People have been lining up for hours for the socalled door busters. Each store has a limited supply on hand. Thats why its essentially to get here early. For many families, shopping has become an integral part of their thanksgiving holiday. When i first started doing this, the whole family said they would already be celebrating thanksgiving at you know, at the house, at my grand mas house or at my house, and i would spend the entire day waiting in line by myself. Reporter best buy has a good system. They handed out tickets to people in line, guaranteeing them they would have the opportunity to actually by the product they had been waiting in line for hours to buy. So how do you know these door buster deals are really all that good of a deal . Our julie watts took a closer look. Reporter unfortunately for melanie, the thanksgiving door buster deals begin at 5 00 p. M. At best buy. Come on in. Reporter across the street at bass pro shop, however, the doors opened at 8 00 a. M. For these prefriday shoppers looking to score a deal. How do you know something really is a deal . The experts at wallet hub say remember one number 37 . They say that is the overall arch doesnt on black friday deals this year. Before you whip out that credit card, wallet hub says you may want to google the item first to see what it normally else is for, and confirm youre saving more than 37 . Youre going through your cart online, go through the markdowns. If theres anything less than 37 off, you might be better waiting up until christmas night to get that. Reporter where are the best deals . Wallet hub analyzed 10,000 deals, and found kohls and j. C. Penney are offering the best deals. Sears is discounting an average 0 , macys 46. And at the bottom of the list, wallet hub says thats bass pro shops, offering the lowest discount this year, of about 21 i think its a great deal. Reporter as for kicking off black friday on thanksgiving thursday, well, it appears, if they open, shoppers will come. I work every thanksgiving, and i could always remember people coming and saying, oh so sorry you have to work. Yeah, but youre here. For those debating whether to come out and brave the cruds or shop at home on amazon, the Big Box Stores like walmart, target, kmart generally have better deals this time of year. However, when it comes to department stores, like sears or macys, they say youll find better deals on amazon. Julie watts, kpix 5. An estimated 164 million americans will go shopping over the thanksgiving holiday. Half say theyll spend the same amount as last year. In san jose, devyn feeley, kpix 5. All right, devyn, be careful. Thanks so much. A shopping frenzy in the east bay. Look at the parking lot. This is a live look at one of the Holiday Shopping spots. This is the parking lot at the huge out let mall in livermore. Dozens of shops opened their doors at 3 00 p. M. , crowds showing no signs of slowing down. Were going to have a live report from that outlet mall coming up at 6 00. Lot of people were out shopping or perhaps walking off their big deal. Others were hard at work this holiday. Emily turner live at santa rosas coffee park neighborhood, where crews spent their thanksgiving day cleaning up. Emily . Reporter theyre still cleaning up. These men and women have been working seven days a week, twelve hours a day. They sure did their share and get their share of gratitude today. Reporter its hard to believe thankfulness could survive a landfall like this, but in coffee park, gratitude wears a hard hat and comes with the sound of backhoes, trucks, and debris removal. Theyre busting their butts to got out there and work as hard as possible to help people, and theyre not working, theyre not doing a job. Theyre actually hemming. Every time they walk away from a lot, theyre getting someone a step closer to getting become in their house. Reporter while most people celebrate thanksgiving with their families, the men and women contracted by the army corps of engineers are tracing through mud, making sure lot are cleared of debris, doing it as fast as they safely can. Its why emily pitt is fore going the holiday with her son. I feel its important to teach him this kind of stuff, the sacrifice. Once you got out here and see whats going on, your whole thought process changes. You know, you have the homeowners coming up. You have the Company Coming up to you. You feel really appreciated. You dont just feel like, you know, an employee anymore. You feel hook youre giving back. Reporter today gratitude also comes in the form of food. And survivors like jeff showed up to help service. Its a way to give back to the folks who are giving us so much for him and his neighbors. Theyre sacrificing, making memories that theyll have. When youre in my position as a fire survivor, thats all we have left, are memories. We know how valuable that is. It may not be something theyre aware of, but were very, very aware of it. I want to come down and say thank you. Reporter and because of the hours these men and women are working, theyre averaging about one lot a day theyre able to clear. In fact, theyre about halfway through with all the lot in coffee park. One contractor told me at least the one who had signed up with the army corps of engineers. A lot of good souls out there. Thanks so much. It was an historic day for the San Francisco chapter of meals on wheels. Happy thanksgiving. Thank you. These are just a couple of the 600 volunteers who spent their thanksgiving morning delivering warm food to seniors. In all they delivered 4,600 meals, making it the biggest thanksgiving delivery day since the organization was founded in 1970. What does this mean to you . Everything. Everything, because im alone today. But tomorrow ill have company. So it means a lot, because you get kind of lonely. Its great company, too. Meals on wheels organizers say the need has grown. In just the last ten years, meals on wheels has tripled its service in San Francisco. We didnt get sun, but at least the temperatures stayed warm. This is what it welcomed like at San Franciscos aquatic park. People out enjoying the day, some playing in the sand. The weather always changes. Brian nake with the weather forecast. If you like sun, theres more on the way. High pressure builds in over the west coast. Numbers are going to come up as the pressure increases, but theres rain on the horizon. While tomorrow will be nice, tomorrow will warm up a bit. But at the moment, things are going to be getting wet on sunday. Well cover all this in great detail. We have the forecast in a few minutes. Alan . Theres the change. All right, brian. Thanks. Well see you in a couple. Troops overseas got a taste at home. Ben louis shows us the festivities at military bases around the world. Reporter just 60 miles from the north korean border, u. S. Troops enjoyed the most american of meals. Thanksgiving dinner gave them a rare chance to relax. I do have family back at home. I have a wife and two beautiful daughters. I miss them very much. But im here now. With more than 28,000 troops stationed in south korea, stations have to be run with military precision. Cooking about 60 turkeys. And we started probably over a thousands soldiers in the family so far. Reporter in a video conference, President Trump spoke with military members overseas. And i speak on behalf of all americans to say we totally support you. In fact, we love you. We rally do. Reporter with 200,000 servicemen and women deployed across the world now, from qatar just want to wish all my friends and family back in billingham, alabama, a very happy thanksgiving. Reporter to japan. I would like to, with all the marines and sailors across the world, a happy thanksgiving. To puerto rico. Comfort food can make a world of a difference. Ben louis, cbs news. The military center inly 100,000 pounds of turkey to u. S. Troops at bases all around the world. President trump is spending the thanksgiving holiday,s you saw, in palm beach, florida. This morning he sent out a tweet that read, happy thanksgiving. Your country is starting to do really well. Jobs coming back. Highest stock market ever. Military getting really strong. We will build the wall. Va taking care if our vets. Great Circuit Court justice. Record cut in regs, lowest unemployment in 17 years. Next week trump is expected to meet with top congressional leaders to try to reach a spending deal to avoid a government shut down. Lawmakers are facing a december 8th deadline for that. A new development in the russia investigation. the New York Times reports lawyers for former National Security advisor Michael Flynn have stopped talking to the president s legal team about the special investigation into russian meddling. Robert mueller insight into the trump campaigns ties to russia. Ler is investigating a private meeting flynn had during the president ial transition with the Russian Ambassador and jared kushner. The president s soninlaw. The list of women accusing congressman john conyers of misconduct. Is growing. Cbs correspondent nancy cordes spoke to a high profile lawyer. Who says she was verbally abused by conyers while working for him on capitol hill. sot sloan he screamed at me in front of a bunch of Domestic Violence advocates Melanie Sloan worked for congressman john conyers from 1995 to 1998 as a House Judiciary Committee staffer. Sloan said conyers was constantly verbally abusive. sot sloan ream at me. He had screamed at me in front of a bunch of Domestic Abuse advocates. Reporter Melanie Sloan worked for congressman john con years from 1995 to 1998, as a house judiciary staffer. She says con years was constantly verbally abusive. He would yell and scream at me. There was a time where he screamed at me for not wearing stockings. Reporter sloan was hired to run a prominent ethics watch dog group, but in the before she tried to talk to her supervisor and congressional leadership about her concerns, which she says were dismissed. There was really nowhere else to go that, and there still isnt. Reporter the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into con years this week after it was revealed he paid a former staffer more than 27,000 to settle a complaint. That staffer said she was fired for refusing con years sexual advances. New yorks Kathleen Rice was the first House Democrat to call on con years to resign. Several others said con years should at least step down as the top democrat on the you dish areary committee. New york democrat gregory nice. No one is exempt from bad behavior. I think, given that theres one and now another incident of women coming in to say, it would not be appropriate on the Judiciary Committee to sit there. Reporter an attorney for con years told cnn hes taking the allegations very seriously, but has no plans to resign. Cbs news, capitol hill. Police have been using a drone to search for the suspect who shot a homeless man in menlo park. Police say that the man was shot several times in the stomach near the Railroad Tracks north of university avenue, about a mile from facebooks headquarters. He was rushed to the hospital, and were told hes in stable condition tonight. The shooter is also believed to be homeless. One of the inmates who escaped from the palo alto courthouse is spending thanksgiving on the run. John bivensnd a his accomplice, tremell mcclue were involved in a chase tuesday. Mcclue was arrested in stockton at a walmart. Bivens got away after a chp officer fired shots at him. Investigators released this surveillance photo of bivens at a convenience store. He had been believed to be driving the same green 1999 Ford Explorer used in the chase. Coming up, a snake greets passengers on a commuter train, and you wont believe where that reptile came from. Plus taking beer out of this world, literally. The Company Announcing plans to make brew on the red planet. And battling diabetes, but heading to the cupboard. How a new Food Pharmacy is using healthy meals to produce astonishing results. Train. Trying to get to a snake that was coiled up near the top of the train car. One brave man steps up and saves the day. He sticks his hand up there and slowly pulls the snake down. And then. In a split second. He kills it witnesses say the snake slithered out of someones bag. Mankind has yet to land on mars. But budweiser already has plans to be the First Company to brew beer on the red planet. This week. It announ budweiser already has plans to be the First Company to brew beer on the red planet. This week it announced plans to send barley, the key beer ingredient, to the International Space station. Scientists will on serve how barley seeds will react to micro gravity environment, and the hope is they can brew on mars one day. A thanksgiving feast is is a tradition for many families, but one city goes above and beyond. Andy and joy highland host 150 friends at their home. Andy, their four siblings get together with their children, grandchildren, a bunch of other people apparently. The celebration is a decades long tradition started by andys late mother. At one point in time, my mom was, i think, 85, and she would go to bed at 5 30. After she did a lot of work. And said, okay. I had my dinner. You guys have fun. Coming up, sharon chin going to be live at the party to talk about what not to talk about at the dinner table. That and other ways the family keeps the peace with all those folks and opinions sitting side by side. Tender hot turkey with Motor Vehicles on the side in east oakland. Members of the good fellows Motorcycle Club busy giving become this morning. They served up free warm food at the corner of international and 84th avenue. The group does it every thanksgiving. Were told that the mayor even stopped by for a little visit. New at 5, one in eleven americans has diabetes, and according to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, thats more than 29 million people. Kpix 5 sharon chin shows us an Innovative Program is helping bring those numbers down in lowincome families. Reporter laura winchef remembers her first visit to the clinic. I was very overweight, and i kept getting dizzy. Reporter today she feels like a new person. All the time, i was saying this is how energy i can i was, how happy i was. In all, i just feel super. Reporter it started with a doctors prescription, not for medicine, but for healthy food. Samaritan house was the first in the city to start a Food Pharmacy. Doctors write a prescription for healthy food, and the client walks across the hall to fill it with several days weather of Fresh Produce and other nutritious groceries. Its a nearly twoyear partnership between the nonprofit, Sequoia Health district and Second Harvest food bank. For people who are economically distressed, being al to get the right food is almost impossible. They cant find it in their neighborhood. They dont have the time to go shop for it. Reporter samaritan house ceo bart barlow said the results are better than imagined. We are measureing the primary blood sugar used in diabetes, we are lowering it so much its doubling the impact of the medication theyre taking. Reporter and medical director dr. Jason wong said diabetic clients stay healthier longer. Diabetes can lead to a lot of complications, including problems with your eyes, heart disease, so forth. Reporter as for laura, shes brought her diabetes under control. She even lost nine pounds in several months. Dr. Wong says 150pound adult loses an average three to four pounds treason i feel just happy. A prescription for a healthy life. Sharon chin, kpix 5. And on this thanksgiving evening, were grateful for the good weather we had lately. Locks like its going to get a little better, too. And rain on the horizon as we look live at the golden gate bridge. Well have the forecast coming up. Coming up all new at 6 00 tonight, new body camera Video Shows Police were well aware of illegal activity before the go ship warehouse fire. The threats to shut the place down that were never followed through. Another 2am stroll, huh . Im worried. I have this medical bill. Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. Is, is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. Resorts are now open for the season, in the tahoe truckee area. Among them. Northstar and kirkwood mountain resort. Most of the other tahoe resorts started running their lifts a couple weeks ago. Theyre going to have to make theyre trying to work it way soon, but theres something working its way toward us. Got some rain on the way for the bay area, but not immediately. First well clear it out a little bit. Well get timing squared away. First lets head outside, show you a beautiful angle of the city from the high top sutro. Managed numbers all the way into the mid70s for san jose, which got up to 74. San francisco hit 67. Right now, the numbers are all in the 60s. As for whos happening, High Pressure is now going to build in over northern california, and it will take the high clouds wit. For the most part, on the future cast shows us mostly clearing up by 1 00 in the morning. Well take up to a few low clouds back in the bay. Then things will clear back in to the shoreline. Later in the day, another layer of high clouds. Partly cloudy for tomorrow. But the sprinkles will end tonight. Partly sunny for tomorrow. Then warming up. More rain moves in on sunday. Speaking of sunday, by the way, if youre going to catch the raiders, we are going to in action this weekend at 1 25 p. M. Locks like theres a chance of showers. A game that will be broadcast on channel 5. The holiday ice rink coming to the embarcadero, chance of rain. Union square looks good, too, for sunday. And san jose has got the ice rink up and going as well. Heading out of the bay area, looks like cloudy to partly cloudy over the Northern Quarter of the state. Overnight lows tonight, well manage temperatures near 50 degrees for an overnight low. The high clouds keep us on the mild side. Tomorrow will be distinctly mild. Numbers today cooled a couple of degrees. Tomorrow theyre going to warm a couple of degrees. Up to 74 degrees at morgan hill, 73 at coopertino. Over the east bay, the numbers will mostly be in the low 70s, and thats saying something for november. Up in the north bay, chance of sprinkles ends tonight, and tomorrow well be in the upper 60s. And that will hold pretty much true as well for you, kiya and clear lake. Extended forecast, weve got partly cloudy skies for tomorrow. Monday through next thursday looks pretty good; but between now and then, it looks like we get a little bit of a break from the rain. And on the subject of breaks, we have this example. Couldnt wait for the dinner table to have a meal. After running for a touchdown earlier today. Vikings quarterback case keenum gathered his teammates. And d zone. And after running for this touchdown earlier today, vikings quarterback case keenum gathered his teammates, sat down in the end zone, and ate. Check out this moment. Same game. Emerson griffin sax detroits quarterback. Then makes a big announcement with his shirt. The handwritten message says, i just had a baby boy. What should we name him. I think his wife will have a say in that. Thanks for watching at 5. At 6, topics at the thanksgiving table. How to keep the peace. Were back in 30 minutes. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening new hello, everybody, and happy thanksgiving. Ninan warm greetings for the military. But the president hits back at a columnist who accuses him of going out of his way to attack prominent african americans. Also tonight. He screamed at me for not wearing stockings. Ninan accusations of sexual abuse against some of the most powerful men in congress. Theyre not waiting for black friday. Americans hit the stores today. Climate change could deny you your favorite cup of coffee. Not enough rain, too much sunshine, bad fruit. Yes. This was home sometimes . Yes, yes. Ninan and an unlikely journey from living in the streets to patrolling the highways. Sometimes i wake up and im