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And why the favorite spice could just be the thanksgiving naft buster youve been searching for. A turkey day edition of early today starts right now. Good being with you. Im frances rivera. And im richard lui. The annual macys thanksgiving parade officially kicks off the Holiday Season in just a few hours right here in new york city. 3. 5 million folks are expected to attend the parade, and security is fighter than ever. The parade coming less than one month after that truck attack that killed eight people in lower manhattan. Wednesday new york city mayor bill de blasio stressed the new layers of security. There will be a very strong presence of the nypd. Stronger than ever in fact. I want to emphasize as the most important thing ill say, there are no credible and specific threats against new york city at this time. There are no credible and specific threats against these events. Dozens of sandfilled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will be stationed around the parade route, but Officials Say visitors should not be deterred. This years parade will feature a starstudded cast of performers and of course the massive balloons and the floats. Hundreds of lucky spectators got a first peek wednesday as they were inflated. Four new characters are debuting this year including olaf from the disney hit frozen. Youve got dr. Seusss grinch. Its certainly a lot to enjoy. Its fun to see the kids faces when theyre watching those things being blown up. The former doctor accused of molesting girls while he worked for usa gymnastics has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of criminal Sexual Conduct in michigan. Larry nassar admitted to abusing young gymnasts under the guise of treatment and now faces at least 25 years in prison. Among the more than 130 women and girls who have accused nassar here of molestation, multiple olympic gold medalists included. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more. And its a gabby gold reporter threetime gold medal winner Gabby Douglas now adds her name to a list more than 100 long. Accusing larry nassar, the former doctor for usa gymnastics of molesting her. Shack sxld looking weary nassar admitted sexually abusing seven children in michigan, part of a plea deal that means he will go straight to prison. And i pray the rosary every day for forgiveness for their i want them to heal. Reporter the judge told nassar he can expect to spend the rest of his life behind bars. You used that position of trust that you had in the most vile way, to abuse children. Reporter one of his most highprofile patients, douglas writes in part, i didnt publicly share my experiences as well as many other things because for years we were conditioned to stay silent and honestly some things were extremely painful. Shes the latest decorated olympic gymnast to accuse nassar, joining Mckayla Maroney and aly raisman. I think hes a monster, and i think it is so disturbing to me what he did to me and so many other people. This is so much bigger than just me. Reporter douglas weighed in on nassar for the first time last week. In response to raisman, she posted online about the subject of abuse. However, it is our responsibility as women to dress modestly and be classy. The comment drew quick criticism. Even from her own teammate simone biles. On tuesday douglas said she too was abused and that i know that no matter what you wear it never gives anyone the right to harass or abuse you. Nassar has not been charged with assaulting any olympians, but among the accusers in michigan there is relief. Today i am grateful for the army of women that has stopped a pedophile. Stephanie gosk, thank you for that. The search continues this morning for three u. S. Service members missing after a Navy Transport plane crashed into the water off the coast of japan. Eight people aboards the plane were rescued alive, but for the navy 7th fleet this is just the latest in a series of often deadly accidents. Nbcs alli arouzi joins us from london. What more do we know about this . Reporter good morn k, frances. Rigorous and farreaching Search Operations continue for the three sailors following the crash of the c2 transport plane in the Philippine Sea yesterday. A fleet of warships have joined the uss Ronald Reagan as well as scores of helicopters and planes combined with the Japanese Navy to find these missing sailors. Their efforts have been going on through the night and theyve covered some 320 nautical miles as of this morning. Now, the u. S. Navy has said that their entire focus is on finding all of the sailors and that their efforts will be relentless. Next of kin notifications to inform families that their sailors whereabouts are unknown have been done. But their names will be withheld for up to 72 hours in accordance with u. S. Navy policy. But frances, this is going to be a very anxious thanksgiving for the families of these missing sailors. At least on the positive side, of the 11 people who went missing 8 have been recovered and transferred to the uss Ronald Reagan for medical evaluation and are said to be in good condition. The navy said that the incident would be investigated. But as you mentioned, frances, this is the latest in a string of accidents this year with the two worst incidents happening this summer when the uss fitzgerald was hit by a civilian freighter, killing seven sailors, and a month later the destroyer uss mccain collided with an oil tanker near singapore, leaving ten sailors dead. Back to you guys. Certainly leaving so many questions on how that can be prevented. Kaly, thank you. The houses longest serving member has no plans to resign after allegations of sexual misconduct. A lawyer for michigan representative john conyers said in a statement the allegations against conyers are without merit. Add field goal people were required to resign over allegations a lot of people would be out of work in this country including the president. Conyers admitted this week he reached a set wmt a woman who accused him of Sexual Harassment but he said the settlement was not an admission of guilt and he denies the allegations. The House Ethics Committee says they are investigating. Another congressman is also refusing to step down after a lewd photo of him surfaced on the internet. Tx text representative joe barton apologized for the nude photo of him shared anonymously on twitter. He said he originally shared the photo with a woman he had a consensual sexual relationship with prior to his divorce. He said in a statement, i am sorry that i did not use better judgment during those days, i am sorry that i let my constituents down. The Baltimore Police commissioner side the detective fatally shot in the line of duty last week was a federal witness against fellow officers. Commissioner kevin davis announced that detective shawn suter was killed a day before he was set to testify in a federal grand jury investigation involving some Baltimore Police officers. The commissioner says suter was not the target of the ongoing investigation. There is no information that has been communicated to me that detective suter was anything other than a stellar detective, great friend, loving husband, and dedicated father. Commissioner davis also says there is no connection between suters murder and his status as a federal witness. Well, it may be warm in some places but theres also some nasty weather to talk about. Heavy rainfall in Washington State is causing some heavy flooding along multiple rivers there. State police in arlington say that three area rivers have all spilled their banks, washing out roads, high waters are also expected through the holiday weekend. We want to turn now to meteorologist Bonnie Schneider with a look at our thanksgiving day forecast. Got a lot of traveling out there. Parade watching and a lot of eating too, bonnie. A lost eating. Good weather for that. And frances and richard, you mentioned Washington State. Thats another place well be watching for not the best travel weather today. Soaking rain is expected. The rest of the country looking quite mild and really nice for this busy thanksgiving. There are some exceptions, in the southeast in florida we could see airport delays into ft. Lauderdale, miami, jacksonville. If youre driving look for heavy rains and thunderstorms. That will be along i95, i10, along the panhandle, most of it in the central area of florida. That will stick around for black friday as well incidentally if youre going to be traveling. The parade weather looks terrific. Weve got really nice conditions in new york city. It will be cool. So bundle up if youre heading out there. Mostly sunny skies. Not too windy. And. Well look for a high of only 35 in bangor and 39 in portland. So cold in new england but looking good as we get closer to black friday. Watch out, though, for . Strong winds. Ill talk more about that coming up. Bonnie, thank you. Heres one for the record books that we do not suggest you try at home. Youre seeing a world record in the making as 50 members of Indias Special army group known as the tornadoes jump aboard that modified motorcycles. It took the record breakers six months of precision training. Also maintaining a strict diet. Diet . And three attempts to accomplish that 3 4mile ride. Its surprising but it makes sense. That is a commute. That is a commute with good gas mileage. All right. Just ahead, it might just be the most expensive thanksgiving weekend travel package ever created. Well have those details. Streng. Thanks for giving victor the energy to be the rowdiest fan. And joseph, the ability to see monsters. When you choose walgreens, you choose to make a difference. Like how every vitamin and flu shot you get at walgreens helps give lifechanging vitamins and vaccines. To children in need around the world and here at home. So, really. Happy thanks for giving walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. From far away. But they honly see his wrinkles. Hes gotta play it cool to seal the deal. Better find a way to smooth things over. If only harry used some. Bounce, to dry. Yeah he would be a less wrinkly, and winning at life. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. That fireball racing across the sky tuesday night. The threesecond flash is believed to be a meteorite. Fireballs happen in japan once every several days but theyre not easily witnessed, especially during daylight hours. But who knew they happen so often in this part of the world . I was thinking transformers for just a couple of seconds there. This long thanksgiving weekend is about more than family, friends, and food. Its also about scoring the best deals evidently for many of us. And this year retailers struggle to compete with online merchants as usual. They have a new strategy, though, to get you out and into the door. Nbc newss Business Correspondent jo ling kent has details from wayne, new jersey. Reporter richard, so much pressure is on retailers to deliver this Holiday Season, especially these traditional brick and mortar stores. Theyre rolling out the red carpet and deep discounts that you should know about. The thanksgiving rush is about to begin. 164 million americans expected to head out or get online to find deep discounts this holiday weekend. For the first time this year shoppers say theyd rather spend online than go to a store. To lure you back, retailers are rolling out dramatic deals but only if you show up in person. Jcpenney is giving away 500 coupons for purchases of 500 bucks or more in the store. 100 coupons if you spend 100 bucks or more. Macys is offering shoppers in their stores a rebate to get ten items for free. And target granting early access to black friday deals to those who come in. Having foot traffic in the stores is easier to sell additional items. But i think they also understand that they have to be where the consumers are and quite frankly consumers are going more and more to online shopping. Reporter and if you want to start shopping, walmart will keep 24hour stores open. But thanksgiving deals wont kick in until 6 00 p. M. Target and sears also open after dinnertime. Macys 5 00 p. M. Along with toys r us and best buy. But is it you want a threehour head start, jcpenney opens at 2 00. Retailers pulling out all the stops to win customers back. All these big holiday discounts come as retailers attempt to recover from more than 6,000 store closures this year alone. Some malls are already expecting strong turnout. This mall, willowbrook, says it expects a million shoppers to come through this Holiday Season. Richard . Jo ling kent, thank you so much. And evidently, wear your running shoes. Or maybe some boxing gloves too. Because weve seen people get into it when it comes to those doorbusters. So true. If youre looking to celebrate thanksgiving in luxury one new york city restaurant may have the perfect thanksgiving package for you. Heres the deal. Old homestead steakhouse in new york city is pulling out all the stops with their 76,000 thanksgiving package. Especially when it comes to the turkey. That turkey costs 105 a pound. What we focused on is use k the most expensive ingredients that we possibly could find from all over the world. Okay. So truffle. Maybe some diamonds in there too for that amount. Actually, yeah. Heres the extra bonus. It also includes four tickets to see hamilton, a 7,500 shopping spree on fifth avenue, twonight stay at the Mandarin Oriental hotel overlook Columbus Circle and central park. And you saw that watch. Thats to top it all off. That ulis nadar watch that costs over 20,000. And look at that. Caviar in that too. Hey, im happy with a little, you know, tv dinner of some turkey and i want to see this turkey. Like you were saying, that turkey thats so expensive per pound. Its got to be. The truffle and Everything Else thats in there too. Maybe the stuffing is caviar. Yeah. What a dinner. Just ahead, the balloons, theyre inflated. But how does macys build a brand new old favorite . A fascinating behindthescenes look, next. Hs of chemo. But i dont want to talk about months. I want to talk about years. Treatments have gotten better, so. Im hoping for good years ahead. Thats thanks to Research Funded by the american cancer society. The same folks giving me free rides to treatments, insurance advice, and a place to stay during chemo. I need that stuff like you dont know. And now that you do, please give at cancer. Org. Sure smells amazing. Even in accounts receivable. New gain botanicals laundry detergent, bring the smell of nature wherever you are. 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So if youre concerned about conflicts over the dinner table, watch how much you have to drink. I recommend either no drinks or all of the drinks. Its really [ applause ] karate yes or karate no. Its really that 2 1 2drink middle ground where uncle fred starts asking, well, why dont we have a white History Month . It is all or none. So bottoms up. All in. Thats right. All in. Theres probably no bigger sign that the Holiday Season is about to begin than the filling of the balloons for the macys thanksgiving day parade. The annual ritual took place wednesday culminating in a process that takes most of the year. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles takes us behind the scenes. Reporter since 1924 the macys parade has ushered in the holidays with those magnificent balloons. John piper calls himself chief balloonatic. We start with sketches and renderings and computer drawings. But ultimately we go to a 3d clay model. Reporter his staff at this top secret factory has spent a year creating the meanest, greenest balloon this side of whoville. Except its going to be huge. Huge humongous. Hes a mean one. He is. Reporter to become the grinch each panel is precisely cut and glued so it will hold the helium. Gloria simmings has been doing it for 30 years. Is it work of art and the heart . Yes. Definitely. Reporter then all the bright green paint you can muster is brushed on with care. Slowly but surely mr. Grinch is ready for his test flight. With trusty dog max perched on his back. And as the big day approaches, john piper marshals the troops. Ropes at the ready, handlers hang on. One for dear life. Am i going to blow away . Of course not. Youre going to have fun. Oh, yeah, fun. Reporter he may be green and he may be mean, but this grinch isnt going to steal anything, except childrens hearts. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, meadowlands, new jersey. Hes a mean one mr. Grinch. Thats just one. 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Keep reading for 14 years, the today show has highlighted the lifesaving work of st. Jude childrens research hospital. And meeting the kids from st. Jude is a holiday tradition we love, although it does make things a little different around here. Join st. Judes fight against childhood cancer. Watch st. Jude on the today show all thanksgiving week. Great travel weather for this thanksgiving. But how about for black friday . You may have some travel trouble spots to contend with, especially toward the east and maybe even into the northwest. Floridas one place were going to be dealing with rain. So watch out for downpours there today and tomorrow, especially in south florida look for rain all the way i would say from ft. Lauderdale to naples. Frances . Bonnie, thank you. Some of you up early cooking. Still ahead weve got the list of favorite thanksgiving day side dishes you may be making right now. So did yours make the cut . And also, the spice thats being called a fatburning champion. Well have more next. Happy thanks for giving thanks for giving lien the strength to outrun her brother. Thanks for giving victor the energy to be the rowdiest fan. And joseph, the ability to see monsters. When you choose walgreens, you choose to make a difference. Like how every vitamin and flu shot you get at walgreens helps give lifechanging vitamins and vaccines. To children in need around the world and here at home. So, really. Happy thanks for giving walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. If youve got a life, you gotta swiffer well, needless to say, better get ready for a full day of football and turkey. The nfl kicking off at 12 30 eastern with the vikings in detroit. Then if youve still got some energy the chargers travel to dallas in the late game between nfc east rival new york giants against the washington redskins. Youve got to pace it out with that tryptophan kicking in and the afternoon naps. Chips, soda, lots of beverages along the way that will keep you definitely then you do a redo. So much fun. As the investigation moves forward into russian meddling, facebook offers plans to offer you a tool through its portal knits help center to help you find whether you liked or followed fake content from russian bots. The company says the tool will be rolled out by the end of the year. Posts from the Kremlinlinked Internet Research Agency reached an estimated 150 Million People during the 2016 election. So helping you out through all the fake news. Yeah. With all the debate in d. C. Lots of folks watching that. Another big endorsement, by the way, for the benefits of drinking coffee. We do a little bit of that right here. A british study finding that drinking three or four cups of coffee each and every day is associated with lower risk of death and Heart Disease compared with drinking no coffee. The study also finding coffee is tied to lower risk of . Cancers as well as diabetes, depression, liver disease, and dementia. I think they said a similar thing about red wine. So ill make up for it. I wonder what happens when you drink eight cups . Which is more like what we do. Or at least i do. Maybe the reverse. But who knows . You can fly. There you go. Well, a turkey may be a thanksgiving staple but the holiday meal wouldnt be complete without these. Of course mashable ranked the top 11 favorite side dishes. Coming in first place, of course cranberry sauce. Followed by mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, then macaroni and cheese. Coming in sixth place rolls, followed by sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cornbread, homemade cranberry sauce. Of course salad came in last. I would say why even bother . Yeah. I agree. It ends up wilted on the side. So mashable certainly coming out with those lists. I would agree with nap. Number 3 and number 5 are my favorite. If youre worried about gaining extra pounds from eating all that at your holiday feast, be sure to bust out the cinnamon evidently. Researchers from the university of michigan, go blue, finds the essential oil that gives the warm spice its distinct flavor also turns up the heat on fat cells. The oil acts directly on the cells themselves, causing them to burn energy. And while more study is needed, researchers hope that cinnamon could be used as an alternative to drugs to help combat obesity. My intake of the cinnamon is going to be what i put in my pie. My pumpkin pie last night. Thats how its going to come in. Happy thanksgiving, everybody. Im frances rivera. And im richard lui. Thank you for watching early today. The news continues right here on nbc and our nbc stations i love you, basement guest bathroom. Your privacy makes you my number 1 place to go number 2. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Febreze air effects doesnt just mask, it cleans away odors. Because the things you love the most can stink. And try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up to 30 days. Breathe happy with febreze. Live pictures from downtown San Francisco. Happy thanksgiving. Are you up because youre getting the bird in the oven . Live pictures from downtown San Francisco looking clear and mild so far this morning. Thanks for joining us. Im kris sanchez. And im scott mcgrew. Here to tell us about pretty good weather for thanksgiving. Pretty good weather. Have to get through a little rain through the north bay first. Scattered showers. And activity in ukiah. Good news. Something you can see right now on your monitor, on the doppler radar. Moving conveyorly quickly and will kind of bring on again off again showers. You can see rain