that's why macey says it's opening its stores for the first time ever. trisha kress is working her first. >> it's not like forced labour. >> some workers feel force the to work. they are are urging shoppers to boycott shoppers. michelle in pennsylvania posted that she quit her retail management job saying the shopping thing has gone too far. >> kmart is not knew to the line-up of retailers open for the holidays. this year the stores will be open for 48 straight hours between thanksgiving thursday and black friday. it will take a lot of workers to keep things up and running. employers say they'll do what they con to make it worth it. they are paying time and a half. walmart is boosting discount from 20 to 25% and providing a full meal to workers. >> you can't beat that. can't beat free money and food. >> brian williams will not get anything from his security guard job, but he makes more money. >> i'm getting holiday pay for me and my family. >> ty says you cannot put a price tag on family time. >> i can't imagine my family being somewhere and i can't be t

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. >> macey's staff called them the gentle giants. 16 huge character balloons flying through the canyons of new york, narrowly making it through the skyscraper - as traditional as having the whole family for a thanksgiving sk dinner. >> it almost didn't happen, a storm passed over leaving blustery weather in its wake. winds, higher than 23 miles per hour or gusting above 24 miles per hour would have kept the boys on the ground. stiff breezes did not stop the balloons taking off. at times they tested the strength of their handlers. macy's estimates 3.5 million braved freezing temperatures to watch the parade. 50 million would have seen it on tv. >> thanksgiving day parade. why wouldn't i want to be out here. >> the statistics are staggering. >> 16 gentle giant balloons, more than 30 smaller ones, 11 marching bands, 900 clowns and 1600 drum majors, mainlier et cetera and cheer leaders. it's over for another year. listen closely as the parade windows down. you can almost hear a sigh of relief. definitely something worth giving thanks for. >> well the front that produced the rain and brought

i was talking about the macey's parade and how the wind will play a factor. right now, somewhere like laguardia has winds gusting. central park wind at 8, gusting to 23. so that is within parameters. the winds are dying. we may squeak out the balloons. there's a reason the rules are in place. there has been big debacling. a couple of years ago in 2005, m and ms hit a couple of sisters. resume or they got m&ms for life out of that. the low pressure causing the rain moved to the north. there's a pressure gradient behind that, creating the wind. as the low pressure moves out the winds are slowly diminishing. we have some of the winds in parameters in the central park area, and because they are slowly lessoning, we might be able to get the balloon off the ground. we are keeping our fingers crossed for this. as we continue we had the rain moving out quickly becauseful same wind pattern. we had areas, snow, they we will be dealing with. the bands are lined up in the same direction as the wound pattern is flowing. the rest of the country, if you head out, this is a

the macey's parade is soon. children checked out the floats. >> there'll be a 30 foot tall cradle to celebrate the first day of hx onica. >> hours before nuclear talks resume in six world power the nation's supreme leader said they would not step back. >> a series of people killed in baghdad. the deadliestance explosion at an outdoor market. >> the supreme court is leading the texas abortion restrictions. it came as voters in albuquerque voted against a ban on late-term employment. >> the struggle some fame lis face putting dinner on the table. >> kobe bryant back in practice. when will he lace it up in a role game. >> i'm metrologist nicole mitcham. temperatures to drop in the middle of the country. we'll have that. >> aljazeera.com continues in 2.5 minutes. >> from our headquarters in new york, here are the headlines this hour. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour. >> a deal in the senate may be at hand and just in the nick of time. >> thousands of n

. >> to add to what you said about the macey's parade and the ba balloo balloons, it's not just the winds sustained, but gusts into the mid-30s. we have to watch both elements. as the loan skirts up the coastline we'll see gusty winds. it will be a concern. you can see where the brunt of the storm is now. most of the western half of the country is cooperative. this is where you are travelling instead. rain through the south, busy hubs like atlanta could have delays. this is moving out. impacting more of the north-east. it will be the new york airport. philadelphia. if a plain is stuck somewhere. it still could use problems. on the back side of this we've had snow, interior around the lakes. an influx of warm air. that's why the coast sees rain and snow. because of the snow interior, that's why we have a lot of winter weather advisories. if i go south, the coastline of north carolina, this is when you know it's a potent storm, snow, rain and a tornado watch. there's enough dynamics. here is how the coastal system might rates up the coastline. into tomorrow, on the backside of that. it look