fighting overseas but also their families here at home keeping the home fires burning and sending their love as well. thank you so much for that, pamela. we have been talking about the fact that the new tradition on thanksgiving seems to be shopping. it seems to be the new thanksgiving past time. we re seeing all sorts of folks out at the stores already this morning. here s a question, should you join them this thanksgiving? is black friday really worth it? here s a consumer spending analyst for hp retail advisory. we ll put the questions to her. happy thanksgiving, darling. happy thanksgiving to everyone. we ll start with this and start right off the bat. it seems like we have heard stories of the fact that some of these stores opening earlier or on thanksgiving are getting a little bit of heat for doing so. why are they doing it? to put it in perspective, retailers make 20% of their revenues during this time the entire year. so we re talking about that s a lot of money comi
husband takes the stand at a fraud trial involving the couple. and the college player who hit this amazing half-court shot to win $20,000. so why isn t he allowed to keep it? he joins us live this morning. your new day continues right now. one of the three isn t bad. welcome to new day, it is thursday, november 27th. 7:00 a.m. in the east. we wish you all a very, very happy thanksgiving. kate and chris have the day off, but my other family is here, john berman and pamela brannan are joining us for the thanksgiving day. i m very thankful to be here. we are watching the weather with the annual 87th macy s day thanksgiving parade will step off in about an hour.
had every train running late. reporter: yes, the busiest travel day of the year drew to a close and many families may have been delayed, but they were reunited. we expected to be delayed, so we weren t too disappointed. we have made it here on time. we re ready to go home and eat. reporter: so we made it through wednesday. people have a few days now to enjoy the holiday, makayla, before we have to do it all over again on sunday. let s not think about that yet. let s enjoy the fact that we may or may not be at our destinations, right? and then don t worry about sunday. start stressing about it now. margaret, thank you so much. stay bundled up out there, it is chilly. it s true, sunday will be a bit of a bear. pamela brown is also here with us on this thanksgiving day with a look at the other stories. wonderful to be here on this thanksgiving. and making news today, another accusation against the nsa about spying on world leaders. cvc news say canada allows the nsa to spy
weather cause havoc for this tradition? we ll bring you up-to-date. plus, the guy who made the half-court shot during a contest nailed it and scored $20,000. honestly, that s an amazing shot right there. it happened in oklahoma city. the thing is, now he might not get to keep the cash because he s a basketball player. he plays college basketball and his league says he can t keep it. we ll be talking to him about all this, easy come, easy go, $20,000. that s coming up in the next hour. nothing easy about that. we re watching a whole lot of other stories. pamela is here with our headlines this morning. good to be here on this thanksgiving. making news today, shocking new details coming from three young sisters in tucson who say they were held captive for two years. they say they were malnourished, no showers for months, loud music and white noise 24/7. and their doors were locked and they were looked up to alarms.
know, there s a big difference. this is a fear-based criticism. i don t want to say too much. hmm. no one is afraid of flowers. now let s get up-to-date on the other top stories today. pamela is with us. good morning to you. making news today, disturbing new details from arizona where three young sisters say they were held captive inside a tucson home for two years. the malnourished girls told detectives their every move was watched and they were blasted with music and white noise day and night. the girl s own mother and step-father are charged with child abuse and kidnapping. the stepfather is charged with child sexual abuse. and in eaglewood, california, a man who fired on police officers and held them hostage for several hours is now in custody. this started when the suspect took his girlfriend and her 14-year-old daughter hostage. when police got to the house, he opened fire hitting one officer. the suspect finally came out with his hands up about nine