macy's thanksgiving day parade will have a familiar face marching down the streets. 11-year-old timmy richardson of raleigh got his art as a junior drum major and an adorable image at shaw the ball age of 4. his big break came show little bigshot after seeing him on that show. orgazes gave him a call.>> when i heard of it i was like macy's and i'm thinking okay the store macy's? but then mom tells me more information about it and i'm thinking like wow, this is exciting. >> it is exciting. timmy will be at the marching band in the parade and he says he is not nervous even though thousands of people will be lining the streets and millions hing on tv.> parade live one week from today. >>> it will be so fun to watch. new england patriots quarterback tom brady is having a little fun with his deflategate van in a new ad now that his suspension is behind him. >> why can't somethings just be great. >> it starts with questions and then questions turn into assumptions and those turn into vacations.>> the ad is for the annual thanksgiving sale, the week of greatness. he served a four-game ban when that tea

. >> and thick out this little guy. 11-year-old timmy richardson. prime spot in this morning's thanksgiving day parade. he got his start as a junior drum major at football games when he was just 4 ye great american marching band. a lot of energy that one. [ laughter ] >>> wral's 28th annual coats for children campaign is underway. you can donate by doughinating coats and new toys at any jiffy lube location throughout the area. campaign runs through december 31st. donations can also be made on our web site. right now search keyword "coats" or text the word coats 41444. >> we are talking tropics it. >> yes. >> believe it or not, hurricane season ends on wednesday. a hurricane 2 in the caribbean. >> that is crazy. >> yes. history probably being made. yes. not only did they see a hurricane today off of the coast in the pacific they had a earthquake. a earthquake and a hurricane on the same day. let's take a look at the video before weather desk top. parts of costa rica had a hurricane. packing 110 miles an hour. night. amazing how it formed quickly. exp

officials announced cary would be one of only 10 high school bands in the parade. 11-year-old timmy richardson had a prime spot in the thanksgiving day parade. the raleigh native got his start as a drum major at shaw university when he was just four. yesterday, he led the macy's great american marching band. >> wral's 28 annual coats for the children -- the wral 20th annual coats for children has star used coats or toys at participating jiffy lube locations. the campaign runs through december 31. to make a financial donation, do that at wral.com. search the keyword coats or you could easily text the word coats to 41444. >>> earlier this week we reported the story of a mother 24-year-old jamaal showed up to wanda's house yesterday. things she said she meant to send the text to a few members of her family about thanksgiving dinner at her house. and accidentally sent it to jamaal. he promised to come by, after posting screenshots of the conversation online, and it went viral very quickly. >> it showed me what a great person she is. i'm thankful for people like that. >> it has come from god above.