the year, just about all of the people already in line at philadelphia international airport. although skies are clear for travel today we will get rain this thanksgiving weekend. katie's timing it out for us. today is wednesday, november 23rd, good morning, everyone. i'm jim donovan. >> hi jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha, all eyes are on the holiday weekend forecast and road and rails. >> yes, hi, awkward hi, hi. >> roadways are looking good, we are starting to heat upright now and we have a lot to talk about in terms of the septa, mass transit and what we can expect, with all that coming up. >> you dress as a pilgrim, so appropriate. >> no, it is not. stop it. we could easily go like this. >> yes. >> lets go outside, right now and we will show you a nice quiet storm scan view, when we zoom it out, jim, behave,

knock it off. i will zoom out of here one more time off to the west storm system beginning to migrate ever so closer. for now you we are under a nice clear sky. it will stay that way through majority of the day. something to be thankful for with clear skies, travel should be receipt i easy, shoot sailing, say for all of the vehicles we will find outside on the road. thirty-two outside palmyra cove nature park overlooking a clear picture of center city. or thing to point out that is wind, yes, finally eased up. that is good news. what you see will be closer then what you get on the thermometer. we will account for wind and factor in some traction for what it will feel like. so ride to school is chilly, kid getting out, maybe lucky enough to have the day off. nice clear sky. lunch, recess mid 40's. fifty for ride home but whether they are heading to school or not these are still obviously values that you'll find around say morning, noon, and evening. so, as we look forward to the tore cast eventually wet

weather will make it's a experience. we will track that give you a sense of how tomorrow pans out you the here but if you are staying close to home, for now all is good, travel should be a breeze. >> that is great news for so many people that have been tweeting already katie, asking how their travel will look, how will it look this terms of the weather. thank you so much. lets talk about travel a little bit, i-95 south, this is what we are looking at a lot of brake light on i-95 in the southbound direction heading toward center city. head up 6:00 o'clock this is morning we knew it would be busy but that has a little bit busier then what we typically see just now moving in the 6:00 o'clock hour. indication of what it will be like this thanksgiving eve. blue route mid county here, pushing in the southbound direction we are looking okay, that is where i keep my eye on the southbound side. northbound side not worried at all about you. in terms of the septa we are talking about septa, mass transit here, tim, help me out here. septa regional rails p.m. fare

collection in all center city stations starting at noon today. fares are collect before the platforms because of the busy travel. also in the world of the has transit, there we go, mass transit, all septa services running a sunday schedule on thursday. septa city buses, trolleys modified on friday. patco special schedules today. that is today through friday. new jersey river line has been running a sunday schedule on thursday, jim. >> thanks, meisha. millions of the americans are taking to the roads, rails, skies hoping to reach their loved ones for thanksgiving. >> triple a says more than 48 million people will journey 50 miles or more between now and sunday. we have team coverage this morning trang do live at 30th street station but we will go to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao live at philly international, good morning, jan. >> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning. i spoke to a tsa spokesperson here at philadelphia international airport and he is reiterating that this morning to arrive at the airport two hours early because folks can expect very long lines.

case in point the line is new growing here in terminal e before, remember this line was not existent. people were getting through security checkpoint easily but now it is 6:00 a.m., shore people are arriving, trying to get out of philadelphia for their thanksgiving dinner to see families and line is growing. so just be weary of that coming into philadelphia this morning. you will want to be two hours early to get your parking spot to get checked in and to get through the lines, but with that said the departures board is looking really good right now. everything for the most part on time, only a couple of delays out there. specifically here in the philadelphia area more than 500,000 people will hit the road, rails, air waves and most of these people will get to their destination by road tripping 50,000 people in the delaware valley will fly, including these people. >> traffic wasn't bad on the way down which i was surprised. we have tsa so we just get right through. >> yeah, yeah. >> upset a lot of people.

>> we decided to get together and this is first one we are doing it. so next time, we are planning it in new jersey. this is first time where it is, there everybody place. >> reporter: a little envious of people flying to warm weather destination, we have talk to people from florida, the dominican republic. let that settle in a little bit. here at philly interest that the we are seeing lines start to grow. definitely make sure you check with your airlines and think about getting out of the door earlier the better, rahel and jim, back to you. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at 30th street station this morning. >> trang, what are you seeing people take to the trains for their thanksgiving destination. >> reporter: well, this is the busiest travel week for amtrak, but today in particular is biggest travel day, but because it is so early things are just getting started. as day roll on it will get

busier and busier here. amtrak is expect to move 750,000 people and that includes, this woman here who i just woke up to force to do this interview. good morning, fiona. >> hi, thanks you are wrapping up your holiday travel. >> i left d.c. at 4:00 a.m. i'm on highway to absecon in 30 minutes. >> awesome. >> reporter: you have not one but two thanksgiving celebrations, right, tell me about that. >> yes, we have my mom's side tonight, and my dad's side tomorrow, so, tried to get up here early for wednesday dinner and then thursday. >> reporter: you got on the first train at 4:00 a.m. why did you choose to do that to avoid the crowds? what were you thinking about that. >> i was last minute and that was cheapest one and i was trying to avoid the crowd as well. >> reporter: how was it? >> it was fine. the train was early. i got here early. i have no complaints. >> reporter: when you head back to d.c. >> i helped back saturday

night, because i figured sunday would be really busy. >> reporter: you are on it. you book last minute. again, she's right on the money. sunday is actually third busiest day for amtrak so lots of people going on sunday. fiona is doing right thing leaving here on saturday to avoid those crowd. amtrak did tell me that there are a few tickets left so people can go to amtrak.com to check but tickets are going extremely fast. it is last behind travelers but she still hade it home, so, good news for fiona here but we're live, i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> she has a plan, she travels when it is less crowded and she has got a cheap ticket, love it. thanks, trang. lets check the roads, live streaming shot from mobile three. early morning commute the is often the best time to travel but you may be dealing with commuters the last day of of work or school before the holiday. as we have heard from meisha, jan, even trang, it is the

busiest travel days of the year no matter what time you hit the road. our coverage of the thanksgiving getaway continues throughout the morning and when in the on the air we are always on line cbs philly.com, head there for more thanksgiving travel tips. in other news, two people suffered minor injuries in the the fire on the 3,000 block of swanson street this fair hill. the fire broke out at 3:00 this morning. it was under control in less than a half an hour. up investigators are on the scene looking for the cause of the blaze. one of the suspects from the home invasion in south philadelphia didn't get very far. police found him handcuffed to a fence. two men broke in the second floor apartment on the 200 block of west ritner street last night. they pistol whipped a 25 year-old male and one of the suspects got away with the duffle bag full of items. but a man who works as a security guard came home, and caught this second suspect, and handcuffed him to the fence. investigators are exploring various leads in the explosion of the package in the center city apartment. authorities say a bomb went

off after 60 year-old jim alden opened up a padded envelope in his rittenhouse square apartment yesterday. he is now lee covering. officials believe somebody targeted him but they are in the yet saying why. in bucks county authorities file additional charge these a pizza shop ronry. cassidy ramos and robin soto are charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. police say sotoys mother of the two robbery suspects and ramos is the pregnant girlfriend of one of them. police said they served as look outs during the robbery at the pizza shop in levittown last week. the customer shot both suspects, one died at the scene, the other remains in critical condition. well, president-elect donald trump is backing down from some of his campaign promises, that is coming up later. but first, meisha has never reported on a traffic jam quite like this, a bull, yes, real bull, racing through streets of the center city. find out where it came from. there are 400 kitchen fires reported every thanksgiving, up next why you

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now i'm going to to the turkey. and forget we will get those

miniature marshmallows and i will get crescent rolls and you to cranberries. you know i can't cook. >> yeah, i'll see you tomorrow then. gobble gobble. bye-bye. >> that was, of course, a scene from what rolling stone magazine calls the best thanksgiving movie ever, planes, trains, automobiles. >> as everyone heads to their destination, we have free holiday tips about a turkey trend that can set your house on fire. fire fighters showed what can happen if you do not follow directions when you do find a turkey, experts say, make sure oil level isn't too high and make sure your turkey is completely that you had, dry before you fry it because frozen turkey will cause an explosion. also you want to have a foam extinguisher handy not water because water alone is not enough to put out a grease fire. >> do not deep fry a turkey in

your garage. >> a lot of consumers. >> i'm telling you i covered stories years ago. they did that in the the south. i said stick it outside. >> now that we have your attention, katie. >> yes, exactly. we are going to end up seeing wet weather, throughout the day tomorrow, hopefully that will deter anybody there doing something unsafe here. but please, read those directions and read the cautions, that they are there for a reason. let's start off by going out to a pocono camera shot. it looks like they have had some snow that they manmade snow and then they had a chance to actually thaw out there throughout the day and now it is refrozen again. i thought that was a cool thing to see. they are making snow in the mountains but not necessarily going to see fresh powder coming in courtesy of mother nature anytime soon. outside beach patrol we have light of day popping up over the horizon. this is in margate city here where it is off to a chilly start but nice and clear sky out there too. sun glare will become a

problem if you plan to travel eastbound whether it is to work or your holiday destination. this storm, it is looking like a monster, right. this region has lost its moisture and steam and it will trigger some showers here. but that is kind of it. as we walk you through what happens to daze and tomorrow, yeah, do you see how bulk of the energy gets pulled off to the north. we end up with some showers but that is it. we need good soaking rain. we will not get it. our temperatures do stay to the low or mid 50's. as we look ahead here, to take calm and collect. offer night the through poconos you will see a quick shower or sleet or snow because we have warm front lift nothing overnight and then tomorrow, everyone sees a couple of rain showers. off and on fashion not a wash out but notice, but by friday not bad at all, perhaps a left over shower to go with your left over turkey, meisha. >> cute graphics, katie, gobble, gobble, so cute. good morning. it is thanksgiving eve, we will take a ride together and

see live mobile three cruising around 95 right around airport area, a lot of cars right now. good news is still traveling around posted speeds but we know we are going to drop significantly as we push through the 6:00 o'clock and during our morning rush. and then, just make sure to check those schedules on line, if you're flying by flight today. myself included. i am having to do the exact same thing and we know it will be very busy. we have been seeing real reports out there all morning long. so jan, trang, thanks so much for. that back to the roadways. schuylkill headlights moving eastbound direction at king of prussia similar to what we are seeing at live mobile three, we are looking at this on the schuylkill and still traveling at posted seeds but we will be dropping less than, coming up soon, eastbound headlights in the king of prussia area. stay right where you are, we have more to talk about on this thanksgiving eve but first lets take a quick break. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right

oh, that feels good. i'm telling you. my dogs are barking today. wow.

oh. that feels better. >> that man will sit next to meisha on her flight to take. another scene from the planes, trains and automobiles. >> if any of you you are flying to your thanksgiving destination, you will not encounter another passenger like dell, because apparently meisha will be. >> i predict it. >> afternoon commuters did a double take when they spotted a bull on i-95 at 676 and drew attention on social media. >> the bull charged out of the loading truck around 2:00 p.m. yesterday. he was heading to a slaughter house. he was spotted peering into kensington high school and again on the northbound side of i-95. >> i didn't even know what to think because you don't usually see bulls on the highway. >> and unfortunately the gaming commission had to shoot and kill the runaway bull under the 676 overpass. well, still ahead this morning one thing 59 percent have of voters say that president-elect donald trump should stop doing now that he is president-elect.

and, the buzzer beater that has one local college basketball team storming the court on the otherwise stunned silence. we froze it. stick around and watch when we come right

welcome back our weekend watch is up next, and right now it looks like a pretty tame weekend at overall, for saturday and sunday. for many it is a nice long extended holiday weekend. we will see showers thursday and friday but saturday and sunday look good. we can expect temperatures to be close to average in the low to mid 50's here in the city, guys, back inside to you. katie, thank you. now for newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the intelligencers pennsylvania attorney general bruce beamer says there is no evidence the that government employees who swapped sexually explicit materials through office e-mails under mind administration of justice. new report flagged 38 people as high volume senders, of in a rope eighth e-mails. thirteen of them were senior government officials or judges at the time. from the trentonian two trenton men were arrested tuesday morning after they allegedly took a stolen toyota in a tree and fence outside the former side of the emily fischer charter school.

nathan mccray and 18 year-old myron laws were charged with receiving stolen rot. in the reading healing federal judge blocked an administration rule that would have extended overtime eligibility to 4 million americans. rule was scheduled to take effect next week and have would have required overtime to be paid to people working more than 40 hours a week and earning less than $47,476 a year. >> that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. well this morning we've got a basketball, buzzer beater to show you. >> it comes to us from the campus of the university of sciences in philadelphia lets take a look. >> he chucks it up, and are you kidding he? >> that was the big man, tilton from beacon college this delaware. six tooth eight senior nailed a hail mary shot in overtime. lightening beat university of the sciencees 71-68.

jim, what do you think sixers should sign him. >> i think so. >> what a shot. >> what a talent. coming up next on "eyewitness news" more on the deadly school bus crash this tennessee and chilling question the driver asked students on the bus right before they went off the road. in light of that accident we are taking a look at school bus safeties and wondering why aren't all school buses equipped with seat belts, jan. and, thousands of people are getting up and out early here at philadelphia international airport i'm jan carabao reporting live, coming up how early tsa suggest you get here to the airport flying out today. great to know, jan. looking outside an accident on 422, slow downs on this thanksgiving eve and septa and mass transit updates, but first we will take a quick break. stay right where you are,

good morning, everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. 6:30. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. >> a lot of people out here getting a jump start on their holiday. >> heading to jacksonville, florida. >> dominican republic. >> reporter: yeah, they are spoiled for sure. i'm jealous i wish i was heading to the dr for the thanksgiving. two people suffered minor injuries in a fire on the 3,000 block of swanson street, here in fair hill. police work was done when office's arrived at home invasion scene in south philadelphia. >> off-duty, security guard apprehended this male and handcuffed the male to the fence. >> out of no where this bull just walk by me. >> reporter: philadelphia's runaway bull got lots of attention after commuters spotted it on i-95 and 676.

>> across the line, simmons, to cousins, he scores, nick cousins, with the finish. flyers beat panthers three-one. they will stay in florida to face off with the tampa bay lightening. >> lets get out to katie, in the quite as warm as it is in florida, but it is not as cool as it was earlier this week. >> a little perspective. we had to deal with vicious wind chills in the last couple days that is not a concern today. a slight breeze at the worst and otherwise, we can expect a nice bright sunny day. and this could be one of the busiest travel days of the year. mother nature hooking us up on the east coast. lets go outside to take a look at what we're facing, you know, in terms of the month as a whole, the temperatures air above average. last few days have been chilly. rain however, that is something we could use. we are facing a steep deficit already and just this month

already. over one and a half inches of rape that we could use, just to meet the average. high temperature is 72. lowest is 32. we will hit it this morning. storm scan three is quiet, empty as can be but storm system in the midwest that will bring us wet weather tomorrow. for now though your temperatures are off to a chilly start. we have 32 at the airport but 34 right now and i feel bad for anybody standing in the economy parking lot waiting for shuttle to come because if you are heading to a warm location you are not the carting a heavy coat with you. but with that said we can expect sunshine throughout the day. eventually clouds will come in from the west as a new system approaches, that is what will eventually will be bringing us our next round of wet weather, which comes in time for turkey take. coming up we will track that for everybody just a little bit later on. >> that would be great. thanks so much. so today, those traveling will to have pack our patients but on the roadways, right now, i-95 right around south philadelphia area not looking

actually that bad. traveling around, posted speeds right now, we know that will change as we progress but i have to tell you right here in this area, live mobile three, cruising around, looking good here in good company. sees your neighbor right here, mom maybe right there, we have got your sister and brother, everyone is looking really good this morning. the only problem is we have an accident out there we will switch gears and tell you where that is, south philadelphia, we are looking nice. this is where we have an accident just clearing out of our way, right there, just cleared out of our way. great timing. 422 east at route 23 in valley forge this area was starting to slow down but as you can see we're looking good. when they do that wide frame like that you can see how well it the is working. you are traveling at posted speed. i will tell you on 422 as well you won't be for that much longer. the in the world of the mass transit new jersey river line is suspended between track conditions at board he town and robeling. bus service is in place. check your schedule, on line

and also in the world of mass transit all septa services is running a sunday schedule on thursday. septa city buses and trolleys are modified on friday. so head up, i will tweet out all of this information coming up in a little bit, jim, over to you. thanks, meisha. while tens of millions of us are on the roads, air or road to get to the thanksgiving destination. >> still busy at philadelphia international airport. that is where we will find "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao. so how are the lines looking so far. >> reporter: rahel and jim, good morning. the lines really come and go but i think this family will luck out because, the lines behind me aren't looking bad at all. i see signs longer then this on a regular day. this is abby from springfield. thanks for coming by. you have your two boys here. give me your names. >> andrew. >> and. >> jack. >> have you flown on the airplane before. >> yes. >> you are professionals at this. >> yes. >> is it scary for you. >> yes. >> reporter: it is. but you have mom here. where are you going.

>> we're heading to colorado. >> reporter: for thanksgiving dinner. >> yeah, we will visit my mom. >> reporter: our anchor, reported and did a lot of work in colorado. she will like to hear that. what are you looking forward to the most. >> probably just the chance of snow because, our chances of snow are few and far between until january so we are exited to see some snow. >> reporter: so interesting because i have spoken to so many people going to florida, one to the dominican republic looking forward to warm weather. you are a snow lovers. >> absolutely we are looking for a little flurry. >> reporter: what do you think with the the lines. how has traffic been coming to the airport and what have you noticed here. >> lines are not that bad. we went right through ticketing and it looks like security will not be too bad. the outside lines, the traffic is a little crazy. >> is it. >> it is making it seem like it is more congested then it is inside. >> reporter: tsa recommended people arrive two hours earl tore find parking, check in, how early did you come.

>> we leave at 8:50. so we took the recollect hen days. >> thinking ahead. >> absolutely. >> of course, i have to ask you what is your favorite thanksgiving food? what are you looking forward to. >> the turkey. >> turkey. >> turkey. and pie. >> reporter: pie, awesome. thanks, guys for being here. i will let you get in your line because i don't want to hold you up. you were smart. tsa recommending two hours. the line behind me you can see, it is no the bad at all right now at 4:15 and then right around 6:00 o'clock this morning, that line came all the way down the hall way to where we're standing, but don't let this fool you, if you have a later flight. get out here early. this is a very busy travel day n fact, for the thanksgiving holiday, today is the busiest, at the airport. rahel and jim, back inside to you. >> jan, thanks. you took word right out of my mouth. i love colorado owe. hopefully you have a happy thanksgiving. if you are taking a train to grandmother's house here's what you can expect at 30th street station. thinks a live look, it is expected to move 750,000

people, this thanksgiving, holiday. we have more advice before you take the planes, trains and automobiles head to our web site at cbs philly.com for thanksgiving weekend travel tips. this morning, chattanuga police say they are strongly considering speed as a factor in the school bus crash. five children were killed in that wreck. jonanthony walker is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. according to arrest records he was traveling way over 30 miles an hour speed limit before the crash. mother says her daughter told her that the driver asked the children if they were ready to die moments before the crash. twelve children are still hospitalized. meanwhile the community remembers five children killed in that crash, this was the scene last night outside a church where prayer service took place. is there a growing memorial near the site where the crash happened. that crash has left a debate about whether seat belts should be required on school buses. head of the national highway traffic safety administration, says that seat belts like the ones in your car should be on

school buses. the agency estimates four children die each year in large part to school bus crashes. seat belts may reduce those deaths the by half. >> we know that seat belts will save lives if we put one for every kid on every school bus and they show very good in roll over where you might be eject if you didn't have that belt. >> regulators say it will cost between 7300, to $10,000 on each bus. and. we just found out that south carolina governor nicki haley has reportedly accepted president-elect trump's offer to be ambassador to the u.n. president-elect is taking a break from planning to celebrate thanksgiving holiday with his family in florida. in an interview with "fox news" retired neurosurgeon ben carson has confirmed that mr. trump has offered him a position in his cabinet, including the role of the secretary of housing and urban development. that word came after president-elect met with reporters and editors with the

new york times, and backed off of some of his campaign promises. the president-elect appears to be back ago way from his prom toys pursue an investigation of hillary clinton for her handling of the e-mails. mr. trump tells new york times that his former presidential rival, quote went through a lot and suffered greatly in many different ways. most american voters think that the president-elect should get rid of his personal twitter account while in office. quinnipiac university poll found 59 percent of voters surveyed said mr. trump should ditch his personal twitter account, some 35 percent say he should just keep on tweeting. white house is getting in on the manikin challenge. >> and with some very high profile guests too. check it out, ellen degenerous tweeted this video yesterday. she, of course was there to receive the presidential medal of freedom with 20 other americans. so she had the idea while there, with the internet trend. take a look her other recipients joined her tom hanks, kareem abdul jabber,

bill gates, bruce springsteen and others received the highest u.s. civilian honor. >> very cool. >> yes. >> good job on the challenge. congratulations on that honor. >> yes. >> well, 3.5 million people are expected to go to macy's thanksgiving day parade, and preparations are underway. >> coming up, find out why dozens of salt trucks will be parked along the parade route for the very first time. plus this. >> we have crutches, wheelchairs and everything like that. >> when this man bought a bar he adopted a cause. who these meals are for in this weeks story of brotherly love when we come right back. good morning we are live at drexel university on thanksgiving eve, kids here are getting ready to help feed home less this morning. we have a ton of turkey. we have vegetables cooking early. when we come back we will tell you all bit. >> ♪

that was jim, doing the carlton cans. >> yes. >> it is thanksgiving eve and we are getting you out the door. we have trang at 30th street station, jan at philadelphia international airport, road, rails, skies. >> we have you covered. >> everything. >> stay with us.

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all morning long we have been having fun looking at clips from the thanksgiving classic, planes, trains, automobiles. >> and today, of course, is one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> well, every november a fill bar owner takes time out of his own schedule to bring food to veterans. >> as ukee washington shows us in this weeks story of brotherly love this small gesture started before he even owned the bar. >> reporter: this thanksgiving tradition started more than a quarter century ago and there are always veterans, who need a helping hand. staffers from nick's bar and grill in olde city stand at attention waiting for their lunchtime guest toss arrive. >> some of these guys come in here with crutches, wheelchairs, everything like that, they have given so much

to our country. this is a small thing we can do to give back to them. >> reporter: that is joseph, he and other volunteers are bringing thanksgiving to the veterans multi services center in olde city. >> hi, how are you. >> reporter: original owner of nick's bar and grill started to do this every november more than 25 years ago when joe bought the bar four years ago he kept the tradition going. >> it is always nice to be able to give back. >> reporter: turkey is joe's family recipe, on this day they estimate they served between 100, 150 people. their only payment. >> you got it. >> reporter: joe wouldn't have it any other way. >> if anybody can get involved in something like this, please do. i mean, the vets do need our support. >> reporter: if you would like to share a story of brotherly love go to cbs philly.com/brotherly. i'll see you tonight. i'm ukee washington. cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that is what thanksgiving is all about. >> it looks like a pretty nice forecast for thanksgiving, all

things considered. >> we have a very large storm system we are track ago this does bring an impact. we could use a soaking rain. it doesn't look like we will get it though. lets start off by talking about the here and now and that is where eyewitness weather watchers coming in. we have temperatures in the the lower 30's like david is reporting in the 20's around the region as a whole. that what we are finding. john in perkasie at 22. thrower necessary newark at 21. twenty-seven from kyle in hatboro and the list goes on here. peter at 32. right at freezing hashing. we are finding values right around that range, and we have cold spot at west chester at 20. tis the season to head out to grand mom's house or where ever your travels are taking you here. this was a very cute picture, very picturesque, at mercer county lake. hats off to all of the grandparents out there. one word coming in still from phil, nice and bright, gorgeous will blue sky. you can see moon in the upper

right-hand corner of your screen. we are expecting more sun then anything initially to kick off the day here. because high pressure is holding tight for at least half of the day. by the time we will see sun dropping over horizon, warm trent will be lifting through. that is where cloud start to build in from west to east. the overnight i think you can see a shower of sleet or snow in the mountains because warm front comes in the cover of the darkness. then system crosses through and that will bring with us off and on showers. receipt i much anytime during the day. very quickly checking tropics of interest because, we just had another hurricane, already has now since been downgraded again to tropical storm otto. it has gone through cycle of being a hurricane. as of the 7:00ah update from the national hurricane center, here it is, it is headaching a westerly pass. if you are traveling, taken down to central america you need to be paying attention, very heavy rain regardless of the status. back here at home stateside tomorrow featuring obviously

very best of the graphics to go with it but some showers too and our high hits 53 degrees. happy thanksgiving. hopefully you have a nice safe one with your friends and family. it could still bring with it a left over shower but by week end we are in the clear, low to mid 50's, sunshine, over to you. >> not bad, 50's and sunshine here, all right. lucky ducks, good morning, we are looking at i-95 south, keeping an eye here on i-95, it is heating up now, no longer traveling at posted seed, hitting your breaks, closer to center city. my advice would be to give yourself couple extra minutes heading out there. help me out, it looks like my clicker, accident here overturned truck take a look new jersey turnpike southbound pass hightstown and route 33, right lane is blocked, that outer roadway that will absolutely start to slow you down. we have thanksgiving parade. eakins oval. today, from three to 6:30, to 10:30. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. jfk boulevard wednesday night

through end of the parade. mlk drive, 20th, 16th, thursday morning through the end of the parade as well and bus detours start at 6:00 p.m. tonight and i will tweet out all of this information for you coming up in the next couple of minutes, rahel and scrim. >> meisha, thank you. 6:50. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> gayle king joins us live there new york with the preview, good morning, gayle. >> yes, hi jim and rahel, shaping up to be a good show what we are planning today. nice broadcast. from prosecuting to hillary clinton to global warming and torture we will look at issues where president-elect trump is apparently changing his position. plus target ceo is coming back to studio 57 this year with this years holiday strategy to take on the on line retailers. typical thanksgiving meal, can top 4500 calories, that is a lot of food, my friend. doctor david aeigtoys approach the big meal. news is back in the morning. we will see new ten minutes. rahel, this is the deal, instead of the having three

mack and cheese, just only have two this year. >> i can take on more than that but i got to have more than one. got to have more than one. >> portion control, gayle. >> i'm with you. >> everything in moderation. >> we will be watching,. >> thank you. >> take care. >> macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city will see unprecedented security tomorrow. >> macy's is working with the nypd to make sure balloon handlers, float drivers and other participants are vetted. one acquaintance said it took him an entire year to be screened and accepted, as aid balloon wrangler. >> they checked my background as good as they can. tell they take your social security number, driver's license number and all those things. >> more than 3,000 police officers will be posted along the two and a half mile route including first time ever, more than 80 salt and sand trucks will be parked at intersections to prevent possible car bombs from

infiltrating the parade. thanksgiving holiday is great time for family and friend to come together and celebrate. >> but, for not everyone, i should say is lucky enough to have family nearby or a place to go. our pat gallen is live at drexel university where members of the one fraternity is helping the home less have a holiday too, hi there, pat. >> good morning, jim and rahel. obviously today, tomorrow, it is a day forgiving thanks and giving back and for some of us giving back to our community. that is why we're here at drexel university at millennium tower getting red which big old turkies, a bunch of them here. why are they here? because these gentlemen, and ladies, also in the house are getting ready to help feed the home less here in philadelphia i'm here with aj. and others. good morning, how are you. >> to go well, doing well. >> you guys are from the feast kappa si, you have been doing this a long time, what is the meaning of this. >> and, great serving others. >> the reason we do this is to

give back to the community. and, the tradition we have had since our fraternity was founded. >> reporter: what is it exactly thaw are doing. >> we're cooking about ten to 12 turkies, carrots, celery, stuffing, mashed potatoes and all that good stuff for the holidays for 100 homeless men and women and about 30 people at 911 call center in the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: really cool. we're on the 17th floor at millennium. how many turkies here. >> we have ten right here and a few more coming. >> i see one oven. how are you getting this done. >> since there are 17 floors and there is a kitchen on each floor we use the last kitchen, so we start from the top and work our way down and just, throw turkies in the mind good college mind thinking i love that. >> 911 center, helping feed homeless. the it is all about giving

back. you have to feel good to do that. >> absolutely. this is one of the most rewarding times of the year, and things that we have and especially like, nationally, you know, we work with the boys and girls club and we do things like that, but this is something where we can, again, just see the effects immediately, and of all of the work we put in. it is not just raising money but giving back. >> reporter: gentlemen, thanks very much. good luck with the cooking today. really appreciate it. these guys and girls, down here, getting ready for a day of giving back to the community, jim and rahel, we've got to love it. >> that is what we want to hear. thanks so much, patrick. as we all gather around thanksgiving table tomorrow we will give thanks to the many blessings in our lives including people around us. >> that is, of course, unless they are driving us absolutely crazy. not my family, not at all. how to you get the through turkey day without ruffling any feathers. for starters don't be late or early. >> it is just as inconsiderate to be ten minutes early, you

can always pull down the street, take a look the at your ipad, catch up on instagram and show up on the dot. >> tonight at 11:00 our nicole brewer speaks with an etiquette expert about the do's and don't's for hosts and guests this thanksgiving holiday. >> one good tip no politics at the table. we will be right back with three to go. as we go to break another live look at philly international airport and all of the people homeward bound for

before you hit the road three to go. >> more than half million people from the philadelphia region are heading 50 miles or more this thanksgiving holiday. >> it is official president-elect trump tapped south cara governor nicki haley to be ambassador to the u.n. people suffer minor injuries in the overnight house fire in north philadelphia, that is three to go. >> cbs this morning next. >> where ever your

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