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 get out and throw the

football around. >> not a bad idea, certainly working off those calories, great excuse to get outside for sure. we have been talking about this weather for days. it the will continue inhe holiday weekend but by that point we will have a new cold front. really today and tomorrow look phenomenal, perfect timing for thanksgiving and black friday as well and then we are going to see wet weather intervene and coming in with our next cold front. for now storm scan is completely empty, staying devoid of activity for next two days courtesy of high pressure. a file hugh clouds right now you'll find that as well as the the day progresses around the region as a whole, pardon me but still looking quiet the with the high pressure still in place. pardon, me. i have been sick guys, sorry. the lets get out to sky cam three looking at temperature readings. 38 degrees. modest wind out of the north east. higher humidity as well with that added moisture. we're expect to go end up with maybe a little fog later on

tonight. we are at 32 in trenton and lower 30's through reading, allentown. the lets look at the the typical temperatures we will find on thanksgiving. fifty-two is your average, most recent day that it it was actually above 60 or warmer was back in 2007 on thanksgiving anyway but we will look ahead to the forecast, 62 degrees, under the sunshine and expect ago this to stick around as we head into tomorrow. erika, back over to you. new this morning a fire in a row home has claimed life of the nicetown man, now fire fighters want to necessity how it started. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us at that scene, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. fire fighters say this fire was knocked down in minutes but not in enough time to safe a life. officials did find one man dead inside. reports of the fire came in at 12:22, the department says they have got several calls from this nicetown neighborhood when fire crews pulled up to the 1900 block of

brunner street they found heavy fire and smoke on the first floor of the home, emanating from the first floor front room. crews forced their way in and got that fire under control in only 16 minutes, a second search turned up the adult male victim on the first floor, he was pronounced dead on the scene will. fire commissioner derek sawyer says that man's death could have have been prevented. >> the the key point here is you have to have working smoke alarms and home escape plan. right new we're not sure what the cause of the fire is but we do know if this person had a working smoke alarm they should have been able to get out. >> and as you can see that home is scorched on the first and second floors of the home. the we are told that man was likely home alone and that there were no working smoke alarms on the first or second floor of this home. fire marshals have been on the scene working to determine the cause of the fire, it remains under investigation at this time. this man is on the 13th person

to die in the fires. verse 30 just last year. erika, back over to you. two people were in the hospital after a car crash early this morning in olney. it happened on the north third street in west fischer avenue around 2:00 a.m. it is in the clear what caused the crash. the the conditions 2069 victims are not known right the now. so far police have not completed their investigation. an accident shut down a section of the route 422 in upper providence overnight. this was the crash as seen from the penndot traffic camera. it happened around 1:30 in the westbound lanes near the oaks exit. at least one person was extricated from that wreckage. no word on the victim's condition, all lanes are back opened. america's oldest thanksgiving day parade starts here in philadelphia in just a few hours. the lets give you a live look at center city at e staging area, along jfk boulevard where those huge balloons will be inflated. parade is in the 96th year. world cup mvp carli lloyd of

delran township, new jersey native is the grand marshall this year. the the parade starts at 20th and jfk and makes a left at 16th street and up ben franklin parkway and end in front of the art museum. always fun to see. a lot of people noticed increased security as they traveled this thanksgiving. tens of thousands of travelers made their way to the philadelphia international airport without a problem. passengers at the airport at 30th street station they seemed aware of the heightened security following the terror attacks in paris almost two weeks ago. >> we have to keep going and doing exactly what you are doing and have a normal life and look ahead. >> if you went by road you can fill tanks with the lowest gas prices we have seen this time of the year since 2008 according to triple a. time to fill up. president obama is trying to resure jittery americans that they should go about their business and enjoy thanksgiving without fear. as henna daniels report many

cities are beefing up security. >> reporter: security is ramped up across the the country as people head home for the thanksgiving day holiday. >> so much security, there is cops all over the place. >> reporter: passengers are taking longer lines and beefed up airport checkpoints in stride. >> security is kind of long. >> reporter: heavily armed police are also on duty a at rail stations like washington's union station where home land security secretary jay johnson took an amtrak train home. new york city officials were prepared for the the thousands who showed up to watch the balloons, come to life, ahead of the thanksgiving day parade. up to 3 million will line the streets on thursday. security will be tight here along the parade route, the the police commissioner says at least 2500 extra police officers will be on duty to keep everyone safe. >> this is the best prepared city in the country, to deal with a terror incident and most importantly to prevent

terrorism, which nypd has done successfully for 14 years. >> president obama says it is understandable americans are nervous after the paris terrorist attacks. >> americans should go about their usual thanksgiving day weekend activities, spending time with family, friend and celebrating our blessings. >> reporter: the president says there is no current credible threat against the the u.s., hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". demonstrators protesting fatal shooting of the black teenager by a chicago police officer are urging support tours shut down a popular shopping district tomorrow. they have returned to the streets again last night protesting shooting at seventh year-old laquan mcdonald, officers tried to hold the line. police released more dash cam video. it appears to show mcdonald running from police after vandal icing cars. graphic footage from tuesday shows jason van dyke firing 16 times at the mcdonald. a pennsylvania state trooper is home for thanksgiving after he is shot

the in the line of duty. >> go eagles. >> cheering on the eagles, trooper patrick casey left hahnemann university hospital. he was shot during a gun battle on the vine street expressway, on tuesday, authorities have charged 17 year-old giovanni coto with a attempted murder. his the father is glad his son and the officer are both alive. >> reporter: what do you want to tell the the officer that was hurt. >> a pol guys. i know he got his mother, he got his father. i got my mom, i got my father. you know, a pol guys to the officer. >> sources say giovanni coto will be tried as an adult. night before thanksgiving traditionally is a big party night the but last night road were safer thanks to uber. car service set up a a breathalizer kiosk on main street in manayunk last night. those who received it, a free ride home. night before thanksgiving is

often one of the busiest night of the year for local bars. soon are smart program covers up to a $20 fare. today is a day where you cap still get your fix. holiday vendors will be opened for business today, at dilworth plaza there is a wide variety of things on sale, all of them unique to philadelphia. the pop up shops at dilworth officially opened up on sat take but organizers they decided to get an early jump on the season today. if you are venturing out to shop the big stores instead of eating turkey here are some stores that are open. radio shack is opened in a few hours at 8:00 a.m. jc penny at 3:00 p.m. then an hour later hh greg and old navy. at 5:00, toys-r-us and best buy filled by wal-mart and target at 6:00 p.m. the also at 6:00 sears, kohl's, macy's and dick's sporting goods. the the malls also open up at 6:00, cherry hill, willow grove park and deptford. and k-mart opens up at 7:00. or relax and have a slice of pie.

coming up next a tree that will grace the white house this christmas has local roots. also ahead a old tradition has been given new life in washington and gives the command inner chief a chance to make dad jokes with his daughters, that is coming up. also this... >> it is root beer with the kick, i'm jill wagner in new york i'll tell you why hard root bear is a popular beverage. as we go to break we want to know what are you thankful for this thanksgiving. tweet us using hashtag cbs-3 and send us a photo the owe, you might see your tweets right here on cbs this morning. we will be right back.

balloons are flying high, check out snoopy, crews inflated 24 giant characters on central park overnight. over the the years inflating of the the balloons has become almost as a tradition as a parade itself. this years parade is use it

ninth annual. ours is still oldest, just saying. piece of the montgomery county will be on display at a big way at the white house this season. this years official white house christmas tree came from buster's tree farm in lansdale. a 19-foot frazier fur that will arrive at the white house on friday and will be on display in the blue room. four year-old tree was planted just months before september 11th. it was one of the two treason buster's farms that the white house was considering. they had some options. >> it is hard to believe this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey, time flies, even if turkeys don't. >> president obama. president having some fun with his daughters before the official turkey pardon, before the ceremony he gave an official reprieve to abe the national thanksgiving turkey. abe and his alternate known as honest, will spend their remaining days at a farm in virginia. nice little break for those turkies. it is just so great the to see

sascha and mallea, because years ago, they were just little will girls and now they are teenagers. >> if i recall one was just freaked out, wouldn't get close to it. g very happy thanksgiving. we cannot be more grateful for this forecast. >> it is a nice day, unfolding tomorrow, tomorrow looks great for shoppers, putting christmas decorations. >> me too. >> it all looks good. but things do start to go downhill by week end. not a huge, huge deal. right now we are finding on storm scan three wet weather starting to move in, not a huge deal, we have a couple showers and that is staying off to the west, it is just going to bypass us off to the northwest. don't worry about that. it is essentially a sign of things starting to get their act together in the atmosphere. we have a large storm system as of this time yesterday, it was all over the inter mountain west. now we are seeing moisture get drawn from the south and back toward the mexico state or

mexico board are line here, into the four corners. some of that moisture starting to creep in. this will evolve into a large, very significant storm system by the time we hit second half of today and tomorrow. for us, all we will end up with is a moderate, passage of the cold front a couple showers out of it the on the weekend and that is it. today looks fantastic. mild turkey day we're expecting lower 60's around the region for your friday, back in the mid 60's. this will be the warmest day of the pack here but we are very likely going to start off, with fog in the morning and that clears for partly sunny skies, especially sat the day morning. watch for those showers to be out and about and otherwise rest of the the day looking cloudy and it will be cooler, courtesy of the passage of that front. mild day, sun and cloud, lower 60's, not terribly chilly tonight. forty-five. not bad for the standard of the late november but warmest day comes tomorrow and as we jump forward in the forecast on sunday we're talking upper

40's. a roller coaster ride, but all things considered not a bad forecast. >> it could be worse, thank you. family of the pro football hall of fame are frank gifford says signs of the the degenerative brain disease were found in his brain. gifford died of natural causes in august at age 84 and his widow talk show host kathy lee gifford and his family allowed his brain to be studied. they say's loud from cognitive and behavioral symptoms in his later years. dozens of former players have sued the nfl offer brain injuries. eagles take on the lions today in detroit, thanksgiving day game for second year in the row but fans are not happy with the eagles four-six record. nj.com report are matt lombard owe quotes an unnamed eagles player assaying quote chip kelly has lost the the team. between the losses and his bull bleep methods that aren't working, i can tell you that the players have tuned him out. he he said one injured player would have played but he won't

play hurt, for chip. things aren't going that great for or teams in town either, flyers in brooklyn against islanders and captain claude giroux gave orange and black an early lead but that was it for flyers. islanders scored three unanswered goal and win three- 16789 flyers play predators tomorrow a afternoon at t well, at 3:30. same trouble for sixers, jahlil okafor just missed a double/double. sixers had an 11-point lead in last night's game in boston but they can't seem to finish these games. celtics win 84-80. sixers lost 26 straight dating back to last season to tie an nba record. they play tomorrow night in houston. come on, guys. still ahead this morning on your thanksgiving day advice if you had are planning to deep fry that turkey today but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

turkies can be dangerous if you do not do it right. fire fighters to tell us what we need to do to stay safe. >> when filling the pot make sure there is plenty of room for capacity of the turkey when you put turkey into the pot to not spill that oil over. so five to 6 inches below is good idea to start to keep that oil level down. the once it is heated up and ready to put turkey in, turn off the flame. if you get too much oil that oil will then burn on you. >> one of the most important things, make sure your turkey is completely that you had, and dry, before you fry it. frozen turkey will cause an explosion, take the lid right off. fry your turkey in an outdoor space and keep kids, animals away from the friar. if you do have a fire, don't put water on it, to try to put

it out. that will make the fire spread. instead, use a fire extinguisher, so have one on hand. thanksgiving is a day for food and cheer this year, this may be something new on the table. the as cbs's jill wagner tells us there is a a new root beer on the market that is very popular but comes with a alcoholic kick. >> this is not your father's root beer, that is one of the the new brand new hard route beer hitting the mark. don't confuse these were sewed a each contain alcohol. the chris adams of the coney island brewery in new york put out a new hard root beer in july. they sell tonight bottles and serves tonight their cap room. >> it was amazing the the response to it. >> reporter: in the 19th century root beer was brought like a beer work alcohol. prohibition brought an end to. that now the hard version is back. >> very smooth, taste like root beer. >> reporter: it joins other popular hard beverages on the

market, hard cider, lemonade and tea arelready big sellers. and hard root beer has gained a following, in fact, some stores have found it difficult to keep it in stock. >> we were getting calls for it before it was available in new york city. >> reporter: kevin eel, says he first started selling it this summer. >> people were coming in, to get it and buying not just six pack but most multiple six packs, people were reserving cases in advance. >> it is something different. people haven't had anything like it. they can't believe it is a real alcoholic product to be honest and it is something craft beer drinkers are always looking for something new and innovative. >> reporter: frank believes there is another reason it is popular. >> it is really good, man. incredible. >> reporter: jill wagner for cbs-3 "eye

we are here to get you out the door if you have to go out the door perhaps on a, pretty pleasant note. it is chilly but very, very tranquil. we will see a nice warming trend take place here to what we saw yesterday. yesterday was a milder day. outside, it is live neighborhood network, things are very tranquil, not one soul in sight. the it will be one of those mornings, we think. storm scan three courtesy of high pressure, and, couple high clouds building in there. we are looking at a nice day. more than anything. it is all about that temperature. look at the area temperatures we are anticipating here today for your thanksgiving. we love to have fun with graphics on the holidays, anything that is seen for thanksgiving, call it thanksgiving nap. in fruit land, maryland 64 for your high. yum yum tennessee, i mean come on, seriously.

68 degrees. not terrible with high pressure in place in tennessee, and around the rest of the you had we're looking at calmer air, basically on the western half and that is the next system that will be heading our way to cool us down, co saturday, it brings with it, some showers, especially saturday morning. a shower here and there on sunday too, but today and tomorrow are days to revel in, not the only above average but keep dry weather and happy thanksgiving, a nice couple days coming up. >> sound great, thank you. coming up next we have latest on overnight fire that killed a man. also, it is a thanksgiving tradition in south philadelphia, we are live at cash a's bakery where they are stuffing oven with turkies not baked goods this morning. it is not too early to start talking about left overs the safe way to store food so you don't get sick we are back at the top of the hour. happy thanksgiving.

a tragic start to the holiday, fire fighters find a man dead after fire rips through a house in nicetown. they say his death, could have been prevented, we are live as investigators look for what sparked that fire. also, it is thanksgiving day and that means it is time for a parade in philadelphia. balloons and floats are getting ready to go, being inflated right now, katie has your holiday forecast and i think you will like it. also thanksgiving not just about the turkey but chance to get a head start on holiday deals. we will let you know who is opened on thanksgiving if you just can't wait to start shopping. good morning, happy thanksgiving, thursday, in 26th, i'm erika von tiehl. little chilly outside but it

is shaping up to be a beautiful thanksgiving day. katie has your holiday forecast. we have gone up 2 degrees since yesterday. >> we are continuing that nice warming trend, nice warm here at the surface courtesy of the return flow around high pressure. in other word nice warm air sent our way from the the south and that will keep things really comfortable here today. for standard ovulate november notoo shabby. let look at what this month has had up its sleeve. the obvious trend has been above average, right? only blocks that stand out here as cooler then average were 14th, saturday a couple weeks ago and last two days, or i should say, monday and tuesday of this week where we were just a smidge below average. six below the normal isn't too bad, so we're really trending well above the normal so far and we have got a shot of the top ten. we are expecting a cool down though by the month's end which will be discussed but for now it is all good here on stormn