. >> ♪ suit up ♪ suit up ♪ suit up ♪ suit up >> try on tim burton's "alice in wonderland" costume withjungle in "the lion king" world. or rocket into the future in a "wall-e" costume. >> ♪ lights flashing >> solve puzzles and toss other players into trouble all as you travel through story lines inspired by disney and disney pixar movies. crush the competition by opening doors and unlocking level after level of challenges. your costume of choice comes with a special tool that gets upgraded as you move forward. >> ♪ get passion with smashing >> huh? >> ♪ no one will imagine >> oh! yeah! ohh! >> ♪ all your chips 'cause the universe is crashing ♪ >> have a blast competing with up to three friends at a time. "disney universe" is flying into stores now. for "teen kids news," i'm nicole. >> pbht! >> that wraps up our show, but we'll be back soon with more "teen kids news." >> thanks for joining us, and have a great week. >> here's a shout-out to pr newswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. up, college is hard. down, those books are heavy. nnam

balloons joining the line-up including a jetpack-wearing monkey, why not, and a cartoon character from tim burton. the muppets, mary j. blige and others were the celebrities who performed today. macy's estimates that 53 million people watched this parade nationwide. >>> and among the thousands of performers in today's parade was a group of bay area high school students. look at this. cupertino's homestead high school was one of only 10 marching bands selected to participate. that's from the entire nation. 18 months of preparation and planning went into today's appearance. and it is estimated that the band will perform in front of 3.5 million people along the parade route. >> and they got some great weather along the way. not only in new york -- but -- not here! [ laughter ] >> only in new york. >> i know. what's the deal with that? >> there's hope in sight. we are starting to actually see blue in the shot outside the golden gate bridge we looked at earlier. sunshine starting to peek through although we are keeping the chance of showers in the forecast for most of the bay area today. new york had

>> my favorite movie would have to be "the nightmare before christmas," because i love tim burton and i love just that entire movie, and it's also kind of a musical, so -- i like musicals. >> i'd have to say that would be "inception." it's one of my favorite movies of all time. >> my favorite movie is "charlie st. cloud." it's my favorite because it shows the bond between brothers and, like, siblings, and it portrays love in, like, the most unique way. and in this movie, his brother dies at a young age, but yet they maintain a special relationship, even though it doesn't seem like it could happen. but anything's possible. >> i'd say "dinner for schmucks" is my favorite movie. it's just really funny. steve carell's character is -- it's just outrageously funny. >> my favorite movie series is the harry potter series, and of them, i'd say my favorite is the last one, because it kind of ties together all of the earlier movies, and i thought it was a good ending. >> according to fandango, the two top movies based upon fan popularity are "twilight" and "the dark knight." for "teen kids news,

julia's the monkey and tim burton's latest creation called bee. >> one word to describe this parade.> excited. >> fun. >> awesome! >> best time of the year. >> reporter: the parade, part of the fabric that is thanksgiving. but this huge celebration, and i do mean huge celebration, is just part of it. the real essence of thanksgiving is giving. >> happy thanksgiving to you. >> reporter: in atlanta today this charity served more than 12,000 meals to the homeless, the jobless and the needy. >> it's nice to see people be happy and eat on thanksgiving. >> reporter: thousands more than last year. >> me and my family eat out here. >> reporter: out west these members at the tucson air force base got a surprise today. congresswoman gabrielle giffords served thanksgiving meals with her husband, mark kelly. giffords' first public event in her hometown since the shooting. >> thank you. >> reporter: at the white house today, president obama honored the troops too, calling ten members of the armed services. >> the american people are thinking of you today, and when you come home, we intend to make

possibly the strangest balloon named beboy, that's from tim burton and put together right here with rejectsbirthday party balloons. i think it's kind of cute. >>> and a brit celebrating thanksgiving, prince harry heading to the vegas strip. he's in this country, of course, for helicopter training before he heads back to afghanistan. >>> when we come back tonight -- the nfl game that's turned personal for one mom and dad. swollen joints, ve, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain

and the great director, tim burton, designed a balloon that's going to fly in the parade this year. >the balloons? >> the balloons are huge. they're up to 60 feet long. and each one of the balloons is bigger, bigger than the heads on mt. rushmore. give me another one. >> reporter: any other questions? >> how much helium do you have to put in them to make them inflate? >> how much helium? each one of the balloons has to rise. we know that helium is lighter than air. and some of the balloons are filled with helium and air because you want them to fly at a certain angle. so, since helium rises and air doesn't, sometimes just the front of the balloon is filled with helium and the back is filled with air. and the biggest user of helium is the united states. >> reporter: look at that. thank you so much. and happy thanksgiving. >> happy tha is goodthis washington. >> we are learning more about a night plane crashed east of phoenix. six people were on the small plane. there's no sign of any survivors.

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in addition to snoopy and spider-man, there will be new clothes this year by director tim burton and million people will watch on tv and millions will watch it live on the streets. >>> president obama wants people to believe in the nation's ability to overcome its challenges. depressed family prepared and handed out meals. and department two turkeys named peace and liberty. they will live out the rest of their days at mount vernon. he and his family will celebrate thanksgiving back the white house. -- he pardoned two turkeys. u.s. troops stationed in iraq, afghanistan, and elsewhere around the world will sit down for a thanksgiving meal later today. in some parts of afghanistan the mills will be brought in by helicopter. >>> no real new innovation in high death television, experts predict big screen tv sets will sell for the% less than last year. if you are hunting for a big screen bargain becky has what you need to know. >> tv buying in the past and consumers learning about resolution, color contrast, and angle. now there are new factors to consider. first, let's tackle the lcd vers

and this one from tim burton were two of the new big balloons mary jvyd blige and neil diamond and santaus made his appearance at the end of the parade. >> the winter storm brought a little snow but mostly slush to the sierra. as nick shows us a lot of people spent thanksgiving on the slopes >> reporter: these are the crazy folks that for whatever reason love stuff like this. so when mother nature brought rain instead of snow, turkey day could have easily been a letdown. >> it's harder. >> but in true spirit everybody is making the best of it. >> it's definitely to good to come up here. >> they are everything a nice day from europe enjoying a holiday. >> this is my first time. >> it's like christmas in america. it's lovely. >> it's an excuse for us to eat more. >> absolutely. eat more. >> how many times have you fallen town? >> once. >> you are lying? >> twice. [ laughter ] >> are you moving like that because you ate too much turkey? we are suspended on around the snow. talking about the rain and fog and snow, some people love the rain. they say the rain can actually help. >> rim is grea

monkey is the big one everyone is watching new for in year. [ unintelligible ] creation from tim burtonand old favorites will be back like snoopy and snyderman -- and spider-man. officials speaking more than three million along the parade route. >> now you have seen the not really. >> a lot more to come. >>> if you are looking for something to do this holiday weekend after eating there is lots to do. >> don sanchez has what what's hot. -- [ inaudible ]"[ [ unintelligible ] snow means sledding the parade of lights with the clause family. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> opera san jose presents a -- [ unintelligible ]bó/í >>> right now in san francisco volunteers are making last minute preparations where they are set to serve hot thanksgiving meals to thousands. that's a live picture right now. >>> wounded south bay marine has a lot to be thankful today. the hero's home coming in time for thanksgiving. >>> are those black friday sales really a bargain? credit counselors explain why it may not be the deal you think. >> reporter: i'm live at the best buy in milpitas. campers are braving the cold and rain and read

up to come around the corner and make his way down central park west and other floats this year, tim burton has the new floats, 15 giant floats some clowns running around and over 1600 singers, dancers ands, cheerleaders, 800 clowns i mean the energy here in new york city right now is just fantastic, it is a crisp morning 38 to 40 degrees we are gearing up for the huge parade over 50 million viewers are watching this worldwide and lining the streets of new york city, 3.5 million people of course, we will let you know about the celebrities, right, moments ago avril lavigne passed us she is leading off and c lo green, 85th anniversary, macy's thanksgiving day parade live from new york city we will keep you posted throughout the morning, clowns, toast butter and turn back here and show you we have some little cars heading down the street more marching banding lining up take a look at the crowds, lining the streets right now again, these are from tennessee these band members wonderful beautiful day here again in new york city now the band is kickling off so sarah i am sorry i won't be able to h

this year welcomed newcomers, julius the monkey, the aflac duck and a tim burton character. troops. it is her first constituent event since gravely wounded in a mass shooting in january. giffords and her husband served meals to military families at davis air force base in tucson. >>> black in america, the new promiseland, returns in a moment. >>> i'm trying to get one thing clear, which is that i can't be the front man. i can't even talk about this. you've got to do it. that's all i'm saying. >> we're about a month out from demo day, and the pressure's on. ♪ >> the stakes are really high. i think if the stakes aren't high enough, maybe you aren't taking that much of a risk. i definitely took a huge risk coming out here, you know. excuse me. i'm trying to get some information on where exactly this is going to take place. my state of mind is focused on the product. get as many big people and big places excited about what i'm doing. you know, they thought we were volunteers. i guess that comes with it. i started a brand new start-up called playd. it's called playd. it's going t

and the great director tim burton designed a balloon that's going to fly in the parade this year, thatame is bee. he's kind of awkward-looking, very sweet-looking and he has stitches all over the place because he's made from old party balloons. and i always joke that that's the balloon that has stitched in the parade and it's the only balloon that has stitched on purpose. >> i love it. >> and then we have a new balloon that is our dedication to the new york city police department, and he's called errol the policeman. >> how long does it take to, let's say, blow up harold the policeman? >> harold is what we call one of our medium balloons. and we actually inflate them. if we blew them up, it would be a whole different parade. but harold's a smaller balloon pape few chambers rather than our big balloons. and harold can take under an hour to do. >> how many balloons -- i mean how big are the balloons? >> the balloons are huge. they're up to 60 feet long, and each one of the balloons is bigger, bigger than the heads on mount rushmore. >> that's a good question, very good question, gabriel.

tim burton has a new balloon. a lot of things to look for.lion people expected to tune in this year. you can see why when you stand out here. parade starts at 9:00. we'll be here all morning bringing you highlights. back to you. >> i can't wait. >> jason we talk about turkey and stuffing being a time honored tradition. >> i can't hear you guys. everyone is so loud here. >> can you hear me now? >> i can hear you now. >> we talk about time honored tradition of turkey and stuffing but it's also you covering the parade. how many years have you been doing it? >> gosh, i think it's begen now four or five. you work so much and you start to lose track of this. i was walking down the parade and the guy said you talked to me last year. did i talk to you last year? >> yeah. >> i'm getting old. i don't even remember. what are the chances of that. >> the kid was three last year. i'm sure he's telling you the truth. >> jason carroll, thank you. we'll talk to you later. >>> on "american morning," journey of discovery. it's taken one man from new york to los