as we head into tomorrow your black friday whether your plans are outdoors or at the mall temperatures are going to be in the 50's. pretty seasonal for us. as we head in the next several days we will see gradual cool down, it will culminate on sunday. we will talk about the brisk end to the weekend and good chance for rain next week even. we will have details in the full forecast in just a few minutes. >> lauren, thanks. folks are outside, rush is on as we mentioned holiday shopping is underway in our area and it is right in the middle of it all alex hoff in cherry hill. alex, happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: happy thanksgiving, ukee. cherry hill mall officially opens up at 6:00 p.m. but some retailers did open up earlier, jc penny opened up at 3:00, and let me tell before you that happened there was a line of customers waiting to get in that wrapped, nearly halfway around this enormous complex. now, just two hours, into this black friday, turned black thursday shopping screens, and arms were full with bags, according to the national retail association, over

137 million americans, planned to shop this holiday weekend and we will expect an average of $300, of those people surveyed last year, they said all of the items they bought 100 percent were at a discount. that leads me to a nice vice, some customers say they had them going in to the stores today, they say not only did they experience, the holiday discounts, they already knew about but they are also met with unexpected, coupons at the door to give them a little extra off. in terms of the unexpect some say they did not expect the hadness they found inside. >> you know, like the whole place was saying she was behind but things fell all over the lays behind me. the it got so out of control what did you do. >> i just put my stuff down. >> reporter: are you coming back for anything. >> no, i'm done. >> reporter: that is how i get stressed out and i get out but i typically come back in.

half of the people we spoke with said shopping on thanksgiving has become part of their holiday tradition but the other half of the people we spoke with said this is something they do when they sneak away for a while get it done early and come back and have dinner with their families. if you are looking to come out and shop most stores here at cherry hill mall are opened until hid night, and many of them opening backup at 6:00 a.m. reporting live,al sand that hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> how the times have changed, thank you. as lauren mentioned morning skies were gray but philadelphia's 97th thanksgiving day parade brought a spark over center city. this is the longest running thanksgiving day parade, in the entire country. hundreds of performers from around the region gathered to entertain the crowds over ben franklin parkway. we talked to parade watchers about what they remember about the par raid. >> one day they do some

marching. >> i like seeing the floats go past. >> that put me on my shoulders, what was i about three and i only missed one year when i lived in california and that is it. >> reporter: you are 80 years young now. >> eighty-one next week. >> that is beautiful. parade route was almost a mile and a half long stretching all the way, to the art museum steps. not to be out done manhattan was packed with an estimated 2.5 million spectators for iconic macy's thanksgiving day parade. tv correspondent roxanne was there for the celebration. >> reporter: members of the u.s. military academy marched along the round of the new york thanksgiving day parade. to the delight have the of the crowds. >> it is amazing. the it is freezing. we are having so much fun. what do you think of the parade so far. >> i think it is awesome. >> william came from near and far, to see new balloons of classic characters. >> i think it is nostalgic,

everybody keeps remind ago this we have been doing this for 98 years abe everybody loves trying to grab peanuts. >> reporter: charlie joined the usual crowd pleasers like hello kitty and thomas the tank engine. and felix the cat returned. he first appeared back in 1927, and aaron heyes traveled with the group of eight kids, why is it the so important for y'all to see the parade. >> because i mean look, it is amazing. >> in addition to all of the balloons, floats, festivity, visitors here are seeing signs of heightened security, but these sanitation trucks, blocking traffic from crossing the parade route. >> officers used bomb sniffing dogs and radiation detectors and isis mag seed called the parade an excellent target but did not deter the crowds. >> it is always a something in the back of your head being a parent, but, you know, i feel pretty secure right now. >> reporter: more than 3,000 officers were assigned to the air raid, roxanne sayberry for

cbs-3 "eyewitness news". giving thanks with family and friend, not everyone was fortunate enough to be able to prepare a thanksgiving meal for their family. our joe holden shows us how salvation army is making it a little easier for family in need for the holidays. >> reporter: first thing we heard salvation army in west philadelphia. >> best turkey in,. >> reporter: vivian simms was at head of the food table, dishing out the turkey and then sprinkling in some words of wisdom. >> people want to sit back, watch football, or whatever, and we just make it a little bit more easier, that is all. >> reporter: 1,000 family registered with the salvation army, and, thanksgiving, representing about 5,000 individuals, who were giving thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: volunteers who make this operation, work. >> i'm kind of overwhelmed because my gratitude is just helping out. >> it is just a blessing to be able to give, and not receive all the time and so just to be a smile that you can bring

upon somebody. >> reporter: all of these folks are volunteers that say they want to give back. this is vivian simms from say south philadelphia. how long have but doing this. >> i have been doing this for maybe seven years now. >> reporter: they call it thanksgiving to go. >> what did they set you up with. >> yes, everything is in there, i'm cooking all this food. >> reporter: few slices of turkey. >> turkey, and bread. >> reporter: served with a smile. >> we are serving this here. need a little push. we are out here to make sure that happens. >> reporter: in west philadelphia i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now to north philadelphia, where a fraternity feeds hundreds of the cities homeless community. alpha pi alpha served warmed meal, at columbia ymca at north broad. it is part of the tenth annual arms initiative which included a clothing drive. for the leadership of the philadelphia chapter, known as

the delta lambda it is all about giving back. >> it is all about being thankful for the blessings we have received throughout the year through our life and it is good to be thankful as we receive, sharing that blessing, you know, and those capabilities to do so. because, it is only one pay a check or one bad situation and we might need someone to look out for us. >> alpha pi alumni include reverend doctor martin luther king junior, thoroughgood marshall and ukee washington junior my dad. in his own word we are learning more information about the investigation in the package bomb that blew up and injured a center city resident on tuesday. rick tim talked to "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos about his frightening ordeal and why he thought he have been targeted. >> reporter: two days after opening up a package which could have killed him, 60 year-old jim alden says he is just glad to be alive. speaking on the phone from an

undisclosed location thanksgiving morning alden told me he lost half of his left middle finger and bruces and cuts from the shrapnel placed inside a package addressed to him. >> it is a envelope, padded envelope, and upon it being opened by the victim it detonated and exploded. >> reporter: that is special agent in charge sam rapadi tuesday described the bomb that detonated tuesday morning inside alden's apartment near 18th and pine. he just returned home and opened package in his kitchen, when it exploded in his hand. agents with the atf, fbi and philadelphia police are investigating but right now no arrests. >> there has been no connection to suggest it is related to any group, idealology, right now that is what we're talking about. right now we're target specific in that it is sent to this individual. >> reporter: he tells me package was designed to look exactly like the envelope, and regular prescription and he has no clue you why he was targeted or who may have wanted to hurt him. although these are just

theories, aldennis not sure if this was a target or recent post on facebook, and reporting here from center city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police are looking for whoever opened fire on three men putting up christmas lights in juniata park. the it happened in the 4,000 block of howland street around 10:45 last night. victim says that a dark gray chef i impala with tinted windows stopped some one inside asked if the man put up a light and if their cars. they changed word, passenger opened fire. car then drove off. and three men, were taken to temple university hospital with gunshot wounds and they are in stable condition. police are investigating shooting of the 21 year-old man in west philadelphia four shots were fired in the 1500 block of west diamond street, just before 11:00 o'clock last night. three of the four shots hit the victim, victim is listed in stable condition, and there have been no arrests. coming up, on "eyewitness news" tonight, frantic search for survivors after a tragic

accident. latest on the deadly construction collapse in china. and a startling scene, in new york city, the device that exploded in this man's pocket and it is all caught on tape. we will be right back. >> i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a pretty good life and i am thankful that my brothers and sisters alive as well and we have another chance to get together and enjoy

there is, tension among loyallist of president-elect donald trum been who should be appointed secretary of state. mr. trump is spending this thanksgiving holiday at his home in florida as a recount effort picks up steam. cbs correspondent kenneth craig has the latest now from new york. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump took to twitter this thanksgiving to say he is working hard to keep ministering, in america. mr. trump also released a prethanksgiving video asking americans to set aside their differences. >> we have just finished a long, bruising political campaign, emotions are raw, tensions just don't heel

overnight. >> reporter: mr. trump advisor kelly ann conway is weighing in on 012 g.o.p. nominee mitt romney on the short list to be secretary of state despite a fierce criticism of trump during the campaign. >> donald trump is a phony, fraud. >> reporter: conway tweeted thursday that the potential pick hazlet to messages warning against romney. she then posted a checklist of attributes that she believes makes a good secretary of state, being loyal, as one of them. >> the president-elect is also expected to tap billion air investor wilbur ross for commerce secretary, who splits his time between here in new york and his home in florida, just down the street are from mr. trump. meantime a lawyer for green party candidate doctor jill stein says that she will formally request a statewide recount in wisconsin by friday's deadline after raising more than three million-dollar for the recount costs. stein is also looking into requesting recountness michigan, and pennsylvania.

kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. now, eastern china, at least 67 people are dead after scaffolding in a construction site collapsed. about 500 rescue workers were digging through, the debris with their hand trying to reach any survivors. close to 70 construction workers were at work building a power plant cooling tower when the scaffolding gave way. this is china's worst work safety accident in more than two years. israel's wild fire forced over 60,000 people to evacuate their homes. it has been burning since monday in hifa israel's third largest city. 500 including russia and turkey have sent fire fighting planes to extinguish blaze. the israeli chief of police said that politically motivated arsonist are suspected of starting the fire. well, a man is recovering in a hospital, burned in a hospital burn unit after an e cigarette he was car anything his pant pocket exploded and it was all captured on camera. scene played out in a wine store in new york's grand central station terminal.

man was talking when all of a sudden it started sparking and e cigarette exploded several times. >> out of no where a huge explosion came from one of my co-workers pockets. the it the just shot at us. >> my collogue, his pocket started engulfing in flames. there were sparks. i thought it was fire works, like fourth of july. >> reporter: now lets look at the aftermath here, man suffered burns to his hand, and leg, and his lawyers say that he will have to undergo surgery, it is not clear why the e cigarettes, exploded. well, lauren casey joins with us our forecast with off and on spritz of rain today but not bad day at all. >> not too bad for the parade, no problems weather-wise, wind were calm, that is most important, the with the floats. >> got that right. >> yes. >> we're seeing cloud around, couple sprinkles passing through but temperatures very seasonal and right the now getting a live look at center city philadelphia, on this thanksgiving evening. lots of turkey, and things in your belly right now

567894 degrees right around average for us, wind of the northwest, strong 6 miles an hour, light breeze, we have had some sprinkles and very light showers passing the delaware valley today but the intensity, very light, so much so, that our accumulations are on the lower side, only .3 of an inch in nazareth, oxford picking up .01 of an inch. we will head in the next couple of hours storm scan three looks ominous as far as reflectivity is concerned but this is very light in intensity. seeing showers and syringe also working their way towards the shore. i mentioned some concerns, possibly period of freezing rain, in and around carbon, monroe counties, you will see in the last couple frames here starting to see a little bit more east of the mount pocono, i don't think we will see accumulation of ice, but if you are heading to the roadways over next couple of hours do take it slow because you could encounter brief slick spots. we will see pink encompassing mount pocono, pocono pines and places westbound as well. do watch out for possibility

of some slick conditions up toward higher elevations, down the shore just dealing with the liquid kind of rainfall right now with shower activity, just to indicate cape may county. temperatures there is a green across the area north and west of the city, temperatures in the 40's and 30's, conversely across south jersey, not feeling all too chilly on this thanksgiving with temperatures right now in the 50's and overnight tonight, 40's and 30's, are cold and not all too bad as far as season is concern. back to 42 degrees in philadelphia we will drop down to 38 degrees in reading. only falling to 43 in wildwood. for your black friday forecast heading out to the mall, on it to the car, temperatures will not too bad. chilly but not at 9:00 o'clock hour. 46 degrees. 3:00 he clock we are at 55. at 5:00, 52 degrees. future weather showing us as we head in the next self hours that is more likely to see most syringe will and or shower activity as we head into about midnight, lot of the wet weather will push itself off or might be breaks in the cloud deck but as we head into friday clouds will be returning and there will be

sunshine in the morning but especially for second half of the day we will see more clouds moving through but overnight the tonight mostly cloudy a few isolated syringe also tomorrow, mostly cloudy passing shower with a high of 56 degrees. we will head in your upcoming who will take weekend not too bad mixture of sun and cloud on saturday, 53 degrees, chillier sunday but full sunshine 49 degrees. little breeze though we will have you chilly sunday afternoon, and then we will warm things up to 60, and by next wednesday, across november, pretty good chance for some showers. >> it looks good for that eagles/packers game. >> it does. >> thanks, thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" a thanksgiving tradition. we will take to you south philadelphia, a south philadelphia bakery known for saving space in peoples ovens. and the eagles thankful for, this thanksgiving day, we will catch up with the flyers, and the most unbelievable basketball shot you have ever seen, coming up. cash

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unexpected gift, for a south jersey family this thanksgiving, a chance encounter at a restaurant made this little boy's dream come true, how a simple conversation, led to the very special moment, you won't want to miss this heart warming story only on "eyewitness news", coming up at 6:00 o'clock. right now, we're talking thanksgiving and eagles football. leslie van arsdal. >> even the eagles, got to enjoy thanksgiving today. yes, eagles are on a bit, maybe enjoying turkey, right now. monday night they will need to meet the packers at the link n light of the holiday some shared their thoughts on what they are thankful for. >> i'm thankful for just this organization, this city, my family, high wife, my daughter. >> i'm thankful just for my family, i'm thankful for the opportunity to be here, i'm thankful, i'm just thankful just to be alive on this date. i'm happy that i'm able to see another thanksgiving. it is my first one with my baby girl so this one is special for me.

nice thankful prayer for us when we say grace. i'm excited about it. >> and what is thanksgiving without foot paul, vikings and jets going head to head, vikings and the lions going head to head here on cbs-3. no score, matthew stafford, antoine bald inn in the end zone. lions with the seven to nothing lead. later in the first, we have vikings rushing in for a 5-yard touchdown. minnesota is able to tie up the game at seven. in the fourth quarter, it all comes down to this, math the math crater drilling a 40-yard field goal with detroit, lions win this 116-13. now temple on the road against florida state. we will pick it up in the first half. howls down by six. quenton rose nailed a three. temple only down by three. in the second half, temple i odn't by one, and not anymore. thanks to the three pointer. temple takes the lead 80-78. temple will go on to win this

189-86. right here, it is the best shot you will ever see, you tube star derek harring nailing the shot from nearly 594 feet, in the swiss alps. this will set the world record for the greatest, shot for a basketball shot. he is part of the group called how least dick lust whiz is appropriate. how least dick lust. >> my goodness. >> you have to take in account the wind current, i want to know how many tries. >> we have to find that one out. >> but that is great. >> that was great. >> first try i will give him his props. >> he got it in. >> okay, let's go witt. thanks, leslie. coming up next half an hour. >> i'm holy williams. a cab in new york iraq where american servicemen engaged in the fight against isis, they are celebrating thanksgiving. and, both the president, and president-elect, deliver thanksgiving messages, what they had to say to the

american people. >> just thankful to have such a healthy family, it has been a great year, it has been really lucky, we had our daughter a few months ago. >> thank you you. >> i'm thankful for my family, my friend, and everybody here

celebrating overseas, thousands of american service members, making thanks this thanksgiving holiday far away from their loved ones but they are still getting a taste of home. thanksgiving feast are taking place at american military bases all around the world. the news continues at 5:30. good evening, are one happy thanksgiving i'm ukee washington. correspondent holy williams is embedded with american solders in northern iraq and shows you how troops are spending the holiday. >> reporter: fresh faced, many of them, not long out of high

school. >> radio check over. >> reporter: and they are america's soldiers in the fight against isis, serving with the 101st airborne division here at camp swift in northern iraq. >> the first time in the u.s. >> reporter: long way from home for private first clad odane beam, a 19 year-old from southern california, on his first tour of duty. >> it is my very first one. i came out of basic. a couple months, in school and stuff like that, and then straight here, you know. >> reporter: private beam and many other in this past week in camp with children when u.s. invaded iraq in 2003 and told us they don't know very much about america's recent history here. but five years after the u.s. said it had left iraq for good, there are now you around 6,000 american service members back in the country, again. private first class patrick meehan from massachusetts, is

in private security detail, who worked as a camp command center launching air strikes on isis. >> the idea is that you could give your life, to protect senior officers. >> yes, ma'am. >> is that scary. >> no, ma'am, not really. >> reporter: these jobs, resting on very young shoulders. specialist freak, a two three-year old from north carolina told us that she's thankful to her grandfather who also served in the military cook, inspiring her to enlist. >> i make everything. i loved it ever since. >> reporter: a passion to serve their country, in many different ways, has led them halfway across the world, and battle to tea feet isis. holy williams, cbs news, camp swift, northern iraq. the commander in chief makes sure to wish those soldiers and all americans, a happy holiday today. >> on behalf of the obama

family, michelle, mallia, sascha, bow, and sonny i want to wish you a very happy thanksgiving. like so many we will spend the day with friend, family, turkey, and touchdowns, but we will give thanks for each other and for all that god has given us. we will reflect on what truly bind us as americans. >> president obama added coming together has never been as important, following the recent election. and the next president, also delivering a thanksgiving message, president-elect donald trump released a video from his florida estate. >> it is my prayer that on this thanksgiving we will begin to heel our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by share purpose, and very, very common resolve. in declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice, and one heart. that is just what we have to do. >> mr. trump delivered the message through video provided

by his transition team. vice-president elect pence tweeted out his thanksgiving message saying today we give thanks for many blessings in our lives, family friend, freedom, faith from our family to yours, #happy thanksgiving. a local organization has been using thanksgiving as a way to give back for years but as "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon reports, this years manna operation is a very special one. >> reporter: on thanksgiving day every year in the manna kitchen your family isn't necessarily who you are related to but who you are connected to, by call. >> it is a big system. we have over 3500 volunteers that really make it possible and today will be a day that they are out there working. >> reporter: manna prepares and delivers nutritious meals to people in and around philadelphia living with life threatening illnesses. thanksgiving is one of their biggest days. but they deliver not just a complete thanksgiving dinner for one but for an entire family of four, to to it, they

depend on volunteers like these, philadelphia district attorney seth williams helped out and michelle is with peco who sponsored the meal. >> we're only here for a couple hours, it is least we can do and it is thanksgiving and you have to be thankful for what you have. >> reporter: manna officials tell thaws this years thanksgiving operation is their largest ever and for that reason it is special. they also say it is sentimental for another reason. >> we have been in this facility for 19 years and this is our last year. we're moving. we're moving in a brand new space where we will more than double our capacity, however, it seems fitting that our last year celebrating here that we are able to help more households then we have ever been able to help before. over 750 household. >> reporter: compare that to 550 last year, according to doubtry and you can understand why they are moving to a bigger space next year. no doubt, the volunteers and family members will follow them there. in philadelphia, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, not a perfect thanksgiving day outside,

overall, it wasn't too bad, weather-wise, meteorologist lauren casey joins us now. >> reporter: thanks very much. >> it is something you can imagine this time of the season gets dicey weather-wise. we will see cloud, sprinkles, a lot of us, enjoying thanksgiving day parade and temperatures right now, not too chilly 54 degrees is our current in philadelphia, 54 down the shore. chillier in the poconos. 35 degrees right the now. the wind are calm, to generally light, not too much wind chill impact across the area. we have a slow moving cold front, traversing the delaware valley. we have colder numbers on the back side of the cold front, plus boundary located around north wind on the back side of the southern flow the height of the frontal boundary and that cold front is trending to generate a few you syringe also, showers across the area we are seeing much activity start to now exit, mainly well east of the i-95 corridor, we have shower activity up toward the poconos and brief period of, freezing rain or sleet mixed in there as well but that is starting to move out of monroe county and we will clear the county within the

hour. as we head in the evening hours, isolated syringe will or shower mainly east of i-95, mainly dry overnight tonight and not the too chilly but lows well above average and before tomorrow passing showers in the forecast for your black friday forecast and we will december rately need rainfall. we are in the deficit, buy a lot, in philadelphia, nearing 7 inches for the year. we have a pretty good chance for rain day next week we will let you know when you will need that umbrella in the full forecast coming up. thanks, lauren. tennessee volunteers boxed gifts for families grieving loss of six children in the school bus crash last week. large bin where is filled with toys and other gifts ready to be distributed. driver has been charged with five counts of the vehicular homicide, toxicology reports show the driver did not have drugs or alcohol in his system. investigators are going through wreck bus and down loading video footage from three on board cameras. a restaurant party turns deadly in virginia when police say a gunman shot security guard who asked him to leave. it happened around 2:00 in the

parking lot of the smoke house in york county, virginia. forty-two year-old richard irving died a short time later. the gun man shot him trying to escort the man off the property. white west virginia man charged with the murder of a black teenager could also face federal hate crime charges. police say six two-year old william pulliam shot 15 year-old james means in charleston monday night. the pair allegedly bunched into each other and exchanged word before the shooting. pulliam told west virginia television station he shot the teen in self-defense, and that is because of his race. still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight if you you are watching your weight we have a heads up for you, staggering amount of calories it is estimated you will consume today and how experts say, you can cut back a bit, and it is time of the year for your favorite things but don't tell that to grumpy cat, the viral sensation is blogging about her biggest, pet peeve, lauren.

it is not looking too shabby, we could see a couple passing snow showers in the poconos on saturday, a few flurries by sunday, high temperatures by end of the weekend, higher elevations with highs in the upper 30's. city looking good, 53 degrees on saturday with a few clouds, sunshine, brisk on sunday with a high of 49 degrees. we can expect same down the shore and highs in the 50's down the shore cooling to the 40's by

i'm happy for sobriety. i have nine months clean and i'm in a leadership program, and i'm thankful for my family sticking by me through the thick and the thin. all of the good people i got in my life right now, you know, i'm very blessed. >> there are certainly many reasons for people to be thankful this holiday season. many even happen bye that turkey, even if it is costing a little extra this year. philadelphia city controller

says that the extra cost of the thanksgiving meal for ten is $46.69. in the city this year. that is 16-pound turning friday $21.84. at average of zero cents more than last year but philadelphians are paying $3.18 less than the national average, for a meal, for ten. and, how about the calorie cost for this thanksgiving. it is a diet buster according to the calorie control council. many will consume 4500 calories and 229 grams of fat, while enjoying their holiday meal. that number does not include appetizers and drinks. now to avoid heavy calorize binge, researchers suggest cooks use lower calorie ingredients when preparing their dinner and limit appetizers to fresh food, and veggies. well, if you are planning on serving heinz grave think thanksgiving, this is for you, heinz is recalling 5,000-pound of gravy because of possible, allergy risk, the usda says that jars of bistro a jj us

gravies is incorrectly labeled as pork gravy. it contain milk and soy and heinz did not label them. if you have a jar of the bistro, throw it out. throw it out. be right

i mean life in general. i have a job. i have a roof over my head. i have food to eat. i'm not outside in the cold. so, i am very thankful. >> reporter: is there anything in particular you are thankful for this year? >> love it. love it. >> once again a south philadelphia bakery, opened up its ovens to area turkey chefs. people started lining up before 6:00 a.m. at cacia's bakery. one of the family members explain to our pat gallen where the idea came from. >> we opened up in 1953 and a few years after that my grandfather and his brother lewis decided to make a little bit of extra money around holidays and they came up with this idea, typical south philadelphia row home has a small oven why not the bring your turkey here to have room for your other thanksgiving buddies. >> they do an amazing job, love visiting them in the

morning show, every year after year. cacia's cooked more than 170 turkies by the way. great job. grumpy cat is back, this time with her top ten pet peeves. the internet sensation made a blog post on pop culture.com, where she complained about trend like social media and selfie sticks. but one thing she might not be worrying about is money, a four year-old cat, the four year-old cat has been a brand ambassador for friskies cat foot for book and film deals. her owner, discussed the cat's popularity. >> she was one of the first few animals to go big on social media, and people really relate really to the grumpy face, add their emotion, whatever is on their mind, you know; and it is why she's so popular. >> grumpy cat's claim to fame is her face which is caused by feline dwarfism. she has 1.9 million followers on instagram and ten milan

facebook. well, it the is something that hasn't happened in more than five decade, this was the scene in japan as parts of the country sees the first november snowball since 1962. it caused minor delays for morning commute, but it wasn't much accumulation but that looks pretty right there. that doesn't look pretty right there. >> no, no. >> at first it was nice. >> but then not so pretty. >> oh, my. >> a little precipitation in the form of rain, off and on rain. >> off and on rain, not too bad. umbrellas out and about in the thanksgiving day parade but no one gets soaked. we will have a couple passing showers, out planning on doing some shopping, tomorrow, on black friday, heading out to do some fun activities. we will check in with our weather watchers, that are, off the turkey coal, they have drug themselves to their computers and put in their reports of the, current conditions on the thanksgiving day. we are looking live at center city philadelphia. we have overcast conditions right now. mainly dry conditions. it will take us in the rest of

the evening but again, thanks to the weather watchers we did fight off that turkey coma, we did see our current conditions right now, temperatures pretty consistent from the reports right now, in and around i-95 corridor, 40's to lower 50's. we will check it out 48 degrees as reported by our cbs-3 weather watchers, david. he has 48. mostly cloudy conditions, norristown pennsylvania and he has some commentary. 48 degrees, and, have a great evening, and a wonderful weekend. i think we wish that for everyone on this very special holiday. also, checking in chillier temperature just off to the north. 46 degrees. junior weather watcher kyle is reporting mostly cloudy conditions in hatboro, pennsylvania. he says very myself sentiment happy thanksgiving with the exclaim haitian point. we like that. as we check in with one more right now, 48 degrees, we will keep it in the 40's right here consistent from weather watcher ken wet cool shades on in this profile picture. wills bureau, new jersey, mostly cloudy conditions.

he has great advice. i will say this again, eat first, and then that, not nap first, and then eat. i like that. you eat first and then take a nap and all is lovely on this thanksgiving evening. and we do have a cloudy conditions. as we head into tomorrow, the cloud will stick around with us and all together not too bad of the forecast. we will go over to the weather graphics and show you storm scan three. much of the precipitation now impacting parts of the shore, also poconos, you are starting to dry out after a batch of showers worked itself through. couple period of treeing rain but most of the activity concentrate add long the coast, mess year of the precipitation thank goodness is off to our north and east, we are seeing know through albany, mixed precipitation across southern portions of new york state. as we head in the next couple of hours we will see showers, impacting the coast, starting to move out by late evening hours, midnight really not a problem for precipitation wise. we will head in the rest of the overnight period pretty quiet. we could see sunshine on try but cloud deck will start to

increase once again especially after mid daze on friday. we could see a passing shower but not all too bad for your holiday travel. shower is possible tonight. mainly dry condition or passing showers, we are looking ahead toward tomorrow and dry on saturday. and, in the afternoon we have the stalled out frontal boundary or slow moving cold front moving across the area as we speak. chillier numbers on the back side. forty's in bucks county, lehigh valley, ahead of the boundary temperatures not feeling too bad in the 50's. overnight the tonight, it is not brutally cold back to 42 degrees in philadelphia we will drop back to 40 in philadelphia, 42 the overnight low in wildwood. looking ahead towards tomorrow we have a chance of the stray or passing shower, temperature high stay in the the 50's. as we head in the upcoming weekend we will see a gradual, cool down, as we head into saturday, temperature still in the 50's but just barely, some sunshine, breezy conditions and then high pressure, settles back in, as we head into sunday, mostly sunny and temperatures right around

50 degrees. maybe even upper 40's with brisk conditions, but eagles game coming up on monday, not all too bad. good looking football weather. 8:30. 45 degrees, clear sky conditions and light breeze and overnight tonight we have a chance of isolated syringe will down to 42 degrees. the mostly cloudy conditions, mostly cloudy skies returning as we head in the second half, chance of the passing sprinkle but not too chilly, 56 degrees. tomorrow we will have some passing showers in the forecast for poconos, temperatures in the middle 40's and then down the shore some sunshine, with light wind all together and as we look ahead toward upcoming weekend chillier on sunday. is there your high temperature of 49 degrees. we will start off in the 30's by sunday morning. looking great for that eagles weather on monday, a high temperature during daytime of 51 degrees. sunshine. we're up to 58 by tuesday and very mild looking day by next wednesday, hard to believe, that will be last day of november, spent at 66 degrees. back to you, you you key. >> thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight giving back this thanksgiving, nearly a

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on thanksgiving organizations aren't the country, provide meals for those who cannot afford them. but there are also groups who give thanksgiving dinner for those with serious illness. weijia jiang has that story. >> reporter: for eight years and counting, this is how brenda hamlen has spent thanksgiving. the 69 year-old is one of nearly a thousand volunteers, who prepared, packed, and delivered holiday meals to people who have a serious illness, like aids or cancer. >> we have put a lot of care, love into our meals that we prepare. >> reporter: the non-profit group called food and friend provided nutritious meals to

people year round. hamlen knows how much it means to family because her hotter was once a recipient. she tied after battling lung cancer and asked her daughter to be a volunteer with the group. >> she would, be very proud to know that i'm just going to continue to to this until, for some reason i just can't do it anymore. >> reporter: food and friend in washington and maryland and virginia area but executive director is helping communities from coast to coast, start similar programs. >> this is a national, not a local need. >> reporter: lymphoma survivor sheneille davenport said program helped her through chemotherapy and she is also hiv positive. >> today i feel wonderful. it is a great day. tomorrow may not feel so wonderful. >> reporter: davenport is grateful for prepared meals, and the companies, and volunteers. >> and to have the friend, and food, it is wonderful. >> reporter: especially on

thanksgiving. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00, now at 6:00 an unexpected gift for a local family. >> a conversation between two dads at the restaurant with the golden arches leads to a generous gift from a man with the golden art. i'm cleve bryan what he did for a family of the little boy battling brain cancer. and, doors have opened up for this black friday, turned black thursday, we are live here in the cherry hill mall. >> a man can only to what she can do coming up, see how the power of people coming together, in the spirit of thanksgiving, is helping our homeless vets. thanks, guys. >> yes. >> applause. and we know it is rain on this thanksgiving who will take but will showers put a damper on our shopping, for black friday we will have all of the details in your forecast, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

one of the sweetest things that was ever ton for us. >> that family is in awe, all because of the kindness of a stranger. now, a chance encounter at a restaurant will help that little will boy's dream, come true. it the is a heart warming story this thanksgiving. good evening i'm ukee washington. >> guess case off tonight. >> big moment happened, just one families bumping into each other and that is where our cleve bryan joins us now, to tell you more bit. cleve, happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: if this was script for christmas movie, i would go see it tomorrow but this is real. a family that has been, through a lot, got a big early christmas gift, from a man, that they just met at mcdonald's. >> like many boys with older brothers, four year-old keith gilbert from marlton spent thanksgiving morning holding his own until it was time to go go to nana's house for dinner. >> you go like this. >> you would never know, that

he was here. >> and scott and nicole says chase was two months old he has been fighting brain cancer. >> it is very hard. we are constantly in and out of the hospital, my older children, do not the know who is going to be home when they get home from school. >> reporter: none of the challenges bring the family down. >> we have a lot to be thankful for, the good things, that he is here, and we have them to enjoy. >> reporter: sometimes that beautiful, bald head can be a conversation starter. >> we were at mcdonald's, here along route 70. they have a play area in the back. another little girl was there. and the little girl's grand fat shore later got ice cream with him was started to ask questions about chase. >> reporter: two fathers had an instant connection when it comes to facing adversity. >> he lost a daughter to a car accident, hit by a drunk driver. >> reporter: chase saw the man what's