still see some flurries. neighbors rushed into a burning home to help a man trapped inside. the brutal conditions that they say forced them in and out of the house several times. taking a break for the holiday, the one thing the president-elect is asking of every american on thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving, everybody. now 6:00 this morning. we appreciate you being with us, and we hope your thanksgiving morning is off to a fantastic start. i am gene lavanchy. >> sara: i am. sara underwood. front. it is cool but only a slight chance of rain. let's get it from the weather source, shiri spear. >> shiri: yeah, that's right. we are looking at a drier forecast for today. right now what we are seeing a ton of cloud cover. that, my friend, not going to change. it will be a very dry thanksgiving across new england. 35 degrees in boston. 30 in worcester. 32 in nashua, new hampshire. 32 in plymouth. most of you freezing. the only flurries i have got focused into southern new

the hour-by-hour forecast for plymouth today maintains the cloud cover at 8 a.m. 35 degrees. at 10:00, 43. 46 at noon. timed and hover in the middle 40s in the afternoon. rain chances start to climb once we hit the evening hour. an hour-by-hour look at the rain and snow risk with futurecast, gene, back to you. following breaking news in plainville. police are investigating a deadly wrong way crash overpass around 2:00 this morning. we know the wrong-way driver is dead and the other driver of the car currently at rhode island hospital. two lanes are shut down and we will continue to bring you the latest on fox25boston.com. fresh plywood covers a house after an intense fire in saugus. >> sara: fortunately for the man inside the house was able

neighbors refused to give up. our michael henrich is live in saugus with the braves review. >> reporter: we will find out how that man is doing this morning. reports are that he was talking when taken to the hospital, and the whole reason because two men reportedly went into this burning building and rescued him. the lynn daily item that these two neighbors were pushed back multiple times by heavy smoke and eventual this man who is in his 80s and brought him out to the front lawn in safety and first responders were able to take him to the hospital. it happened a little bit before 5:00 yesterday afternoon and we are still working to find out how that man is doing. the good sign is that he was talking to first responders after he was rescued the cause of this fire remains under

michael henrich, fox 25 news. new this morning a 73-year-old middleborough woman is missing. police say that lois harris was last seen leaving her home yesterday at 4:00 in the afternoon. heading to a grocery store in her gray toyota camry. harris reportedly has trouble driving in the dark and is easily confused. middleborough police are asking them with anyone with information to give them call. a sixth child has died the driver johnothony walker did not have drugs or alcohol in his system. he went off the designated route when the bus crashed into an utility pole and tree. >> looking a at the history of tally road. we ascertained that tally road was not on the designated route for that school bus. >> gene: six children are still in the hospital. they have warrants for all

they have not spoken to children involved but plan to with the help of counselors. a chaotic scene at the hannaford in waltham. police were called to the scene of a multicar crash in the parking lot of the russell street store. a woman was backing out of a parking spot and cement on going crashing into five or six cars and an employee out collecting shopping carts all on one of the busiest grocery shopping days of the year. shoppers came out to find emergency crews on >> i have seen all the ambulances on top of hannaford. cars were totally smashed. the one on top of it was hit. the person putting the carts away was actually dragged when the car came in. >> sara: the employee and driver both ended up in the hospital but neither suffered serious injuries. no word what caused the crash. a teenaged driver hit a

the 76-year-old victim was flown to the hospital with serious injury. the teenager was driving the pickup truck. we are told he is cooperating with investigators. a man was air-lifted to the hospital after a tree fell on him on ivy lane in natick. the 60-year-old has serious injuries and working to get an update on him. a prominent attorney once named one charge. gara zarella. the fourth time he faced a judge of rape. acquitted in 2009 of two rape charges and in florida the same year. like the past three cases, his attorney says this charge will not stick. >> i don't know what is motivating this young woman. i don't know if she is looking for money or for 15 minutes of fame. i don't know if she told an initial lie that spiraled out

she is lying. >> prosecutors argue that she has strict bail conditions where he was ordered not to leave the state but went to florida where he was accused again of sexual assault. he has since made bail and ordered to wear a gps monitoring bracelet. >> the driver accused of injuring four officers while running from police in dorchester is spending thanksgiving in jail. police say vincent weeks dragged two officers down the street and then hit two more with his car. he was on the run f hours before police arrested him. all four officers are recovering at home and weeks will be in court friday morning. 6:06. two boston police officers shot while responding to a call last month were honored at a charity hockey game. cintolo and morris dropped the puck. the alumni playing against the boston police department. the event was to help support

continue their recovery. >> a lot to be thankful that they are both home and enjoying thanksgiving with their family. >> gene: the rink was packed their family. >> gene: the rink was packed supporting those officers donald trump wraps up business before taking a break for the holiday. he named two women to top high-profile jobs in his administration before giving a brief thanksgiving message. daniel miller joins us with the youtube video from the president-elect. >> president-elect trump is enjoying time off with his family at their exclusive resort in florida. last night he released a new message on youtube calling for the country to unite. >> it is my prayer on this thanksgiving, that we heal our divisions move forward as one country strengthened by one purpose and very, very common resolve. >> trump fans to foes cuss on family and not the transition during the holiday. before that break he did make a few things official.

haley was chosen to be the next un ambassador to the united nations. trump called her a deal maker. united nations. trump called her a deal maker. betsy she pushed for voucher school programs and almost immediately after this announcement the largest teachers union slammed the pick. and former presidential rival ben carson has accepted the offer to be the secretary of housing and senator elizabeth warren says the transition team should be placed under federal review. she wants investigators to look at how the team is spending millions of taxpayer dollars budged for the -- budgeted for the transition that she calls chaotic. she says he has conflicts of interest with his business holdings and used his personal cell phone raising security concerns. new report raising concern of how engaged mr. trump is with

"the washington post" said the president-elect received only two classified briefings. by contrast vice president-elect mike pence has set aside intelligence briefings every day since the election. in the newsroom, daniel miller. former green party nominee jill stein is asking for review of all votes in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. the move comes after security experts allegedly warned the clinton campaig those states. a resident made the announcement and within hours, donors raised $2 million to pay for the paperwork and the recount. hillary clinton's lead in the popular vote stands at 2 million. 6:0. and after a couple of days off the patriots back on the practice field with one notable exception. tom brady was not out there with his teammates. he missed practice with a knee injury; however, he is

jets. rob gronkowski did practice for the first time this week, but he is unlikely to play sunday as he continues to recover from a chest injury he suffered against the seahawks. before we dig into the turkey, all about pigkin this morning. thousand also attend traditional thanksgiving football games across the state, and fox25 will be getting in on all the action. our cameras be at 16 different games that includes the and wellesley. the oldest public school rivalry in the country. today is the 129th reading.

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this home on fresh water road in east harwich. the fire was caused by a marijuana grow operation. take a look at what police seized, 70 marijuana plants with six pounds of packaged pot, they found a gun, ammunition and cash. more details on monday, fox25 went to local garden shops and found they have seen a jump in sales since voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana earlier this month. we have been told that people have been asking a lot of needed to grow pot. starting next month. people 21 and older can grow up to six marijuana plants. a local boy scout troop reported that his trailer was stolen over the summer and they now have it back. the troop from norwood reported their trailer missing in august. turns out the trailer was stolen from u haul nearly 20 years ago and it eventually ended up with the troop. and u-haul repossessed the trailer without telling the boys first. u-haul has given the trailer

a turkey farm stand devastated by fire is back open for business. robert goulston went to lancaster to see how the rebuild is feeding a lot of families this thanksgiving. >> reporter: these are the turkeys that survived. >> the freshy turkey year round. >> reporter: back in june, a fire ripped through the largest barn at bob's turkey farm killing 70,000 young turkeys that just hatched. bob van hoop started the business back in the '50s. >> kind of disappointing because i built all those buildings that it had burned. >> reporter: bob told his daughter who now runs the business that closing down may be the only option with so many thanksgiving turkeys destroyed. >> reporter: did you think it was possible? >> we weren't sure what we were going to do at that point. >> reporter: people started showing up offering help which turned into a fundraiser with thousands of dollars pouring in. >> getting back together and getting things going again. so we are pretty lucky that

very good. >> reporter: they were able to recoup about half of the turkeys killed and customers are thanking the family by showing up in big numbers. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. happy thanksgiving. >> it was very existing. it is packed in there. -- it is very exciting. it is packed in there. people are excited that they are back in business. >> reporter: the new barn will be back next year and then they will have a full stock of turkeys. robert goulston, fox 25 news. now your local from meteorologist shiri spear in the fox25 storm tracker weather team. >> reporter: with the turkey day forecast right here. i know a lot of football games at 10:00. if you were cool now, you will be cool at 10:00. temperatures right around 35, but honestly inland towns and cities still at freezing. coastal towns and city a midge warmer than that, cool and cloudy. 1 p.m. at lunchtime, 42 degrees. by 5 p.m. temperatures sinking back in the upper 30s. only the slight chance of drizzle or flurries during

not a zero chance but it is light. it is hitting the overnight hours that the rain starts to spread. 46 in boston. 45 in beverly. 47 in plymouth. lucky spots are southeastern mass and a little closer to 50 degrees and worcester only at 40 and nashua, new hampshire only at 41. an hour-by-hour look with futurecast breaks down a ton of clouds that will only see a little spot of green at 1:00 this afternoon in worcester and up into southern new hampshire, the merrimack mentioning and could end up being a temperature in in towns and cities a opposed to raindrops and 7 p.m., as more rain spreads into southern new england, i still see mixing north of the mass pike. over time what you will find overnight that rain does indeed spread and kind of patchy and pretty light. friday morning with anyone hitting the shops really early for the black friday deals, i do have some dmriz your friday morning forecast.

morning forecast. a few showers around and a lot of drive times wedged in between. . the bet for showers will be early in the morning which si showed you and late at night. middle of the day running mostly dry. the next item is the weekend. watching this weekend's coastal storm. right now you can see the heavyist band of rain by this particular forecast model is off shore. not take a pu heavy rain and snow mixing in inland. if the whole thing tracks further away that band will miss us and mostly dry conditions. a lot to iron out with the weekend forecast determining the exact track of that storm system and what kind of impact it will have on your plans. i want to plan on a little bit of rain. 42, most ly dry with late showers. 48 tomorrow with spot showers only. saturday, chance for heavy rain at the coast at 48

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police lined up to honor an officer shot and killed in the line of duty. officer colin rose was patrolling a neighborhood near wayne state university on tuesday on a bike and called for backup. when they arrived they found him with a bullet wound to the head. rose died yesterday morning and honored by officers. he was the fifth officer shot in the u.s. in more than a week. a new york man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his pocket. look at this. the man's pocket started sparking before it exploded. the man suffered third-degree burns. cock workers smelled the fumes

explosion. >> out of nowhere a huge explosion came from one my co-workers' pockets and it just shot at us. >> my colleague, his pocket was engulfed in flames. there were sparks, and i -- i thought it was fireworks, like fourth of july. >> gene: talk about hot pants. a picture of the e-cig after the explosion. it had a high voltage battery. unclear what caused it to catch fire. tremendous surveillance video from venice, california showed the moment that an armed robber entered a. confronted the cashier and the robber turned the back, the store owner grabbed him. the two men wrestled inside the store and ended up on the street and the owner lost his grip and the man ran away. >> i felt like i did the right thing. that's it. i felt i did the right thing. just don't come take my stuff. i work hard for the business,

>> sara: venice police are looking at the tape. they are still looking for a suspect. argentina gene-o a little scary there. >> sara: scary. imagine traveling 24 hours what an air force unit did yesterday. >> sara: they they did. they were stationed overseas and made their stop to north carolina. about 80 members of the air force touched down to refuel and check through customs and even though new hampshire wasn't their wasn't their final destination, they were welcomed home by smiling faces. >> it is surreal. i don't think it will actually hit me. normally it doesn't until boots on the ground back home walking in the front door. >> i was really surprised. i never had that before. a little overwhelming by the amount of team and awesome to see how many people come out to see us come home. >> the greeters have been welcoming home troops for six years. so there are they have been here to say thank you to 350,000 troops.

weather cooperated and they could get back in the air. 40 to 48 degrees to their actual home. mostly dry and cloudy conditions today. some flurries and sprinkles possible, especially later on. i will time them out next. and to do the weather, shiri, her reactions to the snow that have so many smiling

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complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> reporter: fresh plywood surrounds a burned house this thanksgiving morning. the daring rescue that helped save a man's life. a cyclist struck. his bike pinned underneath a truck. and now his remarkable

given another lease on life. >> sara: this local man is only talking to fox25 about the change he wants to see on the roads. a frightening ambush caught on camera. what the man hiding the trunk had with him that turned into a life-threatening situation for the police officer. good morning, everyone, and a happy thanksgiving. thank you so much for waking up early with us on this wonderful day. and it is expected to be a nice day weather-wise. >> gene: getting a good break. mostly dry. moderating. a couple of flurries, drizzle here and there. >> most of us will see the clouds like we are right now in worcester at 30 degrees. freezing in leominster at 32. londonderry new hampshire at 31. a lot of us suffer outside of boston are freezing. boston itself at 35 degrees. just the cloud cover. and we have the same story down to the cape with temperatures as high as 40 in duxbury. 32 in wareham. your day planner today for the boston area, 36 degree at 8

clouds and 43 here at noontime. high temperatures tapping into the middle 40s in and around the boston area and by 7:00 this evening, down to 40 again as the chance for rain starts to claim. an hour-by-hour look. the futurecast. i am back in ten. gene, over to you. following breaking news in plainville. police are investigating a deadly wrong-way crash on 495 south that happened near the spruce street overpass around 2:00 and the driver of the other car currently at looild hospital. two -- at rhode island holt. two lanes are closed. we will bring you the story on air and online at fox25boston.com. a charred house now boarded up after an intense

two neighbors refused to give up. the brave rescue. >> reporter: sara, gene, you can see outside of the house now that the sun is rising. some of the debris taken out of this burned-out house, the plywood out against the outer wall. the damage to the roof is evident as well. this is a difficult situation but made less difficult due to two neighbors here. two of these neighbors were pushed back by heavy smoke multiple times and would not give up knowing that a man in his 80s was stilled inside. and the item reports that those men eventually did knock in the door, carried that man out to safety. and the item reports that that man was talking and conscious when -- dealing with the first responder who eventually took him to the hospital for treatment. we are working this morning to

is doing. an official status update on his condition, but also what caused this fire on the eve of thanksgiving. that cause is under investigation in morning. live in saugus, michael henrich, fox25 news. this is a story you will only see on fox25. a cyclist knocked unconscious for two two weeks after being hit by a truck is now speaking out. that crash happened in august as shawn cavanaugh was making his way to work on he says he remembers nothing from the moment that left him with broken bones and a bleeding brain. now cavanaugh is thankful to be alive and wants to spread the word of being safe on the roads. >> i feel in many ways i was given another lease on life. i want to make sure that i help other people be aware that, you know, this kind of thing can happen on a bike. >> cavanaugh said his helmet is likely what saved his life

police cited the driver in the crash and the investigation is ongoing. a weymouth teen has been charged with manslaughter after an april crash that killed a 15 xwrorl classmate. kate mccarthy was killed last spring when 17-year-old john crawly crashed his car into a utility pole and two parked cars. he was speeding and not supposed to have other minors in his car. he is facing charges of assault and battery for injuries to another girl. and police are trying to track down the person stole thousands of dollars from the nutcracker. they are scrambling to come up with 50 costumes and headpieces weeks before the show. the stolen costumes are worth more than money. >> the number of hours decorating and putting the stones -- the stone value.

not just fabric and the labor. >> sara: they are contacting ballet companiesing can for help to make the costumes. they will have seamstresses to help them make the coulds tombs. this girl has a polio-like illness. she can pairly walk. heather hegedus was there as she went home just in time for thanksgiving. >> reporter: paulin able to walk through the halls able to walk through the halls of fran kiss she came to franciscan childrens in september after she began to develop weak en -- weakness. her mother sonya spoke us to through a translator. >> she started with a cold. then i took her to the hospital. >> reporter: paulina was diagnosed with afm, an extremely rare neurological

and limbs. >> when paulina came here she wasn't doing a whole lot of moving, and now we have her in a pool and she is up and walking while in a pool. she has made a lot of progress. >> reporter: paulina has down syndrome and they don't believe that affected her health or how her body reacted to afm. it starts with a common virus one many of us have been exposed to but for some reason, paul differently. >> it can cause common cold symptoms and have problems with asthma and prior outbreaks in children where it has caused this time of paralysis. >> reporter: after two months, doctors are hopeful that paulina will be able to walk again without her walker. >> she showed she can improve. no reason she won't continue to improve further.

>> sara: we wish her the best. >> gene: keep getting better paulirk na. happy thanksgiving to that family. a dinner top.ic that is generally taboo. we are talking about politics and this year more people are worried about a possible political food fight during today's feast. we talked to a psychologist

new this morning. there were no winners in last night's power ball drawing but only raises the stakes for saturday and buy your tickets. this weekend's jackpot now worth an estimated $403 million. the lump sum cash value on that is $244 million. this is the game's biggest prize since one lucky winner new hampshire took home $ million in july. here are the winning numbers in case you got a smaller prize from back then. in case you got a smaller prize from back then. if you are planning to go shopping tomorrow or really late tonight, what is the best time to go to avoid the crazy crowds? our elizabeth hopkins crunched some numbers. >> reporter: okay, let's talk turkey. by that what is on your dinner table and also what's in your wallet. we took a look at people

what time people were going to go out. some the super early ones are hitting the stores at midnight after they have eaten and after the dessert. people from 1 to 5 a.m., 17% of people. a lot of those poem plan to sit outside and make sure -- those people plan to sit outside and make sure they get those door buster deals. and 30% of people plan to shop on plaque friday between 6 and 9 a.m. people who say i am not getting up after such meal and sleep in and 22% that say we will sleep in and go out at 10 a.m. and later and then the category of people who are unsure. 16% of people say they just don't know what time they are going to shop. depends on family commitments and how they are feeling the next day. make sure you have our fox25 app. send out traffic alerts to keep our holiday shopping on scheduled and right now online, a list of a few stores that are open today and a list

free thanksgiving meals. also, there are ideas on how you can help someone this holiday season. this is all on fox25 and fox25boston.com. 6:41 in this morning. what a difference al horford and jake cloudy made. the bs are back on track and haven't lost including last night's win over the nets in brooklyn. really is a difference maker, 17.points, 5 repwounldz, and jay crowd her 15 points, 5 rebounds. celtics were never in trouble in this one. isaiah thomas led all cores at 23. six celtics were in double figures. good night for the green won three in a row rolling over the nets 111-92. traffic stop turns into an ambush. coming up why the officer already sensed something was up before this trunk popped open. protecting kids in rear end crash.

look at the skyline in the back bay this morning as we get a look over the boston common. a little on the cold side right now. plymouth at 32. and it is 31 degrees right now in lexington. likewise 31 in portsmouth, new hampshire. mostly dry turkey day. shiri is keeping an eye on sprinkles and flurries coming our way. timing out where and when that will be coming up in less than five minutes.

investigating a deadly wrong-way crash on 495 overnight that happened near the spruce street overpass in plainville around 2:00 this morning. state police say a car was driving north on the southbound side between exit 13 and 14 when it struck another vehicle. the wrong-way driver was killed and the driver in the other car was taken to rhode island hospital. they are still trying to piece together what happened and why that driver was going the wrong way on the highway. looking live in saugus where a fire ravish and two neighbors were able to rescue the man inside. the daily item report that two men saw the flames and ran inside but heavy smoke forced them out four or five times. they were able to go back in to rescue a man inside. our michael henrich is on the scene and has a call into the fire department to try to figure out what caused the fire. and donald trump posted a new message calling on the country to unite during thanksgiving. the president-elect reportedly in not doing any transition business over the holidays. yesterday he announced that

to the un. republican donor betsy devoss will be his education secretary. and dr. ben carson will be director of housing and urban development. sara. millions of drivers are traveling over the thanksgiving weekend. a warning of the safety of the seats inside your car. our daniel miller joins us with the change one local lawmaker is calling for. >> daniel: sara, all has to do with what happens to front seats during a rear-end crash. it could lead to injury and even death for anyone sitting the back. >> reporter: dangerous problem that could impact your family and plays out on this crash test video. a rear end crash. the front seat collapses. the driver launches backwards slamming into whomever. often children sitting the back seat. >> it is causing serious injuries and death to children especially in back seats of our cars every single year in our country. >> reporter: we first told but

lawmakers demanded answers from major automakers of how often front seat backs collapse and injury passengers. now u.s. senators ed markey and richard blooment+ hal want federal regulators to take immediate action and strengthen standards. >> the price is too high and americans families have to pay. >> daniel: according to the center of auto safety, 898 children have been killed in rear end collisions in the past 18 yea sitting the back seat. national seat strength standards have not been updated since first adopted in 1967 despite several petitions to the u.s. transportation department to boost regulations. for now, auto safety advocates recommend putting kids in the middle of the back where typically no one is seated in front of them. and our washington d.c. bureau has been call for safety

the cost of strengthening seat belts are only a few dollars. from the newsroom, daniel miller, fox25 news. incredible video coming out of i had they had morning where a traffic stop quickly led to an ambush when a wanted fugitive pops out of a trunk, armed about what looks like a gun. the police officer sees what is happening, slams the drunk down to -- trunk down and wrestles the fugitive to the ground. the officer knew something was wrong missing a license plate and registered tth but his mom was driving it. the fugitive and the mom were arrested and no one was hurt. an update to the exclusive story we told but yesterday. the woman without heat for weeks is finally warming up this morning. we are happy to report that the heat is back on sh shirley burton's south boston home. they were able to repair her furnace after a power surge from work outside. house left her furnace, refrigerator and stove all unusable. eversource replaced her

filled the new one with food. a puppy in colorado is showing people the simple joys of life. this is loki and video of her seeing snow for the first time. she is loving it, and it is making her famous. her owner uploaded the clip last week. says the clip of loki reminds her to be thankful. she is thankful she even has loki to look after. >> her mom came up pregnant from texas -- this dog. and from a and if somebody hadn't seen the poe tongs to want to save a dog, she wouldn't be here. >> gene: the video of loki has been viewed many times. she is so popular they made up the facebook. >> sara: is that what your new dog does?

snow yet. initially folking flurries inland and drizzle at the coast and looks limited. even though that slight chance, most of will you be seeing a dry thanksgiving. cloudy skies spanning across most of new england. those clouds will be filling in later on today. the bulk of the moisture over new york and pennsylvania and struggle could tomorrow to fruition. 8 a.m. temperatures teetering very close to freezing here. we should be inching just above it like bedford and lawrence and norwood. crowds staying mostly dry. futurecast has just updated even if you were with us last hour or last half hour, check it out by 1 a.m., i have a little blip of drizzle from boston northward. and then you hit inland towns and city like lawrence and even bedford into the merrimack valley, southern mass and new hampshire. temps are above freezing.

all. a cup of flames coming down. really don't think it will have much consequence. at 6 p.m., the chance of rain goes up again and spots that are dry like southeastern mass at risk of seeing a couple of sprinkles. worcester could be dealing with a little bit of a mix. same into nashua, snow in keene, new hampshire. rain replaces all of that overnight and again it stays light and patchy. i am not planning around any downpours today and tomorrow. 46 we have got maynard at 46. worcester at 40. and 39 in milford, new hampshire. a cool thanksgiving forecast. temperatures upper 40s to 50 degrees over southeastern massachusetts. the spot that should stay dry and cloudy today and then tonight, we kind of get those filling in. patchy rain 34 keeping everybody above freezing. watching the worcester hills in southwestern new hampshire with one or two towns turning

highs 42 to 50 degrees with spot showers friday. not a washout. this is what could end up being a washout. the weekend storm system that we are watching. still some questions of how close it is going to get. look how close this heavy band of rain is. if this tracks a little closer we will end up with heavy rain at the coastline. snow inland. if it tracks a little further out to see a mostly miss. a lot to iron out with the forecast. high temperatures expected in the 40s both days. both risk for some showers. a better bet will be on saturday with heavy rain at the coastline. sunday a couple of lingering sprinkles and flurries at 44 degrees. drying out monday into tuesday of next week and more rain slated for the middle of the week on pence. back to you. if you were headed home for thanksgiving and are anxious of a political food fight at the dinner table, you are not alone. but a psychologist say it is possible to keep thanksgiving

civil in post-election america. >> reporter: thanksgiving is the proverbial melting pot for political dialogue, and this year when the election is swirling in the minds of many -- >> i think there are protesters with a specific beef. >> reporter: pom particulars end up at many dinner table at the red-hot main course. >> do you think this year you guy also talk about the election at all? >> oh, my god, some people are trump supporters. some people are clinton supporters. >> we like to win arguments. probably both fil >> reporter: the 2016 wlengs has taken an emotional toll. according to an american psychological association survey, more than half of all americans say it is a source of significant stress. for some -- >> some of my family actually supported mr. trump, which flabbergasted me. >> reporter: the anxiety of being with politically divided family members will keep them from even showing up on thanksgiving.no, i will not be going home. >> reporter: others view politics like football and

>> not that we are not going to talk about it. it is like how long are we going to talk about it. >> the election -- >>reporter: if you are worried a political food fight may break out. smart ways to navigate the elephant in the room. >> a lot of families will be getting together where they differ sharply. >> reporter: georgetown college professor suggests that the family come to the table with a predetermined strategy, whether it is avoiding the top agreeing to listen to each other without arguing, or using a trusted family member as a mediator. >> somebody who is accepted by everyone and who is more moderate and who would listen to both sides. >> reporter: he says the goal is to focus on what brings you together rather than who tears you apart. >> to sit down and enjoy people and their presence and they appreciate it. >> sara: just in case you need the numbers to prove how

poll found that 53% of americans are dreading the thought of talking politics today. president obama pardons the last turkeys of his presidency and this time not joined by his daughters. the president pardoned tater and tot with his two new year's eve fuse who stood in for sasha and malia. his daughters could not take puns and jokes. >> malia and sasha are glad in is my final presidential turkey pardon. we will do this every year from now on. no cameras, just us, every year. no way i am cutting this habit cold turkey. >> gene: very well-done. he said embarrassing his

bad jokes. tater and tot will go to the gobler rest exhibit with the poultry and science apartment. these puns are a feather in his cap. >> sara: you and the president would be very great friends. besty s all the way. could have been a disaster for pilot shoppers. pilots working for amazon a emergency effort to put them back to work.

? ? >> shiri: now at 7:00, gray and chilly start to thanksgiving, the warm-up. >> gene: 1 person dead on wrong-way crash on the hi into this early morning crash. >> sara: plus donald trump makes 2 more high-profile appointments to cabinet before taking time off. the president-elect holiday message to all americans. boston's only local news at 7:00. fox25 morning news. >> sara: good morning, everybody,. happy thanksgiving to you. i'm sara underwood. >> gene: i'm gene lavanchy.