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 motional and gave him a

hug. then something unexpect happened. >> later that night at work, he came to the house and gave my wife an envelope and said, opened it up, right and there was a check for $5,000 in it. >> reporter: jim who wished to remain a none news said he wanted to grant chase a wish to go to disney world. gilchrist family is thrilled. >> to see that was amazing to me. i'm still in shock. >> reporter: nice man, what would you say to him. >> i would say thank you. happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: this is my favorite part of it, we went to the house and spoke to his wife. he didn't want to be on camera. she said she didn't know anything about this check. he came home, talked about the sweet little boy. i said is he in trouble forgiving that money away? he is not in trouble. sometimes he likes to play santa claus. live, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". what a wonderful story, cleve. now that the thanksgiving dinner is done in many

locations many people are engaging in another holiday tradition. it is shopping. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff joins us from the cherry hill mall where shoppers are looking to snap up all of the meals and steals. hi there alex. >> reporter: hi, ukee. according to national retail federation six in zero americans are going to shop this who will take weekend. last year they spent an average of $300. take a look, doors have finally opened up here at cherry hill mall. that happened at 6:00 o'clock. but some retail are and department stores did open up a bit earlier, customers at the jc penny, they wrapped around the cherry hill, mall and they know that is huge they were waiting to get in for that 3:00 o'clock opening. half of the people we spoke with said that this is become a part of their holiday tradition, coming out, on thanksgiving, to shop, and then the other half told us, that you know what they are just sneak ago way from the dinner table to to a bit of quick shopping and then head back to hang out with family. other shoppers inside earlier told us that they were

surprised with some on the spot coupons they were not expecting. they have extra great deals. others, well, they had a different experience. >> it is a mad house. >> falling all over everybody. >> i just say, you know, it felon me. >> hi. >> hi. >> hi. >> so what did you do, did you buy anything. >> no. >> reporter: no, oh, no. >> all right. well, i think there is still sometime to get something fun. that is all right. that is okay. again, cherry hill mall opens up at 6:00 o'clock. they will remain opened until hid night, once again, opening up at 6:00 a.m. ukee, i have a confession, underneath my note pad i got the ballet. i'll see ought ten and 11:00. until then i will be busy i will keep that between us, okay. no one knows. >> thanks very much.

and, performers from around the world. and, entertain the crowds on the ben franklin parkway. and, some just started the tradition, and, some have been doing it for more than 80 years. >> i come down here, and this is mummers day parade. and it is been here. >> i see everybody enjoying each other and you don't see that too often, anymore and would i never, i would not go anyplace else. >> the parade route was almost a mile and a half long stretching all the way through the art museum steps. a little rain could not ruin the parade, meteorologist lauren casey joins us, and, goes out for some, and yes. >> yes, beingal sand that at the mall, working out that credit card, yes, on this thanksgiving evening. and, and, bundle up, too much, and most places you leave umbrella behind you will be okay. your current temperature in philadelphia is 53. not too much of the breeze.

3 miles an hour. calm wind down the shore at 52 e poconos. 34 degrees. and, back side of the cold front. storm scan three showing us a majority of the precipitation is well into the i-95 corridor. we did have some showers, and toward poconos and period of the freezing rain but most of the precipitation concentrate add long the coast, seeing very light shower activity sprinkle activity stretching from atlantic city in ocean city, sea isle city and avalon. you might need umbrella briefly in these places over next hour or so. poconos, carbon, monroe starting to clear out as well. we did see that flash of pink indicating some kind of mixed precipitation, over last three hours, but now conditions drawing out there as well. as far as rainfall totals for sprinkle activity not all too much. these are highest numbers, nazareth picking up .3 of an inch, .1 of an inch in oxford with the rain today. as we head in the evening hours isolated sprinkle or shower, again along the coast tonight, dry conditions, not too chilly, only falling back

in the the 30's. and for tomorrow a few passing showers but all together a mainly dry day for most of the us. we will talk about what to expect for your black friday forecast, holiday weekend and pretty good shot at rain coming up in the full forecast in just a few,e key. >> thank you. opening up a piece of mail severely wounded a man on tuesday. tonight as police continue their search for person behind the package bomb, our greg argos spoke to the victim about the ordeal and his recovery. >> sixty year-old jim aldennis now recovering after opening up a package, which exploded in his hand. and with no rest, he tells me, that he is beautiful and he could be targeted again. talking by phone from an undifficulties leased location 50 year-old jim alden said his chest and face are bruised and cut from shrapnel placed sign aid mail bomb which exploded in his hand. >> we don't know this type of shrapnel but there is some type of shrapnel that caused injuries. >> reporter: he says his left ring finger also severed, and

most serious of his injuries. this all happened in his pine street apartment near 18th street at 4:00 tuesday morning. catering returning home from a trip, opening up a package he says was designed to look identical to medication that he regularly received in the mail. >> we will bring every resource to bear, to try to figure out what actually happened here. this is not something we see every day in our city here, so i assure you, no expense will be spared and we will use every available resource to try to identify the person responsible for this violent crime. >> reporter: that is atf special agent in charge sam rapadi tuesday, he is leading search for the suspect but still no arrests. as for a motive jim alden says he has no clue why someone was wouldn't to target him and this thanksgiving he is just glad to be alive. reporting here from center city, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". policing looker for whoever opened fire on three

men putting up christmas lights in juniata park. it happened in the 4,000 block of howland street around 10:45 last night. victim's say a dark gray chevy impala with tinted windows stopped, several inside, asked if the men putting up lights had hit their car. they exchange word, passenger opened fire and car then drove off, three men were taken to temple hospital with gunshot wound, and they are in stable condition. giving back for thanksgiving is what the the holidays is all about. >> these people put their life on the line for us, and they are down on their luck and we're just going to help him out. how strangers are make to go day a memorable one for a special group of people, also, a holiday tradition returns, the new addition to check out, at the popular christmas village. leslie. the eagles continue to prepare for the packers, and monday night showdown at link, and of course thanksgiving, meets high school foot paul, lots of high school football, playoff time we will take you to most heated rival wrist in

our area.

some developing news to tell but a two-year old boy is in critical condition after being shot in the stomach. in north philadelphia. it happened after 4:00 this afternoon on the 3500 block of thort ninth street. police say that the boy and his four year-old cousin were playing with the gun, in the living room, when the older cousin accidentally shot the younger boy. the boy's mother and boyfriend were home at the time, police have the gun, so far, no charges have been leveled. and in camden a group of hairdressers gave part of their thanksgiving to get haircuts. vittoria woodill shows us how lucky recipients were. >> started out as just doing a

good deed, and it escalated, into this. >> reporter: it is small good deeds should not be taken like lightly for drops of water one by one can fill a giant pot. this thanksgiving day, many small good deeds like donations, toilet paper, clothing, a hot meal, haircuts, and friendship. >> flooded homes for the brave in camden, new jersey. a 30 bed housing program for homeless veterans, showing that giant heart, beats to help others, to headache you feel forgotten in their community. >> these people, put their life on the line for us and now they are down on their luck and we just want to help them out. >> all out war, trying to help these people get back on their feet. >> why are they hungry, why are they homeless is this it doesn't matter about the problem lets talk about solutions. >> reporter: marlene of friend of fair view give back, joe casey a former navy seal, steve miles of the be the solution charity and jug

handle inn have banded together on thanksgiving for the past couple of years. to give a day of thanks to vets like ernie, a two tour vietnam veteran. >> it feels great, to have people taking their time, to help with the clothing, shoes, and good dinner. appreciate that. >> proudly served our country. >> yes, ma'am. >> we appreciate that. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i had to do it all over again, i would. >> reporter: for these volunteers there is lots more to be ton, and we can either focus on our own struggles or we can focus on others. >> 2008 we got hit by a car and i tried to get help with my mortgage and nobody would help you, you know, so thank god i had a savings, i had to go through all that to keep my family afoot. this is why i do what i do. it is enjoyable. the it makes the heart feel good. >> reporter: vittoria woodill for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

gets you right there. >> yes. >> my goodness. >> thanks, tori. >> lauren casey joins us with our forecast, it is friday, weekend it is all happening. >> it is all happening. lots of activities coming. today main activity, now everyone is a little tired. >> just a little bit. we have to get your energy up. upcoming weekend. weather will cooperate. we have a couple passing showers, really sprinkles at best and as we look live from center city philadelphia, cloud still in place dealing with overcast conditions, so that is keeping temperatures elevated, when we have that cloud deck in place, we do not cool as efficiently. we are at 53 degrees in philadelphia north wind at 3 miles an hour. not too much wind chill impact, so storm scan three showing us over last couple hours rainfall mainly concentrated well east of the i-95 corridor and seeing shower activity, down the shore, again very light and intensity as we can see by green colors on the reflectivity. we do not sees yellow orr ranges that it will be more

moderate heavy rainfall. the just sprinkle activity around atlantic city, ocean city, sea isle city as well as it will head into the next hour. best part of the weather is well north of us seeing snowfall across upstate new york, milk precipitation as well, we did have a few period of freezing rain up this is poconos earlier this evening but as we head in the next several hours, precipitation is going to clear on out by midnight, no problems overnight tonight, very quiet, but as we head into tomorrow morning we could see breaks in the cloud deck for first half of the day, as we head into tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours, we will see mostly cloudy conditions overtake our side once again but holiday travel not looking too bad over next several days. for tonight that chance of the shower well east of the city, tomorrow, a passing shower is possible again light in intensity but we will see cloud around and then into saturday some sunshine, breezy conditions but all together not too bad driving conditions as we head in the upcoming weekend. and tomorrow, temperatures not all too bad heading out to the

car and heading out to the mall to do maybe early christmas shopping or maybe just some shopping for yourself. 50 degrees is the temperature at 11:00. 3:00 we are at 55. fifty-two by 5:00 o'clock hour. we have a temperature reading in the area due to the slow moving cold front a head of that temperatures still up in the 50's. fifty-four in rehoboth beach. fifty-two in cherry hill. as we move north and west we will see these temperatures starting to drop down, 46 degrees right the now in malvern, and even chillier up toward lehigh valley, 43 in allentown and we're in the 30's right now in the poconos and overnight tonight though, temperatures are going to warm up in some places, like the poconos, cloud deck really stays in place. i-95 corridor will be in the upper 30's to lower 40's. as far as averaging are concerned we should be down in the 40's. not too chilly. again not too chilly but you will need layers heading out to the eagles game, taking on the green bay packers at the lincoln hon evening. 45 degrees. and no wet weather concerns just crystal clear sky

conditions but overnight tonight, mostly cloudy, isolated vick also. that chance is coming to an end. 42 degrees. for tomorrow mostly cloudy, passing showers possible, temperatures tame, 56 degrees and across the area tomorrow best chance of showers in the poconos with high temperature in the middle 40's. the light wind down the shore and upcoming weekend we are looking good, all together chilly morning on sunday, 49 degrees. the brisk day on sunday with nice sunshine in store, looking good forbidder game on monday, sunshine 51 degrees, high temperature and then we will warm to middle 60's, by next wednesday, with what looks to be it could be a very wet day so stay tuned for that, you evolving forecast for wednesday and can you believe it, thursday is december 1st. >> here it comes. >> it is here. >> you mentioned bird lets talk about the pros, and some future pros. >> yes, get to enjoy a little bit of turkey. they are off on thanksgiving as they take on packers, and also, on thanksgiving we have high school football. sports its next.

leslie joins us with sports, eagles have a big game on monday, and i don't care, what the packers record is. >> i know. >> mr. rodgers is coming into our neighborhood, and he can do some things. >> he is dangerous. >> he can do some things. >> sure is. >> eagles with the day off, taking on green bay monday night at the link, and they

will lay them at home. it has pneumonia a rough year for packers who lost four straight games allowing 30 other more points in each game but eagles know as ukee says, they cannot count out packers, and aaron rodgers just yet. >> he will make plays with his feet, he will make those throws, and, you know, say wow, did he really make that throw. he is on the run. >> he likes to mix it up, to a lot of different things. so it would be interesting to go see what really what guys will be out there on monday night. >> well, of course, it is thanksgiving, high school football. vikings and lions go head to head earlier on cbs 367,891st quarter no score math the you stafford find antoine bold iron and lie instant have a seven to nothing lead. later in the first, vikings, matt, rushing in for a 5-yard touchdown. minutes away they tied the game at seven. then we will head late in the fourth quarter and all comes down to this, matt crater

drills a 40-yard field gold for detroit. lions win 16-13. and thanksgiving means high school football as well. annual classic between ryan and george washington today, we will go to the second quarter. archbishop ryan quarterback matthew romano find the end zone. so ryan wins this 154-12. fifth annual chichester sun val i turkey bowl, and in the fourth, 20-yard touchdown pass to chichester's, and 14-ten lead. and that was it, for the final score. and temple on the road against florida state, owls looking for their second win in a row against a tough opponent. owls down six, quenton roads with the three-point shot. temple down by three at the this point, second half, and then down by one. and temple takes the lead. eighty-78. they go to win it 89-86. temple pulls off the

upset. >> really looking forward to march madness. >> i know, i know, it is not even december yet. >> we love it. >> "cbs evening news" is just a few minutes away. east lane quijano joins us with a look ahead, elaine. >> here's "cbs evening news" on this thanks giving day attacks on the police in the face of stepped up security. plus could there be an election recount? why some are pushing for a deeper dive into the numbers. and help for the homeless how one ram is changing life on the streets, just ahead on the "cbs evening news". >> that is all coming up but first a return of the holiday tradition right here this philadelphia, the new additions, at christmas village this year. we will have that the on the other side, we will be right

thanksgiving isn't just about turkey, football, family, giving thanks, it is also marking the return of the holiday tradition, here in philadelphia christmas village is officially opened for business. "eyewitness news" at the new location for the opening market outside city hall, abe had to move there because of

renovations over at love park, across the street, in addition to holiday gifts there is a new carousal, live music and children's activities. christmas village is opened every day through christmas eve. i went over there for the first time in a long time last year, and i had a great time. >> yes. >> smell the cocoa. >> so nice. >> just beautiful. >> peanuts. >> anyway, i'm going back. >> yes. >> how about tonight, how is tonight looking. >> we are looking pretty good tonight, only falling back to 42 degrees above average for overnight lows, tomorrow 56 degrees, maybe passing shower but definitely not a wash out by any stretch of the imagination. weekend looking good, staying dry, brisk sunshine looking good for the bird on monday. >> lets go get roasted peanuts. >> it is on. >> on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at ten on our sister station wpsg and cw philly. we will be back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening news", tonight an election recount be on the horizon? elaine quijano has that and

more, take care, happy thanksgiving, see you >> quijano: police under fire. officers are ambushed during routine traffic stops in several states. >> this incident shows that can happen right in our backyard. >> quijano: also tonight, the long shot of long shots-- who's leading the battle for a recount of the presidential election? a simple program is making life on the streets more bearable. >> it kind of adds a little dignity back into the equation. >> quijano: and a family reunion-- the women and their guardian angel. >> reporter: do you have any daughters of your own? >> no. those are my kids. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.