captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, november 26th, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." as thanksgiving celebrations kick off, americans stay on alert, despite the absence of a specific terror threat. the president warns the nation to remain vigilant. protests over a killing of a black teenager by a white chicago police officer spread to other cities and demonstrators say they are ready to disrupt black friday shopping. an airline passenger records a disturbing scene while waiting for a flight. baggage handlers throwing luggage as part of a game.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. americans are waking up to the thanksgiving holiday amid heightened security concerns. we are hours away from celebrations across the country. police are relying on the public to be vigilant about any terror threat. local, state, and federal authorities have been preparing to keep large crowds safe and don champion is here in new york to show us how. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as part of the stepped-up security here, officers in plain clothes will be among those in the crowd. radiation detectors will also be used. officials here and aacross the country maintain that everything possible is being done to make sure this holiday is a safe one. an army of police officers will keep watch over thanksgiving day

parade. on the eve of the festivities authorities locked down mailboxes as crowds gather to see parade balloons come to life. >> security is very tight, but considering what is going on, they need to take all of the precautions they can. >> reporter: the heightened security comes less than two weeks after terror attacks in paris killed 130 people. isis has since threatened new york city in a video. >> we cannot let the terrorists succeed as psychological war fare. that is is what it is. they are trying to do what they can to create fear and try to change us. >> reporter: security is beefed up at airport and other hubs. >> we are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe. >> reporter: terror suspects could face targets. >> i guess it could be an easy target but i don't like to think about that right now.

>> reporter: even federal officials stress there are no known credible threats against the homeland. now the police commissioner here says more than 2,500 officers will be stationed along the parade route, the largest number of officers ever assigned to cover an event. also for the first time, 200 heavily armed critical response officers will be out and about. >> don champion in new york, thank you, don. new york city police commissioner william bratton joins us later on "cbs this morning" with what the city is doing to protect crowds at the thanksgiving day parade. germany vows to do more this morning in the international fight against isis. geman chancellor anklely merkel met with french president francois hollande yesterday in paris. merkel said she was challenged to do everything to prevent such events from happening again. russia is deploying long-range air defense missiles to its base in syria about 30 miles from the turkish border. it follows a downing of a

russian war plane by turkey earlier this week. it was the first time in 50 years that a nato member shot down a russian plane. analysts believe the act will fuel the conflict in syria and complicate peace efforts. russia denies the plane ever crossed into turkish air space. it is going to be a rainy and wet thanksgiving for millions of americans. parts of the southern plains are under flood watches and the threat of snow in the midwest has sparked a winter weather advisory. snow blanketed parts of california and plows spent the day keeping roads clear and passable. some locals near the nevada border say it's been years since the area got that much snow. wow! >> 11 people were hurt outside of sacramento when a gust of wind knocked over a tent at a flea market. three were taken to the hospital. and parts of the california coast are getting pounded by king tides. waves crashed along the beach in

san diego and coast flood advisories are in effect for many areas until tomorrow. protesters in chicago are calling for disruptions during the black friday shopping in response to the deadly police shooting of laquan mcdonald. demonstrators in other cities spoke out last night. at least six people were arrested in new york. it follows the release of new information on the shooting of mcdonald last year. adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: demonstrators took to the streets of chicago again wednesday, protesting the police shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. some taunted officers trying to hold the line. more dash cam footage was released and it appears to show mcdonald running from police after allegedly vandalizing cars. footage released tuesday shows officer jason van dyke firing 16 times at mcdonald and killing him. van dyke's attorney says the officer yelled for mcdonald to drop the knife he was carrying. >> he shot mcdonald because he was in fear of his life.

>> reporter: van dyke was charged with first-degree murder. an autopsy report showed mcdonald was shot at least twice in the back and the drug pcp was found in his system. the city of chicago already settled for mcdonald's family for $5 million but a public outcry what took so long to release the video and bring charges against the officers. >> it appears that when the victims appear to be underprivileged or minorities, that it takes a long time for justice to come their way. >> reporter: the judge will revisit the issue of bond at a hearing monday. after viewing the video. officer van dyke faces 20 years to life behind bars, if convicted. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. president obama said on facebook that he was deeply disturbed by the shooting video. he also asked people to be thankful for the overwhelming majority of police who protect our communities with honor. in minneapolis, protests continue their push for justice

after the deadly police shooting of an unarmed black man. more than a hundred people gathered last night outside a police precinct to protest the death of jamar clark, the 24-year-old died more than a week ago after being shot by a police officer. the rally happened on the same day that funeral services for clark took place. investigators this morning, are looking into two new laser strikes in the dallas area. the southwest airlines pilot reported seeing a green laser near dallas love field last night. another pilot reported a laser near dallas/ft. worth international airport. there have been at least 15 laser strikes against planes in the dallas area since november. a bird strike forced a united airlines jet to make an emergency landing in sacramento last night. flight 2005 struck a bird just after takeoff and it caused an engine to fail. the plane landed safely. all 114 passengers had to be booked on another flight. coming up on the "morning news."

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players. gifford took countless hits over his 13-year career. >> sometimes, it can be one horrific single injury, but mostly, it's repetitive head injury. >> gifford died in august at the age of 84. the new york daily news reports the mother that left her newborn baby in a christmas manger inside a new york city church won't be charged. surveillance video showed the mom leaving the baby inside the church on monday. the mom says she felt the baby was in a warm, safe place and came back later to check on it. "the new york times" reports west point is banning pillow fights, after a bloody brawl left 30 injured this summer. first-year cadets traditionally organize the pillow flight at the end of the summer of training to build camaraderie. but in august some pack their pillowcases with hard objects. the san jose mercury news reports shoppers are embracing

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sayings kpix found out what was going on. >> reporter: this is what a southwest passenger saw from his window before takeoff, a worker tossing luggage like a bean bag. while another clapped. each time, workers try to hurl the bag farther. >> the perception of it, it looks like tossing a customer's bag. >> reporter: that is why chase plattin shot it with business cell phone and posted the video on southwest's facebook page. turns out, it wasn't southwest. it was alaska airlines worker. alaska claims they were tossing a company bag filled with magazines as part of an employee game. in a statement tonight, alaska says this game should not have been played at the airport. the opt tiics of this video is unfortunately and we apologize for any confusion this has caused san jose travelers or southwest airlines. >> if you're going to do something like that, i would do it elsewhere. you shouldn't do something like that right next to a place where they are actually loading

customer bags on the plane. >> wow. it looks super shady. >> reporter: we showed video of the game to passengers flying out tonight. >> i would say it's bad taste, to be honest. >> reporter: customer bag or not? >> basically just reassures everyone what they are hearing, because everyone already thinks that people mishandle their baggage. >> that was kpix betty yu reporting. milwaukee bucks coach jason kidd isn't too thankful this morning for the referees officiating his team's game last night. less than 2:00 to play, kidd gets objected when he slaps the ball out of the the hands of a ref. the players had to hold kidd back. milwaukee loses to sacramento 129-118. if you thought that was bad behavior, just look at this. university of colorado basketball player tory miller is elected when he seen biting an opposing player. hayden graham of air force told the officials what happened and after reviewing the replay,

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey. time flies, even if turkeys don't. >> president obama pardoned the national thanksgiving turkey named abe sparing him from the dinner table and setting him up for a life of relaxation on a farm. abe's alternate was a turkey

named honest, makes sense. honest was also pardoned. the tradition goes back to the 1940s. three presidential candidates are already thinking how they would pardon a turkey. >> no, no, no! shh! >> carly fiorina and ben carson and marco rubio got in some practice pardoning for the conservative website "independent journal." >> so with the power invested in me as a, i guess, presidential candidate, i pardon you and you are free to go. not literally. not until i leave. but then you're free to go. >> now i pardon you, mr. turkey. >> jenny, you are now officially pardoned and set free to live a wonderful life. >> i pronounce you -- >> i love the wave of the hand. in order to do the real thing, of course, one of them will to win the next election. the sci-fi violence in the latest chapter of the "star

wars" franchise might be a little too much for younger children. "star wars," the force awakens, will carry a pg-13 rating what it comes out on december 18th. "star wars" episode three revenge of the sith got that rating but all of the others were rated pg. ringo starr is auctioning off a very first copy of the beatles while album in 1968. it was in a bank vault for 35 years and not in mint condition because a corner has a slight fold. it is still expected to go for as much as $60,000 at auction next week! you might say the bidding could be helter-skelter. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," thanksgiving etiquette. i'm anne-marie green. and this is the "cbs morning news."

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see each other, because ppp just did up questioning the presidential pardoning power. 59% of the democrats were approve of the two turkey pardonings and only 11% of the republicans were on board. what comes to the notorious divisive issue of sweet potatoes, 34% of democrats like theirs with marshmallows and only 27% of republicans do. and nearly 40% of republicans think a sweet potato would make a pretty good president. >> lots of turkey talk on the late show with stephen colbert. world class chef stopped by the theater to show how to make a deluxe turducken.

>> this way, this way, this way. >> there you go. >> we need to put it in. put it in, put it in, put it in. >> okay. >> push, push. push down. >> freeze! >> push, push! a lot of. the turkey is tough! >> and that is how you do lamaze! >> so now -- >> in case you were wondering what makes a deluxe, five birds, five. cooking the trafgs turkey is no easy task as you just saw. kelli stopczynski of wfbt asked kids for advice on how to fix the perfect bird. >> reporter: before you put a turkey in the oven, what do you have to do with it? >> shoot it. >> reporter: before you put a turkey in the oven, what do you have to do with it? >> put it in a bowl. >> reporter: after you put it in

a bowl, what do you do? >> put things in it. >> reporter: what kind of things? >> food things, like ingredients. >> reporter: and then what? >> you have to do things. >> reporter: do things? what kind of things? >> i don't know! >> um. stuff it? >> reporter: what kind of stuffing do you put inside of it? what do you think stuffing is made of? >> um. stuff? >> well, you bake it, i guess. >> cook it. >> how hot does the oven need to be? >> i'm not sure. i usually use -- let my parents do that. >> we like to wrap our in, like, layers of bacon. that makes it really good. >> i don't really know. i just help put out the rest of the stuff. >> layers of bacon, i like that. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"

a passion for wine. we will tell you about the women behind the mcbride sisters wine company and the amazing journey how they met. plus, dr. david agus shows us the benefits of being thankful. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. happy thanksgiving! i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

happy thanksgiving. the holiday, it is starting out tragic in the nicetown neighborhood this morning we are live on the scene of the deadly fire coming up, we will also have this. >> reporter: estimated 47 million americans, planning to travel this holiday weekend, will be seeing tighter security. i'm henna daniels in new york and i'll tell you what you can expect. a live look at the staging area for thanksgiving day parade, in just a few hours the parkway will be packed with people, already a number outside right now, we have a look at parade route and last minute preparations. good morning, happy thanksgiving i'm erika ron tiehl. cool start to the day but we are in store for a nice warm up in time to eat dinner and