First. Number one and second one who braved the weather to save a few bucks. Bucks. I needed a new tv and it was pretty cheap so and my neighbor needed one so i gave her mine and so were both getting new tvs today. Today. 800 Dollar Savings is enough to get me up off the couch to come here. Apparently, its enough to get a lot of people off the couch. Couch. Whats a little rain, you know . Know . To save 200 dollars on a tv, you cant really beat that. That. The great thing about opening up on thanksgiving day is that the customers have the opportunity to preview a lot of different items. Theyre covering the good deals and new friends but what about the food and family . Our shoppers had that covered too. Too. I already did my thanksgiving fortunately so i didnt have one for today to do, so thats the only reason i could come out today. Today. My daughter made us a beautiful lunch, we had it at noon, Delicious Food now we walk it off. So out of the rain and inside we go. Where the best buy team is hyped up and ready to go this year we really anticipate a lot of customers looking at the 4k tv, drones are gonna be very nice too, theyre the hottest thing right now in the market and then we got a lot of tablets. Tablets. You got to take advantage when the prices are good. Best buy will close at one am. Theyll reopen tomorrow at 8. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Dora Miller Fox 28 news so how do you survive the chaos . Experts say plan ahead use apps that can help you find deals, compare prices and send coupons. Know what gifts you want and where you need to go to get them check to see if the store offers a floor plan. And if youre really hoping to avoid throngs of people, shop from home. A lot of stores are offering the same sales in store and online. Tech gadgets are always at the top of the wish list. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill checked in with best buy to see what the guys in the blue polos expect to be the hottest technology was the pad pro so obviously you can see this is alot bigger size screen than it has been previously go ahead and pick it up for me so you can see how light weight it is as well so for such a large tablet its extremely light weight what theyve done with this too is a faster processor so it is the fastest one to date for i pad. Pad. The other Great Technology thats going to be going on this year i think is the 4k tvs 04 04the resolution is beyond anything ive ever seen in my 14 years ive been working with best buy. Alot of it is still confusing because its still kind of new technology, but they are blown away with the actual picture quality 05 05netflix has been kind of i would say the pioneer. They have quite a few shows now that are broadcast in 4k for streaming and so its already ready and available right now through things like netflix 09 09 so one of the awesome things were going to have this year for black fridas is a samsung 4k tv for as low as 800 dollars. A 60 inch tv. Which is going to be a great item i think for this Holiday SeasonDrone Technology is one of those technologies that is really taking off. No pun intended. At a fast rate varooooom varooooomobviously these guys can fly at a very high rate and you want to make sure youre doing it safely so there is rules and guidelines that you can actually go to as a consumer to see where you can and cant fly the Drone Technology and they come from little guys about this big all the way up to these big massive ones 14 14its kind of the cool gadget that i think everybody wants to get and its different and new and exciting 07 7 24 04 netflix has been kind of i would say the pioneer. They have quite a few shows now that are that at least in my opinion is what is drawing attention to it is that there has not been anything like it before 11 11education is a big thing with a Technology Like this which is why i like that weve been partnering with the right people to make sure were selling it responsibly. According to the american express, shoppers will spend about 584dollars on black friday. Dont forget, after black friday, corridor cities are encouraging you to shop local by getting presents on Small Business saturday. Several towns are offering special incentives to get you out this in iowa city, a man is charged after Police Connect him to thefts in the city. Police say 22yearold bruno felipe is responsible for a burglary in june and another in september. Authorities recently searched his home and found evidence that linked him and a friend to several iowa city burglaries. They say he admitted to pawning stolen items but denies stealing them. In black hawk county, county,a cedar falls man is now facing charges for intentionally setting a fire. Authorities were called to the home on iowa street at about six this morning. Morning. When they got there, they found three vehicles on fire and thought it was suspicious. Suspicious. This afternoon, they arrested 30yearold nicholas kollasch. He is now charged with arson and criminal mischief. A man wearing an American Flag caused a lockdown at the white house. House. Authorities say Joseph Caputo jumped a fence on the north lawn this afternoon. He was quickly captured and charges are now pending. This is the 3rd time someone has jumped a white house fence in a year. Now to continuing coverage of the war on terror. In belgiums capitol, officials have removed the maximum Security Threat level that has kept the city on edge. Authorities say brussels is no longer facing iminent danger. However, police are conducting raids to find any suspects linked to the paris terror attacks. Meanwhile, the president s of france and russia met today to discuss coordinating their attacks on isis. President s putin say their countries will Work Together with the us to fight the terror group. Russia may be hitting turkey with economic sanctions after the country shot down a russian jet earlier this week. Today, russias Prime Minister ordered the government to draw up measures which could restrict imports to turkey. Turkish Officials Say the threats are emotional and unfitting. World leaders have urged both sides to avoid escalation. Millions flocked to new york for the annual macys thanksgiving day parade. More than 25hundred nypd officers watched over the parade. Law enforcement has been beefed up across the country after the paris attacks that killed 130people. President obama says there is no credible threat to the us and that americans should enjoy the holidays. Some of the most Iconic Images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. But its also a lot of work to everybody in the net crew, you ready . One, two, three, four four scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17 balloons along the parade route. Theres also red from angry birds. His distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide and the dyno, the sinclair oil dinsoaur, is making a comeback. It hasnt flown in the parade since 1976. One corridor student was there to see it all happen. She was handpicked to participate in the annual tradition. Cbs 2 News ReporterMarissa Scott shows us how a linnmar senior was selected to march in the macys thanksgiving day parade. Parade. Melanie sullivan, like a lot of us, grew up watching the macys thanksgiving day parade. Parade. Every thanksgiving im like turn on the tv i want to watch the parade but little did she know, one day she would get the opportunity to play in the parade and be on national television. I started practicing my solo and said im going to do this. She submitted an audio clip of her playing the flute on youtube and in april, found out she would be one of 200 band members in this years macys Great American marching band. I was really surprised. I wasnt expecting it at all. I just got a letter in the mail and oh, you know i opened it and i was in shock. My mom couldnt believe it. Sullivan says shes been playing the flute for eight years, but never in a million years did she think shed get to walk and play in one of the most watched holiday parades. Parades. Are you a little nervous . Yeah, i am, i mean its a big group so it should be ok. Melanie will be playing the piccoloa smaller version of the flute. But she is not the first linnmarr student to be in the parade. We had a turba player about ten years agoher former band teacher says students will find band opportunites on their own and apply. But being a part of this parade has more meaning. Meaning. Im looking forward to watching the parade, i usually do every year, but ill look and see if i can find her. Her. Its great that we have students who does so many things and this is special to have her represent our program on a national leveland its a opportunity of a lifetime, melanie says, shell take in and cherish, because of course, since she was a little girl, she grew up watching the bands and balloons, balloons, i think im most excited to see the snoopy balloon because i really like the ballowns. They look really big, i can only imagine what they look like in person. Next on fox 28 news, the Iowa Research now seen by millions thanks to a hit tomorrow on fox 28 morning live. Youre stuffed from thanksgiving dinner, but you still have tons of food left left our hyvee chef is back with some great ideas for those turkey day leftovers. Thats friday on fox28. Thanksgiving most Scientific Research is conducted in the relative seclusion of laboratories. But a project at the university of iowa has now been seen by millions. Thats after it appeared on the most popular show on television. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill reports. Reports. The three d printers in this university of iowa physics lab have been running around the clock since june. Doctor james wetzel is finishing the last of one most sophistocated particle detector in the worldnats 6 38 36 this piece. Skreeeeeeeeech click. Just slides in like that. The real thing is five stories high and sits in the middle of the large hedron collider in europe 6 35 52 where protons smash together to study the creation of the universe and nat show Big Bang Theory music. The Big Bang Theory. James nat 6 27 42 and i was like. There it is. Laughs. I didnt know exactly where it was going to be but. Yea look close there in the livingroom on this hit show about geeky but lovable physicists is one of the university of iowa particle detectors. Nat show blah blah wetzel is a fan and says the show goes out of its way to use real science wrapped with humor. He says the fermi lab that commissioned the models sent two of them to hollywood. James 6 29 50 its pretty cool actually. I think its great 6 30 10 . To be able to penetrate from the science world into the sitcom world is kind of a neat thing to show there really isnt a boundry as much as we think. Nat short leonard blah blah doctor wetzel says big bang has captured the personalities of so many researchers and admits he identifies with leonard. Nat 6 37 11 the university of iowa is responsible for designing this detector. And even though only a hand ful of people might learn about his work through science journals and twenty Million Viewers have seen it on a sit com hes okay with that. James 6 32 41 . To see it on cbs you know this big tv show and people using protons and electrons and the Big Bang Theory. 6 33 5 . Is really amazing to see people talking about it every day you know at the water cooler. Keep your eye on bernadettes living room the particle detector has been there for three episodes and hopefully will end as part of a story line. Stay tuned. Matt hammill cbs2 if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all more than a thousand runners laced up on this thanksgiving morning for the first cedar rapids turkey trot. About 15 hundred iowans registered for the race, and even though it was a riany morning, they still came out to have some healthy fun. Fox 28 news photojournalist matt lange shows us the sights and sounds. Our parents are originally from cedar rapids, and now were scattered all over the u. S. And we meet here once a year. Im from marionsolon, iowa im zachary, im from washington d. C. Well, were running in the cedar rapids turkey trot were running the 5k. I thought it was going to be pouring outside. I was too wimpy because i figured it would be snowing and cold so i didnt sign up. Thats the goal, to finish. I think ive got it though, i think i can do it. Emily feldcamp is running the race dressed as a turkey today. I had a turkey costume that i wore for haloween one year and i wanted to run in a race wearing it. I got that a turkey was beating them i went home and i told my mom i was going to do a turkey trot, so she was like. Youre going to be a turkey. I have to be a turkey, im doing a turkey trot we are going to be epic turkeys next year. Full costumes, then one of us is going to be a butcher, and he is going to chase the other turkeys. This is certainly a justification to eat more food. We all got a good workout in and. Burned our carbs so we can eat plenty of food now. Yes, we have a hungry turkey, yes. This was a great experience. I liked finishing at the finish line, because the big arch was kinda fun to run through. Gobble gobble gobble gobble. How an iowa boy went out of his way to help out some local heroes. When the fox 28 news at nine continues. Jeb bush heres the truth you will not hear from our president we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. It is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. The United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Their aim is our total destruction. We cant withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. We have but one choice to defeat it. Vo right to rise usa is responsible from pound puppy to k9 officer. Jannay towne explains how a fiveyearold boy helped an abandoned pooch get a job on the police force. Force. tristan, raised money for bosco hi bosco. Fiveyearold tristan sommerfeld helped welcome the newest member of the Ankeny Police force, bosco the tracking dog. tristan, raised money for bosco he can find lost kids. But offduty the oneyearold lab mix is all puppy. officer bret lappin, Ankeny Police dept. if you dont Pay Attention hell grab something that he should not be playing with, like a shoe, tristan wants to be a Police Officer when he grows up and has already found a way to give back to his community. tristan, raised money for bosco my birthday, a lot of people gave me some money. amber sommerfeld, tristans mother for his birthday, tristans birthday in october, from friends and family, we asked for donations for the k9 fund. The five year old donated 1,500 to the canine fund, others followed suite. To date, the city has raised about 30,000dollars to bring bosco from a rescue shelter in indiana to ankeny. chief gary mikulec, Ankeny Police dept. he can find missing persons, hes also trained to find drugs. officer bret lappin, Ankeny Police dept. weve had some cases in the past where people have gone missing and having a dog that can track is going to be very helpful. Handler, bret lappin, a fouryearveteran of the department is ready to put boscos nose to work. nats when i was your age i wanted to be a Police Officer too. Thanks to support from the community. amber sommerfeld, tristans mother its paying it forward and gifting to the community and the superheroes we call the police and the Fire Department and the people that serve. A way of showing their appreciation to the good guys. nats you donated all of your birthday money for bosco . Thats pretty special. Thanks to them, one day this rescue dog may come to the next on fox 28 news, the growing concerns over Digital Currency and why some say its prime cash for terrorists. Terrorists. Plus, just how hard youll have to work to shed those thanksgiving day calories. Fox 28 news at nine for 36years a group in cedar rapids has made sure thanksgiving meals get to those in need. Its a partnership between aging services and transamerica. Today fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore followed the story that involves both thanks and giving. Giving. Natbefore heading to their own thanksgiving meals, volunteers packed turkey dinners for others. Kathy horan, aging Services Executive director 08 26 16 weve got over 800 meals going out, being delivered to peoples homes this morning. 12 of those meals are going with rick and Marilene Julich julick nat theyve delivered meals to older adults in the community for 19 years. Rick julich, volunteer08 32 05 the Energy Everyone expends, you absorb that and its more absorption by yourself than what you give. 08 44 44 our volunteers have just picked up their meals and now were going to follow them along on their deliveries. Gary wells, meal recipient08 48 35a lot of people cant get out to get a meal and stuff and its really nice that somebody can do this for peoplenatsMarilene Julich, volunteer08 32 58 its good meeting people. Theyre always so appreciative when you come to the door with their turkey dinner. Its a delivery of everything thanksgiving. Turkey, potatoes and extended family. 08 33 04 youre just not dropping something off, youre saying happy thanksgiving. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, Mellaney Moore, fox 28 news at nine. 130 volunteers helped this the cdc says the average person consumes more than 45 hundred calories while eating a traditional thanksgiving dinner. Thats more than double the amount people should eat in just a day. The agency says on thanksgiving, people eat an average of threethousand calories in the thanksgiving meal itself and another 15hundred while snacking and nibbling through out the day. Day. By the way, youll need to run for about four hours, bike for about four and half hours or swim for nearly six hours to work off all those calories. You may want to think twice before you give your four legged family memebers any thanksgiving left overs. Table scraps may seem harmless, but they can make your pets sick. Local veternarians tell fox 28 news, food like onions, garlic, and even fat trimmings can cause stomach problems for your pet. They say it is also important that all of your a judge has weighed in on the governors controversial medicaid plan. Earlier this year, the governor announced the Medicaid Program that has been run by the state, would soon be run by four private companies. Yesterday, a judge recommended the state throw out one of four of those contracts. She said wellcare should have told state officials about fraud and mismanagement involving executives that were convicted last year. The ruling is a recommendation and the Governors Office is expected to appoint someone to review it and consider next steps. Its known as Digital Currencya a hightech payment system. But in tonights safe and securea Financial Experts warn this could be a new way for terrorists to do their shopping. Heres National Correspondent jeff barnd. Barnd. V with digitalcurrency,. Customers can buy just about anything and remain anonymousa no coins or paper currencya Digital Currency like bitcoin is not tied to any countrya. Nor subject to regulationa experts say its prime cash for terrorists. sot ftpall sbg news affiliates senator john cornyn 4 49 things like means of financing illegal activity. Not just terrorism. 4 55 sot steve bucci dc broll 5 38 its not just bitcoin. Bitcoin is the most popular the most prevelant form of Digital Currency if you will. 5 46 sot vo Financial Experts say terrorists could and very likely are using Digital Currency to spread their jihad anywhere in the worlda specifically if their transactions are done in whats known as the dark net. Something that cant be found on Search Engines like google. sot bucci 7 34 in the dark net in particular you can hire people to do murders , you can buy drugs 7 39 butt 7 88 and so things like suicide vests or weapons are definitely available in that area 7 52 bridge members of the European Union held a crisis meeting recently to and stop terrorists from using it for nefarious purposes. sot 5 00 cornyn the bad guys are not dumb 5 02 butt send cornyn 5 03 many of them are very shrewed very smart and theyll try to find a weakness and exploit them whether its in financing or communications or radicalization. 5 12 vo as regulators work to keep up with this hightech method of paymenta states like new york and california are already taking it upon themselves to increase oversight. sot bucci 10 40 sometimes the bad guys get ahead of usa but we usually catch up and exceed them when we need to but its a constant battle 10 42 vo jeff barnd reporting and coming up in sports. Sports. The iowa Womens Basketball team looks to stay unbeaten in thanksgiving tourney play. Plus. Plus. Black friday on the horizon who will come out on top in the heroes game . All that and more next in sports a car gives you freedom. Room to grow. And in time, room to grow up. Your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. Its been her fight for twenty years. Something is wrong with our Healthcare System and it needs to be fixed. Then, it was about Health Reform and getting eight million kids covered. Now, its about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on Insurance Companies to bring down drug prices. Im not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. Im not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away. In the standings, its been nothing but wins for the iowa Womens Basketball team but it hasnt been easy. The team in texas this weekend for the lonestar showcase and looking to avoid yet another slow start in game one. One. Lisa bluder and the hawks facing wright state early this morning. Sixteen points sunday against uni. And another career high for chase coley today. Two of her twenty two there on the day. One of four hawks to reach double figures. Alexa kastanek one of those four. The junior six of nine from beyond the arc. Fortyfive thirty iowa at the half. And tania davis a big reason why. Give the freshman thirteen in the first half alone bluder called her a spark plug the raiders did pull it within one possession in the Third Quarter. But the hawks stick together and hold on for another win. A learning lesson of a win though, say the hawks. Im glad that we had this kind of game we needed games and get up a little bit and cruise through the rest. That was a good reminder for us that just because were up doesnt mean they cant come back and thats what we did today. Today. Im really proud of the team for sticking together and really just riding the roller coaster that this game was. There was a lot of ups and downs. We came out on top and that was all we can ask for. The iowa mens basketball teams taking their talents to. Well, not miami but orlando. Still warmer there than here. Facing dayton. Hottest shooter on the floor. Jared uthoff. For three got em. He was knocking those down all day. And so was his teammate pete jok. Jok collects his own rebound and nails the jumper. Uthoff and jok combined for 25 points in the first half. Uthoffs hot shooting kept the hawks in it early the three there to extend the lead. 6069 dayton at half and flyers up in the second half. Rise and shine 10 am start time for the cyclones Womens Basketball team down in cancun this morning. They made the most of it and cruise to their second win on the year. Bree fernstrom tied a career high 25 points. Seanna johnson with her third doubledouble in as many games. The uni Womens Basketball team also down in cancun this weekend. Not as early a wakup call for the panthers 8 pm tipoff and this game just wrapping up. A close one between the Yellow Jackets and the panthers as this one gets set to head into the fourth quarter. Amber sorenson and madison weekly in double figures for the panthers. Still to come. Come. Would it really be a thanksgiving sportscast without some football . Come on now sights and sounds from all three of todays games. I dont know how you did it . What . Riding our bikes across the state . Getting my masters . No paying off your house early oh that was easy awhile back we talked with Veridian Credit Union and they got us into a 10 and done Loan Refinancing lowered our rate and Closing Costs were only 200 yeah, it was really easy and we saved enough money to take this trip to europe veridians been great, helping us with all of our finances darth vader being lukes father shocked the world. One directions inevitable break broke hearts across the globe. But brett favre going to minnesota . That. That struck a chord that has only recently healed. Today a positive step on the road to forgiveness. Favre. Going with the casual look as he received the key to the city of green bay this morning. His iconic number four retired tonight during the bearspackers game. And speaking of that nfc north matchup. Currently in the. The Carolina Panthers looking to stay unbeaten. Dallas just trying to stay afloat. First quarter, first minute, first interception of the game pick but he wasnt done. Coleman with the shimmy shake, the cut around the edge and you know where hes headed to the end zone. First of three romo interceptions on the day. Two of which would be returned to the house. So cam newton and the offense . Didnt have to score a touchdown until the Third Quarter but newton pretty fired up when he did not sure if thats the funky turkey or what made it 296 carolina and if you thought that was bad. Tony romo reinjures his collar bone. Done for the year. Panthers win it 33to14. First game today. Detroit and philadelphia. A rough start to the season for detroit, but a fast start in this one. Second quarter. Golden tate breaks the stalemate. Oh yeah. Now walk it out. In for six. And then the lions poured it on. Especially a guy by the name of calvin johnson. Just before the half. Double coverage Means Nothing when youre six foot five twohundred and thirty pounds. First touchdown for johnson. Hed add another earlier in the third. And then later. Johnson. The catch, onetwo both feet. The trifecta for megatron. Lions back on track. And suddenly nipping at a lot of teams heels. But first things first. This win a step in the right direction. Thanksgiving football was always a big deal to me and my family so its really fun to play on thanksgiving. Its a whole lot more fun when you win. And when you win convincingly like we did today, it makes it extra sweet. Sweet. Its a team thats come through, you know had some pretty good battles early on, i think we were Battle Tested. You know pretty good Battle Tested team . But looked good this week and lets see what we can do next week thats the real key. The big game for many in the midwest coming after the turkey, the pie, even the postfood coma nap. The heroes game between iowa and nebraska always a rivalry gamebut this year with plenty of other implications. Implications. Win and the hawkeyes will have completed an undefeated regular season for the first time in school history. But the cornhuskers need a win to get into a bowl game. And with a highly touted defense thats slayed giants like Michigan State already. Tomorrow could be a battle of the trenches in lincoln. I think theyre strength i mean as an offensive lineman perspective is their d tackles. Theyre big bodies. They work. Theyre fast. Theyre physical. And this is gonna be our greatest task this year. Year. They got an nfl defensive line. Period. So thats gonna be a big matchupa tough matchup for us cause their ends are big and physical guys, too. And good playersactiveso, theyve done a really good job against the run so somethings gonna have to give. Thats a check of sports terry has a last check of your forecast when the fox 28 news at nine returns. Returns. Bth honest spendinghello. Im mark hyman. Washington doesnt balance budgets. The federal government has had only 5 balanced budgets in the past 50 years. And none since bushs presidency. Dc has had budget deficits when republicans ran washington. When democrats were in charge. And with divided government. Spending money the country cant afford is good business. Political business, that is. It used to be washington would pass all 12 Appropriations Bills as standalone measures. This allowed public scrutiny of what was in them. Which house and Senate Leaders of both parties dont want. Instead, most spending is rolled into a massive. Omnibus spending bill. Often put together days before a deadline. Filled with pork. And waste. And back scratching deals for both parties. 2002 was the last time all Appropriations Bills were separately passed. Thats occurred only five other times in the last 25 years. Most politicians in both parties campaign one way. But govern another. Omnibus spending bills are the new norm. A majority of both parties in congress prefer it this way. Sadly, this will not change until theres a tsunami at the polls and dozens of Establishment Republicans and democrats are defeated. Hopefully, to be replaced by principled men and women who govern honestly and will spend the nations money responsibly. To comment, go to behind the thanks for watching your fox 28 news at nine. We leave you the sights and sounds of todays macys thanksgiving night. Hey. What are you doing . Picking out a shirt. Oh. That one looks nice. You like it . Yeah