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Americas longest wear. there is military tension on his decision to intervene in war crime cases. we begin with allisison kosik, calm the before the storm. hows it looking over there? >> reporter: good morning, john. this is a very calm before the storm youre talking about. we are the only ones here at this best buy in paramus. im sure thats going to change real soon when the doors open. black friday is still a thing. its part of a five-day shopping event that goes from thanksgiving day all the ...

>> reporter: black friday shopping is officially underway. >> its the best day of the year. >> reporter: customers getting a jump start on holiday shopping with many stores opening their doors on thanksgiving day. >> we gnaw there wknew the deal early so we had to take advantage. >> reporter: but shoppers have the fewest possible days to tackle their christmas list which could be a billion-dollar hit on online revenue alone according to analytics. what is the hot ticket item this year? >> were g...

Coming back to the table. >> the taliban wants to make a deal and were meeting with them. were going to stay until such time as we have a deal. or we have total victory. and they want to make a deal very badly. >> reporter: so i want to talk about two things here. one is that we dont have any details about what these talks are actually going to look like and what has been done so far. just essentially theyve been restarted. but two, i want to give a context here of this trip. this comes after a ...

That. but its still fun. the tariffs despite that $4 billion on thanksgiving alone, thats extraordinary. >> alison, thank you very much. meanwhile, president trump is on his way back to florida this morning after surprising u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. the president announced hes reopened talks with the taliban but details are still thin at this hour. were live in west balm beach awaiting president trumps arrival. >> reporter: good morning, john. president trump in addition to dolling o...

Rampant abuses and even killings. officially there is now a cease-fire in place here. but violations are frequent. you can hear the sounds of those jets circling overhead. jamila was telling us its like this all day every day. over the past few weeks, a steady stream of casualties has flowed into her hospital. many of them civilians. despite the risks, jamila says she has no intention of stopping her work. >> translator: everyone is afraid of the sound of a plane or a shell, but we have people w...

Protesters but also said xi is a great man, strong leader. things like that which have been complimentary of the chinese leader. so, you know, its hard to see this is trumps own policy in effect here. i dont know what his is, by the way. >> susan dplaglasser, thank you all the analysis. >> thank you. and the flu season arrived early this year. experts predict it could be a rough one. theyre urging everyone to get a flu shot even though their effectiveness is coming under new scrutiny. elizabet...

People. thats why some companies like this one have figured out ways to grow the flu virus without using eggs. >> right here we have cells growing the virus. the virus stays the same. when you make the vaccine, it looks closer to whats in the wild. >> reporter: so no eggs here anywhere? >> no eggs here anywhere. >> reporter: trumps executive order is designed to encourage more of this technology and something even bigger. something researchers have been working on for years. a flu vaccine you wo...

>> youre okay. done. >> reporter: theres no question you should get a flu shot. last flu season the flu killed at least 36,000 people. so this shot could literally save your life. but its far from perfect. >> even on a good year, influenza effectiveness of the vaccine is about 60%. on a bad year, its as low as 10%. >> reporter: do we need to make a better flu vaccine sp. >> we absolutely do. >> reporter: in september president trump signed an executive order noting there are critical shortcoming...

This was the scene at the hospital as the turkish military continued its fight. the medic was inside and quickly realized there was no way in or out. >> translator: its a very difficult feeling when you know your hospital is going to be destroyed and the ambulances are going to be destroyed and theres just a few steps between you and the wounded but you cant go to save them. the screams of the children from rast al-ran are still in my ear. >> reporter: it was the first time targeting medical inf...