Year. This is in pennsylvania, a car hitting black ice flipping on its roof. And delays are starting to build up in major airport hubs across the country. Those delays are expected to have a Ripple Effect for travelers in the bay area. Its not too bad right now in sfo. Cate caugiran is tracking delays. Reporter we are seeing minor delays at sfo right now. A look at the big board, most flights appear to be on time. We spoke with officials who say only a handful of flights are seeing minor delays of about 45 minutes to an hour. One flight to philadelphia was two hours behind schedule. But as more people arrive and as the storm gets worse, so will those delays. An east coast storm has travelers across the country packing more than winter coats. Theyre also packing patience. Were leery but well get there okay. Reporter wayne and carolyn from hayward are flying to visit their son in washington, d. C. They have layered up, ready for what Mother Nature might bring. I look at the board check to see if the flights were on time. So far, of course, watching the Doppler Radar on tv and in the newscasts. Reporter nasty weather with the busiest travel day of the year has created a perfect storm at bay area airports. 63,000 travelers, carryons and goods will make their way through San Franciscos terminals and airport Officials Say the wait will be long and lines longer. I just doesnt like traveling on thanksgiving. You go early and go with the flow if its delayed. It will be great as long as the weather doesnt turn. Reporter a triple threat. Winds, rain and snow are hitting the east coast hard. Airports in new york, new jersey, philadelphia and boston are seeing the worst of the travel setbacks. More than 1300 flights have been canceled since the weekend. And thousands more delayed. I dont think im ready. But we will see. Its going to be cold. Reporter back out live at sfo, take a look at the lines at the security checkpoint getting crowded. Call ahead with your airline. Check in two hours early. There might be ways to reroute and you dont really want to be doing that if you are pressed for time at the airport. Reporting live at sfo, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Cate, thank you. Our Lawrence Karnow is tracking the storm in the weather center. Lawrence. Very wicked storm now just developing on the worst of all days to do so on a major travel day. Along the eastern seaboard the storm system has picked up some moisture right out of the gulf and so you can see, working its way up the state there and bringing some very heavy rainfall. On the back side of it, cold enough that were seeing a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Could see upwards of almost a foot of snow toward buffalo and theres more rain and snow on the way. Delays if you are heading toward the eastern seaboard in many places partly cloudy though at sfo though right now. Across the country, here you go, boston looking at rain, 59 degrees partly cloudy, 34 in chicago, 50 degrees in houston, new york that rain is coming down, of course, you get on the other side of the state it turns into snow. And theres more to come. Winds kick in tomorrow. Back to you. Thank you. Bay area teen set on fire while riding the bus may go home from the hospital. Anne makovec is live outside the hospital where Sasha Fleischman has been recovering for almost a month. Reporter sashas parents arrived. They are in there right now. They are picking him up and he is finally going to be on the way home. He spent some time here at the hospital in San Franciscos nob hill. Heres some new video of his parents arriving about an hour ago here at st. Francis memorial hospital. They came with a small purple suitcase and went into the hospital. Luke Sasha Fleischman a High School Student from berkeley was on an ac transit bus about 3 weeks ago when another passenger set the skirt he was wearing on fire. Police believe it was a hate crime because sasha identifies as neither male nor female. He had second and thirddegree burns to the legs and has been undergoing intensive treatment here in the hospitals burn unit. They have been Walking Around inside the hospital and tried out some stairs. Were just glad that we have sasha and sasha is going to make a full recovery. Reporter here is the suspect in this case. Richmond thomas is 16 years old and right now he is being charged as an adult but first attorney and sashas father think it should be in juvenile court. Sashas father a forgiving man said he understands that 16 yearolds do stupid things. That is ultimately going to be up to the judge. Today, it is all about sasha, who will be home in time for thanksgiving. Live in San Francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. Thank you. An alameda Apartment Building engulfed in flames forced people to jump from the balcony to get out. The fire broke out about a quarter to 3 00 this morning on briggs avenue. Neighbors believe it was started by a man who lived on the second floor. Firefighters say the four apartments are a total loss leaving 7 people homeless. One man was rescued from his balcony. Others jumped. I realized the house was on fire. We jumped out. We couldnt get down the stairs. Too much smoke. Police have arrested Resident David prado on suspicion of arson. Neighbors say the 45yearold was having mental issues over the last few days. Hundreds gathered at fremonts john f. Kennedy high school to remember a teacher, coach and Athletic Director there. People paid tribute to coach john webb last night. The 76yearold struck by an oncoming car on 680 early saturday morning. He was directing other drivers around an accident that he was involved in on the highway there. Webb was returning home from a Football Game at san jose state where he played back in the 1950s. Up in Solano County investigators found a floating meth lab in the delta nero i dont vista. Inside that house both bodies of two members in rio vista. Meth was found inside and may have had something to do with the deaths of the men. Police are looking for a man they say killed two cats in a random act of cruelty in San Francisco. Monday witnesses say a man approached a woman on pier 14 and threw her belongings and a cat carrier in the bay. The cats drowned. Her things were retrieved. It was a horrible act of cruelty against these very innocent animals and innocent person, takes these live beings and tosses them into the bay with no chance of survival. This is somebody we really want to be afraid of. Both cats died. Witnesses tried to keep the woman from jumping into the bay to rescue the cats. If you saw anything, call the police. Truck drivers at the port of oakland staged a work stoppage this morning. Dozens of Truck Drivers formed picket lines. Police were on hand to get them off the street. Truck drivers are upset about state air pollution regulations set as to take effect january 1. The port of oakland Truckers Association says 800 truckers could lose their jobs. They want help upgrading their trucks to meet the new requirements. Today marks 35 years since San Franciscos first openly gay supervisor harvey milk and mayor George Moscone were assassinated at city hall. In just a few hours, a march like this one from last year will start at city hall. Thousands will walk through the streets to it the plaza at market and castro streets, named in honor of milk. To mark the first night of chanukah, San Francisco will light a menorah at union square today. Lighting begins at 5 p. M. Festivities are open to the public. They include food, music and childrens activities. So while families are carving up turkey tomorrow, others will be fighting for a spot in line for Stores Opening on thanksgiving day. Theres a lot of them. Kpix 5s keit do explains where this trend could head next. Reporter this year, more retailers than ever before afford first time opening on thanksgiving. At least a dozen stores are newcomers including macys, j. C. Penney and coal kohls. Is it really in the best interest of individuals . Maybe not. They get so frantically almost obsessed about shopping that they lose the bigger picture, which is time with family, friends and time to reflect and be grateful for the things that they have. Reporter plante says retailers are brilliant at getting you out of the house to spend money and for the most part, they have avoided backlash by creeping up and taking over thanksgiving hour by hour. Doing it at 6 p. M. And you keep doing it until finally you get to the place where theres an expectation that its perfectly fine to grab some quick lunch or dinner, whatever, for thanksgiving, and then run off to the store. And so it becomes part of almost a norm. Reporter a few years ago, when target first opened up on thanksgiving, an employee started a petition on change. Org to fight back. It failed. Plante says he doesnt judge people who shop on thanksgiving. Just make sure you do whats best for you. Id like folks to at least take a deep breath and ask, what makes the most sense for me and my family and my what have you, rather than just kind of fall into this trap. Reporter kiet do, kpix 5. And heres a list of some Stores Opening on the big turkey day. So far the earliest opening is kmart at 6 a. M. Not far behind, best buy at 6 p. M. Macys and target open up at 8 p. M. Visitors at a zoo get a show they never wanted to see. What happens after a tiger jumps on one of its trainers. A thanksgiving comet could give us a show in the night sky, coming up. ,,,,,,,, by frightened tourists. The Sumatran Tiger jumped on on his trainers at a zoo in australia. Biting him in t neck and shoulder. Coworke were able to rescue him. Zoo Officials Say the tiger simy a tiger attack caught on camera. A tiger jumped on a zoo worker in australia. He was rescued. Zoo Officials Say the tiger was too excited and didnt mean to attack. Animal groups want the zoo penalized for allowing staff to risk their lives. A chemical leak is putting a damper on thanksgiving traditions for families in northern homeowner. A railcar was punctured and flammable substance began to leak forcing hundreds from their homes in the town of willard, out until friday. There are temporary shelters. Three workers were killed this morning in an accident at the world cup soccer stadium in brazil. Authorities say a crane collapsed and fell on the arena corinthian stadium destroying parts of the stands. Its unclear how many people were injured. The stadium is under construction to host several world cup games next summer. A federal bankruptcy judge clears the way for American Airlines and u. S. Airways to merge. The judge dismissed a final objection from a group of Airline Passengers trying to block the deal. He also approved an antitrust settlement reached earlier this month between the airlines and the justice department. The merger is set to take place on december 9. Stocks are up a bit after a promising new jobs report today. Lets look at the big board right now and you can see the dow is up about 31 points. Keeps going up. The moment of truth for a comet barreling towards the sun is on trading. Will it survive or break into pieces . Ko im explains what could happen. Reporter while most americans are enjoying turkey, nasa scientists will be looking to the Sky Monitoring the comet ison as is zooms by the sun. The heat could shatter the comet. But if it survivors the suns heat it could create a show this holiday season. We see these really nice clouds moving around the sun and then the comet will exit, go up above into the northern part of our sky and will become a very nice nighttime comet right around christmastime. Reporter nasa Scientists Say people in the u. S. And the rest of the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see the comet without a telescope on december evenings. But first, ison has to make a hard right turn around the sun at 828,000 Miles Per Hour that could break it apart. This is a onetime deal for it to go by the sun. Even if ison doesnt make it scientists expect it will teach them a lot. Nasa has been monitoring it for more than a year. Kind of like watching an onion come apart coming off in waves. Reporter those molecules came together many years ago and carry clues about the early days of the solar system. Ko im, cbs news. If the comet survives the closest it will come to earth is 40 million miles away around december 26. Theres one bird that wont be stuffed and carved this thanksgiving. And its all because of the president. Now before these turkeys get away with the power vested in me, i want to grant popcorn a full reprieve. Popcorn and caramel are two lucky birds. Both turkeys were spared as the president fulfilled the annual turkey pardon tradition. Turkeys will be on display at George Washingtons mount vernon estate and gardens through january. Is it me or are the president s daughters taller than him . They have grown up. And size of those turkeys. Did you see them . Gigantic. Happy turkeys they are today around the bay area, good news. Weather changes will work out right for thanksgiving day. Out there hazy sunshine. We have been watching the airports and the delays if you are headed toward the eastern seaboard. Check your airlines before heading out today. Temperatures now in the 50s and also the 60s. I think as we head in toward the afternoon, well see a mix of sun and clouds. And then it looks like tonight some partly cloudy skies and then changes for thanksgiving. Originally we thought that area of low pressure off the coast would move in close enough to bring showers. Now it looks like it is going to dive almost directly south and that should mean just a few clouds coming our way but we stay dry. With that in mind we have great weather today and through the holiday. Around the state looking good, 70 and cloudy in fresno, 62 sacramento, 51 lake tahoe, and 60 degrees into monterey bay. Around our bay today you will see temperatures soaring into the mid60s in the south bay as high as 62. A little cool into San Francisco and 66 degrees in santa rosa. Overnight lows with some partly cloudy skies not as cold, probably some 40s and some 50s. And then we are looking good the next couple of days. Looks like its going to warm up a little bit over the weekend as High Pressure starts to build in. In fact, some of these temperatures may get near 70 degrees on sunday. Then those clouds thicken up. The temperatures really drop off on tuesday and maybe the middle of next week, we start to talk about the possibility of rain. So heres your official thanksgiving day forecast. Partly cloudy skies, it should be dry. Temperatures are expected to be in the 60s. Should be a really neat sunset tonight with all those clouds. The sun setting, beautiful colors, at 4 52. Sunrise tomorrow morning and i cant wait for that, at 7 04 and youll be right there. Well be wide awake and ready to go at 7 00. Ill be sleeping in. Wow. As my mom cooks thanksgiving dinner. Oh, so nice. I know. You are so getting a wakeup call. Ill be thinking about you. 4 35 [ laughter ] a local Police Department turns back the clock for a good cause. Well tell you how you can get involved coming up. And kpix 5 is looking for a veterinarian to appear on television. To nominate a vet you know, email pets kpix 5. Well narrow it down to the top five and let you vote on our new pet experts. Stay with us. , shapes and sizes are featurn youtube spoof by walnut cre cops. pause for nats music from the 70s and mustaches in all shapes and sizeses all featured in a youtube spoof by walnut creek cops. [ music ] loving that music. Its all from movember where men grow facial hair for Prostate Cancer awareness. You can vote and donate to the cause until december 1. The winner gets bragging rights, like the moustache and hair. Tony tantillo is shopping for a thanksgiving tradition. Today he shows us how to pick Sweet Potatoes. Well, todays tip of the day is going to be is going to be with Sweet Potatoes. Now, there are yams in a lot of markets but truthfully they are Sweet Potatoes. Yams are grown in tropical countries and theyre very large. These are grown mainly in the south and these Sweet Potatoes are loaded with flavor. This is the jewel variety. When you buy it, make sure it has nice color all the way around and not a lot of cracking at all. When you bring them home, store them like potatoes in a cool, dry place not in the refrigerator. Otherwise you will ruin them in the refrigerator. Even though they are very popular during the holidays, all year round you should enjoy them because theyre true superfood they are loaded with nutritional value. I mean loaded probably the most nutrition of all the produce items you can find are in the Sweet Potatoes. So there you go, they are in the market great value this time of the year because of the holidays. Enjoy. Im tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. And always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. That will be in a lot of plates come tomorrow. This is one marathon where you have to keep running just to stay warm. We are going to take you to the subzero temperatures of Northern Canada when we come back. , black friday deals. How to score some of the same barg coming up at 5 00, well be live with the crowds lining up early for those black friday deals. How to score some of the same bargains without even leaving your home. That and more coming up at 5 00. Well, running a marathon is hard enough. It is i but for some they want to take it to the next level running in subzero temperatures. A dozen runners ran in manitoba. They are wearing ski pants and parkas. They brave minus 30degree temperatures in the churchill polar bear marathon. Each runner has a support vehicle, a safe haven from the cold. I hope they made it. I want to see them jump in the water. Come on go all the way captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com , eric welcome. Dayzee hi. Eric happy thanksgiving. Dayzee happy thanksgiving to you, too. Hope dayzee, hi dayzee hey, be there in a second. Then you can put me to work. Hope oh, great. Thank you. Hi. Aly name cards . Hope i want to play a little game later, and its kind of critical where everybody sits. Katie hi. Liam happy thanksgiving. Katie yeah, you too. Liam uh. Hope there is a lot going on with this family this year. Charlie i know youre nervous. Sometimes sometimes we have to take chances. You have to be brave. And you have to let it happen. Pam but mother hated cranberries. If she knew that i was