Some nice jordans. According to the National Retail federation, holiday sales this year could surpass the 630 billion dollar mark. A three percent increase from 2014. Im getting a dress pretty soon. I got some lotion for my mom and socks for my brother. Its estimated about 136 Million People will be shopping during the thanksgiving weekend, compared with a little over 133 million last yearsales will continue through this weekend and early next week at Southern Hills mall. And even with everything to be thankful for, shoppers were excited to catch some savings. They lowered the price a lot, even though black fridays really chaotic. Theres lots of good deals. Because typically were waiting in line for half an hour and now were getting through lines pretty quickly, so its kind of nice to shop. Reporting in sioux city on this black friday, im jetske wauran. Siouxland news. 3 3 and while today is dedicated to shopping at nationwide retailers. Tomorrow the deal search turns localtomorrow is Small Business saturday. Where those in search of holiday sales are asked to visit their local businesses. In sioux city. Businesses throughout the downtown area will be offering special deals. To find a list of the stores taking part. You can follow the link in this story on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 thanksgiving Holiday Shopping sales appear to be off to a good start. Sales tracker adobe estimates that more than one billion dollars was spent online thursday. Thats up 22 percent from the previous thanksgiving. Adobe says more than a quarter of those sales came from mobile devices. Another firm, channeladvisor, says sales at amazon were up 30 percent from a year ago as of midday on thanksgiving. A number of stores also opened their doors on thanksgiving for holiday shoppers. Including target, walmart, macys, best buy and kohls. 3 3 students at West Middle School are getting into the holiday spirit. 3 the 6th8th grade Computer Programming students have created a festive light display thats synced up to building this years light up the night project uses more than 81 Thousand Lights and 20 miles of wire to create the display. The lights flash in time to musical selections ranging from the star wars theme to dont stop believin by journey. 3 last year we had a lot Simpler Network put in place. We had seventyThousand Lights last year, now were up to a little more than eighty thousand and we changed the network so its a little harder to program because the kids wanted it to be a little more challenging. Were programming it for technology and its the light show. Were doing it for thanksgiving thru christmas, well, kind of around christmas. Its a different way to program something on the computer. If you want to check out the display, head on over to West Middle School on west 19th street any time after dark between now and christmas. You can buy candy canes, glow sticks and american flags for a dollar each. Or make a free will donation to support siouxland soliders. 3 3 today and tomorrow expect partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures if you are out shopping. Wind chill values will be quite low due to breezy winds. Sunday will see a slight warm up and an increase in cloud cover ahead of this next system, which will start to arrive sunday night bringing a wintery mix to the area once again. Look for snow throughout monday and tuesday. Cant pin down snow totals yet, but this system looks to be a bit stronger than yesterdays storm. Wednesday will start a clearing and warming trend with temperatures bouncing back into the mid to upper 30s. 3 a gunman opened fire in and around a Colorado Springs planned parenthood building sending at least 11 people to hospital. Five of the victims are Police Officers. Police say three People Including One Police officer are dead. The shooting started this morning friday . Several hours later. Officers took the gunman into custody. Mary moloney reports. 3 witness the cop was like get out of here theres a shooter and they got their guns out and they kneeled down. A shooter sent people in a busy area ducking for cover. Witnesses reported hearing a barrage of bullets. voice of vince witness a bullet cracked over my head and hit the stop sign on my left side. By the time i got to my truck and waited there i heard about 20. Around 1130 am police got the call of an active shooter. Hours later officers and the gunman were still involved in a shootout inside a planned parenthood facility. During the firefight some scared witnesses inside the building were able to call loved ones. no name provided as she was inside she called me and she was telling me that there was a shooting, i heard the shooting and she couldnt say too much because she was afraid that those guys. You 3 know. Police evacuated people trapped for hours officers continued to Exchange Gunfire with the shooter. More than five hours after the shooting started police took the suspect into custody. Im mary moloney reporting. 3 planned parenthood released a statement saying its unclear if the shooter targeted their facility. 3 3 a confrontation over a cigarette ended in the shooting death of a waffle house waitress in mississippi. It happened early this morning in biloxi on mississippis gulf coast. Thats when police say a 45 yearold man refused to put out the cigarette he was smoking. Police say he pulled a handgun out from under his shirt and shot the 52yearold waitress in the head. She died at the hospital. The suspect is charged with first degree murder. Hes being held on twomilliondollars bond. 3 demonstrators filled chicagos luxury shopping district, not to shop but to protest. As andy rose reports. This comes days after the release of video showing a Police Officer fatally shoot a teenager. 3 Father Michael Pfleger activist, Saint Sabina Church were all out here in the street shutting down michigan avenue, telling people dont shop telling people chicagos mad, were angry. Hundreds of protesters filled chicagos magnificent mile, aiming to shut down the luxury shopping corridor on black friday. Theyre angry about the shooting death of laquan mcdonald, who was shot 16 times by Police OfficerJason Van Dyke last year. Hes been charged with first degree murder. Anger boiled over this week after Chicago Police released dashcam video of the moment the 17yearold was shot. Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling officials who saw the tape and did nothing, accomplices in mcdonalds murder. rev. Jesse Jackson RainbowPush Coalition thats why we need a full impartial federal investigation, so to know who saw what when, and why was the tape suppressed for 13 months. The crowd is demanding the resignation of the lead prosecutor in the case, the mayor, Police Superintendent. And a federal probe into the chicago pd. protester of Chicago Shooting of teen we need immediate firing a resignation of anita alvarez. We need mayor rahm emanuel, we need superintendent mccarthy to resign and not to be in the system where cops who kill our people not only take our lives they take our money and they do not invest in our future meanwhile, Police SuperintendentGarry Mccarthy says he has no plans to resign, and hes working to fix the broken parts of his department. Im andy rose, reporting. 3 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at nine. What americas biggest retailer is doing for its employees who had to work on thanksgiving. In tonights fox means business report, but first. 3 3 as isis continues to threaten attacks against america. The debate over freedom versus security intensifies. Well get a Historical Perspective on the debate, coming up after the break. 3 siouxland news at nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, Diana Castillo and siouxlands chief 3 3 3 the president of france is vowing to continue the fight against isis until the terror group is destroyed. Francois hollande making that promise to the families of the 130 victims killed in the attacks on paris earlier this month. His comments coming at a Memorial Service for thosvictims, and the more than 300 injured, today at napoleons tomb in paris. Since the attacks, france has increased the number of airstrikes its launching against the terror group in syria. 3 American Values versus national securitywhich is more important . Thats the question many are asking after the paris attacks and renewed threats from terror groups like isis. National correspondent Kristine Frazao takes a look at americas dark historyin times of fear and 3 sotsdonald trump we cant take em, folks. We cant take em. Joe biden, to turn them away and say there is no way you can ever get here would play right into the terrorists hands. Vothe war of words over Syrian Refugeesturns into a debate over American Values. When it comes to america taking in refugees from conflicttorn countriesthat debate is decades old. Sotmax paul friedman, the United States did take more jewish refugees from europe than any other country in the world. 2 27 butt to between 1934 and 1945 when the nazis were in power. Roosevelt would have liked to take in more, but he felt his hands were tied because congress was not going to increase that quota. Volast week the house passed more stringent vetting procedures which could halt the flow of Syrian Refugees into the us earlier this year, president obama had pledged to increase that numberthere are also calls like these from the gop president ial frontrunners sotsben carson, i want everybody to have a database. Donald trump, i want surveillance of certain mosques, okay . Vothose calls compared to the slippery slope that has led to some of the most shameful moments in american historylike the imprisonment of thousands of japanese americans after the attack on pearl harbor. Kristine oncam standup Abraham Lincoln considered one of the nations greatest president s denied suspected confederate collaborators their day in court. Its a dark legacy which americans visiting his memorial hope wont be repeated. Sotsmos 1, i would be horrified if we had to get to that. Mos 2, we just hope they make the best decision to keep us safe. Sotfriedman, we have a National Identity which is based on rights and democratic principles which are written in the constitution. When we feel insecure, historically, weve been very quick to jettison those principles. It didnt help our securityand in some cases it hurt it. And thats the kind of lesson that we should learn from history. In washington, im Kristine Frazao, reporting. 3 the fight over the relocation of Syrian Refugees continues in congress. The housepassed bill calling for stricter vetting heads to the senate next week. Senate democrats are vowing to block that bill from reaching the floor. President obama has also threatened to veto the measure, if it reaches his desk. 3 3 3 taking a live look out over norfolk tonight on our square tire skywatch camera. Kayla says were only getting a brief break from winter weather. Shes got the latest coming up after the break. K. K. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist kayla novak. 3 3 3 diana and kayla talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 today and tomorrow expect partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures if you are out shopping. Wind chill values will be quite low due to breezy winds. Sunday will see a slight warm up and an increase in cloud cover ahead of this next system, which will start to arrive sunday night bringing a wintery mix to the area once again. Look for snow throughout monday and tuesday. Cant pin down snow totals yet, but this system looks to be a bit stronger than yesterdays storm. Wednesday will start a clearing and warming trend with temperatures bouncing back into the mid to upper 30s. 3 3 still to come tonight. What california Officials Say is the cause of Officials Say is 3 3 still to come tonight. What california Officials Say is the cause of an e coli outbreak intially traced to costco Chicken Salad. But first 3 payne says we may already know what the topselling holiday gift will be this holiday season. Im Charles Payne with the fox business 3 an abbreviated session on wall street ends the trading week on a down note. While Online Shoppers are giving retailers a boost. Charles payne has those stories and more in tonights fox means business report. 3 lots of americans shopping from home before serving the turkey. vo Online Shoppers reportedly spending more than one billion dollars between midnight and five oclock on thanksgiving day. Thats up more than 20percent from last year. Target taking a bite out of that action. The discount retailer saying thursday was its best day ever for online sales. Target also reporting the top seller so far is the apple ipad. Well see how black friday turns out tomorrow. Meanwhile, walmart giving thanks to employees working on thanksgiving. The retailer saying its offering Hourly Associates an extra 15 discount on their Holiday Shopping for missing their turkey dinner. And all those gift buyers getting some extra cash to spend thanks to lower prices at the pump. The National Average for regular unleaded now just 2. 05 a gallon. 75 cents cheaper than last black friday. oncam thats a look at business. Im Charles Payne. 3 3 a california farm has been linked to an ecoli outbreak at costco stores. According to the cdc a celery blend from taylor farms pacific of tracy possibly caused the outbreak that sickened 19 people in seven states. Five of the victims have been hospitalized. Two of them developed kidney failure. Health Officials Say preliminary results show the diced celery and onion blend used in the costco rotisserie Chicken Salad tested positive for ecoli. Taylor farms has since recalled the product. 3 3 coming up after the break. Weve got highlights from the big game in lincoln in tonights check this out. 3 today antomorrow expect partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures if you are out shopping. Wind chill values will be quite low due to breezy winds. Sunday will see a slight warm up and an increase in cloud cover ahead of this next system, which will start to arrive sunday night bringing a wintery mix to the area once again. 3 finally tonight, iowa and nebraska got together on the football fieield earlier today in lincoln for the heroes game. The day started out alright for the huskers. As they held iowa scoreless in the 1st quarter, but just over a minute into the 2nd iowa gets on the board. The hawks went into the half up 1410. In the second half. It was the jordan canzeri show for iowa as the senior running back scored twice on big plays in the third quarter. The huskers added 10 more points of their own in the 2nd half. But fall to iowa 2820. Iowa heads into next weekends big ten championship game here on fox 44 with a perfect 120 record for the first time in school history. The huskers finish the season 57. Well have full highlights and reaction tonight at 10 on our sister your waitress just went on break, and im just someone who likes dressing like a polyester hot dog, so ill take that whenever youre ready. There you go. No rush. Okay, mr. Rajeev guttikonda. I have to say, thats a pretty gutti scheme you got going there, but i guttikonda dont believe it