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Christies office and the agency that runs the bridge during the period when the shutdown happened. and just like the press on this scandal, the investigation on this scandal has spread from the local regional issue to now being a national one. the chairman of the commerce science and transportation committee in the united states senate has now sent a letter to the agency that runs the bridge stating his concerns about political appointees abusing their power. "unwarranted lane closures without n...

>> thanksgiving thursday is the new black friday. kmart, best buy, target, and walmart, all opening earlier this year. walmarts black friday deals start at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. walmart says its customers bought nearly 5,000 items a second during its four hours of thanksgiving day sales last year. >> we did over 10 million transactions. about 1.3 million tvs, 1.8 million towels, 1.8 million toys. >> that will take all 600 of this stores employees -- >> its a seamless move from the back room...

>> so its a simple seamless move from off the truck to the back room. every store is mapped out for an exact location of where all the products are going to be. >> reporter: when its all over it starts again. >> black friday is actually a 52-week planning process for us. we literally start the dau after black friday one year and start planning for the next year. >> and that, carol, is the retall trick all the retailers have for a year been planning on these sales and doorbusters today so its all...

Administration does? its blame everybody else. its never this presidents responsibility. generally its his predecessors problems. but now they are blaming who? the people signing up. there are too many people signing up. baloney. they did not plan appropriately for the volume one would expect. they have got jim garrity. 7 million people checked the web site the first date was up. 37 million people check drudge on a regular basis. there was a web site called alta advice a which was a search engin...

Thank you very much. thank you for the members of the audience. appreciate all the great questions. lets turn it over to anderson cooper right now. his show starts right now. see you tomorrow morning. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news. abc news is reporting that president obamas national security team is preparing for a military attack in syria much bigger than most anticipated. the most surprising part of the report, that a strike could include an aerial bombardment fired fr...

Bombers could be options considered or used in any air strike on syria. so it is part of the planning process. they say that does not fund mentally change the overall parameters of the mission. in other words, this official was telling me that yes, targets on the ground are continuously changing. they are adapting some of the options to fit those new targets but he predicted that a lot of these options would continue to change because they see continued movement on the ground, but he does not se...

Thank you very much. thank you for the members of the audience. appreciate all the great questions. i hope the town hall was a benefit to you. lets turn it over to anderson cooper right now. his show starts right now. see you tomorrow morning. good evening, everyone. we begin with breaking news. abc news is reporting that president obamas national security team is preparing for a military attack in syria much bigger than most anticipated. the most surprising part of the report, that a strike c...

Regime. because this is a -- you know, minority who believes that their lives are at stake and they will turnover the table if they think they have to. >> if he feels hes in danger, fran, who knows what he and his supporters in damascus will do. thats a huge potential problem there. >> thats right, wolf. its one of those things, its why ive always been concerned about this notion of the president signaling this is going to be a very narrow strike. i mean, what you want to do is reserve your opti...

For israel but condemned the move. >> let me reiterate that this administration, like previous administrations, has been very clear with israel, that these activities set back the cause of a negotiated peace. >> the israeli announcement come just hours after the u.n. voted overwhelmingly to grant palestine a non member observer status. nbc correspondent martin fletcher is live for us in tel aviv. martin what is the respect of this settlement announcement? do you think israel will really move for...

And michael morrell has now been asked by the president to be the acting director of central intelligence. is he likely to head the cia long-term or is there talk about a replacement? >> reporter: well, look, i think its a real possibility. this is someone who president obama has a great amount of faith in. this is someone who was briefing him regularly, during the planning process of the takedown of osama bin laden. someone who has over 30 years experience and service with this cia. so the whit...