the parkway itself we expect it to close after 7:30. there are closures at this hour including eakens oval itself in front of the art museum. jfk boulevard and market are blocked, as is 20th street. we have the ramp from 676 westbound to the benjamin franklin parkway the ramp westbound side of 676 to get to the benjamin franklin parkway already closed. if you're coming in to the parade via car exit the schuylkill expressway at vine street and walk over to the parade route. the highways are nice and clear with light volume. on the secondaries, in fishtown we have a crash along delaware avenue southbound at frankford avenue. the fire location in brewerytown at 24th and oxford by the oxford market. delaware county along 32 concordville 322 involving a box truck and tanker truck. they have closed 322 totally. concord road are the alternates. 322 blocked in delco. >>> we have information about a baltimore police detective gunned down in the line of duty. the city commissioner revealed that detective sean suiter was a witness into a an invest

columbia pike looks good and not seeing problems bw parkway to or from baltimore parkway. if you have an early morning flight to catch bwi, reagan and dulles quiet e late clear construction both direction moores road and i'll tell you mets row is on time. i'll let you know if that changes any questions erinfoxdc twitter and holly and maureen. >> thanks, erin, 5:18 let's look at stories you're engaging with most on social media. >> wisdom martin joining us. >> renewed focus on sexual misconduct throughout the nation and particular any in nation's capitol. his reporters and lawmakers again talking about former president bill clinton and ak satisfactions against years ago. opt ed i believe juan eat is causeing a stir after co columnist believes she believes claims that former president raped juan eat at broderick in a hotel room decades ago. >> a 13-year-old girl old enough to afree to sex with an adult? that's a question france is asking as the govrj sets a legal age for sexual concept for the first time. feminist groups are are protesting arguing age should be set at 15 rat

chilly on the parkway. 32 degrees on the parkway and dropping from there before we turn it around. 29 in allentown. 38 in reading. 30 in trenton and wilmington, 30 in beach haven. 28 in millville and 31 in dover, delaware. we roll through the day, it's on the chilly side. for the parade bundle up, as matt mentioned. we'll start out in the 0s for the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. 35 by the time the first balloons go by, 42 by the time the parade is wrapping up. the sunshine is bright, but it's cool. 46 degrees is the high, well below average. tonight, 34 below average. we get milder through the day today, although if you're planning on getting up early and camping out in front of your favorite retailer, it's going to be hilly this morning. i'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: bring the space heater if you're doing that. good morning to you, david, good morning, everybody, happy thanksgiving we're starting this turkey day morning with a few issues including a crash at the delaware memorial bridge. luckily it's there no longer. i told you la

. >>> you will feel a chill in the air if you plan to hit the parkway to watch the parade. this is a live look from parkway camera at central library and we will tell you how cold it will feel. >>> it may be a holiday but workday for volunteers at mann a. we will tell you how many people they will be preparing to for people in need. >> it is thursday, november 23rd happy thanksgiving i'm rahel solomon >>> aim joe hold men for jim donovan. let's check the forecast with katie. >> happy thanksgiving to both of you. >> so quiet. >> as long as you are prepared if you plan to be out for the parade, i think you will layer up and you will be g the wind isn't too harsh. thing i say is this even if it is a light wind technically we will get that wind tunnel through sky scraper, and, so, callowhill is notorious for that between about 16th and 18th street. >> yes. >> it is war trying to walk to coughe in the morning. regardless coming up. technically it looks like a nice holiday inn general, looking ahead to tomorrow too for all of the shopping plans you may have. storm scan is empty,

another live look here along the parkway. we're about 22nd street here. this will be the start/finish line. now all the rain on cue starting to pick up more. as the runners start to come in they'll get a little shower. matt delucia, nbc 10. back to you. >>> as matt mentioned there are a lot of traffic closures in place for the marathon. many around the ben franklin parkway where the race begins and ends. the race starts at 10:00 a.m. you can catch live streaming coverage on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. ♪ >> you know what that music means. rivalry renewed. the eagles visiting the cowboys. you can only see it here on nbc 10. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal in dallas for the big showdown. >> eagles! >> reporter: deep in the heart of texas, the eagles have landed turning this bar outside of dallas into a philadelphia strong hold. >> we're in control of our own destiny. >> reporter: he runs green legion, a travel group of fans who go to every eagles away game and is seeing twice as many fans hitting the road. >> your game day transfers, game ticket and entertainmen

traffic force fod divert last point at gw parkway. we're seeing overflow of traffic on secondarys over a 7 mile backup past 7 and annandale you see huge delays and two semi-trucks and at least four other vehicles involved in this crash and you ca the vehicles completely sideways on bridge and we have dozens of vehicles trapped between the point of exit and closure right now who will patiently wait for at least an hour before able to get traffic moving. we'll let you know if they're able to open a shoulder and let backup squeeze through. outer loop traffic dealing with rubber neck delay. however, keep if mine the outer loop jammed back to the 270 spur. you're dealing with 30 minute delay rockville to leemingon bridge 270 past spur on upper loop and upper loop over an hour delay avoid upper loop 6 on up and we'll keep up updated on this breaking news. any questions erinfoxdc on twitter as they zoom in that huge mess three vehicles sideways and it looks like we have toe tow truck approaching scene scenement they're making progress back t

and we toe tapped into the season on the parkway.ther successful parade is in the books with so many people making it happen. rick williams and cecily tynan are inching to join their thanksgiving feast but first they promised to hang around a few more moments to wrap up the big parade. once again rick and cecily you and your fine crew kicked it out of the park. >> it's a team effort but great. always great. >> happy thanksgiving. >> it was a beautiful morning and we had plenty of coffee. >> a lot of coffee. >> so many joining us and it started with the pennsbury band kicking off the parade. take a look -- ♪ ♪ just one of many marching bands that glided up the parkway this morning. in fronts of the art mousse each. there was so much entertainment and the weather was just right. should we give you credit cecily? >> i'm take the credit. we had a lot of special guests, mini and mickey mouse in a horse drawn carriage being treated like royalty. >> all the kids were happy to see them. why not coming from florida, mickey and minnie joining

let's go live to the parkway. you have been doing this for what seems like 25 years.t's new this year? >> i know. 19 year, jim. it's been a lot of fun. for many of us the thanksgiving day parade kicks off the holiday season. the tradition continues in its 98th year. my photographer and i couldn't be happier to show everyone a preview. let's hop on the holiday express for a tour. three, two, one, blastoff. come on, it's stuck. there we go. as you see, folks, they are putting on the finishing touches on the floats. they'll be working through the wee hours to get in shape for kick off tomorrow morning. we have a god bless america float. god bless america. god bless philadelphia. we have an underwater adventure. they put a lot of work into this float. it's go gorgeous. now, we are giving the kids a peak of the giant float mr. and mrs. clause will be on tomorrow. isn't she beautiful? a cast of a thousand people will be involved in the grand finale when mr. and mrs. santa jump on the float. a cast of thousands has been rehearsing for the big show. let's take you there. ♪ ♪

chopper 6 hd is live over the benjamin franklin parkway and eakens oval.ge of the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade begins in about an hour. let's go to matt pellman for a look at traffic. >> reporter: we're watching all the parade closures for the dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade. live over eakens oval, the oval is blocked off. benjamin franklin parkway is closed. kelly drive, jfk boulevard, market street blocked off. luckily we don't have a lot of the people that need to be at the work or somewhere else. the schuylkill expressway and vine are nice and clear, exit the vine at broad street and look for parking and hoof it over to the parade area. 202 parkway county line road a turkey trot, everything is blocked county line at 202 parkway in preparation. watching a crash in upper did you lynn, wilmington, the ms run is this morning, a bunch of street closures, dart buses are not running because of the holiday. >> look for karen rogers for the parade coverage and david murphy is after the break in accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, every

jfk boulevard is blocked, the parkway is not blocked just yet. that will be closed in the coming hours. more things are closing as the hour progresses. the parkway remains open. watching a crash in fishtown sugarhouse. this is delaware avenue at frankford avenue you can see the emergency crews on the scene this morning taking care of the accident. if you want to stay on i-95. no issues there, at this point volume is light. the bottom line this morning stick with the haste they are nice and clear. -- the highways, they are nice and clear. county line road and james way there's an accident. one at jenkintown has cleared out. >>> organizers are putting the finishing touches on the annual 98th 6abc thanksgiving day parade. katherine scott is live at inflation station. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt, we're standing by buddy, the dinosaur, if you see him, he looks like he is waving towels, we have a gingerbread man over there, i don't know if we can pan over to daniel tiger, he is huge in our household. daniel tiger is going u

an early-morning rescue on the gw parkway. autria: two hikers hurt, one plunging over the side of a scenic overlook. john gonzalez is live. john: that's right, early this morning, these hikers wear out, i'm calling it a close calon the second scenic overlook heading west of the gw parkway. a beautiful area, but it can be dangerous. just be on the rocks, you have a lot of rocks and then brush and then down below, the potomac river. this was the scene early this morning. this is where crews had this medical emergency, two people were hiking, called in that they fell and became trapped and needed to be rescued. it was a joint effort from air ,nd ground, from fairfax, mpd and park police all working together and it took a while to find these hikers. they were located about an hour after they called in. at last check, 43 degrees in the city, both hikers did suffer injuries, but are expected to be ok. a close call here along the george washington parkway. reporting live, john gonzalez. finallyfirefighters able t this huge fireball n

. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> and that is dancing on the is dancing on the parkway showing off their moves once again ricks and cecily tynan anchors our coverage today with a little help from gma's laura spencer and owner members of the "action news" family. annie mccormick was there as famliz continued their tradition of turning out for the parade. >> the crowds came awrong jfk boulevard and the parkway and shout-outs to mr. and miss clause and balloons and floats filled the parade route for the 6 abc dunkin donuts thanksgiving day parade. >> i like the santa claus float and the one with the star fish. >> and the geico lizard or the thing one and thing two. >> on display this year 1 marching bands from across the country and 18 balloons and floats and performances as well and fan fivities from music, stage and the big screen. some spending taters come as an annual tradition and today we found families beginning a new one. >> coming down for 10 years and stay over in the hotel and come out bright and early in the morning. >> what was the highlight? >> take the train no matter how cold it is we are here. >

that is near art museum at spring garden and ben franklin parkway.very long race, 26.2 miles after all. organizers say 30,000 people are racing and they say thousands of others will line up all along the race course to cheer on their runners family friends everyone in between, racers will be on the road for a while now. it can take as long as five hours to run the 26.2 miles and remember that means a whole lot of road around that area closed and restrict to traffic this morning. you can get most up to date information at cbs philly.com because we know it will be tricky to get around the race course this morning but we have all that information for you on line. so again this is a live look at ben franklin parkway this morning as again those thousands of spectators lined the race route again hand cyclist and wheelchair racers are stepping off or wheeling off first. lets take a list men to what is happening this morning. >>> unaudible. >>> unaudible. >> there they go, live start of the philadelphia marathon, of course, the wheelchair enhanced cycle race

i can tell you gw parkway georgetown quiet. no major delays past pents gone on 395 northbound rights now main or hov lanes. southbound 270 looking good by father hurley boulevard and congestion is 7 0 to 10 the. puts us back in yellow from red slow down we're dealing with. not terrible but volume popping up this morning. as we look at wide view of area. 295 southbound red zone 50 to pennsylvania avenue about ten minute delay 50 through buoy looks good and seeing usual delays clinton to brandywine as you make your way to the 301 split. 210 for the washington to beltway and we'll keep you updated on commute and metro rail lines are on time. college park beltway looking pretty nice right now guys back to you. >> military takeover in zimbabwe happening now. why army is in control and stopping shorts of calling it cao. >> desperate search for killer in tampa florida after another murder in the se frustrated residents demanding answer this morning. ing. >> this is getting too much. >> oh, my god here we go ag again. >> whoever is doi

prince william parkway, our problem on the roads here.cause of that problem. eastbound 66 after 28, center line blocked. new hampshire avenue, the inner loop of the beltway, we'l

earlier crash franconia springfield parkway main lanes slow.me like that tucker as you make your oui out earlier disabled vehicle inbound suitland parkway stanton and road and sterling nothing found there but delays. as you make your way out this is outside baltimore beltway and nasty delays 95 southbound tidings bridge from crash blocking lawl apes of bridge. use 40 as alternate. if you head to baltimore to capitol beltway. other than that metro cleared up with earlier delays. 66 eastbound gainsville to prince william parkway. not terrible. your turn tucker morning meme. >> let's do it. >> great shout out to erin. who is playing under the weather. >> how are you feeling after win chip challenge deal. >> i was tucker was a bully and said what if something bad happens to your stomach. >> one chip challenge nasty results. >> go to the facebook page. >> i felt like little boy in christmas story that put tongue on a pole. >> i think you handled it better than many. >> good morning meme sglim my turn now stop it tucker is like. >> ahha has this ever

how about a live picture from the ben franklin parkway.hanksgiving parade steps off in about an hour and a half here at cbs-3, happy captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. it is thursday, november 23rd, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." new york city deploys 2,000 extra police officers to protect its thanksgiving day parade. helicopters and snipers are watching from above. heavy-duty trucks are blocking streets below. >>> the longest serving member in congress is being pressured to step down. we'll hear from a former staffer who says john conyers routinely verbally abused her. >>> plus new details about a defector who made a daring

this is 95 northbound by prince william parkway.fortunately delays are just continuing to grow. it's going to take you close to 30 minutes to get between quantico and dale city. you may want to hop off and take route one northbound. watch for bailout traffic. you don't want to get struck in that main lane delay. hov lanes flowing freely. we're also dealing with some police activity in northwest. annie yu about here. the scene a of a shooting investigation. d.c. police traffic just letting us know that. things on illinois avenue and ninth street starting to get back to normal. also tracking a water main break. this is as you make your way out in montgomery county. it's connecticut avenue between new dale road and manor road. so please use caution its on the northbound side. so, as you make your way toward the beltway you'll deal we'll keep you updated on that one. southbound traffic getting by just fine. watch for a rubberneck delay. 270 southbound starting to see about a 20 minute delay develop from 70 down to 121. give yourself som

inner loop construction by suitland parkway. no major delays on outer loop. metro service 5 a.m. all rail lines on time. back to you. >> coming up on "fox news morning". >> it's been several days since a deadly earthquake struck boarder of iraq and iran. aid is not getting those in need. and the disturbing details ahead. >> as we head to break a live look across the d.c. region, 4:57 now and it's 37 degrees. back after what if there was only one emoji? now what if there was only one mattress? one is not a choice. choose your mattress with tulo. everything you want in a bed, in a box. ♪♪ what if home security was different? what if it looked different? what if the measure of working, was that you never had to think about it. what if it was so easy to use, you actually used it. [alarm] you have 3 minutes to exit. what if it gave you time, and what you really need from home security. a sense of security. ♪♪ what if there was only one haircut? now what if there was only one mattress? one is

thank you. >>> if you can't make it to the parkway we have the best seat in the house on abc. live coverage starts with your host cesily tynan and rick williams. wherever you go this holiday take accuweather with you for real time conditions and traffic updates and find out when stores are open for black friday shopping and black friday playbook for our viewers. our family will be on float. >> i will on a bus doing the noon show so i'll wave to you. >> 4:41 a.m., up next time, why dozens of people woke up early to visit this south philadelphia bakery which you see live on the action cam. >>> firefighters demonstrate the danger of frying a turkey improperly. >> reporter: we have temperatures on the cool side, 33 degrees this philadelphia. 29 in allentown. if you're getting ready to make your parade to philadelphia for the parade, bundle up. things get better in the afternoon and even better still on friday, i'll have details in accuweather coming up. really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's paym

live from the parkway i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good hell to rahel and for 30,000 friends out there thanks very much, anita we will check back with you. >>> so we want to know what will it be like for those run ners this morning? what with the rest of us? here's meteorologist chill see ingram with the eyewitness weather forecast. so it wasn't raining or it does not look like it for anita. >> this rain pushing off to thee just in start of the marathon but those runners will be dealing with the winds for entire race. however do i think at lee last leg of the race, the wind will be at their back, so that is some good news hopefully giving them a push to the finish line. but seeking out storm scan three where i can show you where rain is moving off to thee moving down the shore now juste of the philadelphia, where we are starting to dry out and we will be welcoming back sunshine as we head in the afternoon. 54 degrees right now in philadelphia, notice those numbers taking a tumble, we are in the 40's in reading. 48 degrees there. 49 degrees in wilmington. down the shor

parkway for this year's philadelphia marathon and pounded the pavement be gingriching at 7:00 and windhallenge but not enough to stop most of them from finishing the 26.2 mile course the race made its way through the city and ended on the parkway a 25-year-old from albuquerque was the first to finish add did it in 2:16 congratulations to everyone who crossed that finish line. >>> the wind went away and the cold is sticking around. >> it's cold and you can certainly feel the difference how we started the day to how temperatures are setting up now and show you what is going on outside sky six live and hd from temple university camera looking at center city skyline with a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky across the region and because of that temperatures are starting to cool down considerably from where they were when we started our day. so as we walk over to the weather sun tear it's all about thanksgiving we have a preview of what we can expect as we get into our holiday just four days away from thanksgiving we've got the turkey and all of the fixings there as we get ready for thanksgi

big delays northbound 95 before prince william parkway.sh is blocking the right shoulder and the main lanes. that's causing at least a 35 minute delay coming up from dale city. we also have a crash in sterling pacific boulevard at relocation drive. you have to detour around that. 267 looks good and as you make your way out on 27033 minute ride, yellow zone not the worst of the commute coming out of maryland from frederick into montgomery county 23 minute trip. we'll keep you updated on your morning ride and track those metro delays on the blue and yellow line by the pga. pentagon. >> the search for a missing sub. >> another case of sexual harassment claims rocking hollywood and this morning on amazon. stay with us. we're back in just a few seconds. >> ♪ >> nine past the hour. today in baltimore police will clear the detective sean suiter was killed, a d.c. native. it has been locked down since last wednesday. detective suiter was shot in the head while working a case. information leading to an arrest more than $200,000. there's an official

this is a live look from our parkway central library camera we will tell you how strong that wind will be stepping outside the door this morning. >>> three people hospitalized today after gunfire erupts at a north philadelphia sports bar we will tell you how victims are doing this morning >>> today is sunday november 19th good morning everyone i'm jan carabao, lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist chelsea ingram with eyewitness weather good sunday morning. do my years deceive me is there a bit of clearing out there. >> there is clearing,. >> it is clearing. those runners didn't start with a wet start to the race. maybe some wet grounds but overall we are seeing rain moving out and clearing is happening. we are seeing sunshine making a return. that will be key as we head throughout the afternoon. let me take to you storm scan three. we have that rain pushing well off to thee, maybe lingering sprinkle or shower near toms river atlantic city down into cape may. we are drying out into philadelphia and we are seeing that sunshine moving in as well. 50 degrees in philadelphia we

the benjamin franklin parkway, the outer lanes were closed between 20th to 25th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon as they set up for the philly marathon. 21-mile an hour gusts in allentown. 25 in trenton. 24 in lancaster. you might see debris on the road out there. 38 in quakertown. 41 in malvern. 45 in center city. 42 in hammonton. 43 in glassboro for the students at rowan university, tam. >> a new jersey murder suspect who escaped a juvenile detention center is back in police custody. authorities recaptured 18-year-old michael huggins in atlantic city yesterday, huggins and three others escaped the youth detention center in egg harbor industry -- egg harbor city wednesday. they stole a guard's car and crashed it. they are back in custody. >>> two women broke into a school's computer network to exchange grades. they were accused of using the stolen data to access the college computer system. she changed not only her own grades, but other grades for other students in the micro biology class. all the grades were restored to the correct level. >>> a cloud hangs over se

the action cam was on the parkway last night as dancers practiced their performances.will be filled with large floats and balloons like this one featuring an alicorn. does anyone know what that is. >> i don't know. >> it is a unicorn with wings. >> oh. >> you cannot make it down to the parkway. >> now we know. >> we have the best seat in the house right here on 6abc. our parade coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning with your hosts cecily tynan and rick williams. >> like sitting in school here. [laughter] >> every day. >> will there be a test later. >> how about a liger do you know what that is. >> a lion and a tiger. we could do this all morning. let's do weather. >> storm tracker6 live double scan shows rain across most of the region centered along the coast and there are some heavy cells coming up into cape may county and really along the garden state parkway past atlantic city up towards surf city. looks like the only thunderstorms is well up by long island at this point and then there's that second batch of precipitation coming up the i-95 corridor getting

from you not headed to the parkway you can catch all the action here on channel 6.verage 8:30 in the morning and cecily tynan and rick williams will be your hosts and karen rogers and adam joseph and alicia e along the parad tomo>> t be sure to take "action news" with you. get real time conditions and warren updates and stormtracker 6 live double scan plus find a list of when stores are opening for black friday shopping. it's all on the 6 abc app a free download for all of your devices. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. bob b investigation by the fbi in a bribery case and a break in this case, a married couple is under arrest for the murder in plymouth township and polireveal theirlleged motive. igh of 57 at noon and p down to 46 we are tracking a quick rebound on black friday. i'll explain in the accuweather forecast. >>> and the eagles keep their focus with the hopes o keeping up their winning ways that and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> we have an "action news" update for a man murdered in plymouth township on monday they say it was a drug d

northbound 95 before fairfax county parkway.have the crash and response mostly on the left side, but as chopper zooms out you can see we have a five mile backup as you're headed northbound. also ahead, an after prince william parkway. that has cleared. you're seeing some delays northbound in that camera. look at the map. it is pretty gross there as you head in. inner and outer loop, very normal. a little bit light even. as far as your travel times, 270 is fifteen. 95 over 270 on the outer loop. 66 in bound is fine. that is your problem. almost an hour quantico to the beltway. good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. i have some pictures to share from you from my school visit. dorothy height elementary school. the kids made me this welcome sign. we talked about weather, of course. that is the 2nd and kindergarten classes. they were very well behaved. they made me this cute card. thank you to dorothy heights elementary school and students. they actually kept their attention for way longer than i would. i'll pick that card u

closure spring garden at the parkway closed until 2:00. lots of frozen zones in town for the afternoon hours, september, a new jersey traffic, patco, holiday schedules all being run, no service on the dart. mike and alex back to you. >> who? >> four our thanksgiving day parade, oldest one in america. >> we started all. >> will be the game of the morning, mike, i can tell. can you tell what the children's clark ers are? >> sorry it's been a long time since my children were young. >> but you have grandkids, you have teddy. >> i should agree this is. can you drop the lower third, maybe i can figure it out.& i'm guessing that's an inch worm. >> i'm sure it has a duty is name. i know that's the gingerbread man behind him. >> common, help me. who has kids? anybody? >> iggy the inch worm. >> cute name. >> i've never been there, got to go, open thanksgiving, the columbus farmers market in, well, the delaware vale, oldest and largest flea market, and again open until 5:00 this afternoon. >> so we should stop by. or we could just have steve keeley s

this is as you head to the key bridge, gw parkway southbound.he good news is traffic is still light, not causing any slowdowns. you can see the and above us. that's a look at 66 by 123 problem free the entire stretch from manassas gainsville all the way as you make your way en inside the beltway. very smooth conditions. nothing seeing any slowdowns t i'll let you know if that changes. we have very nice traffic in maryland and the district as well. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. got more on your monday morning commute next. back to you. >> 4:37 is the time. coming up on fox5 news morning demi lovato attends the ama's. >> nascar racetrack driver walks away from the track. trac. back in a moment. ♪ ♪♪ >> time is 4:39. we're back with what's hot on the web the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media. >> holly morris is standing by with our realtime news tracker. >> reporter: first up in the war trump and lavar ball, it appears the winner is big baller brand. the brand is owned by lavar ball who has a history o

a bird's eye view of dancers practices on the parkway for 6abc dunkin' doughnut thanksgiving parade andement is building are you ready. >> ted. >> we are prepa practicing th today. >> earth wind and fire is ourte dance the dance we do with our school. >> a lot of new balloons new floats all newusicals and 15 the >> reporter: painters finished the design here in front of the art museum steps where new and old numbers will be performed. >> then the finale this year 1800 performers and that is a holiday medaly and santa up the steps as he does every year. >> reporter: look in the warehouse. >> the new items are festive and people will like it and brightened it up. >> reporter: this one is an alicorn a unicorn with wings and old favorites being assembled here. >> the river boat and the dunkin donuts float and turkey float. >> reporter: jim you might be able to get a glimpse of the floats tomorrow when they make their way to get in position they will be on the roadways around here they will be parked and ready to go by wednesday night for now live on the parkway annie mccormick channel six a

for 53 years this 18-foot bronze monument to 6 million jewish mortars stood loan on ben franklin parkway but no more. this corner of the parkway will be transformed into the philadelphia holocaust memorial plaza, and enhancing north america's first memorial to the jewish holocaust. >> it will be a immersive place of contemplation, unique living classroom dedicated to the teaching and universal lessons of one of the history 's war crime. >> reporter: it will include interactive elements including a tree grove, remembrance wall with an eternal flame as well as a tree nurtured by children and as well as six pillars to symbolize the 6 million killed by the nazis in their collaborators. >> i think it is wonderful full, anything that my people. >> reporter: suzy was 16 in 1944 when she was sent to a concentration cam in auschwitz >> i have gone through the collection of every day, and every moment. >> reporter: she's part of the shrinking number of survivors left to tell the story of the holocaust but this memorial will be her voice. >> construction on this seven million-dollar park is slated

oldest thanksgiving day parade is just hours away, this is a live look at the balloons, and soon the parkway will be packed, ahead we will look live at the last minute preparations. >>> new york city we will go balloons are filled, spectators air arriving and security is tight, for today's macy's thanksgiving day parade >>> back here at home if you are heading out to our parade bundle up, quiet but cold start to thanksgiving day. >>> and today is thursday november 23rd happy thanksgiving i'm rahel solomon >>> i'm joe holden. jim donovan's off. lets check the forecast with katie. >> hey, guys, how are you. >> happy thanksgiving to both of you. >> thank you. >> all and all very quiet day in general, lots of sunshine one great thing for the parade more specifically the balloons no wind. that is huge because it is so much colder this morning then it was this same time yesterday. i will show thaw in a second. isn't it nice when a, holiday and b, quiet on storm scan three. totally empty. we are looking g nice clear sky will lead to a deficit. look at how much colder it is by comparison just at thi

things are busy on the parkway and things are busy here. we have the philadelphia girls choir practicing for the tree lighting tonight and this is an annual tradition for me. more on the festivities here coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> we turn now to walter perez live at philadelphia international airport which has been busy with long security lines for much of the day today. >> hi sharrie, as you mentioned. all busy all day long at the airport. as you can see at terminals d and e security airport. if you interest traveling by air now is the time to come. it's always among the busiest travel days of the year and this day before thanksgiving travel experts predict that 51 million americans will hit the road this holiday weekend. over at 30th street station, amtrak officials say they are expecting at least as many customers as last year. >> last thanksgiving we saw 750,000 passengers coming through the doors nationwide. it's busy and folks are here and ready to go home and see their friends and family. >> alisha s

parkway at the steps, and also, again, 20th to 30th at jfk.s on a holiday schedule, so take in the of that, we will talk more traffic and weather together coming up in just a bit. >> talking turkey here, every course everyone has their own secret to preparing the perfect holiday bird, a landmark has a secret so good, families have been taking their holiday birds therefore decades. taught czar even a kuriakose joining us from cash a's south philly cooked to perfection, hype, sabina. >> good morning, thomas. listen, if i had known that there was somebody out there who would make my turkey for me, on thanksgiving, things would be a lot different. and i've been hanging out here this morning with joe casha. he's telling me you're next in line to do this family tradition for over 50 years. >> that's right. >> that's craze. >> i pretty soon be as soon as i put my dad in a retirement home. >> he's joking, joking, dad. come show us the oven. this is one of the only brick ovens left in original brick ovens left in philly, right? >> that's right.

and between gw parkway and clara barton parkway dozens of vehicles parked waiting for lane to reopen.this morning and they could be stuck in the backup in terms of outter loop earlier disabled vehicle and also looks like new crash as well. the two left lanes are blocked right now. and so be prepared. you have to keep to right lanes of out are loop. inner loop delays huge. outer loop delays human. let's switch to map. keep in mind inner loop because of closure seeing huge delays. bailout traffic gw park question inbound and old dominion drive and georgetown pike seeing bailout traffic and you're jammed up and parked back to 7 now outer loop jammed 270 spur to legion bridge only a few lanes moving and again no movement on inner loop across the leemingon bridge. keep it to "fox news morning" we'll help you gep get around that dear suspicious snackers, we get it. we know it can be a texture thing, and there are lots of brands to choose from. but it's time for you to pick up your big spoon and try new hood cottage c