this morning on world news now, heavy security for the floats and parade. bomb sniffing dogs, thousands of officers, and snipers line the route. an idaho police officer almost ambushed opening the trunk of the car and there's a fugitive inside. details on how it ended straight to tater and tot. >> we'll tell you what was different about it this time and what habit the president is refusing to cut cold turkey. >> let's hope that's a habit right there. >> get it? cold turkey? creator of -- >> turkey. >> oh, i get it because it's thanksgiving day. you say cold turkey, and it's a habit, you referenced to it.

challenge on comedy central's drunk history. telling the story of hamilton on three quarters a bottle of honey whisky. that story is ahead in the skinny. it's thursday, thanksgiving day, november 24th. >> that's how we do the show every day. from abc news, this is "world news now." well -- >> just kidding, just kidding. we kid. we kid. if only. it's actually just at 5:00 a.m. good morning, happy thanksgiving to you. happy thanksgiving to you. >> thank you, to you, too, ken dis. >> thank you. >> we start with the situation in new york and philadelphia, many parades taking place across the country. >> big day. >> millions of people expected at the annual thanksgiving day

>> security will be extremely tight all along that route, which travels right near the home of president-elect donald trump, just one avenue away. >> efforts to keep thing safe include rooftop snipers and thousands of officers. abc with more. >> reporter: in new york, just hours before the famous thanksgiving day parade takes flight, crews are airing up those magical balloons. nearby, a massive security operation, nypd stations 200 trucks down the parade route to block off intersections along the way, and it's just one part of the plan including 3,000 officers, bomb sniffing dogs, and rooftop snipers. >> nypd is more than ready to handle anything that is going on around us. >> reporter: while the mayor and police commissioner say there's no specific threats, there's terrorist chatter using a truck as a weapon to kill pedestrians has them on alert. recent unrelated arrests of a

say talked to the times square point to the necessity of being hype vigilant. security experts say parade goers should plan ahead. >> position yourself in such a way at a parade route where, if you had to move and get away from it, you could. it's not something you need to be paranoid about, but you need to be aware. >> reporter: so far, the extra security seems to be a comforting sight. >> it's ce we feel very safe. >> reporter: abc news, new york. hopefully by now you're in place for thanksgiving after one of the busiest travel days of the year. there were long lines at the airport as well as long lines of cars on the roads near those airports like this one in los angeles. >> oh, the infamous 405, look at that. >> yep. >> amtrak with the busiest day of the year so far, 43 million

north complicated the trip for many. if you're headed out later this morning or taking in the parade, the weather doesn't appear to be too bad. >> let's get details on today and black friday from cam tran, good morning. >> good morning, diane and kendis. the country is dealing with pleasant conditions, green means go, nice in the midsection. the pacific northwest has rains, problem spots there, and in the northeast, there's a system moving in to bring snow in new england, the mid atlantic, it's mainly rainfall. as for the big black friday shopping forecast, it is looking nice across the midsection again. it's the northeast and northwest, the same spots dealing with the dreary weather thursday deal with it once again friday, and as for that weekend forecast across the nation's midsection's east looking very mild and dry, and a big storm system moving in west coast

for saturday. back to you. hillary clinton's growing lead in the popular vote. >> losing in the electoral college, clinton has 2 million more popular vote than donald trump. a lot of the lead was generated by california where votes are still being counted. former green party candidate jill stein is trying to order a recount in many battleground states. donald trump's transition team is expected to announce he's chosen billionaire investor wilbur ross to be the next secretary of commerce. ross was an early trump support er who served as one of his economic advisers during the campaign. >> the first two women offered top spots, nikki haley asked to be the u.n. ambassador, a rising republican star, sharply critical of donald trump, and has little foreign policy experience.

top gop fundraiser to betsy devos, to lead the education department. dash cam from idaho shows a police officer ambushed by a hidden assail i can't. he suspects there's a fugitive in the trunk of the car. taps on the led, play it out. the pair fell to the ground in a struggle, and police say the man continued to try to punch and spit on the officer until backup actually arrived, and they were able to handcuff the man. in massachusetts, this en officer and another man raising plenty of questions this morning, the police officer says they deliberately pumped into him, but some say thomas mishandled the incident. facing charges like misorderly conduct, and two bystanders are facing charges. the police department says he acted appropriately. the dow jones and s&p hit another record high on wall street yesterday continuing a

mortgage rates have risen sharply since the election worrying home buyers. the average rate for a 30 year loan is at the highest level in more than a year. football goes hand in hand with thanksgiving, and the nfl offered up a long day for you today on the menu. first up, vikings and lions with the winner taking sole possession of first place in the nfc north. then it's the redskins against the red hot cowboys who won nine consecutive games. finally, anyone can still awake enjoy steelers and colts. keeping the playoff hopes alive. jack has a horse in the race. i don't know who it is. it might be the colts. >> looks like the redskins colors. last week in the nfl, there was a record number of missed extra points, but none of them, none of them was as bad as a kick you're about to see.

it's a disaster. open net, he's going all the way, and he's got it, but, oh! >> oh! come on! you had one job! >> he could have moved out of the way. >> i don't know how you miss that. >> oh that's -- that's sad. >> wow. >> head over your laces, people. >> norwood is, like, are you kidding me? oh, man. >> painful. it's painful. >> you have to feel bad for no. 15 there. yeah. he missed it. poor guy there. >> oh. okay. okay. >> it just hurts. >> let's move in. >> this is why serbia never won the world cup.

president obama upholds the long standing tradition of the presidential turkey pardon, but this year, two noticeable absences and two new stand-ins. >> could we head back to the '90s? what we're hearing about a potential spice girl reunion and we'll have the full story next in the skinny. you're watching "world news now." ? ? "world news now" weather brought to you by chewy.com. now." ? ? "world news now" weather

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a preview of the macy's thanksgiving day parade above new york. if you're up at this hour in the kitchen, likely in the first stages of brining and defrosting the turkey. >> two lucky birds wake up this morning safe and sound thanks to president obama upholing the decade's long tradition of presidential turkey pardons. joining us now is janae with the breaking news on the pardon of the turkey. >> you went to journalism school for this, right? >> absolutely, b absolutely. good morning, happy thanksgiving. it was the president's 8th and final presidential turkey pardon, and president obama didn't hold back giving all of us one more chance to chuckle, even shake heads as he dished out the best turkey puns.

>> this is the last time i'm doing this. we're not leaving any room for leftovers. >> reporter: even in the absence of the first daughters, the annual turkey pardon was stuffed full of dad jokes. >> i established another tradition. embarrassing my daughters with a cornyicopia of jokes. no way i'm cutting this habit cold turkey. >> reporter: the president joined in the rose garden this year by his nephews, austin and aaron, and saying his daughters had a scheduling conflict or something. >> actually, they just couldn't take the jokes anymore. they were fed up. >> reporter: over the last eight years, the tradition has been a light hearted start to the holiday season. the president making the turkey pardon into more of a showcase of his punny dad jokes.

competed for a chance to make it to the white house and stay off the table. it was quite literally the hunger games. >> ha-ha. >> time flies. even if turkeys don't. >> that was good. that was good. >> i thought it was. >> this year, the two lucky turkeys spared to the table are tater and to the. >> he's the vice turkey. we're working on getting him a pair of aviator glasses. >> reporter: making fun of vice president biden and giving a nod to the turkeys who didn't make the cut. >> who didn't get to ride the gravy train to freedom and prove they were not chicken. oh, it's not that bad, no. come on. >> reporter: turning almost somber, the president giving a good-bye of sorts reflecting over his presidency and thanking the american people before getting back to the puns. >> everyone knows that

people in a fowl mood. >> reporter: and the pardons. >> congratulations! [ applause ] hey, oh, right on cue. >> that was two turkeys, tater and to the live out their days in a facility called gobblers west at virginia tech, which even the president admitted is a little hokey. >> get it? >> oh, i miss that. sasha rolling her eyes. >> oh. >> the sympathy laugh. >> over this. >> so embarrassed last year -- >> like, no, we're done. >> couldn't take it anymore. >> we're done. you're not running again, we don't need to be here for this. all right. thank you. appreciate it. still ahead, we have breaking news on the reported leak of what could be a spice girls reunion. >> the brian ross unit is on this at this hour.

to figure out if the spice girls are coming back. >> we need to know. >> "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc

is the banner there, breaking news banner? we have -- no, not there. we have breaking skinny news right now about the world's best selling girl group. >> while nobody was looking,

baby reunited as a spinoff group called gem, a game formed with the initials of their real first names. >> now "people" magazine reports their single leaked. >> oh. ? this is a song for her ? ? you know you light it up ? ? because you know who you are ? ? stand up stand up ? ? she's got that boom boom ? >> oh, i like it. >> it's catchy. >> the 40-something spice girls are apparently being a feel good pop anthem for women looking for more girl power. >> not finding sporty spice or the rest any time soon. beckham is busy with the fashion label and family and chisim said her career went in a different direction. >> wonder what direction that

>> she had a song in 1999 that was big. >> and in the last 20 years? >> i like the new one. >> it's cute. next to drunk history, shall we. >> "hamilton" creator narrates comedy central's "drunk history" where inebriated actors and comics share stories from u.s. history, and those drunk vegss get reenacted. miranda was tapped for the story of alexander hamilton. >> meanwhile washington asks hamilton to be his secretary. no, no, i'm good, i want to fight because that's how i'm going to rise up. washington's like, mother [ bleep ] work for me, it's paperwork, sure, but you'll be in the with the guy who knows best. hamilton does the political calculations, and says, okay. that's how it went down? >> that's huh it went down, totally.

house. miranda looked coherent despite reportedly he downed three quarters of a bottle of honey whisky. that's good. >> yeah it is. maybe for tomorrow's show? this airs next tuesday night at 10:30 p.m. on comedy central. >> who doesn't love a diamond engagement ring? >> apparently miley cyrus. >> she showed off her present from her fiance, a rainbow jewelled ring. ellen she's not a fan of standard engagement rings. i guess this is her response to that? >> in particular, the 3.5 carat what he proposed with. >> do you like it? >> she said the ring is not really her esthetic. >> what does that mean. >> he proposed, and, like, i don't like it, i want this one

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? turkey for me ? ? turkey for you ? ? let's eat the turkey in my big brown shoe ? ? love to eat the turkey ? >> oh, i love adam sandler's version of the holiday song. as we know, the turkey is very much the star of the show at most people's family dinners, and there's plenty of ways to make the turkey. >> probably the most, shall we frying. >> reporter: it's the moment your butter ball turns into a fire ball. >> watch your feet. >> truly, the stuff of thanksgiving legend and disaster. deep fried turkey. getting the bird in the oil always an adventure. whether it's flown in by drone or dropped with unfortunate consequence.

off dramatic steps to keep everyone safe. >> while the oil is getting up to 350 degrees, it's a good time to remind all pets and kids they are not allowed anywhere near the frying apparatus. just to be sure, i tie any child to a tree. >> reporter: kidding, of course, but this is serious stuff. >> we treat about 50 patients per year with grease burns, most related to cooking. we want to ensure people understand what, how dangerous burns can be. >> cooking oil, when it's heated gas leap. nearly any spark will ignite it. >> reporter: only deep fry turkeys outdoors and only on a surface that will not burn like brick or concrete. wooden outdoor decks are a no-no. when it comes to cooking, we ask the butter ball turkey best tip. >> preheat the oil that takes time, but make sure your turkey is thoroughly dry, no ice crystals, and lower it slowly into the hot oil.

four minutes a pound, and check the temperature. when it reaches 175, it's done and delicious. >> another suggestion is to take the turkey, put the water in the pot, and put the turkey in that way and take the turkey out, and that's the line where you want the oil. people measure oil perfectly not thinking when they put the turkey in, the oil overflows all over the top of the pot. >> does it work for tofurkey. >> i don't know. >> yeah. >> why not? >> you can deep fry anything, can't you? i might even eat that if you deep fry it. >> i won't eat it, but i'll watch you eat it. >> why make tofurkey then? this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "world news

making news in america this morning, thanksgiving triple threat. snow, rain and ice, two systems moving across the country as millions hit the road for the holiday. we're tracking it all. president-elect donald trump names two women to his cabinet and hear his new thanksgiving message as hillary clinton's popular vote million. a suspect jumps out of a trunk when a police officer approaches the vehicle. the struggle with what appears to be a gun in the suspect's hand. the dramatic conclusion. the thanksgiving day macy's parade is just hours away. we'll check out the balloon, the preparations and the security as the parade route passes just a