Continues to improve. Ryan owens, abc nene, dallas. Familyy in houston was extra thankful this holiday after two children were rescued from a carjacker. The brother and sister were sitting in their mothers truck in a gas station when is a a stranger jumped in and started driving away. Mom and her sister chases after him. The kids were eventually put out in the street and scooped up by their mother and aunt. The driver unfortunately did get away. The Holiday Shopping season is officially under way. Black friday got off to an early start with many shoppers across the country hitting the stores barely after thanksgiving dinner. While others are optinin to hunt for rock bottom bargains online. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Acrcrs the country, the d dls race is ofofcially on. Best buy, toys r us, macys, walmart, target and kmart all among the retailers officially open for business right now. Id be slaving in the kitchen if it wasnt for this sale. Reporter nearly 60 of americans, 136 million of us, planning to shop between tonight d sunday. The number crunchers cracking the shoppingngode, finding today and tomorrow, black friday, are two of the best days of the year for deals on electronics. But even those unwilling to brave the crowds can cash in because many of those top tech deals are also online. Now, theres so many sales online that its almost like, theres no point in actutuly being bombarded by other human beings in stores. Reporter still, some retailers are sitting out this years early openings. Staples, open the last two years on thanksgiving, will shut their doors completely for the holiday this year. The crowds are pouring into this best buy in chicago. The first person in line waited four hours in the rain. So, whats bringing everyone out to stores tonight . The 49inch tv here for 149 bucks. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, chicago. Id like to know whahadeals she wants. I wonder what shes going after. 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Some of them you might say are looking to make a steal. Theft, soars this time of year. How not to become a victim. Reporter take a look at this Surveillance Video. Do you see the thieves grab this watch again. Two men acting as decoys. The woman using items in the store as covererhile she tries not once, but six times to snatch her wallet. These individuals tried many times to get this one purse. They did the unlatching. They went back, they did more distracting. And many attempts, and then they went for the kill. Reporter then, in full view the security camera, they go through her wallet, taking whatever they can. So, when youre in the store looking at something, the detective is going to show us how easy it is for them to grab your wallet without even knowing. It only takes a second if you just kind of look at a garment, you are just a little bit stracted. Did you alrerey get it . Get what . Reporter i really didnt think they got it. Experts say the best way to avoid being a victim of pick cketing are to keep p y bags or purses zipped up and in front keep your wallet in the bottom of the bag and use credit cards. Most thieves are looking for that wad of cash. Shes running. She has our stuff. Reporter thefts arouou home spiking,g,s well. Deliveries stolen right off your porch. While police say you should never confront a thief on your own, there are some ways to make sure your christmas cheer isnt stolenen schedule your deliveries for a time when youre home, or send them to your office or ask a neighbor to collect them. Hopefully, you can avoid having your christmasreath, along th everything else, stolen right from your front door. Kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Wow, what a scrooge there. Stealing the christmas wreath. I know. Thats a gcod tip to put your wallet at the bottom of y yr purse. So often we have it out. It is so easy. You saw how easy it was for her to have her wallet take. And what do we do as guys . Put it in our front pocket. Thank you. We did a story jusus yesterday on gma how turkey thefts are up, but it goes beyond turkey thefts. People are sticking it down their pants. How big are t tir pants . S . They werelearly happy to see you. But oh, boy. But turkey thefts were up but also a lot of Grocery Store thefts are up bause of the selfcheheouts where you can go by and not necessarily put the more expensive item through the scanner. Interesting. Coming u in our next half hour, you dont want to wait for the stores to openn to find all the deals. Im doing it online right now. Some of those bargains may only be available in stores. Im doing this for research purposes. There are plenty of new films in the theaters this weekend. Nothing says you have to go shopping today. There are quite a few good movies in theaters right now as the oscar race heats up. A tradition for some familieses seseral new releases are generating buzz already. Nick watt looks at some of the contenders. This is one of the biggest blockbuster weeks of the year. And 69. Yearold sly stallone is the headliner. You got to work hard. I swear to god, if youre not going to do it, im out. Theres already supporting actor oscar buzz around rocky for there the seventh rebootot its called creed. Apparently his wife talked him into it. She said dont be such a coward. Even when i was doing the sequel, the second one, people were come on. The third one, stopalalady. Fourth one, put a fork in it. Reporter this time rocky is training adonis creed for a big fight and critics are claiming its the best rocky since the original. This week, were also talking spotlight. Tell this story, were going to tell it right. The tale of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Here theres bou to be a a oscar nominee and the oh, so, oscar worthy love story rooney mara, kate blanchett. I like the hat. And for the families, pixar is the good dinosaur from our Parent Company walt disney. Arent you just the cutest thing. To get to work with pixar was be able to go down in pixar history is another thing. Its mind blowing to me. Reporter tuesday night previews were record breaking. It eclipsed frozens stellar tally froro two years ago. Let it go, let it go and creed made more money than any prethanksgiving preview in history. Show me something. After r little lackluster year, hollywood is hoping that after your turkey, youre going to buy a ticket. Nick watt, abc news, los angeles. Good movies. Yeah, a lot of good buzz foror those movies even though were so many months away from the oscars, a lot of people are saying the season is upon us. Coming up in the mix a hoax sister takes aimt tararts. Next. Today you can do everythin in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. 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A guy posted fakak ads at target aimed at target. An invitation to kyles bar mitzvah. 359. 99, thats a steal. Regular price was a 100 cash gift into kyle notny so. A ripofof for the poor guy. T te a look at the second one. Fanny pack filled with pudding. 9. 99. Savings of 10. I can work with that. So heres the third one. Its a tent with an a ary possum. 50 off. 24. 99. Does the pos system sum comes with it. While quantities last. He c ce up with crcrtive stuff this kid. Then theres this. The hot gifts for ken towers. Half man, half horse. Buy one get one free mane and tail and a standup desk unit and i like the luke sky mopper. Dont forget star wars. So actuallll you know what, after all this, target thought it was kind of cute. They said it was a nice little attempt. So they did respond. They did. Polka time now. Theyre not selling kyles bar mitzvah. Break the doors down join the pack help our stores get in black thats the black friday polka come on shoppers out of bed santa claus is in the red thats the black friday polka you help our economy by spending all your p p teet bad none of this junk is made here in the usa stars and stripes still the king wave your flags made in beijing for the black friday polka plalaa tvseally swe handheld toys to help you sweet foets thats the black friday polka better not mess with me kick thats the black friday polka spend your money now and get an early christmas thrill plus next year well be paying for obamas Health Care Bill underneath the Christmas Tree a brand new colonoscopy thats the black friday polka stores open at 5 00 a. M. So heres what you should do, when this polkas fininied run right out and. Join the queue buy stuff cheap go today then resell itn ebay, thats the ready, set, charge this morning on world news now, holidastorms. Millions of americans facing a difficult trip back home today. Flflh flood warnings as s avy rains hit the middle of the country and a cold front turning that rain into ice. The accuweather forecast is ahead. Hopping sweep. The black friday dash begins. If you skipped the stores yesterday, dont worry, there are still plenty of deals to be had. A complete roundup from our shopping expert. And new this half hour, more troubles for trump. The president ial hopeful explaining himself after seeming by poking fun at a disabled reporter. Why he says it would be impossible to insult the man. And tom the turkey. Ththfamous face who surprised his kids yesterday getting in full costume. So can you guess who is lurking as a turkey there . Thats in the skinny on is friday, november 27th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. This black friday. Everyone gearing up for the sales and deals. Dinner. I swear, my blood type is now cream. Oh. I did have a little bit of eggnog. You did . . Spiked eggnog. It was pretty good. Cinnamon on top. Good thanksgiving though . Very good. Well, it was a bit of a disaster. The precooked dinner i had ordered, remember told you . Y made reservations. No,o, ordered delivery from a Grocery Store. I wont say which one. I did not realize that they give you a cold turkey. Are you kidding me . Like a huge cold turkey. And d picked it up an hourur before guests arrived. And i looked on the instructions, my husband calls me from the grocery s srend says you do realize this is cold and it needs three hours. That really is a disaster. Yeah, how many butterball segments did we do for the hot line . I used every single tip. We preach what we teach here. We f flow what we each. Oh, my gosh. Too much eggnog. Running on. How did you get out of that . I actually used the tip they said. Tent it, put foil. You cooked it. I iut it in the oven. 300, 350, i cooked it one hour and it was fine. It was fine. It wasnt cold. It was already cooked. Disaster averted. How can you havee a disasasr with ordered food . Thats my life in the kitchen. You were able to achieve it. A lot of americans are dealing with the weather. Such a big story. Wiy, icy, wet and cold, and ththre saying its not t er yet. Take a look at these scenes in green bay. Cold driving rain drenched Lambeau Field where the packers fell to the Chicago Bears in front of thousands who decided to brave the s4orm. Our abc aditi roy has more on the holiday storm. Reporter that extreme weather, 35 Million People, bracing in the southern and Central Plains, with snow and ice spreading across the heartland. It is extremely cold and windy. Reporter gusts of 30 miles an hour blowing the ice. The sleets actually pretty painful. Reporter cars coated. Along with power l les and trees. In colorado, more than 200 flights delayed at the denver airport. The bromirskis now missing thanksgiving dinner in florida with their famamy. Its frustrating and a little disappointing. Reporter andrew greers trying to get home to alaska. Youve already been in transit for 24 hours. Yes. Reporter when will you get home . Ah, at t 19 p. M. Reporter out west, parts of droughtravaged california getting ten inches of snow in the last 24 hours. And damaging winds at this flea market. Wow. Reporter gusts as high as 45 miles an hour, turning tents to sails. Witnesses shaken. 11 hurt. Luckily, just minor injuries. Here a athe denver airport, its frigid and frozen on the tarmac. Making the snow and ice hard to melt and travel conditions rough. Aditi roy, abc news, denver, colorado. An detee well bundled up there in denver. She looks cold. Now that the turkey and fixings getting ready hit the strefts. Many o o them will be runnini into more nasty weather. Accuweather meteorologist cam tran has the forecast. Morning to you, cam. Good morning, reena and kendis. Many of those black friday oppers will need to o ck an umbrella. Weather across the nations mid seconds thanks to the gold front mooching through. The heaviest of the rainfall will be mainly in north texas as well as southeast oklahaha into Northern Arkansas and that includes part of missouri, as well. Could see upwards of 8 inches locally through the weekend. Now were also seeing rain stretching a afar as north as detroit. The heaviest still parked in the south and behind this frontal system, a blast of colder air moving in so some of that rainfall colransition into a wintry mix as we head into the evening. Places like oklahoma, kansas city, and omaha could see a wintry mix by tonight. Back to you. The victims of the french terror attacks two weeks a a today are being remembered i i at a Memorial Service in paris. The leaders of france and russia ve agreed to greater cooperation in the battle against isis which claims respononbility for the attacks. But the two countries still remain at odds on the future of syrian president bashar al assad. Here at home, tight security on full display across the country. More than 2500 officers were assigned to the e th annual macys thanksgiving day parade in new york along with k9 units to detect explosives. There was also a heavy Police Presence at parades in chicago, detroit and philadelphia and at many shopping malls. Officials are reminding americans to be vigilant but not fearful. To president ial politics now. A new controvey for donald ump. The republican frontrunner i