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the waiting list, towards hiring more staff. >> this is not a situation where we're trying to evict people. okay? >> reporter: housing authority spokeswoman rose dennis says the agency began warning residents last year the day was coming when late payments would lead to eviction. that day was july 1. since then, the agency has sent out about 560 eviction notices. about half of those people worked out payment plans. the other half? >> nobody has been evicted. >> even people that were perfectly willing to pay rent and had been in the past may be started not to realizing that, you know,...

to affect us -- i didn't think it was going to affect us in any way. >> reporter: no one store can hog the entire toy market and besides, different stores serve different needs. toys 'r us express in a mall setting works for some. >> they have more stuff for sale and it's cheaper and you get more stuff for less. it's more convenient. >> reporter: jeffrey's works for others. >> they are very nice. we come to jeffrey's because it's convenient and it's always open. the springup stores aren't available all the time. >> reporter: what did you get in here today? >> a binocular. >> it's mor...

and i'm not going to do that this year. >> i couldn't even qualify. they denied me. >> reporter: the national retail federation found four out of ten americans will pay with debit instead of credit this year and as a result, many stores are changing the way they do business. some brought back layaway and others like target have expanded store credit cashed offers to include debit. >> if someone wants to come in without paying a fee to open up a target debit account, you save the 5% still. >> reporter: so while research shows black friday shoppers are spending more money this year, ma...

katie couric. >> rodriguez: good evening, katie is off tonight. black friday is the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, and by every indication, americans are back in a spending mood. we'll have more on that in a moment. but we begin tonight at the white house. president obama takes his basketball very seriously, and today things got rough during a pickup game. a stray elbow sent the president to the doctor, where he received 12 stitches in his mouth. sharyl attkisson is at the white house tonight with a post-game report. sharyl, how is our m.v.p. doing? >> reporte...

i'm going to get those deals. >> you go get them. some stores have been open since 10:00 last night. shoppers willing to give up a few hours of sleep were offered steep discounts. many worked in teams and came up with strategies to get the best deals. >> we kind of plan wanted and plotted -- planned and plotted. >> marketing experts say companies are putting more and more emphasis on this. they say this year, black friday was even more enticing to shoppers given the tough economic times. many shoppers go after the black friday deals for themselves but when it comes to shopping for ...