thanksgiving day parade and the balloons are ready to fl look them. beautiful sight. have a great thanksgiving. >> now a newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: breaking news gunfire on yawkey way, in boston. four people shot. one of them is dead. the investigation underway right now. randy: a travel alert for the holiday amid growing fears of a terror attack. the steps being taken this morning. emily: and extra security for shoppers as the countdown to black friday gets underway. >> you are watching wcvb, boston' s news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. emily: also on the eye the word from the calorie control council is the average american could eat as much as 4500 calories this thanksgiving. that is equal to seven burger

king whoppers. randy: did you know there was a calorie control council? [laughter] weave a few tips on how you can shave a few calories off your holiday meal. good morning, i am randy price. emily: and i' m emily riemer along with cindy fitzgibbon. get out there and go for a brisk walk. cindy: running in the 30' s to around 40 degrees. we are not seeing the teens and 20' s. sifting to the south and southeast, it is like this morning. milder temperatures. also some low cloudiness. there are clouds out there this morning. i expect them to break apart. they are wrapping around an area of high pressure. look at this to the south.

working in our direction. sunrise is at 6:48 this morning. temperatures will climb out of the 40' s to about 55 degrees. a high temperature of 56 in boston. warmer than it has been. rain catches up with us and your holiday we can travel forecast coming up. randy? randy: breaking news boston police investigating a deadly shooting in the overnight hours. this happening on yawkey way, s antoinette antonio is at the scene with what we know right now. antoinette: boston police calling this a chaotic scene. hundreds of people were fleeing this area when those shots ring out. it happened here on yucky way. s found outside first. he was pronounced dead. all of this went down around

officers petrone the area where the guts -- officers patrolled the area. police say there was a type of private functioning that was happening at who is on first. they don' t know if that had anything to do with those high school football games. right now the suspect is still on the loose. >> it was a chaotic scene. several hundred people fleeing . you could not pick up who was who. what is good is we are going to be gleaning video footage from all the cameras. antonin: police are asking the people who could' ve witness this if they have cell phone video. there is another high school football game here at fenway park at 9:00 this morning. boston police say they do not know how long this area will be blocked off.

it will be blocked off as long as it takes for them to complete their investigation. we are live in boston this morning. internet antonio. -- antoinette antonio. randy: right now there is tighter security at packed airports here in new england and around the country. the increased measures are over the eyeopener' is here with the steps being taken. erika: there is a larger police presence at logan airport this morning. the nation is on alert as a terror threat looms. homeland security is working overtime to keep americans safe as millions travel over the holiday. a world wide travel alert is in effect after the attacks in paris. security is being stepped up at airports around the country. overseas travel is the biggest concern. >> i am worried about going back to germany and taking a flight back. >> in constant contact with the fbi and our state partners. there is nothing to indicate that people should be fearful.

record-breaking crowds of up to 3 million people are expected today for the annual macy' s thanksgiving day parade. the city says it' s deploying more officers at the annual event than ever before. randy? randy: this is what you will see if you' re heading to the wrentham outlets tonight. wrentham police say there will be significantly enhanced security on the busiest shopping day of the year. similar to last year there will , be uniformed officers with long guns undercover officers trained in behavioral observation and officers with k9' s trained to detect explosives. emily: right now police are investigating an assault that left a framingham state university student unconscious and bloody on main street. the 21-year-old was found on the ground early wednesday morning with lacerations on his face and injuries to his nose. people who attended a nearby house party told police the victim was drunk and had been told to leave after punching a hole in the wall. a police officer is recovering after he was struck by a hit and run driver in worcester. sky 5 over the scene wednesday on grafton street.

the officer was working a detail when he was hit. he was taken to the hospital with a minor injury and released. randy: angered over the murder of an unarmed black man protesters in chicago plan to take their demonstrations to the city' s biggest shopping district , michigan avenue on black friday. the fatal shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald happened over a year ago but murder charges against the police officer came just this week. mcdonald was shot 16 times in 15 seconds. emily: former lawrence mayor william lantigua is out of surgery after being injured in an accident in the dominican republic. according to the eagle tribune details about the accident and , his injuries are unclear this morning. lantigua has been spending a lot of time in the d.r. where he lived before he moved to the u.s. as a teenager. randy: the new hampshire prep school grad convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate says he' ll appeal to the state' s highest court. owen labrie was 18 at the time of the 2014 assault at st. paul'

s school in concord. his lawyer says the trial judge shouldn' t have allowed a felony count of using a computer to lure the girl. they are also challenging whether labrie should have been ordered to register as a sex offender for life. the family of a man killed in a freak accident in natick will gather for thanksgiving in his memory. 73-year-old ken mcdonald was the beloved father of six -- father of six, grandfather of five and married to his wife for 43 years. the vietnam war vet was run down when a driver lost control in the parking lot of a shopping center. witnesses say the car hit a curb , went airborne, then hit 3 men walking out of a tool store. >> it was going at a high speed and swerving. he did hear screeching. -- you could hear screeching. >> it is tough to see people dying. randy: two pedestrians who survived suffered critical injuries.

injured. emily: knew this morning, -- new this morning, boston mayor marty walsh tells the herald he was caught off guard over concerns tied to the indycar race coming to boston. the boston convention and exhibition center says a crash could cause catastrophic damage to the structure of the center. mayor walsh says previously no one has brought those concerns to the city. a judge says he won' t take long to rule on whether fan duel and boston-based draftkings can stay in business in new york. a hearing was held yesterday. new york' s attorney general says the companies are operating illegal gambling businesses in violation of state laws. lawyers for the companies say the contests are games of skill and are permissible under the law. randy: patriots fans scammed out of tickets for which they had paid. it cost them hundreds of dollars. but they managed to turn the tables on the craigslist scam artist. sean phipps was trying to take his son who has cerebral palsy to the pats game. once he found out the tickets were fake, he had to spend

when he got back phipps and his cousin helped boston police track down the bogus ticket seller by setting up another buy. >> we are patriots nations. we are fans. we are fans. we' re pretty much like a brotherhood. i did not want to see anybody else get taken advantage of. randy: police arrested a 21-year-old from the bronx in new york. investigators had been looking for the alleged scam artist for some time. lower gas prices mean billions in savings for airlines. emily: but just how much of the savings are passengers seeing we do the math. new revelations surrounding legendary football hall of famer , frank gifford. the health discovery made after his death. erika: and we are following breaking news overnight right near fenway park. four people have been shot just outside a popular bar on yawkey way. one of the victims died at the scene.

cindy: it is a warm one. how long before we see more seasonable temperatures ahead. notice temperatures running high at 40 degrees. one of the coolest spots, 38,

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and happy thanksgiving to the billerica high indians. emily: great wake up call from those guys on the field. randy: then we were run down. emily: would love to see your wake-up calls. recorded and go to our front page of wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. cindy: remember this. limited you back. -- let me take you back. one year ago and this video is out in the springfield area. snow started out in the western part of the state. the day before thanksgiving and continued into thanksgiving day. in boston, it started snow thanksgiving into black friday. it was a very different scenario last year. winded up with over 2.5 inches of snow from thanksgiving -- we ended up with 2.5 inches of snow

all is quiet and we are warming up the temperatures for the holiday. we are going to be up to 60 degrees tomorrow. shift in the wind this morning. it has kept the temperatures up. the past few mornings we have had teens and 20' s in the suburbs. not the case this morning. the past few months -- the past few mornings you have seen the teens. mostly in the 40' s right now. 37 out in the worcester area. you have some clouds. you' re going to see more clouds and sunshine today. there may be some breaks. temperatures coming up by early this afternoon into the 50' s. that is the trade-off. we are trading in 50' s for the clouds. an area of high pressure has been over us the last several

as we go into the day, we will call it partly sunny with breaks of sunshine developing. milder temperatures coming up into the 50' s all around. we are cooler off in the hilly terrain of worcester county. 56, boston. 57 in marshfield. as you get into the afternoon, clouds break up a little bit. that is why it becomes partly cloudy today. look at this area of rain with snow on the backside. that storm takes its time heading in our direction. it is going to be putting snow in the rockies and the denver area. for us, temperature cold in the 40' s. you are going to be up early and the black friday deals in the morning. not bad.

-- near 60 in the afternoon. we go into friday night and we will watch that frontal boundary drop southward. a lot of the shower activity falls apart. there will be a threat for a few showers, overnight friday, into saturday. temperatures to cool down. we are new 60 coming tomorrow. back down into the 40' s come the weekend. if you have trouble plans sunday into early monday, a chance of rain. whether much easier to take this year. emily: a legendary hall of famer diagnosed with a traumatic brain disease. the family of frank gifford revealing that he suffered from cte. randy: the eye' s erika tarantal joins us with the shocking revelation. erika? erika: the announcement comes three month after the death of the iconic nfl star and monday night football announcer. chronic traumatic encephalopathy

to the head, detectable only after death. gifford the late husband of kathy lee was no stranger to hard hits. he suffered one of his era' s most famous injuries in 1960 knocked unconscious in a game. , he was taken out on a stretcher. gifford died of natural causes at the age of 84. the nfl' s concussion protocol already under scrutiny. in a new statement nfl , commissioner roger goodell says we are supporting grants to the national institutes of health and boston university as well as other independent efforts to research the effects of repetitive head trauma. but we are not waiting until science provides all of the answers, we are working now to improve the safety of our game. the nfl admits it failed when it allowed the dazed st. louis rams quarterback to play sunday after a hard hit. the league says it may use discipline for future failures. randy: a new hampshire man is giving up his last-ditch effort to save his business.

at liquid planet on november 9 and chained himself to it in a bid to attract investors to save his waterpark. but there were no takers after 17 days, so dumont ended his quest. he says a doctor believes he' s getting pneumonia. the business will now be auctioned off by the bank. emily: a check of economic headlines this morning. holiday shopping sales are alrey seeing a jump ahead of black friday. online shopping sales were up 21% over this time last year. industry experts say retailers are offering pre-black friday deals earlier, leading to the uptick in holiday traffic. consumers are also spending more per order than last year. spent $5 more on average this season. randy: lower fuel costs are giving airlines a boost. delta united american and southwest have all saved a combined $11.1 billion in fuel costs. in the first nine months of this

year. however passengers have not seen much of those savings. the average cost of american , united and southwest flights increase -- flights decreased only 4%. a federal judge has given the preliminary o.k. on an 8 million -- randy: from potus to totus. president obama pardons the turkey of the united states. a pair of gobblers named honest and abe getting the traditional thanksgiving pass at the white house. >> this is hard to believe that this is my seventh year pardoning turkeys at the white house. time flies, even if turkeys don' t. [laughter] randy: sasha and malia throwing their dad a bone on that one. though two turkeys were pardoned yesterday, only abe got to appear on camera. both birds will live out their days at a nearby virginia farm. for a lot of us today is the day to look the other way when it comes to dieting.

did you know the average american consumes 4500 calories on thanksgiving? that' s twice or more of what we could -- what we should consume in a day. so there are some ways you can trim the fat. first don' t go to dinner hungry. pacing yourself throughout the day will stop you from over-indulging. follow the 50-25-25 rule. that' s 50% fruits and veggies, 25% protein and 25% grains. you might find this challenging considering on thanksgiving starches usually outweigh other foods. manage your emotions. spending time with family can be stressful triggering you to eat more. randy: the first thing you said was "if you want." put it off until tomorrow.

erika: new at 5:30, a store owner in chinatown is facing charges. the investigation into how she stocked her store. and burglar caught on camera creeping around a bedroom just a few feet away from the sleeping homeowner. what the suspect stole before he took off. and we are following breaking news in boston. three people shot near fenway park.

emily: 5:24 on this thanksgiving morning. 41 in boston right now. lots of 30' s in the suburbs. if you' re getting ready to head out to a football game, temperatures will be climbing up into the 40' s. areas of low clouds but becoming partly sunny and a mild right mid day. temperatures in the 50' s this afternoon. warming it up for your thanksgiving. milder tomorrow, up around 60 degrees. sunshine in the afternoon. we' ll see a few showers but cooler temperatures by friday. randy? randy: erika tarantal joins us now with our eyepoppers. erika: star wars fever is heating up across the country. fans holding a special contest

i say the first guy winds it. t. he was really good. this is a wookie-calling contest. the winner got two free tickets installment of the star wars series. and why is it held in dallas? that happens to be the hometown of the actor who plays chewbacca. the guy with a beard looks more the part but i still go with guy number one. want to prepare a thanksgiving meal that' s out of this world? take a look at this -- take a look at this. it' s how astronauts on the international space station prepare their meals. they can' t fry a bird. so they enjoy smoked turkey instead from a puffed-up package. randy: served in the finest plastic they could find. it is the spirit of the day. thank you so much.

still ahead, security stepped up around the country. the travel concerns after the paris terror attacks. and we are following breaking news near fenway park. three people have been shot.

>> now a newscenter 5 eyeopener. antoinette: breaking overnight, a deadly triple shooting on yawkey way. the outburst of gunfire in a popular area for bar-goers. randy: travel concerns over the potential for copy cat terror attacks. the new challenges at airports and the message from president obama. emily: tens of thousands of dollars in stolen and counterfeit items found on the shelves of a boston store. how police say the owner and two employees got the goods. randy: a new twist on a

thanksgiving tradition. high school football at fenway. >> you are watching wcvb, good morning. this is newscenter 5 eyeopener. randy: 5:30 thanksgiving day. we are right along memorial drive here. looking across the skyline from boston to' s -- from boston to cambridge. good morning, i am randy price. emily: i' cindy fitzgibbon. up early. cindy: weather is pretty quiet. we have had cold attempters. we are going to warm it up for s. right around 60 tomorrow before weekend. a holiday warm up to tell you about. in the 30' s to around 40 degrees. it is 41, boston. 37 in worcester. not nearly as cold as it has been.

south and east. that is brought up some of clouds. when the sun comes up, we are going to notice the clouds with us. 6:40. s will translate into the 50' s. sunny skies today. look at these temperatures, about 56 around boston. low 50' s out through worcester county. nice and mild here for your thanksgiving. we' ll take you through the rest of the weekend coming up. emily: breaking news, three fenway park in boston. s antoinette antonio is at the scene gathering new information. and go -- antoinette: those crime scene in the skaters are still here on yawkey way .

a man in his 20' s was shot and killed overnight. those gunshots rang up around were clearing out. police officers heard the shots. respondent to who -- they responded to whose is on first. two other people were shot and they were taken to the hospital. there were -- there was some who is on first. they are not sure if it had anything to do with the shooting or the high school football games going on at fenway park last night. there is another high school football game starting at 9:00 this morning. police say they will keep this area locked off as long as they need to do so. once again, one person was killed and a suspect is still on the loose this morning. we are live in boston.

randy: right now, our airports have been packed and heightened emily: the eyeopener' tarantal has the message from president obama this morning. erika: nearly 47 million americans start their holiday travel on this thanksgiving, less than two weeks after those deadly attacks in paris. the president saying it' s understandable to wonder if there could be a possible terror attack while assuring americans there is no credible threat. terror in the holidays not what we want to think about. president obama standing, saying to keep americans safe. adding -- >> we know of no credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland. erika: with millions of americans expected to travel, the president trying to decrease fears about an american threat. >> we are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe.

erika: doing so with more police officers and train stations -- police officers at airports and train stations. not all travelers are reassured. >> him saying that does not make me feel more at ease. erika: others not allowing fear to control their travel plans. >> if we did, we would all be in a house somewhere hiding. erika: -- with thousands of police officers set to patrol the parade route. bill de blasio and the nypd says enjoy the parade while we do our job to protect. >> we have to continue with our lives and going about our business. erika: a worldwide travel alert issued by the state department is still in effect. no matter where you go, expect

security to be much tighter. emily: right now a nursing home assistant has lost his license to practice in new hampshire after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman in his care. the assault allegedly took place at the bel-air nursing and rehabilitation center in goffstown. the ag' s office says the elderly victim has alzheimer' s and dementia. according to testimony from a nursing board hearing another nursing assistant found timothy morrissey doing something inappropriate with the woman and told him to stop. his license has been permanently revoked. at this time no criminal charges , have been filed. randy: a store in boston' s chinatown is shut down. its owners accused of selling counterfeit and stolen items. the owner and two employees of my tan fashion are the first arrests under a new law targeting organized retail crime. prosecutors say the owner would actually request certain items be stolen from other stores so she could re-sell them in her store.

>> there has been a history of shoplifters lifting stock at places like cvs and macy' s. when questioned about where they are taking the prophet, they say they are taking it to my 10. -- my can. are all out on bail. if convicted, the owner faces up to 20 years behind bars. in clinton is charged with stealing gift cards and cash from the mail. 22-year-old duane anderson junior was arrested for stealing what he should have been delivering. investigators set an alarm in a piece of mail and say they caught him in the act. randy: fenway park becomes a field of dreams for local football playe. high school teams getting the thrill of a lifetime this thanksgiving. after an 88 year time-out high school football makes it back to the ballpark. last night a double-header for the biggest games of the year. st. john' s prep and xaverian. and bc high against catholic memorial. many seniors playing in their

last football game ever. and there were highlights for everyone. >> d have expectations jack oh >> it was much more -- >> do you have expectations? >> it was much more. randy: two more games take place today. a major rivalry between wellesley and needham followed by boston english against boston latin. a win for a woman battling lung cancer. emily: where she' ll be able to buy prescription. randy: a baby left in a church major. the effort to track down the mother and what police have decided to do about it. emily: and we are following breaking news in fenway.

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cindy: 5:41. little more cloud cover. of sunshine. skies for clouds. this afternoon. overnight friday into saturday morning, that will pull us down randy? randy: an alstead new hampshire woman with late-stage lung cancer will be allowed to buy

granite state health officials approved linda horan' s application for an identification card a day after a court granted her emergency request and ordered the state to review her application. the state had argued that issuing horan a card before the first four dispensaries open next year would undermine its need to control marijuana distribution. emily: a dispute at boston children' s hospital over a popular garden. the hospital is planning a $1.5 billion clinical building to replace the half acre prouty garden. that willis an enclosed green area and some patients and staff have protested the loss. the hospital says the planned clinical space is essential and there will be a new rooftop garden. critics call it short sighted. >> at best, i feel it is going to solve our space problem for 10 or 20 years. then we are going to be back where we are start -- back where

we started. the prouty garden will be gone forever. emily: 70 clinicians oppose the demolition. plans for the 11-story building have been in the works since 2012. randy: we are following breaking news overnight. boston police investigating a deadly shooting. and president obama has a message to governors attempting to ban refugees why they have no say. and a creepy crime the burglar just feet away from a sleeping homeowner. the eyeopener on thanksgiving. we are traveling and having a wonderful time on this holiday.

emily: we' re following breaking news in news to go this morning. a deadly shooting under investigation in boston. randy: this happening along the busy yawkey way. internet is there. a minute. emily: but first i want to get to cindy and your forecast. cindy: a different story out west. see the white showing up out in the west. that is snow. it is going to be piling up. take a look at the forecast through tonight. several inches of snow. we are getting those darker blue colors. a half a foot of snow. -- a half a foot of snow. rain going to be heading toward the chicago area.

quite a mess developing in the middle of the country. ahead of that storm, we are going to enjoy milder temperatures. we are heading into the 60' s this afternoon. after being in the 40' s, mid-50' s today. 60 degrees tomorrow before we start to cool down. the story is a warmer one. temps is around 40 degrees at the coast line. mid 40' s on the cape. 37 degrees in worcester. a little bit of cloud cover. these clouds are going to be resistant here this morning. during the football game, there will be areas of low clouds. partial sunshine by midday. we are in the 50' s as you head home this evening. topping up around 54 degrees. we will watch that frontal

warm tomorrow, temperatures up near 60 degrees. we will have clouds to contend with but breaks of sunshine. friday night, a few showers that could linger into the first part of your saturday. overnight, one person is dead two others hurt busy yawkey way. s antoinette antonio is live at the scene with the information in overnight. antoinette: boston police called this a very chaotic scene. hundreds of people were fleeing the scene overnight. those investigators are still here. the victim, a man in his 20' s, found outside of the bar. this went down around 2:00 this morning as the bars were clearing out. two other people were shot at taken to the hospital with injuries. police say there was some kind of private function that was happening but at this point, they are not sure if that had anything to do with shooting. they are hoping witnesses come

cellphone video since they are saying there were hundreds of people in the area. they will be reviewing surveillance video from the bars in this area here at this is a busy area. there was a high school game last night. there will be another high school game at 9:00 this morning. for now, this area remains a blocked off as they complete their investigation. live in boston, antoinette antonio. erika: as we celebrate thanksgiving a terror threat looms. homeland security is working overtime to keep americans safe as millions travel with overseas travel the biggest concern. a worldwide alert issued by the state department is in effect after the attacks in paris. visibly stepped up security is monitoring activity at logan airport. meantime, one of the nation' s biggest celebrations the macy' s thanksgiving day parade in new york city is expected to draw a record-breaking crowd, some three million strong.

secure. emily? emily: governors trying to block syrian refugees are told they don' t have a choice. the obama administration is sending a letter to states saying they cannot deny services based on a refugee' s nationality or religion. several governors want to block syrian refugees from living in their states following the paris attacks. massachusetts governor charlie baker has questioned how those refugees are vetted. randy: angered over the murder of an unarmed black man, protesters in chicago plan to take their demonstrations to the city' s biggest shopping district , michigan avenue on black friday. demonstrators continued to march late into the night. the fatal shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald happened over a year ago but murder charges against the police officer came just this week. mcdonald was shot 16 times in 15 seconds. emily: two men have been convicted on second-degree murder charges in the 2013 shooting death of a new bedford man. hailton dacosta and antonio

rodrigues jr. were convicted yesterday in the death of sharone stafford. he was found wounded in the street in november 2013. prosecutors say stafford was shot during a botched robbery attempt. a police officer is recovering after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. on grafton street. he was taken to the hospital with a minor injury and randy: driver' s education students threatened in new hampshire. police say joseph duven of manchester threatened the students with a gun while they were learning how to parallel park. police credit the driving instructor with quickly getting the students away from danger then calling for help. , duven is free on bail this morning. the new hampshire prep school graduate accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate says he' ll appeal to the state' s highest court. owen labrie was 18 at the time of the 2014 assault at st. paul' s school, in concord, new

-- in concord. his lawyers say the trial judge shouldn' t have allowed a felony count of using a computer to lure the girl. they are also challenging whether labrie should have been ordered to register as a sex offender for life. emily: police will not prosecute the woman seen here in surveillance video who left a newborn baby in a christmas manger outside a new york city church. a church custodian found the baby inside the holy child of jesus church in queens on monday . his umbilical cord still attached. the district attorney says the make sure the baby was found randy: chilling video of a home invasion in new york. the homeowner sleeping just feet this is in queens. s bedroom just before 2:30 wednesday morning. mouth. the suspect stole a cell phone and took off. nobody was hurt. emily: a worcester nurse is facing charges accused of stealing morphine from a nursing

home where she worked. lea roberge was charged this week after a months-long federal investigation at holy trinity eastern orthodox nursing and rehabilitation center. investigators say she stole the painkiller and replaced it with saline. she was fired in april for violating protocol while opening narcotics kits. randy: i guess you can forget about black friday. these holiday shoppers aren' t even waiting until thanksgiving. they' ve already set-up shop outside of a best buy in alabama. the so-called black friday tailgaters have been camping out at the store near birmingham since last friday. but they' re fully equipped with couches, computers, even video games. tailgaters have made this an annual tradition for nine years. emily: i am ok with that one. a warning about holiday coupons , too good to be true. like this one 50% off everything at target. people on facebook have been liking the page thinking they' d

get the coupon. but it' s really a scam to trap you into revealing your personal information in a facebook survey. amazing grace how sweet randy: president obama garnered attention for his rendition of amazing grace earlier this year. and even the attention of a british rock band. coldplay plans to feature a clip of the president singing on the band' s upcoming album. frontman chris martin says they' re using the clip because of the historical significance of what the president did and the meaning of the song. emily: that was pretty good. tom brady lends a hand to help a sick new hampshire woman. randy: the superstar quarterback took some time to send her a special message. >> thank you for your kindness and support.

randy: brady posted the facebook message for jaclyn spotts. the 23-year-old hospitalized at beth israel with a heart condition and doctors don' t know how much longer she has to live. the family says hearing from brady has certainly lifted all of their spirits. >> tom brady, thank you so much. you have no idea how mad you -- how happy you made my family and my sister. randy: the family wasn' t sure if brady would respond but they are glad that they did. emily: happy thanksgiving to them too. cindy, a good day for football. a good day for frying turkeys. cindy: warming it up today. it is going to be a dry day. the last five days, we have had below avere temperatures. that is changing today. went sitting in a south easterly direction. -- winds shifting in a

southeasterly direction. than it was we are starting off with a lot mid 40' s on the cake. 32 in orange. not nearly as cold. the trade-off, all of that blue sky we have had for days, well, there are clouds overhead this morning. partial sunshine developing. milder flow off the ocean. we are going to see improvements today. partly sunny skies, milder temperatures. talking about readings in the 50' s today. going for a high of 55 in boston. in the 50' s on the cape as well. the clouds raking a part as we get deeper into the afternoon. a little bit of sunshine developing today. there could be some fog as well. tomorrow is a breezy mild day

we make a run toward 60 degrees we are watching the system off it is a frontal boundary. it will come through during the overnight hours, friday night. not a lot of rain from this. behind it, leaving showers and on saturday morning with cooler weekend. randy: we are following breaking news overnight gunfire out side emily: one person is dead two others shot. the investigation happening right now. and a security boost for local shoppers. the major outlet that' s taking extra steps to keep people safe. randy: we' re looking at the berkeley building in boston' s back bay.