here. so as we go through the morning into thanksgiving morning, i expect just cloudy skies, it won't be anywhere near as cold as it was this morning and the best chance of any kind of showers would be late morning and early afternoon and that will keep the temperatures down a little bit. i certainly don't expect widespread rain, not heavy rain, just widespread showers. in the afternoon, i expect the clouds to hang around and into the evening as temperatures hold steady compared to what we would normally get if we had clear skies. we'll go into black friday and the rest of the holiday weekend in a few minutes. mitch, where are you right now and how are those roads? >> reporter: we are over 95, you can see the southbound slowdown, this is just south of the airport at philadelphia international. the southbound lanes are backed

up all the way to -- so if you have headed northbound into the airport or north into the city, you are looking like you're in good shape. we're going to head to 95 and 476 next, which is likely the culprit for some of this traffic. we'll send it back to you in the studio and talk to you soon. >> all right, mitch, lots of company out there. and it's been a busy day at philadelphia international. on the left we have a live look at the airport, and on the right is thousands of people coming and going. 700,000 people are expected to fly in and out of phl today. some travelers said they expected it to be a lot busier. >> reporter: what were you expecting when you came here? >> a mess. and it looks pretty good so far. we left work an hour early.

i guess we didn't really have to. >> well that's good news, earlier today, the airport tweeted that there were no major issues, but it is reminding you to check your flight status. new jersey state police will have more than 140 additional troopsers on the roads state wide. they're looking for speeders, distracted drivers and those under the influence, police wafwant to avoid a repeat of last thanksgiving when 17 people were killed in 10 separate crashes. >> everyone should be safe this holiday weekend, we don't want any casualties that don't have to happen. >> coming up on nbc10 news at 5:00, ted greenberg shows us why they police are focusing on a popular jersey shore destination.

the thanksgiving travel rush is on, taking a live look at i-95 in wilmington right now, moving right along, no obvious delays. tim furlong is live in newcastle county. >> a lot of people have a very confused look on their face when they see all this traffic here on 95 north. i can explain to them, there's a choke a few miles north. i wish i could tell everyone, this is a good time to use the bathroom or get something to eat, this isn't going to get better any time soon. >> i am actually staying home and cooking. >> reporter: good idea, many people would rather cook than this. headed towards the always clogged spot where drivers cut

over to the delaware memorial bridge to get over to new jersey. it hasn't been a picnic. probably should have left earlier than that to get to north carolina on this very busy travel day. >> it was terrible in new york city, the bronx was just horrible. it took us an hour to get through there. >> if you haven't left for your turkey time road trip, good luck with that. if you could skip work or cut out early, hopefully you're comfortably at your destination. >> i am late leaving because i know i'm still not offices are closed. the highways are going to be clogged. to i decided to leave early and so far it's pretty good. >> reporter: not so good anymore. delaware state police seeing a lot of congestion.

h. we're actually going to get on and go south, the southbound lanes are really cooking at this point, we'll get off at the university of delaware. i wouldn't advise anybody to go 95 south of the split. >> thanks for the advice, tim. the last-minute shopping rush had stores packed today right in east falls. you can see the store was stocked up on everything including pumpkin pies. many grocery stores will either be closed tomorrow or closing their doors early. here's a live look at shoppers making their way in and out of the giant supermarket. andrea klein-thochmas is live inside the store. many people are using the one stop shopping to get groceries

and now your alcohol in the same place. >> reporter: take a look at our cart here, we have got the turkey, we have got the apple pie, rolls, can't forget the cranberry sauce. in this store, you've been able to buy beer here, but wine has only been on the shelves for the last two weeks. shoppers are headed to grocery stores to get the forgotten items on their list. >> you get things done and you never check your list and you come back for those small lip things. >> just a few vegetables and some potatoes and of course some wine. >> reporter: customers can now also buy wine at some pennsylvania grocery stores, thanks to a span of permits that now allow the sale of wine that was first allowed in august. >> i need some fruity alcohol type of lady drink.

>> reporter: to the pennsylvania liquor control board more than a quarter of stores across the state are selling wine for thanksgiving. this location in habertown just got its shipment a few weeks ago. >> i hlast year i had to make aw stops, but now i just come here. >> reporter: that was the goal to bring in more money for the state. now shoppers can spend time on the main course. >> i don't want to go out for thanksgiving, i just want to stay home and cook and help get the job done. have a nice time. >> reporter: all right so here's one of the restrictions, you have to buy your alcohol and your regular groceries separately, but i spoke to the manager and they tell me they are going great business. a warning now for anyone plans to hit the roads today,

the day before thanksgiving has become known as blackout wednesday, that's because sifity advocates say more drunk drivers are out. experts say there are several reasons for that increase. >> there are people traveling for the holidays, the fact that they're traveling in a come pressed period of time and college kids are how many from school. >> more than 400 people die in crashes each year over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. >> we have you covered over the next 2 1/2 hours as you get on the road and get to your holiday destination. make sure you have that nbc10 news app. turning to the trance six to

trump, donald trump is heading to florida to spend the holiday. this isn't the first time a president-elect has used palm beach as his vacation refuge. a week after meeting with president-elect trump, south carolina governor nikki haley has accepted his offer to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she's the first minority member chose on by donald trump so father. and the president-elect has selected betty devos as the director of education. ben carson posted on facebook today that an announcement is expected soon on his role in the trump administration. the president-elect apparently has offered carson the position of secretary of housing and urban development. vice president-elect mike pence

and his wife served thanksgiving dirves. >> the investigation has reve revealed pence's plane one of the young victim's brother was walking home from school when she was hit. she joins us live from overkbrook. >> family, friends, relatives are now walking. they're showing posters like

this, calling for justice as they march with a message. >> we know someone in the community saw something. somebody saw something. >> iesha hopes that people marching on this thanksgiving eve will share what they know about the hit-and-run accident. family and friends and police from the 19th district have been extremely generous. but the pain of losing her child is unbearable. >> the honor roll second greater was hit while walking with her siblings home from school yesterday. the drive sped up. >> i want to know why you smiled at me. he had a weird smile when he looked at me.

>> after he hit you? >> he turned his head and looked at me weird. >> now this family is seeking healing and closure. >> we're trying to pull things together and trying to keep our kids strong. and i just need this guy to turn himself in, i mean please turn yourself in. >> reporter: as you can see the march has gotten under wie, superintendent hite is here, along with her principal and her teachers. to erin coleman in our breaking news center now. >> dry conditions prompting the philadelphia water department to take action? >> is water department calling on the people of philadelphia to conserve water, the philadelphia water department has a number of

conservation measures it's encouraging people to practice, running water only when needed, taking shorter showers, using water saying appliances and fixing leaky faucets and running toilets, it's also urging people to obtain a rain barrel to water your lawn. new details about former pennsylvania attorney general kathle kathleen kane. she's planning to appeal her conviction and jail sen techbs. it's not clear what claims she's making for the appeal. prosecutors say she leaked secret investigative files to embarrass a rival prosecutor. she has received 20 dies in jail but will remain free while her appeal is being heard. more than a dozen business and community leader also take

part in the effort. they also plan to address the problem of chronic state homelessness. the group will begin work next month to have a plan in place by march of next year. there are several new developments in the school bus crash that killed five children in tennessee. federal investigators announced today the bus did not have a black box. that device could have pinpointed exactly how fast the bus was going when it crashed monday in chattanooga. police say the driver anthony walker was going above the speed limit and the bus hit a tree. nbc10 has obtained records that show he was in a minor crash in september. a woman whose daughter was killed in tuesday's crash says she's complained about walker in the past. >> i have been calling and

complaining about this bus route since august. i done called the board of education, i done called the school. >> nbc news reached out to both the board and the school but hasn't heard back. so just how safe is your child's school bus. still ahead on nbc10 muse at 4:00, we're going to take a closer look at why most children haven't buckled in the on the bus. police say that seat belts will make school busses safer, why aren't they installed? a court blocks president obama's rule change that calls for employers to race the cut off pay from $47,000 to 25,000 dlr. it's beginning to look a little like christmas in

harrisberg. >> the tree was grown by a tree far in carbon county, there's still a lot of work to do, lights put on and ornaments hung. i here pardon you from the thanksgiving table. >> this year's presidential pardon goes to two turkeys named tate er and tot. they get to avoid the dinner plate this thanksgiving. tater and tot will now head south and retire to a place called gobblers cove. >> on this thanksgiving, i want to express my seven sere gratitude to the american people for the trust you've shown me over the years arveds the incredible kindness. >> george h.w. bush was the

first to pardon a turkey. retailers are getting ready for the post holiday shopping rush, some malls won't be waiting for the black friday crowds. among those the places opening at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. the king of prussia mall, the philadelphia mall in the northeast, the christiana mall in newark, delaware, and the cherry hill mall and the mall in blackwood, new jersey. people are already lining up to cash in on those post holiday deals. the store's doors don't open until 5:00 tomorrow night. and it wasn't clear if anyone was in there when we stopped by at 8:00 a.m., but if they were, that means they would end up waiting well over 30 hours outside the k orkohl's. shoppers should pack their

patience and their umbrellas tomorrow. >> we're mostly just going to be dealing with cloud cover, most if not all of the holiday weekend is going to be dry, we're seeing a lot of sunshine today, some clouds in the western sky that you can see now, those are really, really high clouds not capable of producing any rain. we're up in the 50s, 40s in some spots. 47 in clipstown, 46 in co allentown. the headlines, we're mostly just going to have clouds thursday and friday, not much of a chance of significant rain at all. it's mainly dry for black friday too. and milder. and saturday and sunday, sunny and windy. so overall, that's pretty nice weekend. here comes the clouds, and it

looks a little threatening out there, but as i showed you, just a little while ago, this whole area is up in the clouds. it's not reaching the ground. that stuff is reaching the ground, that stuff is pretty far away. we'll see how that gets timed out. 6:30 in the morning, no precipitation in our area, we have a little bit of rain in maryland and many of the computer models are doing this, breaking that whole system up and just some patchy little light showers coming through, maybe a few snowflakes in the poconos, but that's about it. and later on during the day, mostly just dry, with clouds cover, so it might look like it's going to rangin, but there just not enough moisture in the atmosphere. going into friday and into saturday, still dry, maybe some flurries on saturday in the poconos. so here's my forecast for

thanksgiving morning, just cloudy. not as cold as this morning, it was in the 20s in parts of the area. late morning, it's early afternoon, that's the best chance of getting maybe a light shower. and then later on, still cloudy, temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees, black friday, most likely dry, a lot of clouds around, maybe some peeks of sunshine. starting off in the lehigh valley, then in the afternoon and evening, temperatures holding steady because of all that cloud cover, so tonight, we're not dropping all that low, and you can see in our neighborhood weather, you see lots of clouds here, but you don't see much if any rain, more on the rest of weekend coming up. we know millions of people are out on the roads getting to their thanksgiving tedestinatio. >> francesca ruso keeping an eye

on the trouble spots. >> once again patience will be tested today. we're traffic over in center city, at vine street at broad street, it is a major crawl both on the eastbound and westbound side. westbound traffic on the vine will be crawling in the teens and single digits. so year going to be watching the majors in the next few minutes. >> and a viewer tells nbc10 he paid big bucks for a company to install a fence. >> the problem popped up and he couldn't nail down a fix. still ahead on nbc10 news at 4:00, we'll tell you how harry hairston and the nbc10 responds team stepped in of two years of frustration. plus a devastating fire forced a family bakery to close its doors two years ago, how they're doing on this holiday. and the closing bell on wall street, for this thanksgiving holiday, a mixed day.

a springfield graduate came up with the idea last year to come up with a turkey fund that provides help for needy families in the area. we're talking thanksgiving football, yep, nbc10, the only place where you can find tomorrow night's gairme, watch e steelers take on the colts.

>> and don't forget nbc10 is your official eagles station. at 9:30 a.m., we'll look at the career at jeremiah trotter. weather you're running those last-minute errands or hitting the road for a dry to the relatives' house. >> taking a live look from sky force 10 at the blue route and i-95, yeah, kind of slow. that's what we expect on this day before thanksgiving. >> we're going to have some cloudy conditions and could run into a little bit of rain. i'm tracking that chance for tomorrow and any later on during the weekend with your first alert neighborhood weather. plus a home owner paid a major retailer thousands of dollars to repair a fence, but problems with that fence continued for years.

how harry hairston and the nbc10 responds them got them the fix they needed and safed them thousands of dollars.

now to nbc10 responds, the home owner pays lowe's $1,000 to build a fence. >> he said they completed the work within days, but problems with that fence continued for two years. harry hairston is here with what happened. >> can you imagine? two years? i just couldn't believe it when i heard it. this man tells me that his frustration skyrocketed when lowe's sent the same people out to repair the fence time after time after time. cracked cement.

and problems with his fence gate. and anthony bill is concerned about safety. he moved into this upper shy chester town two years a ago. >> i have small grandchildren and smaller kids that i wanted them to be safe when they came out, that they couldn't access the pool area. >> anthony noticed the problem right away and called lowes to get the problem fixed. he says lowe's sent the same workers out six different times but after two years, the fence still was not repaired. he considered spending another $15,000 to hire another company to redo the fence. but changed his mind after watching nbc10. >> i said let me contact harry.

>> we contacted lowe's, the company told us it would review the issue and contact its customer. just a couple of days after we contacted lowe's, it contacted billups. >> the man from lowe's came out and took pictures. >> and less than a month later, lowe's sent out another subcontractor to make the repairs. bi billups said he's glad he called nbc10 responds before spending anymore more money. >> here's the take away for you, although you may pay a company such as lowe's to do a job, they employ subcontractors. befo check out the subcontractor's

record and lchbsing. that puts us just over the $200,000 at $200,988. >> wow, it is climbing. over $200,000. >> especially when you have guys that say hey, i spent 15,000, thanks for helping me out. >> if you have a consumer complaint for nbc10 responds. we want to hear from you. the best way to reach you are coming up on your screen. >> harry shows us how to protect our identity as we go after those black friday deals. some last minute thanksgiving prep in south philadelphia, nbc10 was at the italian market where plenty of people were enjoying the late familiar weather today. big changes are coming tomorrow if you're waiting the hit the road then. nbc10 first alert radar is tracking rain moving in from the midwest. glenn, just how wet is it going

to be tomorrow? >> i don't think it's going to be that wet. in fact that system that you're seeing is going to be weakening as it comes in. we could see a few showers around, but the day as a whole is not going to be that wet at all. we have had sunny skies all day in philadelphia. the clouds starting to move into the western sky, it's 50 degrees, still a lot of sunshine across the rest of the area as the sun is just about to set. as you can see the moisture is starting to approach, but a lot of this year up near west where washington, very, very dry there. but back here in the lehigh valley, that's where we're seeing the significant rain and that is what we're going to be tracking as we go into the dare twoirm. tomorrow. so i do expect it to be cloudy when you wake up, i don't expect it to be anywhere near as cold as it was this morning and we will have a shower or two during

the early morning or afternoon hours. later on during the day, any showers should be moving out and we're just left with cloudy skies. we'll see if that is the case for friday and the rest of the weekend in a few minutes. >> nbc10 keeping an eye on the thanksgiving travel rush for you. let's take a live look at the schuylkill express way, near the belmont avenue exit. that is a lot of brake lights right there. mitch blacher giving us a bird's-eye view from sky force 10. >> reporter: we're over the blu route and 95, and 95 south still a major problem. we showed you about a half hour ago that it was backed up all the way to the airport. this is the etched of that backup, at the blue route and 95 south. it's starting to affect the traffic merging on to the blue route. as far as the northbound lanes, it looks like it's congested

south of the blue route, but as you get past the blue route, out towards the airport, it opens up. thanksgiving is extra special this year for a north philadelphia bakery. >> it is the first holiday they are open since a devastating fire and business was booming at denise's delicacies on north 22 and street. people were lined up this afternoon to pick up their sweet treats. the bakery reopened back in may. it had been closed since the fire back in march of 2015, took the owners more than a year to fix it up, saying it was a complete loss. no one was hurt in the fire, fortunately. the cause still unknown tied, the bakery originally opened 24 years ago. the flyers were in a giving mood today. they prepped the kitchen, set tables and even started cooking

some food. so just how safe is your child's school bus. the feds say seat belts would make school busses safer, but only sick states require them. nbc10 goes to the source to find out why they aren't required and what it would take to get them insta installed.

al. being a confident dad may help behavior problems of preteens. fathers who felt -- the study tracked thousands of kids since birth. watching the olympics of course is inspiring, but a study shows it also gets kids moving. a london survey taken before and after the games in 2012.

more than half say the olympics did inspire them to try new activities. it's a holiday transition from new york city. whether they watch in the city or from the couch at home. this is a fun thing to do too before the day before the parade. balloons come to life down there on the streets of new york city. yeah, no problem with the wind for those balloons, that's a good, good feeling, there's a good reason to watch. we do have some pretty nice weather, but it's not perfect. i'm tracking the changing conditions, plus what you can expect for the rest of the holiday weekend. (my hero zero by lemonheads)

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. the thanksgiving travel rush is on, taking live look at i-95 in south philadelphia. take a look at all those brake lights. many of those people making it to the airport or their final destinations or maybe just to the grocery store to get those last minute items. five children were killed in a school bus crash. none was wearing a seat belt because the bus didn't have any. in fact most busses don't. and the crash in tennessee is reviving the discussion of whether school busses should have seat belts. only six states require seat belts on school busses. tennessee isn't one of them. neitherer is pennsylvania or delaware, but new jersey is one of the issues. price is one of the issues. federal officials have estimated the price of up to $7,000 to

$10,000 per shoulder belt on busses. until recently federal regulators didn't push the idea, but that changed a year ago, when they called for seat belts on newly purchased busses. >> would safety belts make them even safer? absolutely. >> reporter: why not mandate that right now. >> there's no question that the safety belts would help, but the issue is beyond just that, how do we make student transportation safer. >> with all due respect, what do you say to the parentses who are putting their kids on busses today, they don't want to wait. >> and right now putting them on that big yellow school bus is still the safest way to get to school. >> seven states considered seat belts on school busses this year but none enacted it. the macy's thanksgiving day parade balloons are being

inflated right now. they include some of the most famous characters such as charlie brown that you just saw and hello kitty, the balloons will fly through the streets tomorrow for millions to see. it will take workers until 7:00 tonight to inflate all those balloons. you don't need to leave the warmth of your home to see them. see the macy's thanksgiving day parade right here on nbc10. and another thanksgiving day tradition takes place on nbc10, who will be the best in show at the national dog show that starts tomorrow at noon. >> isn't a golden retriever, the favorite? tomorrow's weather might make you want to curl up on the couch and keep it right here on nbc10. >> there is a chance for rain for turkey day.

nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz has the forecast. >> you see the clouds coming in from the west, and that's just the beginning of the changes, we're not going to be seeing a sunny repeat of today tomorrow. we have got temperatures in the upper 40s in most of the area, and in delaware, we have some places still 50, but others starting to cool down. odessa is 50 degrees, farther to the south, redding is at 50, milton 45, rehoboth beach at 45 degrees. you can see, dry weather in the east, and some of this moisture coming in from the west. now most of this is not reaching the ground, the low levels of the atmosphere are very dry, that's what's moving to the northeast. the steadier stuff is moving to the northeast too. but that's going up toward new york state. so we're going to have to wait until some of this stuff

approaches. and a lot of kbcomputer models e suggesting that will weaken as it does approach. here we go through the night tonight and into tomorrow morning, no significant precipitation, we do expect clouds to come in by the morning, by the late morning, early afternoon, patchy areas and generally light showers possible as we go into the afternoon. so most of the day, if not all of the day is dry, if it does rain, it's not going to be light and not too long lasting. and then, we have more cloud cover for friday. but most of the computer models now are not really showing much of anything for friday, just the cloud cover and maybe even some breaks in the clouds later in the day to allow the temperature to go up a little bit more tomorrow. then on saturday, we gets lots of sunshine, sunday we get lots of sunshine as well. here's the forecast for tomorrow, starts off cloudy, ends cloudy, and not too cool

considering all those clouds. the p.a. suburbs could see a shower in the late afternoon. and the lehigh valley, but again, most of the day is not raining. then we're going to be seeing black friday as another day with just pretty much cloud cover, temperatures a little bit above average or below average for this time of the year. for the rest of the weekend, we're talking about a windy day on sunday, not as windy as last sunday, but windier than saturday, gusties up to 20 miles an hour. i expect it to be dry both saturday and sunday. and for the eagles on monday night too. there's the sunshine on sunday, there's monday's weather, look how warm it gets tuesday and wednesday. that's when we get some significant rain then. well, many of us cook food for our families for thanksgiving. >> but others cook meals for those they don't even know, people that need it the most

this time of year. nbc10's rosemary connor speaks to dozens of volunteers that are giving back to give thanks this holiday.

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. giving back to give thanks, hundreds of volunteers are spending their holiday packing up and distributing meals to those who need it most. >> rosemary connor has the story. heading home with a bag of food and a turkey made the visit to the -- >> i don't get paid until the first of the month, i live

alone. >> tyrone says every little bit helps especially on this holiday. >> i'm than iningfukful for bei. >> it's become a family affair. their twin sons are also eager to lend a hand. every thanksgiving to jenkins and dozens of volunteers set up a makeshift market here for those in need. >> they can come in and pick up a turkey, cranberry sauce and all the fixings and tomorrow they'll have a great meal with their family. >> showing gratitude by giving is good not just today, but every day. >> my two children are here running around and my wife and all the folks that serve with us on a daily basis.

>> what a beautiful thing to do. >> a lot to be thankful for. here are keith jones and erin coleman. >> we're on the final count to thanksgiving. >> if you're getting stressed out, imagine being this woman. >> those are the things on my list that my husband forgot yesterday, just a few little odds and ends like the turkey. >> she's not the only last-minute shopper. see how the grocery stores are working 24/7 to make sure you have the perfect thanksgiving. and keeping the roads safe for holiday travel, and why this year police are pfocusing on a popular jersey shore destination.

right now at 5:00, people are trying to rush home for the thanksgiving holiday. people are cooperating, this is the slow speed on i-95 in delaware today. take a live look out on 95. this is in south philly right now. traffic there also moving pretty slowly. >> a lot of taillights out there. look at the grocery shores, last-minute shoppers are trying to get the perfect necessities. let's get the latest on your holiday thanksgiving forecast. >> the weather is great right

now locally, so if you're traveling currently, we have dry conditions, but we are watching one weather system, it's back off to our west, you see the snow to the west, the rain to the south, we expect some rain showers, we expect them very early morning, mostly before sun rise. there is a slight chance through the lehigh valley and poconos, that we could see some light freezing rain, again, that's a very small chance, so we do have to mention that for you. there are some showers showing up on our radar south and west. but in the meantime, temperatures are still well above freezing, so we do not expect anything like that any time soon. 32 degrees is the only spot in mt. pocono where we're seeing freezing, 46 philadelphia, 41 coatesville, 41 degrees in allentown. so we will be watching the precip closely. for tomorrow morning, thanksgiving morning, pennsylvan