people are lining up to drop off their turkey to be cooked in the cacia's massive brick oven. >> we are tracking holiday showers, katie will time it out as we head to your turkey day festivities. >> it is thursday, of this 24th, happy thanksgiving, i'm joe holden jim donovan is off. i'm rahel solomon. lets check on the weather. katie, happy thanksgiving. >> yes, i think there is a couple of showers that will work their way through. we are not talking about anything dire. this is all minor stuff. enough that i have to mention it, and that is pretty much it. >> enough to bring umbrella. >> i don't think so. it is so spotty. sometimes looks can be deceiving on the radar. this will come through with spits throughout the day and is there a good shot you will only see a drop. it is not perfect parade weather but not bad. we have had clouds rolling this because this system was coming our way. it will do us a solid, it is not too harsh outside.

we will talk about novas it stand so far we are not completely with the month yet but we have seen an above average month so far. we will level off and see pretty average temperatures to round out the month in the next few days. rain, that is something we could use even though system coming in will not produce much. we could use a good soaking rain. high temperature we will hit with seven two bottomed out just a few mornings ago. here's a little more localized look at storm scan. we are still dry, just seeing cloud but this is part of the larger system that will be credits go through with time here today. again allow for scattered showers here and there anytime, is it a tell luge? far from it. it will be with us throughout the day. forty-one at the airport. quite the variety pack. below freezing in hunt pocono. if you have a little fine drizzle or light shower that comes in up that way it could even freeze, on contact, and another hiccups that may slow you down. watch out for possibility of minor slick travel. thirty-seven down at the shore. we expect to here in the city

rebun to the mid 50's which is where we should be with the cloud and couple showers overhead throughout the day, joe, back over to you. >> katie, thank you. we are hours from the annual thanksgiving day parade. >> it is a philadelphia thattition for so many, thousands will crowd streets to watch floats, balloons and marching band. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at the start of the parade route, good morning, jan. >> reporter: things are coming to life at the start of the thanksgiving parade at 20th and jfk boulevard. you can see a number of these magnificent giant balloons are inflated. crews start inflating these balloons at 5:00 this morning. up front we have a children's book character, called olivia, followed up by a trex and i think olivia is a dangling car on the for him this morning, a little missing from her regular but behind that down the line we have a couple of

favorites. we have the grinch. we also have mr. powe tait the owe head. this is a small sample of all of the great characters that kid, tam list will be able to see to take. take a look, this is the parade route, it starts here at 20th and jfk, all of these balloons, floats will move east until 16th street. they will all turn north then on the ben franklin parkway and end up in front of the art hugh seem and eakins oval for a number of live performances from local groups and celebrities alike, a lot of really great activity, and performances to see today. but again this got started really early in the morning. take a look at the video. you can see many volunteers out here helping to get these balloons, inflated, and it is an intricate dance, they have to pull certain ways to make sure everything gets inflated. olivia had to be taken town once to inn that it the ears, and some have of these people have been out here as early as 3:30 this morning. they are all crossing their

fingers to make ate long this 1.4 hyle parade route without any glitches, lets take a listen. >> i'm looking foreseeing the kids and watching my teen with the balloons. i can't wait to see them caught up in it. hopefully i'm in the the one that gets caught up in it. >> reporter: there are a bit of nerves. a lot of excitement. some people have been here for years. i spoke to a group of would hand from south jersey who grew up here in center city saying they grew up watching wanting to be a part so they decided to come out and volunteer to be handlers of the the tweetie bird balloon a lot of great activity, a lot more volunteers and performers arriving. i see more out of the corn other have my eye. so the parade starts at 8:30, runs through a lot of the fun to be had and don't miss santa claus, you guys, back inside to you, rahel and joe in the studio. >> can't miss santa claus. >> jan carabao thank you for that live report.

nypd is taking no chances at macy's thanksgiving day parade. security has been ramped up amid threats from isis. we are live with a look at preparation in a few minutes. >> parade are not the only thanksgiving tradition. >> another tradition is to have your turkey cooked right at cacia's bakery. pat gallen live in south philadelphia with all of the action, right there, pat. >> patrick is this. >> reporter: good morning, guys, how are you. i'm wearing the turkey hat, and everyone is line up, getting ready to go, turkies are about to go inside as we speak so they are lining up, everything is numbered, and everything over here is where the tagging happens. my friend danielle here getting the tags ready, say good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> reporter: tan yell, how doing hard work. the this seems like a tough job. >> this is hard work i take all of the interviews since he is cooking. >> all right. >> reporter: you are tagging them getting them ready to go in what is next.

>> my tad has a system where he basically lifts turkey. knows how much it weighs. he puts it where it has got to go. it is a system. it is a secret system. >> just by feel you know how much it weighs report he picks it up and he knows. >> pick it up, and how much did had just weigh. >> is that it. >> that does not seem like enough. >> you guys have been doing this a long time since 1953 you have been opened. >> how long have you you been doing it. >> 1955 when my grand pop was about my age. >> that makes sense. >> reporter: so, it the takes what about four or five hours. >> yeah, about that, people are chopping them up now. they will come back between 12:30 and 1:00. >> what is best part of your day, meeting cool people. this is really a thattition. >> reporter: it is, i love when news comes here. that is always so much fun. but the best parties probably

around 11:00 o'clock when the turkies start smelling really good and i actually have my in-laws turkey in our oven, second year in a row and i'm looking forward to that. >> reporter: outside of the turkey what is the best part of the thanksgiving meal. >> family. >> family. how about food wise. >> stuffing. >> stuffing. >> stuffing, family, turkies ready to go. >> you are the best. >> you are welcome. >> so guys, everything ready, getting prepared, we are throwing them in, ready to rock this. >> big day for everybody here at cacia's bakery, guys, i don't know why i didn't bring my turkey, bad move by me. >> yeah. >> they are all business there in that line. that is a serious line of work there. >> yes. >> getting people out. >> my favorite is mashed potatoes and graving. >> i like danielle's answer and stuffing. >> all right, thank you. president-elect donald trump is calling for unity this thanksgiving. >> he delivered a message to the the nation on line. >> it is high rayer that on

this thanksgiving we will begin to heel our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose, and very, very common resolve. in declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice, and one heart, and that is just what we have to do. >> mr. trump is spending thanksgiving with his family in maralogo estate in florida. president obama made his table thanksgiving turkey pardon yesterday at the white house. the bird tatter and tots will spend their remaining days at a farm in virginia. for the first time since 2009 the president's daughters were absent. he said they had a scheduling conflict. instead president obama was joined by two of his nephews. >> we are happy you are with us on this thanksgiving morning. still ahead some important advice before you head in the kitchen, wow. >> we will take a look at how to prevent them and how to put one out. plus this. it is the 90th

thanksgiving day parade i'm jamie yuccas in new york with how security is prepped for today's big new york. >> ♪ turkey for me, turkey for you, let's eat the turning any my big brown shoes ♪ >> so, we were kind of watching this last night adam sandler and his turkey song and my children were just like, you know, they were fascinated by this song. i guess that is the point, right. >> yeah.

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macy's thanksgiving parade. >> correspondent jamie yuccas is live along the parade route and she tells us how police are working to keep everybody safe, good morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning. i want to to show you what is happening. within the last 15 minutes or so we have a float, giant turkey will kick off the parade here on thanksgiving day but real people have been gearing up since last years parade at end of the last years parade, nypd, there are more than 3,000 office are here today to make sure everybody stays safe. members of the new york's finest began taking position along central park west overnight. gearing up to protect millions of spectators expected at thanksgiving day parade. >> nypd is going to mount an even stronger operation this year. >> reporter: new york city mayor bill deblasio detailed

many of the unprecedented security plans last night, dozens of sand filled sanitation trucks blocking off cross town traffic for the first time in the parade's 90 year history. officers on the ground using radiation detectors, bomb sniffing dogs and other devices, to stop a terror attack. >> all of our police officers, each and everyone of them, will have a short phone and if there is any issues, we will be able to connect to the incident command post very quickly and deal with any issue as soon as it comes up. >> reporter: heavy police presence did not deter thousands from coming out last night to see massive balloons for today's event come to life. iain dell blast ohio and his daughter were among them. >> to see excitement and watch thanksgiving kick off and holiday season is a big joy. >> reporter: lisa and her daughter ava stay focused on the meeting of the holiday. >> we have so much to be thankful for that we are very lucky to be here and live in the america and best city in

the world. >> reporter: while there is no credible terror threat against the parade or country, federal officials are urging americans to stay vigilant especially in public places. now, besides all of the throats like you see here behind me there are 42 different balloons, one includes an updated charlie brown balloon, kid love that one and other one replica of the original felix the cat from 1927 guys and parade kicks off at 9:00 a.m. this morning. >> jamie, a lot of police are in place. what other security measures are on the street. >> reporter: i can tell you, you cannot go more than a to feet. we have seen a number of barricades coming up. i have seen police motorcycles are stacking up running through the routines on the side streets. we will not be able to get across town through parade route two and a half whiles because of these huge dump trucks, but i was told those dump trucks weighed 16-pound without sand in them, with sand, they weigh about 30 tons. just giant dump trucks one

city official says that there is no way that anybody will be getting through them. of course, put them in place because of what happens in niece trans last year when that lone wolf terror attacker was able to barrel through and kill 80 people. they don't want that to happen in new york it i. >> police taking no chances, thank you. katie fehlinger has increasingly good news for our forecast here. >> yes, i do. hello to you both. >> good morning. we're really looking ahead here overall to a couple days that will be a very typical day for standards of philadelphia. just like november. we have this mess to deal w let's walk through what will happen here. this storm system let me zoom it out and show you more in the entirety. this storm system has started to the not only pull off to the north of us with this core oven why i with you starting to fizzle with the moisture content it has available to us. while we will find showers it looks pretty scattered, sparse in nature, and, it is not much

more than just a nuisance. i would say that the parade even though it height get damp will the not be a wash out by any stretch here. very far cry from that. lets talk about the tropics, guys. scratching your head, yeah. we have been dealing with what has pneumonia a hurricane otto, went back to tropical storm status and now backup to hurricane otto as it is moving toward central america. still on pace to take essentially due west ward pass here. it may you you are playing, you are planning some sort of a vacation getaway, lucky you but heading down this way, pay attention here and worth a mention that we are coming ever closer to the end of the month of november when we officially can wrap up atlantic hurricane season. meanwhile we are expecting a couple of showers, at worst today. the that is it 567893 degrees, pretty typical for the standard. dropping down to 40 under that blanket of cloud cover. there may be a stray shower even into tomorrow but not enough to deter you there going outside and taking the shopping and all that kind of

thing. we should be fine. over course of the weekend we are back in the low to mid 50's with brightening skies with every passing day progressive here. cyber monday looks nice, bright, sunny and typical with a high of 53. if you do find yourself sitting behind the sea board gobbling up all of those deals find sometime to step outside, it looks like a good day. back to you. philadelphia police released picture of car that was involve in the deadly hit and run in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood. nearly 100 people marched down 63rd street, calling for justice for jayanna powell, she was hit and killed at 63rd and lansdowne last friday afternoon. police are looking for a silver nissan altima or maxima, the car should have front end damage. >> if this don't shake you to the bones i don't know what will. you see how galvanized this community is to stick together. we are working every lead. there will not be a stone unturn. >> somebody knows something, you cannot say that they don't

know throwing. >> there is a $20,000 reward for anymore leading to the arrest and conviction of jayanna's killer if you have any information, call police. holidays usually heene more drunk drivers on the roads. so police are stepping up patrols all across the region. in cherry hill alone eight dui checkpoint have been set up, in addition to regular patrol officers on the road. >> it is not just about people going to the bars, ape deciding to potentially drink and drive, it business other people also on the roadway, so it is important that we're out there, for everyone's protection. >> manahan says thanksgiving holiday weekend has become more dangerous then new years eve when it comes to driving under the influence. well, still ahead a look at other stories in our local newspapers this morning. plus some crazy surveillance video was something in that man's pocket explodes. find out what it was, up

taking a look at thanksgiving newspaper headlines around our region. >> times herald six people have been inducted in the montgomery county coach's hall of fame. among them craig littlegauge, he laid basketball in cheltenham high school and led panthers to the state championship in 1968. he is now, director of athletics at university of virginia. littlepage received a lifetime achievement award. from the delaware county daily times today's game between ridley raiders and

traditional thanksgiving day rival inter bureau high school will be in memory of nick, who was a defensive lineman for raiders who died in 2006 fighting non-hodgkin's lymphoma. from the philadelphia inquirer, jaylen rodriguez a straight a senior at olney high school is determined to turn hardship in success. her inspiration is her father serving time for selling drugs, and telling her, to not be like him. she's first in her family to finish high school and is working toward a career in medicine. i am rest i have young lady there. that is a local headlines. man is recovering there burns this morning after his e cigarette exploded in his pocket. >> take a look, explosion was caught on surveillance video. the just watch this happened at a wine store in new yorkes grand central station terminal. >> wow. >> the man as you can see there is talking to terminal and pocket began sparking. his e cigarette explodes several times. >> out of no where a huge explosion came from a

co-worker's pockets. it just shot at us. >> my collogue, his pockets started engulfed in flames. there were, you know, sparks, and i thought it was fire work, like fourth of july. >> take a look at aftermath, hand is now in the hospital burn unit, his lawyer says he will need surgery. causes in the exactly clear. coming up, thanksgiving stapel is being recalled, we will tell you what could put your guests at risk. important reminders before you start cooking how to prevent a kitchen fire and what to do if you need to put one out, up

we're expecting to see a quiet weekend all things considered. walking you through weekend temperature stay typical, le to mid 50's, much less breeze on saturday but it looks like a smooth sailing if you have additional holiday travels, guys, back to you. >> planning to serve heinz gravy this thanksgiving, listen up. >> heinz is recalling 5,000-pound of gravy because of a possible allergy risk. usda says jars of bistro gravy are labeled as pork gravy, product contains milk and soy and heinz did not label them as allergens. if you have that jar, throw it out. as you sit down for turkey for thanksgiving, it will cost

you more than last year. >> philadelphia city controller says, average cost of the thanksgiving meal for ten is $46.69 in the the city this year. a 16-pound turkey cost $21.84. that is $1.20 more than last year with you here's some good news, philadelphians are paying $3.18 less than national average for a meal of ten. >> that is all round out, right. >> yes. >> well, coming up next, half an hour of "eyewitness news" thanksgiving etiquette. >> you do not want to be that guest for the holidays, or that person. so we are taking a look at do's and don't's of turkey day, hi there, jan. and we are just two hours away now from the start of the thanksgiving day parade, in philadelphia, i'm jan carabao reporting live from center city this morning, coming up we will look at is what taking shape at the start of the parade route, trang. and what are philadelphians thankful for from the sweet to the sentimental i'll tell

good morning happy thanksgiving. i'm joe holden. jim's off today. >> i'm rahel solomon. here's what you need to know today in your thanksgiving morning minute. >> we're at 20th and jfk right now in center city getting ready for 97th annual thanksgiving day parade. >> didn't you say you wanted to be a balloon handler in the parade? i said, yes. >> this storm is now beginning to lose a little bit of the steam crossing our area. granted, we will have a couple of showers. >> for families in south philadelphia it is a tradition to have your turkey cooked to perfection at cacia's bakery. >> reporter: you guys, you are full steam ahead. >> thanksgiving is not one day a year where you gather around with old friend and family you have not seen in forever and

try your hardest not to talk about donald trump. president owe electric donald trump is delivering a thanksgiving day message to the nation. >> it is my prayer on this thanksgiving we will begin to heel our divisions and move forward as one country. >> this year you have a family duty to treat your political opinion just like grand mom's jello hold, choke it down, keep it down, until the guests leave. jello mold, yes. late night comedians having some laugh about awkward conversation, that could happen at thanksgiving tables today. >> i can't imagine that. >> no. >> lets get out to katie. you have not too bad of a forecast on thanksgiving. >> it looks like scattered showers. >> that is phrase would i use for sure. we have a system pushing through, i hear the chopper overtop of the parade route as we speak awaiting the festivities to get underway here but the weather could be less cooperative then what

we're finding out here. let me show you what is happening on storm scan. not a heck of a lot. with that said we will go far enough north in northampton county, monroe county, we have seen very, very windy showers coming through. it looks like snow flakes but it the is more than anything potential for some rain to fall and freeze, on contact, so maybe some slick travel up that way. eventually the rest of us will eke out a couple scattered showers. here's where we stan, 41 at the airport and 30's around the rest of the region say for a couple spots cooler or milder. of course, we have thanksgiving day parade, underway in a couple hours. 42 degrees. right around 8:30 at kick off of the parade. as we are heading back to the car to head home and enjoying a nice turkey dinner, 47 degrees with a spotty shower but we are expecting to top off at 53 later on this afternoon which is pretty much, dead on with where we should be for standard of in 24th and again, a couple showers along the way, guys, back to you. >> katie, thanks very much.

it is a philadelphia tradition annual thanksgiving day parade in the 97th year. >> thousands will line up to see marching band, balloons and floats headache their way through the city. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live along the parade route. happy thanksgiving, good morning. >> reporter: hello rahel and joe, happy thanksgiving, good morning. we are at the start of the parade route at jfk and 20th street. easy to to see why this is a fan favorite and why it has been going for 97 years. this is oldest thanksgiving day parade in the entire country. you can see magnificent balloons inflated this morning. crews got out here at 5:00 a.m. to start work and take a small army to get everything done. you can see fan favorite in there, we're talking about tweetie bird, cat in the hat, mr. potato head and more. mr. potato head was obscured by a turkey but you have to have a turkey on thanksgiving day. this is how you can get a best

view of these floats, balloons and these performers when they getting around 8:30 this morning. everyone will make their way along 1.4-mile route, parade first travels east there jfk and 20th street to 16th street and then north on the parkway and finally ending at art hugh seem and eakins oval. with everyone wrapping up performance at noon. we have a full day ahead on the parade but it takes a small army to get this parade off the ground. balloon handlers we have spoken to arrived very early in the morning even before 5:00 a.m., many grew up watching festivities and decided to make new memories by volunteering, this parade is also featuring balloons, there are wonderful floats arriving and performances, we will see local groups, national groups, as well, one of the biggest high school marching band in alabama were 400 plus members is already out and about this morning, lets take a listen. >> we have 400 plus in our group. it is like the biggest high school band in alabama.

and so we're going to actually stop in this parade and we will stop in front of the big, we call it the rocky steps, i don't know if that is the term used, and then so we will stop in front of there and we will play a few songs. >> reporter: so they are really excited about their performance. they call it rocky steps. we do too. they took a tour around philadelphia as well. we have been treating them right, they say. we hope weather hold out for them. there are so many performances and celebrity appearances. big celebrity making his appearance at noon, and, of course, that is santa claus. we will cover it all. we are live there center city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news", rahel and joe, back to you you. another thanksgiving. >> yes. >> another thanksgiving day tradition is macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> this morning nypd is making sure people that show up are safe, to secure the parade, dump trucks of sand will be blocking intersections and police will not allow cars to cross the parade route for the

first time in 90 years. >> you can ram a new york city sanitation department sand truck with a lot of things but you will not move it. >> there is a public showing to anyone who might be thinking about doing something, that there is a sense of being watched and that resources are available. >> on this thanksgiving transportation hubs across the country are also on heightened alert. >> back here at home we are hearing from you, about the things thaw are thankful for this year. >> our trang do spent sometime with people talking about what they are grateful for, good morning. >> reporter: happy thanksgiving. we heard pretty interesting answers as you may remember at 5:30. got to love four year-old thankful for bat mobile but awesome answers this time around as well and kid did not disappoint. >> life in general. i have a job. i have a roof over my head and food to eat. i'm not outside in the cold. >> very thankful for the city. i'm thankful for my wonderful boyfriend. basically thankful for my

health and being out here. >> i'm thankful for the economy, the job, and thankful that today i have to do some surveys and it is a nice day outside. >> i'm thankful that i have my second job, and i get to talk to people. it has been awesome so far. >> i'm thankful for moving to philadelphia. i just moved here, two and a half weeks ago and i'm real happy to be here. >> i'm thankful for my family, friend and everyone there to support me. >> reporter: are you thankful for your baby sister. >> yes. >> reporter: is there anything in particular you are thankful for this year. >> unaudible. >> reporter: such a great answer who is not thankful for turkey. for me rather, viewers voted on twitter i'm thankful to be inside with you on this very cold day. >> well done, trang.

>> well done. >> so is this also your thanksgiving home too. >> yeah, joe stole my answer because i'm also very thankful that to be home, for the first time in like ten years, to be hosting my very first thanksgiving. >> how many people. >> about 40. >> forty. >> wow. >> little interest hate affair. >> table for two. >> all of the crazy do's all this one location. >> yes. >> we have put out the warning. >> you set your burglar alarm off already. >> facebook tells us everything. >> yes. >> i'll very quickly say i'm grateful for dirty diapers, sleepless night and overwhelming joy that comes with having two babies at home. >> thanks. >> my family, also here. being healthy. it is little things. >> absolutely. >> indeed. i'm so thankful for you guys for being able to be here for family, for health, to my children and just a real

opportunity, glad to be with you. >> we love you too. >> thank you. >> happy thanksgiving to you all at home. >> some stores will get a jump on black friday tonight we will tell you where to shop and if you want to go out after you eat. >> real danger on thanksgiving, cooking fires, out of how to prevent them and put them out, pat. hey, guys, you will make me tear up talking about what you are thankful for. i'm thankful to be at cacia's bakery. everybody here getting their turkies cook. look at them lining up.

take a coup from dave matthews, before you eat too much, it is a diet buster. according to the calorie control council. many will consume more than 4500 calories, and, 229 grams of fat, while enjoying their holiday meal. >> joe, that number does not include appetizers and drinks. >> it is much higher.

>> to avoid heavy fat calorie binge researchers suggest use lower calorie ingredients when preparing your dinner and limit appetizers to fresh fruit and veggies on thanksgiving. >> all right, well. >> that is what the experts say. >> that is right, we will go with that. >> there are more cooking fires on thanksgiving day then any other day of the year. >> three on your side jim donovan shows you how to stay safe while making your thanksgiving day meal. >> this is one of the many turkey mishaps, fire safety experts, want you to avoid this thanksgiving. fire fighters respond to as many as 1400 cooking fires on thanksgiving, that is more than three times the average of any other day during the year. >> so this is, my skin graft. it is in the process of healing right now. >> reporter: it is a lesson evelyn fernandes learn a hard way when she left a combustible can between her stove burners making dinner for her family. >> the pam va exploded which caused the explosion of the

stove and then i felt the flames hit my face. >> reporter: after multiple surgeries and month in the hospital, evelyn is still dealing with physical, emotional scars. so let's talk turkey safety no matter how distract you are this holiday, experts say when in the kitchen, always pay attention. unattended cooking is leading cause of house fires. >> if you have to leave the kitchen, call in reenforcement. assign somebody to keep an eye on the cooking at all times. >> reporter: never doubt cooking fire with water or flower, this fire fighter placed another pan on top of the fire to extinguish the flame. if you like to deep fry your turkey, make sure it is away from your house, don't put it on a porch or a garage, turkey should be defrost ted and padded cry, don't ever fill oil and make sure to check temperature frequently. the golden rule say the experts, never walk away while cooking. fire officials also say you

should keep surfaces free from grease build up and keep flammable cans and items like potholedders and paper towels away from stoves and ovens. reporting for three on your side, i'm jim donovan. if you are not sleeping after that big meal you might want to get holiday shopping done. >> black friday actually starts tonight for retailers. some stores that are opened, macy's and the rest both start their sales at 5:00 o'clock. doors opened up a hour later at target, wal-mart and kohl's. if you want to hit the malls, king of prussia, cherry hill and christiana mall will be opened from 6:00 to midnight. additional stores have additional hours. we have put all of these listings on our web site at cbs philly.com. okay, katie, did you start your holiday shopping yet. >> i started my shopping, but i am very, very far from being finish, just yet. >> i just created a list. >> i still have not completed my list. >> i have no list and i have no shopping done. >> i wanted like i have a couple ideas. i will get those out of the

way. i go in increments, i guess. i try to get them all done a lot of you can feel me on that one. lets look at what the watchers have to say as we switch gears here. we have a couple folks up and adam and reporting with the watchers. thanks for waking up on a holiday nice and early to report. thirty-eight is temperature from lou, he has got a couple of clouds out in eagleville at this hour. we have got a few more here generally within that theme upper 30's. lets go down into delaware where 39 degrees from jason and he has, again a couple of clouds in middletown, just wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving. one more for you as we zoom in tighter, 40 degrees from john, this morning, he has got a overcast, he is in philadelphia proper with a very modest breeze, at a whooping 1 mile per hour. with that said the cloud are kind of the scene here to take. now you look at a more regional zoom, we have a storm system clearly starting to roll through. cold enough to produce icing up toward north central pennsylvania even the in the pocono region.

that is a possibility this morning. freezing rain, drizzle is primary concern, and so, it is not a major deal, but it is enough that i have to bring it up here for you here. you could see patchy pockets of light freezing rain or drizzle, specific to the poconos, and that obviously could lead to some slick travel for you. the police be careful heading out that way. maybe heading up to the lehigh valley. i will be visiting family up that way. we have a big rivalry at lafayette's campus, easton takes on phillipsberg, 43, perhaps a shower around at kick off but overall it looks like good football weather. rest of the day if you are going to be sitting on the couch watching football wraps we do have temperatures that top off in the mid 50's for us here. really right through the weekend. we should brighten up with every passing day. monies nice and bright and sunny on sign are monday. lot a this warming trend, lower 60's come next mid week, joe, back over to you. >> indeed. >> well, it the is now 6:50. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> jeff glure joins us live.

>> good morning to both of you a head we are ahead of the thanksgiving day parade in new york with the closer look at the unprecedented security measures. plus, the new trend in holiday shopping. nick thompson shows us new technology that could keep your home safe while you air way for the holidays. we are unless iraq with the 6,000 american troops, trying to celebrate thanksgiving, you'll meet cook who is bringing a taste of home, to the the war zone. the news is back in the morning, guys, we will see new ten minutes. >> we will be watching. >> very good, jeff, thanks very much. if you are having trouble getting that thanks giving turkey cooked to perfection, there is help. >> for decade, cacia's bakery in south philadelphia has been helping families prepare the perfect bird. pat gallen is live at one of the busiest places in town this morning, hi there, pat. >> reporter: it is jammed down here in south philadelphia. it is quarter of 7:00, they have been lining up since before 6:00 o'clock. really started around 5:00 a.m. where the line began to get their turkies in here. if you think bit, what a

beautiful eye tea. here at cacia's bakery in south philadelphia they will take your turkey, it takes four to five hours. i'll tell what you we have talk to a few people a lot of people coming from south philadelphia, people coming from the suburbs. it is becoming like a family atmosphere around here. >> funny story, i was at the gym working out. i was stressing about not having enough time and talking about the process, and the whole menu was working out a few treadmills down from me. she said you know cacia's. i don't know who she is. i said no, no, no. she gave me the entire history. ever since then i have been coming. >> yes. >> it was the best move i have ever made. >> best part of the cacia's turkey. >> comradery, come out here and see old friend, i see my cousin, i haven't seen him in like two years.

that is next best thing, you know. >> reporter: i have been getting compliments on my hat so far this morning. look the at this, cbs-3 hair loom passed on from year to year. true star this morning is high friend danielle here. hi there, danielle. >> great to sees you this morning. >> good morning. >> fast and furious all morning. >> it has been quite busy ever since my dad walk in at 6:00 o'clock. >> you have not stopped doing this since like the 50's, right. >> my grandfather and his brother lewis started it i want to say in 1955 as an idea to make extra money around holidays. they started with ten turkies back then and new you we do about 140. >> it is wild. >> line has been there since what 5:00 this morning. it is a tradition. you have to love it. >> we do love it. it is all tamly, my brother right there, my dad, and my fiance, my cousins, it is a lot of fun. >> best party have asked you this before and i will put you on the the spot again, best part of the thanksgiving day

for you. >> my family. >> not cooking all these turkies and smelling it later on. >> that is a good part but i'm very thankful to have my wonderful family. >> how many recurring people do you see here each year. >> getting to necessity faces basically. >> we have a lot of customers coming here more than five years and they do, because it taste better, it is really different. >> last question how do i look in my hat. >> awesome but would i look better. >> okay, here you go, that is danielle. >> nice. >> with the cbs-3 hat. >> beautiful. >> looking good. >> beautiful. >> back to you. >> hat passes on once again. >> yes. >> it is, indeed. >> pat gallen live, thank you. if you are cooking turkey yourself, butterball is offering a new way to help. >> since 1981, they have staffed the telephone hell line but now struggling cooks can text their questions for guidance. >> how about that. >> thanksgiving is a time to spend with family and friend but a lot of different personalities can sometimes

make table talk a little awkward. >> so how do you make sure your holiday goes smoothly. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer talked to an etiquette expert about what you should and should not do. >> as folks prepare for their thanksgiving feast many will give thanks for friend, family if they are in the driving us crazy by the time you cut turkey. >> sometimes, family members clash with other family members. >> saying awkward thing at raining time. >> we have made rules that we weren't going to bring up politics during thanksgiving. >> it is time to use our best manners. >> reporter: lisa richie founder of the american academy of etiquette says it starts were being prompt. is what worse arriving late or too early. >> i would say too late. >> dinner also starts late so if you you are late you are really on time. >> if they say 2:00 o'clock, arrive at two. it is just as inconsiderate to be ten minutes early. >> reporter: in most cases host will be finishing up last minute tasks with very little time to entertain.

so it is important to give them space, which means staying out of the kitchen. >> if you are in the willing to help. >> you all know the type. >> they are just standing around moving stuff. >> host goes through quite a bit of trouble so when they ask you to bring yourself. >> we just bring ourselves. >> we just bring ourselves. >> it is always a good eye tea to have a something, candle, coffee table book, maybe photos. >> reporter: speaking of common courtesy, let's talk clean up. >> it is certain people that will generally just always step up and clean up. >> reporter: according to the etiquette books if you are hosting you should not allow your guest toss clean. >> if you want to go to bed on time, yeah. >> i have anxiety just watching that. >> well, of course, we agree if you eat the meal you should be willing to clean a few dishes. >> one more piece of advice.

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