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Felt like 17 degrees. didnt stop crowds from forming. door busters, one guy here at 11:00 p.m. last night. i asked, why are you putting yourself through this? he said hes here for the deals. >> reporter: black friday has morphed into black thursday. kmart, one of a handful of retailers, open for business on thanksgiving. ready for it? >> i think so, yeah. yeah, were excited about it. >> reporter: for those who think its something new, kmart has been doing this over 20 years. more retailers follo...

Good morning. >> reporter: good morning. happy thanksgiving, carol. we got out here pretty early this morning. it was 22 degrees. it felt more like 17. that was not enough to stop 30 people from lining up. i spoke to the guy who was the first in line who got here at 11:00 pm last night. i asked him why he was doing it. he said, quite simply, its the deals. black friday has morphed into black thursday. >> were excited about it. >> reporter: for those who think its something new, kmart has been do...

Been doing this for over 20 years. more retailers have followed suit and thats no coincidence, according to the national retail federation. >> shoppers still want to shop on black friday and get those amazing deals. so is, we dont expect black friday to ever lose its luster. but there is a new player in town. and thanksgiving is certainly giving black friday a run for its money. >> reporter: of the nearly 140 million people expected to shop this holiday weekend, nearly a quarter will hit the sto...

Store in georgia. nick, wow, its open, people are shopping. its 6:17! >> reporter: it is open. happy thanksgiving, john and makayla. its below freezing out there. below 30 degrees. feels more like 18 factoring in the wind, but that was not enough to keep 30 people from lining up outside a kmart this morning. why are they doing it? quite simply its for the deals. black friday has warped into black thursday. kmart, one of a handful of retailers, opened for business on thanksgiving. are you guys re...

The country he said would be better shaped without them. the president has been on offense lately as to what ive seen in the past week. he told the congress no more blocking with filibusters. here he is. >> todays pattern of obstruction, it just isnt normal. its not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything no matter what the merits. just to refight the results of an election is not normal. and for the sake of future generations, we cant let it. >> u...

Today just awhile ago talking to workers at dreamworks animation in california. leaving no doubt hes not for the obstructionists in washington also known as republicans. the country he said would be better shaped without them. the president has been on offense lately as to what ive seen in the past week. he told the congress no more blocking with filibusters. here he is. >> todays pattern of obstruction, it just isnt normal. its not what our founders envisioned. a deliberate and determined effor...

The president talked about tough talk and bluster in washington. wo surely are in for a few weeks of tough talk and bluster from washington, democrats and republicans. >> those are almost word for word what he said about mitt romney. the republican party tried to out talk them. it was very clear that barack obama won that foreign policy debate. also worth noting that he won over 70% of the jewish vote in that presidential election. where president obama has going for him is that we dont live in ...

None of thats going to be easy. huge challenges remain, but we cannot close the door on diplomacy and we cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the worlds problems. we cannot commit ourselves to an endless cycle of conflict. and tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but its not the right thing for our security. it is not the right thing for our security. [ cheers and applause ] >> the president today was able to start the speech in san francisco not talking about the adv...

With iran this morning. the president calling on the critics who said the agreement was a mistake. the president said bluster may be an easy solution and does not promote security and he insisted this nuclear deal is progress. >> this will help iran from building a nuclear weapon and over the coming months, we are going to continue our diplomacy with the goal of achieving a comprehensive solution that deals with irans threat once and for all. if iran seizes this opportunity and chooses to join t...

None of thats going to be easy. huge challenges remain, but we cannot close the door on diplomacy and we cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the worlds problems. we cannot commit ourselves to an endless cycle of conflict. and tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but its not the right thing for our security. it is not the right thing for our security. [ cheers and applause ] >> the president today was able to start the speech in san francisco not talking about the adv...