table, but nobody everybody is fortunate. >> the ?samaritan house is about 250 people come in here feasting on the turkeys and ns anpart of the whole thing here, they are trying to make ?q this feel like home for the 250 people. i'??ym here with the vice president of catholic charities. what is in your hand? >> we have happy thanksgiving cards that people within the community were able,k to wish a the residents a ???4dblessed

>> reporter: that's got to mean so much. >> it will. we've gotten over 2,000 of these that we'll share as the people are eating their meals this afternoon, plus we'll serve another 250 women tonight that come for the overflow meal and we'll be sharing this with them to let them know they're not alone. >> reporter: sounds great. wow. over here, this gentleman, chris, a resident here. chris, you are a veteran. you have been here for about a year, you told me. what es a meal like this hein this program? >> it mes a lot. ?4?k?@ 's my honor ?,=?/?xserve my fellow residents and fellow veterans and a grea thankful r.thanksgiving meal where evybody can be around and have this ki does th is 4ix9it ??0>/kind of a separa the daily grinof what ?cyou're

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are drying out for much of the northwest except washington and the extreme coast of oregon, still raining there, with california lki and of course the deserts shaping up to be very nice the it willand it already is in many areas and that will continue through the early part of once we go past 5:00 thiswind d and temperatures start to dive close to 30 degrees. >> all right. ??p thank a traffic alert this morning, anybody heading to the thanksgiving celebrations on highway 7, it's closed because of an accident there, no word on injuries as of right now and

the danger of the avalanches is also a possibility. they go hand in hand. >> yes. don't judge a turkey by its feathers.

don't judge a turkey by its feather, so says one arizona turkey farmer. >> this breeder says you would be surprised how unique turkeys can be. >> reporter: in the desert, you would find heal overnight turkey farm. >> they are interesting birds. they have a reputation for being stupid but they're not. >> reporter: she says she started breeding >> it's fun to hatch birds. you can get carried away hatching birds. maybe that's why i have over 200 turkeys. >> reporter: hundreds of turkeys that come in a variety of colors. >> royal palm, slate, blue, red slate. i could go on. >> reporter: she says one of the reasons why the turkeys gobble is because when you get excited, the turkeys get excited. >> they follow you all over the

rather large birds can make great companions. >> they sit in your lap and want to be petted. turkeys make really nice pets. people don't realize that. >> reporter: but she also realized turkeys are prey who need your trust, especially this time of year. >> if they are not trusting of you they think they'll be eaton. i'm thankful they are all healthy birds and doing well here for me. >> we're learning turkeys today, turkeys like that and turkeys who act like dogs, a whole turkey show.

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and you say you've been homeless off and on for a ?z?ptime. what does a thanvi mean to you? >> it means a lot. when you come in here and the friendship you feel and people trying to help people here, you know, it means so much that somebody would take the time on a day where they could be with their families, and instead they come here and dedicate you're a bad person odoesn't fi you come in here and d it's a g feeling. it makes you feel warm inside and gives you inspiration to change your life and get a job and do the right thing. you know what i mean? this place is awesome. everybody here is all about improving you and getting you back on your feet and have self- alliance and be a oductive member of society instead of detrimental instead of living

>> reporter: how excited are you for the turkey? i'm starving ?]sq?e??@so it going to be a nice thanksgiving. >> reporter: more of the voluntrs coming in, in a little bit, and we'll have more as we get things rolling througut the morning. we have seen images of frozen turkeys getting dropped in hot oil and bursting into flames. don't do it. make sure the turkey is thawed before you do that. if an accident happens, a nurse has advice on what to do if you get burned. >> people want to put cold water on the burn because it soothes it, however the cold water causes conviction so the blood can't get to the skin for healing purposes, so do cool or

ff clean gauze or a sheet if that's what you have at home. >> your burn could get worse over time so keep a close eye on it. >> those of you over the food and just want to get a head start on christ=$mas, black friday eve, there's a few places open today. get the black friday sales started early, macy's, best

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abou15 minutes each. st enoughtime for a wiggly gartkinderr to sit ?/still and be mindful. graduate food for thanksgiving. >> i'm grateful for lady bugs. >> reporter: finding the every day things in their lives for which to be grateful. >> i'm grateful for my dog. han >> i'm grateful for my house. >> sharing food. sharing toys. >> i'm grateful for my family in tas. >>rtcompanies like google and nike have their prog

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mike pence has made time for the briefings every day. >> what is one thing that a lot of people don't want to talk about this thanksgiving? politics, mr. it kell conversations at the dinner table. a pole shows 77% of americans are divided, a new high. the topic of recent election results may come up in conversation and that can lead to just a really bad taste in your mouth. we're not talking about your aunt's homemade cranberry sauce. how do you a the conversations or avoiding them? try to stick to nonthreatening conversation like sports and pop culture and even the weather. don't take the bait. just avoid it. don't feel like you have to engage because it may lead to an argument. you never know what somebody is going to say. if you're going to go there, do it with compassion, if you have any, after eating the turkey. if you are going to talk about

person's opinion and respect their views. it's always about respect. >> and i think it's about weather. there's a lot to talk about this morning. wind here, windy conditions keeping us in the upper 40s today and it will feel about 5- 10 degrees cooler than that because of the strong wind, especially this morning, running between 25-40 mph between now and noon and dropping down this afternoon by sunset or a little after, pretty much calm around here. we the continental divide. we have seen snow in the foothills of boulder county, the northwest side, around wonderview, and this is berthoud pass, and it's windy, and for most areas along and west of the divide, between now and around noon, about a 1-3

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westerly winds, ttin50 mph airporso we have strong wind minutes or so and as the storm goes out the moisture moves out. by lunchtime, at the very latest, for the entire state and in fact the entire region. with this wind it's ing to be chilly, low upper 40s, low 50s, that will feel a little closer to the upper 30s and low 40s because of all the wind. >> looks good. thank you very much. you may not think a turkey and a dog have anything in common at all, right. but leon the turkey seems to

he acts more like a dog than a bird, or maybe it's a perfectly timed act this year. >> it's good too be a farm animal at this sanctuary here. leon, the turkey, doesn't think of himself as a farm animal. he see to thinhe a dog.?0?lh ? [ music ] ? harvest home annual sanctuary is filled with farm animals but one bird doesn't considered himself that. he may have the body of a turkey but inside he thinks of himself as a dog. they rescued him when he was brought to an animal shelter in california. he loves belly runs and a cuddle. >> he just took to people immediately. wand to he kisses on his head and have hugs. >> h s learning to play games just like a dog woul

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it will be more like miight before it finally slows wn ?yon the mountains and slightly warmer in southeastern colorado. 49 degrees here, generally sunny here, light snow showers in the foothills, calm and cold tonight, 22 degrees, your low, black friday, low 60s, low 60s

and as we drop to the lower 50s. >> i'm getting really hungry here, everybody. this is basically the standard breakfast here, the milk, cereal, but what is not standard is what we'll see later, hundreds of pounds of turkey. coming up at 7:00 we'll talk he has 600 fist pounds of turkey coming to the samaritan house for the thanksgiving meal that will feed the residents here. he has 60 pounds of butter

butter. >> we are thankful for the samaritan house. thank you very much. a traffic alert, northbound i-25 is closed at highway 7 because of a deadly crash in thebrighton area. it's a two-car crash. alcohol may have played a role in this crash.