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Heart forever. i'll miss you dearly. debra messing tweeting, rip, the brady bunch was everything. on a much lighter note, on your marks, get set, go, right now millions of bargain hunters are out in force for black friday. they are already shopping or waiting for the stores to open. the national retail federation, consumers are expected to drop nearly $656 billion this holiday season. of that, consumers are expected to rack up $117 billion in online sales. that's up about 7% to 10% from last year. in all, more than 137 million people plan to buy stuff this holiday weekend. let's get to nbc's...

I'll miss you dearly. debra messing tweeting, rip, the brady bunch was everything. on a much lighter note, on your marks, get set, go, right now millions of bargain hunters are out in force for black friday. they are already shopping or waiting for the stores to open. the national retail federation, consumers are expected to drop nearly $656 billion this holiday season. of that, consumers are expected to rack up $117 billion in online sales. that's up about 7% to 10% from last year. in all, more than 137 million people plan to buy stuff this holiday weekend. let's get to nbc's jay gray joini...

That's down from 76 percent back in 2009. what's worse banks think you are going to pay their fees because you are too lazy to reroute all of your direct deposits and bills you pay monthly. >> they have gone down but the difference is minuscule. >> this is intentional drivers out there. cheaper winter blend gasoline is available at your local gas station. of the national average as of this morning it is 3.81 cents a gallon. prices are better through the end of the year. summer is now over. >> the winter blend is cheaper. >> okay. all right. good to know. >> then finally apple. could be worse. ...

Believes this is taking away home from work on more substantive matters. here is a key house democrat a short time ago on today's vote. >> we think that this is a manufactured crisis, you know, we think and we support the president and the country's obligation to pay its debt. >> reporter: a vote is expected in the house late this afternoon, but in the end we do expect the debt ceiling will go up, martha. martha: mike emanuel thanks so much. greg: a bit of context right now and you need context when you're talking about these kind of numbers. our entire public debt has increased $656 billion s...