three weather systems colliding with a perfect storm of travelers, a record number 55 million expected to head out of town we'll get the latest forecast from al in a moment. but we begin with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, tens of millions of americans are bracing for a set of storms, just in time for thanksgiving. snow pounding several states, the roads already dangerous. and in new york, some deflating news, the iconic balloons from the macy's thanksgiving day parade may not fly for the first time since 1971 if sustained winds are over 23 miles an hour and gusts top 34 miles an hour. >> we have a lot of things in place to prepare ourse f rolling out new technology this is miami's new automated baggage screening area and the tsa says new orleans' new screening area lets officers screen twice as many bags per hour outside the airport, ride share companies are employing traffic engineers to prepare them for the holiday rush.