"eyewitness news", reporter jane carabao is here to explain. >> reporter: good morning, now comes the tricky task of placing, a 129 turkies, into the oven here, that is the number that we got, these ovens right around 130, a at within point they got up to 135 here, one year they have been loading them for about, at last 15 minutes or so. you can see sam, the owner here ever so carefully. look at how long that paddle is. that oven goes way back in there. puts them in, pulls them out. >> wait, don't put that one in there. >> yes, nicole would be are upset. >> you are supposed to be taking care of her hat. >> she would be really upset, we almost threw the trusty cbs-3 turkey hat in there. come on guys you have been in operation six decades you know better than that. i have been doing a story about tradition i have to put our tradition on our head as well. they have been working hard all day long, take a look at

this side of the kitchen as well, 129 turkies, going in right now. they opened up the doors at cacia's bakery a at 5:30. they usually don't open up until 6:00. there were so many people outside that they started earlier, and then they one by one tagged these turkies. and up to 129, and they told everybody to come back around noon, and, at 1:00 o'clock, depending on how big their bird was, $18 it is all it cost to get this bird in here and have a great thanksgiving. really great story, this is a family business, and, operation, and, they have been doing these turkies for 54 years. a a lot of fun this morning. are busy now, again it is like clockwork in here. one turkey goes in, paddle goes out and we will do this 129 times, and i know you guys have been itching to see this hat on all morning long. i figured/would throw this on as well one more time, for you. we have a lot of fun, and,

until she says, and, and jan. >> you wear it well. >> you wear it well. >> i like how sam thinks it is my hat like i'm's to blame for this foul tradition. >> oh, binning bang. >> it is your hat. >> it is your hat. >> i assure you, it is not your hat. it goes back way further then me. >> you are passing the torch. >> reporter: i could not turn it down. >> now, jan's turn. >> it is now your hat. >> appreciate it, have fun. >> thank the family for us, jan. >> "eyewitness news" live from center city philadelphia where balloons and band are getting ready for 95th annual thanksgiving day parade n30 minutes they will make their way throughout the city spreading holiday cheer. we have learn that the my little pope bay loon unfortunately is having inflation problems. it is out of the parade, done.

not to worry, ukee humpty dumpty gets to come off the wall good we will dot humpty dance. >> would i love to see that? all right. >> get ready, everybody. >> the par starts at 20th and jfk boulevard and, come on, ukee, we are waiting for that humpty dance. >> no, no, no. >> sixteenth street, right turn on the ben franklin parkway. from there it makes its way down the parkway to the art museum. >> they could not put me back together again, i got too many fragile parts right now. we want to know what you are thankful for, just send your photos via facebook and twitter. use the hash tag cbs-3 and you might see your photos right here on "eyewitness news". >> rescue us, katie. >> you know what i think i'm thankful for, you two, you crack me up and you have been doing it all in morning long here. thank you for that. >> thank you, for you. >> thank you, katie. >> feeling the love here. we have a very quiet forecast by comparison to what yesterday brought. that was thank goodness we are

all done witt at this point. but what a day my gosh the whole day, features something for everybody. in ocean city it was primarily rain as we go out live to sky cam three. little glimmer of sunlight but on storm scan three look at that, we have had slight snow that was falling in the lehigh valley, and, and, little left overs. >> and, and we have lingering moisture and that is where that came from. thirty-seven is your current temperature at the a airport in the surrounding suburbs. we will zero in on the northeast suburbs outside of philadelphia we are still marginally freezing. if you had wet roads or just rain that you saw yesterday, any of those wet roads may freeze over on the sidewalk for that matter as you take the dog for a walk. keep that in mind. don't take a tumble out there. bottom line if you waited out the storm for travel, you just want to be smart and use caution, traveling to the colder location. namely cloudy thousand. for a graphic. happy thanksgiving, despite

clouds, we will keep it dry all will daze today, 40 degrees at best for daytime high and that is well below average, so we will want to be bundling up, about ready to walk down to the parade and enjoy that great forecast, with that said and rest of the day looks nice by comparison for sure. nicole, back to you. >> katie, thank you. iconic character balloons are inflated and ready to fly in the macy's thanksgiving day parade. cbs news correspondent don champion has a preview of the high flying acts from new york city. >> reporter: people started lining up at 4:00 o'clock this morning for the eighty-eighth annual macy a's thanksgiving day parade. >> we are so excited to be here to see new york city during the holidays. it is a bucket list of all of ours. >> reporter: stars of the show are blown up, ready to go. lit 58 year-old justin watch the balloons get inflated last night, the tradition is almost as popular as the main event. this year 49 giants and novelty balloons will fly over the parade, monk the new ones

the friendly locomotive thomas the tank engine. >> i like all of the balloons, they are so awesome but i like snoopy the the best. >> reporter: the parade route business two and a half miles long, organizers say about three and a half million people will be here to see it all in person. this women and her brother are life long new yorkers. >> i watched it all of our lives and this is first time we have been here and i'm's so excited. i feel like a child. >> reporter: 50 million people are expect to watch the parade on television. don champion for cbs news, new york. >> instead of grabbing those black friday deals after dinner a growing number of retailers say why not shop before breakfast. handful of shoppers braved the cold to be the first inside this northeast philadelphia k-mart, doors opened up at 6:00 a a.m. it has been retail chain's thanksgiving day tradition for the last 23 years. >> what brought you out today at thanksgiving. >> a couple sales here that they have going on, i have

some of my grand babies. >> is it worth it for you. >> i think so, yes, otherwise, i wouldn't be out. >> now to get those sales, in k-mart, k-mart will remain opened for 42 hours, finally closing at in midnight saturday. k-mart is not only retailer opened today radio shack, opened for business at 6:00 a.m., and on thanksgiving, they are opened right now and at 5:00 best buy and toys-r-us will open up for you as well. for more stores opened up at 6:00 wal-mart, target, kohl's, macy's, national retail federation expects 25 million people will shop at some point today. and developing right now, calm follows two nights of destructive violence in ferguson, in missouri. the demonstrations haven't stopped though, they have spread overseas. as we report tensions remain high between officials and protesters. >> reporter: when protesters, at times shouting obscenities at police and national guard

troops holding a line in ferguson, miss yuri it is calmer here then it has been in the last couple of days. tense but calmer in the aftermath of rioting a after monday night's announcement that grand jury found no probable cause to indict a police officer on criminal charges in the shooting of an unarmed teenager. after all of the damage done to ferguson, business owners asked why the national guard and some 500 police officers weren't able to protect their stores. >> officers were overwhelmed by the passion of the people who were out in ferguson, but also the tremendous amount of gunfire that forced them retreat. >> reporter: earlier police arrested three people after a group of demonstrators stormed st. louis and, spread overseas >> no justice, no piece. >> a group of people in london england joined in familiar demonstrations raising their hand in the air.

the majority of protests wednesday seemed peaceful, people marching, chanting, and calling for just advertise. i'm andrew spencer reporting. well, happening today it is game day for eagles and cowboys. shady in mccoy and bird will battle for supremacy in the nfc east this a afternoon deep in the heart of texas. the the birds and boys are eight and three and tied for first place. we will have more coming up in a bit, in sports. now in other news a missing woman found dead and now authorities in northampton county charged her stepfather with her murder. gregory graf killed three three-year old yes, sir contact padgett a wife and mother on 36. she disappeared friday from a lunch break from her day care center job. officials describe what happened ten minutes after she went missing. >> he did admit that he intentionally and neglectly caused the death of the victim at his home, and, he utilized a firearm, to cause the victim's death and that

then took the victim's body, and disposed of it on his property. >> we're being told that investigators continued to look into a sexual mote any of this case. graf could face the death penalty if evidence shows padgett was a all thed. family tragedy claims another life in new jersey. the last remaining victim of the murder suicide in tabernacle died wednesday at cooper university hospital. investigators say 11 year-old alexander harriman and two siblings were murdered by their hot mother, 44 year-old jeaninne lepage before she shot and killed herself inside of their home on the 20th of november. a time is now 8:10. katie says they are in for a more quiet chillier weather pattern, her holiday forecast when we come back. more trouble for comedian bill cosby why he is cutting a deal with the major super market tabloid, plus this. some say thanksgiving is the new cyber monday for deals, i'm jill wagner in new

york with that story coming up. >> ♪ yes, indeed. pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, everybody watching around this great country of ours and around the world on line, we are family and wishing your family so much more and best wishes, thanksgiving day 2014. we will be right back.

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shebang, ukee. it is 95th year making it the nation's oldest parade and we think best parade in the country. >> no question. >> it starts at jfk boulevard and ends in front of the art museum. are exciting day. >> a lot of fun. >> yeah. >> it is 8:14. newly unsealed court documents revealed bill cosby cut a deal with the tabloid to squash a woman's sex abuse claims against him in 2005 the national inquirer interviewed a woman who accused cosby of drugging and raping her while she faced off with another woman in federal civil court for similar allegations n exchange for pulling the second woman's story cosby said under oath he gave the tabloid an exclusive interview to denounce his accusers. lets get a look at our forecast with katie. >> we will take you out to the poconos where we will continue if you look closely to see light snow falling out there. what a winter wonderland, so pretty up in the poconos this morning. made a huge in mess for travelers as we all know, we can zoom it out and show you the little blanket of snow

that has fallen here at the ski resorts. those resorts are absolutely loving. this it is what they look forward to and what they need so business can be up and operational. we have the snow maker right there, mother nature can hook it up, sometimes, right. lets take a look at where we stood with the bulk of the storm system. what we're finding out there right now as i'll explain in a second is just left overs. mount pocono pick up eight. new tripoli was over half a foot. ewing more like an inch and total continue to drop off, the further south and east we will go, because we saw more rain then anything. have been was affected by this, but brunt of it now making full retreat pulling off to the north and east at this point. we have a break in the cloud cover in between but we have that wrap around not just moisture but wrap around instability. so cold air aloft, and the wind flow, a variety of reasons meaning that we still even at this hour as we showed you in the live shot, have a little bit of light snow falling across northeastern, most pennsylvania. and otherwise it is mainly

cloud cover. that is what you are finding here outside beach patrol headquarters. far less surf then what we saw yesterday. calmer on the shore points this morning. but the damp sand tells the story, right. we had a system moving through. looking at our area temperatures we are at chilly 27 in the poconos right now. thirty-seven at the airport. and in ac you are at 35 degrees. meanwhile a quick check of how small business saturday will look, black friday will be the big one but we have small business saturday looking kind of chilly, and quiet and quick check of that eyewitness weather three day forecast. next three days look quiet as well. we will see more sun than other days on friday, i think, but it will stay dry, all three days, even sunday for that matter. >> back over to you. >> thanks very much. goblin away on the virginia farm, there they will stay, ukee. two turkies spared from becoming thanksgiving dinner all thanks to executive action. president obama gave mack and cheese the presidential pardon in a ceremony at the white how yesterday. the lucky bird, weighing in at

5 pounds and get ready for more of a easier life on the historic turkey hill farm. president bush started that tradition of pardoning turning is in 1989. mack and cheese, that is great. >> that sound yummy yes. >> not the turningy they have a pardon. >> all good. tomorrow is the official kick off to the holiday shopping season. we know as black friday. >> and this year more people will be heading on line to find the the best deals but as jill wagner explains this year the deepest discounts could be found today. >> what shapes should we get. >> reporter: j van buren is taking her son from new york city toy philadelphia this thanksgiving. she will pack up some toys and her lap top. because after the turkey and pumpkin pie she's going shopping. >> i will not go in any stores for their sale. i will be shopping on line. that is easier. >> reporter: jay won't be alone. experts say the best bargains for the holiday shopping season this year can be found on line, on thanksgiving day,

itself. >> the data indicates that thursday is going to be lowest priced day of the entire year on average. >> reporter: tamara is an analyst at a doby systems, they crunched numbers for on line shopping trend and theyo3 found, on thanksgiving retailers will discount items by 24 percent on average. that is a bit better than black friday when shoppers will see a 23 percent discount, on cyber monday, items will only be slashed by about 20 percent. >> there is another reason to shop on line thanksgiving day, you'll have a better shot of getting just what you want. >> by the time we get to cyber monday they are five times out of stock situations. >> reporter: especially foresees on's hottest gifts, for adults it is i phone six and roku and for kids, anything related to disney's black buster hit frozen. >> is there a frozen coat perfect. >> reporter: and that is why this thanksgiving jay will be keeping her lap top close at hand.

in new york, jill wagner cbs news. >> as we gather around this thanksgiving chances are somebody is sliding a little something, something to man's best friend. >> it happens but still ahead tips to keep your dogs safe this thanksgiving and here's is what coming up tonight onn cw philly.

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road. there we go, nice. nicole, this was a big hit in the 07's by the ohio players. huge hit. have you ever heard it before jive turkey. >> is there a first time for everything, ukee and that would be today. >> i have do get your ohio players greatest hits. turkey is on the move. >> i can dig it. >> we have a little bit of time. awesome. >> i thought you were going to get your groove on. >> there it is. >> say what. >> come on, jive turkey. >> i will get you the disk. >> this could get on for a while. >> it is best interest to bring it down. >> feed that jive turkey tour dog. >> reporter don forward from our sister station in, san francisco found out there is a a lot of danger at the table for your pup. >> reporter: everyone is excited, thanksgiving and dogs like jennings here go hand and hand when the hand feeding him as food from the table. >> on thanksgiving he will get turkey and mashed potatoes and a little bit of salad.

>> reporter: dogs eat salad. >> if it has a good dressing. >> reporter: ab wear veterinarian doctor jill chase say some foods can be dangerous, even deadly for your dogs. >> would i recommend nobody feed her things with onion or garlic, no bones, turkey skin not a good idea. >> reporter: she says don't feed your dog that pumpkin pie. >> very high in calories. >> make your dog fat. >> it would. >> it depend how much butter, probably not kill them. >> reporter: nut meg can be a killer and bought nets can cause fevers. best practice, just don't feed your dog from the table. >> i'm not a dog trainer. >> compactly, my doggies not trained. >> reporter: but this one is. >> look at that. >> down. >> not bad. >> little dog, big dogs, honestly, they will all just eat about anything. sometimes, even sticks if you

let them. in san francisco,. >> a happy thanksgiving. >> don ford good here is tips from penn vet. maintain your pet's regular die tote avoid upsetting their stomach. make sure you throw away bones carefully. they can get logged in a dog's throat or splinter and cut their intestines. remember things like chocolate, nuts, graves, rapeses and alcohol are toxic for dogs. >> you think they are doing good things or maybe your guest give a dog a treat. >> part of the family, watch out for them.

good morning, everyone i'm ukee washington. we are five minutes away from a tradition like no other, nation's oldest parade enters its 95th year. "eyewitness news" live in center city where floats and sky-high balloons are ready to go. thousands of spectators have lined the parade route down jfk boulevard and on to the ben franklin parkway to check it all out and it starts in just a few minutes at 8:30. lets get your forecast for the parade and your thanksgiving day, here's katie. >> overall it is looking like we will have have cloud cover overhead that will limit the amount of warming that can take place and fact that we did have a a storm system that brought in colder air. when we look at storm scan three you will notice on the top center portion of the screen is that there is another little round of light snow, currently falling in the

poconos. this is good stuff for ski resorts but traveling up toward i80, wait out the worst of the storms, keep that in mind. temperatures, climbing, and only in the 40's here. i a chilly thanksgiving holiday for us but again pretty quiet considering what we were dealt yesterday. by friday, hey, it is looking bright and sunny for holiday shoppers, and, only in the 30's. we will have to bundle will up hitting the outdoor outlet malls. if we look ahead, to saturday, another system that brings in nothing more than just clouds, and we are looking good if here for a few days. man mainly cloudy skies but 40 degrees at best for the high. you have to have the heavy coat ready if you hitting the parade. 29 degrees for nighttime load and few clouds as clouds and skies clear out readily. over next seven days in the forecast, quiet through sunday, even milder by then. our next shot for a shower comes along by monday. ukee, back over to you. lets do it at 8:55. up next this morning a sneak peak of the thanksgiving day parade present new york.

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now around noon time, will jolly old saint nick will ride his sleigh to the bottom of the art museum steps and officially start the holiday season right here in our area. such an exciting day. >> it is. >> happy thanksgiving, family, thanks so much for joining us. of course, people come far and wide to take part in what is becoming a thanksgiving ritual in south philadelphia. a drop off your turkey at bakery and let them roast it for you. that is where we will find jane carabao, she has been there all morning long with that smile on her face. >> yes. >> hi jan, good morning. >> thank you, nicole. good morning. and happy thanksgiving, and i think this is the quiet and most empty cacia's bakery looked since 4:00 this morning and that is because there are 130 turkies. >> and these ovens. >> and sam,. >> come on now get with the spirit. >> i thought difficult this so you could not find it. nicole will be very pleased that i put her hat back on. you have been doing this for

decades now, over half century. >> pretty close, yes. >> we're getting there. >> forty plus years we have been doing turkies, over business over 60. yes that speaks volumes that people keep coming back and back. so successful because, maybe because of the brick ovens. we cook on the hot brick. it is heating up real nice and hot. we will get the cold turkey there and overtime, the two even out and they will go. instead of having that constant heat and turkey all the time. it comes nice and juice think way. >> why is this brick oven so special. it is one of the only ones in philadelphia. >> yeah is there only a couple left, here because they don't make them anymore, and ours was built in 1944, and we took over here in 53, and it a has no moving parts on it. so it is hard, for it to break. >> right, i think that was

pretty special. we have your entire family whipping around, doing stuff all morning long, this is your downtime right. >> yes. >> you know, tagging them and getting them in the oven and all that, it is kind of stressful environment. >> you have been handling it well. >> once we get through that then it gets easier until it is time to take the foil off the top and brown them. >> when will it get crazy. >> we take off tin foil around 10:30 or 11:00. we start checking to see if the smaller ones are done. that is next time. >> next time that work comes for you guys. >> yes. >> people start coming back later. >> 12:30 they come. a board a board in the store. they look for their number. if their number is up there they come around the site and get their turkey. >> reporter: when i think about thanksgiving it is all about eating, family and resting. will you rest today. >> when i think about thanksgiving i think about turkies, and stress and

getting them all joking aside, once that is all done work then i go home and enjoy myself too, watch the eagles game. >> reporter: watch the eagles game. thanks, sam. phone rings again. so aim sure you have to go run off and do something else. been a pleasure. thank you, sir. 130 turkies, in these ovens, it was 129 when i last spoke to you but that last strag letter was able to get in there and sam squeezed it in the oven. so, it has been a fun day out the here and, of course, with the traditional cbs-3 turkey hat on my head i cannot say i imagined a better day to spend it with the cacia family. ukee? >> you are officially in the fold now. >> yep, you are doing a great job. i think your photographer is been to that turkey hat as we are. because he got nice and close at one point. >> reporter: he wouldn't put it on his head. >> now, that is not right. we will to have fix that. >> indeed. >> take a snapshot, we will tweet it out and share the

love. >> yes. >> is she with scott today. >> yes. >> scott. >> reporter: scotties here. he didn't put it on. >> turkey hat is in your future, buddy. >> scotties a good guy. >> thanks, both. give the family our love. they do a wonderful job. >> we are thankful for them. send your photos via facebook and twitter. use the hash tag cbs-3 and might see your photos right here on "eyewitness news". right now just past 8:33. lets toss it over to katie. >> we are looking at quiet weather at this point. we have been able to take a deep breath here, get rid of the storm system that just messed with us yesterday, and what a mess on the load ways too. it is all basically gone. you might be asking yourself why the heck are we still seeing light snow in the poconos? well, the storm itself is out of here. but we are still seeing what we call residual moisture. lingering instability. would i say this is actual gi news because it is falling in the poconos and we're seeing

our ski resorts located you are still seeing light stuff coming down to help out the business. meanwhile, if you are perhaps traveling the extension, 476 here up towards i80, portions of 81, you know, generally scranton wilkes barre area you will find some of this snow falling right now but it is falling very lightly. i don't think it will mess with your plans as you travel out and about. we will take a live look at ben franklin bridge there off in the distance from our station headquarters here and through those current conditions, on top, and 37 degrees is our current temperature at the airport and we do still have the clouds as we mentioned but generally any of that precipitation is basically out of here for everybody else. 34 degrees is the current temperature from allentown, red willing, to trenton, a wider zoom of the regional zoom shows that it is cold every where. we're not the only once. so if you waited it out to do the traveling here today and waited out that storm, there may still be some minor issues, with some freezing up on the roadways, especially if they weren't treated and especially if you had some snow accumulation but with

that said otherwise we're in the clear from that storm. it will be on the chilly side here for us not just today but for the next few days guys, we will send it back to you. >> thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for blessing in our live. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here to give her thanks for those who have improved our financial lives, she joins us from new york, hi jill, happy holidays to you. >> reporter: to you as well. >> so which resources, what should we be thankful for which resources. >> reporter: let's start with the national bureau of economic research, thinks a non-profit dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the overall economy works. i love the nb er choose to save retirement calculate or, also want to give a shout out to life happens.org which aims to help americans understand insurance. they have a very easy to use calculate or and fin aid.org the go to site for educational funding. it has really become an

essential resource for every would be college student. >> tell us which offerings organizations are you personally thankful for. >> i love the financial planning coalition, a great collaboration among the financial planning association members, the certified financial board of standard and the national association of personal financial advisors. this group continues to educate both policy make are and consumers about the important of advice that is in the best interest of the client. i really want to give a shout out to the consume are financial protection bureau, that was created as a dod frank wall street reform act. this group continues to protect american consumers in the market for financial product and save zest. >> while we are doing shout out i understand you have a shout out for two individuals, um. >> well, how about pennsylvania's own jack bogel, the man created the modern index fund remain a hero have of retail investors.

remember he was one of the founders of vanguard group. since we just celebrated veterans day i really want to highlight the work of financial planning magazine's ann marsh, ann has done phenomenal work which has highlighted our financial problems are weighing on our servicemen and women and in some cases even contributing to suicide. to read more about their great work and financial thanksgiving in general, go to jill on money.com. >> we are so thankful you are on our team have a great holiday season, take care. >> reporter: take care to you as well. for more money tips enter cbs philly.com. when are looking for last minute recipes, shopping deals, put a thanksgiving guide right on our home page. holiday spirit is as close as philadelphia's love park. for the rest of the year it it has transformed into christmas village. sneak plea vei starts at

9:00 this morning and the official they anticipate more than a half million visitors between now and december 28th. and hey, holiday lights, they are going up and we want to see yours. pictures of your holiday display object social media, just use the hash tag cbs-3 holiday lights or go to our web site at cbs philly.com, share them with us and we may go live from your home, next movement. our time 8:39. in other news, several people protesting ferguson grand jury decision, stormed city had hall in st. louis yesterday. outburst led police to lock down the building and call in more than 100 additional officers. protesters who managed to get inside, shouted shame, shame, shame, and at least two people were arrested after the incident. well, video captures the moments right before cleveland police shot and killed a 12 year-old boy. in the video, tamer rice is seen waving his toy bee-bee gun at a city park.

after 911 calls police kara lives and pulls up in front of the rice. two officers get out and within moments shoot and kill him. police say rice was told three times to raise his hands. it is a cookbook conn involving some familiar faces right here at "eyewitness news". >> what gives you the right to use my name on the cookbook? >> erika confronts the man hoist selling bogus books on amazon. >> that is a crazy story. also ahead we are getting ready for some football. ukee, i nose you are excited. we will preview today's showdown with dallas, we will be right back. >> ♪ new jersey, delaware, everyone much a very happy thanksgiving and memories of thanksgiving past.

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we have some lingering instability to create more unsettled weather. we have pockets of snow, very lightly falling, here, and a lot of it has been wind driven but you can see that, also falling in the poconos this morning. which is good news for ski resorts. we have widen the zoom here and bulk of the storm is starting to go beyond the scope of where the the radar can sense it, but we have snow in atlantic, canada and high

pressure in the wake of this mess. that is going to take over and bring us relatively tranquil weather for next couple of days. so let's take a look at how things will fair then, and how they are currently fairing at the a area a airports. and regional wide, buffalo, cleveland, down towards charlottes, heart field interest nal. if you rearranged your flight plans it was a good move. things are all on time and moving along smooth thely, and

that one coming in, so it is much quieter now and it will stay that way throughout the holiday weekend. now ukee, back to you. here we go eagles take on the cowboys this afternoon in the biggest game of the nfl holiday schedule. both teams, eight and three and tied for first place in the nfc east. cowboys have a potent offense we know that led by tony romo, dez bryant, jayson witten and nfc's leading rush are mr. dez bryant. coach chip kelly says they necessity what they are up against. >> i think their offensive line is playing at a high level right now. they did a great job protecting andes specially, their last touchdown to de z. i don't know exact time but he was back there for a while. it shows what they can do, along were being a real good, group that can block the the run. >> go get them, fellows.

josh huff is nfc special teams player of the week. and, thanks to this franchise record 107-yard kick off return, against the titans that was a beauty to watch. he was the first rook toy take that honor, wouldn't mind seeing josh tear one off later today at cowboys stadium. kick off at 4:35 this afternoon. let's go, bird. while waiting for eagles to kick off the feast on our sistertation cws3. the bears taking on the lions, and it all starts at 12:30. coverage starts at high noon. how to basketball sixers tied team record for loss toes start a season. the mark stars at zero and 15 after last night's loss to the nets. sixth are are building together and continue, a and some of the building blocks are michael carter williams and kj mcdaniels. wow that was a nice hook upright there. ky and tony wroten led sixers in scoring. both had 18 points on the evening. is there another nice play on the allah i hoop for the slam but the the nets, held on to beat innings isers, got close

down the stretch but they pulled away, brooklyn wins 99-91. dallas, basketball team from dallas comes in on saturday night. the flyers are struggling a lit built as well. jay voracek's eighth goal of the ease on got fly guys within two of the red wings but that was as close as it got. detroit beat flyers five-two in front of the home crowd at joe lou ace reen a flyers lost six of their last seven and rangers come to the well, tomorrow afternoon. let's go get them. nicole. >> ukee, we are enjoying some great who will daze traditions this thanksgiving morning on "eyewitness news". check out cacia's bakery in south philadelphia where generations of families have had their thanksgiving turkey prepared to perfection. they have been stuffing birds in the brick oven for half century. lots of fun. how about another holiday tradition, shopping, this is the shopping cart as we call it, it is cruising around k-mart in northeast philadelphia a k-mart is one of several stores really opening up this thanksgiving day. one day ahead of the

traditional start of the holiday shopping season. so folks getting started nice and early this year. >> it is on, unlike in years past when everybody charged those doors. >> yes. >> so many options you can do now. >> lots of deals, that is the thing. >> 8:48. are you digging that thanksgiving recipes in your favorite cooks books this morning. there is a cookbook conn you need to know about some cookbooks are sold on amazon but the authors have nothing to do with the recipe. now one of the phony books was supposedly written by eye witt the necessary news anchor evt, erika von tiehl, and when she found out bit, she confronted the publisher. >> what gives you the right to use my name on the cookbook. >> that is harold smith junior and he has some explaining to do. smith is publisher on have this cookbook at home and hungry london addition, written by erika von tiehl. >> there is probably american one erika von tiehl in the world, right. okay. what about all of these. from the same publisher, fresh

foods and delicious meals by katie fehlinger. here's one by carol erickson and leslie van arsdal. another one meteorologist kathy orr and one for your kindle by our natasha brown. all on am on and all fake. cookbooks are pretty bad too. misspelled words, the layout is sloppy, and they are not cheap. mine was almost $15. we spent 50 bucks for four books. >> $15 what do you think. >> in the worth it. >> that is really expensive, for this. >> reporter: so how can someone use another person's name to sell books? >> very little verification. >> reporter: john sullivan is an intellectual property attorneys. he said self publishing sites including amazon don't verify an author's credentials. >> law is always at least five years behind the technology. is there all these new issues that are creating the wild west in terms of the on line publishing. >> reporter: in this case the wild west is in somerdale, new jersey. that is where we track down smith, the ceo, editor and

chief of 754 books. what gives the right to use my name on a cook book. >> actually, i don't know. >> why didn't you use your own name, harold. >> it was a misunderstanding with that. >> what was the misunderstanding. >> let me see. >> sure. >> you have kathy orr, katie fehlinger, carol erickson, leslie van arsdal, these are all women from "eyewitness news". >> yes. >> what gives you the right to use our names on the cookbooks. >> i gave somebody the okay to do it. i didn't know they put your name on it. >> but then he said this. >> i thought they got the okay. >> that is my name. you are saying i'm responsible for what is in that book and that is a lie? this is a lie. >> yes, because you are not in london. >> in the end smith apologized although did he not say he would stop selling the books. amazon had no comment, but we have filed a complaint. meantime, be careful shopping on line this holiday season, you don't want to end up with

any bogus books. erika von tiehl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". i would like to hear from amazon as well. what did you find out. >> i found out probably about a week and a half ago, maybe. >> okay. >> when erika found out herself. i had no idea. >> wow. >> just strange story. >> that is word would i use for it, just bizarre. >> harold no eye tea too, kind of. >> he acted that way. >> exactly. >> one never knows i guess. >> it was a very strange, just whole thing very strange. >> yes. >> erika is a fabulous cook, great chef. >> yes, she is. >> yes. >> she probably could have a cookbook k but not that one. >> grammar police. >> we will be take a short break we will be right back.

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city leaders are making sure homeless have a happy thanksgiving. >> they are celebrating talents of one of their own. >> baton rouge's government is talking turkey but yesterday they were carving it. zanes vincent depaul carving contest allows boss toes engage in friendly competition. win they are year was the county coroner, how about that. >> yes. >> doctor bo clark will feed 600 meals to the homeless later this thanksgiving day. >> that is what it is all about, everybody chipping in. that is wonderful. >> yes. >> great job. >> um-hmm. >> okay. >> i know. >> that is pretty good. >> good skills. >> who carves the the the

turkey. >> not me. >> not me. >> i would butcher it. >> yes. >> hey now. >> once in a while. >> once in a while. >> yes. >> and, storm scan three is actually showing signs of life out there, looking across the poconos still light snow, here, and produce that wintry atmosphere this morning. >> here we go. >> katie, thanks. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at cw phphilly. for more local news weather traffic and sports we are always on at cbs philly.com. >> yes, check us o

i'm nicole brewer. clifford and the grinch are among many performers heading down the parkway in this years thanksgiving day parade. thousands of parade watchers line route from jfk boulevard to the art museum. marching band and festive floats join line up for 95th anniversary of the parade, don't forget santa he is on his way as well, rodolph is on a special course this morning, bringing the sleigh right to the art museum steps. an exciting day for sure. now lets check that forecast for turkey day, katie, how is it looking. >> it is looking cloudy out there, nicole but we are dry at this point, and in some spots. as we mentioned before we went to the break we do still have light snow falling, here, across portions of the poconos. we can take you out to storm

scan three and show that to you once more. everybody else is shrouded in cloud cover. although at the shore you are eag more sunshine right now. sun will be limited but it is trying to peak through cloud cover. in pleasant valley, live neighborhood network where if you look closely, there are a few flakes still flying out there, 31 degrees. we expect temperatures to moderate up a few more degrees before it is all said and done here. this is certainly a quieter day by comparison but definitely chilly. happy thanksgiving. it will be a cool one. bundle up as you head out where ever your travels take you today. but we will look forward to the forecast and it looks like right the through unday things will stay nice and tranquil for our area just chilly. unday we are more seasonal and monday a smidge mighter. that is also our next chance for showers. so it is a a nice long, frankly well deserved break in the action for us, and even monday, you will see showers and it won't be because of a major system. it is quieting down in the

seven day, nicole, back to you. >> that is "eyewitness news" for now, we have detroit chicago game today at 12:30. "eyewitness news" will join you 59:00. i'm nicole brewer, have a happy thanksgiving. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh!

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>> wendy: happy thanksgiving from "the 700 club." >> give thanks unto the lord for he is good. >> wendy: hear the true story of the man who saved the pilgrims. >> we mean you no harm. >> wendy: plus, get an up-close look at the macy's parade. >> you get to work on some magic. >> it probably shocks some people because it is so rare today. >> wendy: on today's "700 club." ♪ >> pat: welcome to this special edition of "the 700 club." nothing says happy thanksgiving quite like the macy's day parade. today we bring you an exclusive look behind the scenes of his iconic event. plus we'll meet the talented team who make all of the magic floats and balloons.