That we talk this morning at this particular best buy. We saw some 600 people file into this store all trying to get, you know, these deals. You look around, you see the tvs. There are televisions that are marked off. Youve got Laptop Computers that are marked off. Laptops and tablets definitely the big items that are in demand here. And store a store like best buy, you know, not only is it competing with online sales, but also competing with walmart, target. Its really important for this store, when you talk to the store managers here, to make sure that they get the best bang for their buck. You know, best buy had disappointing Third Quarter earnings. Theyre doing the best to make up for that. This is the day to do it. So you see them really advertising and pushing these deals. These door busters. Again, we saw a laptop computer for like 179. There are definitely deals that have made customers come out and continue to come out. Well see that through sunday, alina. All right, george howl, live from atlanta. Well be talking to the ceos of macys and toys r us later on. Stacey cohan has joined the pilgrimage at the Pentagon City mall at arlington, virginia. She joins us now. Stacey, some 200 stores in this mall, four levels . What have you been seeing . Its enormous. If you want to shop this is the place to do it. Some of the anchor stores, larger retailers opened at midnight. The store in general opened at 5 00 this morning. I just got some numbers on the parking lot which usually can tell you some idea of how many people are here. Its about 15 full. That is as of 5 00 a. M. Keep in mind, thats 5 00 a. M. And we also have a metro station within walking distance of the mall. So many people come here that way. People are steady filing in. And, i just got this, which is ive not seen black fridays before, this is a shopper bag that they are providing, a shopper relief bag to shoppers out here. Theyve got some really neat items, bottled water. They have hand sanitizer. There are smacks in here, candy and ships and a lot of coupons for the stores. So thats on top of the black friday deals theyre already offering. These are available as supplies last. Made me feel good because i havent been able to shop yet, so at least i have a bag. But most of the people here that im seeing around, they have bags in their hands. Thats good news. You know the National Retail federation is not predicting a superstar holiday sales season this year. Theyre thinking folks werent going to spend a whole lot more money than they did last year. Thats not the greatest news. But as long as people can keep it steadily coming i dont see too many empty handed folks here. This is a big mall. So were busy. Stacy im glad you have that relief bag with you, while shopping it is very important to hydrate. Make sure you keep that up. Can you tell by the traffic where people are walking where they seem to be headed, which stores seem to be doing well. I can tell by the bags. Macys is one of the stores that opened at midnight. Keep in mind, there are almost 200 stores here. 170 stores, four levels, im just staring at the makeup store, which seems to be doing a good job. I spoke to a lady earlier. Clothes seem to be what im hearing a lot of. Clothing items are hot at least in this mall for the moment. There is a best buy across the street from me. Folks who want high tech gadgets are probably going across the way. Stacey cohan, thanks so much. We have a developing story were watching very closely. New reports of violence in gaza here the Israeli Border this morning. According to hamas security sources, a group of farmers and protesters were participating in antiisrael demonstrations in the security buffer between the two regions known as nomansland. Hamas claims Israeli Forces fired at the protest killing at least one palestinian man and wounding 19 others. There are also reports that six people were hurt in the same area yesterday. Despite the violence, that ceasefire there is still holding. Meantime, officials in israel say they made an arrest in wednesdays bus bombing in tel aviv. They say the suspect is an arab israeli and a member of hamas. That group has said it had nothing to do with the attack, by the way. More than 20 people were hurt. Police say the suspect used a cell phone to detonate the bomb. One wreck on a foggy int interstate set off a massive Chain Reaction bileup. It happened near beaumont, texas. About 100 vehicles crashed into each other. Two people were killed, more than 100 injured. This stretch of interstate 10, by the way, was shut down for several hours yesterday. Some egyptians are now calling their new president a dictator. Mohamed morsi issued an order that says the courts may not overturn any of his decisions until the country drafts a new constitution. This could give him unchecked power for months. Morsi has already ordered retrials of officials in last years crackdown on protesters. That could mean another crackdown for hosni mubarak. In about four hours time Michelle Obama will welcome a Christmas Tree to the white house. Youre having a look at last years tree there. This years is a 19 foot frasier fir. It will arrive at about 11 00 a. M. Eastern from ashe county, North Carolina. And it will be displayed in the blue room. It was a triple serving of nfl football on thanksgiving day. It started in detroit as always. The texans had a 3431 victory overoverthelions. A gaffe by lions coach jim schwartz on this play right here. The texans running back appeared down. Still ran for a touchdown. Now the coach of the lions threw the challenge flag here. But, it was negated, a negated automatic review because he threw the flag and it may have tossed the team a game. If you throw the flag on a scoring play it negates the automatic review. Still he should have known better. And the lions went on to lose. Meanwhile in dallas, the cowboys lost to the Washington Redskins 3831. Washington quarterback Robert Griffin the third, rg3 was the star throwing for over 300 yards and four touchdowns. He looked great. Also looking great yesterday the new england patriots. They just mauled the jets. The jets clearly the biggest turkey of the day. The patriots won 4919. The game wasnt even that close. The patriots at one point, they scored three touchdowns in 52 seconds. Thats almost mathematically impossible, folks, but it was wonderful to see. Julian edelman. This was bill belichicks 200th win as a head coach. So congratulations to coach belichick. Heres another one of the touchdowns. We could watch this for hours there were so many touchdowns. Thats right. Boston boy next to me. Proud man this morning. Stayed up late to watch the game. Eight minutes after the hour. Cooler temperatures creeping in just as the holiday rolls into the weekend. Rob marciano down in atlanta there. Quite the gloat next year. Yeah, i know. Congratulations, john. Good times on the Patriot Front there, and boy i tell you what, rg3, he has a cannon. Not only can can i run but a howitzer for an arm. Vancouver looking at rainfall. The seahawks are playing in miami. Portland to medford, dry weather finally. Thats a mess as you go north into the emerald city, travel problems. Thin line of showers crossing the mississippi in through memphis over to cumberland, as well, in through nashville. The bigger story is whats behind this, and that is in the form of white. Already eight inches plus in some spots of wisconsin overnight. Winter storm warnings posted for this area. So its going to be a slow go if youre doing some travel across the u. P. 7 to 9 inches of snow fall expected there. Winter storm warnings are up. And then winds for a good chunk of the western great lakes and upper midwest. Could gust 40 to 50 miles an hour in some spots. And thats a tough go as far as travel goes. And it will be at the airport, chicago, detroit. We shouldnt see major delays like we saw on wednesday, when we were just stuck in the soupy fog. Minneapolis some wind, and seattle and portland rain and low clouds as well. Heres your front bumping into some warm air. Another decent day and warm across much of the eastern seaboard. Enjoy it because saturday and sunday, the gates of the cold canadian air open up. And were talking about temperatures in the 20s today in minneapolis. 30s after being in the 60s yesterday in chicago. And all of this is pouring off toward the east. Enjoy your 54 degrees in new york and boston, 55. Not quite a ticker tape parade for that impressive win but nonetheless. I took off my coat yesterday here in new york. Did you . Yeah, nice weather. Beautiful day here. It was gorgeous. Keep it randy. Thanks, rob. Nine minutes after the hour. Ahead on starting point a deadly shooting this morning in gaza, as Israeli Forces kill a palestinian protester near the border. Could this break the fragile truce there . And later the numbers keep growing and growing. Powerball jackpot fever on again. Its on the rise. You wont believe how much its up to now. With verizon. Hurry in this friday for great deals. Like the droid razr by motorola in cranberry, free. Or a white 7inch Samsung Galaxy tab 2, just 99. 99. This friday, get the best deals on the best devices on the best network. Exclusively at verizon. Welcome back, everyone. Minding your business this morning, u. S. Stock futures are up but its expected to be a Light Trading day after the holiday and its a shortened trading day, as well. Markets close at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Leftover turkey. 13 minutes after the hour. The black friday frenzy in full swing. The National Retail federation estimates 147 million shoppers are expected to hit stores today, and into the weekend. Plus, we already know that Online Shopping is up. Its up nearly 20 so far. And, the number of Customers Using mobile devices to check out deals online has reached a new record, 28. 5 . Thats according to the ibm benchmark survey which tracks the sort of thing every year. And its not even cyber monday yet. Every day has a name. Many small retailers are hoping to get a piece of the action tomorrow with Small Business saturday. That is a big push from the Small Business administration encouraging customers to do their Holiday Shopping at local small shops tomorrow. 100 million americans shop at independently owned stores an this day last year. Two days back from the brink of war, a deadly incident could threaten the fragile peace between israel and hamas. According to a hamas spokesman, israeli troops fired on Palestinian Protesters near the gaza border, killing one man and wounding 19 others. Cnns sara sidner following all the developing stories for us out of jerusalem. Sara, good morning. What do we know . Good morning, alina the hamas spokes people from the Health Department have been saying that now 25 people have been injured. One of them killed. They say that it was farmers that were near the border there working on the border, or near the border with israel gaza fence. But when we talked to the Israeli Military they said something very different, that there were several groups of men who came up to the fence, trying to cross over into israel, protesting against israel. Their soldiers shot in the air once, then shot at their legs. The Israeli Military not confirming a death or injuries but they are investigating at this point in time. This comes at a very fragile time, because this ceasefire thats been in place now for less than 48 hours, one of the things that was continued upon is that there was no firing or aggression from either side towards one another. And now were seeing this incide incident. So far there hasnt been any comments from either government, neither hamas nor the Israeli Government about what they may or may not do but there has also not been an escalation which is good news. So far the ceasefire still holding. But a lot of concern is happening at a very difficult time when everyone is on tenterhooks waiting to see if the ceasefire holds for a longer time. Sara sidner live for us in jerusalem. Lets talk more about this right now. Were going to bring in veteran middle east analyst robin wright at the Woodrow Wilson center and the u. S. Institute of peace and author of the book rock the casbah. She just returned from a trip to the middle east. Lets start with the shooting. A very fragile truce right now, a fragile ceasefire, how threatening is an incident like this . In 64 years of conflict weve had dozens of ceasefires that are fallen apart. This one was always vulnerable. Tempers are particularly explosive. But both sides have a vested interest right now in trying to generate movement for the palestinians, the opening of gaza, the end of the blockade, or the easing of the blockade, thats crippled the economy now for four years, and the israelis want security, obviously, for because of the hamas rockets hit for the first time as far as tel aviv and jerusalem. So theres motive to move forward. The question is, is there the will. Thats always been the issue. Both sides have the motive to move forward, as you say. Both sides also claiming victory in this small skirmish over the last several days. Want to play a sound bite from the leader of hamas who spoke in gaza city. Translator the victory of gaza is a solid truth, not a phenomenon. The era of egypt and the region has changed, and america has now beginning to learn a new and listen to a new language. So is he right . Is there a new era dawning in the middle east . And what does it mean for the u. S. . Well, theres clearly a new era dawning in the middle east. And were still trying to figure out what the new order is going to look like, as are many people on the ground. But both sides to a certain degree can claim a degree of victory here. Hamas survived and it can never win militarily. But it can it its survival means that it won to a certain extent. Thats the model created in the war between israel and hezbollah in neighboring lebanon. But israel also made significant gains out of this. It proved that its iron dome Missile Defense system could protect vast areas and could shoot down the majority of hamas rockets. And one of the things its going to get out of this from the United States is additional help in providing more missiles for iron dome so that it has even a greater range of protection. So the dynamics are changing a little bit on both sides. Both sides can claim victory. But neither side can win militarily and both sides know that. You just brought up iron dome. You also brought up hezbollah, which brings up the question of iran here, another major actor, maybe the key actor in opposition to israel in the region. If youre iran and you just watched this for the last ten days, what do you take from it . Well, that israel does have means of protecting itself. It does have this new iron dome defense capability. Im not convinced that iran actually, if it is developing a nuclear weapon, has the intention of using it against israel. But what it what the bigger question really is would hezbollah and neighboring in a country that neighbors israel use the rockets that iran provides in challenging israel if there is some confrontation over irans controversial nuclear program. Thats really the bigger question. And so irans calculations may be changing a little bit. Lets talk about politics, too, internal israeli politics. As we said, both sides hamas and israel declared victory. I want to read you the statement from Benjamin Netanyahu. He said quote we control the events, everything was very, very precise. I set goals and met them. We exacted a heavy price from them and damages their armaments. We erased years of stock piling long and medium range missiles. I said we preferred to achieve these goals without entering and that is what we did. There is an election coming up in israel. Netanyahu looked like he would achieve reelection there anyway. But internally israel, and abroad in his relationship with the white house what has Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu achieved . Well, relations are a little bit warmer, at least for now, i think, between the white house and the israeli Prime Minister. President obama and netanyahu have not gotten along. Thats been well documented. But the United States is now reaching out going to help israel in a new way. So that does strengthen Bibi Netanyahus longterm position, as well. Final question the other actor in the region weve been talking about all of them is egypt, of course. The u. S. Has really fallen all over itself thanking egypt for its role in achieving a ceasefire here. But over the last 24 hours, something fascinating happened in egypt. The leader there Mohamed Morsi game himself immunity from any kind of legal challenge until there is a new constitution in that country. Some people say that essentially lines him up to be a dictator. Well he certainly gives him very worrying powers. Authoritarian powers. He has not used them. There are lots of reasons he did that. Egypt is under the gun to try to produce a new constitution. Some of the judges that president mubarak put in toward the end may not be as neutral and objective. Lets wait and see how morsi uses these powers. Up until now hes done pretty well from the western perspective in working with israel. He did not call for jihad, he did not break off relations with israel. Hes been the key facilitator. The question is, is he going to allow egypt to become a real democracy and theres a lot of skepticism about that. He has a lot to prove to the outside world and his own people. All right, robin wright, always great to talk to you. Thank you. Up ahead on starting point, an outofthis world thanksgiving celebration. Turkey in zero gravity. Well tell you about it. If you are one of the