Fox5s eric hilt joins us live from galleria mall. Which opened up at 5 this morning. Eric how are the crowds looking there now . Closed captioning will resume shortly nats Cash Register this is the busiest day for the mall and not just galleria mall but at shops across the valley as deal hunters took to stores shops and malls in search for some black friday bargains. Im looking for deals traditionally this is where everybody looks to make their money on black friday and moving into the retail this year, the day got off to a slower than usual start. We started a little slow this morning at 6 am. Good news for some of the laterrising bargain hunters. We kind of regretted sleeping in, but it didnt really make a difference but not for stores looking to kick off the Holiday Shopping season with a bang. Nats galleria mall general manager kevin budny says despite the slow picked up throughout at the day as shoppers filled the mall. And stores are still expecting to match last black fridays cr
Santa clause lights the tree at opportunity villages magical forest. Good evening. Im adam herbets. Im faith tanner. John and christine have the night off. The magical forest at opportunity village is 25 years old. And this year theres no slowing down. The amount and varaity of holiday rides and lights should give anyone a feeling of happiness. Fox5s Abby Theodros shows us around the magical forest and explains why its so important each year. The countdown to christmas is on but if you cant wait till december 25 opportunit magical forest is a great place to get in the holiday spirit lights trees and holiday music melodie eleogram, pahrump its just beautiful ov magical forest is turning 25 and its bigger and better than before me the lights i love the Pretty Lights and how all the trees are decorated and all the music three million led lights, holiday attractions and an express train make the park a top pick for family night this december but its also for a good cause bob brown, ceo pre
Just a moment. But first we start fox five news at eleven with breaking news. Former cuban president fidel castro has died. Thats according to the associated press. His brother president raul castro made the announcement on cuban state television. No word yet on how castro died. Or where. Fidel castro was 90 years old. We will bring you more information as the story develops. 54321 music. Confetti. Cheers. Beautiful. Shake up the happiness its christmas time. Thanksgiving and black friday have come and gone. Now christmas is being welcomed around the valley. Thats santa and mrs. Claus counting down for the Tree Lighting ceremony at opportunity village. Good evening. Im adam herbets. Im faith tanner. Celebrating 25 years in Las Vegas Fox fives Abby Theodros was at the magical forest. For all the excitement. 1111111111111111111 1111111111111 abby its the start of the Holiday Season which means its a Winter Wonder land at the opportunity village magical forest. Package lights trees and ho
Some people mourning, others celebrating. We are taking a live look at the streets of miami right now. In havana, cuba. Some are entering a nine day mourning period. But in Little Havana in miami. Reaction on the former cuban leaders death is much different. 2127 pots banging cheering 0 010 07 pots banging cheering those are the celebrations that went on in miamis Little Havana overnight. The community is known for its number of cuban exiles who fled the communist country and castros rule. Castros death was met there with widespread celebration. People waving flags and banging on pots and pans. We spoke to a cuban mother and son here in vegas last night. On how theyre reacting to the news. Jackie its sad that anyone should die. Its just. My father defected communism and fidel. And im just shocked the guys dead. Erik his brothers still alive and his family is still in power. And the ideals he upholds are still there. So i dont know how much it actually changes. But he is a figurehead fo
Were asked to resign late yesterday. We now know the fate of one of those federal prosecutors and for more or less lets go to Kelly Odonnell what are we hearing . Reporter this is a development that has to do with the widespread dismissal of u. S. Attorneys from around the country. They are political appointees and one of the most prominent from the Southern District of new york Preet Ba Hara has just tweeted that he did not resign. He was fired. That district in new york has some of the most high profile cases and hes a very prominent individual and back in november had said the president intended to keep him in his position. Now what this means is that political appointees when a new administration comes to town typically do move on about half of the u. S. Attorneys have in fact done so, those appointed by president obama, but 46 remained and late yesterday the Justice Department asked that all of them submit their resignations and then career prosecutors who work inside the Justice