looking at lower 40's. tomorrow we will have a hard time breaking out of the 40's as cold air settles in, and skies clear. we will drop a little bit more on the thermometer. upcoming weekend while still chilly initially it has a nice warm up, up its sleeves. we will talk about that on the show. here's where we stan with our current temperatures going outside, 35 degrees in philadelphia, especially with the snow showers and traveling north this morning you might still have some slick spots to contend with as these temperatures are very close to freezing but we have a parade to talk about and today at 8:30 we are still seeing temperatures home at 35, but somewhat steady on it thermometer for now and as i mentioned we are looking at clouds today. happy thanksgiving, everybody. it is a chilly forecast for the standards ovulate november but i think just the sheer fact that things are calming down is a good side for us here and will stick with us as we head forward in the upcoming weekend. quick check of the live neighborhood network all is

calm, all is quiet. in the bright just yet certainly but we can at least expect to see just clouds in almost every location here today. currently 35 degrees outside whitefield elementary school where you can see if you look closely a little mound of snow has been push off of the pavement. so clean up a little bit here this morning but hey, it is a more quiet day than yesterday. back over to you. thanks very much. lets talk about a south philadelphia tradition that has spanned over 60 years. >> yes, drop off your turkey at cacia's bakery will roast it for you. that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao. happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: nicole and ukee, happy thanksgiving to you as well. still quiet inside cacia's bakery but i have a feeling it will get busy very soon because at 6:00 o'clock they will open the doors to the public and these turkies start to come in here. bird get in the brick oven right around 7:00. we will talk to someone very important here today. this is one of the owner's son this is joe cacia, thanks for

joining us. i have a feeling you have been doing this since birth. >> i think the first year i did it i was like 106789 you have to ask my dad, i don't even remember. i remember coming in and seeing all of the light like this. >> reporter: this is normal to you. >> yeah, every year. >> reporter: how many bird will come through the door today. >> it is usually around a 100 or 125, and then we have people coming in later in the day. we try to be as accommodating as possible but we say six or 7:00 and that is when we cut it off. >> very busy, very soon. >> yes. >> there is already a line down the block, people have their turkies in their hand waiting to start tagging them. we are setting up here and pretty soon we will let people into put their tag, everybody gets a number and we tag them and put them over here by brick oven and they will go in around 7:30. >> they come out around noon,

12:30. >> bigger ones take longer but they come around the same time and that is when the madness starts, everybody starts piling into get their turkey. >> everybody is hungry by then. >> yes. >> your family using the oven. >> we have three or four of them, for our family, so. >> reporter: what sit like to be part of the tradition. everybody around here knows about cacia's bakery what is that like, we have a young person and someone possibly going to be donning the reign is a at that point. >> it is exciting because it is different every year. you learn new things. i have watched my dad put the turkies in the brick oven and i watch him, be able to shift them because of enis hot on different part of the oven. he calls himself the the quarterback. hopefully, i'm the quarterback. i'm just backup right now. hopefully i can be as knowledgeable as him. >> reporter: so talk but what you are doing here, how are you getting ready.

>> i'm trying to teach my son how to do this so i can stay in bed one of these years. right now my father is in bed, and he won't be anywhere near here until at least 9:00 owe clock. >> when the money comes. >> i'm cutting all of the wire tags here so when people come in, i necessity there is people waiting outside. i'm trying to get everything ready so i can get them in and out real quick. >> reporter: first person arrived just after 4:00 that is how much people want to get in here. >> it is a testament to the job we do here, it is not easy, but after all these years it becomes second nature. >> reporter: i'm sure you see some people come back year after year after year. >> they do. >> reporter: what is that like. >> i sees a lot of the same faces every year and some new ones to go with it but yeah, like people trust us with

their thanksgiving. >> reporter: we will let you go. thanks very much. you have a very busy day, again all this getting at 6:00 o'clock and then bird get in at 7:00. and also happening at 6:00 o'clock as well another tradition at cbs-3 has to do with turkey and probably head gear. i will leave it at that and we will see you then. nicole and ukee, back to you. >> turkey, head gear. >> won't be long now. >> all right, thank you. another thanksgiving day a tradition here in philadelphia, tom the turkey flapping his wings down the parkway, yep, it will happen. "eyewitness news" live in center city where tom floats and sky-high balloons all ready for 95th annual parade. at 8:30 thousands will watch as parade makes its way down yfk boulevard and on to the ben franklin parkway. it wraps up when santa claus rides through the streets ape right down art museum steps or rather right to the art museum steps. >> little tricky. >> well, whether you're looking for last minute recipes or thanksgiving

shopping deals head to our web site at cbs philly.com. we will put a thanksgiving guide right on our home page. your time is 5:36. in other news this morning several demonstrators storm city hall in st. louis during a protest over ferguson grand jury decision. few dozen protesters made it in the building yesterday while shouting shame, shame. police locked the down and called in more than 100 officers to help control the crowd, at least two people were arrested. for the first time we're hearing from the mother of michael brown since grand jury decided not to indict ferguson officer darren wilson in her son's death. >> we heard the announcement and it was just like i had been shot, like you shoot me now, just no respect, no sympathy, no nothing. so my emotions were raging and i had had to go over and let them know you really just don't care, do you good that grand jury decision sparked two days of unrest in ferguson

and several hundred other protests nationwide. the man at the center of the the fire storm officer darren wilson is in talks to leave the ferguson police department. his lawyer told cnn quote it is not a question of if, but a question of when. right now wilson is on paid administrative leave. he told associates he would resign, as a way to help ease pressure and protect his fellow officers. well, video captures moments right before cleveland police shot and killed a 12 year-old boy. in this video tamer rice is seen waving his toy bee-bee gun around. after 911 calls police kara arrives and pulls up in front of the rice. two officers get out and within moments shoot and kill him. police say rice was told three times to raise his hands. our time is now 5:37n sports sixers on the wrong side of history again, find out how they just earned a spot in the team's record books. forget black friday you can score some big deals today, we will let you know

which items will be in high demand this year. we are talking turkey these are last minute advice for your thanksgiving day feast, the 3t's, you need to know before you start cooking. we will be right back.

they use a oven to prepare turkies for neighbors and families come back to the old neighborhood to have thanksgiving turkey done up and done up just right. hey, thinks a live picture of the staging area for oldest thanksgiving day parade in the united states. it is happening right here in philadelphia. the philadelphia thanksgiving day parade steps off from 20th and jfk boulevard at 8:30 this morning with floats, balloons, performers and, of course, santa in the very even. who will will day shopping is underway. this is live look from k-mart in northeast philadelphia where early birds are in position to jab he will up plenty of bargains. it is also game day but not any game day eagles and cowboys. doesn't get better than this both bird and boys go in the game with identical eight and three records. let's get it on. the winner will take over first place in the nfc east. this weeks special teams player in the week is eagles rookie josh huff, he tore up that franchise record 107-yard

return in last weeks opening kick off against the titans. huff is first eagles rook toy win that award. a lot rides on the leg of lesean mccoy, leslie van arsdal talks turkey and eagles/cowboys with shady. >> what does it mean to you, playing the cowboys on thanksgiving, in dallas. >> i think something different with the rivalry games. is there something different about the division games. lie at washington and new york the same and dallas. but the fans, it is something different. i don't know why. >> what is thanksgiving like in the mccoy household. >> a lot of people, lieutenant of family, lieutenant of food. my family is from new york. we would travel up there, go to my aunt's house, eat over there go to my grand mom's house, eat over there we would go to every household and eat and my grand mom's the the best. i would go to the game.

we used to play the packers after the game ape biting on a turkey leg. i already got it set up. win the game, nice big turkey leg. >> the eagles take on the cowboys at 4:30 this afternoon, leslie van arsdal "eyewitness sports". happy thanksgiving. while waiting for eagles to play kick off today's football feast right here on cbs-3, bears taking the on the lions, starting at 12:30. nfl football on your thanksgiving day. however, in basketball sixers gave it a nice try with the nets but came up short for 15th straight time to start the season. that ties franchise record, the squad looked good, michael carter williams to kj mcdaniels for two of his team high 18. tony wroten also had 18 and assist alley hoop to kj but nets out lasted the home team 99-91. sixers will host dallas mavericks saturday night. to the flyers in detroit joe lewis arena begins red

wings. they dug themselves a four-one hell but for the back. jay voracek's goal made it four-two. red wings win this 15-two. flyers have lost six of their last seven. they play rangers at the well tomorrow afternoon. opening face off is 1:00 o'clock. right now 5:43. here's katie, good morning. >> ukee, on light snow this morning on roosevelt boulevard in northeast philadelphia this morning. look at that a few flakes flying out there, we thought the storm was gone, right? well, sometimes you can get wrap around pockets that fire up, and one we awe this morning extended far enough south to hit the city but with that said, it does appear as though we will start to see things calm down up tirely here, later this morning. here is snow responsible for that. you can see over say lehigh valley, poconos region we had some decent snow embedded within that over the last couple of hours here but we are quieting down here locally

a and as the bulk of this storm starts to pull far off to the north and east we will be left with some clouds but that is really it. atmosphere needs to quiet down and we can rest easy for rest of not just this holiday but in the rest of the weekend too and with that said there will be a warm up that comes our way. if perhaps you were waiting for those holiday travel plans until today, it was a smart move. right now we have no delays really anywhere around the region as a whole and that goes for the rest of the united states. when we take you further south, chicago, detroit, memphis, atlanta all of these hubs looking good. all is okay right now. those things are quieted down in time for the holiday, right. lets go to the eyewitness weather watcher network. we have had a couple fresh observations and almost every single will one reports temperatures that are at 35 degrees or lower. we are still very marginal with freezing obviously. whether you are in talk are ton, new jersey or mount gretna or sailorsberg where

keith is one of our gold star reporters. he had eight solid inches of snow up his way. lets look at eight also the inch total that we picked up in albrightsville, allentown just over 4 inches. just shy of five. perkasie 3.5. list goes on. further south east you went, less totals ended up. we all had a big impact. mainry cloudy to day. it will be chilly but calmer by comparison. lets give you a check on the eyewitness weather seven day forecast. tomorrow is a cold day but sunny for shoppers and we can expect to see temperatures rebound nicely. by monday, 55, our next chance of a shower. this is a nice long break, guys, back over to you. if you are having trouble cooking the turkey today, well, help is a phone call away. >> the butter ball turkey talk line will field thousands of calls this holiday season i spoke with anthony seta from the talk line headquarters in neighborville, illinois. >> good morning, anthony. you have your hand full today.

how many calls do you expect to answer this holiday season. >> we will take 25,000 calls we will probably take over this season. >> and one of the things you can do, inn you can butterball it and that is through butterball.com and that is 800-butter ball. >> we have 30 years of experience that will be able to answer any possible experience that you may have in the preparation of your thanksgiving or holiday turkey. >> i'm sure people have after lot of questions for you, anthony. what are some of the most common turkey problems people call about. >> not so much a problem but you one of the things is making sure of the 3t's, proper thawing of the turkey. one of the things to keep in mind is one day for every 4 pounds. the next thing is the temperature. we want to make sure that when we roast the turkey that in the thigh it is at 18 degrees and in the breast we have it at 170 degrees f we notice breast starts to brown too

quickly and temperature rises we then take a piece of reynold's foil and we tent turkey. this with slow browning of the breast so we can have the turkey come out perfectly and nice and moist. >> i necessity you are a chef, so what are some tips that you can give us that will ensure a delicious turkey for this thanksgiving, quick tips. >> well, a tip that number one would be the taking small amount of oil and brushing the outside of the turkey. that will help in the browning of the turkey. also the most important of all is using a thermometer and reaching those temperatures that i mentioned. 180 in the thigh, 170 in the breast. >> i nose you have a busy day ahead. is what the best part of being part of this turkey talk line for you. >> for me, it is being able to use my talents and really help, my background in the food service industry and helping our, anyone who comes

across with the question that i may help them out with. >> part chef, part psychologist if there are any melt downs happening this thanksgiving. anthony, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. happy thanksgiving to you. >> happy thanksgiving to you too, nicole. >> thank you. such a nice guy. >> yeah. >> we are trying to prevent turkey melt downs if you need help turkey talk line opens up in an hour at 7:00 this morning. talk to the experts, by calling 800-butterball. that is 800-2888-8372. >> i was taking notes too. >> temperature, and what did you say. >> ten t. >> the tent. >> that was interesting. >> i was waiting fortes. >> that is what you are into doing today. >> bring it. >> we will be right back good morning.

find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! a a lot of folks traveling back home this morning after that weather came in yesterday. only a few people on the roads, trying to make it home for their thanksgiving holiday. if you where to travel as always, be safe, careful and have a happy thanksgiving. from all of us to all of you, nicole. >> do you remember when black friday used to be the big kick off to the holiday shopping weekend? well, with more and more stores opening up on thanksgiving it is more of a midpoint at this point. consumer reporter jim donovan explains what you need to know before heading outside to the mall. >> reporter: black friday will be a big deal at many stores. >> we go through some rigorous training with our employees,

we practice, make sure that they understand where the line will go for the customers. >> reporter: are estimated 25 million americans won't wait for friday, they will be shopping on thanksgiving day. >> millennials love the idea of shopping on thanksgiving day night. they can leave their parents, they can ditch pumpkin pie, escape doing dishes and head out with their friends to go see what kind of deals retailers are offering. >> reporter: most remart stores will be opened all day thursday with the best deals between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. best buy and jc penny opened up at 5:00 with target, kohl's, sears opening up at 6:00. many malls will open up at 6:00, cherry hill, moorestown, king of prussia, lehigh valley, montgomery, oxford valley, quakerbridge and christian a high even sports gear is popular this year. >> trend that we found premium denim over last couple years where people are willing to pay 150, $200 for a pair of design are jeans. we have seen that trend in yoga pants. >> reporter: warm weather in october hurt fall apparel

sales so expect plenty of deals as stores try to move merchandise. it may be tough to find a mart down or portable exercise monitoring equipment like fit bit. demand is high. many now linked to the smart phone. >> it can be your normal every day exercise customer as well as someone who is extremely into athletism. anything related to the hit movie frozen. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim ton van. all right. it is 5:53 object this turkey day and we will send it over to kate toy see how weather is looking. looking great out there at love park. >> beautiful, beautiful. >> yeah, it looks like we have a nice preview of the christmas village out there that opens up this morning. certainly we have that cold air to go with it out there for sure. thankfully it looks as though the worst of our storm from yesterday will be pulling away, which is some good news as well. but we want to get you ready for what the rest of the week has in store, of course, the

what the weekend has in store. we will go outside to storm scan three. nice wide zoom. our storm continues to make its full retreat. there are wrap around lingering snow showers that have been falling up across portions of the poconos and even as far south as northeastern philadelphia. there may be some driving concerns if you waited out the storm to do holiday travel just watch for slick spots out there or slush if you you are going over some of the locations where we had heavier amounts coming n bottom line just use caution. the aftermath of the storm can still produce minor problems. lead nothing to tomorrow though we can take full sunshine for black friday shopping plans which we heard in jim's reports. lots of places opening nice and early and stays clear in the forecast throughout the weekend

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and, a november chill, greets your thanksgiving morning, but it is not snowing, right? in just a few hours the parkway will be pack for the oldest and best thanksgiving day parade in the entire country. >> it certainly is. i remember going to that as a

kid, exciting day here in the city of philadelphia we want to know are you getting ready to head out to the who will take or are you just waiting for company to come over. >> lets find out what the forecast is with katie, your holiday forecast, hey young lady, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you both. we had advice for people if you could adjust your who will daze travel plans it would be a good idea to do that. i feel like people heated that advice. with that said you are up early and ready to hit the road you may still come in contact with the little bit of snow. lets look at what is going on right new looking live on sky cam three at jack frost big boulder. skies reor the are so loving this. added bang for the buck here from the storm system that came through yesterday that got decent snow through poconos region. we will go next to another view of skies cam three and live look obviously over center city where things have calm down in the wake of the storm. notice we are looking at three hour loop and in thest