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10:00 p.m. last night. so, with stores opening earlier than ever before, what effect does that have on the shoppers? news4's megan mcgrath is live at the mall in leesburg, is it a madhouse? >> reporter: because of the change in hours for a lot of the retailers, it sort of changed the dynamic a little bit. we had a big rush at midnight when a lot of the stores opened up and things sort of leveled off. we're here at the premium outlets and look at the coach store, they've had a line out front pretty much all day long and very, very busy here, a lot of folks taking advantage of these ...

any new additions? we know there's some traditional ones this year. >> yes. we have the sonic the hedge hog that will be redesigned this year. he's going to kick off that para parade. k, we've got paul franks julius. that will be the only other balloon. joining us, mickey, you've got spider-man, buzz light year, all of those favorites. my personal favorite, of course, snoopy. >> mine, too, michelle. take care. michelle franzen, live in new york for us. >> a lot of fun. >> it is. i'm excited. good morning to you. thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving morning. i'm eun yang. >> a...

Immediately -- and you may be that way as well. trace gallagher in the west coast newsroom with more. >> reporter: a lot of parents were stunned about this, we just got off the phone with the school district. the rapper is t.i.p., his real name is clifford harris and he's a very successful rap artist but also has a lengthy criminal record and a number of arrests, convictions on drugs and weapons charges. he was involved in a well-known brawl in a west hollywood hotel a couple of years ago. so he was invited to speak to some middle school students and the assembly was about antibullying. one of...

windows. palin's facing off against the young man accused of hacking into her e-mail account. david cornell, a university of tennessee student, now facing up to 50 years behind bars if convicted. trace gallagher live in our new west coast newsroom with more. >> reporter: she was quickly on and off the stand. palin is now done testifying. we're told, in fact, she's on a plane with her husband todd headed elsewhere. those in the courtroom, by the way, say sarah palin was very relaxed, she was smiling throughout. she kind of went over how she found out her e-mail had been hacked into. s...