most people prefer to go to stores, cyber monday is taking a chunk out of in person sales. it s predicted 136 million of you will hit the stores between now and sunday night. fox 35 in orlando with the arrest of a polite if not terribly proficient robber. police say when brian mccoy robbed a convenience store he apologized and let another customer cut ahead of him in line. after getting away with cash and beer, he turned himself in later than night. and this is a live look at honolulu from khon a customer doing some online banking sees her account is outstanding more a trillion dollars. the bank says the glitch has been fixed. that s tonight s live look outside the beltway for special report. we ll be right back.
down. what are the shoppers telling you? reporter: that s right. the woodfield mall in a northwest suburb of chicago. overnight and early morning hours you re seeing a lot of the millenn millennia. take a listen to what one shopper told us. we ve gone out on black friday for every year for probably 20. but now that they open on thanksgiving, we don t come out as early. ets a tradition more than anything. had to get out here and do it. 136 million americans are expected to shop this weekend. the bulk of it is expected today on black friday, somewhere around $100 million.
can you believe this? i believe it. fights breaking out across the country. they re just tickling. this video coming to us from a kentucky shopping mall. some people don t like being tickled. millions are expected to turn out for the busiest shopping day of the year. lauren blanchard is live at the mall of america in minnesota. good morning, lauren. reporter: good morning. yes, it might be todchaotic elsewhere, but here in the mall of america it s still in the christmas spirit. we expect it to be swarming with children trying to get their christmas lists in. the national retail federation estimates stores across the country are expecting to see close to 136 million shoppers in
breaking out across the country, friends. this video coming out of a kentucky shopping mall and chaotic crowds are expected as millions are predicted to turn out for the busiest shopping day of the year. lauren blanchard is live in minnesota at the mall of america. good morning. reporter: good morning, anna, clayton and peter. yes, i am just outside santaland in the mall of america. if there are any naughty shoppers, they ll be out of luck. it s pretty tame right now. most of them opening at 5:00 or 6:00 yesterday. we re just about at the 12-hour mark for shoppers. according to the national retail federation, stores all over the country are expecting to see close to 136 million shoppers in stores and online this weekend. the senior vice president of business development and marketing for the mall says like past years, folks are shopping for electronics. they re also shopping for comfort ware like will ylululem
all right, we ll check back with you later on. adam reiss reporting for us in chicago. thank you very much. meanwhile, across the country right now, the black friday sales dash is in full force with millions of holiday shoppers looking for deep discounts, and many are noticing increased security. several stores opened on thanksgiving with many others opening early this morning for door-buster deals. the national retail federation estimates that nearly 100 million americans will be out shopping today, and overall this weekend, 136 million people are expected to head to the stores. well, that s compared to nearly 134 million shoppers over last year s black friday weekend. want to go now live to the atlantic station outdoor mall in atlanta and nbc s sarah dallof. doesn t seem like there are too many crowds there just yet, sarah. reporter: we are in a bit of a lull right now, frances. those door-busters at the big box stores, well, those happened early this morning, and now we re int