if you are heading out of town today get ready for plenty of company. we're looking live a at the airport and it is busying at 5:30 this morning as people get ready to catch those flights for thanksgiving. and skies are clear, if you are about to leave home right now pretty chilly, however, we have a nice warm up. it is just in time for the the holiday. when are considering it black friday or black friday, there is plenty for both. >> so we have lines, maybe camp out for some black friday door busters not that i do that kind have of thing. >> do any of you guys do shopping on black friday. >> i go on line. >> i love it. >> i will take the crowds for some of that stuff. >> to get a deal.

>> i'm telling you, this is good stuff. we have high pressure locked in place for the next few days. so often it brings fair weather. that is what it will do this time around plus the warm up that we were just talking about. when we're talking warm we are talking about 15 degrees above average. not too shabby, that means mid 60's at some point. we will start off with a view of storm scan, completely empty with high pressure in place. we tend to find that. with it anchored over us as today we will have bright sunshine, light wind, calm, tranquil, but cold, because of that. if you don't have any cloud they cannot act like a blanket to trap in any heat so temperatures just drop right off to the overnight the when you don't that have blanket the of cloud cover. we are in the 20's in ac. twenty's in mount pocono and just 30's in philadelphia but calm wind conditions all the way around. what you see is exactly what you get on the thermometer as it a appears on the thermometer, does it feel in terms of the temperatures.

around the reek on we will go it is warmer then yesterday but we are back to normal. this is a dose of reality 567891 degrees. lots of sun at the shore points and in the poconos we are talking mostly sunny skies as well. moving forward, meisha, obviously our experts on all of this but in terms of how weather may affect your road travel here looking forward, we do see dry conditions, for the the next couple of days, so, that is all well and good, green light, next three days, meisha, how is it looking on those roads. >> katie, things are looking good. we have dry roadways. weather elements are nice, they are working with us right now. we are bracing ourselves because it will get busy. a lot of you heading out, early this week but most of us, myself included are heading out today. it will get busy. vine in the westbound direction at 24th street. vine street expressway was closed moving in the eastbound direction. the that has been since opened. vine looking good. just starting to pick up. another area picking up this morning is roosevelt boulevard heading in the southbound direction as you approach both

schuylkill and vine. once you get on to the schuylkill at city avenue it is looking okay moving in the westbound direction, heating up in the eastbound direction. the schuylkill again, schuylkill headlights westbound at conshohocken curve. schuylkill is looking good as you can see but we will start to see it the heat up there. do i want to pull your attention to this, walking around, gather in front of the tv screen. thanksgiving day parade starts tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. and because of that many roads will be closed, or parts of these roads will be closed starting at six or 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. i want to make note jfk is closed tonight at 7:00 p.m. jfk, tonight and parts of these roads if not all of the road closures will go into effect tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. or 7:00 a.m. mass transit i will tweet this all out. these are the ones that go into effect today. we have detours. i will be, tweeting all this

out, all day long because there is a lot of schedules. make sure to get on line and check your local schedules as well as we do still have this overturn truck in new jersey and off ramp to 322 is still closed, ladies, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. if you are traveling this thanksgiving holiday brace yourself. not only are you hitting the the roads with millions of other travelers but there will be increased security meaning longer delays. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins with us more on what travelers can expect and already lines are long at 5:30, good morning. >> reporter: erika and nicole, good morning. officials here at philadelphia international airport want people flying even domestical to arrive here to the airport two hours earlier so they can make it through security screening lines much like the lines you see behind me this morning, lot more people arriving as the morning goes on. that line is fairly bus think morning but that is nothing compared to what we saw at 4:00 o'clock this morning. that line snaked through roped

off area, outside glassed portion and down the hall to where i'm standing right now. we are told they opening up another screening booth so line is moving better now. experts say you can expect more of the same here as people try to get to their holiday destinations. 46 million americans are expect to travel for the thanksgiving holiday, many of them getting out of town today on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> we left out of the greensboro airport in north carolina indianapolis. >> her mommies coming in from california. >> atlanta, georgia. >> my other daughter is coming in from maryland. >> cincinnati, ohio. >> reporter: no matter where their travels take them, federal officials are asking americans to remain vigilant. this week the u.s. state department issued a worldwide travel alert in the wake of the terror attacks in paris and arising terror threats. while there are no credible threats to the i had, the new global alert forced people to exercise particular caution during the holiday season. for example in large crowds and during holiday events.

here at philadelphia international airport, five newly certified k-9s will be used to sniff out potential threats. >> the security made me feel secure, thorough, very thorough. >> i felt safe. >> think about it the when you are traveling, of course, it is all over the the news and you cannot think bit and worry about it but you have to live your life. >> reporter: still federal officials want people to travel and at philly international airport is asking folks traveling domestically to arrive two hours early for your flight. >> i was than the sure how long the time frame would be with the check in and that is why we came early. >> reporter: most people we talk to here over last couple of days say yes, those terror attacks are still fresh in mind and they think about that, heading to the airport but they have no fear, they see security and they know that everything is done to keep them safe. they have to fly or they have to get on the roads. majority of the people aren't

flying, but they are hitting the road later today but we will look at the best advice to getting to your destination quickly and safely on the roadways, coming up in the next half an hour. we are live at philadelphia international airport, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new travel alerts, president obama is meeting this morning with national security advisors. his meeting coincides with the nearly 47 million people project to travel 50 miles or more for their thanksgiving dinner, that is according to triple a. nypd is also trying to protect more than 1 million people expected to attend macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> what is clear is advocating is this idea of don't be afraid be a aware. >> department has rolled out a new counter terrorism unit. 5:37n business news a menu change for thanksgiving. >> we will see what wall street does before the holiday break. the lets check with money watch's jill wagner in the new york stock exchange, good

morning. >> good morning, markets tend to see low trading volume on these holiday weeks and this one is no exception. yesterday dow jones climbed about 19 points, nasdaq was flat, commerce department says u.s. economy grew faster then originally estimated in the past quarter, slightly healthier, 2.1 percent not 1.5 . that stronger number makes it the likely the fed will raise interest rates by the end of the year. americans have something to be thankful for this holiday weekend cheap gas prices. triple a predicts 42 million americans will drive 50 miles or more for the holidays, coming to a savings of $11 for full tank of gas. total is 451 million-dollar in savings. if turkey is not your thing how about a bucket of chicken. check out mcdonald's new 48 piece mcnugget bucket. it is only a railable for a limited time in japan and to promote japanese girls and njt 48 affectionate thely called nugget 48. erika and nicole.

>> why tell us fit is only in japan. >> that is only about half. >> i'm nugget fatigue, sorry. >> such a great the idea. bring it to the states. >> please do. >> it is perfect. >> exactly. >> ready. >> yes, mayday. we're updating days top stories including latest on the teen including a pennsylvania state trooper. talk about a dangerous lesson a worker in his truck is counting his blessings after he nearly is crush by a crumbling smoke stack. he is talking about his close call. is there still plenty of questions for quarterback at the eagles. hear what mark sanchez and sam bradford says about who should start for the the bird tomorrow.

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you're going the wrong way. >> ah h good old planes, trains, automobiles, hopefully things go smoother for you today if you are traveling for thanksgiving. not much traffic on the roadway right new just time to get out there heading outside, excuse me, you do want to grab

a coat it is only 37 degrees. meisha will update conditions in a few minutes and of course, get an update on the home page at cbs philly to the come. amtrak is bracing for a very busy day looking live at 30th street station. tim mcmahon us is their life and he joins us now live by phone. tim, what is the the latest on the travel conditions there. it doesn't look like too many people at this hour. >> reporter: not right now but it was busier early on with the early trains moving along. a lot of tired faces but there is a different energy at the station this early in the morning then there is on a week day. all these travelers are taking rails but they have different rent stories to share, interesting ones. i talk to a college student heading home to virginia. it has been a long few months, really tech particular, first year of grad school. she can't wait for her family. she can't rest too long because she will be helping with that cooking tomorrow. i spoke to the woman heading home to virginia as well. she said all that is going on

in the world home with her brothers and sisters, that is only place she wants to be. there is that state department travel warning out because of the recent attacks in paris, and aftermath and there is a very strong amtrak police presence here and they stress a as they always do but essentially now that travelers be aware of their surroundings for anything unusual. >> always a good idea, tim jim jim live at, 30th street station. thanks for the update. we appreciate it. >> you got it, thanks. 54:00 46789 we will talk more about the travel forecast. >> it is basic, very quiet weather unfold to go day, tomorrow black friday. there is a little hiccup down the road here by saturday that we will have to dodge which we will talk about but we will talk about it and we have a very cold clear morning on the eyewitness weather watcher network here where i think the eyes gets drawn to this 19 degrees where eileen is check in at gilbertsville. more remote suburbs. the it tend to be colder.

this shows you how chilly it is. thankfully eileen reporting no wind. it is very, very calm and collected in terms of the wind flow. 22 degrees because temperature reported from mark. he sent this in the last 20 minutes in chats worth. another more remote suburb but he is already pointing out it is not as cold as yesterday but certainly very high and rising barometer. in other word, high pressure today and that is going to be story for us moving forward here. so at least for now we have got nice, large high in place, where we will get with the clockwise flow and that high is eventually a nice warming trend since that wind flow is out of the south. as it it does so we will start to see wind picking up a smidge with time but eventually it will give way to the next beg thing and next big thing is next storm system currently brewing with certainly a scattered looking radar, it tend to break up over mountainous terrain but once this pulls in it will blossom. we will see large storm system taking shape. if your travel plans take you to the center of the you had

you want to pay attention to what is going on with that storm. as for the rest of the eastern united states it is calm as could be. we have green light for flights, under 15 minutes, all the way across eastern 23rd. out toward those western large hubs. moving forward in the forecast, what did i tell you, 60 degrees tomorrow. beautiful turkey day. pair of 60's on black friday. meisha, i'm thinking i need to break out shopping shoes. >> you do, do not even contemplate, katie. >> yep. >> good morning everyone. happy wednesday to you. we are starting to see a heat up on the roadways as well. we know this is a busy travel day indeed, absolutely so give yourself a couple extra in minutes but i-95, at cottman this is what you're looking at. just 15 minutes ago, it wasn't quite like this in terms of the volume. as we move toward 6:00 o'clock hour we are seeing that pick up there. schuylkill eastbound a at city avenue looking g we are looking us about a a and look

beyond these trees in the westbound direction also coming up that roosevelt boulevard southbound and then jump pink on the schuylkill here at westbound at city avenue looking busy there. both directions are looking busy. blue route headlight moving in the out bound direction at ridge pike toward the schuylkill we are looking good. volume levels are starting to heat up there we have the thanksgiving day parade that starts tomorrow at 8:30 a.m., many road are closed, these included at six or 7:00 a.m. and then jfk is closed tonight at 7:00 i will tweet this information out as well. ladies, back over to you. >> thanks, so much. here's your head lines on cbs-3 a 17 year-old face's tempted murder charges in connection with the shooting of the pennsylvania state trooper. it happened when a brief chase ended in a fiery crash on the vine street expressway yesterday morning. trooper patrick casey is recovering. protesters demonstrated in chicago after release of dash cam video showing fatal police shooting of the black

teenager. officer involved is now charged with first degree murder. are you flying for thanksgiving, if so, officials at philadelphia international say you want to get to the airport two hours early for domestic flights. security is tighter following paris terror attacks and terror threats worldwide. eagles play lions on the road tomorrow in one of the nfl's thanksgiving day match ups but one eagle is a apologizing for criticizing philadelphia fans. philadelphia magazine writer asked lineman lane johnson about the fans reaction to sunday's embarrassing looks to the the bucks at the link. johnson says quote if we get down by any significant amount of points or we don't make any first downs we will get booed, that is how it is. it is not really home field advantage playing hear anymore. the cats here they don't really care. it took johnson less than an hurry to backtrack on twitter saying my comment about the the fans was out of line and a pol guys. i'm just frustrated like they are about our performance on the field. he went on to say bottom line

is we need to give them a a reason to cheer by scoring and winning games. we need to earn that home field advantage and i know that. meanwhile it is still not clear as it would be mark sanchez or sam bradford under center for thanksgiving day in detroit. sanchez started against bucks last week while bradford nursed a separated shoulder and concussion. bradford is back at practice and he and sanchez took snaps with the first team. >> if it continues to progress and get better, i would like to be out there but ultimately it will be, you know, in the trainers and coaches hands. >> anytime you get a chance is fun especially on thanksgiving. it will be a good opportunity. >> sam bradford admits he suffered some memory loss after that concussion, it was third documented concussion in his career. quarter. a kentucky family is celebrating a holiday surprise courtesy of the bengals star they ran into of all places in the target store. the here's a picture posted to instagram of wallace gillberry

and yeager family at a target in new port, kentucky. gill berry met dad, mom and bought them a play station four and the games. >> it is good for the soul. food feels the souls but seeing someone else smile and know you did it out of the goodness of your heart, it does something to my soul. the majority of that comes from my childhood. that was me growing up. >> gillberry a says his family was on government assistance and they had to struggle to make ends meet. he relates where that family was. >> i love the surprise and random meeting and play station four. >> that was really sweet. >> his family says they are fans for life now. >> this he were in new port, he plays for the bengals, they don't care. stop what you are doing and watch this. it could be the the best missed dunk ever, missed shot but still amazing. u-mass freshman daunte smith shattered the backboard with that ferocious dunk sending

glass flying on the court. the only problem, the ball popped out of the basket so it does not count after all that, right. game was delayed for 90 minutes while they got a new hope. they had to put a brand new hope up there. team won. they didn't need it after all. >> glass shattering like that a big moment where you get the dunk. >> exactly. >> points register on the scoreboard, not so much. not that time. still ahead a demolitionend in disaster we will show you streaks limb close calling at a smoke stack came crashing down. toy trouble see why this popular toy is turning into a hair raising experience, for some parents. this could be bad. we will be right back. everyone needs a bff. even your smile.

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implosion goes wrong. smoke stack fell on the excavator trapping the elevator inside. it was built more than a hundred years ago failed to couple down during first attempt, when second attempt failed he decided to dig around the the base to weaken it. he talk about what he went through, when things got dark. >> staying in the cab. the cabbies made so it can turn overtop of. i was safe erin side the cab. >> he was obviously shaken but 20 year explosives vet was not injured. >> thank goodness. parent, listen up, hot new toy is turning into a hot mess for parents and their kid. >> they are velcro like balls to mold to make creations but they have been bunching all over kid hair. >> it is a problem. >> parents across the country have been sharing their anguish on social media each has a hook at the end that actually wraps and twist around the hair and that is where you good it in trouble. four year-old reagan says

getting them out really hurt. >> we have that many, there is four or 15, they were getting matted down in the skull and hair wrapped around and there was no moving them, they did in the budge. >> it has become such a problem the company has made a video to show parent how to get them out. they recommend vegetable oil or conditioner but parents say even with that, it does take a while to get them out. i can't imagine. it is hard enough brushing a child's hair but trying to get them out. >> not fun. still ahead next katie and meisha has a check of your travel day forecast. tips for black friday shoppers including items you shouldn't buy on black friday, we will slain. also a ahead rumors are swirling after justin beiber canceled two major appearances this thanksgiving, the cryptic reason he is backing out, the details coming up next hour.

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good morning. at this hour we are waiting for this teenager to be arraigned. he is accused of shooting a pennsylvania state trooper during a fiery chain of event. we are live with the update on the the trooper a and that charges that young suspect

faces. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. we are live at airport where security lines are long this morning. while thousands will fly to their destination, more people are hitting the the roads this thanksgiving, looking live, katie and meisha has your travel forecast. the it will be a busy day. it is wednesday, november 25th good morning i'm nicole brewer. i'm erika von tiehl. lets check this with them on get the away day. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. i'm not looking forward to the airport lines, you guys but on the roadways things are looking pretty good. >> good. >> we are starting to heat up on the interstate and highways but overall things are looking really pleasant on the roads. >> definitely the case in the weather department as well. traffic can be dicey, as the morning progresses but weather we know this much will be nice and quiet today, tomorrow, and even into the rest of the holiday weekend, for the most part. we have one hiccup on the way which we will talk about but high pressure is on your side. so often high