jamaal hinton is the teen grandma wanda accidentally texted about thanksgiving dinner. pictures proved he wasn't her grandson. but when he jokingly asked for a plate anyway, wanda responded, sure, that's what grandmas do. responses poured in from around the country. >> this is an e-mail. >> reporter: including this one from wanda's coworker. >> what we all need to do, we just love, spread kindness and break bread together. you remind me of my mother. she was a beautiful soul. >> reporter: in a year many americans worried about political tension at the table, wanda and jamaal struck a nerve. >> you're a celebrity. >> i guess so. >> reporter: on thanksgiving the >> to go to a stranger's house, yes. i'm thinking the same thing. i'm thinking the same exact thing. >> reporter: but for jamaal and wanda, what started as a mistake quickly seemed meant to be. >> i just like clicked when i met him, when i first talked to him. i was just, oh, my gosh, i want to get to know this guy. >> you have to send me these pictures. >> i will, of course. >> reporter: they say their friendship

jamaal hinton was in class when he got a text message. thanksgiving at grandma's house. that includes amanda and justin so jamaal did some detective work. who is this. your grandma. grandma can have a picture. that was not jamaal's grandmother. thomas and a picture of himself and took it a step further. you are not my grandma can i still get a plate. grandma's do. . everyone. he posted the extinction twitter and it exploded. fast-forward to thanksgiving wanda was handling it like a champ. interviews cameras. i want to get to know him because i like my first impression of him. >> jamaal walks up texting of course. >> it is a story of two people that would have otherwise never have met. >> people are saying i have a faith in humanity again. >> wanda says that she has been of several mistaken text. >>> next a valley mom getting a very special surprise from the 12 news entourage. >>> teachers can be like family to some students but is the one valley student it is official. the heartwarming story of how the teacher became the students mom. >>> what are 50% of americans admitt

jamaal made one mistake. he forgot to blur her number when he posted phone numbers of the conversation. she got 600 text in just a few hours, all asking if they could come to dinner. number and told them all know. >> [ laughter ] >> she is about to get 601 texts. i want to plate. >>> only on 12news, one of the most common ways to contaminate your food is also the easiest to prevent. >> that's why some of the restaurant health reports we are finding this week are so disturbing. >> ryan cody is live in the newsroom with the dirty list and it's one that you cannot afford to miss. >> reporter: that's because they are so egregious, e -- but like you said so easy to prevent. lesson number one for anyone in a kitchen, but some valley food handlers need to brush up on the basics. you don't need a culinary degree to keep bacteria out of the kitchen. >> you spend all day touching everything that you come into contact with so when you move into the kitchen, you won't to wash your hands to make sure that all that stuff t

jamaal says he loves his job. he gets to greet people with his signature bowtie and smile. >> i could have just gave up. i could have dropped out. i didn't do too because if i start i want to finish. i started school. i want to finish school. >> reporter: set to graduate community college next month. he credits the stability offered by covenant house and the warrior recognition of his hard work for helping him stay focused. >> that ability to succeed is in every kid, but we are old days we are dealt different hands. somebody like jamaal was not dealt a great hand. >> reporter: the team has a partnership with covenant house that's about helping young people stay on track. and giving them opportunities to succeed. >> to have that all in place where you feel safe and you feel taken care of, is life- changing for kids who otherwise could be on the street and never, ever realize that potential inside them. >> go warriors. have a good one. >> reporter: being a warrior span this is the perfect job for now as he looks to

my family teases me because i take bad selfies because i >> reporter: i asked jamaal what his grandma thought about the whole thing. she said she doesn't text and didn't know what this was this was going but wanda invited jamaal and his entire family over for thanksgiving. before i left, i overheard wanda put on her grandmother hat with jamaal saying we're going to take about what you've been doing on twitter, young man. i would love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. much fun next week. i wish i got an invite. >> wonderful spirit of the great arizona. >> we focus on people doing bad things and you realize how many great, great things are out there. >> reporter: heart warming. >>> speaking of thanksgiving, we are a little week out. have you gotten the bird yet? >> i'm on the other story. if you bother me, i have gotten the invite. >> you have to open up. >> a little more than a week away, a week tomorrow. it is going to be feeling more like summer than fall, unfortunately. maybe by thanksgiving it will feel more fall-like. >> dave is up with a look at the changing weather

instead it was a woman named wanda dench.a den even though it was mixup mix jamaal asked if he could stillls wanda said hey he can still come over.e ca >> i saw his p icture and even and though i invited him i did not n think for a second that he would want to come tohat my hou after seeing my picture. pictu >> jamaal says he's happy tol sa have another grandmother in his life and snoaythers he's lon for ward to joining them for a thanksgiving meal . >> [laughter] >> that is very funny.unny >>> gary mcgrady it is> ga 36 degrees certainly feeling like the holidays around now. >> yes c holes, it is.id we're going to warm up a little bit but we're going going have a couple more days where the wind is going to bes go blow going to be kind of stuck in the 40's so just get used toet e it. you knew we would pay because wo of all that will great weather e we had at the end of lastt the f week. week 70's on friday and saturday. su. a lot of snow up north and a west wrapping around this biginu area of low pressure to thee te north and east of us.f we may see a flake or twoo flying around north

jamaal hinton is the teen grandma wanda accidentally texted about thanksgiving dinner. pictures proved he wasn't her grandson. but when he jokingly asked for a plate responded, sure. that's what grandma's do. their text went viral. responses poured in >>> these are called hatchables. they are sold out everywhere. that is except for a pair of brothers who took a gamble and a body and of them and they're lookio about twitter's? that is what these are. i'd ever heard of a hatchables now but chances are, you will soon. >> the interval -- the hatchables, we cannot keep on the shelves. that it is sold out everywhere. >> they have a stockpile of the hottest toys around, a hatchables is an attractive critter that hatches from an a.

jamaal . danielle ? >>> still ahead, carted off the when we have learned about the coyotes forward injured in vancouver last night. >>> some of the toughest competitors on the planet will >>> brad richardson is stable in the hospital and his plan of the team after richardson was taken off the ice last night on a stretcher. he went down on his right leg after putting the yolks on the board. of course our thoughts are with richardson in the team said it should have another update a little later today. >>> liberty wildlife in south phoenix is holding any facility this weekend. we have a sneak peek of building that will house thousands of animals throughout the year. you can check out the ego pavilion -- eagle pavilion. >> now that we have this location we will hopefully start taking in mammals. people are going to get a lot to see of the native wildlife around here. >> so the grand opening is full of events for the entire until 2:00 on 24th street and broadway. you can even watch a falcon getting released.

. >> i want to bring in jamaal simmons, who magically appeared. >> we can't live without jamaal. >> no. democrats kicked in gear, they got resources like sending barack obama like 83 times to go down there we know that the noncommitted, those are increasingly people of color. >> they are. a lot of people don't want to identify themselves as being a democrat or republican but they tend to vote one way or the other. as an organizer, it's pretty easy for the campaigns to tell who's who and move those people to the polls as they need to. what's really happening in a lot of these states is they're working a have different model from all the information i'm getting from inside the campaign. it does not look like 2008 and 2012. so some of the people on the ground feel like something's not really right but the numbers are showing up the way they should. >> maria, let talk about the latino vote. the latino vote is up 100% in florida, up 60% in north carolina, up 25% in colorado and nevada. one more clip with a "washington post" article, stan greenberg said the latino vote is explosive and said

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. he uses us as tools and vessels to bring a message to others. >> both say they have a lot to be grateful for including each other. >> you never know where the text goes and what happens. but, what a wonderful story. >> it really is. >>> the black friday shopping rush is on. >> stores and malls are crowded. what you need to know to >>> it is 7:56. i'm renee chou. here are your top stories. watauga county is almost fully contained. crews are working the front lines of the blowing rock fire. 55 homes are considered to be in danger. crews are parking on driveways and blocking streets to cut the flames off in their tracks. >>> dry conditions keep spreading to the east in our state. the latest drought monitor map shows abnormally dry conditions reaching as far east as raleig

one problem, jamaal does not know them. somebody's grandma texted me and we are invited to thanksgiving.>> reporter: so he did some detective work. who is this? back go -- >> i said it's grandma. and he says send me a picture. and i was wondering why he asked for my picture. >> reporter: that was not his grandma. he said a picture of himself. >> grandma called his bluff. i was embarrassed. i thought for a minute and said, well, sure you can. that is what grandma's do, they feed everybody.>> reporter: he posted the exchange to twitter and it exploded. 392,000 retweets. >> reporter: the answer was yes. >> we will open our doors for them because i think that is what thanksgiving is really about. >> reporter: he is going. he is going to his real grandma and then heading to his other grandma's house. she is not jealous by the way. >> she is not being replaced. >> reporter: he got fame, a second thanksin he made one mistake, he forgot to blur out grandma's number and she got 600 tax -- text asking if they could come together as w

jamaal posted screenshots of their conversation online and it quickly went viral. >> she welcomed me into her house. that shows you how great of a person she is. i'm thankful for people like that. >> it has come from god above. he uses us as tools and vessels to bring a message to others. >> both say they have a lot to be grateful for including each other. >>> we are celebrating 10 years of local dish this week. 10 years. more than 500 recipes and counting. to mark the anniversary, the ag department's lisa prince and i dug through the archives for >> reporter:it all started 10 years ago with lynda loveland, lisa prince and her sister michelle, whose kitchen we have always used. they whipped up a bunch of holiday recipes back then including this, the shrimp tree. in 2007, commissioner steve troxler joined lynda loveland to share a shrimp recipe and she approved. i started doing local dish in 2009 with a -cucumber >> you are going to get a shot of that on my pants? this is what happens when you cook with brian. >> reporter:lisa evened the score earlier this year. [ laughter ] >> i want

this all started when jamaal hinton received a text from an unknown number. he asked who it was an she said it was grandma. any time of the day get the whole lot easier.>> debate areas first cupcake atm opens today. the cupcake atm is located outside sprinkles in high park village. it sends tested bake cupcakes. one rent the box today will contain a $100 gift card. sprinkles is not forgetting your pets. doggie cupcakes will be sold also. >>> vandalism outside of this st. petersburg church. the hateful words that have people scared. >>> a deadly explosion closing down blocks of the city in illinois this morning. the way that gas company is directing the blame. z262zz zy6z at 6 am hateful message outside a st. pete church. y members are in fear and say they are being targeted. >>> stolen guns on the street. the clues deputies want you to know as a search for burglars in a larger crimes read this could be tied to.>>> major meeting between president-elect donald trump and governor. rick's the other prominent politicians that will be there and the speculation of w

jamaal didn't miss his family thanksgiving. he went to both. he didn't think that -- he thought that two servings of he says there are more nice people out in the world any previously thought. >>> up next an update on the afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. >>> it sounds like this weekend is going to be 50-50. >> the first half will be gloomy and drizzly. we will have some showers, which is what we are experiencing right now. we will have fog reducing visibility in the morning hours before sunrise. keep that in mind if you are out and about early tomorrow. by sunday we will have better weather ahead, 45 degrees and a chance for a flurry in the wind picks up on the northwest. it's okay. at least we will see some sun and then more sunshine for monday. >> [ overlapping speakers ] [ laughter ] >> yes, i will be okay. >>she wasn't going to answer. captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: elijah, hey man! good to have you on the show finally! >> stephen. it's really great to be here

but she got the wrong number and sent it to jamaal hinton saying hope to see you all and signed off your grandma. >> i asked for a picture and she sent a picture. so i sent one back so she could confirm that i'm not her grandson. and it went from there! the invitation still stood, he asked jokingly. >> she said i could have a plate and i'm actually invited now. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's what grandpas do, she said, feed everyone. jamal took a screen shot and put it on twitter it. has been retweeted over 150,000 times. >> with all the donald trump and stuff going on, and all the racial comments, i guess, it's people out there. >> he does intend on going to meet wanda and her family. the mixup happened because jamal got a new phone number one that used to belong to wanda's grand son. >>> a 9-year-old boy saves his little brother right there who fell off of the changing table. mom turned away for just a brother rushes in and catches him before he hits the floor. >> i was just getting everyone ready for bed. and at first i said i messed up i did something wrong remember then i realized

jamaal scored his 1st basket but it was too much to overcome. nuggets lost 103-86. >> it wasn't offensively we couldn't buy a shot, we missed 20 layups. we didn't pay -- plate defense leader -- either. >>> calvin pickard stopped 32 that performance will not quiet the avs fans the believes he should replace is the primary goaltender. they almost took a couple of blocker shots. he scored the lone goal of the game. a 3rd period power-play. as one- and getting ready for the game. >> we have almost reached the end of later week which this time around his rivalry -- rivalry week. >> i guess i have a good team after 13 years and are trying to make it into something against the broncos once again. it could be an interesting game. be to bring a lot of emotion. the broncos are in a big game every other week for the last 5 years i think they treated like business like usual. i like the broncos approach better than the raiders but it would be better. they are shorthanded and are going up against a quarterback that can light it up as he proved last week whic

that stranger's name was jamaal hitton. he told her she had the wrong number and the wrong text.ot still come over and have some turkey because that's what grandmas do. >> if you have an opportunity to do something kind for somebody, please, please do, because it's such a good feeling. it's a good feeling to give kindness and it's a wonderful feeling to receive it as well. >> she invited his family as well, but they had their own dinner plans so jamaal was able to enjoy two thanksgiving day dinners. that's awesome. >>> all right. let's talk sports. the dallas -- who wants to talk about the dallas cowboys? don't you just want to talk about the detroit lions and the fantastic game against the minnesota vikings? right? >> i thought about you as i was watching the lions/vikings game yesterday, how you were reacting to that finish. we will get to that in one moment. we have to give the cowboys some credit. they have won ten games in a row which is no small feat in the nfl and their quarterback dak prescott, and running back ezequiel elliott may be the best rookie combo we have seen in

i'm here with jamaal, wanda, the whole gang. how did this happen? >> like you said a wrong text. we just kept communicating, i guess. >> reporter: when you got this text from wanda, what did you think? >> i knew this could not be my grandma. she doesn't know how to text. >> reporter: when you found out this wasn't your grandson, invite? >> no, i didn't actually. when i saw it wasn't my grandson and i was very embarrassed. then he asked me if he could still have a plate, i said of course, grandmas feed you. >> reporter: grand mas do do that. i love them for that. when you found out, not your grandma and you asked for a plate, did you expect have you come in for thanksgiving? >> i did not expect a response. she side come on. >> reporter: i do have real family here. these aren't fake family members. you are the actual grandson that she was trying to get in contact with. is this the type of grandma she is, open invites? >> if i had friends who did not welcome at grandma's house. >> reporter: you're not going to be replaced? >> he will be sitting where he would be sitting. >> reporter

rookie jamaal murray, a flash of the future. nice step back third rock. devin booker got ejected leaving the corporate he stopped on the way to sign a fans thing. >> better than a lower body injury. >> switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. speed may not be available in your area. call today. >>> right now on. >>> right now on "the list" thanksgiving in a lox. >> cool consignment shops online. >>> and three 90s music icons join forces for the most epic list." >> get ready for a thanksgiving rush. according to aaa, more passengers will be taking to the skies for turkey day travel about any year since 2007. and you have to hear what united airlines is doing to make your travel experience different for future thanksgiving. >> when you think about flying the friendly skies of united, a good part of my day." >> you might also th

her big family growing by one more thanks to a text message that grandma wanda decided to extend to jamaal hinton anyway. >> this is our home and let's go do some eating. >>reporter: a simple gesture that gave everyone the feels and won over the internet. #can i get a plate. #everybody's grandma. #. >> grandma's the goat. >>reporter: no one's more thankful than these two thank full for a lesson in kindness. >> she welcomed me into her of a person she is. >> it's come from god above that he's using us as tools and vessels to bring a message to others. >>reporter: two strangers that made the world smile with their selfie, now standing together smiling over a friendship that's sure to last a lifetime. >> what a great story. >> next year another thanksgiving get together i bet. the toys you put under the tree this year could possibly make recommendation for toys that will simulate their minds without breaking your budget. stay with us. >> high temperature today 83 degrees. well above seasonal norms it does look to be a touch cooler for the weekend. we'll take a look at that full weekend foreca

when jamaal asked who she was texting, she said it was your grandmother. he asked for a picture. >> i think it is crazy that people can actually connect and be so nice to each other, with people they do not even know. kidd: what a great story. "usa today" reports that she is he -- he did not want him to be alone on thanks giving. she had to text that she had to change your phone number, though, because he provided it with a screenshot. [laughter] time now for your express. mrs. clinton: there are times this past week that i wanted to curl up with my dogs and a good look and never leave the house again. john: school officials in montgomery county are not ready to call this truancy yet, but they are ordering students to stop these protests and stay in school, or face disciplinary action. sam: one person was diagnosed it is unclear if that was a student or a teacher. larry: a construction worker is thankful for being alive after being stuck in a collapsed trench. >> he was grateful. he went through a series of emotions. molly: a woman was attacked by what we

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. >> i want to bring in jamaal simmons, who magically appeared. >> we can't live without jamaal. >> nomocrats kicked in gear, they got resources like sending barack obama like 83 times to go down there we know that the noncommitted, those are increasingly people of color. >> they are. a lot of people don't want to identify themselves as being a democrat or republican but they tend to vote one way or the other. as an organizer, it's pretty easy for the campaigns to tell who's who and move those people to the polls as they need to. what's really happening in a lot of these states is they're working a have different model from all the information i'm getting from inside the campaign. it does not look like 2008 and 2012. so some of the people on the ground feel like something's not really right but the numbers are showing up the way they should. >> maria, let talk about the latino vote. the latino vote is up 100% in florida, up 60% in north carolina, up 25% in colorado and nevada. one more clip with a "washington post" article, stan greenberg said the latino vote is explosive and said it i

jamaal hinton lives in phoenix and got this text message on tuesday. thanksgiving dinner at my house november 24. and he says who is this and his grandma sends a picture. he replies with this picture but can i have a plate? and she said of course you can that is what grandmas do. isn't that nice?>> are they cle enough together quite >> she lives in mesa so right next-door. this is what happened. this exchange went viral and it included grand wands phone number everybody started bombarding grandma wanda's phe with al kinds of terrible stuf know how peop are. she had to change phones. she has a new number but ma is in contact with her grandkid he may be there r thanksgiving day. >> a sweet story. [ laughter ]. >> presented all and they figured it out. >> i hope the message got to her real grandson. >> a group message. >> this is the new thing where you take a piece of paper money it is wonderful. the new name, this is the next thing. this iall you will hear about. >> there are no women on a of this. >> that's true. >> african american abolitnist harriet

>>reporter: jamaal ingram describes himself as a child at heart, but circumstances forced him to growckly in the last two years. he lives at a homeless shelter for youth in oakland. he says this is his first stable home after his mother lost her job back in his senior year of high school. >> it's been on and off moving from place to place. >>reporter: he says he was moving every few months until he found covenant house. he still managed to graduate high school and went on to go to college. he found a job working at oracle arena in 2015. he is now a guest services attended and recently got a raise. he says he loves his job. he gets to greet people with his signature bowtie and smile. >> i could've given up, i didn't choose to. i started school, i wanted to finish. >>reporter: he is set to graduate community college next month and credits the stability offered by covenant house for helping him stay focused.>> that ability to succeed is in every kid, but we are all dealt different hands. someone like him was not dealt a good hand.>>reporter: president says the team has a partnership that

. >> that ability to succeed is in every kid and someone like jamaal was not in great hands. >> the warriors president. says that the team has a partnership about helping young people stay on track. and, giving them opportunities to succeed. >> and, you can feel taken care of and it's life-changing for kids who otherwise could be on the street and never ever realize the potential. >> go warriors. >> have a good one. in the warriors then, this is a perfect -- being a warriors fan he says this is perfect. it's a belief that he can accomplish what he sets out to do our key when faced with challenges -- arche face the challenges. >> going to reach my goal. >> he just got accepted to san francisco state. his goal is to be a broadcast sports analyst. >>> well, they be the oakland city warriors. and, in the much anticipated my -- matchup, he's trailed by as many as 10 points, in the first, and helped rate the game in the second points, morgan the entire team. and, the ramp finished with 39 points and tied a career-high with seven three-pointers. >> it was a fun game. and, just a part of the game. a

the story of jamaal hinton and the teen, thinking his number belongd to a family member. when hinton asked if he could still come to dinner, dench said sure, and she made good on that promise. hinton said the texting mistake taught him there are more nice people out there in the world than he thought. love that. >>> well, we continue to follow breaking news this morning, celebrating in the streets of miami overnight as they learn news of the death of former cuban leader fidel castro. we've got more on that coming up. stay with us. kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they're twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. >>> right now at 5:30, breaking news overnight, former cuban leader fidel castro dead at the age of 90 as people celebrate the news in the streets of miami. >>> a wbz exclusive this morning, a dunkin' donuts worker intentionally scalded with hot tea after a confrontation with a customer. the investigation is now under way. >>> barry. >> and, kerry, there's fog out there this morn

spencer ware, jamaal charles, both of them probably not going to play. west a huge pick-up. crushed it last year. jacksonville 27th against the run. west to start. league right now. just coming off a big win. now on the road. >> trey: i'm feeling the energy, jadiann, you see from the falcons. hitch your wagon to matt ryan. 19-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio. julio jones, mohammed sunu. he hit a wall but he's coming back. tampa's a great mch >> jadiann: broncos-raiders, what do you want to do? >> trey: the oakland raiders have a chance to be in first place in the n.f.c. west, but that denver defense too good. chris harris got some really good defense i back. mark cooper is the guy in oakland. so michael crabtree, sit him down. not a good matchup. >> swraw jaw: all right. do what he says, everyone. go set your lineup. >> sarah: do what he says, right. up next in 5:30, breaking news in the sports world. world series title since 1908. >> christa: and the retrial of convicted killer gary lee sampson is continuing this morning and what jurors are expected to hear today coming up

officials say mohammed jamaal khweis provided and conspiredonp to provide material support to isis. khweis was dee neighborhoods iraq back in march by kurdishydh forces after leaving an isis a s controlled neighborhood.lled he had been held without bailuti since being brought back toacto >>> and here in loudoun county t the search for two missing teenagers. the loudoun sheriff'sheff department asking for help finding mariam lab bryn fleeryne and taylor cole.ylor c both girls just 15 years old yed both from that area but from ashburn and bramble ton specifically. they were last seen on tuesday. now police believe they left wer on their own and they're possibly together. >> we've also learned a driverle of a school bus that crashed into a commuter bus this week wk in baltimore that claimed sixeds lives should not have been officials say glenn chappell was not authorized to drive ahoe commercial vehicle because he vh failed to provideic the marylanr motor vehicle administration way certificate showing he wasen in good health but an attorney e for the bus company disputeste that claim a

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from the marketer, jamaal henderson is the senior branch manager at mountain dew and he says this new digital destination will align everything we have done into a help for youth culture. it is in one place and it is dynamic. a transition from a campaign specific approach to an always on approach. i will show you when of the ads that pepsi co. that did for mountain dew. it did not appear on television but on youtube. i find it very disturbing. and i am almost sorry to show it to you that i think it is important to see the kinds of things that are targeted to audiences that may not be sitting in this room. ok, we have you all lined up. which one is it? >> i don't think i can do this. >> just point to him. >> you better not snitch on a player. .nitches get stitches keep your mouth shut. keep your mouth shut. when we get out of your, i will do you up. >> i cannot do this. i cannot do this. no, no,. >> she is going to do it. >> you'll never catch me. >> when i showed this to my darling husband, he said he did not know what was worse -- the racial stereotype or the violence against women.

last week, jamaal hintly received a group text from an unknown number and inviting him to a thanksgiving dinner. the text conversation turned into a holiday invite between strangers. yesterday, hinton joined the backyard of this lady's home for a thanksgiving dinner in arizona. they shared what this meant to them. >> i never expected this to happen to me in a hundred years. >> i love being here. we connected with a bond. >> both said they have a lot to we have all been on the wrong end of one of these text but this is an extraordinary result on thanksgiving. >> coming together is a good thing. >>> a war photographer returns home and sees america's natural beauty through a new lens. centennial of our national parks was the perfect homecoming. i'm here in bristol, virginia. and now...i'm in bristol, tennessee. on this side of the road is virginia... it's tennessee. noatter which state in the country you live in, you could save hundreds on car insurance by switching to geico. look, i'm in virginia... i'm in tennessee... virginia... tennessee... ? >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." comi

wanda dents and jamaal denton. of arizona didn't know each other until she mistakenly cents a text meant for her grandson with details on the family thanksgiving plans and behind ton got the text message and wanda invited jamal to join her thanksgiving feast the story went viral spreading a lot of cheer. >> it's really all the people out there that said the kindest things to me. i never expected this in a million years to happen to me. >> i love being here. i feel like we can connect more and bond. it's no, i my grandma. there's more nice people out in the world than i thought there were. >> plans are now in the works for both of their entire families to eventually meet. >> i love that story. everybody can come together for the holidays. especially a lot of people work in different cities and are not near families what a wonderful surprise text right? >> bring everybody together. >> bring everybody together. >> for a huddle kudzp. >> i'll go home and my fee an so i will be expecting that tonight you know huddle cud

last week, jamaal hintly received a group text from an unknown number and inviting him to a thanksgivinga thanksgiving dinner in mesa, arizona. they shared what this meant to them. >> i never expected this to happen to me in a hundred years. >> i love being here. we connected with a bond. >> both said they have a lot to we have all been on the wrong end of one of these text but this is an extraordinary result on thanksgiving. >> coming together is a good thing. >>> a war photographer returns home and sees america's natural beauty through a new lens. why he says celebrating the centennial of our national parks was the perfect homecoming. you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo. well, you can come to the aid of school student today, have some family fun. this "black friday" morning, at the same time, the national constitution center, is hosting its annual school supply drive. visitors who bring school supplies to the constitution sent letter get $2 off admission.

jamaal hinson got a text from his unknown number telling him that thanksgiving is at 3:00, show up. when hinson asked who it was. he got an unlikely response, "your grandma. " jamal knew it wasn't his grandmother. he asked for a picture. that's when he met wanda dench, who is somebody's grandmother, but not his. >> he texted me back with his picture, "you ain't my grand can that's what grandmas do." >> christa: the two met and now hinton's entire family is joining wanda for thanksgiving. i love that. it's not just one extra place setting. the whole family is coming, too. >> kris: all the neg tisch that comes with technology and the texting. >> christa: something good came out of it. very much the spirit of the season. wren, i like that. >> wren: it is. more seasonable temperatures headed our way as we head into your turkey week some get outside and enjoy this friday forecast. we're talking about plenty of sunshine. boston. we are going to be cooler across the coast. the cape looking at temperatures more around the mid-50s. it's going to be breezier there, as well, with a couple addi