A good afternoon for shoppers out looking for black friday deals. East and center city, a live look at the scene downtown. Looks quiet there. For these people who skipped the shopping for downhill fun instead, the lightses fell as ski and snowboarding season got under way in tannersville. They closed at 4 00 a few minutes ago, but will reopen tomorrow morning at 8 30. Nbc 10 has black friday coverage for you. From the ground and in the air at sky force 10. A team of reporters are covering the malls and the small town shopping experiences as well. We will begin with the shopping forecast for those of you heading out tomorrow afternoon or tonight. Sheena parveen is here and shopper his better bundle up, right . Certainly. It will be colder through overnight than last night. 37 degrees and either at or below freezing for most of the areas. 36 in northeast filly and 37 degrees in dover. We do have a bit of a breeze like 12 degrees in mt. Pokeio. Feels like 27 in philadelphia and below freezing in south jersey and delaware. To everyone it feels like below freezing. As we go through the rest of the evening, it will be cold. Temperatures in the mid 30s. By 9 00, still cold. About 30 for most of the area and later on tonight, we start to drop back into the 20s by 11 00 p. M. 29 degrees and the winds will diminish. It will be colder with areas north and west in the teens. We will look at the temperatures and which day of the weekend will be milder. No matter when or where you shop, the experts are predictioning consumers will be shelling out more and their forecast up to 617 billion . With a b. The largest increase since 2011. Thats not the only mall you visited today. You describe the crowds and it doesnt appear that they were in a spending mood. We made our rounds and we will get to that in a minute. It depends on which mall you were at if you saw people shopping like its predicted. Take a look behind me. This is what shoppers are dealing with. Some people had to wait 30 minutes for a parking space. They got to be impressive over the last few hours. They were filing into both buildings. When they were inside the largest mall, this is what it looked like. A number of shoppers are emptyhanded. More taking in the frenzy. That is not the case everywhere. Look at this video from the mall in newark, delaware. Most were spending money saying they look upon it as a deal day. They are going to save money and they are prepared to spend. I save up money for months and months. We figured we would stay overnight. A lot of people dont have shopping bags. Are you browsing . Again, here is a live look at the king of prussia mall. A gridlock parking lot. You are going to want to pack your patience. Shoppers say they have to wait a half hour for a spark spot. We have a new brack friday that begins thursday night and im working on that for 5 00. Nbc 10 news. Sky force 10 over the black friday crowds and the busy parking lot of king of prussia mall. Shoppers braving the cold between the plaza. A lot of them down there. This is the birdseye view over the mall in philadelphia. The mall was open on and reopened at 6 00. They will receive a swag bag. Drivers circled the parking lot and struggled to find an open spot. Santa claus started making an appearance and shoppers got an early start in wilmington. Some of the cars are pulling in before 7 00 in the morning. The big retailers got a jumpstart thanksgiving day. Most mom and pop stores were open and now they are open and trying to compete for the dollars. Critical with success and failure. They have been to a couple of local communities. How is Business Today . Its a different picture than what you saw in katies live shot. We have gone from Montgomery County through bucks county and we decided to set up shop here along lancaster avenue. Most of the businesses are open this afternoon and the shoppers who are out and about, they are getting deals without all the hustle and bussle. tis the season for shopping. They had the big time bargains. Mom and pop shops are trying to stay afloat. They can spend a lot of monoadvertising and go out and bring people in. The streets of ardmore were quiet compared to the crowds just a few blocks away in suburban square. They have run the Collectibles Store for 19 years. He told me foot traffic was slow today and thinks shoppers are missing the hidden treasures. The reason they should come to us, two big reasons that i can think of. I got things in my store that the malls dont have and im sure my prices are cheaper than the mall. For those who took advantage i got this hat. Its more about beating the traffic and the trouble. Its nice to not have to worry about everyone. Do you like to avoid the malls some. Yes. Why . I dont want to get trampled. That is personal one way of looking at it. Just to give you an idea, Small Business saturday is tomorrow and the folks around here are coming. That will be a very big day for them. It has been for the past two years. They are hoping this will kickoff a good start to the Holiday Shopping season. Live in ardmore, nbc 10 news. Lets head to the south Jersey Bureau live this afternoon in Atlantic City. It has been a tough year for the casino closings and thats weeks away. Are people coming for the Holiday Shopping . Believe it or not, the answer is yes. We found the outlet shops here swamped here today starting at 6 00 in the morning. Sometimes with those lines stretching right out the front doors or just stacked up at the registers. We spoke to some visitors from as far away as virginia and they wanted to experience Atlantic City this time of year to spend money right here, not on the casino floor. Jennifer and her family live in one of the biggest shopping meccas in the world, new york city. This black friday her quest was to experience all that Atlantic City has to offer from 50 to 60 to 70 offer clothes, shoes and accessories this holiday season. You would rather shop for black friday . Yeah. Tell me why . Christmas, i want to enjoy. I havent been here for so long. I wanted to see how it is here. So we can shop and stay in the hotel and relax. Everybody needs a reason to come here and the outlets is the reason. They made a corporate decision to open at 6 00 this morning for black friday, not thanksgiving thursday. Shoppers are shelling out plenty and so far not disappointed and instead taking advantage of the deep discounts. Its clothes and vests and boots and shoes. They had a 300 laptop case. They plan to shop until they cross everyone off their list. Fertile comes the kids. So you can see the foot traffic out here still. The Valet Service is busy and we have seen license plates from across the tristate region. Also being swiped up are those seasonal retail jobs. There only a handful of them left. Management said the jobs were swiped up quickly weeks ago so that those employees could be trained in time for black friday and the Holiday Shopping season. Im cydney long. Thanks, cydney. The retailer website was down during black friday. The website crashed before 10 00 this morning after reporting problems over the past few days. They said we are sorry best buy. Com is temporarily unavailable. Check back soon. Before you head out, take us with you. The free news and weather app will keep you informed. You can get both apps for free by going to our website at nbc 10. Com. And a black eye on black friday for walmart. Shoppers are marching up and down the aisle searching for deals. I think this is the right video. Workers were marching outside a washington, d. C. Store demanding better wages. Several protests happening at walmart across the country. Some protesters carried signs demanding justice for michael brown. Walmart said the majority are not their employees. Whoa is right. Black friday sales caused chaos across stores in london today. Take a look at this crowd of people pushing and shoving to get through doors. Police responded with several stores in london. The american tradition is gaining popularity and not in a good way. Along with the strip of retail stores, they turned off the famous Christmas Lights starting at midnight. Back here at home, over a march for justice in center city, philadelphia. More than two dozen protesters made them know about the grand jury decision. They were not disrupting traffic or disturbing the peace. Interrupting Holiday Shopping at big name retailers in missouri. Hey hey, ho ho these protesters showed up to speak out against the grand jurys decision and others voiced their message at Walmart Stores in the st. Louis area. They were peaceful for the most part. No one was arrested, but police said they were trespassing and asked them to leave. To ferg where brown was shot and killed, the streets were mostly quiet as the National Guard patrolled the area. A far cry from the scene where the county prosecutors revealed the grand jury decision. That decision means Darren Wilson will not face charges. The attorneys say wilson is facing Death Threats and may never be able to serve as a Police Officer again. Ten minutes of terror in the capital city this morning. A gunman opened fire on at least four different believes in downtown austin including Police Headquarters and the mexican consulate. They are trying to figure out whether the suspect was killed with a veteran officer and they havent released the gunmans name, but he has a criminal history. Police found canisters in the van and concerned about a vest that they were wearing. You have to think about explosives. The s. W. A. T. Officers swarmed the shooterss apartment to search for explosives. Police and fbi agents are trying to determine a motive. Police in new york believed two young boys trapped in a no pile survived because of an air pocket. They were building a snow pocket and they were clearing a parking lot unknowingly pushed snow over the boys. Police called for a search after the parents got concerned. Neighbors and rescue crews dug through the pile of snow when an officer found a small boot in that snow. To all the neighbors and the neighbors was coming out and everybody was contributing. Its the adrenaline. The boys were exposed to below freezing temperatures. They havent found out who was driving, but said the driver probably had no idea the boys were stuck there. Boy, are they lucky. Good news if you are shopping for a house. Longterm Mortgage Rates are down for the Third Straight week. Freddie mac said the average for a 30year mortgage dropped to 3. 97 . The average for a 15year is 3. 17 . Loan is a popular choice for those who will be financing. 30year rates will be falling because of slow downs in europe and china as well as the start of a recession in japan. Longterm rates are now about a half point lower than they were at the beginning of the year. Christmas tree growers have a reason to be thankful. People are paying more for fresh cut trees. If you plan on buying a real tree, expect to pay 2 more than last year. The cost is expected to go up even more if you procrastinate and purchase closer to christmas. They said its about time after the low prices and decreased demand that put them out of business. Fewer trees are being harvested and the competition from artificial manufacturers is still a challenge. How would you like your tree delivered by a horse drawn wagon . Thats how the official White House Christmas tree arrived. First Lady Michelle obama and daughters sasha and malia and the family dogs inspecting the 20foot white firs came from the pocano mountains and it will be on display in the blew room of the white house throughout the holidays. Happening now, taking a spin around the river ice rink. Taking a look now at cooper river park, the grand opening was a couple of hours away. Open through january 6th, children can state for free. Everywhere else will pay 4 and a 3 rental fee if you need skates. A cold day today with the wind out there, it is manging it feel below freezing for everyone. It will be colder than last night. Some areas could be waking up with temperatures in the teens. As we go to saturday, we stay cold and tomorrow we will see more in the way of cloud cover and flurries. Going into sunday, they make up for saturday. We will be milder and could get into the mid 50s. All the fresh snow we had is on the ground through many of the areas north and west. Feels like 12 degrees. Its cold outside the further north and west you go. Right around freezing. 33 degrees right now. These numbers will only drop through the next few hours. South jersey and you are in about the mid 30s, but everyone feels below freezing again when you factor in the wind chill as we go overnight. Areas will be in the teens. You could be at 16 degrees. 18 for redding and quakertown. 23 for the morning low in mt. Holly. Much of south jersey will be in the 20s and close to freezing as expected. 25 degrees for dover tomorrow morning and around the philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. We should be in about the mid 20s as you start off the weekend. Loelgly we are dry and will stay that way. We are going to be watching an area of disturbed weather to the west of us. Tomorrow that area will move in, giving us a chance for flurries. Future weather shows the clouds increasing early and throughout afternoon. Thats the chance where we could see a few flurries tomorrow, but sunday we see more in the way of sunshine. More clouds late tonight and colder temperatures to the mid 20s and 16 degrees possibly in areas north and west. A cold afternoon tomorrow around 40 degrees. A chance of flurries and if you are north and west, especially the pokeios, a small chance to be a fast moving snow shower. Sunday looks good. If we go through the rest of the week, it will be about the 40s with a chance of showers. It was the butt of a lot of jokes. And a few laughs. You can see straight through them. Put as many decorations you want on this thing and its not going to help it. The controversial Christmas Tree stands proud and tall with a new sense of purpose. Plus this the job depended on her going against her beliefs. A fight over fate. A local doctor losing her job because of what she did not prescribe to young patients. She fights back. Headed home. She was found starving in a local back yard. Now a dog named pearl takes her third step towards a new light. Nbc news is there. Now for the journey home of a pitbull. More than a month after she was saved. One of several dogs and cats up for adoption today. They rescued pearl back on october 7th. Rescuers found her in a backyard in chester. They helped to nurse her back to health. Today, she met her new owner for the first time. I had no intentions of getting a dog. When my son said come here and look. I filled out the papers. Love at first sight. Nbc 10 is working to find out if the owner will face animal cruelty charges. Shelters hoping to place a record of 50 pets in forever homes today. Free cats are available for loving family, special dealings on black or mostly black cats. The aspca is open until 7 00 tonight. You first. Okay. A victory off the field for an nfl player. Ray rices indefinite suspension has been lifted and suspended by the nfl, after a video of him attacking his then fiancee. Birth control battle, a doctor fights back after not writing a prescription, and losing her job over it. Theacs she is taking now. Find out where the mercury will start climbing, in the weekend first alert forecast. Coming up up tonight, a cowboy fan eats his words, after yesterdays eagles victory. Right now, former Baltimore Ravens running back ray rice, is now able to return to any nfl team that it will sign him. The nfl released a statement saying in part, we respect judge jones decision to reinstate ray rice from his indefinite suspension, he will be eligible to play upon signing a new contract. Right now, 4 31, a cold afternoon on the slopes, the nbc 10 skycam showing skiers and snow boarders on opening day at Blue Mountain. Philadelphia city hall, i guess they are on a break. Too cold. There they g a couple of skaters. Skycam network otop the comcast tower. If you are on the ice, the slopes, or out for black friday shopping, know it is cold out there. It is indeed. Here now, to tell us if it will get colder. Of course, it is, renee, you know it will be cold tonight. The question, is how cold. The teens, tomorrow morning, if you are about to walk out any time soon, this is what it looks like. It is not what it feels like. It feels colder when you factor in the wind. 37 degrees in philadelphia. Mid 30s in northeast philly, and we roclose to freezing in some spot, 32 inialentown, and reading. Temperatures still about the mid to upper 30s, south jers and delaware, mid 30s, it feels colder with the wind in place. It will start to diminish, it feels like the 20s for everyone. Feeling like mid to upper 20, this will be the case into 7 00 tonight. Cold and breezy, by 9 00, 31 degrees, dropping to it 20s, some in the teens tomorrow. A philadelphia pediatrician feels she was fired over her religious beliefs. Mitch . Dr. Doris fernandez claims she was fired with her job from the City Health Department because she wouldnt prescribe Birth Control to minors, it was unethical but in direct violation of her catholicism. The city stands accused of going against her beliefs, unless she did that, she would lose her job. That is what happened. That is doris fernandezs lur. The devote catholic practiced at Health Center 4. For years, there was rarely a problem with her quote religiously motivated practice of not describing contraception for children. According to the lawsuit, the dept of health made an effort to have them prescribe birthcontrol. She said, i captain participate, such participation is forbiden against my religious beliefs and my conscious. Last november, she was fired. Because she declined to participant in prescribing contraception. A spokesman said they could not comment because of the ongoing lawsuit. She is refusing to practice a certain type of medicine. Yes, a medical professional here,a doctor, a pediatrician, is really being told how to practice medicine. Now, fernandez is not asking for her job back. She is asking the city cover her Attorney Fees and quote for any further relief the court deems just. Mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. From the jersey shore bureau, three firefighters are recovering after a fire at an abandon condo. One firefight er was injured rescuing a woman. Suspect walked up to the counter at the dunkin doughnuts, last sunday, she showed an employee a gun under his shirt. He convinced the employee to give him cash before he ran away. Police say a mans girlfriend stabbed him in the chest because he couldnt keep his hands off the turkey. 47yearold Jacqueline Blake woke up from a drunken nap to find her boyfriend eating thanksgiving dinner early. She chased him around the table and stabbed him. He is expected to recover. 2000 customers without power on black friday. Most out angles are in sussex a county. A tradition in the Lehigh Valley will, officials rescheduled the game for players and fans and the kickoff is at 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. Many casinos lost millions, now one is spending millions. Plus this. The city of reading gets a new Christmas Tree t after a minor uproar after the old one. What Charlie Brown would have toy say about all this. And the popular family theme park prepares something more. And this could be a life saver. All new tonight at nbc news at 5 00, find out when philadelphia is now letting drivers park for free. A sign of hope for the Atlantic City casino crisis. A renovation, bogata buffet, and suites, construction begins monday. They dont have a timeline for when it will be finished. Mickey mouse and his friends are at disney are accommodating for food allergies. The epi pen can you used in the event of a serious reaction. Disney cruise lineups will stock epiy pens, those should still travel with their own for emergencies. It may not silence all the critics, but they have a plan to satisfy just about everyone. The solution to the Christmas Tree controversy. And a cold night for shoppers heading out for black friday deals, and hopeful news, milder temperatures. Forecast, next. There is santa, braves black friday in the mall. This couple taking a break from the shopping. The sales, and sales and more sales, the search of the best deals, going from store to store issue the mall opened at 6 00 last night. For some people, finding the best black friday deal is as much a part of thanksgiving weekend as the turkey. Jay gray joins us at the mall of america in minnesota. How ru crowds compared to last year . Much bigger. It is always great to talk to you. If you are going to black friday, do it big. I have been here all day. Close to midnight, i have been searching for a present for you, the turkey hat. Let me explain, i thought you would like it. Sales are on the way up. Things are going great, black friday, already more than 220,000 shoppers here this year, to this point that is more than all of black friday last year. The analysts say, 418 per person, that is up over the last several years, what are they buying . Electronics, clothes, that is the big purchases are. You think everybody says, i will get something for the kids, grandma, my parents, 76 of black friday shoppers are spending it all on themselves. It iss me day at the mall. It is, woing for retailers. Good new its as far as black friday is concerned. That is the latest here at the gigantic mall of america. Nbc 10 news. Now, the weather. If you are heading out any time soon, tonight, tomorrow, it will be cold for black friday shopping. Colder temperatures than last night. Some areas in the teen, early tomorrow. Cold as we go through tomorrow. And we can see fastmoving snow flurry, milder as we go into sunday. Big change from saturday to sunday. Sunday will actually feel nice. North and west right now. At or below freezing, 31 in reading, 32 west chester. Below freezing for everyone. Feelings like the mid 20s through the Lehigh Valley. 36 in wilmington. At the moment. Atlantic city, to the shore in stone harbor. Here is a look at Blue Mountain ski resort. Many out today, taking advantage of black friday. The fact that they have off and fresh snow. And of course, they make that snow overnight, too. That will be continuing. Locally, we are nice and dry. A few snow flurries, off to the west. Moving through ohio. Watching one weather disturbance, that could give us snow flurries tomorrow. Future weather, staying it dry and cold. You notice the clouds increasing, the disturbance gives us more clouds, getting closer, it will be cold. And a chance for a few snow flurries, a snowshower, briefly. And saturday night, things start to clear out. Sunday, sunshine, and milder temperatures, through the day on sunday. Sunday will be the nicer day, i think out of the weekend. Colder temperatures tonight. Possibly 16 north and west of philadelphia. And then, tomorrow, we will see cold temperatures upper 30s to possibly low 40s, more clouds with a chance of flurries, a snowshower north and west, quick moving. There you see it, 54, a milder day to end out your weekend. We stay mild into monday. Colder on tuesday. As we go through the rest of the week, temperatures 53, to 43 on thursday, with a chance for a few showers. Thanks. The sun was shining for opening day at the blue cross river rink winter fest. Skaters could take a break from the ice, warm up by the fire with hot chocolate and doughnuts, they will debut their light show when the sun starts to set. Santa claus is coming to town. Santa and mrs. Claus arrived on the santa express, the holiday train. Children sang christmas songs, and around the park. Town leaders wanted it to go. They could have done better. 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That it was a sore subject for one local town, now in the spirit of the season, the community is coming together to turn an embarrassment, to something with deeper meaning, we have been reporting on that socalled chashlie Brown Christmas free from reading, put it up, threatened to take it down, now they are keeping it and sending out a message at the same time. Right in front of that controversial tree to explain, randy. Reporter this tree has been decisive. Some calling for it to be replaced. The top of the tree is drooping down, there are a lot of hole, you can see through it, not your standard 30 rock Christmas Tree. Others rallying around t calling the Charlie Brown treatment today, both sides got their christmas wish. Ask most people who live here, they will say this 50 foot spruce is under whelming. Large gaps, and the tree seems to be slumping to one side. Put as many decorations that you want on this thing. I feel they could have done better. It was to be the center of christmas in reading. I never thought it was such a bad little tree. Who compared it to the ugly Charlie Brown tree, as a symbol that christmas is not about looks or money, relevant on black friday. I will take this tree home and decorate it. It is about, you know, the spirit of christmas. The city of reading, caught in a tough spot, decided to keep the Charlie Brown tree, got a brand new one. Healthier to, please the critics. I would have never thought that Christmas Tree will represent so much to so many people. The new tree was doit naed and decorated this afternoon, while the old one is standing across town, a single red bulb, adorning the top. I thinks that both trees represent hope. They represent a better tomorrow. The city hopes it will inspire, both will remain standing and decorated through the new year. Something to everyone. Coming up next, at 5 00, breaking news, ray rice has been reinstated. While an arbitrator found that he should be reinstated. And what it means for his future in the nfl . Some teens tomorrow, and tracking a warm up for part of your weekend. Next. And struggling Atlantic City hoping to cash in on the Holiday Shopping season. Next. Silent night not so silent . With sleep number, now theres an adjustment for that. Give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. This week only, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Know better sleep with sleep number. Right now, 5 00, the Holiday Shopping season is in full swing officially. The shoppers didnt just spot the sales, they saw flurries outside their car window. That snow came and went quickly, the cold temperatures are sticking around. It hasnt stopped people from hitting the ice. This was the scene earlier at the winter fest rink, in the park. People headed out tonight need to be ready for really chilly temperatures. It is going to get colder tonight than last night. Areas in the teens by tomorrow morning, currently, we are at or below freezing, 30 potstown, reading, and 31 in allentown, philadelphia, mid 30s, south jersey and delaware, mid 30s, still a bit of a breeze. It feelings like 24, 26 in reading windchill, and the rest of the area, feeling like the mid to upper 20s. 11 00, temperatures will be getting into the 20s. Colder tomorrow morning, part of your weekend will be a little mild. That forecast, coming up