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 im rahel solomon aim joe hold men for jim donovan. Lets 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 isnt 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, stays that way all day. With the clear sky, that is in , part, working against you, if you will. Starting to allow these temperatures to drop off readily but storm scan is empty, so that does mean beautiful sunrise promised to us and sun glare that eventually becomes a problem. At the moment still completely dark and your temperatures are at or below freezing in almost every single location. Wildwood is one odd ball out here where we are still at 35, hold it there, and we will see temperatures drop another degree or two before it is all said and done. I have another fun graphic, no turning is in this one but a lovely scene here as pretty fall leaves. It is still getting job done, 45 degrees the expected high here. Lots of sunshine is expect, too. But even still, it is not enough to pull us out of that shell. We had a cold front yesterday that has done its job but looking at just a couple hours over the span of the day we will peak with the, with the warmth, if you will by 3 00 p. M. But still below average here but sunnies going to shine all day long. So, you know, we certainly have seen worse holidays, all and all this is a pretty nice one. Thank you. Off ramp from the westbound vine street expressway to the ben franklin parkway is closed for thanksgiving day parade preparations, and now the parkway and rest of the parade route will close, around 7 00 this morning, and those closures will be in effect until 2 00 in the afternoon. I want to tell but this, an accident involving a tanker truck and box truck along route 322, and Spring Valley road. This is in concordville. There are injuries reported. You can use concord road or youth 202 as an alternate. Joe, you know, thanksgiving day wouldnt be the same without philadelphia s own annual parade. Eyewitness News Reporter frank does live at 20th and market where thousands of folks will be attending this years parade, trang do, happy thanksgiving and i see a very red dog blowing up behind you. Reporter oh, yeah, i know you are quite familiar with this famous red dog behind you with your three kidos, but thinks a thanksgiving tradition for many families in this area. It is the 98th year and there is so much work that goes into it. Lets take a look. This this is 20th and Market Street where you see clifford the big red dog going up, you see his face in front of the camera here. So many balloons have been going up by the minute here. But let me show you a map of the parade route if you are heading down here later to day the parade start, at 20th and jfk, travels east, to 16th street where it will turn left on the parkway and, of course, will continue up the parkway and eventually ending in front of the art museum but take a look at video from last years parade this years parade will feature around 140 musical acts, dance troops, marching bands and choirs, many of them are local but also quite a few from all across the country and, of course, the balloons, 22 of them, lots of beloved childrens characters clifford the big red dog, daniel tiger, strawberry short cake and very hungry caterpillar. About a dozen workers have been up all night getting these balloons ready for what they say it was all worth it. It is awesome. I just hear the kid yelling, it is gist grandparents, adults, secret service, philadelphia pd, even camera crew they just love seeing the parade. Joel let you in on a little secret this guy here, the mouse making his grande buy in todays parade. Im told that is top secret information im sharing with you. If you want to come down here and see fiddle sticks in person the parade starts at 8 30. So im exclusive information, here, told to me by bat loon handler. Trang do with breaking news out there at thanksgiving day parade. All right, frank do thank you for that live report. We will check back shortly. Well, parade is one thank giving tradition in philadelphia but it is not the only one. Our pat gallen is live at cacias bakery in south fail where neighbors having their holiday turkey prepared in grand style. Pat, lou good with that turkey hat. Do you like it . Second year they have made me wear this ridiculous thing on live television. Oh, you love it. You are next, joe. You are next year for this one so, this is a tradition as old as parking in the middle of broad street. This is where people go on thanksgiving morning to get their turkies cook at cacias bakery and this is joe cacia, what are you 17 now, 18. What . Im kidding. Im 23, im good. You are growing up. So take us back you have been doing this basically since were you a little kid but this has been going on a long time. How long has it been for family having south philadelphia answer come here having their turkies cook. Migrate grandfather his two sons, my grand dad and his brother came up with the idea to cook peoples turkies, and that was in the early 60s, maybe even late 50s and they just been doing it ever since. It has become a phenomenon. Im sure at first there wasnt quite a line like there is now, now it is 100 and some turkies can fit in here. This is pretty much 140 we can fit, and, years ago when they first started it was just a couple people in the neighborhood. He told me that it picked up. People talk. The word spread. People started to bring them every year. I see the same faces every year. People really, really want their turkey bake here. They are out there. They are out there now. There is a guy that walk in at 4 00 a. M. We dont take them until 6 00. So he will be number one. If you want to get it in, get in line now. I mean we have only ever had to turn away just a few people, but people, you know, we have our number for everybody. I dont now how it works out but we always have enough room and it is just getting more and more every year. I dent necessity how long that will last. Joe said if they have to turn you away, he will cook the turkey at his house for you, he told me that. I dont cook. I could ask my grandmother she would like to do it. There you go italian, south philadelphia, im in, joe, thanks. We will be here all morning so check back with us and how do i look, do i still look good. Yes. Are you going to be wearing it all morning, pat . I am going to be wearing it all morning, nerve choice. That is dedication. I want to know how it smells in there, i want a full read out on the smell, the bakery, katie, not the hat. Thanks, pat. We need smellovision. Thanks. Philadelphias charity was also helping out this holiday, volunteers will be preparing mannas largest ever thanks giving meal delivery. Manna kitchen opens up in less than an hour and more than 500 volunteers will make a record 3200 meals for deliver toys neighbors in need. Meals are made in mannas brand new facility and philadelphias mayor jim kenney and dwight evans will be among the volunteers this morning. After almost two years philadelphias love park is reopening which means Christmas Village is back in time for holiday season. Our camera spotted crews and vendors for setting up for a city tradition. Officials say 90 percent is ready to go but still under construction after crews ran into a few hurdles after they started digging a year and a half ago. The ongoing renovation project wont put a damper on the village. Next year it will be ready, all cleaned up. We have people coming in. It is a great place to have the holidays. We are told love sign will soon be back where it belongs once it is finished being refurbished. A grand reopening for ceremony for love park will be held sometime in the spring. Authorities say they have recovered the remains of all four people who died, in last weeks fire in a west chester Senior Citizens complex. Remains of the two people were recovered yesterday, two people were found, earlier in the week, more than two dozen were injured in the fire at barclay friends Senior Living center. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Eyewitness news was in tacony where this roll over crash sent one person to the hospital this morning. The crash happened about 2 30 on the 6300 block of cottage street. Fire fighters have had to use jaws of life to cut the driver out of the car there noise word on the extent of that drivers injuries and so far there is no information on what caused this crash. All right. Well, still ahead on Eyewitness News security is tight in new york city for macys thanksgiving day parade see how nypd plans to keep parade goers safe today. Plus a lot of people werent spending the morning outside watching the philadelphia thanksgiving day parade, this is a live look from the parkway Central Library camera along the parade route, we will tell you how many layers you should put on if you plan on heading out. Im thankful for all of my family and friend. Visiting from tampa and im thankful for peace, our liberty, thankful for our country. A country that is hurting but we can get it together, we can come together and we can make things right im thankful for family and friend. No matter where they are in the world, here, overseas, serving our military or at home, and, im just thankful. Love. That welcome back on that thanksgiving day. Triple a estimate 51 Million People are heading home for holidays majority will drive around 50 miles by car but there are some who have clocked nearly 500 miles. Licensing hall trucker fred man leny from can inadequacies ace not heading home, he is on the clock, spending thanksgiving at this south jersey rest stop. That particular rest area hoe dinner for influx of truckers and drivers say it is happy relief after dealing with the loaded freeways. You just have to have more patients today because people are rushing around, and they are not always, theyre not always thinking of every move that they make. I like to drive at nighttime to really avoid all of the daytime traffic. And triple a add that the travel volume this year is highest it has been since 2005 a little further are north two and a half Million People are expected to attend this morning annual macys day parade in new york city. As cbs news, correspondent laura podesta, security has been tightend in the wake of the last ins deadly truck attack that killed eight people. Reporter one of the nation s largest outdoor events, new yorks macys thanksgiving day parade. Were here to see balloons, big Charlie Brown fan so he has come to see Charlie Brown. Reporter security on top of mind, nypd says there will be a presence including an officer positioned in every block along the parade route, k9s and camera, there will be trucks filled with sand, blocking intersections, and the parade comes just about a month after a terror attack where a man drove on to a bike patton manhattans west site killing eight people. We have people, at powe, observation teams, snipper teams in and around, and we will have under cover assets in a lot of different buildings, so there is a lot to see out there and lots you wont see. Reporter nypd has been working with hotels on and near parade route, officers have trained staff on what to look for after a gunman opened fire, last month in las vegas from his hotel room, killing 58 people. Three and a half Million People are expected to turnout for this years parade. The mayor of new york city says that there are no credible or specific threats, right now. Laura podesta for cbs3 Eyewitness News. We know things will be cooperating in the weather department, and it is feeling seasonal. It does feel seasonal perfect for thanksgiving day parade just bundle up. It will be a few degrees shy of our average, but it is not like were in the used to feeling the chill this time of the year a lieutenant of us are used having to a break out heavier coat at this point. Do that again this morning, if you plan to be out at the parade you wont to have account for a serious wind chill this time but always tricky between those sky scrapers and through city streets and may be a little bit breezy but we wont to have deal with that as i general rule throughout the day anywhere, we will start off by taking you out to a beautiful shot picturesque, calm scene outside love park here, this is in Center City Just a couple blocks away from our very own station headquarters here and all cleared, out there, barely any m on some of the plants there in the foreground and a little hint of very light wind is all we will have going on right now and it will stay that way all day. Very, very helpful when it comes to giant balloons trying to blank will balloons down the streets of philadelphia storm scan is all clear. It will stay that way tie right through tomorrow. New disturbance starts to get its act together come saturday but we are in the clear up until that pint. Couple thanksgiving statistics , again with my lovely scene here off in the distance here behind it, the average high is technically 53 we will be shy of that by a handful here to day coldest morning low we have ever recorded happened, back in 1901 and 1989, also 1989, as many know taylor swift, very famous album what were talking about here. Record warmth happened in 1941 , 75 degrees but not even close to that. We will be exactly 33 shy of that this afternoon at best. Temperature change it really is noticeable out there and feels like wintertime with 20 to 28 degrees colder by comparison then yesterday, heres how it stacks up on the thermometer 27 is your current temperature in atlantic city, it is really cold there, 32 out in Philadelphia International right now but even despite that very modest breeze you will want to bundle up. High hits just 45 as we mentioned. Later tonight one of those, diehard black friday shoppers and going out around midnight or shortly thereafter, bundle up, we dip down to 33 but with time tomorrow we will rebound to a seasonal 52degree high and looks nice. Come saturday cloud build and as early as afternoon we may see showers rolling through, guys. Katie, thank you. Lets get to traffic new schuylkill expressway near king of prussia where road are quiet, i was curious at the mall, it is opened tonight at 6 00 p. M. To 1 00 a. M. I95 inner betsy ross bridge no delays here, moving nicely is there an accident to tell but involving a tanker truck and becomes truck route 322 westbound at Spring Valley road in concordville there are injuries reported use concord road and route 202 as alternate the. New for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. Pennsylvania department of Environmental Protection has cited sunoco pipelines, builders of the mariner east two pipeline for causing a 6 foot wide sink hole while drilling in Chester County this month. Bentnight drilling solution was reported potential to pollute groundwater. From the front page of the times herald, scheduling, summer backlogs and unresponsive homeowners are the reason why it is taking time to revolve code violation ness are in is town. The manager Michael Simon says he understands the concern of residents inn that Police Department is working with Municipal Council to address problems but he says departments hands are tied with the way system is currently set up. In the trentonian, and something to be thankful, and, and, 10,000 from the church and Employee Giving fund. The money will provide music education, and, and, that is some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. And sixth are joel embiid, brought his mom to work last night. She was in the stands as sixers took on the trailblazers. Proud momma bear. We will tell you how he did and mom was proudly watching, next up in sports. What are you thankful for. Music. What else. Music and music. Family, children, everybody turning to sports sixers faced trailblazers and flyers try to avoid a sixth straight loss. Heres don bell with this mornings sports. They dont give out trophies for being just three games over 500 but around these parts that is a major achievement. Sixers havent been that good since they started threezero in 2013. Sixers trying to improve to 10 seven on the season as they take on the trailblazers, amir johnson capped a 16zero run to start the game. New to the Second Quarter sixers playing some tenacious defense, they get the steel, and the deal, to ben simmons. He had 16 points, nine assists and eight board. Sixers up by 14. Joel embiids mom in town for a couple weeks so joe joe smoke off for mom, throw it down. Twentyeight points, 12 board and got cheers from momma embiid. Sixers win 10181. They are three games over 500. Flyers have one of the war offences in the nhl, islanders have the second best. Tough match up for orange and black trying to avoid their sixth straight loss. To brooklyn we will go a sign of life for owe even if michael raffle on the break away, lights the lamp. His first points since, january the seventh. We are going back to last season. Flyers on top twoone. Still in the second, power tripping jay voracek making it happen. Game tied at three. Now we have overtime, and fly guys, with some terrible defense. Josh bailey, scoring the game winner and flyers lose four three your final score in overtime. That is all for sports im don bell, have a great thanksgiving. Coming up, two lucky turkies pardoned by President Trump have arrived at their new digs. We will tell you where wish bone and drum stick will spend the rest of their days, trang do, good morning. Reporter good morning, guys, it is beginning look like a parade out here im trang do live in center city with preparations for 98th annual good morning. Katie will join news a moment but first heres what you need to know to start your day in the morning minute, thursday, november 23rd, thanksgiving day. The parkway will be packed , americas oldest thanksgiving day parade is just hours away. Still a lot more work to do here at 20th and market, before the parade starts, at 8 30. It is quiet, good to stay that way right through the holiday. It is really one of the most iconic parks in the city. Officials say 90 percent of love park will be opened in the morning. There will be a formal dedication in the spring with a new Visitors Center and that iconic love sign. In south philadelphia a tradition is still going strong. Thinks where people get on thanksgiving morning to get their turkies cooked. It is second year they have made me wear this ridiculous thing on live television. According to a new study, a family, with different beliefs , spend less time together on thanksgiving, 50 percent of people polled said politics is ruining thanksgiving while the other 50 percent said no, you are ruining thanksgiving. Todays morning minis sponsored by penn medicines Abramson Cancer Center the number one Cancer Center in the region. And then on and on a