>> thanks for joining us. thanksgiving, of course, is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. many folks are already out on the roads or have friends getting ready to go. >> you are looking at chicago o'hare, top busiest airport in the united states. according to trip advisor, more people are traveling this year than last year.

why traveling through tia will be a lot easier than most other airports throughout the holidays >> reporter: a recent report actually ranks tampa international airport as one the best in the country it comes in at number 11. unof the things is how quickly you can get through security line. it only takes about 12 minutes which is so much better than a lot of other airports across the country the trick part is trying to travel with famly. we have an getting up in the morning and getting everybody together and ready to go, that's probably the biggest challenge. >> i have to pack her stuff ahead of time, make sure that i have the right kind of clothes. last night, it i set my alarm an hourly early. >> lots of toys in the back pack, make sure that you have devices, unfortunately. i rely on those to travel. >> making sure they have everything they need to meet,

anything in their bag that should not be there. >> good point. >> and other than, that you're fine. >> reporter: it s a officials say they hired about 1400 new agents since the summer which could help lines move even faster. for those of you traveling by car, gas prices are higher than they were for last thanksgiving but lower than last months so a little good news there. blue you are traveling by plane or by car, the best course of action is to make sure that you plan ahead of time and make sure that you make it to loved ones safely. back to you. >> the tampa international was recently ranked 6th on the ranking for best airports. trip advisors says that busiest day for people to return home is friday. >> when you sit down for thanksgiving this year, you may want to avoid certain topics. how about trying this? they have been making the round on line telling people to pass

instead, the wine. if you are hosting a din e dinner, you may want to steer the conversation. >> you know, politics should be avoided, because of the brexit and the recent election. and that depends on how much wine. >> show respect, even if politely excuse yourself if things get heated. we are hours away from the most famous event, the macy's holiday parade. this year, detectives with police dogs will be around the route and there will be sand trucks to prevent car bombs. >> this is scary, no matter

i'm glad that they are thinking ahead. >> nowhere around along the route will there be any cross streets. >> they are macing sewer that balloon handlers, parade geres are previously checked. and a new rule to require overtime pay to be paid to salaried employees are put in hold. this comes after 21 states and business groups filed a lawsuit. this is a blow to the obama administration. the labor department is now considering all options. president-elect donald trump is now in florida for the holidays. he has now hill a new cabinet post, tapping governor nikki haley to be the u.n. ambassador. >> south carolina governor

accepted the post of u.n. ambassador out of duty. in a statement, mr. trump has praised mrs. hailey. during the primary, she endorsed marco rubio. and former presidential candidate ben carson has been offered the role of of housing you are been development. >> we cannot have a strong nation with a weak inner city. >> reporter: geez walking back several campaign promises. during an interview with the new york times, he has walked back some promises including

to investigate. >> reporter: he said what he does not want to hurt the clintons. he does not. >> the time reports that mr. trump has reconsidered instituting water boarding techniques after hearing that his general for national security is not in favor senior high school kelly mccaulie and officer ramos went around the city to place books. it is for a girl scout project. she repurposes all water distense sers and fills them with books for adults and kids. >> i think reading is important for education. >> she took time out of her schedule to make she is individual libraries and collected all these books to be putting in at the libraries and

it shows she is a hard worker and very dedicated and very passionate the book dispense sers are free to use and are based on a read and return honor system. a new york woman says she has a lot to be grate full for this thanksgiving. reporter roxana revari is shows a remarkable recovery after a car accident. >> reporter: she has come a long way from six months ago when a cab crashed into her outs pinning her to a tree on crushing both of her leverages next thing i remember, i was laying flat on the ground. i told her in my mind there was ability 50% chance that she would leave the hospital watt least one amputation. >> walking, yes, i am walk joos >> reporter: she underwent nine surgeries at mount sinai hospital. >> we had to take skin and fat from her thigh, transfer it

the small blood vessels under a microscope and after that, repeated rounds of skin grafting. >> it was powerful but i'm happy that i had so much help to get me through this. >> reporter: in august, shary began using a walker and then a cane. now she can walk around her house and do what she enjoys most: cooking, just in time for thanksgiving. sometimes, it gets me like, oh, god, you know, why me. but most of i get teary, i'm just grateful that i have my legs and i have my feet. let's try this pie. >> reporter: she is grate if you will for the support of her family and friends as she makes strides in her recovery. she says she still feels occasional pain but hopes that by continuing physical therapy, she can return to work as an usher at a local theater. >> that is incredible.

frame. >> when you heart details of the surgeries that she went through and then to be in a place, that's amazing. >> the butter ball turkey hotline is already take your call. >> this year, they are getting extra help from the hosts of the late show. we have the best calls coming. and speaking of mom is cooking for us. we ale show you the recipes coming up. and why more americans are going to the emergency room all because of their medication. let's get a check of your weather. so far, we have a beautiful afternoon. >> lots of sunshine forecast. we'll get more of that within the next couple much hours. later this afternoon, more cloud cover starts to roll in but that will not produce anything in the way of rain

afternoon and evening and a look at the holiday forecast. and travelers, i'm not forgetting about you either. we'll take a look at travel spots coming up in just a

in health news, infants exposed to the zika virus in the womb can still develop microcephaly even if it's not present at birth. c.d.c. looked at children born in brazil. 11 of them went on to develop the condition along with significant call neurologicalably cases. more seniors are going to the emergency room balls of issues with a new c.d.c. study shows older americans accounted for 35% of emergency room visits for problems with their meds up from 26%. blood thinner, diabetes drugs and opioids were responsible. stephen come berth -- come colbert, at it again.

ball. >> i want it really cooked. how long? >> a long time. >> my mom says cook it at 188. >> s that question about stuffing. >> okay. you call it stuffing or dressing >> i call it stuffing. on, wrong answer. bye-bye. >> so good. and there is a whole segment where he pretends the woman is accidentally calling o'hare airport in chicago and he is trying to convince her of that and that exchange is hilarious. s one of them wants to call the police? >> she wants to call the police on him and he wants to call the police on her. >> we have been shaving some our favorite thanksgiving recipes and today, my mom helped us one with ounce of our tradition, pumpkin bread. check this out. >> mashed potato, cranberry sauce all good options.

flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and some cinnamon. a word of advice, make sure it's cinnamon. they the pumpkin puree. my mom uses two cans to make it more pumpkiny. that's a technical term i learned in the kitchen. not done yet. add some va la, eggs, and raisin, lots and lots of rainies. i have the full list of and the bake them on racks. we like the small ones. >> guess how long that pumpkin bread lasted afte we tasted it? >> 12 seconds. >> you make your mom make it for you. >> i was helping. she's one of those who cooks by

a can of this, a dash or a doll run. >> how much is a dash and a doll up. >> we had your casserole yesterday which was delicious. >> we covered a lot of sweet and savory. something for everyone. yes. >> tomorrow, we're going to be live inside someone's kitchen, right? >> i know. we are cooking breakfast or lunch early. >> we are cooking thanksgiving something. whatever they have for us. >> thanksgiving little mimosa on the side. we could have it outside if the weather cooperates aren't we used to that as a kid. this is a great idea. you need the tape si cups and stuff, gets some paper plates and sit outside and enjoy your thanksgiving dinner. >> i love it. >> we are not going to be dragging rain chance. that's the most important

comfortable temperatures. it's thin high cloud cover, not going to produce shower chances so you are in great shape. look at the numbers already. 80 in carrollwood, 22 in tampa. and 80 degrees right now in sought sarasota. she is numbers will not warm more than that. they are going to on comfortable. there is the cloud cover started to roll into tampa. we are still quiet by and large. the clouds will not produce rain for today although some of the models indicated maybe there is a little sprinkle possible. and there you can see a little blip of green. but we are talking about an increase in cloud cover and that will be for us throughout the overnight hours so that means a couple of things for us. number 1, we won't warm up as much as we could as we did

it's only going to center temperatures by a bit. overnight, our temperatures will not drop that much. notice if you are waking up recally tomorrow morning, you will see temperatures largely in the 60s around the bay area. there will be some upper 50s. we are not going to be off to a really chilly start and we'll warm up quickly as we head through the day today. here is a warmup of the daytime temperatures, right around 80 this afternoon and we move with cloud covers. so clear, still cool but not ly couple of mornings. we are going to be even warm are than we were early this morning whereas we still stay in the 50s. so head out, if you are planning on punk some of those calories preemptively, it will be a great start of your day to get out and go for the morning run. it will warm up quickly. time it out. want something warmer, wait until after 9:00. i know with many folks off

you want to head out for that jog. overnight low, this is how we'll drop. right around 60s for the bay area and in the afternoon, we heat things up to 81 degrees. owe picture perfect out there to celebrate thanksgiving. that turkey is excited. doing some dancing. a few spot to draw your attention through, if you are flying there or from there. that's the great lakes area. could be messy. too many, that scoots off into new england. we are not expecting this to be the event like we saw earlier in the week, with 20 inches of snow but enough for us to have some trouble spots. here, we'll warm up by next tuesday. >> looks good. thank you wonder how astronauts celebrate thanksgiving?

holding this. they do have a big dinner plan. many of the at that dugal thanksgiving fixings like turkey, green ben beans, mashed potatoes and cherry cobbler. >> might taste different than what you think. >> and tomorrow, the draw could be several million dollars. we'll tell you how big this jackpot is, one of e in powerball history coming up, survivor followed by code black at 10:00

wake up in tomorrow morning on thanksgiving a mt. millionaire. >> if you play the powerball tonight. the jackpot is now 359 million.

history there. has not been a winner since february. >> it's us a fun when the jackpot grows and no one wins, week after week. folks who don't play sometimes like us. >> big enough when it's 40 million. >> now it makes sense when you look at it like that. >> give he is is if no one wins this time, then you will start seeing the kreaziness going on with it. >> big office pools and shape. >> no holiday weather issues around the tampa bay area, anywhere around florida. to hears extent we'll have some -- we'll have some weather problems in the great lakes and then to a lesser extent moving into new england tomorrow.

>> sharon: dylan. >> dylan: i won't be long. i'm gonna get changed and head back to the station. >> sharon: wait a minute. you're not scheduled to work today -- it's thanksgiving. >> dylan: you told me to get out. i just assumed that we're not gonna spend thanksgiving together. >> sharon: dylan, i'm so sorry. crashing down at once. sully was gone and then faith wanted to live with nick and i blew up at you. i know that your heart is in a million pieces because of me, and all you've tried to do is help and understand, and it's a miracle that you don't hate me and haven't walked away from me. but, dylan, i can't lose you, too. do you think that you could forgive me?