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Detectives and u. S. Postal investigators will be passing out fliers and they are looking for anything that will help them find the person who killed tyson Jerome Barnett last saturday. Investigators plan to retrace the route barnett was working the night he was killed, right now there is a 125,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. A d. C. International guardsman is being mourned tonight after his body was discovered in baltimores inner harbor on thanksgiving day. Airman first class evan kirby served in the International Guard for two years working full time at joint base andrews. The 29yearold was reported missing last saturday after he failed to pick up his young daughter for visitation. Kirby never knew that just weeks ago the d. C. National guard had selected him as his airman of the year. But now his grieving parents will accept the award next week on their sons behalf. My wife is falling apart. Got another son in florida who i cant talk to, just to make sure hes okay. That was kirbys father before his sons body was found. Police told the family there was no evidence of foul play. Investigators believe he may have simply tripped and fallen into the water. It turns out kirby could fly jets but he didnt know how to swim. A busted water main, boy, it made just a mess of things in Montgomery County today. It happened this morning around 9 00 a. M. On south lawn lane near east goldy drive in rockville and that water main break shut down the water supply at the nearby rock ice arena. That means the restaurant is closed, the bathrooms are shut down and parents say they are being creative. The boys are able to go outside but us women are trying to distract ourselves as much as we can. Wssc says despite the bust, only about 44 customers were affected. They are still working to get that water main repaired. Still a few hours of shopping left in the consumer frenzy known as black friday. 97million people are expected to hit the stores before its all said and done. This was the scene at west field montgomery mall, deer hunters got there pretty early to take advantage of black friday door busters. The doors there opened at midnight but 30 stores there got things cranking on thanksgiving day and while some employees arent too happy about working on thanksgiving, shoppers say bring it on. Its a lot easier to get through the crowd, so its not much of a hassle. When your friends are camped out, what time did you get here . It looks like its been a long night for you all. We got here 11 42. At the mall in prince georges county, shoppers were also on the hunt for great deals. Santa was there suited up for the kids and we spoke with one shopper who says Holiday Shopping on thanksgiving just isnt right. I like black friday better than black thursday. I think they should always stay as black friday, you know, the people sitting there, going out, enjoying themselves. Thursday shopping seems like its breaking tradition. Thats what it seemed to me. We are starting a new one depending on who you ask. The shoppers jammed the stores at the tyson center mall today. Wusa9 photo journalist felix ortiz tells us it was rough to find a spot to park and then get inside. Macys started letting customers in at 8 00 last night. The store manager says things have been pretty consistently busy ever since. And while it seems like everyone behaved themlves in our area, police had to get involved in other parts of the country. We have a reporter in new yorks timeless. Reporter police broke up a fight at a walmart in texas and wrestled a customer to the ground. Get down. Reporter 500 miles away, officers escorted an injured shopper out of a different wal mart, customers discussed in numerous storms scuffled in numerous Stores Across the nation as they tried to score black friday deals. Reporter black friday isnt the official start of the Holiday Season but it is still the busiest day of the year with 97 million americans expected to shop in stores and online or in the case of michelle ward, both. Why are you on the phone . Because im ordering something online. Reporter youre in line and on the phone in line . Yes. Reporter for every shopper hunting for the special bargain, there are as many who come out to be part of the black friday spectacle. People enjoying the whole Shopping Experience as opposed to just coming in and making buying out one door buster. Great experience if youre not so hung up on having to get something. If thats your i think if thats your mission, you get lost in it. Reporter many customers say the crowds arent as big as last year, it could be because many people shopped on thanksgiving day, more people are shopping online or they are waiting for even bigger sales still to come. Brook silverbraga for abc news, new york. National Retailer Federation expects shoppers to spend 2. 6 billion, a 3. 9 sales increase from last year and retailers are preparing for tomorrows Small Business saturday. Thats a day when shoppers are encouraged to spend some cash at, well, Small Businesses. Its called operation turkey chase, the Montgomery County Police Departments Multiagency Task force, which is dedicated to cracking down on drunken driving and underaged drinking. Officers kicked off the effort on the wednesday before thanksgiving, which is a notoriously big drinking night. So far Police Report 131 traffic stops, 13 dui arrests, 145 traffic citations and six criminal arrests and citations. Operation turkey chase runs through january 6th. We are checking up on the Affordable Care act now and the Obama Administrations self imposed target date for fixing healthcare. Gov is tomorrow. Danielle nottingham brings us the latest from washington. Reporter the team of Software Technicians brought in to increase healthcare. Govs capacity has been working around the clock. President obama wants the website fixed by saturday. White house Officials Say the constitutional right can now handle cite can now handle 50,000 people at once but they are worried a surge of customers over that number could cause more problems. They have the right people, the people have confidence that they are going to get it done. Reporter john engate, whose company specializes in e commerce is one of several Technology Experts who recently attended white house situation room briefing about the website. If i had to place a bet, i would certainly say that im betting that they are going to get it done. Reporter despite the government website problems, some Companies Like walgreens are using the new Health Care Law as a model to insure their employees. The pharmacy chain is now turning to private exchanges, similar to the public exchanges used for the Affordable Care act. Walgreens says its 160,000 workers now have more Insurance Options than ever. Where we had two plans, we will now have five plans with five carriers. They will have over 25 choices that we are going to provide to give them that flexibility. Reporter a walgreens executive told cbs news, every major employer in the u. S. Is looking at private insurance exchanges as an option. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. The Obama Administration says it will release an update on healthcare. Govs enrollment numbers in middecember. Tonight a u. S. Commander is apologizing for an overnight drone in an afghan strike. It reportedly killed a 2year old child. The Drones Target was a taliban militant riding in a motor bike in southern afghanistan right after the u. S. Launched an investigation another drone attack killed an insurgent in pakistan. The unmanned assaults from the sky are a Sticking Point in a u. S. Afghanistan security agreement. Still ahead, area skiers are hitting the slopes earlier this year. Erica. You can tell why. Its been cold this month and we are going to end the month with some very chilly temperatures as well. When we turn the calendar over to december, will the temperatures actually rise . Ill tell you coming up in the first alert sevenday forecast. What a spectacle at the national zoo. This is zoo lights, its the time when the night lights go on and we just saw them flickr a couple of hours ago flicker a couple of hours ago. Visitors can check out animal silhouettes, garden theme lights sculpture. Is really is spectacular out there. And should we all get our Christmas Trees like this . Two horses pulled a cart with a giant tree on it to the white house today. First Lady Michelle obama and her daughters sure that and sasha and malia came out and gave it a little love. It comes from a farm in new jersey and it will be display in the blue room of the white house. Snow capped peaks are popping up a little earlier than usual in sorry area in our area this year. A lot of our regions winter resorts earlier than in earlier years. Im scott broom. The white tail Mountain Resort. Exciting. A remarkable early opening. The last time the white tail Mountain Resort opened this early, some of these teens were still in diapers. And some others werent even born. Wouldnt you rather be shopping . No. Reporter which is why they declared this white friday on the mountain instead of black friday at the mall. Nothing better than being out here today. The past couple of nights we have had temperatures down in the midteens. Reporter don is the general manager of the white tail Mountain Resort which its where its the earliest opening since 2002. Im real excited to be opened this early and looks like in the long range that this is going to stay with us for a while. Its awesome. I wasnt expecting to go snowboarding until maybe a month later. Reporter scott broom, wusa9. You and i are of like mind. We go to the ski resort but we sit inside, we watch the people outside. Hot cocoa for me, please. Yes, absolutely. Sounds good. Its cold. It is cold, yeah, its going to be great weather for the skiers but its not great for anything else that you might want to do outdoors. We are continuing to see those temperatures chillier than average and more clouds are on the way as well. Lets start off with a look at the weather cam and we have a view of the capitol right now, 37 degrees at Reagan National and just a few clouds drifting through. The dew point is 20, so the atmosphere isnt too bone dry but winds out of the north at 13 Miles Per Hour certainly arent going to help to bring us any additional moisture. Thats going to change tomorrow, ill explain why in just a second. And our weather headlines overnight tonight another clear and cold night, but we will see an increase in clouds on saturday, its going to remain dry all weekend long, but temperatures slowly creeping up a little bit as we head into sunday. Not as cold. I cant call it mild per se. We are just going to see a little bit of relief from this bitter cold that we have out there. It is already down in the 20s in frederick and gaithersburg, down to 25 in westminster, 32 in manassas. The temperatures continuing to fall because of High Pressure that is in control just barely to our west, an area of low pressure will remain to our north, this is not going to bring us any snow or any rain drops and you can see on that wide view of the country just how dry so much of the country is right now. But with that area of High Pressure, the clear skies overnight tonight are really going to lead to some cold temperatures, all the way down to 20 degrees in the suburbs, 28 downtown with those mostly clear skies, winds very light out of the north, so at least we dont have a lot of wind chill to deal with overnight tonight and then on saturday morning 20s and 30s, partly sunny skies, winds becoming a little bit more easterly. As we bring in that ocean flow, we are going to see the cloud cover developing, especially in the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies, very chilly, 38 to 44, very similar temperatures to what we had today, winds out of the eastnortheast at five to 15 Miles Per Hour. So over the next three days, nine weather alerts remaining green, touch milder on sunday with a high of 49 degrees and just a touch cooler than that on monday, a high of 47, pretty mostly cloudy skies over the next three days. In the first alert sevenday forecast, our next chance for precipitation is on tuesday. This storm system thats approaching looks like it will mostly miss us to the south but it will get close enough to bring us a few light showers, both rain and snow showers but with temperatures reaching in the 40s on tuesday we dont have to worry about anything sticking, milder weather finally comes to us by the middle of next workweek and does look like temperatures will reach above normal by the time we get to next weekend. Funny how this weather works. We got to go in december to get warmer. Yeah. After the break, our precious panda cub is the star of the show at the national zoo this weekend. I started parttime, now im a manager. N. My employer matches my charitable giving. Really. I get bonuses even working parttime. Where i work, over 400 people are promoted every day. Healthcare starting under 40 a month. I got education benefits. I work at walmart. Im a pharmacist. Sales associate. I manage produce. I work in logistics. Theres more to walmart than you think. Vo opportunity. Thats the real walmart. If youd like to give joy to families who could use some help right now, weve got a reallies easy really easy way to do it with a few clicks on your computer, go to wusa9. Com, look for the give joy icon, half the way down on the home page on the righthand side. You click the blue box and then you can give a gift to a needy family, you can make a donation or even send a card in our virtual toy drive. The voting is over and this weekend we will learn the name of our new panda cub at the national zoo. Zookeepers say this little girl is healthy, she is growing quickly. We have seen her grow. And the naming ceremony will be at the zoo this sunday at 1 00 that everybody is invited to attend, its free but obviously space will be limited. The panda cub will make its public debut in january. Weve got a jam packed night for you on wusa9 prime time. At 8 00 is hoops and yoyo, and 8 30 the elf on the shelf. And then at 911 garth brooks live from las vegas. After the break, slacking off on the workout . We are going to tell you how some people are using a web cam to whip themselves back into shape. See this . It shows the pressure points on my tired, achy feet. I had no clue i was putting this kind of stress on my feet. I have flat feet. I found this out at the free dr. Scholls foot Mapping Center at walmart. In less than two minutes, i got my foot map and my custom number. Im a 440. Im a 210. 340. That number matched the dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts with just the right support to help relieve stress on my feet. Im a believer. Find a walmart with a foot Mapping Center at drscholls. Com im a believer. In tonights health alert, imagine having a real life personal trainer ready to motivate you through a customized workout at any time you want in the comfort of your home. For a growing number of people, this type of exercise is reality and that means no excuses this Holiday Season. We explain. Reporter this personal trainer is meeting one of his biggest clients in new york city. Just not the way you might expect. All right. So you ready to work out . Yeah. So start with a warmup. Get up, start jogging in place. Business consultant fatty zog bee is zogby is in his apartment watching george realtime on his smartphone. Straight down, straight back up. Keep moving. This new kind of virtual workout lets trainers connect with people who dont have a lot of time or dont have time for the gym. Online workouts arent new but advances in Technology Including Skype Facetime are making it easier and convenient for more people. So mountain climbers, hands under the shoulders, back straight. Reporter and trainers dont have to rent space or travel. So many make it more affordable for clients. George charges 35 for a 30 minute session. Its a lot mover convenient for everybody involved. Reporter george admits not being with his clients in person can make it harder to see and correct mistakes. Straighten out the legs more. Reporter but zogby says its far better than an exercise video or app. You dont know if youre doing something wrong or something right with an app. Reporter zogby travels a lot for work and says the best thing is he can bring his online trainer wherever he goes. Ger rica duncan, cbs news, new york. Group exercise instructors are also using the web in realtime to teach classes to many students at once. Thanksgiving is the one day each year where it seems everybody overeats. So how long does it take you to work off those calories . Our friends at u. S. A. Today put this together. Assuming that between your main courses, side dishes, drinks and desserts, you took in about 1610 calories, it would take you three hours, 13 minutes to run it off, five hours to walk it off, three hours 35 minutes to ice skate your way back to your prethanksgiving weight but if aerobics is more your speed, you would shed those extra calories in a mere two hours and 40 minutes and if you cant move, they will just all park right here until somehow they miraculously walk their way off. That often doesnt go anywhere, does it. Its going to be cold . Yes, another cold night and temperatures are going to stay below average all weekend long. Talk more about it coming up at 11 00. Dont forget, you can always log on anytime to wusa

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