>> you know what's happening on this thursday, november 27. 6abc is about to turn a parade loose on the benjamin franklin parkway. a live report from inflation station is coming up. >> a long rush for christmas savings will be a reality. details on the black friday deals. >> the eagles take on the cowboys in a thanksgiving day divisional rival game. >> that's going to be a great game. let's go over to david and

karen. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: what was the matter with me, i want with black and gray, you look very festive for the holiday. looks like a snow shower is popping flue the northern and western suburbs. i doubt this is doing a lot to the road surfaces. we have a heads up for you, temperatures will wind up near freezing later on if they are not there already. that has created patchy ice on untreated surfaces. be careful on streets and walks and driveways. don't want you slipping early on your way to do all the stuff you do on thanksgiving. satellite and radar shows there's clouds out there, as well. here are the current temperature, 37 in philadelphia. 36 in wilmington. that doesn't mean you can't have

those icy patches i talked about in through here. 38 in sea isle city and the boardwalk in ac. witches there's not much, but it does make it feel like the 20s. 35 degrees by 8:00. bundle up if you're heading to the parade. 40 by noon, 42 by 3:00 that's the high. 36 degrees by 6:00 p.m. matt pellman what are the roads looking like on this early holiday. >> reporter: i believe you're wearing black and white in celebration of the black ice we got from the little bit of white from yesterday. look like a snow globe on the schuylkill expressway. the haste for the most part just wet this morning, some of the secondary roads have slick spots and black ice. here in the norristown there's a crash along best of my ability

avenue at burn side avenue and one in pottstown that's closing down industrial highway between ciem street and mosser road. you want to keep your car away from the parade route. 6 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade kicking off in a few hours. we have more to come on the benjamin franklin parkway and the jfk boulevard. >> the countdown is on, "action news" john rawlins is live at inflation station at 20th and market. that's where the donuts thanksgiving day parade is going to help get the holiday going. >> reporter: this is where they are going to step off in a few hours. things are starting to happen. they are starting to come up. over here to our left, terry let's pan left. that's the head of clifford the big, red dog, he'll be one of

the balloons here today. to the right another large item. i'm not sure who it is. but it's a lot of magic going on the magical element is in the truck behind the balloons, it's full of thousands of cubic feet of helium gas. it starts early, first big sheets of protective plastic go down on 20th street. the plastic so protect the balloons, and then comes the callout. >> mr. potato head first. >> reporter: the balloons arrive in oversize duffel bags. there are 17 balloons in the parade. >> we'll have everything assembled in the next two hours. >> reporter: no wind problems today? >> the wind is perfect. it's a beautiful day for a

parade. >> reporter: 17 balloons, 17 floats, 20 marching bands, you can see clifford is taking shape. his head is inflated. looks like his ears. it's going to make one heck of a parade when it steps off in the next few hours, this is the 95th 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> if you're not going to the parade, you can see the action on 6abc, rick williams and cesily tynan will host the compage starting at 8:30. >> new this morning, from our delaware newsroom, a huge fire burned a farmhouse to the ground. you can see the fierce flames that tore through the building on the 1400 block of old mill town road in mill vehicle. it took crews an hour and a half to get the flames under control. gunfire rang out at a

barber shop in reading for the second time. witnesses say the shooter fired at least 6 times before getting away. one of the victims was listed in critical condition. a shooting happened at the same barber shop on tuesday, but there were no injuries in that in that case. the last survivor of the multiple shooting in tabernacle new jersey has died, 11-year-old alsander harriman. 14-year-old nicholas and nadia died at the scene. their mother died after suffering a self inflicted gunshot. weather is causing problems for many across the country. the good news most of the snow

is tapered off, but some of the roads are slick. amtrak expects a huge jump over the 785,000 who rode the rails last year. 80,000 passing through 30th street station. most flights out of philadelphia international airport are back on schedule. yesterday the airport experienced delays on average of an hour and a half due to the snow. check your flight schedule before heading to the airport. download the storm tracker 6 live app on your apple or android device, you can use that to get the latest from accuweather around the clock. >> the eagles are in texas for the thanksgiving day contest against the dallas cowboys. they have found plenty of friendly faces in cowboy country. >> it's great! e-a-g-l-e-s! >> we love this support.

it's a big game. every time we come here, it's the same, it's a great welcome, you can see how many eagles fans in dallas, man it feels good. >> both teams are 8-3. kickoff 4:30. the "action news" sports team will have a full recap and exclusive interview and special edition during eagles game day final after "action news" at 11:00. >> i was told that dinner would be on the table at 4:30 because the house of the family where we're going wants to watch that game. >> things the at our house. >> many look at deals on black friday, other people looking for houses. we'll have that in today's business report. >> reporter: tempts are dipping

near the freezing mark in neighborhoods. there could patchy ice on untreated surfaces. not just the streets, but the sidewalks, maybe the driveway, too, you don't want to hurt yourself at the beginning of the holiday. you know how to dress for the parade it's all coming up.

>> 4:41, i do believe we're taking a look at clifford the big red dog, he is coming to lifement inflation station off the benjamin franklin parkway, getting ready to make the balloons nice and airy. john rawlins, of course, giving us the exact volume of gas they are using to fill up those things. and you know, i guess when it comes to the winds which is the biggest problems, we're okay, right? >> i'm always amazed no matter what the weather, people bundle up, they bring a great energy to the place. >> reporter: that was a coastal storm that went past us, it shot off the coast we're looking at a 6 to 1 mile an hour that's light enough to allow the balloons to soar. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we are looking at a bit of precipitation leftover this morning. it's changing over to rain closer to philadelphia.

just real light, about a half-hour ago, i noticed on the terrace we have a few flakes coming down. this is moving to the east quickly and isn't all that heavy. i want you to know if you look out the window if you see snow it won't being around that much longer and won't be doing additional damage. we're dry at the airport, as we look at the temperature, we're 37 degrees. the wind out of the west at 9 miles per hour. probably feels about 30. obviously it's a morning to bundle up. in terms of snowfall we got a trails in philadelphia. wymissing, 3, in philadelphia we went low, everybody else verified what we were warning you about. hockessin delaware, 1 1/2 inches

haddon heights .2 inches. generally speaking the farther north you go the more snow you got and the icy patches on nontreated surfaces. there goes the precipitation. out to the west and south there's a lot of cloud cover out there. it will be cool, 35 degrees by 8:00. 39 by 11:00. during the parade, chilly. the high around 2:00 is 42, back in the upper 30s by 5:00. wind not all that bad today. 39 is the high in allentown, 41 in trenton. similar in reading, 42 in cape may. some spots in south jersey could get up into the mid 40s this afternoon. for the parade bundle up, it will be chilly side. 35 degrees by 8:00. 36 by 10:00. 37 by noon it will start to feel better. for shoppers tomorrow, i love that picture. i'm going to get that toy.

28 degrees by 5:00. 27 degrees by 7:00. friday looks like it's going to be on the cold side. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, happy thanksgiving everyone we're mainly dry today, just a little bit of a snow shower up north, but that won't be around much longer. 42 degrees is the high. sunny and cold, black friday, 39. saturday, sunny and chilly, 43. sunday, we get milder up to 53 which will feel better in the afternoon. there's a charge of a nighttime shower. looks like the shower may be out of the way for monday when we get a high of 56 degrees and probably dry, 45 on tuesday, cooler behind the passing front and back up to the mid 50s for wednesday. >> looking forward to that. >> the family of a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by police in cleveland wanted this surveillance video released to the public.

it shows the moments the child encounter two police officers last weekend. they were responding to a 911 call someone had a gun at the wreck center. the child was playing by himself. one officer exited the cruiser immediately fired. they claimed they ordered him to show his hands three times before firing the shots. they also the toy gun did not have the orange marking typical of the fake gun. the country is in up heervel over the racially charged police shooting of an unarmed teenager in ferguson, missouri. there was a third night of protests to not indict darren wilson for killing michael brown. national guard troops with rivals are posted at intersections and several parking lots in ferguson which

was hit by violence earlier in the week. >> during to look at business, it's going to be black friday starting tonight and everywhere, how about a deal on a house, a woman selling it wants 329900, she said she is in a hurry to get to wisconsin to take care of her mother. twitter is watching you, the social network is checking lists of apps installed on your mobile devices. the point is to gather information to target the content you'll see and the ads you'll see on twitter. stocks eeked out another close ahead of normal on wednesday. spirit is adding a two dollar charge for fees for checked bags, check ago bag currently cost 21 to $100

depending on when you pay that fee. >> travel light or buy your on airplane. 4:48. to eat or shop or both. >> retailers are hoping to entice people inside their deals. we'll have a look at the black friday deals up next. >> matt pellman is here with a look at the roads that's coming up next.

>> 4:51, senses a lot of hot air with this picture. this is off the benjamin franklin parkway in center city. obviously we have clifford the big red dog. not so much entirely in shape ask a. the parade kicking off right here at 8:30 on 6abc. >> let's go over to matt pellman who is taking a look at traffic on this holiday. >> reporter: i'm glad you're not rick williams, he would have said speaking of hot air here's matt pellman. looking live at the vine street expressway not to have -- too far away from inflation station,

we expect the benjamin franklin parkway blocked off because of the parade. the vine is wet, that's what we're seeing on the secondary roads you could see slushy conditions. no overnight construction, 202 close to 401 all lanes are open and there's no whatsoever. the action cam is heading to the scene of a crash in pottstown closing industrial highway between keim street and mosser road. ocean county watch out for a wreck along the northbound lanes of the garden state parkway near forked river. >> from too much turkey to too much spending 'tis the season to

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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, november 27. happy thanksgiving, everyone! here's what's happening. >> happy thanksgiving to you, matt. accuweather is tracking a clear, but cold thanksgiving holiday. >> we're looking at the start of the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. >> the eagles