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>> you know, i dont want to sound like a broken record but russia benefits from this kind of strategy. first of all, i think its completely misleading. the u.s. defense budget is a whole lot bigger than any other member of nay to. 26 its $602 billion. but that es not to defend europe. thats the whol u.e u.s. defens establishment. and he compares that to the european apples and storage complaints. if hes wants to sigh that is to break it up so we can have bilateral neg asian. and i this think the...

Millions of americans from new york all the way to cleveland, ohio, youre looking at live shots. in sclecleveland, ohio, theyre dealing with the snow also. that spells worries for retailers. they say, you know what? this is already the shortest holiday shopping season since 2002 and now two of the four weekends shoppers had to shop were ruined by bad weather. according to the national retail federation 19% of all store sales come out this holiday season and now 15% fewer shoppers are expected th...

Overall sales this holiday season are still expected to amount to $602 billion. thats a 4% increase from last year. >> people tuning in are going to think its new years eve already on times square. the nfl is dealing with the weather too. in philadelphia blowing snow and making the game against the detroit lions extra challenging. lions running back reggie bush hurt in warmups. players from both teams huddled around portable sideline heaters. eagles won the game. in baltimore, the ravens won...

But despite the crush, the cold -- >> we will waited five hours to get in. >> -- and plenty of thanksgiving openings, millions of americans hit the stores in search of bargains. >> this is the best spot i can be right here because i know im going to be the first one to get my laptop. >> stores were angling for the best position, too. since thanksgiving falls so late in november this year, there are six fewer shopping days than last year. that means black friday results may be extra important. th...

Got, whats the best ting you got here? -- thing you got here? >> i guess the nerf shooters. [laughter] >> reporter: you have to drop this off at home, but anything beyond this? >> yeah. i still have more. >> reporter: where are you going to go? >> probably haitis and all those other places -- macys and all those other places. >> reporter: did you get out yesterday? >> nah. this is the day. >> reporter: what do you think about thanksgiving, should it be a day for their families? >> day for famili...

>> this is one of the retailers that has been open 12-hours. black friday opens on thanksgiving day for toys r us, macys target, kohls. they are going to have a better year than thlast year. they say sales should increase 3.9 percent for the entire season they say anywhere looking at $602 billion worth of sales over the months of november and december. heres at toys r us they have been open 24-hours. talking to folks they have been here all night long about what is the biggest seller here. big h...

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