breaking news a deadly wrong way crash on 495 south, the new details coming in, plus a warning from police. >> neighbors rush to elderly man trapped inside his burning home. >> a collision course in a parking lot as shoppers rush to get their last minute thanksgiving items. >> and millions will line the street in new york city. overnight prep and security measures in place. . >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. . >> good morning. >> appreciate you being here.

eyes are going to be on the weather today. >> yeah, we want to know what the weather is going to be serving up. >> it's not going to be too bad. tracking a couple of flurries today and most of the day is going to be spent dry until showers move in this evening. 34 in boston, 29 in worcester, and thankfully the wind isn't nearly as strong as it's been the past 10 miles per hour. calm in a couple of spots. no real additional chill like we've had the past few mornings and a couple of areas feel colder. cloudy skies you'll get a little bit of filtered sunshine first thing once the sun comes up this morning, a couple of flurries focused across southeast vermont

today. you may see a flake or 2, a chilly start, cloudy and cool. the house is going to be smelling good around mid-day. 42 wind off the ocean and showers develop as we head through the evening hours. it will be mild enough at that point but mainly rain showers, sunset at 4:15. i'll let you know where i'm tracking a couple of slick spots for early tomorrow morning. want to get a check of the roads for you this morning if house today. that is a live look at the westbound lanes of the pike. it's pretty early. you'll have no issues getting tn right now. some breaking news overnight a deadly wrong way crash on 495. state police tell us a driver going the wrong way going southbound slammed into another vehicle. the wrong way driver was killed in the crash. the other driver was taken to rhode island hospital. 2 lanes are shut down right now. police say

the roads for the holiday and urge everyone to be safe, don't drink and drive and don't speed. state police have issued a silver alert searching for a missing woman. the family of 73-year old harris says she left her home yesterday at 4 p.m. on her way to the store on route 28. she has not been seen or heard from sips. she was driving a gray camry. neighbors rushed to r burning home. they say they were just in the right place at the right time. >> this rescue wasn't easy. . >> reporter: larry applegate was backing out of his driveway yesterday evening. his neighbor was on his way home from the store when the 2 men were confronted by the same sight. >> pulling around the corner and saw flames come out of the back of my neighbor's house.

that came to mind for them was the man who may be inside. >> my neighbor next door was an elderly gentleman that i knew he'd be in the house. >> reporter: he says what happened next is now a blur to him but the 2 men charged toward the front door. >> i kicked the door in and he was laying right there. >> luckily he was at the door because the smoke was so thick we couldn't move beyond a foot into the house. >> reporter: combatting heavy smoke as the fire and closer they couldn't breathe long enough to carry the man out in one attempt but they wouldn't let the smoke stop them. >> it was bad. i mean, heavy black smoke, you know, tough to breathe had to back out a couple of times said got to try it again, you know, and i guess the third time is a charm, i guess. >> reporter: by the time rescue crews arrived the house was consumed by flames but they had rescued their neighbor.

it would have been been a disaster. >> i was lucky i was there. right place right time. >> we got him out. we all chipped in and was able to save him. >> reporter: now, as for his condition we're told he was conscious even talking as he left this scene in the back of an ambulance. the cause is still under investigation. a busy supermarket parking lot turns into a crash scene the night before thanksgiving. police s up her car when she hit an employee who was pushing shopping carts and 6 other cars. that worker and the driver were both taken to the hospital for evaluation. but thankfully the injuries are not serious. >> he got hit by her vehicle and dragged for some period, i don't know how long he didn't really say but was conscious and alert, complained of a little pain but nothing, no visible broken bones or anything. >> emergency crews on scene say

so far police have not said whether she'll face charges. this morning we're hearing from the wife of a man badly burned while putting up his holiday display. this happened in new hampshire. it sent about 20,000 volts surging through the man's body. >> an explosion and looked out and saw a cloud of smoke and you could smell that, you know that burning afterwards smell. laying flat then his eyes started rolling back in his head and i kept saying stay with me william, stay with him. >> he was trying to hang christmas lights using a metal pole when he hit a power line. decrease tell us they're monitoring him for internal injuries. crews working late into the night to get everything ready for today's macy's thanksgiving day parade. 3 million people are expected to line the streets of manhattan today

now police are working overtime to make sure everyone stays safe. >> reporter: members of new york's finest began taking position overnight gearing up to protect millions of spectators expected at the thanksgiving day parade. >> nypd is going to mount an even stronger operation this year. >> reporter: new york city mayor detailed many of the unprecedented security plans last night. dozens of sanitation trucks time in the parade's 90-year history and officers on the ground using radiation detectors, bomb sniffing dogs and other devices. >> all of our police officers are going to have a smart phone and if there's any issues on the route we'll be able to connect with the incident command post quickly and deal with any issue. >> reporter: the heavy police presence did not detour

night from seeing the balloons. >> see the excitement in her eyes and watch, you know, thanksgiving kick off and the holiday season was a big joy. >> reporter: lisa and her daughter stayed focused on the meaning of the holiday. >> we have so much to be thankful for that we're very lucky to be here, live in america the best city in the world. >> reporter: while there's to credible threat officials are urging americans to stay vigilant in public places. >> you can watch the parade right here this morning at 9:00. president elect donald trump releasing a thanksgiving message calling for unity across the country. >> it's my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by

>> mr. trump added with the political campaign over it's time for a great national campaign to rebuild our country. the president elect is spending the thanksgiving holiday at his estate in palm beach florida. and president obama and the first family served thanksgiving meals to retired members of the military in washington last night. they're about 400 veterans at the armed forces retirement home and the president thanked the men and women for their service. flue the coupe, they had a turkey pardon. his daughters skipped the ceremony instead he was joined by his nephews. the president says it's been a running family joke that the girls can't handle his cornycopia. >> they're thankful that this is my final presidential turkey pardon what i haven't told them yet is that we're going to do

no cameras just us, every year. no way i'm cutting this habit cold turkey. . >> all right. this year's official turkey is named tot his partner tator was also pardoned. both will live out their days being cared for by veterinarians at virginia tech. >> they're cute actually. . >> all right. before the turkey comes the football. >> t honor a fallen state trooper, thomas clardy will be remembered when his hometown team plays at 10 a.m. his family will be there to do the ceremonial coin toss. these are the details. the hudson football team will be wearing on their helmets, the massachusetts state police logo.

always made sure to get the day off to spent with his family. . >> a really nice way to honor him. coming up another game honoring 2 boston police officers. >> police teaming up with the bruins plus the former patriot joining in on the special night, plus how you could end up paying more shopping online this holiday just because of where you live. >> and continue to follow breaking news this morning a deadly wrong way crash on 495 south in plainville, another was killed, another tak hospital. part of the highway is shut down right now as police

. there is a secret you might start your online shopping. >> where you live could affect the price you pay. >> we have to circle all the cs. >> busy with 3 kids amy plans to do all of our holiday shopping online. >> going to the store with 3 kids is a nightmare. it never happens and i don't have time. so online is the only thing that i do ever. >> what this mom doesn't know the price she sees isn't always what everyone else sees. we did an experiment with producers at our stations across the country

>> everybody deserves the right price or the same price. >> that's not always what we found. we priced this 7-foot christmas treason homedepot.com. the price in dallas was $300 but here in boston it was $438. the type of device you use can also make a difference. we look up a night at a hotel, the price on a laptop was $132 but19 saw a price of 132, 4 were quoted 119. >> a lot of people believe that price discrimination is illegal and that's not true. >> a survey was done back in 2014 testing 16 online retailers and travel sites and found on 9 of the sites customers saw different results. wilson says when you log onto a website company's can see your search

computer you use and the location where you're logged on from all which could be used to personalize a price. >> i would not be surprised at all if companies were experimenting with strategy this is holiday season. >> what can you do to get the best deal? always check the prices on both your desk top and your mobile phone. you can also try to hide who and where you are by using a private network or vpn. there are some you can download for free. better ones will cost you $20 >> amy says she may ask for help researching prices for gifts this year. >> my sister lives in california so maybe they'll have better rates out there. . >> anything to make that holiday budget go just a little further. . >> that's just not fair. >> no, it's not fair. all right. all eyes on the weather this morning. >> we all need to know what

most of the day, right is. >> yeah, but i'm changing out of this dress and you're probably changing out of that suit. >> i don't know we've got to be back here. >> i want to give turkey trivia. some stuff to talk about around the table today. thanksgiving extremes, okay. the warmest back in 1941 with 71 degrees in boston, nowhere near that warm today. the coldest was 11 degrees back in 1973, and the most snow nothing like in 1989, do you remember that, 4.4 inches of snow on thanksgiving day. so compared to those extremes we're pretty quiet. it is a chilly start as you step outside the door this morning. up early going to a turkey trot, look at that 31 in plymouth, lower 40s for the outer cape.

be on the chilly side and i can't rule out a flurry or 2 but no impact there. temperatures in the mid-30s by the time we guessed to mid to late morning. skies mainly cloudy right now too. a couple of flurries in southwest new hampshire. notice there's not a ton of moisture though. most of it is lifting off to our north and west. what i'm watching for this evening see these rain showers they're going to be filling in, but for most of us doesn't arrive until late in the day. not a lot of flurry activity showing up, maybe a dusting. through the afternoon staying dry. temperatures climb into the upper 30s and low 40s and towards the evening you notice some pockets of snow do break out north and far western new hampshire too. for the rest of us plain old rain showers but it will be damp overnight tonight pockets rain, drizzle, a damp day for black friday too. this is 10 a.m.

areas of light rain for the most part will continue periodically through the day tomorrow especially the closer you get to the coastline. so high temperatures today into the lower 40s we go although well north and west of boston you know we'll be stuck in the upper 30s today nonetheless above the freezing mark. tonight there will be showers, a little bit of patchy fog 32 to 39 in so the coldest reading goes right around freezing generally well north and west of boston. that is my only kind of concern for early tomorrow morning would be for a few isolated slick spots that may result far northern worcester county and then back up through western new england. most of us went have any issues in terms of icing or slick spots for tomorrow morning. and highs do go 45 to 50 for our black friday. that's pretty normal for this time of the year.

too although saturday there may be a shower or 2 around. sunday could be a flurry more sunshine temperatures in the mid-40s, bright and cool to start next week and the next storm approaches there may be a couple of showers late on tuesday and some wet weather for the middle part of the week. . >> all right. thank you very much. a live look out there at zakim bridge right now and it appears that there are a few people trying to make it to dinner early this morning. no major problems out there on the mass pikehe a show of support for 2 officers shot in the line of duty. boston police teaming up with bruins alumni. >> a former patriot hit the ice too. . >> reporter: everyone in the east boston hockey rink knew this game was important. the boston bruins alumni and the boston police stood ready

east boston precincts barely survived a shoot out with a suspect who ambushed them in mid-october. the suspect was killed. >> i can't wait to see them. >> morris with a sling on his arm. centollo got out of the hospital this week. almost everyone year knows one or both men former new england patriot wiggins grew up in east boston with the richie you want to just go out there and help out in any way. >> supporting all the men and women in blue was top of mind. >> as a police officer that's something that every day that you go to work you never know this could be the last day. >> the mayor has known morris for a long time. >> you know they weren't smiling and tonight they're smiling.

many people care. >> i think the whole city [audio difficulty] . >> the hockey game and raffle here raised money for the families. still ahead steven colbert dishing out advice for the butter ball turkey hot line. >> plus a new way to talk turkey this year through text message. we're going to give it a try coming up. >>ur

breaking overnight a deadly wrong way crash on 495 in plainville. a driver going the wrong way on 495 south slammed into another vehicle. state police just telling us that wrong way driver was killed, the other driver was taken to rhode island hospital. at least 2 lanes are shut down right now as police investigate. officials in toys saying the police chief there did not resign in a heated town council meeting. the chief removed his badge and hat placed them on the table and left the room on tuesday after refusing to give information about an ongoing investigation within the department. there have been accusations of unlawful background checks on private civilians, town leaders told wbz after more clarification the chief did not resign and has been ordered to cooperate.

you know what you're doing. this demonstration was set up to show you why it does not recommend gas fueled fryers. thanksgiving has more home cooking fires than any other day all day long. stay in the kitchen the whole time there is food on the stove top and never leave a prior unattended. the turkey might be the star today something else. according to google trends wine store is the most searched food and drink topic in massachusetts today. now, to be fair, it's also the most searched term in connecticut and rhode island and to the north in new hampshire they're just looking for liquor stores. hey they're hard to find on the holidays here. >> that they are. up next the patriots lending a hand for the holidays. >> why the craft for kids is

well, a big hand for the patriots who want to help your kids have fun this thanksgiving. players like tom brady, rob gronkowski and dan me amendola traced their hands. fans can download the sketches and turn them into turkeys. . >> yeah, but one player is raising some eyebrows. if you

a weird shaped pinky right there on the left side of your screen. those are apparently really his fingers. >> so he's like how does he catch any balls if his fingers look like this? >> no idea. it looks like he cracks his knuckles too. all right your top stories weather and traffic are all evaluate ahead here. >> the news at 5 starts right now. breaking news right now at 5:00 one person killed in a wrong way cra new details just coming in. >> neighbors race to rescue an elderly man trapped inside his burning home, how they were finally able to get him out. >> and gearing up for the thanksgiving day parade the last minute preparations overnight and the concerns this morning about a potential threat. . >> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. . >> good morning. thanks so much