stay with us for "gma." good morning, america. thanksgiving chill. the coldest temperatures in 25 years as the east coast digs out from the season's most snowstorm. hundreds of flights canceled much 9 heavy snow toppling trees. hundreds of thousands without power. breaking overnight, the ferguson fallout. protests picking up in cities across america. >> hands up, don't shoot. >> angry demonstrators out in force in l.a. and oakland, more than a hundred arrested. city hall stormed in st. louis and a report this morning that protesters may try to disrupt the macy's day's parade. live from the route. a high-speed smash and grab. take a look at this minivan crashing through a store window. nearly two dozen people pouring in and you won't believe what

they were really after. ♪ >> and thanksgiving 911. everything you need to know before you put your turkey in the oven this morning. our holiday dream team standing by all morning with the answers to all of your last-minute food emergencies. >> and good morning, america. happy thanksgiving to everyone and great to have dan harris. >> great to be here. >> paula faris. t.j. holmes all here. does anyone's turkey actually look like that? the one we just had? >> my tofurkey looks like that every time, 100% of the time. >> i can tell you what people don't like looking at, the traffic we've seen in the last couple of days and a look at the traffic around the country. a little more peaceful than it was yesterday after that big winter storm. >> there is a different kind of traffic in some of the major

cities. people packing the streets of new york city and philly for two of the biggest parades in the country. there's my man, rob marciano, my weekend compadre at the nyc parade. hey, rob. >> then there is ginger in philly, the oldest parade in the country and let's start with ginger who has been tracking all of that holiday weather making it so difficult for so many americans to get home on this holiday. ginger, good morning to you. a better day in philly. >> oh, so much better. even on the train down here we saw several of those accidents and obviously this morning it is so much nicer and we are much more festive. the energy is up. the temperatures are down but it is nothing like this. look at the numbers. some reaching 0 inch, more than eight states a foot or more of snow. >> one, two, three, go. >> up to 20 inches of fresh snow, dangerously coating those holiday roads from north carolina to maine.

>> just trying to be safe, getting to massachusetts. >> nearly 800 canceled flights. >> started down the runway and we got shut down. >> we keep getting texts it's delayed. >> reporter: the season's first major snowstorm in the northeast. striking at just about the worst possible time. >> i plan to be in north carolina. >> reporter: snow piling up, branches and power lines coming down leaving hundreds of thousands with cold homes and warm refrigerators. >> i think probably all of my food now is going to need to be thrown out. >> reporter: in des moines, iowa, the whipping winds sending snow sideways and cars off the road. and back east, check out this time-lapse video, poughkeepsie getting 10 inches in just 9 hours. >> it's heavy snow. it's not good. >> reporter: let me assure you with the map of how quickly this thing has moved out drying out and, yes, you may see flurries in some places but looking at

the map there. the numbers with this is going to be cold, all right. we'll be in the 30s for a lot of folks. philadelphia for a high of 42 but it's going to feel a lot more chilly than that. morning windchills all the way back to business mark and minneapolis, yeah, that is subzero so one question that i -- my friend paul operating our audio says why can't thanksgiving be in april? it's a great question, paul. i think something we need to answer but for now we'll look at that forecast and i'll be here throughout the parade with so much fun coming up, maybe in april we'll look again at temperatures. let's get back to dan and amy. >> take it up with the pilgrims. >> thank you, ginger. >> they're responsible for the calendar where that falls on the calendar. thank you, ginger. we should say the overnight snow helped quiet things down on the streets of ferguson although there were angry protests in other american cities. this as this country and the family of shooting victim michael brown react to the exclusive interview with officer darren wilson conducted by abc's george stephanopoulos. abc's alex perez is in ferguson. good morning to you.

>> reporter: good morning, dan. the good news here is the overnight protests were mostly peaceful. just one person arrested. now, michael brown's family responding to that interview with some strong words for officer darren wilson. overnight, a tense, almost eerie calm in ferguson. national guardsmen patrolling the treats fearful that protests like this one would erupt for a third night in a row. and while snow may have kept the protesters at bay in ferguson, the same couldn't be said elsewhere in the nation. protesters were once again out in force in los angeles and oakland. in st. louis, one group storming city hall. demonstrators even gathering outside the u.s. embassy in london. all in protest of a grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. in that exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, wilson addressed the 18-year-old's parents directly. >> i'm sorry that their son lost

his life and there's no -- nothing you can say that's going to mac a parent feel better. >> reporter: on wednesday brown's parents responding to wilson making the rounds on television supply don't believe a word of it. >> it's a murder. >> reporter: and the thanksgiving day parade in st. louis has been postponed until december because of the situation here and in new york city, authorities are keeping a close eye on the parade there after internet chat their protesters planned to target the parade there today. dan. >> a lot of people worried about that. alex, thank you, as always. go to paula faris with a look at the other top stories this morning. >> good morning to you and happy thanksgiving, everyone. we do begin with new video from another deadly police shooting that's made national headlines but this one in cleveland where a 12-year-old boy was shot. now, surveillance video shows tamir rice in a park waving and pointing what looks like a firearm. police say that when the patrol car arrived an officer issued

three orders for the boy to show his hands and when he did not, the officer shot him. that weapon turned out to be a toy gun. the boy's family says police acted too quickly. those officers are on leave pending an investigation. we do have new details about that daring raid by u.s. special forces who stormed an al qaeda hideout in yemen this week. they rescued eight hostages being held in a cave in the volatile eastern part of that country. overnight a government official confirmed an american journalist and other westerners were also being held in that cave but were moved just two days earlier. no word on their fate. meantime, special operation forces joined troops from yemen conducting the raid killing seven militants before airlifting the other hostages. and we do have a major development in the battle against ebola. researchers say the first test of an experimental vaccine on people shows that it is safe and, get this, it appears to be working and so far no serious side effects have been reported.

authorities in northern california say the state dodged a bullet when this union pacific train derailed sending 11 cars into that river below. the train was carrying only corn, but once a week a train carrying crude oil travels those same tracks and if that train had derailed, the spill could have contaminated a nearby reservoir that supplies drinking water to millions of people. and retailers in chicago on alert after the smash and grab. look at this, a minivan crashes through the doors of a clothing store, 20 thieves then run out of that van and from nearby cars grabbing thousands of dollars in merchandise in just two minutes they grabbed at least 200 pairs of designer jeans and each pair of those jeans sells for up to $700. and finally, they're very expensive. a classic case of what would you do. imagine you're in burger king ordering a whopper, you notice a bag that was left behind in a booth. you look inside and you see this.

$100,000 in cold, hard cash. so what do you do? >> order a second whopper. >> yes. >> but -- dan, you took my line. well, that happened to a guy who runs a burger king in san jose. it was on his birthday nonetheless. the cash would have made for the best birthday present ever but the owner did the right thing, called police. the police are now looking for that bag's owner who has yet to turn up. dan, you could just offer that owner 50,000 whoppers. >> yes, is that -- is that the math on that. >> sometimes they have a special. you can get two or 2 or two for 4 depersoning on a whopper jr. -- >> the woman who knows her bk. >> i love it my way. flame broil all the way. >> am i the only one who would keep that cash? i'm gone. it would not be a story. you wouldn't have anything to talk about. nobody would ever know. >> everyone, do not be afraid of t.j. right now. don't leave your wallet alone with t.j. holmes. >> thank you, paula. well now to the holiday shopping madness.

the craziness kicking off this morning. so many store, so many different offers, what should you be buying now and what can wait? abc's becky worley tracked down the best deals you no. good morning to you, becky. >> happy thanks fri-cyber-giving. the deals are there for the taking. this sales season is a price slashing dog fight between retail giants opening earlier than ever today. target's offering free shipping on everything and walmart and amazon are undercutting each other like we've never seen. let's start with tv deals. >> the hdtv discounts this year are best of the best we've never seen prices like we're currently seeing right now. >> why? there's no significant new tv technology. as a result, retailers only have one way to get you to buy a new one, drop the price. kohl's opening their doors at 6 p.m. has a 32-inch tv for $99.

walmart rolls out this deal at 6 p.m., a 65-inch vizi oh that's $450 off its normal price. next apple deals. their store and website have their once yearly sale on black friday. but what's new this year, the best deals are actually today. bundled with gift cards, new ipads are the equivalent of $100 off at target starting at 6 p.m. pc laptop deals compelling. stapleses has a $99 asus. grab it when the doors open at 6 p.m. >> bare bone, low specifications but it's a laptop for $100. >> reporter: but if you really, really want to hit the stores on thanksgiving night these are some of the best deals out there. gopro camera head to target. bundled with a gift card for the equivalent of $100 off. beats headphones, best buy has the best price, $80 off, xbox one walmart bundle with a gift card that's $470 worth of gaming

fun for $329. that's electronics. when it comes everything else, toys, shoe, the sales would be good tomorrow. stay home with your family today, amy. >> i like that advice, becky. thanks so much. more on the hot hottetest gifts. laura phillips is in charge of black friday planning and what a job that is. i understand stores open at 6:00 p.m. but online deals are already well into their first hour. you have this very carefully choreographed. >> that's right and good morning, amy. happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers today. we are ready to go today and just as you mentioned our offers have already started online. i just got a note coming in this morning, we're selling video game systems, laptops, doing great online right now and, in fact, all day we're open. come in if you forgot anything on your thanksgiving list to make your turkey. tonight we'll convert it into all the gifts you want, one-hour

guarantee items and all these great items, something for everybody at walmart with over 400 offers. savings from 30 to 50%. >> those are big savings this year. tell me what is flying off the shelves. what are the hottest gift trends this year? >> talk about a couple of items, you were talking about tvs a minute ago. tvs, it's all about big, 65-inch vizio, as well a 50-inch, 218 and on our one-hour guarantee program so come in at 6:00, if you happen to run out in your store pick up a voucher and get it to you by christmas. a great way to make sure you get that tv. gaming is hot. new systems, ps4, x box1 and the hero of the season, elsa and anna stealing the show. all of the "frozen" product, 28.88. really a hot buy

in in-tweener kids and pajamas i heard are a hot gift. >> we've got something for everybody. for your tweens, let me recommend an ipad, ipad mini, 199 with a $30 gift card and pajamas. kids' pajamas for $4.50, all the right characters so a lot for kids. >> i love it. laura, thank you so much and get some rest. good luck to you and all those shoppers out there who are ready to line up. have you seen the lines? >> yes, we are firmly in the red zone here for shopping. now to a holiday controversy. an epic backlash over a biblical blockbuster. the director of "exodus" is under fire for the arcs he chose to play some of the key roles. there are critics who say the cast is too white. this morning the director is speaking out. abc's david wright has the story. >> i came here to tell you that something is coming. >> reporter: "exodus of gods and kings" starring christian bale and sigourney weaver not due out for another two weeks. >> after 400 years of

slavery --%. >> reporter: the new moses flick is already making waves. >> there's a sea ahead and army behind. >> reporter: ready scott on the defensive over criticism that the cast of his biblical blockbuster is too white. on twitter the #boycottexodusmovie. some tweeting since when were ancient egyptians white? other black and middle eastern actors only play slaves, as well. scott tells "variety" this was a business decision. "i can't mount a film of this budget where i have to rely on tax rebates in spain and say that my lead actor is mohammed so-and-so from such-and-such. i'm just not going to get it financed so the question doesn't come up" with the notable exception of omar sharif it was ever thus in hollywood. >> hollywood has a big diversity problem. they don't often let actors of

color or diverse arcs play lead roles in films. >> reporter: the iconic big screen moses charlton heston. >> who is on the lord's side? >> reporter: was no more jewish than christian bale. ridley scott's "exodus canth is in hot water with religious groups over the character moses. >> he was a troubled and tumultuous man. >> religious groups want to make sure the bible is portrayed in a way that is fair and isn't offensive. >> reporter: "exodus" may, indeed weather the storm. bible epics have been huge at the box office in recent years. the controversy ahead of this one in some ways free advertising. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, new york. >> yes, biblical flips usually do spark some sort of backlash which then creates a huge box office boon. >> exactly in decide for yourself. in social square we have our thanksgiving dream team of food network chefs. i love that. gobble. seated in their turkey thrones, they are ready to answer your

thanksgiving 911 questions about turkey, sides and dessert all morning long. right to it and begin with alex. alex, what are your thoughts on cooking the bird breast side down and flipping to crisp the skin for the last hour asks one viewer? >> i love that. i actually take my turkey out and rest it breast side down so the juices flow back through. the white meat needs the love. it's dry. all the juices pool there and keep it nice and sexy. and then you turn it over, crisp that skin and got that kind of great combination, moist meat, tasty crispy skin. love it. >> and a sexy turkey. i like that. alex, all right. thank you so much. and we want to ask our viewers, keep sending in questions. get all of alex's troubleshooting tips at goodmorningamerica.com. >> heavy rain in the northwest. a flood alert.

ginger is in philadelphia with the very latest. ginger, what can you tell us? ♪ >> oh, this, >> reporter: this right here, come on girls, they are having too much fun, here in philadelphia we're drying out. that's not the case in so many other places in the nation. we want to go ahead, monica, hit it. i want music in the background, very light. the pacific northwest, heavy rainfall. 3 to 5 in the croal. 5 to 7 in green. flooding concerns in the pacific northwest. in the southwest, the warmth, los angeles, 84 degrees, 15 degrees above average. the local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds, but first the cold cities brought to you by khols. >> reporter: hi, everyone, david

murphy here with an update from accuweather a. storm tracker 6storm tracker 6 g flurries popping through the area. looking live franklin institute action cam, we have the scene of the parade coming up. moving through the 0s to a high of 4 2. 39 and sunny tomorrow. more weather headlines and so much more fun to go. you guys ready, one, two, three. ♪ dan and amy. >> ginger, thanks so much.

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>> good morning, everyone, 7:26, thanksgiving day, i'm matt o'donnell. let's turn to david murphy and the accuweather forecast.

>> reporter: you bet, hi, hey we've got cloud cover across the region to start out. a quick look on storm tracker 6 live double scan. you can see there's a little bit of a snow shower popping through the central portion of the region, there you go, a little bit up to the north an east that will miss us at this point. it will not do much to you. 36 in the city. 34 in allentown. 35 in wilmington. not much wind which is also nice. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're going for a high of 42, mainly cloudy skies for your thanksgiving. tomorrow, sunshine, but cold for black friday, high of 39. 43 saturday, chilly, milder sunday high of 53. rain at night. most of next week appears to the in the 50s. him. >> karen will be at the parade later, matt pellman is here with the roads. >> reporter: matt we have a man walking down the schuylkill expressway. not the best idea.

watch out for that gentleman. spring garden is shut down because of parade preparation. you can't head toward the art museum if you're coming off the schuylkill expressway. in pottstown the action cam was on the scene of a crash that close industrial hey and continues to do so. stick with high street to go the around this does he want. -- around this accident. we have inflation station showing clifford the dog and the mr. potato head. let's go back to "g.m.a." we're back in 25.

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♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along if you feel -- it might be a little chilly on this thanksgiving morning but my guess is it's not going to keep anyone -- >> no. >> -- off the streets from those big parades. the look at the route in new york. the balloons are full and ready to go. we'll check in with rob marciano who is standing along the parade route there. good morning, everyone. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. good morning, everybody. ginger is out there, as well. she's with some proud springfield high school cheerleaders at the parade in philadelphia celebrating its 95th anniversary this year. ginger, can you tap? not bad. >> ginger can do just about everything. if you haven't learned by now. also ahead if you're one of those parents digging in your heels and don't want to buy your kids video games for the holiday, well, this young man may have you thinking twice.

how he has turned game nothing a multimillion dollar thing. >> it's an incredible phenomenon, this professional video game thing. we'll talk about that coming up. also, "gma" on the lookout driving on ice. what you can do to stay safe in dangerous conditions, important information before you head out for the holiday. >> very important information. we begin with the man accused of pretending to be a doctor to con a stay at a swanky resort running up a big bill and running off without paying. he is now spending this thanksgiving behind bars and abc's linsey davis is here with more. >> reporter: he eluded police for months. jeffrey cochran who if you run into him on the street he might tell you he is a heart doctor or professional golfer. police will tell you he is an artist, a con artist. you might call him dr. dupe. jeffrey cochran is behind bars accused at staying at a posh pennsylvania hotel without paying for it by pretending to be a doctor.

it's as if he stole the idea right from "catch me if you can" played by leo dicaprio. pennsylvania police say he stayed in a $500 a night hotel at the nemacolin resort woodlands for two weeks in may and ran up a tab of $16,000 and left without paying a dime. only leaving the hotel once employees caught on. police finally arresting him during a traffic stop in michigan six months later. according to court documents he initially called the hotel posing as another doctor from a local hospital and telling them to set up a house account for an out-of-town doctor named jeffrey cochran. authorities in nebraska say he's also want there had because earlier this year he did the very same thing. telling a hotel he was a doctor doing work for a local hospital and that the hospital would be picking up the tab. that stay lasted 47 days. apparently the idea isn't so far-fetched. 20-year-old matthew shite was

sentenced to a year in jail after he was arrested in 2011 for impersonating a physician assistant in a florida hospital when he was just 17. >> i started doing cpr on her for two minutes. >> but cochran seen in previous mug shots has allegedly taken the charade further. >> it's finally time to see if there is anybody out there that can actually put up. >> reporter: back in 2009 he was interviewed by fox sports in las vegas where he went by the name of jeff muny and claimed to be a professional golfer. cochran was arraigned yesterday. he faces a preliminary hearing on december 15th. he has not yet entered a plea. according to the hotel in pennsylvania, they became suspicious and tried calling the doctor who was supposedly going to pay his bill. turns out cochran answered that call and walked right out of the hotel's back door. my grandmother used to say pay now or pay later. apparently he is learning that lesson the hard way. >> i'm surprised the hotel didn't demand a credit card up

front. >> i always have to, right? we're not con artists so i guess, you know, there's a way to talk your way out of that. >> or we're staying at the wrong hotels. thank you. appreciate it. when i was a kid, back in the 1800s, video games were considered at best an amusing time waster but if you're worried about giving your child video gifts as a holiday game, check out this man. he has parlayed it into a million dollar income and abc's matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: it's a sport like no other. highlighted in the hit movie "the wizard" competing against each other to become king of the console. >> i'm just another guy that loves video games. >> reporter: meet 22-year-old matt who said he'd speak to us while he was working. >> for the most part playing call of duty is the bulk of my day. >> reporter: this former burger flipper joining the ranks of elite athletes earning a cool million dollars a year all for answering the call of duty.

>> it's got to be your dream gig. >> yeah, this is volkswagen my dream gig, 100%. >> reporter: that's right, a million clams a year for dominating a single computer game. the call of duty champ training 14 hours a day for the past 9 years to transform a lounge activity into a spectator sport and get this, more than 1.5 million subscribers listening to his tips on youtube and his live stream raking in 15,000 people at any given moment. so what's next for you? >> nobody has really done this before so we're just making sure that we take every day step by step. >> reporter: and the field is now so competitive that sponsor red bull has athletes drop in from space and scrape the sky in motorcycles through haag's team for a high-performance training camp even at yoga. >> they were working on all aspects of our game and life just to make sure that we're just all-around better people when we came out of it. >> reporter: it's the

boilerplate of elite athletes and judging by his paycheck and fame. >> it's going to be exciting. >> reporter: haag is now one of them. for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> and it's just shocking it didn't take off back when we were kids because i was really good at pong. atari. >> ha about frogger. >> space invaders, frogger. >> tetris. >> this thing is really taking off. people now pay money to watch video games being played live on the internet. >> my kids on youtube with why are you watching someone else play? >> it's important to note he's the only one. before you make this a career -- >> thanks. >> there's only one guy making a million baucks. not a career option. go to -- >> just call him t.j. dream killer. >> steal the money from burger king -- >> i'm still hung up on the sexy turkey back there. >> okay. i think we're supposed to talk weather at some point. let's get it out to ginger in philly. hey, ginger, any comments on the

video >> reporter: i have a few things, dan, all i have to say it's totally weather time. we're loving this excitement in philadelphia, right? having a good time. we have great people, jordon fisher is going to be on the music float. this is the oldest parade in the history of the united states. we'll hear other songs, you have a single out. >> i have a song, called too cool to dance, check it out. >> reporter: and you do, too. >> >> yes, it's supposed to to come out tomorrow. it's a ton of fun. >> reporter: let's get it the forecast in for you, that includes more snow. advisories going on in parts of the northern plains, through minnesota, how much snow is going to fall with this, it's not going to be a ton, but it will make the roads slick from

green bay to fargo in the south, atlanta, 46. that's an afternoon high temperature. that's the big picture, let's get a check closer to home. you wear it well. >> thank you, ginger. all right. coming up next on "good morning america" -- on the lookout. driving this dangerous conditions. important information before you head out this morning. and get your holiday shopping started from home this morning. tory is here with great deals and steals, all for under 20 bucks.

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we're back at 7:42 with "gma" on the lookout driving on ice a major concern this time of year. what can you do to stay safe if you lose control of your car or if someone in front of you does. abc's david kerley has important rules of the road. >> when there's a deep freeze, it could put some drivers in

deep trouble. a paramedic hurt when his ambulance rolls over three times, a jackknifed truck in oklahoma. they are professional drivers and the rest of us spunning and sliding on winter roads but there are ways to stay safe. >> whoa, whoa. >> i didn't make that cone. we've come to a winter track in northern michigan where ford tests its cars for some lessons so how do you keep yourself out of a pileup like this in yonkers. >> turn in, avoid the accident and turn back and get yourself back into the laing. >> reporter: remember this your hands will follow your eyes, the key here look where you want to go, not at the accident in front. >> whoa. next that dangerous black ice. almost immediately our wheels are spinning. >> you'll notice loss of steering control. people overrespond to that by trying to steer the vehicle. >> watch this minivan in the left lane in fayetteville in north carolina. its wheels are turns as it hits pavement out of control. we got a sense of that dramatic jolt on the test track.

>> whoa. that thing just took off. best of advice for black ice don't use cruise control once on it drive straight, lift off the gas then brake. you probably have seen this, a vehicle sliding down a hill. well, if you don't have four-wheel drive and the driver assist system like this ford escape wait till the hill is clear then use your momentum to get up to the top. and maybe the hardest lesson of all, getting out of a spin. >> when the back end starts to slide steer into the turn. yep it is counterintuitive. i want to turn left but i'm spinning to the right. by turning to the right and straightening the car out i get traction again. probably the best advice slow down, keep your distance and stay within your own driving ability. >> whoa. >> reporter: for "good morning america," david kerley, abc news, sault ste. marie, michigan. >> oh, so many people are dealing with that yesterday. >> i always find that terrifying. >> to turn into the spin. all right. thank you so much, david, great

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fancy way to say a lot who know about food. they've been posting questions and chefs are here to answer. jeffrey, can you please turn around your throne? this is -- >> sorry i'm late. >> like a bizarre-o game of thrones. gentlemen, the question for you from vicki, she would like to know, what do you use to thicken gravy if you have family that needs gluten-free? >> a great question. what i do is you can ground nuts like almond, walnuts or pecans and it's done thens of years ago. that's what they used to thicken gravy. not flour. there you go. >> something i didn't know. sunny, we have a question for you -- turn around. >> gobble, gobble. >> that, ladies and gentlemen, is an entry. sunny, you're doing desserts so becky asks, do leftover pecan pies and chocolate pies need to be refrigerated? >> becky, it's leftover pies at your house. becky, what is going on at your house? are you serious? okay, listen, when in doubt put

it into the fridge but think about things when you buy them at the grocery store or bakery. if not fridge freighted there you don't have to do it at home. girl, there's leftover pie? >> news you can use. alex, please turn around. uh-oh. we had a turkey collision there. >> the turkey knocks out the sides of the dessert. >> let me ask you this, christine has a request. she wants to know i would like a simple tasty rub for my turkey. what is your view on that? we have ten seconds. what do you say? >> a little paprika. brown sugar and butter underneath the white meat, throw it in the oven. you're good. >> right back with "deals & steals." keep it here. >> coming up "gma's" thanksgiving 911 brought to you by walmart. make wall maurt your first and only place to shop for black friday. the savings start today on hundreds of gifts.

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"good morning america" is brought to you by disney's "into the woods" in theaters everywhere christmas day. >> hi, i'm specialist shonda jones in afghanistan and i want to say hi to my mom and dad in st. louis, missouri, and wish everyone a thanksgiving. >> i'm george gamble jr. serving in monrovia, liberia. i would like to tell my family and friends in marysville, ohio, i love you and miss you. happy thanksgiving. >> i'm kathy henderson from kuwait and would like to give a shout-out to my family in the chicago area. special one to ty, audrey and deondre. love you and see you soon. cook that turkey well.

>> good morning, everyone, 7:56, you're taking a live look at clifford the dog and mr. potato head. all partly of the thanksgiving day parade. it's set to begin in less than an hour from now. you have to bundle up if you go there, david murphy. >> reporter: you do, matt, we have a fair amount of cloud cover across the region. storm tracker 6 live we have snow showers and flurries around. the snow shower keeps churning a little bit over parts of philadelphia, northeast philadelphia will see that

before too much longer, as well. 36 degrees in philadelphia. 9 winds are light, but the windchills are around the 30-degree mark. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high of 42. we'll stay in the 30s during the parade, put on lots of layers if you're heading to center city. tomorrow black friday, plenty of sunshine, cold, 39 degrees. chilly saturday, but back up to the low to mid 50s across the region sunday, rain at night. in the 50s on monday, quick dip on tuesday, back to the mid 40s. as long as you bundle up in a lot of layers you're in good shape. >> karen will be at the parade later, let's go over to matt pellman and look at traffic. >> reporter: if you're coming in to see her on the ben franklin bridge it's a problem-free ride. don't walk across the ben they closed the walkway because of icy conditions. we're seeing slicks conditions on sidewalks and secondary roads. a vehicle struck a parked car the on the boulevard. we have an investigation closing

industrial highway. in chester county reports of a crash along 52 at creek road. >> the coverage of the parade begins at 8:30 a.m. let's go back to "g.m.a." with the ginger zee doing the weather on the bad benjamin franklin parkway.

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. on this thanksgiving morning and are you ready to talk turkey, sides and dessert? we have the holiday dream team ready to answer your questions, how you can make your thanksgiving meal the most delicious and dazzling it's ever been. taylor swift reveals how she's celebrating turkey day. >> favorite side dish. >> sweet potato casserole. >> what she's shaking off this holiday. ♪ oh here we go big "deals & steals," wait till you see the stocking stuffers tory has, shop from home this morning. ♪ all that and are you ready for peter pan? our first look at the brand-new production of "finding neverland" starring matthew morrison and kelsey grammer.

as we say -- >> happy thanksgiving. good morning, america. ♪ >> and what a festive happy crowd on this thanksgiving morning. might be cold outside but warming things out there and so great to have dan harris, paula faris and t.j. holmes all with us on this thanksgiving morning. we appreciate it. we've been having fun here today. and also having fun, begin enand rob out on parade duty. ginger in philly and rob is right here in new york and we'll check in with both of them in just a moment. in fact, how about right now. let's go to ginger. she's at the 95th annual six abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. i see you've had a wardrobe change. >> i've had a wardrobe change and grown a little bit. i don't know if you can tell. show them what we got. i'm totally on stilts. it's extreme z but i have to say

extremely quiet with my movement, otherwise you would not want to see it. it's not pretty. i haven't gotten -- these guys are outstanding. we'll see this and so much more fun, the circus performers all around us. these guys make me look like i am so lame. all right. we will see you guys in just a couple minutes with weather updates too. >> i got to tell you as a man who's only 5'8", stilts sound very attractive. do they have -- anyway -- carry on. >> go, go gadget arms and legs. we have your cooking questions, covered. tips you need as you hit the kitchen this thanksgiving so send us your turkey questions using this #gmathanksgiving911. hope you got that. in fact, our dream team is here all morning solving those last-minute cooking problems. this one for sunny. can you turn around. about desserts. you turn around with panache. don is asking we have corn allergies in the family. what can i use to substitute karo syrup for pecan pie?

by the way is it pecan or pecan? >> in north carolina where my grandmother lives it's pecan. up north it's pecan. it's fancy to say it that way. doesn't matter as long as you call me to dinner on time. that whole pie situation with the syrup. look for cane sugar syrup and try to use that as a substitute. what you're going for is the texture and flour, a little bit of water, some sugar, your brown sugar, mix it all together with your nuts and everything and that should do the trick but i would say just don't do it today. you should never try something new on the actual big day, all right? >> that's very good advice. >> also worth noting that both amy and t.j. say pecan while i say pecan. >> we're from the south. >> you say tomato and salmon too. >> nobody in the south says salmon. >> are you sure? >> salmon. >> i'm kidding. i'm kidding, mr. pecan, all right. >> we have so many more questions and answers ahead about all of your thanksgiving

feast dilemmas you may have but turn to "gma" weekend anchor paula faris with the news. with the day's headlines. >> dan, i stand in solidarity with you. i say it the same way. >> i salute you. we do begin with hundreds of thousands of americans that are waking up on this thanksgiving day in the dark. many holiday dinners could be delayed after that nor'easter dumped rain, sleet and up to 20 inches of snow from north carolina to maine. knocking out power lanes up and down the east coast. the storm also crippling air and road travel. thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and airlines are now scrambling to rebook those passengers. and the thanksgiving parade in st. louis has been postponed because of unrest stemming from the michael brown shooting case in nearby ferguson. three people were arrested trying to break into st. louis city hall wednesday. but overnight, there was an eerie calm on the streets of ferguson as snow fell and police reporting only two arrests. and tensions were far higher in los angeles last night where

at least 130 people were arrested trying to block traffic to protest the michael brown grand jury decision. they had marched to a federal building and to police headquarters but were turned away by lines of police in riot gear. and protests related to ferguson have police on alert here in new york, as well. the famous macy's thanksgiving day parade getting under way. the balloons already to go this morning and abc's rob marciano is along the parade route. good morning, rob. can you hear us? hi, rob. >> hi, paula. yeah, i can hear you. everything -- security is tight. everyone is set to have a great time at the 88th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. central park west is lined with the 27 floats that are going to roll down this area, 2.5 miles, 3.5 million people and a thousand clowns. come on. we got all sorts of clowns. you saw some earlier and these are clown graduates and crazy einsteins and, of course, about 16 of those high-flying balloons, just shrouded in those trees, it's snoopy and then, of course, back there, that's the

rear end of thomas. my little girl is going to go crazy when she sees thomas. what a great tradition it is and weather is turning nice. snowflake flying. looks like it'll be smooth sa sailing as we kick off in less than an hour, the 88th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. paula, happy thanksgiving. back to you. >> thanks, rob. i think you're a little more excited than your daughter is. we'll check in with ginger for your complete holiday weather forecast. and we are following breaking news overseas right now. the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing that targeted a british embassy vehicle in kabul today. a british embassy worker was killed along with at least four civilians in the street. and new details this morning about a deal that bill cosby made with the "national enquirer" as he was sued nearly ten years ago. in a newly unsealed deposition from 2005, cosby testified that he gave the tabloid an exclusive interview about sexual assault allegations by the accuser. he eventually settled with out

of court. now, in exchange, cost said "the enquirer" agreed not to print the story of a second accuser, meantime, there's more fallout from the latest accusations. the university of massachusetts has now severed ties with cost w -- cosby who is an alum. finally, one illinois family decided that they could not wait till today to dig into their thanksgiving dinner. that's because they are lemurs or as i like to say, lemurs that are living at chicago's brook hill zoo. this -- they were colonized by the french so going with the french pronouncer but feasting on a traditional meal of sweet potato pie, green beans, one guy looking surprised. they're vegetarian. >> you're right about pecan, wrong about lemurs. >> lemurs. >> thank you, paula. let's -- we should tell you "pop news" and weather coming up next but t.j., mr. pecan over there has your "morning menu."

>> mr. pecan, mr. no coat. i thought this was an indoor gig, the "gma" thing. this is a look ahead at your "gma" "morning menu." in "pop news," dan, you'll want to hear this. we'll tell you the most googled recipes in your individual states and i have your state, massachusetts, a lot of people you'll want to hear the weird stuff your state likes and tory is here with your holiday "deals & steals." you're going to beat the black friday rush. she's got stocking stuffers all under $20. that's a big deal but do have another thanksgiving 911 question for our chefs. inside. now, we're talking about sides this time around. jeffrey, that's you. jeffrey, where are you? all right. >> i'm right here. >> with the sides. >> we have a question from jennifer. this one has to do with those whipped potatoes or mashed potatoes. where is my question. how do you correctly whip the mashed potatoes, there it is, how long do you cook them and whip them without them turn

nothing glue. >> couple thing, first of all boil them in a pot of water with salt and put a fork in them. if it cops out perfectly done, strain them, put them back in the pot, warm it up, in the same pot and mash them. if you whip them you'll develop the flour and starch. old-fashioned masher. go at it. >> stop turning dinner into glue, all right. much more coming up live on "gma" here in times square. stay with us, folks. >> all right.

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le-le-lena ♪ >> just discover thissed the other kay. hanging out and posted this video. all kinds of hits but going crazy. it's "lena dunham" by a group, all-female and all white female rap trio in brooklyn. it's called "lena dunham." i can't tell you the name of the group. you'll have to look it up on your own. it's not quite appropriate for television. >> oh, the name of the group. >> it's a brilliant pr strategy. just name something after somebody with a popular instagram account and, boom, you're done. >> works more so with the hook, paula faris. >> dan harris. >> paula faris. ♪ dan harris >> yeah, actually have to name it after somebody who's cool. >> whoa! >> i love you. i love you. i was referring to myself. >> i want an apology right now. >> t.j., save me please. >> let's turn to side dishes. a lot of side dishes. cranberry sauce and your state, they put this together over "the

new york times." the most googled thanksgiving recipes in each state. now, these are the ones that kind of stand out and distinct this, is my home state of arkansas. this is a four-layer delight. that is a dessert. from the midwest they like a snickers bar. it's a snickers salad >> that's what i'm talking about. >> yum. >> to new york and new jersey. they liked stuffed artichoke recipes is what they look for and folks in indiana. the persimmon pudding is what they like. for you sitting here, paula, you're from michigan. cheesy potatoes was the number one. >> got to give it up for the cheesy potato casserole. >> key lime cake and massachusetts, yours was the mashed butternut squash. >> sounds very new england. >> time for this. you see what we've laid out here. thanksgiving meal in chip form. they're all flavored -- pumpkin pie, cranberry, turkey and gravy, seriously. >> like turkey and gravy. >> can that a good thing?

>> it is actually. >> mine is stuffing. this is really good. i can taste the thyme. >> oh, it is good. >> i like that. >> this is not supposed to substitute -- >> now i don't have to cook. would you like some more? >> you still need to cook. >> thank you. >> dan never eats anything -- >> six-packs, you're done. done. >> happy turkey day, everybody. t.j., thank you so much. >> come on over to my house. >> "deals & steals," coming up but first ginger with a check of the weather and she is at the the big parade there in philadelphia with the good friend, it looks like. i.yes, right here >> reporter: , yes, right here in philadelphia, they are all excited to see lance bass, of course. you'll be, woulding -- working on a new single. >> we're excited to be here. >> reporter: i know your family is watching. >> my family in mississippi,

sorry i can't be home. >> reporter: we'll check the forecast which is far from warm in a lot of places. the snow is moving out. new england this is gone. just a few flurries left over. a much better travel day today than yesterday. a look at cranberry, new jersey. >> nice to be from cranberry on thanksgiving. >> reporter: let's get a check closer to home. >> reporter: thank you ginger zee from philadelphia, isn't that nice. happy thanksgiving, everybody. we're under mainly cloudy skies, windchills are around the freezing mark. this afternoon, cloudy skies and sunny breaks possible. high of 42. the worst precipitation we'll see is a flurry. tomorrow, sunshine, cold, 39. chilly are saturday, milder

sunday, 53. hey. ♪ >> oh. >> all right. that makes a happy thanksgiving. >> see a little bit that have. >> i would throw my back out doing that. ginger, well played. >> thank you, ginger. and this morning we are celebrating the potential in all kids and the extraordinary things they do when they embrace their interest and talents, these are some amazing kids. take a look. meet josh, jacob and mo three amazing young men who have been featured on disney's "citizen kid" series. 13-year-old josh williams is a miamian with a big heart and his foundation, joshua's heart has been feeding people in need for almost nine years. that's right. he started when he was 4 1/2 and since then, joshua's heart has fed 30,000 families with the help of 1200 volunteers. across the country in

california for the last three years, 10-year-old jacob has been using his energy literally to participate in triathlons for a great cause. >> go. >> he's not in it alone he and the join jacob triathlon team has so far raised $48,000 all donated to the food bank of santa barbara, county. and last but not least there is mosiahp. bridges mo of mo's bows. in just three years this 12-year-old memphis native has cornered the bow tie market, keeps his mom, aunt and three seamstresses busy making the coolest bow ties anywhere and in the process funds a kids' lunch program. so welcome to all of you. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> mo, i'm going to begin with you. it's amazing you already have the entrepreneurial spirit but you're giving back. how did you get started? >> well, i got started giving back because, you know, i thought if i could go to summer

camp and i can have fun then other kids should be having fun instead of worrying about the next meal they're going to eat. child hunger is at the highest in summer so if they get a meal in the summer, then they can still have fun and be kids. >> i want to ask you, what is it with the bow ties? >> i got started with bow ties because i really, really love to dress nice and i couldn't find any other bow ties that i liked to fit my style so i asked my grandmother to teach me how to sew. >> you sew your own bow ties. >> well, i have employees now so -- >> excuse me. >> i'm officially not -- >> jacob, how did you get started doing this? >> the kids in santa barbara county really don't get enough food during the summer like mo said because you get school lunches during the school time and then there's nothing during the summer. so i decided that i wanted to do a food bank because they give food to people in need and people who can't afford the food. >> you also want to motivate

kids who are afraid. i would be afraid to do a triathlon and i'm 41. >> we told them we're okay, this could be easy, take your time. you're going to be fine. >> everybody was fine. >> yeah, everyone was very excited. >> and, josh, you're now 13 years old. >> yes. >> you started joshua's heart foundation with your mom when you were just 5? >> tell me about it. >> 4 1/2. >> 4 1/2. >> i started my foundation to help stomp out world hunger and help make an impact in the world. me giving out 650,000 pounds of food so far. >> what motivated to you do this with your mom. >> when i was so young i was shown people needed help and also taught that i could do something about it and that i should. >> i know you have some folk, josh, who you look up to. >> yeah, basically i like to give my top three which are bill gates, warren buffett an oprah. they all started with little and they made it into a lot and they never forgot their roots. they always came back and helped their community. >> i have a feeling that we're all going to be looking up to

you one day and what incredible role models all of you are already. so thanks for inspiring us and remember it's the time to give back. >> thank you. >> i told you they were incredible kids. >> you did not lie. they were astoundingly impressive and adorable too. >> yeah. >> three future presidents possibly. >> that's exactly what i was thinking when watching that. as we've been discussing we are now firmly in the thanksgiving red zone. millions of chefs hard at work in kitchens across america so is the same true for the celebrities among us? here's robin roberts with a look at what taylor swift is doing on this turkey day. >> i want to do a little fun thing, a thanksgiving lightning round. >> okay. >> lightning round, okay. favorite side dish for thanksgiving. >> sweet potato casserole. >> stuffing or mashed potatoes. >> mashed potato. >> canned cranberry or homemade. >> canned. >> pumpkin pie or sweet potato pie. >> pumpkin pie. >> you're good. >> thanks.

>> and by the way you can see much more of robin's interview with taylor swift tonight a great special from robin called "thank you, america." really an extraordinary broadcast frl you'll want to watch it airing at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. a great way to spend your thanksgiving eve with your family right here on abc, robin roberts, thank you, america. amy, over to you >> that's what i'm going to be doing tonight much in the meantime, look who i have here with me. tory because she has some great gift ideas at even better prices, everything in this morning's "deals & steals" is $20 or less thanks to you, tory johnson and, remember to get to our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! for the details you need to get these bargains because they go connectly. >> let's go. first up, i love this. all these are about sort of just little fun things to be able to give. these are daniela suede bangles. that hinge, super stunning for you. >> goes with my outfit. >> brilliant from my 90-year-old very hip grandmother who doesn't

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>> 8:27 getting closer to that 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade that we put on at 6abc. le we're live where all the balloons are ready to go down the benjamin franklin parkway. if you're there already, you're bundled up. if you're not there credit, bundle up, says david murphy. >> reporter: absolutely, matt, we're off to a cloudy, and somewhat chilly start. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing snow showers popping through, one in mount airy and chestnut hill. pushing into northeast philadelphia. 37 degrees in philadelphia right now. 34 in allentown you can 34 in trenton. not much wind, but windchills around the freezing mark.

mostly cloudy, high of 42. every now and then you'll get sun breaking through. sunny and cold, 39. 43 on saturday, back to the low to mid 50s on sunday, matt. >> karen is at the parade, matt pellman is here with traffic. >> reporter: hey, matt, we've been seeing people parading to the parade route on spring garden. one of the many streets that's closed because of the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. things are drying on the schuylkill expressway and the traffic volume is nice and light. because of the parade detours for the septa bus routes and mass transit is on a holiday schedule. still closing down industrial highway the crash in pottstown, don't each too much turkey today. >> you, too, matt. our live coverage of thrntion 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade begins in one minute and ten seconds,

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