Or reporter President Trump itable to keep politics off the thanksgiving day table when a phone call to the troops turned into an extended rant. Its a terrible thing when judges tell you how to protect your border. President trump also personally visited with members of the u. S. Coast guard. The Holiday Shopping season kicks off. Black friday sales are pected to hit a new record. Consumers are expected to spend more than 1 trillion this wliday season. Ut no thanksgiving would be complete without the national dog show. After nearly 2,000 dogs started the day, weve got seven es them left. Best in show happens to be whippet. Thanksgiving day means football. Hes going to bring the orchestra together. Brown good evening. Ijames brown. This was the coldest this is our western edition. Thanksgiving in new york city since 1901. The mercury in manhattan dropped today to a frostbitten low of 19 degrees. Thats the lowest thanksgiving temperature since Theodore Roosevelt was in the white house. Records fell across the northeast, from binghamton, new york, where it was seven degrees, to augusta, maine, where it was just four above zero. Millions bundled up for the big thanksgiving day parade, hoping the balloons would be clear for takeoff. Heres don dahler. Reporter this was the coldest thanksgiving day in new york city in over 100 years, and right up until parade time, officials held their frozen heeath, hoping the frigid winds would stay below the safety thresholds of 23 Miles Per Hour sustained or 34mileperhour gusts. N. Y. P. D. Chief Rodney Harrison finally got the good news. Right now, its not too bad. Its under 15 Miles Per Hour. But once again, well adjust it as the parade goes on. Me reporter but there was one gnse moment when a 35milean hour gust nearly sent the grinch plunging into the crowd. Ra estimated three Million People braved the bonechilling temperatures along the parade ute. Well see as many as we can before our toes are frozen and we cant feel them. Ni im from arizona, so, im definitely not used to this. Reporter much of the u. S. Saw colderthanusual temperatures for this time of the year. With wind chills expected below 15 degrees, washington, d. C. Institute its cold weather emergency plan. Onile scientists on Mount Washington in New Hampshire saw wind chills of negative 75. The water was so cold, almost 50 frozen turtles washed ashore at cape cod. 17degree weather in buffalo didnt stop the 14,000 runners in the 123rd annual turkey trot. Compare that with alaska and iceland, both of which were j. B. , we should also note that winter is still four weeks away. Brown don, thank you so much. And with, that lets bring in wcbs chief weathercaster lonnie quinn with more on the holiday ie. Ther. Lonnie. All right, j. B. , lets get right to it. Officially in new york city it was the third coldest thanksgiving ever. O mean that record goes back to 1871 for the coldest. But take a look at this the isrtheast under the grip of this arctic air. Emp as your high temp in burlington. Thats a record in burlington by five degrees. Now, you factor in the wind you ndd a wind chill making it feel dramatically closer. New york felt like 15. Felt like four below for burlington and boston. B felt like one below in portland, maine. Syracuse felt like three degrees. Washington, d. C. , 27. So with all this cold air in place, you put some moisture on tp of it, the northeast could get pounded with a lot of snow and there is a system coming aong. However, there is rain tomorrow. Heres the tricky part that heorm right there is going to bring its own warm air. So its rain coming through theo portions of northern new england, it will be rain. Haw out west, with all that nfrescarred land we, unfortunately, looking at more rain as we go into the day tomorrow, and that will continue to give you that threat for mudslides out there, j. B. I will say it can be argued new york city today had the coldest feel of all time because at 8 00 a. M. This morning, new york city felt like 5. 9 degrees. That could possibly be the wncord. Brown lonnie, good to see you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Brown the rain in northern of firefighters to put out the worst wildfire in the states history. , e camp fire is now 90 contained. Outside l. A. , the woolsey fire is 100 contained. This nasa satellite image shows the scar that remains. The areas in brown are scorched. Carter evans now on thanksgiving r the northern fire zone. Reporter recovery crews arent slowing down today. Eypar, urs r a large rainm all but extinguished the massive camp fire. The rain makes it harder to sift through wet ash and debris, but safer for cadaver dogs, searching for human remains, according to deputy mark brown. Or it decreases inhalation hazard for the humans and canines. Reporter all that toxic dust. Theyre not inhaling it, and then the canines, you cant txactly put masks on them because they have to use their nose. Reporter the storm could rm c up to six inches of rain over the next few days, leaving authorities to close down one of ine main access roads to the fire zone. With 52,000 people evacuated, many still have no place to go for the holiday. Some are living in tents in the walmart parking lot, but volunteers, even Celebrity Chefs like guy fieri, have rallied around this community, providing thousands of thanksgiving meals. Giving thanks is exactly what we need. It is exactly what has happened. Thank you. Reporter among the volunteers, firefighters, like jim irving, who already spent weeks on this fire and will now miss dinner with his own family. To me this is its almost like this is id rather be here, you know. Its helping other people. And thats part of what thanksgiving is about. More turkey . Reporter ron white lost his home and his fathers home in the fire. What was it like to come here and have the same guys who tried to save your home serve you thanksgiving dinner . I thank every one of them as soon as i meet them. Hethink that these are absolutely wonderful people. They deserve every consideration that they can get. Reporter this is just one of to thanksgiving events for evacuees today. In all, they are prepared to serve up to 15,000 free meals. J. B. Brown carter, thank you so much. President trump today phoned Commanding Officers from all five branches of the military. He thanked all Service Members for their sacrifices. The president also visited a idast guard station in south florida. Weijia jiang is traveling with the president. They call me up and i sign an der. Reporter from his florida resort, President Trump boreatened to shut down the entire southern border. The re if we find that its it lts to a level where we are going to lose control or people te going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time. Reporter the warning comes as a Migrant Caravan moves closer to the u. S. Mexico border. Nearly 6,000 activeduty troops waiting its arrival. Oe president said he has authorized the use of extreme measures to control the crowd. R if they have to, theyre going to use lethal force. Ive given the o. K. Reporter a white house a ficial says mr. Trump approved a memo from chief of staff john celly to the department of defense, allowing use of force, including lethal force, where necessary. But its illegal for the military to act as a police force. Defense secretary james mattis characterized the memo as more uest request, not an order. P esident trump also warned that nhe government may close in december if congress doesnt change immigration laws to include funding for his proposed wall. The wall is just a part of border security, very important part probably the most important part. But could there be a shutdown . There certainly could. In reporter and the president continued his public feud with chief justice john roberts, who issued a rare statement defending federal judges after mr. Trump claimed those appointed by democratic president s make partisan rulings. Sp john roberts has been speaking a little bit about it, and i think weve and i have a lot of respect for him. Pelike him and i respect him, but i think we have to use some mmon sense. Nd beporter and President Trump rtntinues to stand by his decision not to further punish saudi arabia or its crown prince llr the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. Today, he tweeted and he talked about the kingdoms role in keeping oil prices down and sai. The president also said the c. I. A. Has not determined if th, e reports that it has. B. House republicans haveue subpoe director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch. Republicans want to interview inem separately and privately atout their handling of investigations into president d ump and Hillary Clinton during se 2016 campaign. Now, comey tweets, hes happy to testify publicly but not in a a osed door session. A verdict was reached today in a a se weve been following for d re than a year. A court cleared nine suspects of murder in the beating death of an american man. Six were convicted of less serious charges. Three were set free. As Charlie Dagata reports, the victims parents were outraged. Av reporter having lost their son, today bakari hendersons trents lost their fight for tustice. Its ridiculous. Im sorry, its ridiculous. Chase a man down and beat him to death and then not go to jail and serve jail time. Reporter his mother was itercome with emotion. So, thats all i have to say. Reporter the defendants say they didnt mean to kill henderson. The court agreed. The 22yearold university of arizona graduate was in greece last year to launch a clothing line with friends. On the night of the attack, a igrb woman told investigators she posed for a selfie with the american when a man nearby said, hehere are a lot of serbs in the bar, why are you talking to a black guy . Then, smacked henderson in the face. Henderson hit back. Outside the bar, he was chased by a mob of men and brutally beaten to death. Cbs this mornings gayle king spoke with his parents shortly after his killing. Reporter do you think this was a racially motivated incident or do you just think it hes just something that was out of control and he just happened to be the unlucky victim here . It may not have started that way. Ic may have started out as an American Issue and then resulted in, you know, a black american tragedy. Reporter prosecutors say s ey intend to appeal the ilntences, and its likely the case will be heard by a higher court. The defendants, mainly serbian citizens, smiled and even gave each other highfives, after the verdict was read out. J. B. Brown charlie, thank you upry much. Up next on the cbs evening news, can americans break a bendable habit . The war on waste prompts the reinvention of the drinking straw. For all the airmen deployed from the 455th air Expeditionary Wing at Dyess Air Force base from bagram airfield, we send a o ecial holiday greeting back to our friends and family. Happy thanksgiving only alen for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve back muscle. All day stro a town where almost half the population is selfemployed. This is stonington, maine, lobster fisherman is the lifeblood of this town. By 2030, half of america may take after stonington, selfemployed and without employer benefits. We havent had any sort of benefit plans and were trying to figure that out now. If i had had a little advice back then, id be in a different boat today, for sure. 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Reporter you dont think unch about a straw that is, of course, until it fails you. Try and suck that milkshake through there. Itsn ter eporter in seattle, bob donnegan and his team at kidd valley restaurants have spent spent hundreds of hours testing straws. We have paper straws. We have Plastic Straws from plants. Reporter all this because epllions of Plastic Straws end up as litter, often in the oceans. Which is why this past summer, seattle became the largest city in america to address this problem by banning Plastic Straws in restaurants and replacing them with compostable, or paper, options. The tourists are amused by this. They think this is a great isventure. What is this about . Shakcome i cant suck your milkshake through this straw . Well, the straws that work arent compostable, thats why. Oh. It becomes an education opportunity. Reporter if you ask environmental advocate dune ivars, the straw is only the beginning. So the straw is a symbol. Its a symbol, as you put it. Its a symbol of what . Its a symbol of our consumption. Its a symbol of our relationship to singleuse tiastic that has no end of life. You cannot recycle straws. Reporter ivars is executive wrector of lonely whale, an aignnization that through social media campaigns like stop sucking has helped portray the plastic straw as something we can do without. Isnt there something to be said fn behalf of convenience . Ea as a mom of a four and a halfyearold, i would have to isy, yes, there is something to be said for convenience. To the question has to become, then, how much are we willing to forsake our planet for the sake of a cup of coffee and in a to go container . Reporter its the question on the minds of more and more americans. Paper . Usually, i ask for a paper straw. Reporter plastic . If you didnt have a plastic straw, what would you use . My mouth. Reporter metal . My metal straw 20s my favorite thing. Ephave, like, 20 of them. 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Brown we end tonight 7,000 rom s from new york in the east african nation of rwanda, a teanksgiving staple some take jim axelrod gets to the root of tesweet solution. Reporter these rwandaan villagers are singing songs of me aitude. Thankful for what some aid etrkers have brought them a particular type of sweet potato. Nearly half the kids in rural rwanda suffer from stunted s owth. Many others have vision problems. Both due to diets lacking vitamin a. Weis type of sweet potato, full of vitamia ino better sign when you go to the field and see a kid or a mom or a household siting the orangefleshed potatoes. Er reporter dr. Kirimi sindi is the organizations head researcher in rwanda. He oversaw the years of crossbreeding to naturally create this potato that can thrive in the countrys predictable climate. I think i can be a part of changing the world. Rd the reason is there leouldnt be a reason why some people should be hungry or have no food. Reporter two of uwubumwe jeanes six children had started to lose their vision when she was able to start feeding them Sweet Potatoes, funded in part by a 4 Million Investment from u. S. A. I. D. Hehe color of my childs eyes changed, she said, after she started eating orangeflesh Sweet Potatoes, the eyes turned back to normal. For years, drocella yankulije, a widow, lived in poverty. I was so poor, she says, i had to beg for clothing. Now she grows Sweet Potatoes so successfully, shes been able to hire other women. I feel so happy that ive become a woman of importance in my community. Usnce orangeflesh Sweet Potatoes are just about the only sriety consumed in the u. S. , dr. Sindi says a story about fighting hunger in rwanda should carry special meaning here ldday. I would want americans at home to understand that the yam, or the orangeflesh potato that they eat on thanksgiving, mainly, and they take it for maanted. Reporter whether its here, there, or anywhere else, a smile on the face of a oncehungry kid, thats something for which we can all be thankful. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Thgs of absolutely agree, jim. Bountiful harvest. Well, thats the cbs evening news for this thanksgiving. For jeff glor, im james brown. Ill see you back here tomorrow night. Happy thanksgiving, and good night. Kpix news begins now. Rain is causing problems. Here and in the fire zone. First, we have an by hour forecast. Literally by the hour we will see the raits way to the s san jose will get much needed bay area rainfall. It is a steady soaking rain. Solano, napa, mendocino county. Clearlake, middletown, calistoga, santa rosa are all in the rainfall. It is now raining in richmond, san francisco, oakland, berkeley, fairfield. Lets go hour by hour. By 10 pm, it will stretch to the santa clara valley. Tomorrow everyone is soggy. Morrow evening, everyone is soggy. This will be a 24 hour rain events. 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