this parade, the first one was exactly 100 years ago. really? so you're 98. >> so you were here for the third one? >> i am from colombia. >> and where in colombia? >> medellin. >> medellin is a beautiful city. >> of course it is. you should come to see it. >> well, i've been there and it's beautiful. that's how i know that. so what's your favorite balloon? what's the most beautiful balloon? >> i do love dora exploradora because my daughter minnie mouse is 60ft tall. >> this gives you an idea. i'm only about as tall as her nose, but she's not the tallest balloon that's ever been in this parade. that was olive oil. popeye's girlfriend she won't be in this parade, but she was 102ft tall. happy thanksgiving, everybody. >> gary tuchman bigger than the nose of minnie mouse thank you so much for being there gary. and of course, you can all join erica hill and me tomorrow morning. we're going to be live along the parade route for the ultimate

thursday, november 28th. >> happy thanksgiving right now on cnn this morning giving thanks with family food football and parades. america taking a time out from the chaos of the world to celebrate thanksgiving tumultuous transition eight of donald trump's picks allegedly targeted by bomb threats and swatting, none of them being protected by the secret service cease fire holding with this week's deal between israel and hezbollah. we'll talk to the parents of an israeli hostage held in gaza. they're hoping the next step is the return of their son it is 6 a.m. here on the east coast. a lot of clouds there in seattle. look at that. live look at seattle, washington, where thick clouds are blanketing the city. it is 3 a.m. there on the west coast. good morning everyone. i'm jim acosta in for kasie hunt. thank you for joining us on this

thanksgiving morning. in just a couple of hours from now, the macy's day parade will kick off as families across the country get ready to celebrate thanksgiving. and right here on cnn, we'll be giving you a front row ticket to the biggest parades across the country with our inaugural thanksgiving in america coverage starting at 8 a.m. eastern. experts are predicting record travel numbers this holiday, with almost 80 million expected to either fly or drive. according to triple a. so hopefully you've made it to your destination because depending on where you live, rain and cold temperatures might make you want to stay inside. certainly the case here in washington tracking it all for us is cnn's brynn gingras in new york. and meteorologist allison chinchar live in atlanta. brynn, i think let's start with you first, the umbrella there tells the story. where do things stand? right now with the weather and the security preparations for the parade this morning yeah, yeah. >> happy thanksgiving, jim. believe it or not, the destination for some of the people is here, right along this parade route. and they're already here. and that parade does not begin for, you know, a

couple hours at 830 this morning. our coverage, of course, at 8 a.m.. but look, it is raining, but people are excited to be a part of the most iconic event in for this holiday, right? the macy's day parade. let me get out of the way real quick so you guys can see tom the turkey. he is here on this west central park west here in new york city. he is of course, the first float to come down this parade 100 years ago. can you believe that? that was when the first macy's day parade happened here in new york city. this is the 98th parade, and it's going to be a celebration. despite the rain. i will say, jim, i've covered this parade several times and this is the worst weather that i've experienced, but it's going to be incredible. and when i talk about people, when i talk about listen i talk about people who are along the parade route we're kind of further up just so we can show you, tom, the turkey further down. there have been people here get this since 430. this morning. you can see some people lined up here. one woman i talked to from salt lake city dragged her kids out here at 430 in the rain i said, is this

the first time that you've ever been to the parade? are you excited? and she's like, this is our second. and oh, by the way, the last time it poured as well. so they don't exactly have the best luck, but it's going to be exciting. of course, our coverage starts at 8 a.m. with erica hill and john berman. it's going to be a blast. and you know what? we're just we're just going to get wet it's okay. it's a great day to watch the parade from inside the comfort of your home and watch us get wet and enjoy it out here. and we will show you everything. guys yes, live tv just got to roll with it, right? >> and, alison, how could the weather. yeah, you got to roll with it maybe those parade floats will shield you from the rain a little bit. and alison, how could the weather impact thanksgiving plans for folks today yeah. >> that's right. now it is raining where i am too. i'm a little bit more fortunate than i'm underneath the tent, which is the only thing that's saving me. now we're here in atlanta. the half marathon is about to start behind me. maybe just about an hour and a half from now. this is the largest half marathon in the country to take place on thanksgiving day. they have nearly

12,000 people signed up to race today, either in the half marathon there's a5k, there's even a little 50 yard dash for the little ones to maybe break a sweat before they go and fill their stomachs up with all that food this afternoon. but yes any last minute travelers are likely going to contend with some rain showers, especially in the eastern half of the country. we've got rain extending not just here in atlanta but it goes all the way up to maine essentially maine back down through mississippi. we've got those rain showers going on right now, so that includes atlanta. portions of the carolinas, virginia pennsylvania and into the northeast and yes, that also does include new york city, where, yes, they're starting to see those showers begin to pick up. it's going to be off and on throughout much of the morning. so you may get some lighter waves. you may get some heavier waves. but the real question is the forecast for the macy's day parade itself. yes, there are showers. yes it's going to be on the cool side, but we're not expecting snow in the city of new york. so just going to be a little bit of a cool rain right there snow, however, is expected for

other areas of interior northeast especially when you start getting up into the white and green mountains. you could be looking at as much as a foot of snow total to fall there. some of the lower elevations still going to see several inches of snow. now the rest of the country actually some pretty nice spots out there. so if you waited to travel but you live in the central u.s. or maybe out in the west, gym conditions should be much much better in those areas than we're seeing here in the east all right, some good news out there. >> but folks on the east coast just going to have to take your time today. happy thanksgiving to alison and brant. thanks so much. really appreciate it we'll check back in with you straight ahead on cnn this morning. violent threats. the transition team says several of trump's top picks for his second administration targeted with bomb threats and swatting. plus, how a stowaway successfully boarded a flight from new york to paris during the holiday travel blitz and thanksgiving in america. time for food, friends, football and family. for millions around the country. cnn spoke with singer and songwriter andy grammer about what's important to him

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about it, posted about what happened on social media, pete hegseth said on x, quote, a police officer arrived at our home where our seven children were still sleeping. the officer notified my uh, my family and i that they had received a pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family. forgive me. they're just trying to read that there. he adds that the threat has been cleared. i will not be bullied or intimidated. never. meanwhile, after president biden was briefed on the incidents, the white house said the administration, quote unequivocally condemns threats of political violence. joining us now for the latest on the transition and the transition of the latest there that's happening is cnn's steve contorno in west palm beach, florida. steve what's the latest? good morning good morning jim. >> happy thanksgiving. the latest that we know is that on tuesday evening through wednesday morning about eight, at least eight members of donald trump's incoming cabinet received similar threats to the one that pete hegseth described in that message. you just read. and it includes trump's picks for

agriculture secretary brooke rollins un ambassador elise stefanik, his one time pick for attorney general, matt gaetz lee zeldin his choice to lead the epa. hud incoming hud secretary scott turner his choice for cia director john ratcliffe, as well as his choice for labor secretary lori chavez-deremer. and what we know at this point is that none of these incidents proved to be actual threats. it was, as you said, threats of pipe bombs as well as swatting. swatting is when you call the police saying that there's some sort of activity going on at a residence, hoping that the police show up with guns drawn. and it's a very scary situation. it's also, unfortunately, a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in our in our political environments. many of trump's political enemies over the years and political foes have also been on the receiving ends of these pipe bomb threats and swat threats, including special counsel jack smith, for example. now, the fbi did tell us that they are taking these threats seriously, and they encourage the public to report

anything that they see immediately if they have any information and steve just this week, the trump transition team signed a transition agreement with the white house. >> but one name is notably absent from the ethics pledge. what do we know about that yeah, that name is donald trump. >> we talked to ethics experts who said when they reviewed the the memorandum of understanding and the ethics pledge that was put forward by the trump transition team, it does not cover the president himself. and here's why that's important. there were so many questions in the first time trump ran for president about how he would untangle his personal wealth from the office of the presidency, and he took some nominal steps toward that. well, this time he has not even said if he would do anything close to what he did the first time, which itself raised questions about whether it was enough to disentangle himself from potential conflicts of interest. and he has really only even added to the potential conflicts during this campaign. he has launched a

multi-billion dollar social media and technology company. he has been hawking products and licensing, licensing agreements with companies of unknown origins. he has launched a crypto industry company with his sons, and while he at the same time, he is promising to unleash the cryptocurrency industry and there's no way to know how the steps he is taking wouldn't benefit his family. that kind of information would be explained by some sort of ethics arrangement or some sort of agreement that that announces how he intends to distance himself from his financial holdings. but we have not received that from the former president and president elect, and we are getting that from his incoming cabinet at this point, but still not from him jim. >> okay. steve contorno in west palm beach. thank you very much. our panel joins us now for more on everything going on with the trump transition. scott jennings, cnn political

commentator, former special assistant to president george w. bush, bakari sellers cnn political commentator, former south carolina state representative and leah wright rigueur cnn political historian and associate professor of history at johns hopkins university. guys, thanks so much for being with us. happy thanksgiving. bakari, let me start with you. last night, senator markwayne mullin of oklahoma reacted to these threats. seemed to blame the biden administration. let's listen to what he had to say it's extremely concerning. >> and at the same time, president biden and vice president kamala harris, they're going to have to come forth and tell their group to calm down, to not take it this far, because they're the ones that fed the fire, and they're also the ones that can kill the fire bakari, what do you think about that? >> i mean, it's ignorance is more ignorance coming from markwayne mullin. i believe that the fact is we need to figure out where these threats are coming from before you go out blaming one side or another. um, we have no idea

who is perpetrating these threats. i can say just resoundingly just as the president of the united states has said, that these threats have no place in our discourse, have no place in our democracy. um and, and need to be stamped out but to come on tv, to come on national tv or fox news or anywhere else and say that your group is doing x, y or z without knowing who is doing what is irresponsible and what what what he's talking about is the same type of rhetoric that needs to stop. we go back and forth with this. both sides of what rhetoric needs to be done this time, and who said what when where, how. but as a united states senator, you have to have some responsibility and let's at least figure out where these are coming from. let's figure out who's perpetrating them. let's let law enforcement do their job, and let's let the president lead, as he did with his comments. and quotes. >> yeah. scott, what do you think about that? >> i mean there's a long history for the last several years of people trying to do stuff to republicans and conservatives, go back to the congressional baseball

shooting. steve scalise got the crazy person who tried to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. of course, donald trump was nearly assassinated during the campaign. so i agree with bakari. i don't know where they're coming from but i do know that we have the climate in this country that has somehow, over the last several years, led to several conservatives and republicans being targeted with these kinds of swat things, or with actual violence. so i'm not happy about it honestly, as a republican, i don't like it that these people have been had their names put forward for public service, and now they are immediately being treated. this way. so i hope folks calm it down and whoever is doing it stops doing it. because when you have this kind of climate, it's supposed to instill fear and it's supposed to keep people from wanting to step forward and serve our government. and it's pretty darn despicable. so i hope they stop and, lee, what do you make of the trump transition team? >> steve contorno just talked about this a few moments ago. this ethics pledge that

apparently excludes the president elect himself well i don't think that i'm very surprised about the president elect being excluded from an ethics pledge. >> first of all, i think if we think about when the the ethics pledge actually came into action it comes about because there are a lot of questions about donald trump's business dealings and he does it in part to relieve the american public of these questions about business dealings, about very large investments. but a lot has changed in the last four years. an incredible amount has changed in the last four years, including that there are certain protections around the office of the presidency, irrespective of who is president of the united states, that allows for certain criminal protections or legal legal protections of presidential privilege. so in this case there may not actually be a need for donald trump to sign an ethics pledge. and i'm sure that his cabinet is considering this right now. the rest of his cabinet, the rest of the transition team doesn't have those same protections. they don't have the same legal framework that that has been, you know pounded

out in court. and so i think i would be i would pay very close attention to what is going on with donald trump's business dealings, especially the ones around the media holdings and media companies. truth social, in particular, has made a lot of money just in the last month alone, so i would pay very, very close attention to this but also recognize that we are entering into a very, very different legal and political landscape, one in which there are there are new kinds of protections around presidential privilege, executive privilege, the executive privilege of the office. and we may actually be seeing donald trump take advantage of that. >> and bakari, i did want to ask you about this, this back and forth between trump and the president of mexico. claudia sheinbaum this week, trump posted on truth social that the president of mexico has agreed to stop migration through mexico and into the united states, effectively closing our southern border. uh president of mexico seemed to push back on that characterization, writing in part, we reiterate that mexico's position is not to close borders but to build

bridges between governments and between peoples. bakari, i mean it was interesting when when trump came out with that, that post he made it sound as though he had solved the immigration crisis and what's happening down at the border um, and the president of mexico had a very different characterization yeah. >> and i just think that that this is going to be somewhat typical of the next four years of the trump administration. it's something that we see on x a lot, where, uh which has really become this, this kind of, uh very in terms of intellectual honesty, very shallow. uh but president sheinbaum, in her response, ran circles around the incoming 47th president of the united states talking about the agreement that mexico has already made and the reduction that we've seen of border crossings and the things they're already doing. um, and she's going to be more than a formidable foe for donald trump. but i would i would tell

people who are watching and sometimes we don't do this, but donald trump is going to claim credit and then send a tweet out without actually doing anything um, and claiming some victories or success. that is who he is and that's who he's always been. uh he has not solved anything yet. um, although he's claimed victory. and so this is going to be something that's happening. and this is why journalism matters. and people like you matter, jim. because you're going to have to turn the page and be able to show people that. look, i mean, just because you tweeted and say it doesn't mean anything. i tweet the fact that i should be in the nba all the time, but i ain't there. >> yeah, i would love that too. i would love to be in the nba, but scott, you know, let me ask you, um, does this mean that if we start to see uh, you know, migration coming across the border during a second trump term, that that means that this, this tweet from him is this post is no longer operative. what does that what does that mean does that mean he didn't solve it or she didn't solve it? what does that mean? >> i'll tell you what. this

whole thing means to me. first of all, it was interesting to hear bakari describe the president of mexico as a formidable foe. i don't think we ought to have to think of mexico as a foe, although we currently should, because they've been a terrible neighbor. and i think he got her attention this week with his threat of tariffs. and she clearly hopped on the phone with him. and that's a good thing. she needs to pay attention to donald trump, and they need to pay attention to the united states. they have an important economic relationship with us, but they've been a terrible neighbor, and they do need to do more in terms of migration and drugs. this poison comes across the border. it kills americans. and so i'm glad they talked. and i know that they're both doing their own public posturing for their own political purposes, but they have an important role to play. and i don't think they've done near enough to do what they can do to help the united states solve this crisis. so we'll see how it turns out. but there's there's a lot of things yet to happen. trump hasn't even taken office yet, and he's already got the attention of both mexico and canada in a way that i don't think joe biden ever did but i

guess, well bakari, if you want to quick response to that. >> oh yeah, i it's it's li qiang i think that irresponsible fiscal policy is something that we'll be able to discuss for a long period of time. if anybody thinks 25% tariffs on anything is good policy, and yes, she is a formidable foe, it's a colloquialism that means somebody who's going to be able to go back and forth with the president of the united states, not any type of other characterization. but scott knows that and, leah, i guess just go back to you finally on this. >> i mean the flip side of this is that when trump comes into office, if these tariffs do go into effect, i mean, the president of mexico has threatened to retaliate. we could have a trade war at the beginning of this new administration, which could have a pretty serious effect on on inflation in this country. i mean, that's what a lot of economic experts are saying right now. what do you think exactly? >> and i think one of the things that we're seeing right now is a little bit of saber rattling and a little bit of, i

think to to scott and mccarthy's point is a little bit of posturing and that the ultimate outcome is that nobody really wants a trade war, nobody wants a tariff war, nobody wants to be, you know, clearly the american public was very, you know, very open and very transparent that they are tired of really high inflation and that also includes inflation that went into effect roughly around 2019 from earlier tariffs that were put into place that the biden administration didn't overturn, but also contributed and gotten worse due to the global pandemic so i honestly think that part of what this is designed to do is to create, you know, a leverage moment, a moment of negotiation, and they're putting the cards on the table before donald trump has even gotten into office. what i would really be curious to see ultimately, is where the negotiation ends up in large part because donald trump does not want massive inflation. he just doesn't. it's not a politically good thing. it's also economically not a good thing. so what does the actual breakdown look like in the end yeah, that is the key question

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democratic, is again the center of the maga universe we've definitely seen a major trump bump i've got my phone ringing nonstop so there's definitely been an increase in traffic. >> this is the one that we're going to show to the vince marotta is a top selling real estate agent here he says some people meeting with trump are now also looking to put down roots in the area. >> did your phone start ringing right after the election? >> they did. in fact, just a few days after i got a call from a major broker who said to me she's working with somebody in the trump brain trust, and they're looking to find something somewhere close to mar-a-lago in the 10 to $15 million range. >> mar-a-lago the 58 bedroom estate that trump calls home is where the president elect has been conducting job interviews to fill his cabinet and holding key meetings during the transition period. in palm beach and neighboring west palm beach, just across the water from mar-a-lago, there has been a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans, world leaders and others around the area.

>> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. we've seen you know, nato dignitaries. we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely, since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. >> the airports are filled, the hotels are filled. the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. it's a very exciting time. >> exciting for some. but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to traffic,

which has turned into a nightmare. nobody likes the traffic because you know what used to take 15 minutes to get somewhere. >> now you're taking 40 minutes to an hour, you know. so traffic is always an issue but, you know, that's that's what happens when a city grows. >> would you like to see them put the helipad back at mar-a-lago i would say why not? >> yeah. why not? it'll be fun to watch palm beach may be at the epicenter of it all, but business just over the bridge in west palm beach is also booming billionaire jeff greene is building a one point 5,000,000 square foot office hotel and apartment complex. >> vanderbilt university has plans to build a $520 million graduate campus, and companies like goldman sachs are moving in, helping to transform west palm beach into the wall street of the south. longtime palm beach resident sue bell whitworth robbins came here 50 years ago and loves all the attention on their tiny

enclave and surrounding areas. >> oh it's magical. i think it's sort of exciting. it was always fun to be around important people. >> randi kaye, cnn, palm beach florida. >> straight ahead on cnn this morning. one family tells cnn their thanksgiving table will be empty today for the second year in a row. we're joined by the parents of an israeli american soldier held captive by hamas does this week's cease fire deal with hezbollah give them hope for their son's release? plus getting there and back, whether in record crowds making holiday travel a challenge it means everything to us. >> we're very close. we're missing one of our sons and his wife, who we love dearly in new york city but it's so good to be here together watch cnn's coverage of thanksgiving parades around the country, with special appearances by chef bobby flay, t.i., andy grammer, and more. >> john berman and erica hill host cnn. thanksgiving in america live coverage starts at

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hamas for the release of the hostages. president biden also saying the u.s. will make another push in the coming days for a cease fire in gaza. joining me now is ronen and orna neutra. their son, omer is a soldier in the israeli military and is currently being held hostage by hamas. ronen and orna thank you so much for being with us. so sorry for what you've been going through this ordeal. i just can't imagine. but this is going to be the second thanksgiving that you're going to be spending without your son. how are you feeling today it's not easy, let me tell you. >> i mean, it's been a really, really tough year for us you know, it's not a real holiday. all the holidays are just milestones that remind us that omer is not here um, we are still stuck on october 7th. we're in a waiting pattern for over a year right now, and we're praying for his life and for his safety. that's where we are. >> and do you have any idea how he's doing

we don't have an idea. >> um, we are over a year now waiting to hear about his whereabouts and his condition, together with the 101 other hostages those are seven americans that were taken. uh over a year ago. and uh, we all know and believe that it's time to bring them home. >> and do you see the cease fire between israel and hezbollah as is a positive sign that a deal to release the hostages in gaza is getting closer, that there might be some path to peace there. what are your thoughts? >> it might be, uh, you know, in the right direction. uh we welcome a cease fire agreement. um we felt that uh, uh, there should have been a cease fire in gaza long ago as the israeli

military objectives have, uh have been achieved as we were told, uh and, um, uh, we are disappointed that, uh, the hostage deal that uh, uh, we all so much want to have, uh is, uh, hasn't been part of, uh, of that, uh, ceasefire. we feel it's a missed opportunity, but now after the election um, the focus is back here in the united states and should continue to be, uh, to finish the crisis in the middle east and the hostages are the key to reduce the, uh, the tension. um and getting to a ceasefire and hopefully into a sustainable peace in the region and what are you hearing from the biden administration and with president-elect trump set to take office in just a short time. >> does this transition from one administration to another

worry you, give you hope? what are your thoughts we know that both president biden and president-elect trump want the war to end want the hostages back so we are very, very hopeful and that is what we are asking that they work together now at this moment and not wait until inauguration day to get it done, to bring the hostages home. >> you asked about our son's condition. i can only tell you that you know the after the execution of the six hostages in the beginning of september, there was not a lot of room left for imagination. you know, we saw how they came back home. uh emaciated dehydrated, half their body weight. and that was after 11 months of being held in captivity. winter is coming, you know that. they're being held in in tunnels underneath gaza. um, their resources depleted. you know, they really

do not have time. they all have to come home. and we are urging both administrations to work together and put pressure on the regional players uh, whether it's qatar, egypt we're hearing now about turkey and israel and just get the deal done and get them back home. >> we feel there's something similar to the reagan moment that we had in 1981, where the change of administration here in the united states created an opportunity we feel that president trump and president biden have an opportunity both of them, to solidify their legacy and bring the hostages and and a ceasefire to the region and what are families like yours going through on this thanksgiving um, it's really hard. second time having an empty chair. it's not a real holiday until we are all together um, bitter, sad and we are heading into the

holiday season. uh, hanukkah this year is the same day of christmas we sure hope in the next few weeks uh, good news is going to come about and we'll be able to celebrate the holiday with our dear ones. >> you know jim, it's been such a roller coaster. there's been so much talk about, uh ceasefire, about hostage deals, and then they fall apart you know, even just this morning, we we wake up, we open our phone, um, in israel, they're talking about netanyahu asking for biden to help in, in getting a partial deal done. you know our heart is just sinking leaping. you don't know how to respond what does it mean, a partial deal, everyone wants their loved ones home. they all need to come home. the ones who are alive need to come home for rehabilitation. and the ones who are deceased need to come home for a proper burial and for closure for their families. so whatever is needed, we have the all of the

families are craving for the families to come home and for this nightmare to finally end for all sides and suffering absolutely. >> and our hearts go out to you. i just can't imagine what you're going through. but please know that we are just hoping for the best for omer and all the families and all the all the people who are being held at this time. i'm just so sorry for what you've been going through, but thank you so much for your time and sharing your thoughts i hope it makes i hope it makes a difference in the coming days. i really do thank you, thank you, thank you thank you so much. we appreciate it. all right. just ahead on cnn, this morning, as americans mark thanksgiving day across the nation, gathering with family many of you will be watching football. we'll have a look at the big day ahead on the gridiron plus, singer and songwriter andy grammer talks to cnn about family giving back and what he's thankful for this holiday season say it now. >> nah, honey, i'm good. i could have another, but i probably should

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off with maybe the most impressive team we've seen so far this season. the lions are an nfc best ten and one and have outscored their opponents by over 16 points. a game. that is scary for any teams around the league, especially their division rival the bears, who come into detroit having lost five in a row. the lions used to playing on turkey day having hosted a game nearly every year since 1934. they know how important this game is it's division win. >> that's that's why this is huge. number two is because you know, the players are going to get a couple of days off. so they got family friends in. it'd be nice to, you know to feel good about it when you when you're with everybody. um, because it's just not real fun. it's not real fun to be around. uh you know, ask my wife. she'll tell you like that going through dismal seasons, if you are a fan of either team, you have my full

permission to go for that extra slice of pie. >> maybe that will comfort you, but any time dallas plays in that 430 eastern slot on thanksgiving, the eyeballs are certainly there. dak prescott and daniel jones were the starting quarterbacks. the last time these two played back in september prescott is hurt. jones got cut by the giants on friday. the night game might be a bit more intriguing. it will likely be a lot colder, especially if you're a miami dolphin. miami traveling to green bay to face the packers. temperatures expected to be in the 20s at game time, but it's one the dolphins need to keep any hope alive for a playoff spot. and remember, in last year's playoffs, miami had to play in kansas city when the wind chill was around 25. below, they did not fare very well there, so let's see if they pack some extra layers this time for their trip to green bay and have a better result. happy thanksgiving, jim, and happy thanksgiving to everybody at home. enjoy the football and happy thanksgiving to you carolyn. >> thanks so much. looking forward to the football but in the meantime, 85% of food banks say they're seeing similar or higher demand for food assistance compared to last year. this is according to

a new survey conducted by nonprofit organization feeding america. this couldn't come at a worse time, given that food banks say pantry donations are down. and cnn's natasha chen has more on that you have a happy thanksgiving. >> this is not video from the pandemic. this is a line this week of people waiting to receive food at a church in time for thanksgiving. >> i have to do it and that's the way it goes. >> chris merrill has been coming to this pasadena, california church every week for several years. >> my wife won't even come because she'd be embarrassed. >> he's a retired mechanic living on less than $700 social security per month. he never thought he'd need help from a food bank and he's not alone. >> never seen a line that long before this time. it was all the way up and down the street. >> lines are getting crazier. we first met anna duran, two years ago when her home in riverside, california saw inflation at almost 10%. even though inflation has cooled now to about 2%. >> where i have to get up at

least. you know, like i said before, six to be there by six. >> duran still goes to weekly food distributions. two years ago, she told us she was turning in recycling and selling jewelry for extra cash while working as a part time caregiver. she's continued to do that, selling what little jewelry she has left. >> i only have like 2 or 3 more pieces that i have for as a backup resource. >> the los angeles regional food bank says they're tracking about 10% ahead in the amount of food distributed compared to last year they're serving 900,000 people a month right now, near pandemic levels. we can't turn nobody away in new york city, some days you don't know where your next meal is coming from. city harvest says visits to city food pantries and soup kitchens are at the highest level on record even higher than the pandemic's peak in chicago. common pantry says they're serving 26% more households per month than last year across the country, 85% of food banks in a feeding america survey reported similar or higher demand for food assistance comparing this

august with last august. why do you think that is? when inflation has actually cooled quite a bit i think what we're seeing here in los angeles is the cumulative impact of inflation food prices are about 25% higher than they were pre-pandemic. >> now the unemployment rate has come down. we would expect the demand for food assistance to decrease. but that's not what has happened this comes as donations to food banks are also dropping. >> anna duran says something has got to change, which is why she cast a ballot for trump. the first republican she's ever voted for in her life. >> when it came down to you know, voting, i changed who i was and i changed. i'm hoping for the better but trump is exactly what merrill is worried about. >> i am definitely worried. it's going to get worse with the tariffs that trump is putting on everybody. >> i think prices will jump and more people will find themselves going to food banks. but the fact that the food banks, even exist makes him feel grateful. >> this is a beautiful country

that we live in happy thanksgiving and merry christmas. >> natasha chen, cnn los angeles. >> all right. in just a few short hours, cnn will bring you the first ever thanksgiving in america special, the ultimate thanksgiving morning watch party featuring celebrity appearances and a live view of parades across the country for a preview. erica hill sat down with multi-platinum recording artist andy grammer said it what's the rush? >> i gotta have it. i want more more than the average i want the magic. >> all right. and andy gave us an inside look at how he celebrates his thanksgiving and gives thanks on this holiday. >> andy grammer, thank you for joining us and happy thanksgiving. >> thanksgiving. >> everybody loves to talk about what they're thankful for, what they love to do. >> so i'm going to throw you some of those hard hitting questions on this thanksgiving. >> what do we got. >> here we go. i knew you i knew you could handle it. what are you excited about today? what do you what do you enjoy

about thanksgiving oh man. >> you know, i've been out on tour a lot this year and to just get to turn off and just be around family is is really, really great. actually, i married into a family of louisiana musicians, so a lot of times it's like a jam session at my house around thanksgiving, which is great. >> that sounds that sounds fantastic. we might we might push for an invite next year so i know family is really important to you. you also, as i understand it, giving back is also really important, especially around the holidays. and i think there's a little bit of that on deck for you and your family yeah, you know my daughter came home from her dance recital with, uh, with like dan uh uh getting a bunch of clothes together to give to people that are suffering from homelessness and to see her so excited about that was really, really awesome. >> we've also done stuff where we give, you know go to different, like soup kitchens and stuff like that. but it really connects you back to what the whole thing is about. friends and family is really it