Because ill only find one good thing. Im sure other people are having a completely different experience. Reporter definitely for this little one, her first black friday experience. Its wonderful, really nice. Reporter but you cant find the sales while sleeping. Sales are real good, a lot of 50 off, 25 off stuff. Were real happy so far. Railroad are you using your allowance money . Uhhuh. Reporter what did you get . Clothes. After a big local day meal yesterday, get out there, burn some calories, walk around the mall, fight amongst the people and work off all the food we had yesterday to make room for leftovers today. Reporter by the looks of it a lot of people have been burning a lot of calories today. A good thing, right, with all this turkey from thanks that turkey from thanksgiving dinner . Theres only 2 1 2 hours until the mall closes until we can say bye bye to black friday here at tysons corner. There have been more crowds this year than last year and it could be attributed to the silver line. Back to you. They have found a way there. Absolutely. Over in maryland its the first black friday at the new Laurel Town Center and thats where we find our scott broom live. Scott . Reporter hey, good evening. Just like surae has been reporting, its been really busy but not out of control crazy. For instance, in this walmart parking lot its busy in the store, but theres still Parking Spaces and a lot of shoppers i talked to said it wasnt as crazy as past black fridays and they attribute that and blame some of that on gray thursday which happened yesterday stealing the thunder. Look at some of the scenes today all over maryland suburbs from walmart to kohls and target to the Tanger Outlet malls. Its been busy but not nuts. Most shoppers think thats because a lot of Stores Opened early yesterday on thanksgiving day. Many of them stayed open all night like this walmart making lines and fistfight and all that craziness first thing in the morning today on black friday a thing of the past. Today so far has been a pleasure. Im shocked. Shopping was wonderful. Good. It wasnt as busy as i thought it would be. Reporter thats what everybody is telling me. I was saying im not going out because its so busy, but theres not as many people as i thought there would be. Instead of jeans that were 80 bucks i got them for 20, crazy stuff like that. Reporter so there are plenty of bargains. The top lure is to bring people in and its the Big Box Stores electronics and heavy discounts on televisions, but im getting a lot of shoppers who say they started Holiday Shopping online days and weeks ago and really what theyre looking for today is items that they want to touch or feel or be surprised by, kind of Stocking Stuffers or items like clothing they want to try on or something fig like a bicycle that they want to take a look at in person. So theres a lot of traffic today, but as i said, it seems like gray thursday sort of stole some of the thunder. Reporting live in maryland, scott broom, wusa9. Now the National Retail federation says 140 million shoppers will search for the best deals this weekend and 68 of them will shop today on black friday. Holiday sales are expected to grow by 4 this year to nearly 617 billion. The increase may be due in part beuse people have more money to spend this Holiday Season thanks to lower gas prices. Protests over the ferguson grand jury decision resume today after taking a beck for the thanksgiving local day. A break for the thanksgiving holiday. Todays demonstrations were meant to disrupt black friday shopping. Reporter more than 100 demonstrators shut down the st. Louis galleria mall friday afternoon continuing the protests that began monday after a grand jury did not indict Police OfficerDarren Wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. Protesters in new york city stormed macys Flagship Store and there were other demonstrations around the country including chicago and san francisco. In dellwood, the community neighboring ferguson, there is anger and a call for federal funds to help rebuild after mondays violence. This stretch of town is littered with burnt out buildings. People are asking why more wasnt done monday night to protect businesses. These arent just buildings or businesses. These are peoples lives. Reporter but in downtown ferguson there are signs of hope and healing. Natalies cakes and more damaged monday night reopened after donations poured in. It went from tears of sadness to tears of joy and just in a greatful state right now. Reporter Natalie Dubois is the owner. Are you staying in ferguson . Absolutely, absolutely. I invested everything that i have into opening this shop here. Reporter a business she says will weather the storm of unrest along with the community she calls home. Chris van cleave, cbs news, ferguson, missouri. Protesters called on shoppers to boycott black friday in ferguson and across the country. The buying power of African Americans is estimated to be about 1 trillion a year. Black friday protests werent limited to the reaction to the grand jury decision in ferguson. Walmart workers at the store on h street in washington and other Stores Across the country rallied in front of store entrances today calling on the Worlds Largest retailer to raise their pay to a minimum of 15 an hour and provide them with more consistent fulltime work. For its part walmart says the protests are mostly made up of paid Union Demonstrators and are not representative of its 1. 3 million workers across the country. Over the past few years the day after black friday has become known as Small Business saturday. It started in 2010 by American Express and its a National Campaign to encourage people to shop at mom and pop businesses in their neighborhoods. It serves as a reminder that Small Businesses also rely on holiday sales to survive. So what will the weather be like for all of you friday night and early saturday shoppers out there . First alert meteorologist erica grow is here to tell us. Hi. Hi, guys. Another cold night on tap in the d. C. Metro area, but those blustery winds early this morning and last night have subsided. I wanted to give you a wide view so that if you plan on traveling back to your home if youre here visiting us in d. C. , i hop you had a wonderful thanksgiving and thanks for tuning in. If you live in the pacific northwest, unfortunately this nasty storm continues to bring heavy rain and there are flood warnings in the Seattle Metro area. Snow showers are going to mix in with that rain through at least tomorrow morning. Snow showers also affecting parts of the great lakes but not the kind of accumulating snow that we did have earlier on in the week and back here in the metro area we are just looking at dry conditions as we head into tonight, maybe a flurry but tomorrow is completely dry. So this is what were expecting, mostly cloudy skies, 26 to 32. So it will get cold enough for that hard freeze, but at least the winds wont be a factor out of the south at 5 miles per hour. Coming up ill talk more about the warming trend for the weekend in the first alert sevenday forecast. Coming up a man describes how he used his pickup truck to rescue a neighbor from his burning apartment. A former judge rules ray race can return to the nfl immediately on i want it all and i want it now your toys want more. They need more. So get more guaranteed from verizon fios. Including your Favorite Movie channels, blazing fast internet and 400 back. All for this amazing price online, guaranteed for 2 years with a 2year agreement. So take the hint. And get more guaranteed today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v there it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Were following new developments tonight in the ray rice case. The Nfl Players Union says the former ravens running back has won his appeal of his indefinite suspension. He can play again immediately once he signs with a new team. A former federal judge today ruled the nfl was unjustified in making rices initial two game suspension an indefinite one after a video showing him punching his then fiancee went public. The judge wrote rice hadnt misled commissioner Roger Goodell and there were no new facts on which the commissioner could base his increased suspension. The National Organization of tomen issued a statement saying days decision is another example of the commissioners failed leadership. Residents burned out of their apartments thanksgiving night returned today to check on their homes. About 30 people were displaced when the fire broke out in their sevenstory Apartment Building on good hope avenue in hillcrest heights. David gomez was eating thanksgiving dinner with his family when his daughter smelled smoke. When they reached the hallway, there was fire nextdoor. So david helped rescue his neighbor from the outside. We saw him on the balcony. Thats when we didnt know what to do. You know, see the fire coming out. So thats when i told my dad, just bring the truck, park over here and he jump on the truck and, you know, went under the balcony and he gave me the guy and i just grabbed him and we bring him down. Cleanup for the fire is underway. Its not clear when the residents will all be allowed back in. Investigators say this fire was sparked by an electrical malfunction. Its beginning to look like christmas at the white house. A horse drawn wagon carrying the White House Christmas tree arrived at the executive mansion today. First Lady Michelle obama gave the tree the thumbs up as well as daughter has alliya and sasha and the dog malia and sasha and the dogs greeted the tree from pennsylvania. The tree will be on display in the white house blue room. Two boys talk about how they survived after a snowplow buried them under several feet of snow. But next d. C. Residents take book t opportunity to sign a make us stronger. When a girl connects with a science mentor. Her confidence grows. When schools connect with technology. A 5th graders world opens up. And when a worker connects to online degrees. His opportunities multiply. The at t aspire initiative. Helping students and communities across america. Today was the last chance to sign the official book of condolences for marion barry and a steady stream of residents lined up in the foyer of the Wilson Building to do just that. They came to express their sympathy and appreciation for the life and legacy of the four term mayor and current ward 8 council member. I think they should remember him for what hes done for minorities of all races in the city and giving them an opportunity to better their personal and professional development skills. And more pursuing their career dreams. I think even in the School System people should know about marion barry, not the things that hes done that was negative. We all have some good or bad in us, but his good outweighed the bad and i think thats whats important. Its about his legacy and that that legacy continue to live. Two large Public Memorials are planned for marion barry next week. 1 will be held a week from today at temple of praise on southern avenue, the other next saturday at the Washington Convention center. No motive as of yet for a gunmans recall morning rampage in austin, texas. The man tried to set the Mexican Consulate on fire before firing more than 100 rounds at the consulate, city police headquarters, the u. S. Courthouse and other downtown buildings. Police will say hes a 50year old white man with a criminal history. An eyewitness said the suspect was dressed all in black and n a s. W. A. T. Teamlike uniform. He had the automatic rifle in his hands. He was pointing up kind of at a 45degree angle like he was shooting at the second floor. One of our officers that was out in front of the building saw the suspect, fired at the suspect. The suspect went down. The gunman was killed. Still unclear whether he shot himself or was shot by police. Miraculously no one else was hurt. A search for possible explosives on the suspect and in his car turned up nothing. Two new york boys have plenty to be thankful for. They were rescued after being buried in a snowbank for hours. The two had been playing wednesday night when they were apparently covered by a snowplow. Mark albert reports rescuers had to use their bare hands to free them. Reporter feeling nervous but relieved cousins jason rivera, 9, and elijah martinez, 11, recall their terrifying thanksgiving ordeal. I was thinking that me and my brother were going to die. Me, too. Reporter the two boys had been building notice forts in newburgh, new york, when they did not arrive home by their 9 p. M. Curfew. A snowplow operator is believed to have not seen the boys playing and covered them with a 7foot mound of snow. The snow became heavier and heavier pressing down on the cousins while the hours ticked by. Y jgrnthroat was hurting. I was like gasping for air. Reporter finally a dog led a team of rescuers to where the boys were buried. They heard the sounds of kids under the snow and were digging them out. Reporter rescuers didnt wait using their hands to claw at the snow. When i got there the little boy as he feet was there and he was shaking and he was like mommy mommy. Reporter the boys were treated and released at a nearby hospital. I want to thank everybody. I want to thank everybody. Reporter they say their days of building snow forts are over. You know whats amazing, they were stuck in that snowbank for hours with nothing on their fingers, but they can move their fingers okay. It looked like their hand are going to be okay. I hope they get a chance to do snow forts again in a safer environment perhaps under supervision, might be a good idea next time. The dog always wins. The nose knows. We will have a milder trend setting up going into the weekend. Thank goodness because today was chilly, wind chills below freezing most of michael and so the Washington Monument to the left, 37 degrees, mostly clear at Reagan National airport now, but clouds will build in heading into the overnight hours. It wont be breezy anymore. Thats a good piece of good news, those blustery winds are settling down, but because the winds are settling down well see temperatures dipping as cold as they did last night. That milder trend starts tomorrow. Back into the 50s by sunday. So it will definitely be milder for this time of year. A few shower are possible monday, but because of that milder air those showers will be falling as rain and not as snow or ice, good news there. Its 30 degrees right now in hagerstown and leesburg. Its 27 in manassas and 33 degrees in annapolis. You can see on satellite and radar those few snow showers to the north and west are not Holding Together as they make their way over the mountains, a little contrast to that quick little burst of snow showers that we had early in the morning. It put down just a little dusting. It wasnt a big deal, but now we have a warm front lifting through that will bring an end to any chance of wintery precipitation this weekend. The chilly air will be gone by the time we get into saturday afternoon. Then an approaching cold front actually drives in the winds from the south as we head into sunday that. Will lead to that milder air and temperatures will be a little above normal this time of year. The showers hold off until at least monday afternoon, 1 p. M. Monday those showers creeping into the d. C. Metro area. I think it will be closer to the evening commute before we see showers here monday. Overnight tonight dry, mostly cloudy, maybe a passing flurry, but overall its going to be a mostly cloudy night with temperatures dipping to the 20s in the suburbs, 32 downtown and tomorrow morning temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s. Well still have a mostly cloudy sky, but some breaks in the sunshine in the afternoon. High temperatures 45 to 50 is milder than today. Green weather alerts the next three days, sunday looking nice, a high of 56 degrees, sunshine. Then monday we have to deal with a passing shower as that cold front moves through and another shower is possible tuesday. In the first alert sevenday forecast the best chance for rain is actually wednesday as the bulk of the energy with that same system will move through, but we dont have anything like the Winter Weather and the heavy rain that we had last wednesday in this upcoming forecast, good news there. Coming up fans eager to see the first trailer for the new star wars movie helped crash a popular website. Q star wars fans, we are getting our first look tonight at the long awaited new installment. Stormtroopers ready for battle, a droid rolling along in the desert and the millennial falcon taking off into space, just a few images revealed in first trailer for Star Wars Episode 7, the force awakens. Eager fans apparently trashed the itunes website trying to get a sneak at that teaser. It will be directed by j. J. Abrams and wont hit the theaters until december 18th, 2015. Were going to have to wait. Give you a little teaser, right . Get you excited about it. Get you ready for it. Now wait a Merry Christmas thanks but this gift, its kind of halffast. Whats wrong . We still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads. So ill be halffast when i share my photos. And ill do a halffast job updating my blog. Wait, is everything under this tree halffast . Who wants eggnog . Dont settle for half fast cable internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. Uploads as fast as downloads. Get this great price online guaranteed for two full years plus 400 back with a 2year agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v we have done so many e. T. Interviews this year. For which i am thankful. Since it is just the day after thanksgiving. We have put the best and one incredible special. This too shall pass. My hearttoheart nversation with Oprah Winfrey. I got in a lot of trouble. And also we look back at paula deens first indepth at home interview more than a year after her world was decimated by scandal. Something i was so ashamed of. So disgusted. Nothing was offlimits. 12. 5 million in earnings. Went away. Jcpenney. Who can forget this with garth brooks . Well, we talk all about it. But what he didnt know. He flewere her. Here sheis. How are you doing . Now, entertainment tonight. We love entertaining people. Hi, thank you for joining me. Kevin frasier is off. Since the day after thanksgiving, the star interviews im any most thankf. Gartbrooks allowing me to share a moment with him. Thankful for paula deen. Opening up about her trying year. All that coming up. Start with Oprah Winfrey shared with me the most important life lesson. Her latest book. What i know for sure. You said. Some of the times it brought you to your knees were some of the biggest lessons in life. What i know for sure is, no matter what you are going through, this too shall pass. That all trials, hatch you look at your self and say, whoam