get home to alaska. Youve already been in transit for 24 hours. Yes. Reporter when will you get home . Ah, at t 19 p. M. Reporter out west, parts of droughtravaged california getting ten inches of snow in the last 24 hours. And damaging winds at this flea market. Wow. Reporter gusts as high as 45 miles an hour, turning tents to sails. Witnesses shaken. 11 hurt. Luckily, just minor injuries. Here a athe denver airport, its frigid and frozen on the tarmac. Making the snow and ice hard to melt and travel conditions rough. Aditi roy, abc news, denver, colorado. An detee well bundled up there in denver. She looks cold. Now that the turkey and fixings getting ready hit the strefts. Many o o them will be runnini into more nasty weather. Accuweather meteorologist cam tran has the forecast. Morning to you, cam. Good morning, reena and kendis. Many of those black friday oppers will need to o ck an umbrella. Weather across the nations mid seconds thanks to the gold front mooching through. The heaviest of the rainfall will be mainly in north texas as well as southeast oklahaha into Northern Arkansas and that includes part of missouri, as well. Could see upwards of 8 inches locally through the weekend. Now were also seeing rain stretching a afar as north as detroit. The heaviest still parked in the south and behind this frontal system, a blast of colder air moving in so some of that rainfall colransition into a wintry mix as we head into the evening. Places like oklahoma, kansas city, and omaha could see a wintry mix by tonight. Back to you. The victims of the french terror attacks two weeks a a today are being remembered i i at a Memorial Service in paris. The leaders of france and russia ve agreed to greater cooperation in the battle against isis which claims respononbility for the attacks. But the two countries still remain at odds on the future of syrian president bashar al assad. Here at home, tight security on full display across the country. More than 2500 officers were assigned to the e th annual macys thanksgiving day parade in new york along with k9 units to detect explosives. There was also a heavy Police Presence at parades in chicago, detroit and philadelphia and at many shopping malls. Officials are reminding americans to be vigilant but not fearful. To president ial politics now. A new controvey for donald ump. The republican frontrunner is denying that he mocked a disabled w york times reporter despite video that appears to show him doing just that. Heres abcs cecilia vega. Reporter its being called a the presididtial frontrunner inin South Carolina this week, appearing to mock a disabled journalist. Now, the poor guy youve got to see this guy, ah, i dont know what i said i dont remember reporter that reporter . The New York Times serge kovaleski, who has a chronic condition affecting his joints that limits flexibility in his arms. The New York Times firing back, saying, were outraged that he would ridicule the physical appearance of one of our reporters. It came as trump defended his claim that he saw people in new jersey cheering on 9 11. Law enforcement and government officials now rejecting g at as false. But this is hardly the first time trump has come under fire for offending someone. From mexicans theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. Reporter to veterans hes not a war hero. I like people that werent captured, okay . Reporter to women. ,youve called women you dont like fat pigs only rosie odonnell. I dont know what i said, ah, i dont remember reporter trump not backing down this time either, saying he was merelylyimicking a flustereded repopoer, tweeting, if mr. Kovaleski is handicapped, i would not know because i do not know what he looks like. And another tweet from trump. He says the reporter is using his disability to grandstand and is demanding an apology from the New York Times. As for not knowing that reporter serge kovaleski, he says he covered trump or years and in an interview with the washington post, he says he was sure trump remembered him and his condition. Cecilia vega, abc news, new york. Pope francis is visiting a slum in nairobi this morning where about 50,000 people are living without bake sanitation. Cheering crowds lined the streets to welcome the pope on thursday during a stopopt a missionary school. He says he hopes his trip to africa will raise awareness about the need to fight poverty and protect the environment. Nasa released a new photo of a group of galaxies projecting a special image. Take a look. Do you see that grinning cat . It looks like a smile. According to nasa, the galaxys making that cheshi cats eyes araractually slamming inin one another in a giant galactic collision. Not to be outdone by the cat, a mouse, of course. New footage from the mars rover appears to show a giant mouse or some other kind of rodent. Experts say its more likely a rock, but the resemblance thats a rat. I think, do you see a pizza a slice in that rats mouth . Maybe its just over the hill there. Maybe its just over the hill there. All right. Back o oearth, it wasnt a rodent but a skye terrier that took the top prize at t e national dog show, the first of that breed ever to take the shows top honors. 4 1 2 years old, the pooch from florida beat out 1700 other dogs. Quite the show. It is quite the show. A beautiful, beautiful i have a lot of friends who were bingeing on that stuff all day lolo. Coming up, a full thanksgiving football roundup. First some ammo for your black friday shoppers getting ready to hit the stores. The best deals out there cluding some reasons you may even want to hang back. And the conspicuous. Conscious coupling. Thank you, kendis. Of two voices even though theyre exspouses. Coldplayay duet with Gwyneth Paltrow in the skinny. Thats coming up next. First your black friday forecast. It is 66 degrees at home in d. C. Where the folks at wjla arar getting ready for their morning newscast. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by sheila gs brownie brittle. Newscast. Announcer world news now sheila gs brownie brittle. The leading cough liquid only provides reliefor four hours, but did you know theres a product that lasts for twelve hours . Try delsym twelve hour cough liquid. Its advanced formula works by immediately releasing powerful medicine that acts fast while its extended release medicine lasts for 12 hours. In fact, delsym lasts three times longer than the leading cough liquid. For all day or all night relief, try delsym the 1 doctor recommended 12 hour cough liquid. Covergirl is the easy way to draw attention Perfect Point liner smudge with spongetip to create a smokin kitten eye lash blast mascara adds an instant blast of v vume add a pow to your brow wow from easy, breezy, beautiful okay. So we know thanksgiving means food, family and yes, football. The big turkeys yesterday were the eagles. Philadelphia had never lost on thanksgiving before until the lions just mauled the eagles. How many more puns . Calvin johnson was en fuego he caught a career hig three touchdowns, and detroit beat philadelphia, wow, 4514. And the Dallas Cowboys are another team not likely to make the playoffs. Not only did the boys lose to the carolina panths 3314, quarterback tony romo proving he is the derrick rose of football, breaking his collarbone yet again. He missed seven games after the him. The panthers remain undefeated. I know youre watching all of these. But this is probably the best thanksgiving game played in green bay where the bears held off the packers with a fourth and goal touchdown pass late in the game. Chicagos jay cutler new dad threw for 200 yards and a td, but the bears defense was also an important factor in the 1713 victory. We know you watctcd them all. Calvin johnson known as megatron. Look at you. Like that . All right. Look at you. Somebodys feeding you some info. Sports with reeee day. You dont think a woman can knkn her football . . Youre going to go there . No. Hey, i know you know your football but thank you. Calvin johnson. ; megatron. Nice job. Theres no need to wait till later this morning to hit the stores for black friday deals. There are plenty online. You wont have to get out of your pajamas to take advantage of these bargains found by abcs becky worley. Reporter today is full of sales. Lets start with limited quantity deals on tvs, like this 40inch samsung om kohls thats 319 plusus 90 gift card. Or this 32inch tv with the roku builtin streaming from walmart thats just 125. But this one from best buy for 800 bucks is also available online. And online doorbusters are very real this year. In fact, walmart says 96 of its deals are also on its website. But the single best tv deal of the whole shopping weekend is not a store deal, not even an online deal. But an app only deal. Weve seen so far Amazon Advertising a 50inch hdtv for 150. Which is 90 below the cheapest tv weve ever seen in that size before. And thats the deal thats going to be available only thrhrgh theieimobile apps. Laptops. Frys has this is model 137 off the lowest price ever and this 19inch dell is 100 off the current low and available at best buy in store and again online all day. Also the apple watch is on sale at target in a bundled deal that gets you a 100 gift card. Lets talk about clothing. Overall the economys good and consumers are spending. But strangely, sales of clothing in retail outlets have been soft. What does that mean for you . Well, sales. Bibiones. Old navy instore only, your whole purchase is 50 off. So shop wisely and remember black friday is a season. Pace yourself, deal hunters. Becky worley, abc news, new york. Okay. So whene come back, the force are you shopping . Yeah, i am. You really are for those skirts . Okay. The force awakens a little more. Well find out some celebrities how they spent their thanksgiving. The skinny up next. 60 off. Thats a lotf money. I dont think thats in your cott0w ty hp 4 z5x tt0w ty hp el p24 tt0w ty hp ed v0p tt0w ty hp 8h6n, tt0w ty hp kzh p tt0w ty hp nh h\ tt0w ty hp 0ph d tt0wy hp shp] tt0w ty hp uehs . T tt0w ty hp 7hho skinny, so skinny topping the skinny this morning, we find many celebrities spent thanksgiving muchchike the rest of us. Actress eva longoria and America Ferrer were at the just like 3 million others and tweeted pictures. She still looks beautiful. Carrie underwood let us know shes human too by showing us a picture of the pumpkin pie she burned. Does not look good. Maybe not entirely like the rest of us like this turkey. Thats new England PatriotsQuarterback Tom Brady scaring the heck out of his kids. Thats kind of funny. Kind of cute. And you know, thats pretty funny. Thats cute. E. Thatat cute. Cute, cute, cute. That dance. But you know its tough work being a prince. Britains prince harry is in leletho, africa where his african Childrens Charity is based. Hes still sporting that beard and dedicated a new building there partly named after his mother Princess Diana and danced with the children there, as well. Aside from the welfare of children, another cause hell promote during his trip antipoaching efforts and hell meet with Nelson Mandelas widow. Being a prince, hell play some competitive polo tomorrow. I always wanted to take up polo. I just cant ride a horse. One little problem with that. Coldplay though has released another track from its upcoming album a headful of dreams, its ever glowing. Front man chris martin said he heard a surfer using the word and thought it describes a mood you get after a relationship has ended. Not surprisingly, ever glow features martins exwife Gwyneth Paltrow. Tata a listen. Loving shadow theres a feeling within it, that ever glow other tracks feature guest vocals from martins children and d s current girlfriendnd and his current girlfriend anna belle. We were jamming to it. There you go. Yoreally like this one. Down for it. Fine, so much for ever glow. You still have the ever glow. The entire headful of dreams will be released a week from today. It also featured beyonce and the president. And the president of the united states, right. And also released on thanksgiving was a new trailer for star wars from another part of our Parent Company. Okay, so well see hans solo, chewbacca and rey. This trailer posted on facebook concentrates not on the heroes but on the bad guys. The focus is on the newest arch villain kylo ren, but theres hope. We do see poe dameron leading x wing pilots against the barkside. All teams, give it everything you got. In this new trailer an ominous voice warns heroes they will have to face a very difficult test. Ah, wee have to wait for the films debut in three weeks to find out`what the that test is. Just a quick reminder. Disney is the Parent Company of abc news. The voice of god. Ce of god. Im lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. My bargain detergent couldnt keep up. So i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated so i get a better clean. 15 cleaning ingredients or 90 . Dont pay for water, pay for clean. Thatsy tide. Your clever moves wont stop the cold and flu. But disinfecting with lysol can. Lysol wipes and spray are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. To help keep your family hehethy, lysol that. 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The leading cough liquid only provides relief for four hours, but did you know theres a product that lasts for twelve hours . Try delsym twelve hour cough liquid. Its advanced formrma works by iiediately releasing powerful medicine that acts fast while its extended release medicine lasts for 12 hours. In fact, delsym lasts three times longer than the leading cough liquid. For all day or all night relief, try delsym the 1 doctor recommended 12 hour cough liquid. This week was dominated by thanksgiving, of course, but there were some other stories, as well. Chief among them was terror. The lockdown in belgium, fears here in the u. S. And comments by president ial canandates. Its all here in this weeks friday rewind. I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Did you see that happening though on 9 1111 i saw the f fm of it, yes. In new jersey . Yes. We are under siege like they said. Its a war, my friend. This whole city is on lockdown. Everywhere you go, you see Police Officers with masks, machine guns. Yes. We are and continue to be and we have been concerned about copycatlike attacks. These exercises are vitally necessary in new york city, we are at this time very well they cant beat us on the battlefield, so they try to teariziz us nooseseeing afraid and to retreating from the world. And as president , i will not let that happen. Several people hid in our dressing room, and the killers were able to get in and killed every one of them. Tonight we honor the victims of the unimaginable violence that has taken place in paris this year and around the world. The entire world matters and peace is possible. His courage is an admirable example of the fact that the citizens of new orleans are not going to turn a blind eye to crime. I iis graphic. It is violent. It is chilling. To watch a 17yearold young man die in such a violent manner is deeply disturbing. We e epared for so much s sw. Its a bit of a shock coming from the warm weather that we so no, not really. So dangerous out here you really want to get your chains on so you can make the safest drive up there. And what do you like about the balloons . The balloons are e normous. They are ginormous. So great to look at and see lisa mccree there. Absolutely. Dont forget monday is cybermonday. And you can actually start shopping on sunday for them. And the first lady welcomes her Christmas Tree today. Dont miss our uates on facebook. Annououer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Welcoming black friday shoppers through their doors thursday ight. This lineneat best buy had many waiting outside in rainy and windy conditions. The store opened at five p. M. The National Retail federation says more than 135million americans plan to shop this thanksgiving weekend. Be sure to stay with tv9 for all of your latest news and weather. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Our top stories this morning that were following on world ws now. Snow and ice. Putting a damper on the thanksgiving weekend for many. Leaving parts of the plains covered in white on this black meanwhile, millions of early bottom deals. Russian president Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to cooperate with the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting isis. He says russia is open ti closer targets. The white house briefly on lockdown after a man wearing the American Flag jumped the fence. He w s quickly taken into custody by the s sret service. President obama and his family were at homemet the time. And donald trump is denying that he made fun of a disabled New York Times reporter and is demanding an apology from the newspaper. Trump accuses the reporter of using his disability to grandstand. Those are some of our top stories on this friday, november 27th. Announcer from abc news, we begin this half hour with the bargain hunters off and running hitting the storess in certainly of the hottest deals of the year. Thats one way to lose some weight. Im not wasting anytime here. One night where i can actually shop online and nobody can fault me for it. Its research. Even use a corporate card. Milllons of people who werent delined by bad weathth kicked off the Holiday Shopping season with a bang, ditching thanksgiving early to hit the stores. We getore from abcs brandi hitt. Reporter while some were filling their breaeaaskets, others were filling their shopping baskets. Instead of hot meals youre going to stand in line if you want the bargns. Reporter lots of early bird shoppers got a head start on black friday by gobbling down hot deals. A 49inch toshiba for 150 bucks. Enough to get shoppers flocking to retail stores. Did you get good sales today . Reporter best buy, toys r us, macys, walmart, target and kmart all among the retailers officially open for business nearly 60 of americans, 136 million of us planning to shop between today and sunday. How much did you save today do y think . Boy, probably at least 300, 400 maybe. Reporter the number crunchers cracking the shopping code finding today, black friday is the best day of the year for but for millions black friday will also be white friday. Thanks to a holiday storm that will have them shoveling instead of shopping. Snow and ice are gripping the southern and Central Plains with wind gusts fueling thehetorms force and many travelers missed their thanksgiving dinners. Its frustrating and a little disappointing. Reporter leavinghe rest of us all the more grateful for the Simple Pleasures of our national day of gratitudede happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving. Reporter brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. And all those relers there were lucky the weather was fantastic in new york city around 60 degrees. S. But there are some other parts that are hurting. If youre looking to get back out on the road today, as we mentioned, trouble spots all across the country. With a look at the forecast heres accuweather meteorololost cam tran. Good morning to you, cam. Good morning, reena and kendis. We are looking at ry wet weather for the nationss midsection today. Weve got this cold front moving through thats going to bring in widespread rainfall. The heaviest parked along the Lone Star State as well as oklahoma, arkans and missouri. We could see the potential of flooding out across i 35 into i 44 in missouri. Weve got treacherous roadways there. The rainfall stretches as far north as detroit. Again, the heaviest though will be parked right along the Lone Star State in north texaxaas well as southeast oklahomamanto Northern Arkansas. As we head into the evening time though, behind this cold front, we are going to see some colr air building in. Some of this rainfall could turn into a wintrtrmix this evening. Reena and kendis, ck to you. Thank you, cam. Hurricane sandra is still a powerful category 3 storm churning through the eastern pacific, but it is expected to weaken significantly before it hits mexicos mainland down to a Tropical Storm by overnight and reduced to a remnant by tomorrow morning. It wasnt the hurricane that caused a bumpy landing in mexico city. Ititas the landing gear that collapsed. The charter flight was arriving from cancun carrying more than 140 people when the planes left si wheel buckled. Passengers nerves were shot, but nonody was injured. Its still unclear what caused that malfunction. There were no major incidents at thanksgiving festivities across the c untry. On alert since the paris attack. Security was especially tight on the streets of manhattan where a Record Number of officers were assigned to the big macys day parade. With more, heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter an estimated 3 Million People turning out for the macys thanksgiving day parade in new york city. Security beefed up to 2500 officers. Specialized teams called hercules teams armed with long guns at the ready, along with k9 units and radiation detectors looking for dirty bombs. We all know what terrorists try and do is intimidate. The people of new york city are not intimidated. Reporter police on high alert at parades in chicago, detroit and philly. And malls like mall of america upping security, too. But the president reassuring the nation there is no credible threat right now. In the event of a specific credible threat, the public will be informed. We do think its useful for people as theyre going about their business to be vigilant. Reporter the secretary of Homeland Security saying to be alert, but not in fear. Terrorism can not prevail if people refuse to be terrorized. Its the holiday season. Lets all celebrate the holidays, be with our families. Its a beautiful day. Gio benitez, abc news, new york. Protesters remain cacaed out in front of a Minneapolis Police station outraged over the Fatal Police Shooting of jamar clark, but they paused for a thanksgiving meal last night, e dinner hosted by the naacp was designed to promote healing. Police disputed claims he was shot while handcuffed. Charges are pending against four men accused of wounding five protesesrs. Now to another shooting sparking a new round of protests in chicago. Marchers are vowing to disrupt black friday shopping on the citys famed magnificent mile as they demand justice for a black teenager reapedly shot by a white officer. The latest from the abcs alex perez. Reporter our first look at a reveing new video that shows 17yearold laquan mcdonald, moments before he was shot. The dash cam frorochicago Police Officer jason van dykes vehicle captures the pursuit, back in october 2014. Van dyke then opens fire as mcdonald is walking away. 16 shots in 15 seconds. If we dont get it shut it down wednesday night, more protests. At one point, tearing lights off the citys chrhrtmas tree. Prototters are furious it took states attorney Anita Alvarez nearly a year to charge van dyke. Community members at one crch demanding alvarez step down. I wt to pray for the calm of the city. Because we can be we could be on the verge of another ferguson. Reporter but alvarez defends the lengthy investigation, saying the time was needed to review evidencand charge van dyke with first degree murder. I is the first time its happened in over 30 years in chicago. So, these are very heavy charges. Reporter van dykes defense argues he fired at mcdonald because he feared for his life. The teen was carrying a threreinch knife. But investigators say he was not threatening van dyke at the time of the shooting. The citizen Watchdog Group invisible institute says at least 20 complaints were filed against van dyke in his 14year career as an o oicer, including allegations of using Excessive Force and racial slurs. But so far, van dyke was not disciplined. Abc news confirmed 18 complaints. And all eyes now will bebeight here on chicagos magnificent mile. Protesters who say they want their demonstrations to have an Economic Impact plan to protes as black friday shoppers descend on the countless stores here. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. The veggie mix linked to an e. Coli outbreak at costco has been pulled from the shelves. Taylor f fms issued a recall after a sample tested positive for e colely. Costco used that blend in its other sasads and packaged foodod ran into some trouble while attempting an impromptu rock climb. Fire crews were called out to rescue a man in his 20s after he got stuck on Camelback Mountain while hiking with his family. He wasnt injured but suffered from a bruised ego. I thought i could get there through another different way or i dont know. I wasnt thinking. I just started rococclimbing and i ended up getting stuck. Whoops. Phoenix fire called the operation a very serious rescue because of the danger he was facing at the time. And speakakg of danger, bengal tiger on the loose evading authorities after escaping from a restaurant zoo. Restaurant zoo . Southern mexico. About a month ago. Yeah, his name is ankor. Environmental protection officials figured out the general area where hes hiding. Despite a fullscale search involving lice, soldiers and big cat experts, they still havent been able to catch him yet. Maybe its possibly because he went through the drivethrough at the restaurant zoo and took off. True. He was hoping f fast food, not a sit down meal. Who do ey find first in mexico, el chapo or ankor . Ankor. Coming up, big savings on groceries. Some simple and hitech ways that you and your family c c save thousands at the supermarket. Right now you dont want to see a store for weeks, weve got some recipes on how to dress up those leftovers. But first, a warmup in great falls at 33. And it being thanksgiving weekend and all those turkey talk, do you know that ted turner owns 51,000 bison in montana . I did not know that, mr. Gibson. Isnt that amazing . What an interesting fact. Snoims world news now weatherer brought to you by febreze. Yeah, so . It stinks in here. Youve got to wash this whole room are you kidding . Wash it . < world news now weather brought to you by febreze. World news now weather brought to you by febreze. For all the things you cant wash, use. 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Someoeo on our staff tried d get a sweet popoto pie online. I think its sold out till like february or something. Its all a racket. I think its a conspiracy, this whole thing. Marketing conspiracy. You do . I thihi they just ran out of supply. Didnt predict this. But you know, with all the money youre spending today and in the next month on gifts you probably have to cut somewhere. Yeah, the averagegemerican family spends about 76 a week on groceries and a little more than 50 a week on food away from home. Abcs linsey davis has tips on how to cut your r od bills. Reporter for the crouses, we have one son who is 16 and one who will soon be 15. They eat a lot. Reporter every week, this family of fives grocery bills top 600, thats close to 30,000 0 year. It wowod be great to cut down anywhere we can. In a quick and easy way. Reporter we enlisted the help of lifestyle editor Genevieve Brown and headed to theieilocal stop n shop grgrery list in haha. Ive coco up with a threepronged approach to savings, no clipping coupons reporter first this oneofakind app grocery pal puts theavings right on your mobile phone. You plug in your zip code and it brings up a list of stores in your area. It directs to you instore sales. You want Starbucks Coffee here it is, 6. 99 down from 9. 99. Yogurt. We eat a lot of it. Ten for 10. Were saving 8080ents a container. Reporter and a little supermarket secret . Pick products on the top and bottom shelves. The most expensive items are the ones that the Grocery Store puts at eye level. One thing i want to point outo you is to not neglect the ends of the aisle. These are great prices. Olives. S. Ill never look down an aisle again. Reporter finally, did you know you can actually get paid to shop . Nevieve says use apps like checkout1 or ibotta that asks you to watch a video or take a survey about the product youre about to buy. Were looking at milk. Reporter after youre done shopping, select your items, scan the barcode and uploadad your receipt. Instant cash back. Were done shopping. After checking out these simple supermarket hacks saved them big. Youre saving 120 a week on groceries. Lets see how much that is for the year. All in all,l,hats over 6,000 a year. Holy. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. 120 a week on groceries. That he can now spend at the bar. Oh, geez. No. I just go old school. I clip from the sunday papers. You do not clip coupons. I do. I like to clip them. I never buy cereal thats not on sale. You save a lot of money that way. Stick with reena. Simple tips. Those are good tips i guess. I cant get into the whole coupon thing. I will buy you a gift with the 6 6 saved on cereal this month. That tells you what im getting. Coming up, one way to save well have a lot more. Stay with us. Change your minon that one . Yeah, i did. Abc stations. Ttttatz 4 bt qv . 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Use it for game day, whateve you need it for. It wonderful. A great idea. You c c simply reheat the slices. One way to keep some of the moisture in there is drizzle some turkey broth, chicken th, if you have any leftover grave. Put it in n ttle layers like this in a shallow w n. Cover that p p in the oven 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Even if youve dried out your turkey theres a way to salvage it the next day. Yes, there is. Great. This is one of my personal favorites, too. Its the four cheese turkey mac and cheese. The kids and adults love it. Again, it has your cheddar cheeds but we kind of give it a a little twist with the parmesan and swiss and mozzarella cheese, as well. Top it with bread crumbs and its good. You add turkey slices in. Yeah, you got some milk, butter, eggs. Its that good classic comfort recipe with some turkey addede perfect. Perfect. Whats your absolute favorite recipe would you say . I make a turkey chili afterwds. Do you . It is really good. Sounds delicious. All thesesean be found at butterball. Com. Lots of good recipes. Sue smith from butterballs turkey talk line, thank you s much for joining us again. Thank you. For more great tips, check out butterball. Com and have a happy thanksgiving. Youre watating world news now. Nd have a now. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Lets end is. Important message for r sidents age 50 to 85. Write down this number now. Right now, people are receiving th free information kit for guaranteed acceptae Life Insurance with a rate lock through the Colonial Penn program. If you are on a fixed income, learn about affordable whole Life Insurance that guarantees yourate can never increase for any reason. If you did not receive your information, call this number now. Your acceptance is guaranteed, with no heth questions. Stand by to learn more. 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Hey, everyone, im jebediah from crazy jebediahs trading post. Our post thanksgiving prices are insane doors open at sunrise. Wow, 30 off molasses. And animal pelts are half price. I have an idea. Lets sleep in front of the stororso we can get the bebe stuff. Yea the pilgrims and native americans spent the entire c cd november night sleeping in front of the trading post. [ screaming ] at sunrise, the trading post opened. Cockadoodle doo. Okay, were open. Yea thats mine. Thats mine. No, its mine get your stuff and get out. Look. Look, i got so much molasses. Sorry your husband got eaten it was worth it. So what do we call this wonderful holiday . We should call it black friday . Why. Because its friday and you guys gave me two black eyes. We wish you a good black friday we wish you a good black friday we wish you a good blac friday and a great cybermonday too thats funny. It is cute. Yeah. Merry black friday, everybody. There you go. Thats the news for this half hour. Remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans. Com. Meatball on white next you want mustard on that or not come on, come on. I havent got all day here it doesnt come with peppers theyre extra hurry up. Pay the lady next the chickens fresh. I killed it myself. So thats what you want . Next next while were still young you know you told me you wanted mustard. Get outta here times up back of the line hey. Excxce me. What great sandwich. Thanks. You didnt have to be so nice geoutta here. I would have liked you anyway this morning on world news now, the global fight against terror. The french president fighting isis and a potential gamechanger for the war in syria and what this now means for u. S. Led efforts against violent extremiststs Security Breach at the white house. Another fence jumper, this time withthn American Flag wrapped around his shoulders. Distururng the first family during thanksgiving dinner and causing a lockdown for hours. And theyre off. Shoppers already in the stores as black friday once again starts early. So is shopping really best as a contact sport, or can you get the same deals from the comforts of your home . And attention shoppers. If youre headed to target today, some extra special deals for you like tickets to kyles bar mitzvah. The creative collection of ads that might have some black friday shoppers scratching their head in the mix on this friday, november 27th. Announcer from abc news, good morning, everyone, on this thanksgiving day after. Black friday. Yes, what d dwe say happy black friday day . Yeah, get your laptop ready for deals. Exactly. Hopefully you had a wonderful thanksgiving. I hope did you, as well. I sure did. Lets begin this morning overseas in paris, shall we . Thousands are gathering to remember those killed in the terror attacks two weeks ago today. French citizens are being urged to drape their homes in the colors of the flag. This as the International Effort against isis heats up. Abcs lana zak is joining us from washington with more. Lana . Reporter good morning. The french president Francois Hollande has been on a world tour gathering the support of Global Leaders and france, he says, is not backing down. France and russia say they are uned in the fight against terrorism. Russian president Vladimir Putin pledged greater cooperation in his meeting with french terrorism is our enemy, hollande says. We know it. It has a name. Its daesh. Russias naval ship scow arrived off the coast of syria and deployed their air Defense System but despite this agreement on the role of syrian leader bashar al assad. Nearly two weeks after the terrorist attacks in france and less tn one week since radical terrorists stormed a hotel in mali the International Community is organizing in the fight against terror. British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron worked to cocoince the British Parliament to join the fight. The military advice, 4he diplomatic advice and the security advice all says yes that the risks of inactionre greater. Reporter and in brussels after several arrests, the threat of an attack is no longer considered imminent as residents are starting to return to routine. We hope its going back to normal. So the children going back to its hard not to be a little more skittish when there are so many, you know, armed people around. Although i am very grateful. Reporter and in germany on thursday, two individuals were arrested with possible ties to terror. The German Government also pledging to send additional jets totes support the french. Reena, kendis . All right, our thanks to lana zak in washington. Thank you. Ultratight security paid off here at home with the macys thanksgiving day parade going off without a hitch. More than 3 million spectators lined ththparade route in manhattan protected by the Largest Police detail ever assigned to that event. More than 2500 officers were on hand. Snipers perched on buildings, k9 units and others watching from helicopters hovering above. And a security scare at the white house after a man draped in the American Flag wearing white after labor day no less,s, jumped the fence there. President and mrs. Obama and their daughters were at thome time. The man identified as Joseph Caputo was quickly taken into custody by the scrcrt service. Second layer of steel spikes were added to the top of the fence back in may after a california man went over the top and onto the lawn. While some of us enjoyed a mild day, millions of americans shivered through thanksgiving in denver, a layer of slick ice built up on streets and sidewalks followed by a coating of know up to 3 inches in some spots. Not surprisingly, travel on the roads and in the air, slow going. Further east in western wa, about 1. 5 inchch of snow fell to make it a very white thanksgiving. Police say because most people were indoors accidents were few and far between. So whats ahead for black friday . Meteorologist cam tran joins us now with the forecast. Good morning, cam. Good morning, reena and kendis. A very slippery drive this morning for friends and neighbors in the south Central Plains thanks to this cold front moving in. Warm, moist air off the gulf providing plentyou have fuel for heavy rainfall today in texas, oklahoma and arkansas. We are looking at very wet weather along the i35 corridor into Oklahoma City and i44, as well. Behind this cold front, cooler air moving in that could bring in icy travel across the Central Plains. Back to you. Our thanks to cam. Protester in chicago are vowing to disrupt shopping on the citys magnificent mile after days of demonstrations over the fatal popoce shooting of a blala teenager. A march is now set for today along busy michigan avenue. Police say theyll have extra officers on hand officer jason nan dykes dashcam captured 17yearold laqon donald running moments before he shot him 16 times. New video of the attempted murder of a Good Samaritan on a new orleans street. The victim a medical student is expected to survive. Abcs ryan owens is there with the pictures. Reporter a new look at the bravery of a Good Samaritan. His willingness to help nearly got him killed. This Surveillance Video, first obtained by fox ststion wvue, shows 25yearold med student peter gold checking on an intoxicated woman on a new orleans sidewalk, just after 4 00 a. M. Friday. E man who just robbebeher pulled a gun on him. Gold was shot once in the stomach. Police say the shooter then tried to finish him off with a few w llets to the brain. Remarkably, his gun jams. Male shot in the stomach. Reporter new Orleans Police have since arrested 21yearold ric cain and charged him with attempted murder. The new Surveillance Video also shows people trying to help Tulane University student peter gold after he was shsh. Even the young woman he saved comes to and tries to crawl toward her Good Samaritan. That medical student spent this holiday in the hospital, a place he would normally be working. Were told hes now in stable continues to i irove. Ryan owens, abc news, dallas. A family in houston was extra thankful this holiday after two children were rescued from a carjacker. The brother and sister were sitting in their mothers truck in a gas station when is a stranger jumped in and started driving away. Mom and her sister chases after him. The kids were eventually put o in the street and scooped up by their mother and aunt. The driver unfortunately did get away. The Holiday Shopping season is officially under way. Black friday got off to an early start with many shoppers across the country hitting the stores barely after thanksgiving dinner. While others are opting to hunt for rock bottom bargains online. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Reporter across the country, the deals race is officially on. Best buy, toys r us, macys, walmart, target and kmart all among the retailers officially open for business. If it wasnt for this sale. Reporter nearly 60 of americans, 136 million of us, planning to shop between tonight and sunday. The number crunchers cracking the shopping code, finding today and tomorrow, black friday, are two of the best days of the year for deals on electronics. But even those unwilling to brave the crowds can cash in because many of those top tech deals are also online. Now, theres so many sales online that its almost li, theres no point in actually being bombarded by other human beings in stores. Reporter still, some retailers are sitting out this years early openings. Staples, open the last two years on thanksgiving, will shut their doors completely for the holiday this year. The crowds are pouring into this best buy in chicago. The first person in line waited fofo hours in the rain. So, whats bringing everyone out to stores tonight . The 49inch tv here for 149 bucks. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, chicago. Id like to know what deals she wants. Deals and apps. But shehe always generous and passes it on. Does she . To our viewers. Thas true. Got to always pass ththgs on like this time of year. We are asked to take part in coat drives for those less fortunate to help them stay warm through the winter. A woman in halifax, nova scotia, has come up with a unique take on that idea. Along with some friends and family, she decided to wrap the donated coats and jackets around street poles. They all had tags saying i am not lost. If you are stuck out in the cold, please take me to keep warm. The woman says what was meant to be an anonymous gesture has gone viral. And she was outed on social media. She says all that the attention makes her uncomfortable. She doesnt want the attenenon but shes s ad that the coats onon poles are inspiring others to give. And whats great about that is, instead of going coat shoppi in the next couple of days, just head up to halifax, where its nice and warm. For the less fortunate. Got to remind you again. But its a nice gesture. So you know, people who really need a coat will g g one, not people who are drunk and coming off the shift late night. Hey. Im not looking at you when i say that. Im not coming off the shift. I might be drunk. Coming up, shoppers, beware. While youre looking for those deals, thieves are looking for your wallet. The thieves caught on camera targeting shoppers and what you n do to stop them. The Box Office Battle happening this weekend. The films looking to garner oscar buzz and rake in ticket sales. But are they really deserving of your hardearned cash . And remember to find us on facebook. You can make history. You can be our 1 millionth like on facebook, wnnfans. Com. 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Uhoh, the wind changed direction and blew it off course. The pilot saidide knew he wouldnt make it back to the airport so he found an open space behind a school and touched down safely. Okay. Heading to the malls this morning for black friday shopping . Millions of americans are but not all of them to the shop. Some of them you might say are loing to make a steal. Theft soars this timimof year. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has some tips on how not to become a victim. Reporter take a look at this Surveillance Video. Do you see the thieves grab this womans wallet . Watch again. Two men acting as decoys. The woman using items in the store as cover while she tries not once, but six times to snatch her wallet. These individuals tried many times to get this one purse. They did the unlatching. They went back, they did more distracting. And many attempts, and then they went for the kill. Reporter then, in full view of the security camera, they go through her wallet, taking whatever they can. So, when youre in the store looking at something, the detective is going to show us how easy it is for them to grab your wallet wiout even knowing. It only takes a second if you just kind of look at a garment, you are just a little bit distracted. Did you already get it . Get what . Reporter i really didnt think they got it. Experts say the best way t t avoid being a victim of pick pocketing are to keep any bags of you. Keep your wallet in the bottom of the bag and use credit cards. Most thieves are looking for that wad of cash. Shes running. She has our stuff. Reporter thefts around home spiking, as well. Deliveries stolen right off your porch. While police say you should never confront a thief on your own, there are some ways to make sure your christmas cheer isnt stolen. Schedule your deliveries for a time when youre home, or send them to your office or ask a ighbor to collect them. Hopefully, you can avoid havavg your christmas wreath, along with everything else, stolen right from your front door. Kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Wow, whwh a scrooge there. Stealing the christmas wreath. I know. Thats a good tip to put your wallet at the bottom of your purse. So often we have it out. It is so easy. You saw how easy it was for her to have her wallet take. And what do we do as guys . Put it in our front pocket. Thananyou. We did a story just yesterday on gma how turkey thefts are up, but it goes beyond turkey their pants. How big are their pants . They were clearly happy to see you. But oh, boy. But turkey thefts were up but also a lot of Grocery Store thefts are up p cause of the selfcheckouts where you can go by and not necessarily put the more expensive item through the scanner. Interesting. Coming up, in our next half hour, you dont want to wait for the stores to open to find all the deals. Im doing it online right now. Some of those baains may only available in stores im doing this for research purposes. Not for personal benefit. There are plenty of new films in the theaters this weekend. Its a good time to go to the movies. Thats next on world news now. Announcer world news now continues after thisrom our thats next on previews were record breaking. It eclipsed frozens stellar tally from two y yrs ago. Let it go, let it go reporter and creed made more money than any prethanksgiving preview in history. How me something. After a little lackluster year, hollywood is hoping that after your turkey, youre going to buy a ticket. Nick watt, abc news, los angeles. Good movies. Yeah, a lot of good buzz for those movies even thou were saying the season is upon us. Today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toit clean and freses introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Start healthing. 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A guy posted fake ads at target aimed at target. An invitation to kyles bar mitzvah. 359. 99, thats a steal. Regular price was a 100 cash gift. Kyle might not think so. A a poff for the poor guy. Take a look at the second one. Fanny pack filled with pudding. 9. 99. Savings of 10. I can worwith that. So heres the third one. Its a tent with an angry possum. 50 off. 2 299. So the possum comes with it . While quantities last. This kidid then theres this. The hot gifts for centaurs. Half man, half horse. Buy one get one free mane and precision archery. I like the luke sky mopper. Dont forget star wars. So actually you know what, after all this, target thought it was kind of cute. They said it was a nice little attempt. So they did respond. They did. Polka time now. Theyre not selling kyles bar mitzvah. Break the doors down join the pack help our stores get in black thats the black friday polka come on shoppers out of b b santa claus is in the red thats the black friday polka you help our economy by spending all your pay too bad none of this junk is made here in the usa stars and stripes still the king wave your flags made in beijing for the black friday polka plasma tvs really sweet handheld toys to help you tweet, thats the black friday polka etter not mess with me kick that kid and grab his wii popoa spend your money now and get an early christmas thrill plus next year well be paying for obamas Health Care Bill underneath the Christmas Tree a brand new colonoscopy, thats the black friday polka stores open at 5 00 a. M. So heres what you should do, whehe this polkas finished run right out and join the queue buy stuff cheap go today then resell it on ebay, thats the black friday polol ready, set, charge the soggy conditions we had on our thanksgiving day will persist into the night. 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