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CNN Newsroom-20131129-14:02:00

shortly after the turkey was finished. . this is how this played out in a brandsmart in west palm beach, florida, while people clamored in electronics deals. cnn is tracking all of the black friday chaos, zain asher is at the macy's flagship store in new york city, kyung lah is at a walmart in los angeles, good morning. >> reporter: hi. hi, carol. i spoke to a macy's executive earlier today about the decision to open on thanksgiving, he said listen, last year we were open at midnight and we had 11,000 people outside, they already had bags from other retailers, so it's all about the competition with shoppers, it's all about getting the deals. take a listen. just hours into the holiday shopping season kicking off the hunt for bargains is a contact

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-14:26:00

gritty, strong women and i think that's better for young women to watch on the big screen. jennifer lawrence is doing that even at 23. >> she is and you're right about that and she does that by design, carol. when i spoke with jennifer a few weeks ago, and we talked about this, she said listen, i live to act. it's what she loves to do. she loves to create and she does it even though she has the lime light she doesn't necessarily seek it. her work speaks for itself and she's young, beautiful, fun, so people want to know about her. but you're right, she very much is an actress in the best way possible. >> at least we agree on something. nischelle turner -- >> i'm going to hunt you down and tie you down and make you watch "pretty woman" with me again. >> torture. nischelle turner, thank you so much. >> all right. still to come in "the newsroom," the deadline for fixes to the obama care site is approaching in a matter of hours. but even after tomorrow, will healthcare.gov work?

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-14:06:00

target or kmart or other stores. it's always walmart that seems to be in the crosshairs. why is that? >> reporter: well, let's look at the employee numbers. very, very simply, target has approximately 300,000 employees in the united states, compare that toalmart wch hasapproximat. that, carol, is about 1% of the u.s. labor force, so when the ceo says a big stage, that's what he's talking about, but protesters who are going to be showing up here at this walmart says it is a fully appropriate stage to have this conversation. the conversation about low wages. yes, many of the employees did volunteer to work today to make time and a half because the base wage is so low. certainly so low that you can't support a family of four, especially in an expensive place like los angeles. protesters expecting about 100 to 500 people to show up just outside of this walmart and if you do look at the composition

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-15:03:00

how much were people spending? the average order on a tablet was more than $127. here's an interesting note on this. ios, that's the apple operating system, it drove about four times the sales online compared to the android operating system. this is interesting because it's actually the android operating system that gets a bigger market share compared to the iphone. but not around the holiday time at least, carol. >> now we're going to talk to that executive from walmart. this is the executive vice presidents and chief marketing and merchandising officer for walmart u.s. good morning, duncan. >> good morning. great to be with you today. >> great that you're here. you must be having an incredibly busy morning. >> boy, it's been an exciting couple of days. this in fact is the super bowl of retail. and we had over 22 million customers in our stores last night. we did over 10 million transactions in the first four

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-14:07:00

of the proterssters, carol, mos of them are not current walmart employees but say they represent the silent employees who are inside these stores. >> they claim the employees are too afraid to strike or to protest their wages. when you say base wage and i know it's difficult to get a figure out of walmart because they would say they pay at the higher end of what retailers pay their workers. what is that base wage at walmart? >> it really depends what your job is, whether you're a manager, if you're an entry level clerk, but if you do make a comparison to walmart, to target, the wages actually quite comparable. walmart because of the number of employees it has, yes, that is the big target for a lot of these worker rallies. >> and i ask you that because their base wage seems to be such a secret, they can't give us an average wage that employees are paid but the protests across the country certainly are leaving

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-15:07:00

is we're a reflection of the american economy. and we offer entry points of work for people that want part-time work and also opportunity. if you want to work hard and want more responsibility, we promote over 160,000 people a year. and that's what key about walmart. whether you want to be in logistics or isd, marketing and merchandising. you want to work on the floor or fresh moods. we always see this -- >> is it safe to say that most workers at walmart, and i'm talking about part-timers and full-timers all part together, is it safe to say that they make under $10 an hour? >> no, that's not accurate, carol. >> what is accurate? >> i can't quote the exact number for you. but we are on the top end of the retail wage. >> well, i ask you this because there's a california

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-15:11:00

the federal government about raising the minimum wage across the country for all workers? >> you know, carol, i always engage with both our local government officials as well as our national officials because walmartst largest retailer in the united states, we have a platform for these discussions and we would be happy to weigh in to find the right resolution here. >> thank you so much for taking time out to talk with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, carol, appreciate it. >> earlier this morning, i talked with the man who took that video we were talking about at the north carolina walmart. his name is brian spain. and he said he purposefully went to walmart to document the black friday frenzy. >> you feel kind of helpless. and then when you look and see there's two officers off to the side that are just kind of like standing there watching all this happen and there's nothing going on, i thought they would be there to help. to make sure this kind of stuff

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CNN Newsroom-20131129-14:10:00

is the takeaway? >> it is that last number that you showed, 59% of americans saying things are going badly in the country, that's a 9% increase from the same question that we asked back in april, so it goes to show you at this point, even though there's talk about the economy improving, if it's improving at all, americans out there don't think it's improving and what's really interesting is that when we asked this question, we asked it of course all across the country, and that is the sentiment all across the country, whether you live in the northeast, the midwest, down south, whether you're a woman, whether you're a man, whether you're black, whether you're white, it doesn't matter, doesn't matter what your income level is. you think things are going bad in the country. in addition to that, politically, though, if you're a democrat, you actually think things are getting better and if you go across the political spectrum if you're a republican, you really have a bad outlook on the economy, carol. >> that's really interesting. if you look at the hard core numbers the economy is getting better, although very, very slowly, right? certainly better than it was in 2008.

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CNN Newsroom-20131126-14:19:00

>> here is the thing. there are going to be some deals out there. but there are going to be some deals after the holiday, too, right? you buy what you need. you buy what will make you happy. you buy what you can pay for by january. here is another dirty, dark secret about black friday sales, carol. if you go out there and buy something and can't pay it off by february, you didn't get a deal. instead, now you've got interest payments, late fees and you've hurt your credit score. so it actually cost you more. so it's one of those unpopular stories about restraint this time of year. restraint is what the deal is, right? but mostly, we are very easy prey. americans like to feel like they got something for 40% off, whether they needed it or not. there's a whole retail structure built around making us feel like we got something while padding the profits of the retailers. >> i'm going to start knitting my own sweaters. not. christine romans, thank you so much. >> can you make an hd tv, though? i can't make a tv.

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CNN Newsroom-20131126-14:33:00

>> what i always say is have a low expectation when traveling through bad weather on the airlines, particularly around the holidays, and you won't be disappointed. >> all right. and the faa is predicting that these delays will continue throughout the day and even at those airports where they're going to need to deice those planes. that will slow things down quite a bit as well. and for those flyers, things don't look any better for tomorrow. that wind is going to create trouble for people trying to get to their destination tomorrow as well, especially in the new york area. carol? >> all right, rene marsh, thanks, i think. joining me now is senior editor for travelocity. hi, courtney. welcome. >> hi there. thank you. >> thanks for being here. even if it doesn't snow, high winds and rain will have a big impact on air travel. we heard rene say that. many people could see their flights delayed or canceled. the first thing you should do is check with your air carrier

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