Holiday. Welcome everyonekind of weather that might make boys camping. I got a knock on the door last night, guess his home early. That was a wise move bring them home early. It is rough going out there. You know t to this time of year. A look outside, you can see sfo in the distance and you see the raindrops on camera. Having about a 39 minute delay for arriving flights. So far so good, you see clouds making it difficult. 45 degrees, 47 in San Francisco , 46 in livermore and 45 in san jose. We certainly have some showers. This is what we are looking at now. The north bay has cleared, all you go you see scattered showers rolling through. This is where the action is, down in san jose and morgan hill. That is where they see some showers. A little mist of elevation, if you look at we wa energy for this storm we dealt with last night when we had a lot of rain, now going down into Southern California and driving off the rain there into los angeles. Things will get better for us as we go along throughout the next 34 hours. Wind is under 10 miles an hour. That is certainly helping. These are some of the totals we have, which were impressive. 1. 73 inches, 1. 12 in downtown San Francisco. Santa rosa, about 1. 15. Castro valley, just up and or image. They are under an napa and san jose, both over and has this is the future test to show you what it will look like. That counterclockwise circulation dragon moisture in. Those of the scattered showers we will see today. This is thursday morning when you wake up. 7 am on thanksgiving day, starting to see some clearing here. We will catch a break. Still a chance for a shower, but that is thursday at 4 oclock, and then into the overnight hours and friday morning, we start to see some more ticking up and that is because we have another system coming over the weekend. We are getting rain. Highs today will be in the 50s and you can see on average, today will be 55. Should be 60 degrees in oakland. We will see 50s. The day today. We will talk your extended forecast in a bit. Today is a busy day at airports and on highways. With rain and snow on 80, the holiday rush could mean a lot of heavy traffic. Christina is in berkeley this morning along interstate 80. With a look at the road conditions. The freeway was good all morning long, but what we are waiting for is the afternoon when all this hits the road. It to be peak travel time. Traffic is still moving smoothly this morning. And has been dry all morning. The only thing we have had to contend with is waned. 80 will be packed with travelers, especially as many go out for the holiday and go to see their families for thanksgiving and olympus could be complicated by the rain. Overnight we saw that form moved through and it caused slick growth and flooding on roadways as well. We could see some delays or backup for your travel. You might want to factor in some extra time for yourself to get to where you are going. We spoke to people over at the barclays station who say they are hopping on the train to avoid traffic. I heard it is supposed to snow at the 2000 level elevation. Take a look at the conditions in tahoe. This is video from overnight where thp was responding to upwards of 50 crashes. 80 was shut down on and off throughout the night. Hazardous driving conditions, as you can tell. The entire area is just a mess, even though 80 is back open in both directions. If you can delay it a day, please do because you are going to come up here and get stuck. I want to mention that 80 again, it is open, but if you are going that way, you might want to make sure you have chains on your tires because they all require traveling through the tough parts. You can see again, traffic moving smoothly. Later this afternoon, that is the peak of the travel. 24 is the window where a lot of people will be hitting the roads. Probably the worst time that you can choose to travel, but i know some families dont have any other option. It is the only time they can travel, so give yourself extra time, be patient, slow down. Trivializes they expected drivers to set a record for Holiday Travel on the road and in the air. A lot of people are happy about the changes in weather. A storm passing through makes it feel a lot more like the holiday. It is winter. I love it. A cleans everything out looks pretty. Everything is fresh. Rain will not hurt anybody. A little rain can cause problems. There are concerns about flash flooding where the fire burned. The chp has a reminder for everyone who is driving in the rain. The biggest concern is people slowing down. Right now, the roads are extra slick. Extra oil on the ground. We want people to back off and give each other room and be kind to each other right now because it is tough. The National Weather service saand rain is expected this coming weekend. Rain is a concern living people in the area. County crews are keeping busy setting up barriers keeping ash and other debris out of the streets. There are some precautions we have. We spent 1000 apart to replace mulch and Different Things to cover the ash. The fire burned 77,000 acres and destroyed many homes. Firefighters are hoping the rain will help them battle decay fire burning above santa barbara. Is concerned the rain could also cause mudslides. Officials say there are evacuation warnings for people below the campfire area. It is 10 contained after burning more than 4300 acres. No injuries have been reported and no homes have been destroyed. The cause of the fire is mal. A power outage at the airport last night canceled and delete many flights. Many passengers cannot relieve their luggage. We have a look inside terminal to with the impact to travelers. Traveling is never easy. A power outage is unexpected for thousands of travelers. Their luggage ended up right here. We are at baggage claim inside of terminal 2 and these are the back that could not be retrieved because of the power outage. Another issue that happened is several flights had to be canceled. I spoke with one couple, they arrived from las vegas early this morning. They told me their flight was supposed to come in last night, but it was canceled because of the power outage. They slept in chairs inside of the la airport i was sleeping on the floor. It was ugly. On the floor, on the machines. All night long. We are still waiting to find out. The problem started last night around 6 45. The Oakland Airport suffered Power Outages. Lights, escalators and elevators all went out. Lines at security checkpoints came to a standstill. People who already went through were not allowed to board. Backup generators were used in power was finally restored a little after 10 pm, so about three and half hours this she was going on. Travelers were not able to retrieve their luggage. Did come back early this morning and were reunited with max. I feel bad for everyone else who is going further. Communication was not great. They did not know what happened. They did their best, but we dont have any idea how long it will take. If you want, i felt bad for everybody checking in. There were long lines. My son was in last night, in and out. We were okay. His back did not make it. This is how it works. There are bags stacked in length and above those bags are numbers. Those are the flight numbers from last night. If you are looking for your bag, look for your flight number. You do have to check in. I want to show you that area. We are at the southwest baggage claim and terminal to. There is an area where you have to meet with an employee, show your ticket, show your id as that young woman is doing and then they will escort you into the area to find your back. They are doing a good job keeping an eye on all of the luggage. Make sure it does not go home with the wrong person, but this is quite a bit of a headache for so many people traveling for the holiday. Power outages are still under investigation. Is happenm where there a possibility. Coming up, Power Outages adding to Holiday Travel chaos. The San Francisco airport, dozens of workers walked off the job in protest. We will let you know about their demands from their employers in the next half hour. Pushing back against criticism, what the president is saying about taking credit for parts of the border wall that are not being billed. S yes for less. S sarahs last tuition payment, sent off. Now im ready to focus on my project. This is why we plan. You never cease to amaze me, maya. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. You know when you go to ross for a few gifts and realize. Oh yeah you shouldve gotten a cart . Thats yes for less. Get gifts for everyone on your list and save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Trump has opened up a new debate over the border wall. We have more on the controversy in washington. Is there a new border wall or not . Trump is pushing back against renewed criticism of the wall along the mexico border. Some democrats say he is taking credit for stretches of all that are not actually getting billed. The president tweeting and response nancy pelosi says we are not building a wall and it is going up fast. The white house says all the sections are broken barriers being replaced with a 30 foot high concrete walls. This always part of the plan. We are tearing down eight fight walls. That is new wall. The president reportedly told his soninlaw, Jared Kushner to take the lead on wall construction, hoping to get the army corps of engineers to speed up the project. Democrats are now pushing for greater oversight. Also, it ramping up their criticism of secretary chad wolf. Claiming his record is so polarizing he could not get confirmed by the republicanled senate. That is not the way you run one of the largest agencies. It keeps him away. That is not how you run government. That it is six miles of wall has been built or replaced so far. The white house would like to get 450 done by the end of next year. In washington, doug. And a worker from the bay area was killed this week in a terror attack in afghanistan. Emile says there was a bombing attack on the vehicle that injured five other people. He was passionate about working for the un. Is a loss of words. We lost a very genuine, kindhearted down to earth friend, mother, son. He plans to move back to california permanently and may. He graduated from saratoga high school. The state of california is generating more than 50 million a year by selling drivers personal information gathered by the dmv. The dmv so drivers names, addresses and call register information. The Agency Practices are in compliance with california law. Insurance company is in the Car Manufacturers in employers among those who by data from the dmv. There is some relief in sight for the bay area. Housing may not be for a decade. The real estate website says that is not expected again for another 10 years. Overall, a third of homes in the u. S. Are owned by people 60 years of age or over. Storms across the country, making Holiday Travel a mess for millions of americans. From flight delays to cancellations from chicago. A winter storm causing Holiday Travel headaches in the rockies and upper midwest. Heavy snow blanketing roads in minnesota, a foot or more could fall in parts of that state. This does not happen often like this. It is kneedeep. People in colorado digging out and hoping the Winter Weather will not derail their thanksgiving plans. Hundreds of Flight Cancellations tuesday at Denver International airport, over 1000 people getting stranded overnight. Drivers in oregon and california getting snow tires on and preparing for a bomb cyclone with snow and strong winds that could make driving has a list. Aaa is telling people to be prepared. Have things like a shovel and a phone charger. Food and water for you and your passengers. Thanksgiving is a traveling experience, and there are big storms expected to impact travel for millions. We waited on issues going on in the city of r. We will let you know what you have to say about people who do not support the plan. A full all is starting to add up. A look around lake tahoe. Now might not be the best time to ask yourself are my bones strong . Life is full of make or break moments. Thats why its so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. Only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. 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Crews were able to get the car back on the track. We have people on the scene and we will bring you more updates on the air and online as soon as we get more information. Now to massachusetts, the state is the first in the morning to ban vaping products. Massachusetts just signed the nations first statewide ban this morning ansales of Menthol Cigarettes starting june 1 of 2020. This is in response to growing concerns about the health of vaping products. An expression at a in texas blew u miles away. The overnight explosion at the plant in a rural area, near the louisiana border lit up the sky. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for people who would live within a halfmile of the plant, at least two of the employees were taken to the hospital for treatment. No information has been released on the extent of their injuries. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The impeachment inquiry is moving forward with the House Judiciary Committee set to hold the first impeachment hearing a week from today. Devon reports from florida where the president is spending thanksgiving. We will hear from three democrat what witnesses, they are impeachment inquiry unfair, even though the House Judiciary Committee is days away from taking over committee will hold its first public hearing next week. Inviting trump and his lawyers to participate. White house responding in a statement that it is currently reviewing nadlers letter for what is obvious to every american is that this letter comes at the end of a sham. I think from the white house perspective, this is a moment to negotiate for access to everything and then they set rules that allow the white house to bring their witnesses to the committee hearing. This as the committee released more transcripts of the testimony, including that of mark sandy, office of management andtwo staffers resigned after expressingtary aid to ukraine. At the same time, democrats are seemingly split over whether the president is an appropriate option. I think it may be easier and quicker. With the initial hearings scheduled for december 4, democrats are hoping to have this all wrapped up sometime before christmas. This could set the stage for a senate trial sometime in january. I am kevin clark, ktvu. An arbitrator has ordered the u. S. Postal service to pay damages to workers in san jose. The arbitrator found some of the workers were underpaid for years. According to the news management staff will have to be retrained after an independent review showed that broad evidence of a pattern of deletion or alteration of some of the employees timecards. The Workers Union says a shippe disciplinary action. The u. S. Postal service and the union are expected to meet early next month and discussed the extent of damages. Snow falling is making for treacherous driving conditions. We have data that shows snow covering highway 50. This video shows a snowplow and talk as well. Operators are working 24 hours a day and according to the chp, controls are in effect on 80 from colfax to the nevada state line and elsewhere. The Sheriffs Department show this video showing whiteout conditions earlier this morning. If you are going up to the note, take it slow and make sure to move over for snow removal vehicles. Coming up next, a busy travel weekend. Coming up, a look at the holiday rush in the south their efforts for what is known as the great thanksgiving banquet. Kerrygold has a taste so rich it can take you to irelands lush, green pastures. Where grassfed cows produce rich, creamy milk for a truly delicious taste. Kerrygold. The taste that takes you there. We give you a look at the airport. Things are dry for now, but the wet weather is far from over. I thought a train was coming through my neighborhood. The rain was torrential and i was thankful to be at my kitchen making my pie. A lot of traffic headaches for people yesterday. Knock on wood things are better for the evening commute. The 49ers on the road like a 90 chance of rain for that big game. That is it will be a ski resorts in happy to see all this fresh powder. Heavenly is expected to open today. Many resorts will be opening this week. Staff members have been working nonstop to clear the lines and get folks ready. A few lives will open up today and kirkwood and northstar ski resorts are expected to open by friday. On that note, lets get over to kylie with a look at the forecast in the bay area. When there is no there, there is rain here and we got a lot of it. Speaking of snow, i was looking at sacramento, 18 inches in 24 hours. That is going to make for something nice when this settles down. It makes a lot of rain here. We have had plenty of moisture, 1. 7 inches in the last 24 hours. 1. 04 in santa rosa. You can see in castro valley, and ancient dublin. A little over half an inch in napa and about extends of an inch in san jose. We have had a deluge of rain. We needed the rain, we are happy to get it. And has been difficult to deal with over the holiday weekend. 49 degrees currently in San Francisco. 46 in napa. 40s all across the map. 41 in fremont, 43 in redwood. This is a storm system we have been dealing with and you can see it is dragging all of the energy down to Southern California. They have had rain coming down to a half an inch an hour in showers and right now, there is a cell coming in over monterey bay that could pick up more from places like watsonville and morgan hill in san jose that have been seeing these showers throughout the morning. The north may have cleared out, but the snow is still going. The snowmachine is on full force up in the sierra and you can see it here as we look at Storm Tracker to. It is not a good time to get on the road. It is difficult going. Probably a good idea to not do that today if you can avoid it. Winter storm warning until 4 pm on thursday. 18 inches of snow in 24 hours. Snow levels are coming down. This is future cuts, you can see someone has scattered showers as we wake up. Here we are 10 am on thanksgiving. Starting to get clearing. That is clear as we go today. Sunshine is likely popping up on thursday for the holiday, and then here comes the next system. This is saturday, is getting his act together and rolling towards us. For thanksgiving, if you will be in oakland. It will be a chilly day, about 53 degrees, partly cloudy skies. A chance of a shower. Likely not going to be very rainy tomorrow and we will have a slight chance there. Friday should be partly cloudy. The next system rolling in saturday and sunday, can we get one more turkey sound . There it is. Okay. Back to you guys on that note. Thanks. Thanksgiving just today away, travelers are bracing for some delays because of the rain here. Reporter jesse has more on how the weather is going. Are crowds filling up . Happy thanksgiving to you, just in case we forget. Yes, there are crowds in a rush of vehicles and passengers making their way here. At one point, the line to get here wrapped l the way around onto airport boulevard. And has dissipated largely because it is pouring rain. The airport said we are here. Welcome to thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to you. Happy to report lights are running on time. We have had a couple of cancellations this morning, likely due to some flights that did not arrive last our area last night. There were issues with neighboring airports. A couple of cancellations this morning. Things are running relatively on time. We talked about the increase in passengers last week. About 6 . How has the handle the influx . We are growing our facilities and staff. We added x new seats in the terminal. This past year, we are currently working on adding more parking, which is needed. We have outgrown our staff. Soimport department and our partners accommodate the increase to the number of travelers and we have added another 1 million passengers this year. 1 million . 1 million more passengers in 2019. So we are doing so much in order to accommodate that growth. I know i am biased, but it is an easy airports. People are trying to get out today to make it to thanksgiving on time. Ultimately, you need to get to the airport on time. I am looking at this. How do you do that . What we are asking our travelers to do is if they plan, plan ahead. Currently, our economy lot, the longterm parking is full. So there are other additional parking lots available, but at higher rate. Picture you are planning ahead if you wish to park on airport. Mostly, just give yourself more time. The roadways around the airport and freeways a much more congested with people going up for the holidays. They are light in there a potential for accidents and potential road congestion. Allowing more time and cement thing. Even with a boarding pass in hand, obtained four hours in advance, check the status before leaving. We appreciate your time. Just so you know, we talked to allison over at the university, and while she says this is a punch, we are getting warm now and there will be a second one coming of the middle of the weekend in time for people trying to get back home. We have got one more to go coming up this weekend. We will give back to you guys. Happy thanksgiving to you as weto the holiday ery, airport w outside and inside. The catering workers for American Airlines demanding bet benefits. We are tired of working six days a week to pay our bills. We have no time with family. We are popping ibuprofen all day long just to get through the day. Inside the airport, protesters staged a sit in at terminal two. Police gained more than 50 workers. Jimmy carter is back home and recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his rain caused by bleeding from a fall. He was released from Emory University this morning. The former president looks forward to enjoying thanksgiving at home. He will continue to recover. A spokesperson went on to say the bleeding was connected to his recent fall. Maryland and is taking part in the San Francisco tradition. He is at the harvard Lights Center for the annual turkey carving event. This includes a carve up competition with police chief and the fire chief. This is part of the Salvation Army preparation for all the thanksgiving meals they will serve later today and tomorrow. I hope you are with us when we spoke with mayor reed in the past hour and we talked about her concerns for people in the city who did not have a place to call home and how her centers might help them. Ultimately, we want to get people off the streets. We know homelessness is not just a problem in San Francisco, but it is a problem all over the bay and it is important that centers open because they are solutions to addressing homelessness. The construction of the navigation is nearing completion. It could be up and running before the end ofhometown to ta the homeless crisis and income inequality. Dire was that the Memorial Center yesterday to help prepare certain meals. He says every american deserves access to Sustainable Housing as a basic human need and there is a growing disparity between the haves and havenots. I talked about this a long time ago. I talked about undoing all the tax breaks for rich people. He also held a discussion with other city leaders at an Affordable Housing development where he has a fourpoint plan to address the housing crisis that includes investing 45 billion for year in Affordable Housing construction. Operations are underway for the annual great thanksgiving banquet where thousands of meals will be served to people in need. There is the fairgrounds with a look at the event. We can see the set up behind you. Good morning. It is quiet in the kitchen. There is so much going on here. It smells really really good. Lets walk through here and we will show you what we have got. Michael is one of the volunteers. What are you making . Right here, we are making stuffing and over here we have green beans. All that good stuff. All the fixings. We have got everything going. Turkey and stuffing. Very good, thank you. We will hear from him and his incredible story. I will let them walk around the kitchen and we can see everything we have going on. We will talk about this thanksgiving banquet. They serve holiday meals to thousands of people every year, all put on by the redwood gospel mission. There is a lot of set up this event. Multiple buildings on the fairgrounds property are taking place. This helps people who have fallen on hard times and this year, we are expecting a lot of fire survivors to be out here as well. 600 volunteers will be here today and one of them is michael, who you saw. He graduated from the program through the mission and not every thanksgiving for the last 10 years, he volunteers. Is here, he is going with his 11yearold daughter and he says it is a great experience. Full circle, coming back and being on both sides. This is a reminder of where i was. On saturday, there were hundreds coming, including celebrity chefs. Anyone coming here can get a haircut, be checked out by a doctor anymore. There will be games and other activities here today. This is all about giving back to the community. Like i said, everyone is here. I love it, thanks. Coming up, we are talking baseball. Babe ruth has his history making bat on the block. Find out how for. Worldclass illusionists are coming to the bay area. We introduce you to the champions of magic and show you some of their mindbending tricks and our studio. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Illusionists making up a production. They are on tour and making a stop in the bay area. Before they take the stage, some of the champions are with us in studio to showcase their talents. I want to introduce richard and kayla. You like to be called magicians. Anything is good. There is more of a spectacle when you have a show, you invite people to participate at random. We want to make sure the audience does not think there are people on the payroll making the magic ne chosen on s chosen at random. That means every show every night is different. I dont have a frisbee, but i am here to be a part of this. What you signed this quarter . Okay. Give it a couple initials that way you recognize this is your quarter. Making sure his back. Are those your initials . Fantastic. Watch very close to your quarter. We turn it into 200 mexican go somewhere. Is really cool. That is the unanswered question. My hands are empty. I have no sleeves. I have a little wallet. What this is is a leather envelope and aller one. Up, there is a smaller coins one again. Its like a russian doll. It is a very small envelope and it contains a segment. If i seal this, you can see it. People might think i put something in there at the last moment, so would you double check it is sealed around all the edges, please go ahead and opened it. I think i have an idea of what might be here. Wow. I am impressed. There it is. That is my hand rising. How did you get into this line of work . What made you decide to become a magician . We went to school. How much training do you have to do . Well, magic is a mentorship. You have a mentor. You are just sort of learning as you go. What is great about champions is we truly love all types of magic and we help each other out. There are ideas we are working on, so several things. What is your favorite part of the show that audiences will come see . What do you think they will be most impressed by . There is a guy called fernando mexico and he re he goes into a water tank that goes up and down every night. It is real. You can check everything. It is a dangerous illusion. We have a safety team in the wings. The audiences go crazy. You have been touring together, the five of you for years. It is kind of like a family. Absolutely. We are lucky we all get along and it is great. We help each other. We are all so different. You have got mindreading, you have got every texture of magic and we all come together. We do everything together. We should say quickly after this, you guys are going to san quentin to perform. Have you ever performed at a prison . We dont know you for for showcasing your talents with us. For those of you have information to get tickets right there. They are performing now until december 1 at the golden gate theatre. If you want to get those eye dates and ticketing information, you can find that under web links by going to ktvu. Com. Thank you. Coming up next right here on mornings, changes coming to one of the Largest Shopping Centers in the bay. We can talk about babe ruths career home run. The Louisville Slugger is expected to bring in more than 1 billion. In 1929, he became the first player in baseball to hit 500 homeruns. Sometime during the 40s he gave the bat to his friend and it stayed in the family for decades. 500 homeruns is a big category obviously in the big smallmarket and babe ruth is a part of that. This is a fat that got homeruns. Online bidding for the bat begins this morning. It closes december 14. The family says they hoped whoever buys it will donate it to the well of pain. We will let you know about the binding tradition of free parting in san jose and why it will not be that way for long. When i first saw it, i could cry. It has gotten worse. Hitting back as a community in the east bay. A rap artist is helping the hungry on this thanksgiving holiday. There are those who will say that youre too fat. Too skinny. Too hard. Too soft. Too old. Too much. Too unexpected. Too limited. And to them we say too bad. Because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. The next time you go to the mall the country, you will see payment kiosks in the parking garage. Shopping center will begin charging for parking next year. They will not say how much or when the plan will start. That is not something you think about. You dont think about parking. Not really a fan of that. I would rather not pay for parking. If there are some benefits to it, making the roads better, i guess i am open to it. I dont come to the mall often, only when i have to because of the parking and most things you can get online now. The mall in san diego started charging for parking earlier this year. Parking is free for the first few hours. After that, it is two dollars an hour with a maximum fee of 15 a day. Brewing company is introducing its first beer in cans. The bird is doing a limited release of the india pale ale. The companys owners have been hesitant to use cans because they were concerned about the quality. They worked out a way to reduce the oxygen in the canning process. The brewery made a batch of 2100 four packs. They are priced at 20, but they are only available at the pub. Final preparations underway for the thanksgiving day parade. Organizers say there is a chance they will not fly balloons because of winds. The large bullies are not allowed to fly if there are winds over 23 miles an hour or if gust top 34 miles an hour. The last of the city was forced to ground the bullies was back in 1971. We are going to be out here no matter what. We have prepared for that. Those bullies are going to fly. Current regulations were put into place back in 1997 when the cat in the hat rolling flew off course and four people were injured. People in oakland have a meal ready for tomorrow. Components of a wellknown wrapper. Mystified is giving back to people in need because he says he knows what it feels like. Lets go. On this cold tuesday in west oakland, hundreds of people on hard times had a feast of thanksgiving, hot turkey lunch and warm coats for those who could use one. Businessman and philanthropist stanley clark, much better known of mystified. We went to utilize our influence and lighten the load for everyone. He says he understands people in need because he was once one of them himself. I know what it was like growing up. I know what it was like going to this store here as a kid with notes saying my mom gets paid friday, can we pay you friday. He is hosting thanksgiving meals for those in need for the past 14 years. I almost cried because the need was so urgent and it has gotten worse. I learned to toughen up, but at the same time, it does bother me and it does hurt because we have a lot of people in the. Among those who came was this woman who says she has been homeless for the past three years. Not because i am on drugs or mentally challenged. Because i work every day. I have a job. I work seven days a week. I am a housekeeper. She says she pretwo what he is doing for the community. We would be way worse off than what we are without these people. I thank god every day for this type of setting. He says others will be inspired to help however they can. It is a blessing to be a blessing. We are happy to be here on the front lines and provide for those that are having a hard time providing for themselves. He says the holiday spirit is not ending here. He is planning a food and toy giveaway sometime before christmas. A new survey says more americans are thinking about not serving any meat on the table. Meatless farms commissioned a survey of more than 1000 people. 30 of them said they are willing to consider celebrating thanksgiving without the turkey or any meat. 50 of people also say they are willing to consider eating fewer meals containing meat every day for health reasons. I am down with that. I dont know if i could do thanksgiving without a turkey though. I understand how people are leaning that direction. It is one day. It is a holiday. That is a day to splurge. Right. Happy thanksgiving to you guys. It is great having you. It is a real treat. Thanks for watching everybody. Wendy williams is up next. The Wendy Williams show. How you doin . Now, heres wendy wendy thank you. Welcome to our show. Say hello to my cohost, the studio audience