What you want to do, dont we are we did it for you. Its like seeing the future. David and matt are here, good morning, everybody. Reporter we have a shower near reading and pottstown and a blip in Lancaster County and out toward gettysburg. You can get a light sprinkle and spotty showers for the afternoon. For the parade, bring along an umbrella. For most of the parade youre dry its not that severe. Were looking wide on the satellite, theres couple of more showers out to the west that could come in toward the end of the parade. 40 degrees in philadelphia right now. Cooler in the mid 30s in trenton, allentown, upper 30s in reading an lancaster. 5 in millville. 40 in wilmington and 46 degrees in cape may. As promised winds are light, 8 Miles Per Hour right now. All the balloons are getting filled up and well see them on the parkway today. 46 degrees by 10 00 a. M. Noon 50, thats what you can expect during the parade in center city. Theres a chance of a late morning or early afternoon shower. The high today is 46 degrees and 6 00 p. M. , 48 degrees, a spotty sprinkle or shower around, most of the day looks dry. Looks like more of the same tomorrow, maybe more sun at times tomorrow. Ill have details on that and give you thanksgiving day afternoon travel forecaster reporter oaky doke, david. Southbound on i95 near the betsy ross bridge, one vehicle is facing sideways in the barrier. You have a fire truck and ladder truck back here, at this point just the right lane is slowing squeezing by. As soon as the ambulance gets out of the way, at least it will be. I95 southbound blocked off by the betsy ross bridge because of this crash, well keep watching it. Were watching the blockages of course for a better reason. The 6abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade, jfk boulevard, 20th street. Eakens oval in front of the museum. Kelly drive and Spring Garden street are already blocked. In the coming hours, the Benjamin Franklin parkway will close as 16th and the mlk drive. More closures coming some already in place, if youre heading to the parade, stick to the highways. This year marks the 97th thanksgiving day parade. The nations oldest. The balloons are being inflated and the floats are being prepped to roll down the parkway. Katherine scott is live what we call inflation station where the parade is taking shape before her eyes. Whats going on katherine. Reporter since we last spoke theres a lot happening at inflation station. When we last spoke, the balloon handlers were just coming in. We have olivia looking at jfk boulevard by 20th street. Sandbags are weighing her down. Over here, mr. Potato head is in the process of going up. Behindato head we have trex. We have the grinch, thats a popular one. Siewby scooby do. We spoke to the balloon handlers from fill adoptables, they like this because they think this is a Good Platform to send their message. Were tweety bird, we usually do dogs like clifford. I cant wait. Reporter so they are very excited to get going. The job is blowing up the balloons. Mr. Potato head is taking shape. He has a way to go, he is getting there. Quite a few more balloons to go, well keep an eye on the progress and let you know how its going, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. A cherished 6abc tradition continued on the eve of the annual 6abc Dunkin Donuts parade. Reporter 2, 3, 1, blastoff. Dann cuellar took us on the behind scenes look last night. You can watch his golf card ride at 6abc. Com. Grab a canned good before you head to the parade. The boy scouts will collect all that as they role their giant wagon down the parade route. All the donations help the less fortunate in the parade. If youre tuning in to watch live, coverage begins at 8 30 a. M. A fire in Camden County has left nine people including 3 children homeless on this thanksgiving. The fire broke out in voorhees at 1 00 p. M. The red cross will assist two families who have no place to go. Fire officials believe a malfunctioning heating unit sparked the fire. Fortunately nobody was hurt. The family of a little girl who was killed by a hitandrun driver in the overbrook section held a rally to demand justice. The family along with several dozen supporters marched from West Philadelphia to the scene of the accident. The 8yearold was killed friday afternoon as she was crossing at 63rd street. Her parents paused to remember their daughter. She was smart and caring and intelligent, she wanted to be a lawyer. Police released the picture of the car they believe hit powell a silver alta ma with damage to the ultima with front end damage. Metery parking will be meter parking will be free on saturday. Parking garageses will have lower cost for parking on the weekend. Happy shop. Were going to have showers today. Reporter maybe by the end of the parade and it will be light. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing theres not a lot of rain most of us what were seeing is north and west of philadelphia. If you were stuck out in this without an umbrella it wouldnt bother you much. My concern is later in the morning and in the afternoon when more pronounced shower activity is possible. Even then its not particularly bad. Excuse me, lets get you outside, theres the airport on sky6 live hd were looking at dry conditions in philadelphia right now. 40 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia. Another 40 in wilmington. 35 in allentown. 38 in reading. 37 in lancaster. 36 in trenton and looks like mid 30s in millville and mid 40s down in atlantic city. Future tracker 6 showing you the situation with the rain, by 9 00 a. M. , most of it is out to the west of us. You can see with the model run, its possible that everything falls a part along the parade route up until 12 00. We cant rule out these guys, theres a small chance. In the philadelphia, maybe a spotty shower here and there in the evening. For the parade cloudy skies, we cant rule out a shower, the chance is small. Wind out of the east light enough to keep the balloons up in the air. Well go up to 50 degrees by noon. Not bad temperatures wise. Weve had cooler days on thanksgiving. Up in the lehigh valley, 55. Down the shore, spotty showers cant be ruled out, 56. In philadelphia, 54 degrees, spotty shower, cant be ruled out. Winds remaining light. Heading to the thanksgiving table by 11 00 a. M. , 48. 8 00 a. M. , 54 degrees, if youre traveling around youre dry its quick and light. Overnight tonight, 42 is the overnight low, for shoppers tomorrow, 44 by 7 00 a. M. Well get a high of 56 around 3 00 p. M. Most of the afternoon and evening in the 50s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high, 54, clouds and spotty shower, friday, clouds and sunny breaks. There is a chance of a spotty shower late in the day, but honestly it doesnt look super likely. 56 the high there. For the weekend, sunny breaks on saturday, breezy, 54. May be a shower in the morning, otherwise were dry for the temple at night. Sunday, 50 degrees, 54 on monday, rain possible tuesday and wednesday. Rescuers look for survivors after a platform collapse in china leaving dozens dead. Whether you eat greens, potatoes at dinner, we calculated the calories for you. Reporter this is ruining the morning drive a crash on i95 southbound at the betsy ross bridge. All southbound lanes blocked with a lot of the Emergency Apparatus on the scene. Well watch it and help you around it when action news continues on this thanksgiving morning. Commodor barry bridge waking us up on this thanksgiving morning. 5 14 a. M. , maybe youre up doing the turkey or going to work. Like us. [laughter]. Getting up to the low 50s, david is tracking rain might come in at the end of the parade well see. Looks like some are getting ready for the holiday matt. Reporter and if they are going to work they are stuck on i95. Its a holiday, why arent you asleep people . An accident on southbound i95 near the betsy ross bridge. We have one vehiclened out here. From time to time they are letting traffic by in the right lane. Theres already a five minute delay coming south on i95 because of the accident. As we pull in the waze app you can see 4 Miles Per Hour balls its one right lane getting by from time to time on i95 southbound. If i were you and coming south toward center city stay on the boulevard. I95 southbound is already a mess enthough even though its a holiday morning. Coming out of the burbs, last friday we got back the skippack bridge over perkiomen creek. That was closed april of this year. Also last friday, Valley Forge National park we got back Yellow Springs road and the knox Covered Bridge closed since an accident in 2015. There was sewer work going on there, thats back in business, enjoy. Tuesday, two days ago, now youre able to to go into and out of stone harbor again. 96th street bridge reopened. Down the the if youre going down the the shore, you can get in and out of stone harbor 96th street bridge. A construction site platform fell overnight killing 16 people. Wooden planks and iron pipes are strewn across the cooling to your. One person is missing. Police announced yesterday that collin rhodes, the officer shot in the line of duties has died from his injuries. He stopped to question a man in a rash of breakins. They found the officer shot in the head. Rhodes is the 5th Police Officer shot in the line of duty across the country. Another child has died as a result of the bus crash in chattanooga. The driver 24yearold walker is charged with vehicular homicide. Investigators say there was no trace of alcohol or drugs in the system. They say he had driven off the designate bus route on the curvey road where there was a crash. President obama marked his final thanksgiving at the white house with humor and gratitude. First Lady Michelle obama served the beans and spinach. Sosha was there. Earlier in the day, he pardoned the turkey he said his daughter couldnt take his corny jokes. The grizzlies beat the sixers in double overtime. 10499 last night. They were led by 22 points. Embiid had 22 rebounds. Flyers couldnt make backtoback wins in the backtoback games last night. They lost 42. They play tomorrow against the rangers. Retailers are trying to out new tricks to earn your attention and dollars on black friday. Japanese researchers are giving every adult a reason to get a scoop of ice cream each morning, but ill tell you right now, im skeptical. Reporter hopefully most people are tucked in their beds and turkeys dancing in their heads im sorry you had a nice little thing going there. [laughter]. Reporter i95 this is a mess, we have an accident this morning. I95 southbound. The good news they threw out the sand, everything off in the right lane, the delay we did see is gone. In case youre wondering in lawrence township, the water main break is shutting down 206. If youre heading to Ryder University stick to 1. Manslaughter transit on holiday schedule. Reporter mid 30s in allentown, 36 in trenton, 35 in millville. Coat weather this morning, the winds are not that strong. 41 00 a. M. , 46 by 10 00 a. M. Noon, 50 degrees, by 3 00 p. M. , 54 degrees thats going to be the high this afternoon. Cloudy skies a slight chance of a spotty shower mostly in the afternoon, but not amounting to all that much. In case youre traveling or expecting relatives to come in all green aircraft, no major delays and no rain in our major test destinations. Strange claim holds that eating ice cream for breakfast will make you smart. A japanese professor held a Clinical Trials compared those who ate ice cream had better mental performance. They repeated the test with cold water, perhaps the high fat could not tent in the ice cream content in ice cream shocks the brain. At target this ipro 100 off for 449dollar. Some retailers are testing out new tricks. They are competing on price and offering exclusive toys you can only get online. Other retailers are staying closed for thanksgiving. The cost benefit is not worth it. Shut down and reopen the next day. Reporter coming up at 7 00 a. M. Well give you strategies to find the best deals this weekend. With g. M. A. s first look im rebecca jarvis, abc news new york. For lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads here. Introducing drugfree aleve direct therapy. A high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors offices. For deep penetrating relief at the source. New aleve direct therapy. Dry skin problems eufor over 100 years. 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Ifed the child if the child begins acting up, you use this app and give santa a message. The watching app is 99 cents per downloads and available on apple devices. Learn about the crampus, my husband is half german and my children believe it and they behave, that means santa is not coming. Were about to step off, were live in center city with everything you need to know about the parade. Well be right back. Now on action news, they are pug the finishing touches on a philadelphia tradition, were live getting ready for the 6 abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade. It is time to season and stuff the turkey and south philadelphia bakery is willing to take the next step off your plate. That looks good. Accuweather is picking up showers north and west, accuweather is watching whether theres a