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Thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. And deals steals. The Holiday Shopping season kicks off as nearly 40 million americans are expected to hit the stores this weekend and solving your turkey troubles. Our dream team of experts here to tackle all your lastminute food emergencies. . I was dead in the water . . Today you get amy robach and dan harris. You know its a holiday if im here. Oh, its a holiday every day youre here, dan. Thank you for that. Good morning, and happy thanksgiving, america. Right now millions are gathering for the countrys parade and take a look at them now. The parade routes in new york and philadelphia. Soon to be packed with parade fans. And if youre hosting a holiday dinner today weve got three expert chefs with lastminute solutions to your throughout the show this morning. All right, i will be taking notes. First to ginger for the latest on the winter storm watches making travel tough for a lot of people, ginger. Oh, amy, as nice as it is here this will be the busiest travel thanksgiving weekend since 2007 and almost 90 of those traveling are hitting the roads and theyre far from perfect. We are all making the mad dash to get home and two storms are visibility near zero on i80 near salt lake city. Winds gusting to almost 50 miles per hour. Cars wiping out on icy highways as nearly 49 million get on the road this weekend. Well just take it slow and take it easy. Reporter the holiday rush starting as more of a slow crawl in los angeles. This aerial view showing bumper to bumper traffic for the second day in a row on the 405. Its crazy, you know, everybody is trying to rush gridlock showing up in cities across the nation. Just a traffic nightmare. Reporter what about those flocking to the airports . In minneapolis, crews racing to deice planes and clear snow, long lines wrapping around terminals from denver to chicago to washington, d. C. We are eerily comfortable in philadelphia. Can you see twetty bird hardly flapping in the little breeze we northeast does have a few areas that will be slick anywhere you see in pink there mixing over to snow. Some of the spots in western and Central New York that got hit pretty hard recently getting a little precipitation this morning but even more precip happening, flood watches, winter storm warnings out in the west. Those two pockets are not only going to affect air travel but absolutely those folks hitting the road. Today is only one of the days that folks travel. Sunday is the big day and its not looking good in a lot of places, stay with us because ill have that forecast in just a bit. Amy. To rob for a look at how things are shaping up at the macys thanksgiving day parade. Hi, rob. Hi, amy. 90th anniversary of this beautiful parade and i come to you live from a place im very comfortable with, the doghouse. This is where snoopy usually resides. 1 of 26 floats that begin on Central Park West and weve got a dozen or so giant moons, of which snoopy is one of them. Doghouse today. Weve got great weather for the parade. Looks like the rain will hold off and winds more importantly for those balloons will be tempered down as well. Over a thousand cheerleaders and over a thousand clowns, this one is a big one and well be coming to you live right from the start line getting going at about 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Theyll let you out of the doghouse at some point. Well, my wife still hasnt let me out but hopefully my producers will. House. It wasnt that serious. Rob, thank you very much. Well be back to you throughout the show. Good luck getting out of that doghouse. We should say along with the balloon and floats it will include massive security today to protect the millions of people who come out to see the show and abcs gio benitez is right there along the parade route. Gio, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning to you. Thats right. They are taking security very seriously here, 500 Additional Police officers will be out here at this years parade. This morning, new York City Police on high alert protecting the parade and 3. 5 Million People. More than 3,000 officers on duty. Some armed with heavy weapons, while others are in plainclothes hiding among the crowd. Im worried about keeping everybody safe. Thats our job. Its an important function. Reporter authorities blocking off crossstreets with more than 80 sandfilled trucks and more than 100 blocker cars earlier isis propaganda called the parade an excellent target. The fbi issuing this warning holiday celebrations beginning with thanksgiving and the start of the shopping season could be targeted by International Terrorists or homegrown violent extremists. Theres no credible and specific information of any specific threat directed at this parade. Reporter but police arent taking any chances. Visiting 135 truck rental locates making sure suspicious is trying to rent one. Just days ago, police in new york arresting this man who prosecutors say talked of attacking times square. So i got to tell you even with all this security so many people here are so excited about this and, amy, one more stat for you. Cops outnumber clowns 31. Thats probably a good thing, gio, thanks so much for that. We turn to the trump transition. The president elect naming including two female cabinet appointees. Abcs devin dwyer joins us from washington with those details. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump rolling out cabinet appointments at a faster pace than president obama did eight years ago, overnight we learned he filled a key economic post as he also moves to diversify his team. To the donald trump cabinet add a controversial billionaire. Ers in xhekt. Reporter abc news learned president elt wilbur ross to head the commerce department. Ross made millions on wall street turning around bankrupt companies for profit. In 2006 when he owned the struggling sago coal mine in west virginia, an explosion and collapse killed a dozen miners. Regulators cited safety violations. He told our brian ross it was the worst week of his life. Were you comfortable sending men into that hole. We were comfortabled based on the assurances from our a safe situation. Reporter ross joins a cast of cabinet picks that now include two women and former trump critics. South carolina governor nikki haley, ambassador to the u. N. And for the Education Department, an agency trump once said should be largely eliminated trump tapped gop megadonor, betsy devos, waiting in the wings. The offer is on the table and there are a lot of other possibilities that were considered. Reporter ben carson said positions including secretary of housing and urban development. He posted wednesday that hes had serious discussions with the trump transition team. Trump is mulling his next options while spending the holiday at his luxury estate in florida, before the thanksgiving feast, trump used a Youtube Video to call for healing. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very reporter now, donald trump will be at maralago through the weekend. They are expected to have a turkey dinner today but transition officials tell us hell be back at work tomorrow interviewing more possible candidate picks. Hes met with 60 so far, amy. All right, devin, thanks so much. Lets bring in Cokie Roberts in mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, home, of course the state home of course to nikki haley. Good morning to you, cokie. Good morning. Happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to you, as well. We know nikki haley was a very vo during the election. Yes. To say the least but so what do you make of her nomination for u. N. Ambassador . I think its very interesting that he is able to go beyond his strict loyalists, because that seemed to be the thing that mattered most to him during the campaign was that somebody was loyal to him and she certainly wasnt but she is an interesting pick. She really came to prominence after the horrendous church together. She insisted on bringing down the Confederate Flag and just ended that controversy for good and then after Hurricane Matthew hit, she was also a very strong presence in the state. And trump thinks she can make a deal and he thinks thats a good deal for the u. N. Ambassador, of course, her Foreign Policy experience is pretty nil, but i think that that job is one of speaking for the president and she can probably speak to the so u. N. Ambassador, education secretary, as well. Trump nominating the first two women to his administration. Does that do anything to ease concerns many have about trumps attitude towards women . Probably not. But it would have been a lot worse if it were all white men which is what it was looking like at the beginning. So it does help at least in that regard but, look, the proof is absolutely going to be in the make women nervous about their rights, then that will be the issue, not a couple of women showing up in the cabinet. But its a lot better than just going with straight, you know, old white men which is where we were. And quickly we know he may also be adding ben carson to that list, as well. What will you be looking for in the next days and weeks to come . More of the same. I mean, more of his ability to find people who did not support in a much broader sense and the place im really most cure bus is secretary of state. All right, yes, a lot of people wondering where hell go with that. Cokie roberts, thanks very much. Okay, amy. That is one of the big remaining one, thanks to cokie. One quick little headline. There were no winners in last nights megapowerball drawing. The jackpot hit 359 million and since nobody took home the big prize that number will go higher now. Saturdays drawing will be worth largest Powerball Jackpot ever and it could get even bigger in the meantime, depending on how many tickets are sold. Right, so, you know, a lot of people may be taking some of that and thinking about, hey, if someone does win, christmas is done, right . Christmas shopping. Holiday shopping and a lot of thanksgiving deals going on, black friday tomorrow but some major retailers including barnes noble, costco, nordstrom, dillards and sams taking a break and keeping their doors closed so their employees can spend time with family but, yes, still big bargains online and in stores and abcs Rebecca Jarvis is at a walmart in chicago and is walmart open, rebecca . Oh, boy, is it open, amy. Good morning to you. Walmart Stores Across the country are open today and they are ready with 1. 5 million tvs in stock, toys, Electronics Galore so you can have all the turkey dinner. This morning, its on. More than 137 million americans expected to shop this weekend. On the hunt for the best deals of the season. Like this 40inch l. E. D. Tv on sale at walmart for 125 and at target, this ipad pro now 100 off for 449. But in this years battle for your attention and hard earned dollars, retailers are testing out some new tricks. Competing on price but where theyre also competing is toy exclusivity, so what youre seeing, especially online is walmar walmart, target and amazon offering toys you can only get online. Reporter some stores are doing the opposite like macys, the Worlds Largest Department Store Company Rolling out its own instore exclusives on apparel and fragrances so you have to be physically there to showrooms focusing on delivering a more unique instore experience and at select neimanmarcus stores a brandnew twist, partnering with rent the runway making clothes available to rent at their brick and mortar stores. Other retailers even trying on for size this novel idea, staying closed for thanksgiving. Now, for those who have decided to stay closed today, there are still many offers online so you can shop today in your pjs for try out this idea, hang out with the family, enjoy an oldfashioned thanksgiving, amy. I think thats where im going. Thanks so much. Joined by richard barry, toys r us executive Vice President and global chief. Toys r us will be open later. We certainly will. What are you doing to incentivize shoppers to walk through your doors and enjoy the madness. We have a whole store of awesome. We have literally hundreds of ads open from 5 00 to midnight and awesome doorbusters and not only have the greatest amount but great exclusive items like the nerf you do have some hot ones. I can see this being a big favorite with little ones but it looks like what are the deals . Whats different about the nerf terrascout, youre blaster and use on the screen, fire the nerf blaster. Oh, wow. I can see that being a big favorite. Look, i see a star wars character here. Were super excited about the rogue one movie out in december and super excited about the new content well see tonight. This is a 12inch figure with great technology. 65 lights and sounds and this item is 29. 99. Talking all morning. All right, pokemon still big. 12. 49, pokemon is doing super, super well so a great deal for our customer. This isnt just a regular stuffed animal, no . No, i defy anyone not to fall in love with snuggles, my dream pup. The real pup without the mess. You can feed her and when you touch her nose her face squinches up. So cute. What about five barbie five fashionista barbie dolls for under 30, amazing deal and whats different about these barbie dolls they got different hair, eye and skin tones and different facial shapes which mays them very unique and they have an accessory and matching pair of shoes. Something for everyone. And then i want to get to all this but ive heard this is huge. The hatchuals. Beginning to hatch and get the surprise of a toy you begin to nurture. Still available, not off the shelves. Available all throughout the holiday season. Many more comeing. Were you taking notes . This is your genre right here. I have a 2yearold. Im hoping he was not watching. No offense. Let me change the subject, though, we want to talk turkey. Its time for our thanksgiving dream team of expert chefs, roccdi and Eddie Jackson will answer your questions throughout the morning. A few quickies here. My producers are trying to embarrass me so made the first question from sondra on facebook would asks, where should i put the turkey thermometer and does it stay in the whole time . Want to answer that . You as a demonstration . Before we get into anything technical. Is watching. Relax. Everything is okay. Put the turkey in the oven now by the way, now before we get to the thermometer so the thermometer question is really important. Good way to know if a turkey is done and cook it till about 155 an let it rest for an hour or half hour until it reaches 160 and put the thermometer right here, right there. Right there. In the thigh. So in the thigh. All the way in. All the way in. Let it sit there minutes until it adjusts and it captures the temperature. That wasnt too bad. Wish me luck. This is my last morning here at oh, my gosh. Thank you very much. Im not sure if these guys will be back either but it says our experts will answer your questions throughout the show so keep it here for that. Willss go back to ginger with the weather. Save me. Ah, here we are the homewood patriot marching band. Two, three, four. Im starting it out. Left, right, left, right. Were trying. Anyway, lets get to the sunny cities brought to you by kohls. Today mostly cloudy. A few morning showers. Highs 5358 winds s 5 to calm lows 3743 winds light black friday mostly cloudy. Stray coming up, the shoulder bump that led to a fierce confrontation with a plainclothes cop. The new charges against the man in the video and the woman who shot it. Travel with my daughter. Roller derby. . This is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. But, if we start saving even just 1 more of our annual income. We could keep doing all the things we love. Prudential. Bring your challenges. . 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Anchor on this thanksgiving, starting on the cloudy side. A few showers through 11 00 a. M. This morning, then mostly cloudy, highs in the middle 50s. Black friday shopping, warmer pie the afternoon. Into the upper 50s. Brighter. More sunshine, 52 degrees both days. Breezy saturday with winds gusting to about 25 miles an hour. Reporter good morning. Traffic looking light out there. This shot on the beltway inner loop traffic moving away from you, a little bit deceiving. Heading further up well come into a delay, an earlier accident still blocking 2 right avenue. Expect delays there. We asked woman to smell two body washes and pick their favorite. They both smell good. I like better. I prefer b. B. I would like to smell ke this every day. But what was body wash a . Ohhhh i love bath and bodyworks. I have this in my bathroom. And what was the one they preferred . Ohhhh. This is suave. Really . Thats quite a bit of smelling good. . . . . . . . . . . Anchor good morning. Happy thanksgiving. Likely one of the worst for some northeast dc residents, though. Water and sewage pouring into the basements of homes at delafield place last friday. A week later residents are still dealing with all the damage. Without heat and hot water. Happening right now, a thanksgiving tradition going strong. Hundreds of volunteers at the knights of columbus are cooking meals for thousands. Well after live report in about 30 minutes on news channel 8. Another thanksgiving tradition already ramping up in german town, these people getting an early jump on black friday, camped out in front of best buy all night. Have a happy thanksgiving. . Happy holidays from crayola. So when do i start . Um, shouldnt it be spokescrayon . Can somebody turn on the a c . Im melting here. . Air marker spraayer . Chemistry, baby so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay. Im okay. The holidays just got more surprising. You can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. Welcome back to Good Morning America. Youre looking live at the macys thanksgiving day parade right here in new york city. Ah. Filled with confetti and all. More than 3. 5 Million People expected to line the streets to enjoy the floats and the balloons as security is tighter than ever. We learn from gio clowns on the streets of new york. Are those babies or little bo peeps . I was trying to figure out what they were so thats why i avoided mentioning it . Yeah. Sorry. Two storm systems expected to create havoc from the west coast all the way through the northeast. Ginger has more on that coming up. And this morning donald trump spending the thanksgiving holiday at his resort in florida, maralago, with his wife melania and their son barron. The president elect is expected cabinet picks. Weve mentioned ginger. She is at the parade central in philadelphia. The celebration is already starting as people line the streets to see all those fleets and balloons and clowns and little bo peep, et cetera. It is, by the way, home of the first thanksgiving day parade ever. That was 97 years ago honoring the holiday and ginger is right there on the parade route. By the way, i wanted to say love your jacket. Well, thank you so much. Me too. Why not a little hot pink on at thanksgiving. Behind me. 18 of them right down there, the floats, im sorry and the big balloon, we are right at the corner of fun and fun here on thanksgiving. But the weather is not cooperating for some parts of the nation. Right in the northeast, though, holding off on the rain for much of the morning. You can see the temperatures in the upper 30s, low 40s, not too bad. Its where it is in the higher elevations, sleet or freezing rain or just the slick Road Conditions that are going to be a problem. You bring it to later in the through and changing over into parts of new england into that mix and snow. So we could have had a lot worse. I have had a lot worse standing on this parade route. A look at the western storm in just a couple of minutes but for now we head back to amy and dan. Im sure your outfits look awesome too. I just cant see them. Yes, im also wearing hot pink inspired by you. I bet you are. Well switch to a much more serious story that involves the arrest of a man would bumped into a plainclothes officer in faceoff youre looking at. He is facing charges as are the two women who shot this video. Linsey davis is on the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Seconds before the video that youre about to see two men bumped into each other while crossing the treat but then the incident between in Plainclothes Police officer and pedestrian ends in criminal charges and some are saying the end result is more about policing and racial tensions in this country. Show me your badge. Hey. This morning surrounding this video about how two men bumping into each other while crossing the street escalated to this. Can you get your hands off me . Youre supposed to say excuse me when you cross the creek. Reporter this 21yearold said he was walking across the street after leaving work last month when he looked down at a text message. Ended up bumping shoulders with another man who he insists didnt say excuse me. I turn back and say some cute stuff, you have to say excuse me before you just people like that and he didnt like that at all. Reached out for my sweater, began to call. Reporter the Police Officer Sergeant Thomas ahearn alleges hodge made eye contact with him and intentionally walked into him. In a Police Report ahearn wrote, i walked up to him in an attempt to deescalate the situation and identified myself as a Police Officer. He says hodge replied with expletives and continued to which i interprettied as a preassault cue. Now hodge faces charges for Disorderly Conduct and assault and battery. Stop. Dont reach into his pocket. Do you have a warrant to search him . Reporter the woman seen here grabbing at the officers arm is now charged with assault and battery on a Police Officer. She and another woman who videotaped the incident also face charges of interfering with a Police Officer. Cambridge Police Department released this statement saying the officers actions were consistent with his duty that assault and Battery Charge carries as much as 2 1 2 years behind bars, all three defendants are due in court december 21st. It seemed like there was a lot of overreaction here perhaps on both sides but now taxpayer dollars have to take it to court. Plays into so much stress and tension between communities and police right now. And especially with black men and police and how its being viewed in america. All right, linsey, thank you. Well, as the cold weather hits much of the country many humidifiers, now is a good time to remind you what can happen if you dont regularly clean yours according to the manufacturer instructions. Abcs about gio benitez with more about gma investigates. Reporter the steam from a humidifier seen as a way to prevent sore throats and dry sinuses but could that steam really be spreading germs that could make you sick . Most people dont know how to clean them. Ew. I dont know how to clean a humidifier. Its not the most easy thing to clean. I know im not reaching all the tiny corners. Reporter or dont clean them as often as they should. I clean the humidifier about once a month. Reporter gma investigates collecting ten humidifiers from philadelphia area families to test for bacteria and mold. Almost all admit they dont clean their humidifiers regularly. Some have asthma and allergies. I dont know what youll find but im curious. Humidifiers from six differ manufacturers at the lab at Thomas Jefferson University Home and this doctor testing water from inside the humidifiers water tank and the vapor it emits. Out of the ten humidifiers, all had bacteria in the tank. Two had heavy bacteria growing inside and also in the vapor that our experts say could make our family sick. I was surprised by the heavy growth and a few of the devices that you tested. Reporter and in three of the humidifiers, mold. How are you . Ready to see what was growing in there . Oh, gross. Reporter they found some bacteria but more importantly they found mold in the vapor which means the mold was going out. Thats not good. Especially since we have asthma in our house and allergies. Reporter mold in this familys humidifier, as well. Mold can cause nasal congestion, sore throat. If they have asthma it can cause chest tightness or wheezing. Reporter now for the humidifier with the most bacteria. And here are the results right here. Our experts labeling it extremely dirty and they say whats inside could cause pneumonia. Kind of looked like maybe a swamp. This is what was growing inside your humidifier. Oh, gosh. Reporter because nurse you know what that mean. It means my kids are not safe which is very concerning. Reporter bottom line, experts say you need to clean a humidifier every day emptying and rinsing the base and letting it air dry before refilling and every week you should clean it thoroughly according to the manufacturers instructions. For Good Morning America, gio benitez, abc news, new york. And we reached out to all of the manufacturers of humidifiers in our test and each emphasized the importance of following manufacturer crane told us the cleaning instructions are so critical it puts them right on the base of the product itself in big letters, empty base and daily and disinfect weekly. Dan is at the big board. The politics of thanksgiving. A huge question right now. Families all over the country preparing to see each other for the holidays. How to keep politics off the table. Plus on this black friday eve, the inside track on getting our insiders join us in two minutes. Keep it here. Its about moving forward not back. Its looking up not down. Its feeling up thinking up living up. Its being in motion. In body in spirit in the now. Boost. Its not just nutrition, its intelligent nutrition. With 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. All in 3 delicious flavors. Its choosing to go in one direction. Up. Im here with targets black friday 30 off apparel doorbuster you guys look amazing good thing i wore my formal frosting tonight get 30 off apparel starting tonight 6pm at target. Its targets electronics doorbusters you guys are hot, and you . U. Hdtv . , you look great well i mean. Everything looks amazing on you, you are 4k hey, nice of you to join us, dan. I was chitchatting with members of the crew. I got distracted . Welcome back. Time for our big board. Were breaking down more of this mornings top stories and lets start with, ah, politics at the thanksgiving table. It can be a recipe for disaster especially this year after the the country are reuniting under one roof and abcs Cokie Roberts is back with us and i know, cokie, you have covered a lot of president ial campaigns, theyre all divisive to a degree. This one, though, perhaps takes the cake. I mean, i know people who arent going home for the holidays because they dont want to deal with the political conversations. I see becky worley shaking her head on that one too. Thats probably a big excuse, amy. The fact is is that politics is at thanksgiving. And i remember during the vietnam war it was war at thanksgiving tables, but think about it. I mean, thanksgiving is little cousin susie coming home and announcing she is now esmeralda and she is vegan and wants to be only referred to as esmeralda from here on out or great aunt dolly saying shes leaving her husband of 70 years because she ran into her high school boyfriend. Its just its just always true. Yeah, but politics really are as you know, cokie, because we force you to talk about it all the time, top of mind right now. Any advice for people how to deal with this across the table . You know what, ive been doing this entire political season at mixed tables is talking about dogs. I think its a great thing to do. You just talk about dogs and people pull out its just fine. Im happy to talk about their dogs, as well as my dog and if people dont like dogs, i dont like them so i dont really much care about them beyond that but it really does work to talk about the dogs thats great advice. If we needed any further proof that Cokie Roberts is a genius, we just saw it right there. Cokie, thank you. Lets turn to another huge part of thanksgiving, football. As fans get ready to watch the three big matchups today the season. And Espns Darren Rovell is here with more. Hey, darren, so whats going on here . Why are we seeing a little dip in the ratings . Well, listen, the average game is around 3 08. Thats been the same over the past couple of years but i think maybe weve changed. Were looking at our phones more and millennials and what theyre doing and a question as to whether theres too much football, sunday night, monday night, thursday night, thursday in a couple of years if things arent going well and talk about the election, did that take away things . There there the protests over the national anthem, do people think thats too much . A lot of things the nfl is looking at and right now theyre not really sure. So theyre looking to make some changes and among them could be a pretty big one involving commercial time. Yeah, listen, out of that 3 make up 63 minutes, so you think about that how do they cut that down . Can they put virtual signage on the field . Can they do anything to get the message out . People have a kickoff, it goes to the commercial. Its going to commercial too much and theres certainly this sense there. Can they do something with replay . Can someone bring an ipad out to the refs so the refs could look at it and make a call. Replay makes up 15 minutes of total game time of when theyre playing is 12 minutes. Whoa. Definitely pressure. If you think this is something new, by the way, in 1993, cover of Sports Illustrated can the nfl be saved . Were talking about this all the time but a lot more pressure right now. I think they should make the commercials like super bowl commercials because thats why i even tune in, so maybe if they could make more creative commercials they wouldnt have to cut their commercial time. To family members who are hunkered down watching football. Others ready to head out the door for their own big game. The kickoff to the black friday weekend starts today. So were making a sports analogy to shopping. Just had to follow that. Becky worley is with us now. So, becky, where . The big question where can people find the biggest deals . Were hoping its not a full contact sport but if price is the only thing that matters, focus on doorbusters. These are limited supply item, slashed to the bare right to it. Tvs 32inch tv at 85. Last year the cheapest sets were 125, getting cheaper. Youll see deals exclusively online. Kindle fire 30 bucks off and lionel trains, 50 off and 79, 50 bucks off. These are really the bare bones prices, guys. What about laptops . I hear theyre hot right now. How low can they go . We are seeing an incredibly low 99 laptop from the delhomme store. This is not the best computer but it is the best price. I like how you said you hear laptops are big now. Really . I heard it no, that laptops i mean theyre hot in terms of the seas. The same people who told me ask me to ask where you put a thermometer in a turkey. Whats the hot toy . Youve heard about it already, the hatchimal. Mine has hatched. You peel it out of an egg. You dont know what variety youre getting. Mine is the penguala. You could get an owlacorn. It talks to you. Walmart says theyll be available for 48 in store tonight at 6 00 p. M. Otherwise i found them on ebay wow. Contact sport doesnt happen for these. Great way to defuse the political discussion. Thank you to our guest this morning and happy thanksgiving coming up here on the show, turkey 911. Our team of experts tackling your lastminute dilemmas. In just two minutes we have your answer. 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Side effects may include diarrhea, nausea, upper respiratory tract infection, and headache. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. And were back with our team of thanksgiving cooking he can and Eddie Jackson. Good luck with these folks. Im looking forward to it. Weve been getting tweets and people posting questions at gmas facebook question and our chefs are here to answer. Tweeted by tonya, do have a quick go to recipe for cranberry sauce. Put it in a food processory stevia and orange zest and good to go. Question. Green bean casserole can be heavy. Do you have a lighter version . Yes, of course, just make green beans almondine traditional style and a little bit of crouton, put it on top, a little fried keep it light. Samantha tweeted how do i cut prep time on desserts . I know there is a grandmother rolling around in her grave right now but store bought crust is fine. They have so many different options out there now so you can cut a little getting the for bought time. How do you make the edges so pretty . All with your thumbs. The thumbs. All right. All right. We have much more from our thanksgiving 911 crew coming up in our next hour answering all the important questions about your turkey, sides and desserts and holiday deals steals with tory. All in your thumbs. Keep that in mind. Gmas countdown to thanksgiving brought to you by walmart. . . . . . . . I dont want to live with or wonder whether i should seek treatment. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Harvoni is proven to cure up to 99 of patients. Whove had no prior treatment. It transformed treatment as the first cure thats. One pill, once a day for 12 weeks. Certain patients. Can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. 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Today, they will serve about 3,000 meals for those in need here in this community. You can see it is not just, of course, the sizes. What would thanksgiving be without a turkey . Its all carved, keeping warm, ready to go. 1400 off these meals will be packaged up and delivered to those across this community to make sure that everyone here has a hot meal on this thanksgiving day. Back to you. Anchor all right. Here isic. Reporter on this thanksgiving, cloudy aside. A few showers through 11 00 a. M. This morning, then mostly cloudy, highs in the middle 50s. Black friday shopping, warmer by the afternoon. Were into the upper 50s. Then headed into the weekend lot brighter. More sunshine, 52 degrees both days. Breezy saturday with winds gusting to about 25 miles an hour. Reporter good morning. Looks like were checking out cameras on the roadways. Well start with the crash reported on lock wood drive at New Hampshire avenue. Watch for slow downs in the area. Mongomery county police were showing us something in the area. Looks like we had a fire truck earlier. The one right now working is the southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue. Nor back road. Turning the camera youll see the eastbound lanes are blocked with crash activity. Southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue blocked with the accident activity. Back to you guys. You can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. See you in about 30 minutes. Have a agine a world where instead of rushing to buy were closed on thanksgiving because family time comes first. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Holiday travel alert. Two thanksgiving storms on the move. Rain, sleet and snow coast to coast, icy roads in the east and flood watches in the west as tens of millions of americans hit the road this morning. . Story of my life . It is the season for giving mission for families and helping parents from all walks of life. If people cant afford to adopt children, what happens to these children . Her story and how shes making her mess her message. Its thanksgiving 911. Were making sure your meal is done right from the turkey to the side dishes to desserts. Our Holiday Dream Team is standing by all morning tackling your lastminute turkey troubles. Tory johnson is here with holiday deals steals starting at just 5. And shes here to say good morning, america. . And good morning, america. Happy thanksgiving, everyone. You dont have to wait until blackish for amazing deals. Tory johnson is here with Holiday Gifts for everyone on your list up to 70 off. Comfortable. Or uncomfortable. I cant tell which. Yes, either hes been chained to that chair or hes really happy. Swallowed by some large fish. Somebody told him to smile. Also today our thanksgiving 911 throwdown. Expert chefs rocco dispirito, Amanda Freitag and Eddie Jackson here in times square to answer your questions. Just be careful with these guys as weve said, they it end to work a little nc17 at times. Dream team. Theyre amazing. If you have questions you do want to tune in. Parades are underway. Ginger in philly with amazing broadway stars and rob at the big macys parade. Ginger is doing her dancing with the stars stuff out there. She cant stop. I love it. Amazing. But well get serious. Have you headlines thats right, good morning, everyone. There could be more travel trouble unfortunately for millions of americans this thanksgiving. Snow and freezing rain could delay travel plans. People from the west coast to parts of the affected. Lets go back to ginger in philadelphia for the details on what areas are hardest hit this morning. Ginger. Yeah. And if you guys can hear me here, were here in philadelphia where the rain has held off thus far. So lets go ahead and look at the map. I want to take you straight into the trouble spots, slick areas you may be seeing rain along and, of course, rain switching to snow along some of the highways in the northeast. Travel on this thanksgiving itself its sunday that we have to worry about and sunday is the day that i want to give you an idea whats going to happen. As everybody goes back rain and snow mix up in the northeast, new england and then that new storm there, the wet weather from minneapolis and, of course, a little more mountain snow in the pacific northwest. We have so much fun coming up here in philadelphia. Were im almost winded from what we were just doing so, dan and amy or im sorry. Well head right back in to yo great. Looking forward to checking back with you later. In the meantime, president elect donald trump has posted a thanksgiving message to the country and in the Youtube Video trump called for americans to heal their divisions, trust each other more and move forward as one country. Trump is said to be conflicted about the choice between mitt romney and Rudy Giuliani for secretary of state. Trump is expected to name investor wilbur ross, known as the king of bankruptcy, as his commerce secretary. Advocate and billionaire gop donor betsy devos to lead the Education Department and South Carolina governor nikki haley to be u. N. Ambassador. Meanwhile, Hillary Clintons lead over trump in the popular vote now tops 2 million. Former Green Party Candidate jill stein is calling for a recount in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. She has raised more than 2 million to cover that cost. And some sad news from chattanooga, tennessee, a sixth child has died after this not on the designated route. They say there were no drug, no alcohol in his system so theyre looking at whether fatigue could have played a role because the driver recently started a second job. Back here in new york a worker at this wine store got the scare of his life when the ecigarette battery in his pocket, look at that, exploded. A colleague thought fireworks were going off. He was hospitalized with burns but thankfully in stable condition this morning. Potential disruption this holiday weekend. A judge ordered pilots at a Cargo Airline who went on strike this week to return to work. The pilots at abx air deliver packages for amazon and want better working conditions but the judge ruled it is in the Public Interest to stop the strike because Holiday Shoppers expect to receive their packages on time. Finally, most people are having turkey for dinner today but what are you havinging for breakfast . How about eating three spoonfuls in the morning gives you faster reaction time and make you better at processing information than those did not eat ice cream. It stimulates the Pleasure Centers in the brain making you happier and more focussed linked to elevated levels of alertness and reduced mental irritation. This study brought to you by ben jerrys. Ron claiborne used to eat a pint of ice cream before every show. We were just talking about spoonfuls. He took it deep as ron is apt to do. He is very sharp. One of the best broadcasters in the business. Speaking of that pop news time with lara. Wow, that scares me. Did you have ice cream before this. Of course, rocky road and get ready for this rocky road. The la la land cast and crew in a n featurette. Director damien says the chemistry between the two stars which is a massive oscar bus contenders says it reminds him of humphrey and bacall and fred astaire and ginger rogers. He put gosling through intense preproduction training to become a true musician and dancer and then he had the whole cast and crew do dance rehearsals every single day for over eight j. K. Simmons says emma and ryan have a rare triple threat combination as singers, dancers and actors. La la land dances its way into theaters december i can see you i have chills right now. Im not kidding. I love this movie so much for a lot of Different Reasons and if you dont like musicals, there isnt its something for everyone. I brought my daughters and we were laughing, we were crying. Its so good. Do you think it could beat out the more serious movies like manchester by the sea or moonlight. Thats the names were hearing but i think this one when you can pull off singing and dancing and you can bring your family and kid. Im excited. All right. I know december 9th you have to wait until, sorry. In thanksgiving news president obama pardoned two turkeys named tater and tot with punderful jokes. He was there without his stomach another year of dad jokes. He has future plans to make up for their fowl mood. Take a look. Ding, ding, ding. We are going to do this every year from now on. No camera, just us, every year, no way im cutting this habit cold turkey. Look at that look on his face. He was on fire. He knows he did it. When you do a great pun you wait. Do you get it . Does everyone get it. Its all gravy now for tater tot. From here on in theyre heading to gobblers rest and be cared for by veterinarians and students of the Science Department there. We are rooting for you, tater and tot and, president obama, thanks for all those years of dad jokes. Many of us are looking forward to topping our turkey with gravy. Introducing gravy flavored candy Archie Mcphees Candy Company channeling their inner willy wonky with this neat flavored kane. There is a bacon cane and a pickle cane. My favorite. tis the season where calories dont count and neither do candy cane flavors apparently. A great way to cut calories. Horserad dish they have a wasabi cane. That is coming up next, holiday helper deals steals starting at just 5. 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Broadway philadelphias mamma mia, dirty dancing. Elf. Were starting to see the huge balloons go past. Such an exciting morning and a beautiful morning weatherwise. Today mostly cloudy. A few morning showers. Highs 5358 winds s 5 to calm lows 3743 winds light black friday mostly cloudy. Stray shower. All right. Here we are back and i have a couple of clowns. We are back in philadelphia. I got a couple of clowns. Its not a parade till you do that, rob. Lets get to rob now at the macys parade in new york city. Thank you. All right, ginger, i was at the philly parade last year. Its phenomenal and the macys thanksgiving day parade is a big doozy, as well. 90th running of it at the start line w thats charlie brown. Ale get things kicked off. Central park west and for as far clowns too. Over a thousand clowns and for as far as the eye can see, lined up down Central Park West weve got, well, 16 floats. Can you believe that and what would a parade be without marching band, over a dozen. Ladies and gentlemen, one of them right here from kennesaw, georgia, the Harrison High School marching band. . Who you gonna call, guys, ghostbusters. Happy thanksgiving for the start of the macys thanksgiving day parade. Back to you guys. All right, robert, thank you very much. Back now on this thankful thursday with an inspiration mom on a mission and robin has her story. Reporter happy thanksgiving, everyone and thanksgiving is all about family and togetherness so in honor of that i wanteto right here in new york city thats making her mess her message. After learning she couldnt have children on her own, becky snyderfaucet and her husband kip decided to adopt but it was a process through of hurdles and surprises and put becky on a mission to help other adoptive parents to fulfill their dreams of having a family. My journey to become a mother was not what i expected it to be. I really didnt think i would and having a child. Reporter but they did have trouble. Both emotionally and financially. After five rounds of ivf, three pregnant cyst and three miscarriages, they decided to try Something Else. We had just the amount left in our savings that would cover an adoption. It just hit me, how lucky i was to be making these choices on my terms because an average adoption costs 40,000. In full and up front. The adoption of their first child jake becky knew she and kip wanted to help others too. We had to do something to help these other families become parents and to help these kids get homes because the trick of it all is, if people cant afford to adopt children, what happens to these children . Reporter from her apartment she launched help us adopt. An organization now in its ninth year that helps give financial we dont discriminate, period. Family is family. You want to adopt a child, you have a valid home study, come. Reporter and becky has a family of her own. She and kip adopted jake now 10 and brooke who just turned 7. I have to literally pinch myself to remind myself at points throughout the day that these children did not come out of my body. They are my own. We are a family. They are my son, they are my daughter. Different. Reporter nine years later, becky and her organization have helped build 179 families and award over 1. 5 million in adoption grants. I believe that we have changed the way americans perceive adoption. I mean, it really is cool that you can take an idea and make it happen. Its pretty easy to get up and go to work every day. What a blessing. More about becky and her organization just visit he helpusadopt. Org. Thank you, robin. Our panel of chefs ready to head into gmas turkey 911 stadium tackling your lastminute turkey troubles. And garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood here with a special anchor good morning to you washington. Happy thanksgiving. As we celebrate thanksgiving, Mongomery County Police are on the hunts for drunk drivers during the holiday season. The departments Holiday Alcohol Task force kicking off and cracking down last weekend. That Task Force Made 22dui arst also happening right now, new york at the police and Counter Terrorism officials trying to keep people safe at the annual macys thanksgiving parade in manhattan. Thousands of officer are be on the street, snipers on roof top and dump trucks felled with sand at the entrance and exit of the parade routes. Here your forecast. This morning, then mostly cloudy, highs in the middle 50s. Black friday shopping, warmer by the afternoon. Were into the upper 50s. Then headed into the weekend lot brighter. More sunshine, 52 degrees both days. Breezy saturday with winds gusting to about 25 miles an hour. Reporter good morning to you. We have off. Southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue have been reopened at nor back road. Looks like all that is cleared. Youll see some sand in the roadway. Use caution. Looking at the inner loop at kennilworth avenue, a report of a vehicle fire on the ramp to 201, just a moment ago we had police blocking the off ramp. Looks like they cleared the scene. You may see minor slow downs in the area. Back to you. Be sure to watch good morning both happy thanksgiving, america. Oh, that was [ applause ] and welcome back and happy thanksgiving to trisha and garth brooks and to our incredible audience here this morning. Those who have a special message coming up. First the countdown is over and thanksgiving is here and youve questions all week long. Weve assembled our experts here in the thanksgiving not us. We are not that panel. Were calling it the thanksgiving 911 stadium. You can call it the thanksgiving 911 thunder dome. First up, the turkey guy, rocco dispirito, author of the negative calorie diet, rocco, get on out here. [ cheers and applause ] nice. Whats up . How are you . Doing great. This looks delicious. Rocco to tackle side dishes, shocked. Come on out, amanda. [ applause ] nice. And our dessert doctor and former nfl player Eddie Jackson in the house. [ applause ] very exciting. Each of us is teaming up with each of the chefs so dan and lara, well all move around to our positions here. Im with you, rocco. Lets take a look at our football playbyplay to see who is up first 911 stadium so go ahead and lets see, what is it . Looks like that is a turkey, so, rocco im the turkey. Im the turkey. [ applause ] and laurie is asking us to brine or not to brine. Dont waste your time. Theres enough to do. Much better solution, bacon. It will keep it moist. Cordon bleu. Its the most obscene cordon bleu. Do you have a defibrillator standing by . I do and i was merciful on the calories and using turkey bacon. Do you put olive oil or anything on top i do a garlic and olive oil rub. Thats all you have to do. Throw it in the oven. Question from is that to keep it moist . Do we eat the bacon. Its because it looks great on tv. But it does keep it very moist. It keeps it very moist and gives it a lot of flavor and has a lot of sodium so acts like a type of brine. At the end who wouldnt want to eat that. Lets toss the football now to see where it lands and it looks side. All right. [ applause ] ive always considered myself something of a side dish. Amanda, yeah, heidi writes my mom and many old school cooks prepare sides the day before. Which are best to do in advance . Stuffing. Stuffing . Do it in advance. Mix everything together and then bake it and then you can always pop that in the oven and warm it up. Its just one thing, one less thing you have to put in the oven. Its so easy. Casserole dish. Im making sausage with corn bread and brioche and celery. That looks incredibly good. Really, really good stuffing . Can i get a question from the Dessert Table . Because im using brioche too for my stuffing. Why is it so good. Because its really buttery and really light and then when you put the stock and all the flavor, it just drinks it. I got to tell you that it really makes a difference. I recommend it. Yes. Night in the fridge. Not at all. This is just going to get better. Its just going to get better. Brioche will keep drinking. Yes. We have to get to our football graphics. Its going down. Oh, yes. Dessert. A lateral to the pumpkin pie. That looks good. You and me, eddie. You saved the best for last. Dessert. Bonnies question as an traditions what would be the top dessert to have in your thanksgiving meal and you say i say sweet potato pie. Where im from right . Yes. [ applause ] where im from you have to have sweet potato pie and not just any. Talk to me. How do we do it. Ill add a little rum. A little rum. Were going to go a little caribbean twist so first thing, have my Sweet Potatoes down. Sweet potato puree. Im helping you. Exactly, just going to dump it in there. This is not low calorie. No. Its thanksgiving. Its thanksgiving. Forget about cal irs on thanksgiving. The usual suspects in sweet potato pie, nutmeg. I love the coconut. Exactly. A little caribbean vibe and add our eggs. Somebody likes eggs, right . Ginger, then after we have it mixed it looks like this. Where is the booze . You want the booze . Add the booze, its thanksgiving. I just want to say this is the finished product. How beautiful is that . Thats the little special twist in our, amy. Back to you. Question from the side table. Side table, how soon can i get some of that . Now. I can get it now . [ applause ] desserts for the entire audience and dan wants one too everyone eats pie. [ cheers and applause ] gmas countdown to . Welcome back to Good Morning America. We are getting in the holiday spirit with the uso touring troupe. We are so happy. Theyre based in new york city. The 97th annual parade. This parade is kicking off right now. So funny because we were just saying only at a thanksgiving day parade do you hear wheres the turkey balloon . Its right there. Went past. The tasmanian devil. So much more coming up right here on gma and from philadelphia where were so happy to be partnering with our nd ahead warmup next week with more rain coming today mostly cloudy. A few morning showers. Highs 5358 winds s 5 to calm tonight mostly cloudy and chilly. Lows 3743 winds l cloudy. Stray shower. Highs 5460 winds s to nw 5 mph ad lib mogo parade watch the replay from ten to noon, one to three pm, and five to seven tonight on our sister station, newschannel 8. Toss to break and this Weather Report brought to you by verizon. Were on to deck the halls. Good stuff. I know youre up at macys. Cant wait. What a beautiful morning we got. Right, we lucked out. Laurie hernandez, one of a slew of celebrities walking down the parade route. Congratulations on winning the mirror ball, dancing with the stars champion and also an olympic Gold Medalist as well. What did it feel like to take it home. It melt amazing. So exciting to do something that was so encouraging and so exciting to me so it was great i was honored to get it. Other than that what are you thankful for today on thanksgiving. Im definitely thankful for my family because theyve supported me my whole way if you had big bird as a partner you still would. I think so. Happy thanksgiving to everyone back in the studios. [ applause ] all right, we are back to another round of our thanksgiving 911 and our experts are here. The turkey guy, rocco dispirito, you go by that. Author of the negative calorie diet and Amanda Freitag, judge on shocked and our dessert jackson, judge. We have our turkey on the football field as well so that means, rocco, its you. Youre up and we have a question from la toya in our audience. Stand up and ask your question. Whats a quick way to make my turkey hi, la toya. How are you . If you dont have enough space, take anything that doesnt need to be in the oven out like the stuffing that you can make on your stovetop. Otherwise cook your turkey on the stovetop. This takes 40 minute, rolled roll it, tie up, tie it up. Goes into 1 0 degree olive oil and like a deep frying way. Poaching. 180 degrees so doesnt absorb as much fat. If you cook something in fat you know its not going to be dry. For sure. You end up with this. Nice. Amazing. Thats beautiful. Like im never going to do that. Good job. Rocco says to do it, do it. Playbyplay. Well have something coming up that says desserts. The show, by the way, clash of the grandmas. Eddie is a rock star. We have a question. A video question from grace and camille. Hit it, girls. Both hi, eddie. My mom and me are working overtime preparing turkey and sides. Is there any other way we can help prepare desserts . Yes. Very good question. Cute. Get invited to your friends house. I have an amazing crock pot slow cooker Bread Pudding so easy. Everybody say, ooh. Like that, very, very easy, thanksgiving you have a lot of bread laying around, turn night a Bread Pudding. This crock pot is set at 4 1 2 hours on high. Well put our bread in. We have some dry cranberry, raisins and another raisin lover. Pumpkin puree, a little cream, a little egg, a little love. Dump it in, set it and forget how long before 4 1 2 hours. Takes a little bit of preplanning. Anything in a crock pot. Easy. All right, dan, you got your sides coming up next. Anything in a crock pot, ive long said that. Amanda, clair has this question, i love mashed potatoes for thanksgiving but hate having to peel. A recipe where i dont have to. I dont like to peel potatoes either so i cook them skin on, right, yeah. Skin on, smash them up with the skin, i use yukon gold because the skin is much more tender. I use sour cream in my potatoes. Yum. Scallion and maybe a little cheddar cheese. I love that. Its thanksgiving. Why not. Yeah, i mean i love that you just got applause for saying the words cheddar cheese. Phenomenal. And thats it and theyre ready to go. Dont even bother peeling. That means rocco and we have hanna with a question in the audience. Is there any ingredient to add to my gravy to punch it up . Yes, of course. So im all about Health Except for my turkey today but ill make up for it in the gravy. For mine i like to use a little wild turkey, pardon the pun. Pardon the pun. Wow. But then to really punch it up and give you a little bit of nutrition i take my protein powder and thicken it and make a i like that. As an athlete you can appreciate that. Is that chocolate flavored . I want to know that the wild turkey got a bigger applause than the cheddar cheese. Both. Rocco, thank you. I want to talk about a transition from food to Something Else. Its not just the food that brings us together, its the stories. After the show. After the show, rocco. Its the stories we share with our family and abc News Partners about all connecting with loved ones. Take a look. That was supposed to be in prince intelligences county. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday. Ninth grade english teacher victoria james is prepping her class to appreciate something extra with their turkey and stuffing this thanksgiving. Take out your great thanksgiving packs. The words and stories of loved ones. Im going to interview my aunt. After a tough election that has exposed painful divides around the nation, storyco listen will provide a National Platform for listening and empathy and perhaps a measure of healing. It helps us see one another as the human beings, the complex, the beautiful, the complicated human beings that we all are and it celebrates the stories and the voices of everyday people. Last years inaugural campaign resulted in more than 100,000 interviews, many done on the storycorps app. One of the participants lourdes interviewed her father last thanksgiving. When you were younger what did you imagine you would do for work . I wanted to be a Police Officer. For lourdes it was an unforgettable conversation. I felt more connected to him. I felt like i learned more about him and i saw him differently. Reporter its a conversation she looks forward to having this year with her grandmother, an immigrant from colombia. I just want to learn more about her and her life story. Reporter and if youd like to take part great thanksgiving listen, you can download the Smartphone App and Start Recording your familys story starting today. Coming up next, garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love but now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. [ applause ] we are back now with a special performance for you. Garth brooks has a new box set called garth brooks the 134,000 copies in its first week that includes his new studio album gunslinger set for a standalone release tomorrow. They stopped by recently to sing a special duet. Heres whiskey to wine. . . Yeah shes nice yeah shes pretty and shes crazy about me . . Shes what every mans hoping . Shes always a lady and thats driving me crazy cause after you its like going from whiskey to wine . The same high i miss the fire the burning desire . . We fought like we loved and we loved all the time . . Were no good together but its sure as hell better than going forever from whiskey to wine . . When i talk he listens he dont show up missing . Refined hes handsome romantic . . But the problem is damn it that after you its like going from whiskey to wine . . Whiskey to wine its just not the same high . . I miss the fire the burning desire we fought like we loved . Were no good together . . But its sure as hell better than going forever from whiskey to wine . . Its probably best we rejoin the rest and try to have what they call a good time . . And hope its not showing that were walking in knowing . . That were going from whiskey to wine . Thank all of our chef, again answering your questions and helping us celebrate the tenth year of our coat drive with burlington and kids fashion delivers. Your donations into the bucket. We appreciate it. Visit your local Burlington Store for more information on our warm coats warm hearts drive and find a location near you, logon to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo and, rocco, before we go, i have a turkey right here. Okay. I was wondering whether he would fall for that. Thanks for watching abc on this holiday morning. Well be right back here tomorrow morning. Have a great day. Anchor good morning to you washington. Happening right now, a thanksgiving tradition going strong. Hundreds of volunteers the t group plans to feed more than 3,000 people this year. And this is your first time fixing a bird or maybe you need last might be dish ideas. We have an expert chef live on good morning washington in news channel 8 in about a half hour. Tune in for that. Now we want to get an update on your forecast. Here is eileen whelan. Anchor on this thanksgiving, starting on the cloudy side. A few showers through 11 00 a. M. This morning, then m 50s. Black friday shopping, warmer by the afternoon. Were into the upper 50s. Then headed into the weekend lot brighter. More sunshine, 52 degrees both days. Breezy saturday with winds gusting to about 25 miles an hour. Reporter looks like not bad on this thanksgiving 14th street bridge traffic good on the inbound side. Into the district, looks like well see some pedestrians running around the roadway, the thanksgiving track for hunger 5k shutting down between pennsylvania avenue. Lasting until about 10 00 a. M. Watch for increased volumes and runs. Thanks guys. Anchor you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. Have a great day and are you ready for a parade, lets bring in the holidays right now. Good morning, and happy thanksgiving what a morning this will be, lets get the Party Started philadelphia style your philadelphia holiday, santa claus is coming to town, now its time to make your christmas list. Celebrate were here for you thats right lets make it right celebrate were feelin it too oooo we can hardly wait celebrate the love that we feel so open up your heart and