same. i have details on what to expect. and a little snow to throw on top. festive if you will. disney's newest film hits theaters. the animated movie has an ohio connection. learn more as we go behind the scenes of what will no doubt be another blockbuster hit. from the station that sees the possible, this is channel 3 news. brought to you by universal windows direct. you'll be saying, i love my windows. and now, channel 3 news at 7:00. well, happy thanksgiving everyone. i'm sara. jimmy is off tonight. the dinner is over, hopefully the dishes are done. and many of you are either hitting the stores all ready, or you might be up in the early morning for black friday sales. the doors opened in parma tonight at 5:00, hillary, how's

i mean, it waxes and wanes. we've seen a good number of people. but this is the entry point. the place where we've seen hundreds coming through. even the littlest amongst them waving at the camera. it's not surprising that we're seeing so much activity. the national retail federation predicted a 3.6% increase. that magic number that i was telling you i'd bring you, $655 billion, americans are expected to dr all ready, individuals planning to spend about $935. and nearly 6 in 10 americans are going to be coming through doors like these, like toys r us, like best buy, like sears, all of those opening on thanksgiving. 170million of those americans. 6 in 10 planning to shop thanksgiving, friday, saturday. i wanted to also give you some

deals that you can expect. this guy, $80. he's half off here at toys r us. right here, 42.99 for this little people set. and of course, you always need those batteries, these are buy one get one free. that's part of the reason that people are bearing the pandemonium. especially if you're coming for something specific. >> so you're one of the first people through the doors, you know, why come out this early? >> the swing set. they had a really good deal on a it was like $800. >> it's like pandemonium though, do you feel like it's worth fighting the crowds and dealing with this? >> they gave out tickets outside. so there was no fighting. >> i'd like to call that organized chaos, if you don't want to be part of the organized chaos, many people going online spending $336 million just from wednesday night into thursday night. so a lot of folks all ready

friday. let's call it that, sara. >> thanks hillary, happy thanksgiving. of course thanksgiving is a day to be grateful for all we have. and also a day to remember those less fortunate. about 150 turkeys and hundreds of pounds of thanksgiving side dishes were prepared at haven of rest ministries. every year haven of rest provides a meal for those in need and for those who are alone. about 600 people had a thanksgiving feast others say all the hard work pays off when you see someone smile. >> makes you feel good. makes you feel good that you made somebody happy. you know. made your day and made them feel welcome. which is what we like to do. >> even though it's thanksgiving day, serving a big meal isn't something new, haven of rest serves hundreds of people in need everyday around the akron area. a thanksgiving tradition for a west side restaurant is back after disappearing for six

michael's restaurant in rocky river served its customers and those in need a free meal on thanksgiving. the owner started the tradition as a way to say thank you to the community. but when the economy took a turn, he had to stop doing it. this year with the help of the restaurant's new neighbor, whole foods. the restaurant brought the tradition back. >> the week before or two weeks before the people were called, are you going to do it again? and it say no. now, this year with the help of whole foods. and thank god i opened the door. >> mike and his family figured they feed about 1,000 people a year. over the years they've served more than 30,000 people. new developments tonight in elyria after carbon monoxide fumes sickened people working at a plant. now we learned it will stay

automotive systems. one employee had chest pains. dozens reported headaches. several passed out because of the fumes. all expected to recover. president elect donald trump was back on twitter today to talk about keeping a carrier plant from moving to mexico. trump tweeted he is working hard even on thanksgiving to get the air conditioning plant to stay in indiana. he said he's making progress. earlier this year, carrier announced it was moving mexico, taking 1400 jobs with it. during the campaign, trump said if carrier moved, it would have to pay a hefty tax to send air conditioners back to the u.s. trump is spending thanksgiving at his palm beach florida estate. nbc's kristen welker gives us a tour of what will likely become his winter white house vacation retreat. >> it's absolutely magical. it's the most beautiful place in the world.

about donald trump's palm beach florida estate. he worked there for half a century. up until 2009 for more than 20 years as the trump family's personal butler. >> this one i like. >> but the situation is about to change. big league. >> it's just mr. trump and miss melania and myself. excuse me, president elect trump. i have to get used to that. >> it's soon to become opulent winter white house or some speculate, the pink-white house. >> it's great to be here with friends, and the press and the media. >> the 20-acre estate was originally built but marjorie mary weather. she envisioned it as a winter retreat for u.s. presidents. now some say it's the most valuable parcel of land in florida. much of the estate is used by the member's only club.

tennis courts. the trump family maintains private quarters in a separate closed off area of the house. mara lago has always been a center of attention. hundreds of celebrities have made their way there to mingle with the trumps. but now as president trump, residents aren't sure what to expect. >> it will bring attention and tourism. it's a double edged sword i suppose. >> we'll see how it goes. it's a just as long as it's not too bad traffic wise. >> we have a wonderful pitcher. >> benjamin is the curator of the palm beach county historical society. he's seen this before. he's not the first president of palm beach. >> residents have been escaping washington winters and spending time in florida for decades. before that, harry truman had a place in key west. and richard nixon had a house just outside of miami.

in the sunshine state. >> we were starting to clock things on the trump presidency just like we did for the kennedy presidency. >> last year trump made almost $16 million for mara lago. now it's value maybe immeasurable. >> i can see mrs. post smiling. because it's become what she always wanted it to be. next at 7:00, disney newest movie now in theaters. coming up, we'll meet one of the artistic talents behind the making of the film. and a look back at the macy's thanksgiving day parade. a tradition going on 90 years. it's coming up as channel 3 news at 7:00 continues. and winter fest, cleveland's day long kickoff to the holiday season is this saturday.

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the next disney blockbuster film that promises to amaze kids and adults, is melana. and it opened in theaters today. jim donovan recently talked with one of the artists behind the film who's from here in ohio. >> one word to sum up the next guest is animated. he works for disney as an art

pocahontas, lilo and stitch, the hunchback of notre dame. and now a film called melana. welcome. born in marietta ohio. how did you get into this? a lot of people would love to find out how you did it and do it after you. >> i love to draw. that's what it always boils down to. i love art and love to draw. my original dream was to do and i went to art school. and in 1991. a man named bill matthews came and visited us from disney. and showed early clips of lion king and pocahontas and from that point on, it was all disney. >> now melana. tell us about melana. >> it takes place about 2,000 years ago. for 3,000 years these voyagers crossed the ocean in canoes on incredible voyages.

and for 1,000 years they stopped. that's where the story begins. the possibility that could be, a 16-year-old girl who was the one to get the voyage going again. it takes place in the south pacific. >> how long does it take to come up with the concept and then put the concept down and put the whole production together? >> a long time. >> [ laughter ]. >> i bet. i would think it would be amazing to put this together. >> it starts with an idea. if he likes it, they start to develop into an tl the whole process from start to finish could be any where between four years to seven years depending. >> four years to seven years. so i've always been fascinated by the people who do the voices. you have big names. dwayne johnson, the rock is playing a big character in melana. do you ever come in contact with them. or is your job totally different? >> a lot of time he was doing

>> he's doing a booth. i don't think he or the voice of melana ever met during the filming of this thing. i wish i got to meet him. i did meet awalee, the voice of melana. she was there with her mother, 16 years old, super genuinely nice person. >> you got a scholarship to the columbus college of art and design. and you mentioned how that influenced you and meeting right people. would you steer people who want to do this to take on a college situation? >> absolutely. cleveland has a fantastic school too, so does cincinnati. i encourage people to get foundation skills, pencil drawing, oil painting, water color, i can't stress how important that is. >> tell me this as you go through this right now, and the tradition of disney and these kind of animated films is

nobody wants a bust obviously. but i mean the tradition, the level of excellence to get to the next level must be amazing, the pressure. >> it is. there's pressure to -- i kind of wish we could -- we just want to make the old guys proud. you know, the nine old men, great an animaters. mary blair, if walt could see what we're doing now, it'd be incredible. and i think we are. everything the legacy of disney is very much alive in what we see these movies, then they become teenagers but they hold on to these movies. and hopefully they'll hold on to melana now. these films become so timeless. >> they really do. lion king, i'll talk to a student and they'll say i wasn't born when lion king came out. but their parents have seen it, you know. i have an 18-month-old son

dialogue but totally captivated by the water interaction. it speaks to very young and very old. >> it's great meeting you. congratulations, good luck. >> thank you so much for having me. snow, snow, snow, you wouldn't think it was a big deal. but it is where this is falling. we'll tell you why. and a pretty dreary thanksgiving day. but will it improve for the weekend? betsy has the answer next at 7:00. and winter isn't far away. which for the kids campaign. from now through early january, donate new or gently used coats at a variety of locations, malls, howard hannah offices. wkyc is a sponsor of this annual coat drive. for more information, go to

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did you get a chance to see any of the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city today? here's a look back. the rockets always a highlight. but they were just a few of thousands of performers in the parade today. there were also a dozen marching bands from across the country, and of course, many

their way down 34th street. this year, two new balloons made their debut, a diary of a wimpy kid and the stars of dream works trolls. no snow at home. but you can find some in tokyo. pretty unusual since this is the first time it's snowed in november there in 54 years. temperatures dropped to around the freezing point. on average, it's between 48. maybe 60 degrees this time of the year. as you might imagine, roads were a mess. and several people in the fall. no snow here of course, but we had a gray day today. >> we did not get our way thanksgiving, that's what a lot of people were hoping for. a few people were. gray, definitely the cover of the day. and we kind of have murky conditions that continue out there. that will be the case tonight. if you're going out black friday shopping, fog, drizzle, and sprinkles outside. but once you get inside, it will be festive and warm. cloudy skies otherwise.

that looks like it could be on 71. this literally just popped up. there's a couple of them here on the roadways, we'll go up here. okay. stand by. let me do a little clicking here. we have this one, hickory nut lane, okay. not sure where hickory nut lane is, but there's an incident there. and 79th street as well, at aberdeen there's an accident. nothing on the major highways. here's a look at the radar now. we have these drizzlely dreary conditions going on outside. if you're hanging the christmas lights, now you can fire them up and get a whole lot of glow going on. we do have fog in northern ohio, and that fog is going to come and go as we go through the night tonight. we could wake up with conditions like we had this morning, which was certainly socked in with fog. as we picked up a little bit of a breeze, that helped to mix it out. temperatures in the 40s. we're way above freezing. the cold air is just to the west of us.

as it does so, it's going to stir up rain showers later in the day. once we get into the late evening and over night, we'll probably start to see some snow mixing in with that as well. so as far as your forecast for tomorrow, foggy, damp conditions to start, temperatures in the upper 30s. it'll be cloudy and damp for the afternoon with periodic showers. it shifts to a rain/snow mix late. your forecast shapes up like this. we'll get into a warming tren that's some good news. but it looks like sunday is really the pick day of the week with temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. partly sunny skies. rain comes in monday night. stays for tuesday. could be heavy rain at times. >> okay, thanks betsy. and we're getting closer to the ohio state game with a school up north. a preview, plus it's time for senior tackle. sports is next. here's what's coming up tonight on nbc.

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now, the kia of bedford and hyundai of bedford sports report. hi everyone. we're inching closer to playing the game. and not talking ohio state and michigan coming up at noon on saturday. today really, a special and important moment, it was senior tackle. a tradition dating back to 1913. the senior buckeyes symbolically hit a tackling dummy in their final practice before playing michigan. the seniors will experience their final home game on saturday. this week, the game so important in ohio as we all know, pat grew up in columbus, and has always been part of

i remember that. you know, you have your thanksgiving day. celebration. then, you know, it was a quick turn around for another party. another big celebration. everyone wearing their jerseys. it was always like a fun day at school. everyone would dress up. there'd always be that one kid wearing the blue shirt and everyone would give him crap. >> good stuff. turkey day in detroit. fans love this big time there. lions hosting the vikings. game tied. sam bradford picked off by darius slay. with 30 seconds left. they wind the clock down. final play, matt prater, it is good. and the lions win 16-13. detroit is in soul possession of first place in the nfc north. and we don't see that very often. it's tough to find good help. why not bring in assistant producer, brooklyn, heck of a

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