Freak accident. Surveillance video captures the moment an e cigarette explodes in one mans pocket bursting into flames while he was working. So what was behind the blast . And cold turkey. President obamas last thanksgiving at the white house. Malia and sasha, by the way, are thankful that this is my final president ial turkey pardon. A tradition he loved that may stay in the family. What i havent told them yet is that we are going to do this no cameras, just us. Every year. Today, thursday, november 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this thanksgiving thursday morning. Im willie geist. Im tamron hall. Happy thanksgiving. Matt, savannah and al are macys thanksgiving day parade. That is our top story this morning. It is time for the festivities to get under way with 16 giant character balloons, 26 floats, 1,100 cheerleaders, and 16 marching bands and performance groups. Matt and savannah have their hosting hats on in Herald Square. Good morning happy thanksgiving. Heres standing here on 34th street in front of macys. Of the show waitress performing on broadway. Im wondering if the preparation of the latte will be up to your standards. This is the 90th year of the parade so it is all about tradition today. Theyre bringing back some old traditions. Theres always something new and exciting. Were going to have a lot more about the parade just ahead. The weather is cooperating. Of course, security is a big to be a pointed threat against this parade. Stephanie rule is along the parade route where millions will have fun today but where the nypd will be hard at work. Steph, lets go to you. Reporter a few of those Police Officers were just walking along this parade route earlier and the crowd gave them a big round of applause. Paradegoers who come here every year are certainly used to seeing security but not quite like this. The nypd theyve never taken before. A show of force like never before. A record 3,000 officers on duty thanksgiving day. A Critical Response command force trained in long guns and counterterrorism. 83 sanitation trucks filled with 16 tons of sand blocking cross streets to thwart an attack like the one in nice, france. Nypds chief of counterterrorism. Given the current climate uncertainty in some countries, propaganda thats out there, we wanted to make certain. What specifically can a sand truck do that just a patrol car cant do . You are a he not going to move a sand truck. Reporter on monday a new York City Taxi driver was charged with trying to join isis and expressing support for vehicle attack in times square. Earlier this month the isis propaganda magazine called on its supporters to target the parade itself. But concerns this Holiday Season are not limited to the u. S. The state department issued an alert monday to u. S. Tourists traveling in europe warning that terror groups continue to plan attacks. The main point that we were trying to convey to potential travelers is to be vigilant. Reporter in france, seven men were arrested for planning to strike the famous Christmas Market in straussburg, according to French Security officials. At home, new York Police Say they dont believe parade crowds will be deterred. We are always new york. New yorkers are strong and resilient. Reporter a nearly centuryold tradition is not so easily rattled. Another measure they are taking on the streets this year for the first time is they are closing down every single cross street. Thats roughly 40 blocks. But one complication the nypd does not need to deal with this year president elect trump and his family are not in the city. Theyve gone down to florida. Back to you guys. Nbcs stephanie gosk. Stephanie, sorry about that. My bad. Thank you so much. Citys police commissioner. Weve got james oneal here, sir. Good morning. So good to have you sir. Good morning. It is great to be back. I know you probably dont do most of your conversations with the cast of waitress behind you. But obviously security is always a concern. This is a massive undertaking to secure a parade like this. Is it heightened this year because of some of specific threats youve received . It is not specific or picture of the macys day parade. We have to expand our resources to increase security this year and we did. Lets talk about the resource and the effort. It is a 2 1 2 mile parade route which presents a unique challenge. There are a lot of challenges. But the nypd does so many largescale events. This is something that we do all the time. We do new years, we do fourth of july. Trucks. We have 83 sand trucks. We have 114 blocker vehicles to prevent any vehicles from coming on the route. Theres no cross town traffic at 57th street. 42nd street and 34th street. Obviously a huge show of force that we can see. Theres also so much going on behind the scenes that the public doesnt see but i know will give a lot of reassurance. Theres obviously a lot of uniformed cops. More than last year. Froms a lot of things that a lot of people in plain clothes. We have aviation up. We have people with radiation detectors. We have the vapor wave dogs. Come on down. Weather is a little chilly but im sure it is going to warm up. It is going to be a great day and a safe day. You want people to have a good time but be aware of their surroundings as we always suggest in the city. Your first year as commissioner but youve been in this city a long time. Whats this parade mean to you . It means a lot. It is such a great family event. The department. I got this job about two months ago. Im really proud of the great men and women of this police department. They do such a great job each and every day keeping this city safe. Someone in particular you want to introduce us to . Kevin oconnors got 35 years on the job. This is his 26th thanksgiving day parade. He doesnt get down to 34th street a lot. Is he a manhattan north guy but hes been doing this job a long time keeping the people safe. This is his last parade. What are you going to do when you can sleep in if you want . Yes, im planning to do that after 26 years. Thank you so much for your service. Thank you so much. It is great to work at this kind of parade. Thanks for the efforts of the nypd, commissioner. Nice to see you. Happy thanksgiving. Mentioned a little while ago, the weather is cooperating, although the commissioner says maybe a little chilly. Lets go to al and find out what the forecast holds. Hey, guys, it is going to be fantastic. Some clouds but i think well see some breaks in the clouds. The parade is getting weve got charlie brown, weve got thomas, tank engine. Winds are very light so the balloons will be able to fly at their full capacity. It is going to be spectacular. Look for temperatures right now it is about 39. By the time we see the parade kick off, it will be about 42 degrees and away well go with those calm winds. It will stay just cloudy. I think well start to see some sunshine by the time san today makes it to Herald Square. Weather, not going to be a well, my two favorite events of the parade santa making it to Herald Square, and about an hour and a half before that, you making it to our broadcast position. We look forward to that. Cant wait to see you. Look forward to seeing you guys. All right, al, thank you so much. I think the starbucks has arrived and the omelet bar you requested. Tamron and willie, we are in great shape. Send over some omelets, while youre at it. Well get back to you in just a minute. Switching gears now. To president elect donald trump will enjoy thanksgiving with his family at his maralago estate in florida. Thats where we find nbcs Kristen Welker. Good morning, happy thanksgiving. Reporter willie, happy thanksgiving and good morning to you. Thats right, president elect donald trump will actually relax today with family. The brief break comes as he gets increased scrutiny over his cabinet picks and how hes handling a critical part of his transition intelligence news president elect donald trump has received only two Intelligence Briefings since winning the white house, far fewer than the near daily briefings that are expected. The revelation first reported by the Washington Post which noted Vice President elec mike pence has gotten briefings almost every year. Eight years ago when president obama was transitioning he asked for extra fi golden opportunity to get up to speed. One Senior Intelligence official cautions it is too early to draw broad conclusions. Late wednesday the president elect sending a thanksgiving message to the public in a video produced by his transition team. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. Reporter mr. Trump also adding to his administration. After tapping a succession of loyalists, president elect trump aiming South Carolina governor nikki haley as his choice for ambassador to the united nations. Haley, a rising star in the gop, was a fierce trump critic during the campaign. Quickly changing her tone. While i wont pretend to have always been president elects biggest cheerleader [ laughter ] i did vote for him, and i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. Reporter trump praising haley as a deal maker. But critics say she lax his other pick betsy devos for education secretary, another rival turned supporter. She is a billionaire gop donor and advocate for school bus. Her selection was hailed by jeb bush but the Largest NationalTeachers Union called her an ideological antipublic teacher nominee. Growing group of democrats are several computer scientists found selfvoting irregular lathes in three states. Third Party Candidate jill stein has raised millions of dollars for the effort. The Clinton Campaign isnt weighing in but secretary clintons lead in the popular vote has now grown to more than 2 million. Willie . Tamron . Kristen welker. With thanksgivings move the beautiful backdrop, among other things. Thanks so much. Indeed. Cnbcs chief washington correspondent john harwood is keeping an eye on all of this this morning. John, hap happy thanksgiving to you guys. Start off with the Intelligence Briefings. New information reported by Kristen Welker that donald trump has chosen to attend two. These are daily. Mike pence has attended them. Whats this tell you . Like the intelligence officials kristen just quoted, i think it is a little too early to draw too many sweeping conclusions. However, it underscores concerns about donald trump on two grounds. One, the lack of experience that he brings to the job, especially and second, questions about his attention span. Donald trump is not somebody who is honed in on topics in the deepdive way that kristen referred to like president obama did when he was transitioning to the job. I think people are going to expect that unless he turns over National Security and Foreign Policy to his Vice President , hes going to need to have a storehouse of knowledge and he now. Look at some of these cabinet picks. Nikki haley of South Carolina, to be the ambassador to the u. N. Betty devos, the Teachers Union coming out strongly against her yesterday. What do you make of those two picks put together . First of all, nikki haley adds diversity, both in terms of the fact that shes a woman, face that Donald Trumps administration will present to the world. She doesnt have Foreign Policy experience but thats an advocacy job as opposed to a policy making job at the u. N. I think that pick is getting significant amount of praise across the board. Betsy devos is more controversial because shoe he is so ideological. She represents outreach to the Republican Party establishment. Shes been a longtime republican official. But her zealous advocacy of School Choice is something that obvious wills they are going to fight her. Again we dont know with trump how much he is going to put the weight of his presidecy behind the agenda. Because donald trump doesnt have a lot of experience we dont know what he values most. He has positions but as we saw if that New York Times interview the other day, those positions can change very quickly when he is confronted with new information. Thank you, john harwood. While many are ready to celebrate thanksgiving with holiday far from home. Nbcs Lucy Cavanaugh is at ft. Swift. Reporter willie, good morning. Its always tough to be away from home and especially from family, especially when you are on a dusty base just a few miles from the fight. Weve had the honor of spending the day with these brave men and women who are finally getting a much deserved break and a little taste of home. Inside this tiny kitchen on a remote base far time to chop, stir, and roast. 120 pounds of turkey for 150 hungry mouths. It is a big day at camp swift. Roughly 50 miles south of mosul, nearly 6,000 miles from home. Its private jordan whites first deployment. Are you just missing thanksgiving with the family . Definitely miss my family. Reporter for lieutenant peter chun from baltimore, down time before the big meal meant sprucing up. I cant wait to face time my family back home. Reporter others worked out to work up an appetite. But the business of war doesnt stop for thanksgiving. Because we are the front line of defense here on camp swift and were what everyone relies on. Reporter Operation Inherent resolve is the fight against isis. Battle captain katrina fedd has been here for eight months. Counting down the days. He sent me a message this morning. He said happy thanksgiving, mom. I love you and i miss you. Cant wait for you to come home. Then he had a hashtag with 48 days on it. Reporter it is his sixth thanksgiving away but it doesnt make it any easier. 400,000 brothers and sisters, then i have my family at home. Just a few hours, it will be back to the mission, back to the fight. But i think they might have a little message for folks back home. Guys . Happy thanksgiving back to you. And back to them. Lucy, thanks so much at camp swift. Send us our very best. Happy thanksgiving as well. Now to chattanooga, tennessee, a sixth child has died in that Horrific School bus accident. Police say the bus was speeding when it veered off the road and crashed into a tree on mo. Remain in the hospital. Authorities say toxicology tests show the driver, 24yearold jonathanny walker had no trace of drugs or alcohol in his body. He remains in custody charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide. An ecigarette sparked a big scare at new york centrals grand terminal. The incident was captured on wednesday when the inside a mans pants exploded. One person said it looks like fireworks going off in his pants. The man suffered severe burns to his hand and leg. It is not known what caused the ecigarette to catch fire. People wonder why these are banned, like on planes. Thats horrifying. Lets get the rest of the forecast, as i rub my arms, youre cold outside but bundled up, l a. How are things going out there . Reporter feels pretty nice. Not so bad. Lets look at your travel weather for folks who are going to be heading home forward in the thanksgiving day forecast for today. It is looking good with mountain rain and snows in the pacific northwest. Early snows in new england. Rest of the country pretty good. Then youve got to hit the road on saturday. You expect to see maybe a few scattered showers and thunderstorms as you get into the pacific northwest. All in all, not a bad day. 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Right now in milwaukee youre going to pay about two bucks a gallon. But in some places to the National Average which sits at about 213 a gallon. Before you eat your turkey. Check out the turkeys and other animals at the Milwaukee County zoo. Free. Admission is free today for Milwaukee County residents. The zoo is . . 7 30 now on this thanksgi november 24th, 2016. You are looking at the rehearsal of the classic Broadway Musical cats at the 90th annual macys thanksgiving day parade. You know how i feel about adult cats. Lets not get into that. Luckily these are human adult cats so you can live with that. A look at the headlines. At least 67 people died in platform came tumbling down at a construction site. Rescue efforts now under way for an unknown number of people who are still trapped in that rubble. An alleged getaway plan was foiled when a Police Officers in idaho pulled over a car only to have a wanted man pop out of the trunk. The suspects mother had been driving and Police Dash Cam foot animal captured the ensuing scuffle. Now mother and son facing charges. Security in new york is at thanksgiving day parade this morning. A record 3,000 Police Officers at the ready in an unprecedented effort to help keep the city safe. If your thanksgiving concerns are of a cooking variety. Our friend katie lee has got your back. Your turkey back. Whatever kind of back. Just tweet us using the orangeroom. Katie lee will answer your lastminute questions in a bit, including of course the famous the turkey. It should be out by now. Youve cooked the bag. I did. And my guests survived. Matt and savannah a down at the center of the thanksgiving day parade action in Herald Square with a very special guest. Well get to that in one second. You saw cats rehearsing a second ago. Theyre gone, we only have memories of cats now. Theyre switching over to holiday inn. Lets bring in the chairman and ceo of macys. Terry lundgren. This is a tradition for you and macys. This is my favorite day of the year. But it is just so special we have our 90th anniversary of our parade. It was started by our employees. It is a tradition for our company and it is great to be here once again to celebrate. My familys here. Big gathering. Lots fun today. You talk about your today. Talk about some of the things they do on this day. We have more than 8,000 people working the parade today. Imagine that. The large majority are employees who volunteer every year. Once they do it, they cant get enough. Theyre holding balloons, theyre acting as clowns, theyre sweeping the streets behind horses. Theyre doing everything every imaginal job. It is just a family fun day. All week long we been preview of some of the balloons. Theres always something bigge and better every year. How involved do you get . Are you like over at the studio checking it out . Is this something you really get into . The deal is, when you have 160,000 employees, you just got to depend on them to get things done like this. Youre not blowing up balloons. No. Imenjoying it just like everybody else. Ive got an amazing team of talented people and they are the ones to really get it done and deserve the credit. We introduced you as the next year getting rid of the ceo title. Can i have your seat . I hope they give me a nice seat somewhere in the general neighborhood. Youve done a great job. Its been fun to work with you. Thanks for all you guys have done to make this parade the most watched Television Program on earth. Terry, thank you so much. By the way, the parade on nbc, 9 00 a. M. Lets get a check of the weather from al. Announcer todays weather is find gifts, groceries, and more this season. Hey, guys, we are up town right now. We have country star kelsey balorini. Youre going to be on the domino sugar float. Yes. I grew up watching this parade. This is a big deal to see it in sing my song on a domino float. Which is so cool what are you doing for thanksgiving . Staying in the city tonight, having dinner in the city. Then tomorrow go to nashville, then just stuff myself with food, then sleep for seven days after the situation. What do you think of this year . Oh, gosh, just a year i never thought i would have. But more so, doing it with people i love a whole lot. Taket thank you. Happy thanksgiving lets check your weather, see whats going on for you. As far as your travel is concerned, for saturday, we are looking to see on the roads, not so bad throughout much of the country, although we will see some problems shaking out from i80 out west, i5, and i90, especially from San Francisco to rain changes over into snow. Sunday, in the rockies well see some problems. Looking at some trouble spots. Look for i80, i90, i5 in l. A. , buffalo to boston on i90 for rain and fog. Some icy bridges early to late in the day. Thats whats going on and thats your latest weather. Coming through the parade right producer well see her a little bit later. Very shiny. Al, thanks so much. Talk to you in a bit. Coming up next, inside Donald Trumps maralago estate. Some of the most expensive property in florida where the president elect is spending thanksgiving with his family. We will take you there live. And much more with the stars of the 90th macys thanksgiving day parade. man my dad and i have the same eyes. Day parade. Right after this. Same nose. Same toughness. And since hes had moderate alzheimers disease, thats why i asked his doctor about onceaday namzaric. avo namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimers disease in patients who are taking donepezil. It may improve cognition and overall function, and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. Namzaric does not change the underlying disease progression. 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Mr. Trump has spent the past 20 thanksgivings here. But now as president elect, everything is different. It is absolutely magical. It the the most beautiful place in the world. Reporter tony knows a thing or two about maralago, Donald Trumps palm beach, florida estate. He worked there for half a century u unt 2009. For more than 20 years as the trump familys personal butler. Reporter but the situation at maralago is about to change. Big league. Its just mr. Trump and miss melania and myself. Excuse me. President elect trump. Got to get used to that. Reporter maralago is soon to become a very opulent winter white house, or as some speculate, because of its color, the pink white house. Its so great to be at maralago with friends and the press and the media and everybody. Reporter the has built was a winter retreat for u. S. President s by marjorie post. Now some say it is the most valuable parcel of land anywhere in floored. Much of the 126room estate is used by the membersonly Maralago Club which includes a spa, pool, and tennis courts. The trump family maintains private quarte ars ineparate closed off area of the house. Maralago has always been a center of attention in wealthy palm beach, at times something of a party place. Made their way there to mingle with the trumps. But now as president trump, residents are not quite sure what to expect. I think it will bring a lot of attention, a lot of tourism. So its a bit of a doubleedged sword, i suppose. Well see how it goes. It is a welcome presence, just as long as it is not too bad traffic wise. We have a wonderful picture. Reporter this is the curator of the Palm Beach County historical society. Hes seen this before. Hes notur in palm beach. Reporter president s have been escaping washington winters and spending time in florida for decades. The kennedys, and nixon had a house on key biscayne. Now it will be president trumps time in the sunshine state. 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You guys look amazing good thing i wore my formal frosting tonight lets check in with dylan whos in the orange room for carson today. Happy thanksgiving, dylan. Happy thanksgiving, guys. Good morning, everyone. Tru know csh ition het. Sasha and malia. Instead his nephews were by his head. He said his daughters were fed up with his turkey puns. For the past seven years, ive established another tradition embarrassing my daughters with a cornycopia of dad jokes about turkeys. This is the last time were doing this because were not because it is wednesday afternoon and everyone knows thanksgiving traffic can put people in a fowl mood. When somebody at your table tells you youve been hogging all the side dishes and you cant have any more, i hope you respond with a creed that sums up the spirit of a hungry people yes, we cran. I got up to four, five in just that short little clip. I have a feeling sasha and malia were a bait embarrassed yet again. But social media proved otherwise. 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And no artificial flavors or preservatives. Real Country Fresh taste from real ingredients. Check of the weather. Doorbuster deals after your big thanksgiving dinner afternoon. Walmart and target will kick off their instore black friday sales at six pm tonight. Best buy says. Its instore sales will start at five pm. Macys Department Stores walso open eir doors later this afternoon. An its 8 00 on today. Coming up, parade preparations. Matt, al and savannah have a front row seat to all the action as security is stepped up along the route and t party gets well get a special sneak peek. Plus, something to be thankful for. I want to be a Fashion Designer, and also want to be a World Champion gymnast. Jenna catches up with a young cancer survivor and is now giving back to those who saved her life. Black fridays breakdown. While some retailers are keeping thanksgiving, others arent. Well tell you what you need to know before you venture out, thursday, november 24th, 2016. Happy thanksgiving from the girl scouts of southern alabama happy thanksgiving happy thanksgiving to u. S. Navy happy michigan all the the wait from kentucky celebrating thanksgiving on the today show happy thanksgiving from these turkeys from North Carolina woo . . Welcome back to today on this thanksgiving morning. A great crowd braving a little happy birthday we got a mix of christmas, thanksgiving. How many of you are heading to the parade after this . Oh, my gosh grateful that you stopped by on your way. Coming up, if youre just rolling out of bed and you remembered that you have a crowd coming over whats wrong with you . Guess what . Weve got three delicious lastminute recipes. And katie lee is here. Shes going to answer all your lastminute thanksgiving meal questions. So send them in. Were lucky to have katie with us. But first lets check in with matt and savannah about 15 blocks south of here down in Herald Square getting ready for the 90th macys thanksgiving day parade. Hey, guys. This is the time of the morning where we just run off our facts and figures of the 90th macys parade. Ill start. We want to just show off our thats right. Weve got 27 floats. 27 floats. 16 marching bands, including the great valley marching eagles who came through our studio yesterday. Sara mclaughlin, tony bennett. Wre hearing rehearsal from a broadway show, paramore. Which is a cirque de soleil show. More than they inflated those balloons on night. Takes about 90 minutes on average to inflate them. E parade route today, 2 1 2 miles. Thats a long way if you are marching in a parade. Think back to the very first parade, it was a sixmile route. That was a commitment back then. What was it like . Oh and the hits keep coming. I went all morning witho in he 90year jokes. We had him on the plaza this week. He was the first character balloon evern the parade. Hes back this year being handled with poles as opposed to ropes because theres very little helium. Exactly. Theyre doing a real retro things. Temperatures the 90th year. We are celebrating this grand tradition. Guys, well see you in aut an. Be on the look out. My high school from texas is marching in the they go be to have the ltle ts on their jerseys . T 90th annual macys thanksgiving parade begins here at 9 00. Now it is time for the news at 8. We begin this morning with a new thanksgiving day message from president elect donald trump. Im ron allen at the white house. Mr. Trump will take a break from putting together the team that the holiday in a video produce by his transition team, president elect is urging the nation to move past what he called a veryruising election campaign. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. Reporter president elect donald trumpoting the raw in thl overnight. Now begins a Great National campaign to rebill our country and to restore the full promise of america for all of our peop reaching out to a wider array of choices as he builds his cabinet. Trying to make it more diverse. Naming South Carolina governor nikki haley, an dianarican, u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Haley was very critical of mr. Trump during the campaign. A man that chooses no the to disavow the kkk, that is not a part of our party. Thats not who we want as president. Reporter last week after meeting with him, changing her tune. I did vote for him. Reporter the pkquestions ab governor has enough foreign and diplomatic experience for the job. Supporters pointing out her husband is a reserve officer who served in afanistan. I think youd find that military spouses all pick up a lot abouthe world, a lot about americas commitments abroad. Reporter to run the nations education system, ather woman. Betty devos, a billionaire republican donor. Also once a trump critic. Known as a strong advocate for School Choice,ni tehers unions. From we are so surprised that president elect trump would actually pick someone who is so theologically opposed to public schools. Reporter and in a sign of what mr. Trump may face once he takes office, leading Congressional Democrats trying to turn up the pressure, calling for a federal review of the president elects use of taxpayer funds in the transition and asking whether mr. Trumps conflict of interests, especially with foreign government. The president elect insisting he is no longer in charge of his business. I dont care about that business. Im phasing that out now and handing that to eric trum don trump and ivanka trump, for the most part. Reporter questions will no doubt exist because of mr. Trumps extensive business dealings. On this holiday hell try to. You the that all aside and celebrate the occasion with his family at their home in florida. 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Having ice cream for breakfast. It is thanksgiving, thinking about turkey and gravy. But if you want to start your morning off right, you know what you got to have for breakfast . Ice cream. By the way, now it is science. One professor at a university in tokyo carried out a series of clinical trials. He says his results prove that eating ice cream immediately after waking up improved peoples alertness and mental performanc i love this science guys, its science. Okay . Some experts are skeptical but previous studies have shown the positive effect ice cream can have were going to ignore the skeptical scientists today. Any particular flavor . Cookies and cream is a good one, i think. Im happy. Im chocolate peanut butter, the greatest flavor combination of all time. Get in here only if i get to have some of what are we supposed to tell our kids, you cant eat sweets for breakfast . And they say, well, there is a scientist in tokyo that says different. Isnt it good . Its so good. You just had an epiphany, didnt you . Think of the reeses peanut buttercup. Im so happy now. Are you alert now . I am. Let me read. Better than coffee. Im so alert, im ready to think about this. All the things you do i right now may dog mae love just screamed at that sentence. You may not think the dog is paying attention but a new study says think again. Researchers in hungary have shown dogs have a pretespeal cns to rverything their owrs. Your dog looking at y right nowillemember whatoure dog. Trur proctio manag is here with quincy. What was the las thing qncy kidding. Absolutely. Hes very smart. Traumatized. No. Just aware. Do you want to share anything about mae love . If mae love could wte book and en c t bieve it probably peeing with the door open. Wo wow. Come o if youre home by yourself. You close the door even when you are a he home alone . Quincy, im sorry. You deserve so much better. Sorry, quincy earmuffs. Weve got some japanese science, hungarian science. Weve got an incredible basketba trick shot tohow you. No science here. Doesnt even come from an nba star. It is fro an australian man. He set the guinns world record a m in thss alps andrains it. What . 593 feet. He made thist on jtis thirdattet. A lot ppl wi the video,s it al . Is tsdoctor t byguinness ww t folks ssar. They really stio the rules. Only threetrie made it on his trd standing righter ehe basket. N, y g popsta for us. Lets begin wh the most planet, the fmok go. Nope for their mind bwing videos,efyingn an airplane and staging some prett stunning choreography check out the leo for their song the one moment. Long but all of thction was ot in just conds. Yes. 4. 2 seconds. Hesow t didl . Z. Cameras captured the more than0 her. Then it was all slowed down to synchronize with the song. Me the s were slowed dow by 00 . It is insanely . . Complic b just like other ok go deos, thisasho in just one take. I watched it for the first time yesterday. It was incredible. Now t private couples in hollywd, y cyrus and liam hemsworth. Mileyelebrated her 2th birthday yesterday. Ppy bihday. On instagram share this photoaying happiest . Birthday to my favorite littlean . Shar towg she er o photo hercaptio you alwaynow how to make mrubby lite k fingers shine. And another foe show where she called this the best birthday ever. Finally Gwyneth Paltrow this thasgiving and thats exhusband chris martin. Yesterday gwyneth posted a photo ontagr ins showing their 10yearold son moses giving chris a big bear hug. Thats your popstart . Good message on thanksgiving. The best divorceple ever. Doing it for the kids. Lets get a check of the tuay forast from al. He at theeg othe parade with a very special we all came together. Its appropriate. The other thing youre thankful for, you are working with some great artists. Yeah. I have some new projects im working on with other people and some music from me coming the ende year an beginning of the nt year. Working with pit bull, flo rida yes. I got a song out with pit and flo right now. Listen, you know we love you. Happy thanksgiving. Uncle al lunch money s. Lewi th thanksgiving, whos paying the bills . Macys. And that is your latest weather. But of course, we got football coming up ats something to be thankful for thursday night,footll night in america. The steelers coming in to the indiolis. Cloudy, cold, temperatures in it a stadm, but what th he . Youre thankful for that. And even if ugati ta its perfect weather tonight at 8 the steelers at theolts thursday night,football nig in. Americ i le listening to my voice like that. We know. We gave you a little extra thank you. Lets turn now to our thanks and giving series about the life saving work being done at st. Judes childrens research hospital. We first met lauren ten years ago. She was just learning how to walk again and now shes blossomed into a competitive gymnast and a budding fashionista. Reporter 12yearold lauren trut her stuff. Little fashionista sees life in living color and has big dreams for the future. I want to be a Fashion Designer and also want to be a gymnast. Thats my dream. Reporter there was a time when they werent sure shed live beyond her second birthday. This month marks ten years lauren will be cancerfree. We had no idea that we would be sitting here talking to you about lauren and for her to be t ao see decade later and where wed be, unimaginable. Reporter at 16 months lauren was diagnosed with stage 4 neuro blastoma, a tumor of immature nerve cells outside the brai a cancer so serious, lauren lost the ability to walk. Doctors immediately sent family to st. Jude childrens research hospital. Seeing the condition of it and at they say, figured st. Jude was the best place. Children who have these types of tumors along t spine actually to have permanent neurologic deficits to where they cant walk. When first diagnosed, laurens tumor was the size of a grapefruit and wrap around her tiny spine. After radiation, surgery was needed to remove the shrunken tumor. It was an oration the family dreaded. Theyd already lost their infant son, matthew, on the operating table a few years before. It was tough because last time that we sent a child back to a surgery, the child didnt come back to us. Reporter the operation was a success but laurens future still seemed bleak. She was given a 30 chance of surviving treatment. 30 . Reporter despite the odds, the lewises turned towards their faith and decided to treat lauren like a normal child and her love of fashionbegan. Every day we dressed her regular clothes, even though she was in the hospital. Yes. My mom did get me dressed in pretty hats and pants and shoes. And i think maybe thats what makes me get into fashion. Rorter andow the little girl who onceost her ability to wk is competing and excellin in asticson e her doctors at st. Jude and thanks to newer treatments, the has risen considerably. We would consider a child with a similar presentation to lauren to have as much as a 70 chance. Reporter lauren doesnt recall much about her cancer but shes considered a survivor and goes back to st. Jude once a year for checkups. Hows your health now . Oh, i feel great. Youre 100 healthy . Y he. Thats so good. Reporter now living life, lauren uses her passions to give back to the place she thinks saved hers. Kennedy, created and annual sewing into dreams fashion show. I use fashion to help raise money for st. Jude. Then we have a contest for young Fashion Designers. Whatever lauren wants to do with be we expose her to it. I think the fashion will probably always be with her. Im excited to see what it is that shes going to do. The next ten years, right . Yes. Marlo thomas is the National Outreach director for the st. Jude childrens research happy thanksgiving. Thank you. Isnt she fabulous . I love her. It wouldnt have happened without st. Jude. We use these treatments of intense chemotherapy, cancer immunotherapy which st. Jude is a pioneer in and which tricks the immune system into attacking its own cells, the cancer cells. And just wipes it out. And also a bone marrow transplant. We heard laurens mom talk about a 30 nc at that time. Now it is 70 as we sit here today. Thats how we did it. Whats also amazing is that she simply would not have lived if it hadnt been for st. Jude. Most families cant afford to pay for this. She was two years treated at st. Jude. Daily clinic visits. Surgery, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, not to mechanics what it would cost to stay in a hotel and travel and food. No family could afford to pay for it. St. Jude does that ourselves. Then it gives the parents a focus on their child. I think people we hear it every year when you come on and we talk about st. Jude. No family pays. To wrap your mind around that is incredible. I know. No. Thats the promise my dad made and thats what were so grateful. I mean on thanksgiving im thankful for the today because it really does allow us to reach out to families, let them know there is a place to go if, god forbid, they ever have such a situation. But also to help raise funds to pay for thisec have any paying customers. It is a really Important Service that the today show does. Were proud it let the world know about the great work you do at st. Jude. We are grateful to be able to sit next to you every year and more mes, jerry. You saw the deal and hustled to u. S. Cellular to get yoursel the Samsung Galaxy s7 and 500 bucks. Hmm . Got your phone and your 500 and put it under your own tree. Thats your writing you after santas job . It was a oneday deal. Sorry, santa. Its no crime to gift yourself. Im. Vince vitrano alongside brian gotter. Lets get a weather. Theres still time to pick up those last minute groceries before your Start Cooking area will be open rly this morning for those forgful shoppers. Some of the most forgotten items are things like cream cheese. Cream of mushroom soup. And butter. And if you dont have time to cook. Places like metro market is offering pre cooked its like veggie dishes meat and cheese trays and of welcome back. 30 now on this thanksgiving rning, the 24th of november, 2016. And, boy, oh boy, do we have a huge crowd out here, waving to friends and family back home. Do you get turkey today . No, no turkey today. Tomorrow . Yes. You come back tomorrow, ill bring you leftovers. Thank you these people are going to be j well check in with al there in just a moment. Also ahead, lastminute Shopping Tips on what you need to know before you start spending, like how to avoid the mall all together and save some money online this year. And katie lee has a quick pumpkin cake and some side dishes that will fill out your thanksgiving meal. Plus well catch out with 94 years Young Betty White who is not slow down. But first, als up town in the parade fra check of the weather. Also sassy. Announcer todays thanksgiving day parade weather is sponsored by verizon. Look who weve got with us . One of our faves, miss Sara Mclaughlin joining us. Good morning. Happy thanksgiving. One of the things were thankful for is you have a holiday album coming out called wonderland. Yes. This is my first in ten years. Im so happy to be here to amazing iconic parade. Not only are you doing the parade but youll be joining us next week for the Christmas Tree lighting. On november 30th. Thats right. So i get to be here for a week. Im going to go see hamilton as well. Im so, so lucky. Besides that, what are you thankful for that year . Im thankful for my beautiful children. I have the most amazing friends and family. And my life in general. Im so blessed. I feel so lucky every day that i get to wake up and do something i absolutely lo here in the parade. Happy to be here. Thanks so much. Lets check your weather. As we look for today, we expect to see some showers, some mountain snows in the pacific northwest. Snow moving out of the northern new england. Plenty of sunshine from the southwest, gulf coast, on into florida where there may be a few showers in central florida. And that is your weather. D weather any time you need it. Go to the Weather Channel on cable. And if you cant get here to the parade, weve got a special experience for you from our friends at verizon. Get a 360 view i love clowns 360 view of the parade no matter where you are. Just go to verizons youtube channel. Clowns. Guys . Al, thank you. Now if youre rushing to get your turkey in the oven so that relax. Lets breathe it out. Nbcs black friday has eased up a little bit. Jo ling kent is here. Happy thanksgiving. Weve been telling you about great deals out there all week but there has been some pushback on all the shopping when it comes to thanksgiving day itself. Dozens of major stores saying a big no, thanks to being open on turkey day. It really all comes down to the bottom line. Reporter the crush of the holiday shoppingeason seems to start earlier and earlier every year. Lines and thanksgiving day before the turkeys even gobbled up. But this year more than 50 National Retailers are pushing back, shutting their doors on thanksgiving day. Costco, rei, home depot, ikea, even the mall of america putting up the closed sign. Yet our big brands are doubling down, macys, best buy, target and kohls, throwing open their doors earlier than ever on giving some retailers good reason to give their employees a day off. Theyre listening to their customers, monitoring where people like to shop and when and for what and they are making Business Decisions around that. This mall manager will get to stay home for thanksgiving for the first time in four years. I dont have to leave my own party early. Reporter but stores that are staying open see a huge opportunity to steal your foot traffic from their competitors as they face the end of a weak near 6 in0 americans plan to shop over thanksgiving weekend. Overall sales are expected to rise by 3. 6 . And stores that open on thanksgiving are pulling out all the stops to lure you in. Jcpenney opens at 3 00 p. M. And will give away 500 coupons at the door. Toys r us opening at 5 00 p. M. And will stay open for 30 hours straight. Sears is angling for your wallet with 50 off washers and dryers. Big box stores may be battling for your buck, you but only 23 of americans plan t shop in store this black friday. The restpping online. From the comfort of the couch, jo is here with five tips that we can all use. Black friday and beyond. Lets launch into tip number one. You you should know that your shopping cart is your best friend online. Put all your stuff in now, wait a couple of days. Maybe wait until toow black friday or midnight tonight or even cyber then log out. When you log back in and your stuff is still in there, you may get another 20 off coupon, you may get Free Shipping and extra perks. Smart next we want to talk but about searching with different devices. We all got the tablet and phone and laptop, desktop. Search on different devices. If you bought your last pair of shoesnourphone, your Search History is what the retair is looking at. Computer. That could actually save you20 . Whats join c theb mean . We all have our favorite stores. Some peoples favorite sto is amazon. Maybe it pays to join prime. C also join frequent clubs for bloomingdales, gymboree. You may get points or free purchase later. Or maybe a deeper discount if you are already a member of amazon prime. Buy in bundles. Yan electronics. Say you want a couple of different gaming consoles or you want to buy a couple of electronic devices, sometimes theyll throw in an extra ge or gift card. Take those and either give ito the personhat you on your st or split up gifts, then you have saved yourself a few bucks. Last, but not least, download the apps. This comes with caution. When you go into the store, sometimes when you connect to the instore wifi you get an extra discount when you are you also have to remember when you put anything on your phone, make sure it is legit, make sure it is official so you arent putting your payment into something that might get hacked. We were both saying we love the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the uck and the plate. Ille no f; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. Ful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. This morning on our series today living legends, betty white. Al had a chance to chat with the 94yearold about her extraordinary life and a career thats lasted more than seven decades. Hes uptown with more. Hey, al. Reporter hey, guys. She is still going strong. I had the pleasure of sitting down with betty at her favorite restaurant, Pacific Dining car, up some great wisdom and a lot of fun. Betty, thanks for joining us for breakfast. This is awful nic o you. You think this is enough food for us . You think we can make out . This is yurgs. Y yours. I havent ordered yet. Dear cryptic, bashful, dirtyminded lou. Reporter from the tyler moore show. Sometimes life just isnt fair, kiddo. I always wondered who is betty like . Sue ann nivens o rose . I havent aclue i would pbably say sue ann. She was a feisty one. Well, she liked men. Yes. Sh was a bit of a so does betty. Betty does, too . Yes. The men dont know it. Oh. Reporter hot in cleveland ended just last year after a sixseason run. Betty White Reporter and in 2010, crowned the darling of le night tv when she became the oldest host of saturday night live. Im 88 1 2 years old. Well, its going to be here for a number of reasons. Here he are, over 70 years in the business. And youre than you probably have ever been. Oh, youre very kind. But thank you. I never take it for granted. You look like youre enjoying yourself. Oh, it is such fun how can you not enj it . Do you have any plans to slow down or retire . Why . No. . Its time to say hello again . . Reporter she began her career in the 50s. By rail. Reporter producing and performing in etch asks and game shows like password. What are your plans for the summer, betty . Well, im going to do some what did you have in mind . Reporter marrying its host, allen ludden who she calls the love of her life. But it wasnt until she began hosting the macys day parade that she became a household name. Tell me how you see the role of women evolve . It was a privilege to be allowed to work at that time. There were very, very few female producers, writers, directors. Or even on camera. It was a mans world. Have you cooked the lobster yet . But allens been looking forward to a lobster dinner. What do you think is the secret eehe best . 7y; relationships . Whether theyr personal . Kiness. Even i irritated or t. Because that sticks. That sticks around. Or that just chips off a little of the other guys selfesteem. Whats your fountain of youth . My work with animals. Thankful for this thanksgiving, it is somebody like her. Yes, indeed. We love her. We love your life, al. You get to hang out with the best people. Al, have fun on the parade. Well talk to you. You, too. Happy thanksgiving, guys. Happy thanksgiving to you, al. Katie lees goto lastminute thanksgiving dishes for all you procrastinators out there. But first, this is today on igue as it is flavor. Some say it was invented by deli owner arnold reuben. Others, by Reuben Kulakofsky during a poker game. And some insist it was hollywood starlet Marjorie Rambeau in a fit of crazed hunger. Seriously. The reubens past may be debatable, but its great taste is not. Stacked with lean corned beef, bavarianstyle sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing on new freshlybaked rye bread. We dont know where it came from, but we know where you can get it. Only at subway. Were back with more of our special series today food allstar thanksgiving. If youre short a dish or two for dinner tonight, dont panic. Katie lee, cohost of the kitchen has recipes, both savory and sweet. We have a question this morning from rachel who asks is it too late at this point to defrost my turkey. If you dont mind eating dinner around 10 00 tonight. Then maybe you are okay. You the it in cold water. Every 30 minutes change the water and count on 30 minutes per pound. Its going to take a while. If you have a big turkey, you might be eating thanksgiving tomorrow. It will be a Late Night Party at rachels house tonight. Maybe pick up a rotisserie chicken. Some of these great dishes you want to help us make quickly as we get ready. This is so simple. This is a cranberry relish. My moms recipes. You dontn stove. In the food processor, your fresh cranberries, orange defendants. Take one of these microplane graters and just grate that orange zest. Dont get into the white part. Once you see that, then youre done with that part of the orange because thats the bitter. You just take your zest and put right in. Then weve got a fresh orange here. I cut away the peel of the orange. This. You just cut the sections is out. Then theres none of the pit going in. You put those in with your cranberries. Then ive got celery, apples, walnuts. That all goes in. If you dont have walnuts, you can use almonds, hazelnuts. Then well put the top on this. Pulse it up. This whole things takes what . Five minutes . Its a he so quick to do. You get that all mixed up. Then you add to it because those cranberries are so bitter. Then i like to put in a little bit of orange liqueur. If youre making it form the kids, you can leave that out. Takes the edge off the day a little bit. It does. Right . Relax a little bit. Let that sit in the refrigeraor for at least a halfhour so that sugar melts in. If you forgot for cook your fresh tasting. It gives you something nice and crisp next to all that heavy food. Ive got a shallot here that i sauteed. Im going to add to that some sundried tomatoes. If youve go the some of those, throw those in. If not, you can leave them out. It is not crucial. Then i took my green beans and put them in the microwave for like two minutes. Thats kind of like blanching them. Instead of putting pot of boiling water and shocking them with ice water, this will soften them up a little bit. At the end i love lemon juice and lemon zest. You love the zest. Im zesty. Watch out. A little salt and pepper. You just let that cook for a couple of minutes. This is also good room temperature. If you make it and let it sit on your buffet, thats fine. I like to top with a little bit crunch. Now the easiest cake youve ever made. A yellow cake mix and add to it a can of pumpkin. Thats it. It is just the cake mix and the pumpkin. And some pumpkin pie spice. Super simple. Mix that up. Put it into a greased bundt pan. Cook according to package directions. Then for a glaze, i just take some cream, whisk that together. If you dont have heavy cream, you can use orange juice or cranberry juice. Its really simple. Shall we eat some of it . Yeah. Katie lee, this cake is amazing. Your mamas cranberry recipe . Mm. Everyone, if you have this available to make today, you should. Oh, my gosh if you dont have real cranberries at home and just dried cranberries wont really work, no. They would just be a little too sweet and get all stuck together. You could mix some dried cranberries into it, if you like. I love the way you correct us without insulting us. Use your dried cranberries in place of the sun dried tomatoes in the green beans. Solutions. Thats why we love you. Happy thanksgiving. To get these recipes, head to today. Com food. Were back in a moment. Announcer smuckers celebrates today is sponsored by smuckers. With a name like muckers, it has to be good. We are celebrating thanksgiving in a special way around here. Dylan is in the orange room with more. We certainly are. Our viewers are sharing photos of the friends and family they are thankful for who also happen to be celebrating birthdays month. Around here, of course we are thankful for our favorite twins, jenna and barbara bush who have a birthday tomorrow. Happy early birthday to them. Amanda just celebrated her husbands birthday. She says hes loving, patient and kind. All of this, and more, are the reasons im thankful for him. We cant get enough of this november birthday. Emilys adorable daughter who just turned 1 this month and has the cake all over her face to send them our way, today. Com celebrates. I have to add my fatherinlaws birthday is coming up in a couple of days, so happy birthday to him, too. We are sitting here talking about what to wear later at thanksgiving dinner . Stretch pants. I also look for sweatpants that look like real pants. We need something with elastic . As you walk over. Nothing uncomfortable. This is the world we live in when were trying to plot what outfit stretches properly. You dont want to be the guy at the thanksgiving table just opens the belt and just sits back. As long as youre with family, you can unbutton. It is a compliment to the chef. We have a chef at the table. After all the turkey and trimmings, it is time for a little football. Do not forget to tune in for indianapolis colts. Check of the weather. A lot of shoppers are skipping the thanksgiving feast and waiting in line for doorbuster deals. In front of best buy in delafield these tents are gone instead there is now a line of shopperspeople started camping out there last thursday. The shoppers arent exactly roughing it. They filled their tents with a queen bed, a television and okay, people today is macys 90th thanksgiving day parade. This is gonna be great. Lets see, we got balloons, floats, singers, dancers, dancing Christmas Trees wait a minute, dancing Christmas Trees . Yes, of course. Whats thanksgiving without the dancing Christmas Trees . Well, looks like everythings ready. Uh, scooter, you forgot one thing. Whats that . Cue the opening number. Cue the opening number . . . Therell be spectacle therell be fantasy . . Therell be derringdo and stuff like you would never see . Hey, its macys thanksgiving day parade starring everybody. And me