with bargain hunters. that s right, serious shoppers are out in force this morning, snapping up black friday deals at some of the nation s biggest retailers, and this year, the official holiday shopping season actually kicked off even earlier with some stores offering deep discounts thursday night. nbc s janel klein is in new york city for us this morning. janel, these people are like late to the game, at 5:00 in the morning. it s like, you know, people have been out there for hours. reporter: they re pretty serious about this, lynn, and like you said, a lot of stores opening last night, so many people went straight from thanksgiving dinner right to the shopping mall. many stores doing this for the very first time, and that is just one sign that the rush to lure black friday shoppers is more intense than ever. bargains are on, and so is the bedlam. one in four americans are shopping today with high stakes and low prices. black friday is the beginning of the season, it s a
that s right, serious shoppers are out in force this morning, snapping up black friday deals at some of the nation s biggest retailers, and this year, the official holiday shopping season actually kicked off even earlier with some stores offering deep discounts thursday night. nbc s janel klein is in new york city for us this morning. janel, these people are like late to the game, at 5:00 in the morning. it s like, you know, people have been out there for hours. reporter: they re pretty serious about this, lynn, and like you said, a lot of stores opening last night, so many people went straight from thanksgiving dinner right to the shopping mall. many stores doing this for the very first time, and that is just one sign that the rush to lure black friday shoppers is more intense than ever. bargains are on, and so is the bedlam. one in four americans are shopping today with high stakes and low prices. black friday is the beginning of the season, it s a huge day across the c
turned this u-6 metro bus into a moveable crime scene. he was after somebody on that bus. they re just not going to shoot at a bus. a male passenger onboard wounded in the hand and arm. we re scared. police say the gunfire erupted here at 37th street near ely place around 6:30 sunday morning. a man who declined to get on the bus opened fire at a rear window and then fled. it was four shots. robert gardner s elderly mother heard the shots down the street. he like others with senior parents or young children are concerned about safety. this is crazy you know. folks don t have more than groceries. just over three weeks ago 22-year-old demetrius stumpson was fatally wounded near alabama avenue and 24th street. two suspects shown on surveil as surveillance video were captured in florida. police say the shooting stemmed from an argument moments before. stuff like this is why i m not around here. metro said after the shots the driver moved the bus to east capit