Millions who dared to head to the mall. The pictures from all over the country. So are the numbers tonight. And first, the crowds, customers crushing their way into victorias secret here, this one in tulsa, all to get a gift bag. This one for the discount dvds in a san diego walmart. And a lone customer celebrating victory after finding what he was looking for at a best buy. Economists cheering as well. Take a look at the recordbreaking numbers. 247 million shoppers in the stores and websites in the past four days. Shoppers spending an average of 423 per person. An all time high 59 million spend over the thanksgiving holiday. Tonight, John Schriffen with the pictures that help explain why so many records have now been shattered. Reporter from georgia to oklahoma, to california. The deep discounts this Holiday Weekend brought out the worst in some shoppers across the country. But for retailers who jumpstarted the shopping season early on thanksgiving day a huge success, raking in more t
Lumpur. The malaysian government has got an lot of heat as all our viewers know, not releasing more information on the flight. What did the Prime Minister tell you today . Its a broadcast exclusive interview. So far, the Prime Minister has not sat down with any interviewers to answer questi s questions, direct questions on what he knew, what malaysia knew and what they now believe happened to nh 370. We learned yesterday, when i asked at a press conference that a preliminary report has been sent to the u. N. Body and tonight, the Prime Minister pledged that that report would be released next week, after its been reviewed by a committee. He has confirmed the report. Wolf, the most extraordinary thing tonight from the Prime Minister, when i asked specifically, would he now say that mh370, the plane and the passeng passengers were lost . There were no survivors. He said even though that might seem obvious, out of respect for the next of kin, he would not go that far. This is the Prime Min
Attacks. At the top of the meeting is the Counter Terrorism efforts and the threat they perceive to european countries. In the meantime we are getting details for the first time on one of the suspects that was arrested in a police raid here in belgium in the eastern town of verviers. When the suspects opened fire on police and were killed. The third man was arrested and identified by his attorney as marouane el bali. He is being charged, the defense Attorney Says, with participation in a terrorist organization and possession of explosives and with prohibited possessions of weapons. The attorney insists his client is innocent of all terrorism charges. He said el bali was only in the apartment raided by police because he was there to deliver a pair of shoes to his friend. He also says his client has no criminal record and was working as a security guard. El bali comes from the neighborhood here in brussels. It is a neighborhood with very high unemployment. With a very Large Population of
First, a developing story out of yemen. A firefight between the army and rebels near the president theal administration in the capital. Sources close to the yemen president says the fighting starred over road closures in the started over road closures in the city and the president is safe. Lets get right to our senior correspondent, nick paton walsh, with the latest of whats happening. This is over more than road closures though. Tell us how widespread is the fight ing fighting in the capital . Reporter this is being described as a fight for power in the country. Behind me you cant see it in the shot but its the president ial administration. Weve been hearing the past hour or so artillery fired. The militia said to be in force around the administration accused of trying to enter it by officials close to the president the and parts of the yemeni army trying to defend the president ial administration. I should point out that the president is not inside. Hes said of to be safe. Let me win
Were arrested in antiterror raid in belgium, france, and germany. The threat is not only the one we faced in paris but also spreading in many other parts of the world start. And we need to strengthen our way of cooperating together. First in countries and then internally. Interior ministers, Foreign Affairs ministers. And well have a discussion about that. We need to share information more. We need to cooperate more. Meantime belgian authorities have asked greece to extradite a suspect they believe is tied to a terror plot that had been planned to target police. The suspected cell was raided in eastern belgium last week. Five belgian nationals have been charged for their alleged roles in the plot. Two other suspects are being health in france. They were detained while trying to cross into italy. Meantime, french authorities are trying to track down two people who may have known amedy coulibaly. Of course the gunman accused in the deadly siege at the kosher market in paris. A source who