Air Jordan's Cause Chaos at Stores Across U.S.

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-- alert and Black Friday this sequel just hours before Christmas.

When a sneaker sale leads to chaos across the country.

Take a look at the pushing.

The pepper spray the bulls even gunfire.

Erupting as customers coast to coast scramble for the brand new Nike air Jordan sneakers and now.

Several people are under arrest after a half a dozen incidents.

It's a brand new hour of America live I'm grateful and I'm Heather -- thanks for being with -- crowds cramming into malls all -- the country.

To be first in line for.

The new knicks.

And those who actually scored a pair of the 180 dollars shoes saying the madness was well worth it.

Everybody try to get to Jordan is ridiculous I didn't realize crazy that way this some radical.

Jordan -- eleven thing came out since 1996.

Everybody is trying to get a look at the -- I don't know about everybody dispute that -- -- -- Jordan.

Rick Leventhal joins us now.

On this hi Rick hey Rick.

Shopping has obviously become more and more of a contact sport these days so it seems appropriate that the latest item to spur fighting inside and outside stores.

Is a pair of basketball shoes and this is way beyond pushing and shoving as you mentioned with pepper spray gunfire.

And numerous arrests coast to coast take another look at the video.

From Indianapolis where a crowd -- and strong gathered before dawn.

At the Lafayette square mall waiting for hours before pushing and shoving their way through the -- you see one of the broken there ripped right off its hinges.

Some -- -- actually tripled as they made it mad dash to the Finish Line store to grab a pair of the Nike air Jordan eleven retro concorde.

Dozens of officers were called in to handle the surge there often Richmond California shots fired outside a mall apparently by someone trying to disperse the crowd.

So they could get any get their hands on these limited edition -- known was hurt.

-- also numerous fights and arrests at a mall near Atlanta at the crowds smashed through glass windows and tried to rush inside the building.

One of those arrested.

Was a woman who reportedly left two toddlers alone in the car because she was so desperate to get the sneakers.

And -- used pepper spray on shoppers in Seattle.

-- get them under control the Jordan -- cost a 180 bucks in stores but can be resold online.

For more than 500 dollars a pair and there's a tradition involved to take a look.

-- -- -- The guy like you got licked a bottom Liddy is.

Natalie the bottom and -- these are seemingly good clues I had so want in -- morning.

-- his -- in -- morning.

I that you should -- the bottom before you Wear them.

Not after.

Nike makes an estimated one billion dollars a year on air jordans even more impressive considering Michael Jordan had -- play professionally since 2003.

It really is unbelievable and I hadn't even -- that they were -- issuing these shoes every member.

You know the frenzy when they were out years ago but I guess they're back -- back in a big way and it's going to be tougher and tougher to get your hands -- I know you're there on the list there of violence 500 bucks a pop on line Rick Leventhal the newsroom for us -- texture.

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