Tonight when they opened the doors, were there many shoppers . No it wasnt too bad actually there were lines only at a few stores right when the mall opened at 6. The National Retail federation predicts 1. 6 million more people will hit the stores this year over the thanksgiving weekend compared to the same time last year. And many of the shoppers i spoke with at the lindale mall said it was their First Time Ever participating. Eager shoppers tonight despite some malls like mall of america opting to stay closed on thanksgiving. 19 15 14;00 our Corporate Office decided the best opportunity for lindale was to be open tonight to provide shoppers with another opportunity to get the best sales, deals and doorbusters. I think it lessens the craziness that we see on black friday so it just starts a little earlier on thanksgiving night. Some stores like francescas and some Jewelry Stores chose not to open, which surprised some shoppers. 19 21 04;25 we were going to go to we went to rue 21. One
Heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads should be just fine across eastern iowa. Any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. Temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. Expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. High pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. This will giving us a southerly wind and on top of that well get more sunshine. This will allow for our temperatures to warm into the low 50s for some, others into the upper 40s. Sunday will bring some sun to start, but and continue into monday. Today a flurry possible early, otherwise mostly cloudy. Wind w 515. High 41 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42 38 to 44 tonight skies clearing. Wind w 510 low 29 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 29 26 to 32 thanks britley. After enjoying the thanksgiving turkey, Many Americans hit the stores for thanksgiving evening deals. As abcs janai norman reports, hundreds more are waiting o
This is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads eastern iowa. Any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. Temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. Expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. High pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. This will giving us a southerly wind and on top of that well get more sunshine. This will allow for our temperatures to warm into the low 50s for some, others into the upper 40s. Sunday will bring some sun to start, but rain chances will move in late and continue into monday. Today a flurry possible early, otherwise mostly 38 to 44 tonight skies clearing. Wind w 510 low 29 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 29 26 to 32 stores inside lindale mall in cedar rapids are officially open for black friday. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is at the mall this morning. Forrest, have you seen many shoppers out there to
First look at some of the weekends biggest bargains, only on gma. And this morning, the loss of a legend. Brady bunch star Florence Henderson known as americas favorite mom has died at age 82. Friends and fans mourning the 70s star who never stopped bringing us laughter. . I wanna be loved by you alone. Boop boopee doo . Our tribute right here to a an icon indeed she was. Dan and i want to thank you for joining us on this friday after thanksgiving and we are talking about Florence Henderson. Such sad news for fans of the actress. Long before she moved into the Television Role that made her a star, Florence Henderson was an accomplished broadway sensation. Childhood when she moved on to the brady bunch. She never stopped working even after that show went off the air. Her career spanned six decades and she was still in the spotlight, in fact, just days before her death on dancing with the stars. Were going to have much more on this bona fide tv icon throughout the morning. Six decades. W
Single digits. Well stay sunny and cool for new years day, but well start a slow warming trend into the weekend with highs back in the 30s by next week. Today am snow likely high 2430 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 28tonight mostly cloudy low 1319 winds w 515 alo 12 dbq 17 iow 17 in only 34 days, iowans will head out to caucus for their president ial candidates. This morning, 2 in the republican field are in iowa. One on the edge of the toptier. And another trying to claw into the race. One of the top contenders in the race, florida senator marco rubio, is in central look at an event in newton. Rubio has been in 3rd place in recent polls a sharp distance behind texas senator ted cruz and businessman donald trump. This stop for rubio is one of several in the state this week. Earlier today he campaigned in pella. Yesterday, the senator spoke to caucus goers in waterloo. New jersey governor chris waterloo this morning. Christie spent his tuesday campaigning in iowa city, where president ob