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>>> WELCOME BACK.
YESTERDAY WAS THE SUPER BOWL FOR
BARGAIN HUNTERS.
IN SOME CASES BLACK FRIDAY SALES
KICKED OFF BEFORE THANKSGIVING
WAS EVEN OVER.
BUT THE PEOPLE, YEAH, LINING UP
FOR THOSE DEALS, STILL
THROUGHOUT THE DAY YESTERDAY.
AND SOME ARE STILL GOING TO BE
ON THE PROWL FOR THIS WEEKEND.
JAY GRAY SPENT BLACK FRIDAY AT
THE MALL OF AMERICA IN
MINNESOTA.
>> Reporter: THE CHEERING, THE
CHASING.
>> A LOT OF GOOD DEALS.
OVERALL, PRETTY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: BLACK FRIDAY IS NOW
IN FULL SWING AND NOWHERE IS IT
BIGGER THAN INSIDE THE MORE THAN
4 MILLION SQUARE FEET AT THE
MALL OF AMERICA.
>> IT'S AN ADVENTURE.
THEY COME LOOKING FOR THE DEALS.
THEY'RE HERE, SO WE SEE QUITE A
FEW.
PROBABLY 250,000 PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: IT IS A MERCHANDISE
MARATHON THAT'S RUN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, IN SOME PLACES SHOPPERS
CAMPING OUT FOR THE BEST DEALS.
>> ON THE TV YOU'RE SAVING MORE
THAN HALF OF IT.
IT'S AFFORDABLE RIGHT NOW EVEN
IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT HERE TODAY
TO GET IT.
>> Reporter: CLEARLY NOW THAT
WAIT IS OVER.
MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
SHOWING UP AT STORES IN WAVES.
>> IT IS SHIFT SHOPPING.
THE FIRST SHIFT STARTED AT
MIDNIGHT, AND THEN THEY WERE
PROBABLY GONE BY 2:00 OR 3:00 IN
THE MORNING.
>> THE SECOND SHIFT IS MUCH MORE
PLEASURABLE.
WE'LL USE THAT WORD.
>> CIVIL?
>> CIVIL IS A GOOD WORD.
>> Reporter: CIVIL, AND SO FAR
JUDGING FROM THE OVERSTUFFED
BAGS SUCCESSFUL FOR THE
RETAILERS AND THOSE LOOKING FOR
BARGAINS.
>> WE GOT SOME TOOLS.
>> MICKEY MOUSE.
>> Reporter: SHOPPING DAMAGE
THAT HAS BECOME A HOLIDAY
TRADITION, AND SEEMS TO BE AS
STRONG AS EVER ON THIS BLACK
FRIDAY.
AND THERE'S SOME MORE GOOD NEWS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS SO
FAR OF ANY INCIDENTS OR INJURIES
THIS YEAR.
THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS
CASES OF SHOPPERS' FATIGUE.
JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS, AT THE MALL
OF AMERICA.
>> OH, SHOPPERS FATIGUE,
SHOPPERS' ARMS, THAT'S HOW YOU
GET THE WORKOUT, RIGHT, LADIES?
A FEW HOLIDAY SHOPPING HOT SPOTS
OUT THERE, FOR MANY OF YOU FIFTH
AVENUE ABSOLUTELY THE PLACE TO
STROLL DOWN.
GETTING INTO SOME OF THOSE
REALLY FANCY SPOTS.
IF YOU SWING BY HARRY WINSTON,
LET ME KNOW.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT COOL
MORNINGS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
BEFORE YOUR VENTURES OUT ON
FIFTH AVENUE.
MALL OF AMERICA, WHERE JAY WAS
JUST REPORTING FROM, GOING TO
SEE QUITE A TUMBLE.
WE HAVE OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
TEENS OR JUST AT THE CUSP OF
THAT.
HERE WE GO TO THE GALLERYA IN
DALLAS.
WE SEE FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURES
GOING INTO TOMORROW BUT COMING
RIGHT BACK DOWN ON MONDAY.
SOMETHING YOU MAY LOOK FORWARD
TO JUST AS MUCH AS SHOPPING
SEASON IS SKI SEASON.
>> IN VERMONT IT'S OPENING
WEEKEND AT SMUGGLERS NOTCH RE
SORT.
THE FUN HAS BEGUN.
WE TALKED TO HUGH JOHNSON THIS
MORNING AND HE TOLD US ABOUT
SOME CHANGES TO THE RESORT THIS
YEAR.
>> LAST YEAR WAS A TOU GHSEASON,
BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO OUR NEW SNOW-MAKING
EQUIPMENT.
AS MANY RESORTS DID THIS PAST
YEAR INVESTED IN SNOW MAKING.
WE BOUGHT 150 TOWER GUNS THAT
ARE MORE EFFICIENT AND CAN ALSO
MAKE SNOW AT A WARMER
TEMPERATURE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
WONDERFUL SEASON THIS YEAR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CHECK ON SOME OF THE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SNOW IN THE
WEST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SNOW DEPTH
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THERE YOU SEE THAT WE'VE GOT
QUITE A BIT OF SNOW DEPTH THERE
IN WYOMING IN PARTICULAR, AND UP
INTO MONTANA.
WE'LL TAKE YOU INTO COLORADO AND
THE WEATHER LOOKING GOOD AT
VEIL.
GOT A LOT OF SUNSHINE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE
FREEZING.
SAME STORY ARAPAHOE BASIN, 45
TOMORROW, 36 ON MONDAY.
LOVELAND, AS TEMPERATURES WILL
BE IN THE MIDDLE 40s.
SAME STORY.
KEYSTONE, 44 AND 38.
FINALLY WE TAKE A LOOK AT
TELLURIDE.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND
LOOKING FOR SOME WINDY
CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY AT
LOVELAND.
DANIELLE?
>> WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT INTO
SKIING, BUT INSTEAD A SPECTATOR.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE FORECAST FOR
A FEW OF TOMORROW'S NFL
MATCHUPS.
AND GAMETIME FOR THE FALCONS,
TAKING ON THE BUCCANEERS AT
1:00.
I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S LOOK GOING
WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60s.
A LITTLE ON THE BRISK SIDE FOR
YOU TAILGATERS STARTING OFF THE
DAY.
WARM UP WITH CHILI OR HOT COCOA,
WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT.
BROWNS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD ABOUT
THE SAME TIME.
A LITTLE CLOUD COVER.
OBVIOUSLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.
SAYING HELLO TO THE 30s INSTEAD.
TOPPING OUT JUST ABOVE THE
40-DEGREE MARK FOR THE VIKINGS
AND BEARS GAME.
THAT CLOUD COVER AS WELL.
CERTAINLY PACK ON THE SUNSCREEN
IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE BRONCOS
AND CHIEFS.
TEMPERATURES RIGHT AT 50.
>> THESE DAYS IT'S HARD TO MAKE
IT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, BUT
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T
CELEBRATE AND SEE HOW ASTRONAUTS
CHOW DOWN ON THANKSGIVING AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT'S COMING UP.
TEMPERATURES DROPPING FOR A GOOD