For the holiday. One of americas favorite it also one of our days . Friday. Many stores now open their doors as early as 10 am on the holiday. Boomnig . Abc9s stores to find out. Thanks tim. Doorbuster or thats what retailers have been calling their r g sale ahead of one of the biggest shopping days of the year. And if you couldnt wait to get off from the dinner table and go shopping today was your day. Cheering vo no. These people are not getting ready for a championship game at least not in any kind of sport. Their championship game is the early shopping frenzy on thanksgiving day. Retailers across the country opened their doors to people looking to find that new tv. Tablet or game console ahead of black friday. Some of them camped outside the store for hours with a simple strategy. Sot you gotta be first, if you aint first you ar last. Thats whyou have to be first here getting the best deals in line here on black friday. Vo and to some. Its not even just about getting those great de
Jessica rae we begin this morning with a story out of sioux city, North High Schools former band director is facing felony charges. 34 year old Lucas Sursely who resigned from his position last week was arrested for Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee. While in police custody, sursely admitted to sending a lewd photo to a student. According to court documents, sursely told police after his arrest he was texting a 15 year old female student about having sex with him. The 34yearold submitted his resignion to the School One Week ago, and parents were notified about the matter in a meeting on monday. A press conference was held yesterday afternoon, where School Administrators from the district spoke on the and although the superintendent on the the circumstances surrounding the arrest, doctor paul to make it very clear theyre doing everything to resolve the situation. I assure the community that we take matters of this naturereery seririsly. This is the work that we do. We e do our wo
We begin this scene in rural oregon. Armed protesters have seized control of a National Wildlife refuge. Abcs megan hughes takes us there nats up protestors armed militia members man a guard tower usually used to spot wildfires. This wildlife refuge in Harney County oregonhas been taken over and become a symbol. Bundy it is the oples facility. Owned by the people. the principles that ammon bundy says theyve come with generators and other supplies potentially preparing for siegelike conditions. Local Law Enforcement urged people to stay away the fbi has now taken overand tensions are running high. Jordan its sort of frightening when ththe are people making threats and people toting guns. Sot mccannon people are afraid. Militia leader it is the duty of the people to put that Government Back in its place. Bundy, along with his father, nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy were involved in atandoff with the government over grazing rights two years ago. Confrontation with Law Enforcement this latest
Christmas, seeing all this snow up here . Gabby adame very rare, rare laughs Patrick Walker are you cold yet . Gabby adame yeah. Latifa Javier Las Vegas its a great christmas, i like the snow right here, right now, last year it wasnt that great, but this year, totally worth it Patrick Walker reporting while the temperatures may only be in the 20s, its not cold enough to keep me from going up there and taking a turn myself. Patrick Walker a tough assignment. But someone has to do it. Even if its not very done very well. The more hardcore fun was just up the road. As skiiers and snowboarders packed the slopes at lee canyon. tania ramezani dallas, tx we came here yesterday, but this is my first day skiing, and its been amazing so far, the weather is great, and weve been having a good time. Sean Mcgill Las Vegas right now, theyre pretty nice, theres powder everywhere, and theres a good enough base for everything, so its fun. Patrick Walker about 80 percent of the resorts 30 runs are open.
3 president obama begins a major push today to tackle gun violence during his final year in office. Part of the president s plan includes action to close the socalled gunshow loophole. The topic is becoming a major focus for candidates vying for the white house. Brian webb has the latest on the president ial campaign from new york. 3 nats vo Hillary Clinton keene nh Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton is praising president obama for executive actions he intends to unveil this week that would strengthen background checks on gun purchases sot clinton if Congress Wont act we have to do something about the fact 33thousand people a year die from guns. Bernie sanders, whos trailing clinton in the polls, also backed the president s moves. On sunday, the vermont senator criticized republicans for on the issue. sot sanders i would prefer that we could have bipartisan support, but the truth is republicans are not interested in doing anything about gun safety. Republican president ial contend