Futures are in the red as shoppers look to splurge on Black Friday

Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith, Editor-in-chief Andy Serwer, Scott Gamm, Jared Blikre, Rick Newman, Brian Sozzi, Heidi Chung, Alanna Petroff, Daniel Howley and Kristin Myers discuss today’s top stories.

Today’s topics include:

• Markets are lower on shortened trading day

• Shoppers hitting stores on Black Friday

• Thousands flood Macy’s iconic NYC store

• U.S. asking allies to drop Huawei: WSJ

• More rain forecast in Northern California fire zone

• Soros’s Open Society Foundation chief calls for Congressional probe of FB

• BP launches new U.K. oil project

• Apple cutting prices on iPhone XR in Japan

• Amazon unblocks U.S. site for Australians

• Nissan reportedly looking to change Renault alliance after Ghosn firing

People wait for the Uniqlo store on Broadway to open for a Black Friday sales event in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly