it is thursday, november 27th, happy thanksgiving i'm's ukee washington. aim nicole brewer in for erika this morning, it is time to roast that turkey, early morning, south philadelphia bakery carrying on a long time thanksgiving tradition. it is no holiday for many chain stores guess how early one retailer is opening up its doors for preblack friday bargains. >> how about that, black friday has changed. >> opening earlier and earlier. >> remember we used to wait for this day and five or 6:00 a.m. everybody would charge in, those days are gone. >> those door buster days. >> lets see what the weather is, for black friday and check in with katie and weather, happy thanksgiving. >> no one else is gone, that

storm is gone good thank goodness. >> i know what i'm thankful for today, that storm was a mess, what a nightmare for so many travelers and anybody trying, to just shovel ate way, a heavy wet, back breaking variety of snow, lets go out to storm scan three, we will show what you is left over. the there is still some light snow falling at this hour across our northern counties, especially in the poconos and i can see, over in the holder and pocono cameras it is dark and still a few flakes. as we continue to go through the morning that will diminish. this whole thing will get out of here but we are certainly left with clouds today, that said, the pattern itself is so much more tranquil. so we do at the least have that going for us and of course we will talk about that, as we move forward, in the show. guys, back over to you for now. all right. a a lot of people have been lining up for more than six

decades to take part in the south philadelphia tradition. >> drop off your turkey and let them handle the cooking. jan carabao joins us from cash a's bakery on bakery, happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: good morning, happy thanksgiving to you. if i was cooking a bird today this is the the place i would be at. you come will here, they pop it into the the oven, come back later a and it is done, perfect. this is what i would be doing right now. little bit quiet but that will change, very, are soon. the bread here ata's we are getting oven ready for the bird. there is an relevant i bird, already outside. first person in line this morning, a arrived just after 4:00 o'clock and the after enis still going for cooking the big bird until 6:00 o'clock. a lot of excitement here and speaking about a bird, there is a specific tradition at

cbs-3 that we did at thanksgiving. this is my first thanksgiving in philadelphia. of course, i have to take part too. and i will leave it at that. we are live from south philadelphia, jan carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and as you notic at the bottom of the screen we want to know what you are thankful for. even your photos via facebook or twitter use the hash tag cbs-3 and we will share those photos with everyone right here on "eyewitness news". right now 4:33. lets check that weather. >> hangfully, it is all out of here for the most part. we are still left with some clouds but the brunt of the storm is tell that messed with us a all day yesterday is now out of here. we can expect to see nothing but let over clouds, in atlantic city, no poor wrist built, whatsoever, those clouds are out there but higher up in the atmosphere. visibility shouldn't be hindered here. there are residual travel issues we will to have address but lets go to storm scan three and see what is up.

it still looks like a relatively active pattern here. we are dealing with lingering moisture in the north carolina a, virginia region. we have had light snow still falling across northern suburbs here but here's the brunt, a whole state of maine is still encompassed by heavy snow a at this point but the the storm itself and brunt of it is pulling away. i mentioned those lingering concerns we will talk about those too. there may be some slushy roads, we will talk about snow amounts months forward in the show but where we have heavier snow there may be slush that is still out there and because temperatures are marginal and freezing we could see untreated surfaces freeze over, that includes your driveway, that includes the roads and sidewalks. so there might be patchy black ice, out here, but just use caution. thirty-seven is current temperature at the airport right now. i had in problem driving in myself this morning with any kind of icing but if you go further north, even in allentown 34 degrees, that is cold enough that the surface may have just sort of slicked over.

twenty-seven in mount pocono. that makes sense that it might be a little tricky to travel in those remote suburbs. the it is cold every where across the northeast and perhaps you waited to have travel and you are leaving this morning, you will need heater crank in the car for sure as we are only in the low 30's at best in most locations. we will warm up here as the day goes on, mainly cloudy day, however and we do still have on cold air to work with. with that said, we will only get you up to 40 degrees and that is well below seasonal average. but again, hey at least it is calm. reminder, guys, stay one step a a head of any storm that comes through, down load cbs-3 weather app, and help heading in the neighborhood, get latest forecast from our team of meteorologist, up load photos, down load the app on google play and itunes. ukee, back over to you. in a few hours people will line up for thanksgiving day parade, oldest in the country. it celebrates its 95th year. floats, balloons are ready, so

are marching band across the country. we won't forget santa claus who had has been part of the the parade since 1920. parade kicks off at 8:30 this morning. starting point at 20th and jfk boulevard ape makes a left at 16th street and then turns on to the ben franklin parkway and wraps up at the art museum. preps are underway for macy's thanksgiving day parade, this year six new giant balloons will float down new york's sixth avenue, they are among more than 40 balloons that will take part in the parade and this is the 80th year for the macy's parade. great tradition there. thanksgiving is when we share our gratitude with family and friends around the dinner table. it alsoe involved to beating the clock on these bargains. k-mart will be first to open today. we are looking live at northeast philadelphia a. for 23 years that retail chain has opened the doors at 6:00 a.m. to let you hospital for black friday deals. it will stay opened for 42 consecutive hours. some people camping outside stores for black

friday deals, at least two shoppers are spending the the night outside best buy in cherry hill. one has a tent, to stay nice and dry and warm. the other does not. now they are in line for tickets to purchase a $500.50-inch tv for $200 tonight. wow, hopefully it is worth it. k-mart is not only retailer opened, radio shack opened for business a at 8:00 this morning. at 5:00 best buy and toys-r-us are opened. for more stores opened up at 6:00 including wal-mart, target, kohl's and macy's. retail are a they are opening for consumer demand. retailers are at the ready and so is new jersey eatery ready to feed those less fortunate. this eatery in pitman, prepped their kitchen for 3,000 meals. role tears will package turkey, stuffing and vegetables from people to camden to atlantic city. in the sixth years meals bring special meaning to the venice's owner.

>> it is so rewarding. you give tears, thanks over and over, you get cards in the mail. people tell me they were rolling pennies. they can't believe that we're doing this. we're blessed. >> preparations get underway at 8:30 just in time to make it to the people who need it most. spirit of giving ace live in camden, families got an early start, unity community center, hosted a big thanksgiving dinner at harvest fest event. each family was also able to take home a din are bag. developing right now, protests remain peaceful in ferguson following will two days of unrest over the grand jury decision in the michael brown case. there were no reports of major confrontation between police and protesters or any damage to property. national guard troops remain on post all across the city in areas hit by violence earlier this week. authorities in northampton

county charged a miss would go man's stepfather with her murder. police say gregory graf killed jessica padgett a wife and mother of three. she disappeared on her lunch break. officials described what happened just ten minutes after she went missing. those investigators continue to look into a sexual mote any of this case, graf could face death penalty if evidence shows padgett was assaulted. third child who was victim of the murder sue identify in burlington county has died. eleven year-old alexander harriman died at cooper university hospital. harriman's mother says 44 year-old jeaninne lepage shot and killed her three children in tabernacle before shooting herself. lepage died last week even. trump taj mahal says it is seeking new financing to get through chapter 11 bankruptcy case. trump entertainment resort is asking a bankruptcy court to approve a five million-dollar loan from billion air karl eye

can to keep the casino afloat during the case. taj mahal plans to close doors on december 12th unless its union drops an appeal of the court order that ended health care and pension plans for workers. there is much more to cover here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", the president makes an executive decision, this one involving a pardon. and as most of us roast a tuturkey eagles hope to carve up the cowboys in the battle for nfc east, it is game day family. we are back in two minutes.

well, another thanksgiving tradition, lives on, president obama has spared two turkies from becoming a center piece on the table. the the president, pardoned the lucky birds at the white house, both mack and cheese, mack and cheese, were born in july, weighing nearly 50-pound. big turkey. they will now live out their days on the virginia farm. annual tradition of pardoning turkies began in 1989 under

president george hw bush. >> mack and cheese. >> i love it. >> adorable. >> katie, how is weather looking this thanksgiving. >> it is looking so much better. we have residual issues. you can have icing on the roadways where you had had heavier snow, you pick up good totals. our expectations verified very well. >> yes. >> pretty right on our forecast let's just a that but that does mean there might be residual problems to deal with this morning. i'm personally heading up to visit the family in lehigh valley and you might have issues with slush on the roadways, icing on the roadways, anything that was untreated if it hadn't froze over as it are well may this morning because temperatures are still dropping, yeah, you could of problems out there. even as we look at storm can three nice and wide zoom here bulk of atlanta, canada and maine are dealing with this storm. there is till a relatively

active atmosphere, still tracking residual flurries, and snow showers and where it is too mild, just a few rain showers at this point. there is still some stuff, out there, so we may still have lingering snow showers traveling say the northeast extension here early this morning. that will all start to taper off and day progresses we are left with some clouds. lets look at how we did, albrightsville, did pick up 8 inches, allentown just shy of five, perkasie weighing, just over 3 inches and feasterville, because it was mainly rain mixing with that snow it could not accumulate a as easily except on the unpaved surfaces. while it was slushy, and sloppy out there yesterday it wasn't accumulating easily near the city. a very pleasant holiday weekend, coming up, this turkey is just dancing his rear off because it is so excited, yes. thankfully this weather, do i hear, yeah, there it is, i love it, all right. we have a nice quiet pattern

here today, tomorrow, a saturday, sunday and a warm up that comes with it. tomorrow we don't break out of the 30's, guys. think about indoor shopping as owe pose todd those outlet malls where you have to walk around because you don't want to cart the extra gear but it looks like a very quiet, couple days. taking you through today, it is chilly, i'll give thaw but it is so much more tranquil. we will look forward to the forecast, not potential for wet weather here until monday. right through holiday weekend, with some sun, every single take. if you love weather, maybe yesterday was your super bowl, you can be featured in our newscast, sign upright now at cbs philly.com,/watchers. ukee, back to you. it is time to get hyped. eagles cowboys this afternoon in dallas, thanksgiving day extravaganza between the the two top teams in the nfc east. eagles defense will have its work cut out stopping the dallas offense. dimarco murray, dez bryant and

tightened jason witten are big offensive threats. eagles coach chip kelly knows birds to have get after quarterback tony romo. >> i think their offensive line is playing at a high level. they do a great job of protecting and giving him an opportunity, to de z, i don't know the exact time but he was back there a while. it a says a lot to what they can do a along were being a good group that can block the run. >> keep in mind your first helping of pro football comes your way at cbs-3. it is chicago bears and the detroit lions getting thanksgiving started nfl style. well, flyers have thanksgiving day off heading back to philadelphia for an afternoon game tomorrow against the rangers. last night flyers and red wings at joe lewis in rena in detroit, flyers down one to nothing, when it is captain, claude giroux, with its seventh goal of the season, but it was a all downhill, after that, but unfortunately the the red wings, they played well there, five-two the final

score. sixers came close last night against brooklyn nets at the well. check out michael carter williams with the steel to kj mcdaniels for the dunk. that is the future right there. tony wroten fed kj for alley hoop, another look at the future. they were both top scorers for sixers with 18 but the nets, yeah, the nets, pulled away at the end and beat sixers 99-91. sixers tied franchise record for worst start to the season at zero and 15. the nba record is zero and 18 by 2009/2010 new jersey nets. to keep up with the phillies sports team text cbs philly ports to 84816, to have news sent directly tour cell phone. message and data a rates apply. new twist to the thanksgiving meal. >> first here's is what coming up tonight on cbs-3.

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the tradition am start is tomorrow, on black friday, but it looks like some shoppers are ready to go today. >> that they are. atlantic city trump taj mahal is after new financing to get through its chapter 11 bankruptcy. taj plans to close incomes month unless its union drops an appeal to end its health care and pension plans for workers. the internet now allows to you rent rooms, in strangers homes and take rides in strangers cars. >> about but how about booking dinner in a stranger's home. well, while as the country

gathers around the table, niomi smith checked out latest twist on the home cooked meal. >> reporter: she has been preparing this indian feast for hours. but she's never met a crowd she's cooking for. >> it offers home cook meals in 160 cities. >> the give travel the experience of the local cuisine. >> reporter: all of the guests live here in the city. diners say family style meal is a great way to meet people, especially around the holidays. >> it is really great that we were all, comfortable and able to get to know each other and experience this together. >> the the next one i have for you is a 48 hour marinated chicken drum stick. >> reporter: her mother's dinner party in indian gave her a craving for something different, so she became a private chef.

>> food brings people together but conversation that gets people to stay together. and that is something, that i love. >> reporter: the guests the at this dinner did connect using a high tech tool to enjoy a traditional meal and make friends the old fashion way. they didn't have to do the dishes. now, niomi choy smith, cbs news, new york. >> just stick them with the strangers, not a friend. >> we were told they have to have background checks too. it is all good. everybody works out. interesting. coming up after a short break the eyewitness weather forecast for you. >> stay with us, we will be

well, there is no place like home for the holidays and we'd like to you show off your holiday lights, with other "eyewitness news" viewers. just send us photos of your holiday display on social, using hash tag cbs-3, holiday lights, or go to cbs philly.com. we may even go live from your home, sometime, in december.

look at ukee, striking up the band over here. >> i love to direct this. >> bringing you back to your conductor days. >> boom, boom. >> le it. >> very, very nice. >> this is 4:53, kind of sort of, katie. >> or close. >> but, the the weather is doing bet ter than it was, things are finally clearing out for us, we tend to have aftermath issues when we're dealing with the large storm like yesterday. we will find slick spots on untreated roadways, maybe some slush to deal without there. but things are pretty okay across not just ben franklin bridge going live from sky cam three from campbell's field but around the rest of the city too things are pretty much okay because we had rain that built in with that snow in the city. we could not pick up much accumulation which is a good thing because the rest of the holiday weekend looks quiet. we still have lingering snow showers here, on storm scan

three but we may find some flakes flying for example if you were waiting to get your holiday travel started, until this morning which was a good movie would say but your 24 hour change is noticeable. heat will be cranked as temperatures dropped 5 degrees or more across the region since this same time yesterday. we were off to a mild start. we started with rain. that is eventually, turning over to snow for so many of you. here's where we stand with current temperatures as it relates to the thermometer. we are in the in mid 30's around the board today but it will be quieter by comparison. we are looking at clouds and a high that is chilly of 40 degrees. >> back to you. >> thank you. coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" do you need last minute help before cook ago this bird? we will talk to a turkey expert who can save you from potential, dinner disaster. and then that morning cup of coffee may not only get you

we have a nippy start to thanksgiving morning but it is not snowing, just a few hours, the parkway will be packed with a lot of people, for oldest thanksgiving day parade in the country. katie has your holiday forecast if you are heading out this morning. >> get ready to shop until you drop, why wait until black friday, when you can cash in on deals right now. stores offering early sales on thanksgiving day. and it is not just turkey day but game day for the birds, and, with bragging rights on the line. can't wait. it is thursday november 27th, happy thanksgiving. i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. erika has the day off.

are you ready to head out for the who will will day or just waiting around for company to come over. >> lets get to katie for that holiday forecast. happy thanksgiving, good morning. >> happy thanksgiving to both of you, maybe you are watching. maybe you are up dark and early as we like to call it. >> yes. >> then all of the fixins ready to go. we have early risers out there. happy thanksgiving once again. thankfully weather looking quieter. if you are waiting on some friends and family to come in today, perhaps waiting out the storm, we will look so much better. still a few residual issues to discuss but we will start off with sky cam three, all is clear at this point, my friend, we will throw current can traditions overtop. temperatures are still chilly, in the city we're at 36 degrees but that does mean if you go in the remote suburbs we will fine pretty cold air. now lets back it up here, how did we do. up in mount pocono we hit an exact 8 inches. new trip poly, half a foot full of heavy slushy snow n ewing it