we begin with aundrea cline-thomas in king of prussia. >> reporter: as people decided to hop in their cars along the turnpike, many drivers out here now but there is no traffic. everything is moving smoothly. if you instead opted to park your car and hop on amtrak, you may have had to wait a little bit longer. >> northbound, rail service. >> reporter: one of the busiest days of the year at the 30th street station. >> reporter: where is everyone going? >> williamsburg, virginia. >> reporter: amtrak added more trains and seats to accommodate the thanksgiving crowds. >> it's very busy. they said our train will be packed for, like, jam-packed. >> reporter: by late morning some of the trains were already delayed. sean overbeck and his family made sure to come early. >> we were just here a little early. it was so crowded, we didn't want to miss it. >> reporter: amtrak transported

750,000 passengers during the holiday weekend last year. this year is not expected to be different. with more people, also comes added security. >> we work closely with state, federal and local law enforcement. our canines will be out and about making sure our stations, platforms and trains are safe. >> reporter: just wait until sunday when everyone returns home. so we're covering planes, trains and automobiles. as it pertains to the holiday rush. we can check trains off your list. coming up at 5:00 we'll bring you some of the reunions happening at the airport. reporting live from king of prussia. aundrea cline-thomas, nbc10 news. >> slow traffic behind you. sky force 10 is keeping an eye on the roads from above. >> mitch is over the mid county tolls. >> reporter: you're looking at the pennsylvania turnpike. you can see the eastbound lanes

pretty slow as we pan out. you see why from the mid-county toll. the merge is slowing traffic. the traffic coming north off of 476, it's a little bit backed up. not too bad at this point. aaa predicts that drivers will experience the greatest congestion right now, all because of the early evening commuters as well as the mix of holiday travelers. in all, aaa projects that more than 600,000 people from just a five-county philadelphia region will be traveling more than 50 miles away from home. we'll keep an eye on the traffic. we'll talk to you later in the show. >> see you then. we know how important the weather forecast is for you when you travel. calm conditions right now as we have a live look at allentown from the camera at the ppl center. cooler start in university city. near 30th and chestnut streets people made their way around this morning. a big change for the holiday, a

drop in temperatures. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us now with your most accurate forecast. how big of a drop, glenn? >> by tomorrow morning it will feel like the 20s across much of the area. we were well into the 50s today. we still have clouds around the area, but the rain, that is long gone. and we don't have any more rain headed this way for quite a while. the temperature has dropped a good bit just in the last few hours. it was 55 in philadelphia two hours ago. now it's 48. down to 43 in allentown. these numbers will continue to drop as we go through the evening. by 11:00 we're in the 30s. even in philadelphia, with a little bit of wind, by 7:00 a.m. it's 30. below freezing in the suburbs at 11:00, and into the mid 20s at 7:00 a.m., a little wind making it feel like it's closer to 20. so we are starting the day off tomorrow at a very cold level.

going through the afternoon, we've got lots of sunshine. diminishing winds, so it won't feel quite as cold obviously as in the morning. tell you more about the warmup that's coming after thanksgiving and how long that's going to last coming up. >> all right, glenn. shoppers were out early this morning in roxborough despite rain coming down. >> if you're staying home to cook this thanksgiving, odds are there are last-minute things to pick up before the company arrives. tim furlong and fighting the crowds at acme at prices corner. >> reporter: the crowds haven't been too bad the past hour or so but i think as work lets we will there will be a bigger rush. this lady buying the turkey. that was a nice one. i have been mr. grocery store today. i went to a store up the road where they are actually helping customers cook their turkeys as well. in greenville at janssen's market, busy, busy, busy. they have been slamming for the

last couple of days as folks come in for holiday birds, cakes and pies and everything else they'll need on the table and the stuff they forgot on their last trip. >> sweet potatoes. >> rolls. >> this is the busiest time of the year. >> reporter: in the kitchen they're seasoning the turkeys and chopping the veggies. many people let the chefs here cater their holiday. they have cases of sides ready to go but the cooks here doing it are looking forward to going home tomorrow. >> i'm looking forward to sleeping. my first day off in about 13 days. >> reporter: less time cooking will hopefully mean more time spent relaxing and catching up. >> it's a great time of year. this is one of the few times anymore that families have sit-down dinners. >> reporter: you know, if you look at the lines at the acme. many people are just buying one or two things. those are the i forgot something folks. what most people seem to be forgetting, we'll hear about

that coming up at 5:00. mom, if you're watching and doing the cooking, if you forgot anything, text me. you know where to find me. i'll pick it up while i'm here. don't make me go back out. nbc10 news. >> she knows where to find you, tim. >> that's the way to do it. >> did you forget any items on your holiday menu? tap the nbc10 app to find a list of stores open in your neighborhood on thanksgiving. jood our president is a bully. our president is a punk. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues. mayor kenney throwing verbal punches at president trump, sounding off today saying the president is the reason for division and anger in our country. >> keith jones is live in the breaking news center with more on the mayor's words today. >> it's no secret the mayor and the president won't be invited to each other's thanksgiving dinner. today the mayor came out with pretty sharp words with the president, and his handling of immigrants in the country.

>> this country used to be a country of compassion and empathy. it's now a country of anger and divisiveness. donald trump is the reason why we've gotten where we are. it's ter tirible and disgusting. i don't know where he was raised but his family didn't do a good job raising that guy, tell you the truth. i just can't express any more deeply my disappointment with where our country is headed. and where we've been. it's only been a year. >> the mayor spoke at an immigration event this morning. the president is at home in mar-a-lago. we reached out to him for his response to the mayor's comments. live in the breaking news center, keith jones. nbc10 news. today investigators were back at the scene of a chester county senior living facility looking for the last human remains in the rubble. family members of residents who survived say they are grateful to have their loved ones home for holiday. >> when you hear that four people -- two people at least,

didn't make it, it's -- it's saddening. >> investigators found the remains of two people yesterday. nbc10's stephen fischer spoke with family affected by the tragedy. >> reporter: construction equipment is used to sift through damage from a five-alarm fire that ripped through a large portion of the barclay friends nation nursing home. >> very surprised. i saw pictures but they bear no resemblance to reality. >> reporter: for some a shock, others, a painful reminder. >> my heart really goes out to the families who lost people who meant the world to them. irreplaceable. it chokes me up to think about it. >> reporter: tom had a hard time finding words but told us his mother was a resident at barclay friends and was rescued. they wonder what could have been. >> my mother-in-law used to be

in the worst-burnt room here. she was moved a few months ago to the other wing. it hit us even in a special way because that could have been her by happenstance and it wasn't. >> reporter: the atf says tuesday the discovered human remains of two people, living an additional two people still unaccounted for. >> we need to pray for those who lost them. they need the support and the understanding, and that's -- we all feel the pain. >> reporter: just before the holidays, families will be without loved ones. a harsh feeling that's being felt through the community. >> when you hear that four people are -- or two people at least -- didn't make it, it's -- it's saddening. >> the search for more victims is ongoing. the names of the two people found have not yet been released to the public. as far as the investigation into how this fire started, i am told that will likely take weeks. reporting in west chester, steven fisher, nbc10 news. new details this afternoon

in that deadly stabbing in a strip mall. we've learned a husband and wife are now accused of the murder. police arrested austin parkinson and lana lair today. they found chad kanada stabbed multiple times in a car on monday. they learned they met him to buy heroin. moments after the murder, two people dressed in black walk up to a car and then take off from the crime scene. former usa gymnastics doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women pleaded guilty today in a michigan courtroom. >> i pray for forgiveness for their -- i want them to heal. >> larry nasser pleaded guilty to molesting seven girls, at least three were under the age of 13. some of his accusers were inside the packed courtroom. >> today stands as a stark and painful reminder that, while my predator has been stopped, the

culture that allowed this predator to continue abusing has yet to end. >> prosecutors have recommended nasser spend between 25 and 40 years behind bars. olympic gymnast gabby douglas is the latest member to accuse nasser of sexually assaulting her. aly raisman and mckayla maroney made similar allegations. 125 similar other lawsuits were filed against nasser. in the last hour we learned the communications director for alabama senate candidate roy moore resigned. his opponent released a new video featuring the women who have accused moore of sexual misconduct. >> wendy miller. kelly harrison thorpe. and the list is growing. they were girls when roy moore immorally pursued them. >> the ad is running on the internet only. moore has denied all the accusations against him. president trump urged people to support moore yesterday despite the allegations saying he doesn't want a liberal democrat

in congress. other republicans such as majority leader mitch mcconnell called on moore to drop out of the race. a pennsylvania police officer shot and killed during a traffic stop last week was laid to rest today. ♪ >> officer bryan shaw worked with the new kensington police department for one year. he was just 25 years old. hundreds of fellow officers, friends and family attended today's service. investigators say shaw pulled over a car last friday that roamel holt was riding in. holt tried to run away but then turned and shot trooper shaw several times. it does not appear that shaw returned fire. holt was arrested in pittsburgh yesterday. students at roman catholic high school held their annual blue mass of thanksgiving this morning. it's an opportunity to express support and gratitude for philadelphia police, firefighters and first responders. officers and firefighters who work in the center city district attended mass and a small

reception in the school's gymnasium. philadelphia police officers in the northeast enjoyed breakfast with their extended family today. nbc10 at the lodge for the police survivors thanksgiving breakfast. every year officers celebrate the holidays with the families of fallen officers. it's an effort to remind them they are never forgotten. afterwards a motorcade delivered dinners to the families of fallen officers across the area. 130 north back open after a crash near neck road before 9:00 this morning. you can see that the back end of that trailer flipped over, one person was hurt. a search and rescue operation for three people is under way after a u.s. navy plane crashed into the ocean off the coast of japan. search and rescue operations recovered eight sailors, all good condition. the c 2 a aircraft was conducting a routine transport flight when it went down southeast of okinawa.

a new york college fraternity was found guilty in the hazing death of a freshman pledge. the fraternity in manhattan has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other charges. he died from head injuries after a hazing ritual. the students were at a rented home in the poconos in 2014. four members of the now closed fraternity await sentencing. yesterday the district attorney elect in centre county announced plans to take the penn state case. 12 additional members were charged in the death of pledge timothy p timothy piazza. an investigation into the massive data breach at uber. officials say any fine will be higher than usual because the company did not promptly disclose the hack. the ride-sharing firm says hackers stole the information of 57 million riders and drivers. the company then paid the

hackers $100,000 to destroy the information. a live look at philadelphia's christmas villag cr busy putting finishing touches on the buildings there. the village opens tomorrow at the newly renovated love park. now in its tenth year, the market is modeled after a german christmas village. it includes vendors selling crafts, jewelry and sweets. it will be great to see love park coming back to life. almost finished with the renovation there. it will be awesome. it will be cold for folks who are out and about tomorrow, glenn, right? >> tomorrow will be the coldest day of the holiday weekend, probably. it's going to start warming up on friday. by administrate it's goi-- satuy it will be feeling warm. 48 degrees. temperatures going down. winds at 17 miles an hour. in the 40s with a lot of clouds and much of the region -- look at all that traffic in delaware. they're all going to the south. you can see the weather in the

suburbs here, we are looking at some of the places that are coldest. berks, lehigh valley. 42 fleetwood. mertztown. 43 at white hall and allentown. 42 in bethlehem. 40 in walnut port, about to go into the 30s. some gusty winds too. gusting to 32 in philadelphia. and 30 in millville. the winds will diminish during the evening hours, as soon as the sun goes down. we have fair weather clouds moving through pennsylvania. the stormy clouds. they are up in new england. and they're getting a lot of rain, but that is moving out there too. going through the night tonight, watch the temperatures going down. by 10:00, already 30, allentown. that's without the wind. but by tomorrow morning, it doesn't drop that much. it's still in the 20s. a little bit of wind, making it

feel a little bit colder. it's obviously dry. it will be sunny all day tomorrow. it's still going to be cold. temperatures barely getting into the mid 40s. and then dropping again tomorrow night down to near 30 or the 20s in some of the more than suburbs. here we go. friday morning. 29 degrees in pottstown and reading. by friday afternoon, we're starting with a warmup. we get into the 50s on friday afternoon. and we get close to 60 by saturday. you can see the temperatures at the bottom of your screen for your area at any time during the weather. you don't have to wait. here we go with the forecast for thanksgiving. high temperature of 46 degrees. it's about six degrees for so below normal for this time of year. but we're not expecting a lot of wind, and we are expecting a lot of sunshine. that's a pretty decent day.

remember, the sun sets early, and it gets feeling cold pretty quickly after that. and then, for the early friday morning shopping, it's going to be cold, but again not much wind. 33 at 6:00 a.m. in philly, going up to 50 or above later in the day. and again, cooling down friday night pretty substantially, but lots of sunshine on friday. and into saturday. on sunday, we have cooler weather returning with these northwest winds. below average temperatures. the winds may be the biggest deal. for the eagles, 20, 25-mile-an-hour wind swirls in the stadium. could affect the kicking and the passing games. and for the rest of the holiday weekend, look how warm it gets on saturday. up near 60 degrees in philadelphia and much of new jersey. jersey shore. that is pretty mild for this time of the year. then we cool down on sunday with high temperatures only in the

40s. but let's see how long that lasts. ten-day forecast, shows the breeze on sunday. bringing some cool air in, but not that cold and not for very long. because by tuesday we're back up near 60 and perhaps above 60 by next wednesday. >> all right, glenn. sky force 10 keeping an eye on travel troubles on the roads ahead of the holiday. >> mitch blacher live with us. >> reporter: this is the merge from the blue route to 95. slow going. but we just travelled from 76 down to 95 on the blue route. a little stop and go but not bad. i don't think you'll run into too much that's unexpected around this time of the evening. as we told you at 4:00, about 600,000 people in just the philadelphia five-county region

will be traveling. about 50 miles or more from their home just over this weekend. that's according to aaa and about 90% of them will be traveling by car. we'll keep an eye on the roads for you and we'll talk to you soon, guys. that's the latest from sky force 10. i am mitch blacker. nbc10 news. a busy day for travel. busy night for local bars. still ahead on nbc10 news, how police are pulling out all the stops to keep drunk drivers off the road tonight and what you need to look out for. eye-opening news about false eyelashes. how women longing for the look could be at risk for health hazards. the kind gesture that moved one woman to tears during a traffic stop. that's next at 4:00. first, here is a look at the closing bell on wall street. the nasdaq closed at a record high. not so for the dow or s&p 500.

the season is right for giving thanks. >> that's why police officers in one part of texas are handing out thanksgiving turkeys instead of tickets. it's part of an initiative called operation peace-maker. officers in laredo pulled people over who had actually committed traffic violations. instead of handing them a citation they gave them a warning and a turkey. police in miami gardens did a similar thing. >> we want you to know we're not going to give you a ticket today. we're going to give you a turkey for thanksgiving. >> oh, my gosh. >> god bless you so much. >> slow it down and be careful. >> here is the turkey, okay. >> i will. >> remember -- >> aw! they posted the video on facebo with the #turkey instead of ticket. yesterday officers in delaware tations.nded out their own

police were all over the city pulling drivers who were obeying the rules of the road. operation turkey stop was a success with more than a hundred turkeys handed out. >> i love that. >> that will make your day, right? >> your adrin lenaline is going what did i do wrong? >> instead of a fine, you get a turkey. many people are making last-minute trips to the stores. a live look from the italian market. get ready for big drops in temperatures. glenn. >> bundle up if you have plans to be outside for the beginning part of the holiday. i am tracking the chill and then we'll warm back up with your most accurate weather forecast. also, a date with the wrecking ball. the demolition plan that was just approved for trump plaza casino in atlantic city. a reminder, only a few hours left to vote for our speshl thanksgivi special high school edition of the thanksgiving blitz.

a tight race between shaun knee and lenape and quaker town versus len ridge. grab your phone, tablet or computer. vote on nbc10.com or tap the nbc10 app. call or text your vote to 610-624-4111. we'll announce the winner tonight on nbc10 news at 11:00.

if you have been out at all today, you know the holiday travel rush is on. here at philadelphia international, passengers had to pack patience to wait in long lines through security. some people we spoke with said they came prepared. >> that's what they tell you to do. get here two hours early. two hours it is. >> good advice!

more than 24 million people are expected to fly to get home for the holidays. the tsa thinks this might be their busiest thanksgiving week on record. and taking a live look at i-95 at vine street. many folks trying to get on the road to their holiday destination this afternoon. nbc10 has team coverage of the mad dash before the holiday to get you ready. >> mitch blacher is watching out for traffic backups from skyforce10. we're in for chilly weather for the holiday weekend, glenn? >> that's right, jim. the weather will not be a problem for anybody traveling. the roads, the air, trains, anything. not interrupted by weather. we have some clouds up there. but they're not that thick. not producing any precipitation. that's in easton. where we had some cloudy skies earlier. the rain was mostly in new jersey and delaware as expected. you can see the camera shaking here in delaware as we're going south on 95.

a lot of traffic. and a little bit of wind to make that camera shake. the last of that rain moving up to new england. but we have clouds moving in from the northwest. northwest winds coming over the warm lakes. creating those clouds. not quite enough for lake-effect snow to come to this portion of the state. 48 degrees at philadelphia. we are in the mid 50s a few hours ago. it already is starting to cool off. it's down to 32. in mount pocono. and it is going to continue to cool off pretty quickly tonight. into the 30s in just a few hours in philadelphia. any hour now in lehigh valley, pa suburbs, it will be going down into the 20s later tonight. by tomorrow morning a little bit of wind, making it feel even colder than these numbers. but it is going to warm up this weekend. and we'll tell you about that and how warm it's going to be next week coming up.

>> all right, glenn. skyforce10, keeping an eye on any travel troubles. >> nbc10's mitch blacher live over the walt whitman bridge. >> reporter: it's just starting to back up a little bit as the tra traffic coming onto 295 south in camden county. wes getting increased volume. we've been from the blue route to 95 to here in new jersey looking for traffic tie-ups as aaa says this right now is the highest volume traffic time for this thanksgiving holiday travel season. they say that actually this interchange right here at the walt wittman bridge and i-295 is the highest volume in and around the philadelphia metro area in all, in our entire metro area. they're looking at about 2 million people who will travel 50 miles or further.

and about 88% will be driving. we'll keep an eye on the roads and let you know if we see traffic tie-ups you should try to avoid. >> thank you. a busy day for travel. a busy day for bars. >> police across the area are cracking down on the drunk drivers. south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live. >> reporter: tonight is the night where people are excited and may not use the best judgment. here they have a cool partnership, police and restaurants, to make sure patrons get home safely. despite it, police are putting out their message on social media. they'll also have dui units out in force. it's time to shake up some holiday fun. tonight one of the biggest nights to do it up. just one more beer on tap to ring in the thanksgiving four-day weekend. it's a big night at marlton t

tavern. >> the first line of defense is the bartenders. >> reporter: the time is now to carve out your safe ride, game plan. >> statistics show that over time a normal drunk driver that does get caught has done it previously seven, eight, nine times before they are ever actually caught. >> reporter: in winslow. specially assigned dui patrols are be hitting the road and activeli actively sur pursuing swerving drivers. >> we've seen it. all the officers have witnessed it. >> reporter: in 2016 on the pa side pen dot reported 4,500 crashes and 54 fatalities during the thanksgiving holiday. >> people never believe they are as intoxicated as they are. >> reporter: it is the reason why this village started the safe rides ride-share.

6,000 residents this utilized the app for a ride home consider yourself equipped with the right thing to do and warned. >> it's a sense of comfort, you know. if you are -- i know when i go out, i say i'll have one. is that second one a good idea? >> reporter: don't risk it. >> it's not worth the risk. >> reporter: you heard the warning. so now, right now is the time to designate a safe and sober driver, before you head out with friends or the party begins. if you don't have a designated driver, you should plan to call a taxi, call a ride-share service or lean on public transportation. live in marlton, cydney long, nbc10 news. >> have a plan. thanks. in bucks county, officers from several towns will stake out one of the most dangerous roads in the county. street road. they plan to set up roving dui checks along the corridor. last year there were close to

700 crashes on that road. that's almost two accidents a day. here is a look at some of the other stories we are following county by county. we start in kent county. health officials confirmed the first flu cases in children this season. in all 22 cases were reported. last flu season delaware had 4,590 confirmed flu cases. 15 of which were deadly. in burlington county, an early thanksgiving feast. little pilgrims and turkeys. the staff at teddy bear academy hosted their feast at marlton middle school. the kids learned what it means to be thankful and created decorations for the tables. in camden county office workers with the philadelphia flyers helped to set the table for families in camden. the flyers help prepare, cook and decorate the camden center. tomorrow it will serve 400 meals. tomorrow your holiday may

start with the macy's thanksgiving day parade. always a great tradition right here on nbc10. >> what kind of work goes into the giant balloons? we'll take you behind the scenes to show you how the final product can put a smile an anyone's face. longing for the look of false eye lashes is putting some at risk for health problems. keeping your family happy at the thanksgiving dinner table. a topic a third of people say they do not want to discuss at the holiday.

. new research suggests a short time between pregnancy may increase the risk of autism in children. researchers found children conceived less than 18 months or more than five years after a sibling had a high risk of autism. experts didn't uncover any other developmental disabilities. one in 68 children in the u.s. has been diagnosed with autism.

ladies, do you love wearing mascara and false eyelashes. a warning about eyelash lice. the parasites are buried in your hair follicles. properly remove eye makeup to avoid infection. the trapped dirt and bacteria can lead to red, swollen and itchy eyelids. yikes! that just torched my appetite. [ laughter ] >> a thanksgiving chill before a black friday warmup. tracking the change in temperatures plus your eagles gameday forecast next on nbc10 news at 4:00. special visit. vice president mike pence is giving thanks. that's at 5:00.

chrissy teigen and john legend are expanding their family. they used social media to make the big announcement. take a look. >> what's in here? >> baby. >> that's the couple's daughter luna breaking the news. teigen posted the video on instagram. legends is heard laughing in the background. luna was married in 2016. right now in new york, crews are getting the famous balloons ready for the macy's thanksgiving day parade tomorrow. it's almost as much of a tradition as the parade itself. tens of thousands came out to watch the balloons being inflated in manhattan. something is noticeably different this year. >> there will be a very strong presence of the nypd. stronger than ever in fact. >> officers, canine units and counter-terrorism teams are on every corner to make sure the tens of thousands in the city for the holiday events stay

safe. you can watch the holiday tradition tomorrow right here on nbc10, coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. that's followed by another tradition, the national dog show, presented by purina from the greater philadelphia expo center at oaks. this begins at noon right here on nbc10. well, it's a proud moment shared by all of us here at nbc10. >> today marks the 25th anniversary of former eagle and nbc10 today anchor vai sikahema making an incredible play at the meadowlands. on this day in 1992 he ran an 87 yard punt return into the end zone against the new york giants. look at him go. number 22, goes all the way! of course, his end zone knockout against that giants goal post pad, that's what makes the play unforgettable. congratulations. thanks for a great moment in sports history. >> he is still running today. >> you can't forget that too. i mean, he is whaling on that

goal post. >> tribute to rocky, number one. and number two, pounding on the giants. the giants symbol there. >> yeah. >> the only thing that could have made it better, if it was the cowboys. >> i am with you on that. >> that's the other thanksgiving tradition, is watching the cowboys and hoping they lose. it's a great family tradition. >> we've already taken care of that. >> in my house. no, they can't lose enough. >> oh, sorry. >> last place. get them to last place. all right. we have mild weather today. up to 57. it's dropping. down to 48 in philadelphia. getting down towards the lower 40s in other parts of the area. despite the clouds, the wind has shifted into the north and northwest. that's bringing in the colder air. even in delaware, temperatures have dropped into the 40s. greenville, talliville at 46, along with newark, glasgow, middletown. 48. farther south it's still 50 plus

at lincoln, millsboro. georgetown, 51. rehoboth and dewey beach 51. everybody will be falling pretty nicely in the next few hours. a pretty big difference. feels like 52 in dover, but only 39 in pottstown. the colder air is certainly making an impact in pennsylvania. not quite into delaware and south jersey yet. the radar and satellite shows -- well, nothing on radar, but we have the clouds. this radar proves that there is no precipitation coming out of those clouds. there is plenty of it up in the northeast. that's the system that brought especially south jersey and delaware that rain this morning. here are the feels-like temperatures. as we go through the night, we are going to be dropping through the 30s and even by 11:30 tonight feeling like 28 degrees in allentown. and by 7:30, 22 in philadelphia,

19 in allentown. so you get up real early tomorrow, it's going to feel pretty cold. even for thanksgiving. later in the day, not quite as cold, obviously, but still way below normal for this time of the year. another chilly night tomorrow night. takes a little bit of wind with these temperatures to create a wind chill. on friday afternoon, that's when we are starting to feel like it is more like november than december. the thanksgiving planner shows that the cold weather is starting the day. if you get up late enough and wait long enough to go outside, it won't be so bad. 35 in philly at 9:00 a.m. into the 40s in the afternoon. lots of sunshine. black friday. a great day. clear skies. going from the freezy maing mar the morning to the 50s in the afternoon. for the eagles game, 40s.

we have wind which could be a potential factor for the game itself. affecting the passing and kicking games. over the rest of the weekend, close to 60 on saturday. that's the warmest day of the weekend. that's for sure. sunday, we cool down, but it's not as cold as tomorrow is going to be. no holiday break for local college students. how they are serving up smiles and a holiday meal for people who need it most. the generous donation helping a local youth organization this thanksgiving. ahead at 5:00. nbc10 is your official station of the philadelphia eagles. the birds are back home this sunday to take on the bears. nbc10 has you covered before and after the game. 9:30 a.m., eagles gameday kickoff followed by eagles game plan. join us for eagles game day final after nbc10 news at 11:00.

a lot of local college students are already home for thanksgiving. some at widener university stayed behind today to learn an important lesson outside the classroom? >> nbc10's rosemary connors shows us how the meal was months in the making. >> reporter: first the students received their assignments. >> one sweet and one mac and cheese. >> reporter: then the blessing before the meal. >> our father we thank you for every expression of your love. >> reporter: with the guests seated, the feast is now ready to serve. >> we are doing something positive. >> we're fortunate because now we actually get to serve the meal which we didn't get to do six years ago and before because it was on thanksgiving day.

>> reporter: this is great because they don't have to stand in line and wait for their food because they serve them. it means a lot. >> it's a powerful interaction because the students see that these folks are really just like them. >> reporter: folks like charlene carter and her friends consider this a thanksgiving eve tradition at the salvation army in chester. the students from widener university's hospitality management program consider it a necessary ingredient to their education. >> is this the true meaning of thanksgiving? >> yes, it is. the true meaning of thanksgiving is to love one another. >> it's a great feeling knowing i can give back and give the happy feeling to someone else. that's what we are about. in the service industry. we're hospitality majors. being able to give someone a happy experience is something i strive to do with my career. >> reporter: for the guests, the delicious food is just as memorable as the service. >> it means a lot to me. it's love and an appreciation that the good lord has given us. nice, good people. >> to see them getting a warm

meal and seeing them get stuff that we get daily and we don't even think about it, it brings joy to our hearts. >> reporter: reporting from chester. rosemary connors, nbc10 news. >> that's what thanksgiving is all about right there. nbc10 has you covered. when it comes to holiday travel, getting you there. this is the busiest thanksgiving travel week in more than a decade. how are things moving at philadelphia international airport? a new report coming up at 5:00. >> i will have your thanksgiving forecast. we'll break it down hour by hour so you can plan ahead in your neighborhood. all new at 5:00. holding the team together. what carson wentz says the eagles have done as a team to defend their winning season. nbc10 puts you first with first alert neighborhood weather. with a ten-day forecast designed for you. more accurate, immediate and reliable. >> for the neighborhood that matters most. >> mine, mine, mine.

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less than 24 hours to go in the big count down to thanksgiving. you ready, erin? >> i am ready. >> live look at philadelphia international airport. nearly 15% of residents living in the greater philadelphia area are traveling this week. that's more than 602,000 people. >> those of you who are not traveling are probably finding yourself in extra traffic around town. a live look at the italian market. people are picking up last-minute items for the big feast. good evening to you. i i am erin coleman. >> i am keith jones. from thanksgiving travel to chilly forecasts. we begin with chiefly

meteorologist tammie souza who is tracking the cold temperatures. >> big changes on the way for sure. outside. cloud cover still in place. a little bit of sunshine out there today. but we also had a little bit of rain out there today. 47 right now in philadelphia. it will drop to 43 by 7:00 tonight. by 10:00 tonight. clear and 38 degrees. winds turning to the northwest. we will have a very chilly air mass in place. let's go hour by hour. as we head through the day tomorrow, we're going to wake up tomorrow morning very chilly. we'll wake up at or below freezing. in the afternoon we'll get to about 43 degrees in philadelphia. in the upper 30s in some of the outlying areas and by tomorrow night still terribly cold around the area but it will be sunny. we start to see a few high clouds drifting through tomorrow night. tomorrow night 29 in mount pocono. 34 in philadelphia, 33 in millville. if that's when you're cleaning the dishes, no big loss. walking you through