feeling pretty confident right now that we are going to stop with that turkey thing. that s my turkey thing. sorry. look. tom turkey is here. same as your turkey there. the winds are calm. what s giving me even more hope, all these guys in these very colorful uniforms, these are the balloon handlers. there s the man of the hour, astronaut snoopy. that s the 40th iteration of snoopy in the 93 years this parade has been going. incredible the long lasting nature of the peanuts characters. they will make the decision on whether the balloons fly just minutes before they step off at 9:00 a.m. eastern. i got to say, i am shocked at how calm it is right now. the wind howled for much of the night where i live. by the time i got here, though, it had calmed down quite a bit. as long as it doesn t get over that 23 miles per hour or gusting up to 34 miles per hour. they want to avoid what happened
here in 97 where one balloon hit a lamp post and debris came down and critically injured a woman. they are trying to keep anything like that from happening this time. they can keep the balloons very close to the ground. they have done that in the past. and that may be the case today. but right now it s looking pretty good. but we are still waiting a final decision. all right. as we wait for that, we also want to take a look at the forecast. not just for the parade but also we ve got a preview of another big winter storm that could cause headaches over the weekend. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the thanksgiving forecast. good morning. good morning, erica. last hour i showed you the european model saying wind gusts to 31. i just which switched it around to show the american model, wind gusts of 37. we will see. there s a lot of wind out there. don t get me wrong, it is howling over the poconos and through west virginia. the winds are 40 to 50 miles per hour. we re just down in th
used was signing this as a sign of respect. it can t be a respect to threaten china with sanctions. happy thanksgiving, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. alisyn is off. snoopy is not. nor is erica hill who joins me this morning. and we re both excited about astronaut snoopy this year. i did like cowboy snoopy. i don t remember cowboy snoopy. i ll give you that. so we re all watching the wind speeds this morning. the strength of the wind will determine whether or not the balloons fly in two hours for the thanksgiving day parade. if the winds are above 23 miles per hour or gusts higher than 34 miles per hour, then the city will be forced to ground the balloons and that s not happened in 48 years. we are keeping our fingers crossed as parade officials make their decision next hour. we will bring you that decision the second it comes in.
and even in the carter page fisa application. it was properly predicated which is what some of the reporting has been. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. thanks for coming in. so the question of the day on this thanksgiving is this. will snoopy and the rest of the balloons those aren t balloons. those are real people in front of a balloon. will the balloons take off? it all depends on the winds. we have a live report ahead. (logo whooshes) (logo chiming) - [woman] with shark s duoclean, i don t just clean, i deep clean carpets and floors. so i got this. yep, this too. even long hair and pet hair are no problem. but the one thing i won t have to clean is this. because the shark self-cleaning brush roll removes the hair wrap while i clean. - [narrator] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. now available in our new uplight model.
happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. thanks to all of our international viewers for watching. for you cnn newsroom with max foster is next. for u.s. viewers, we have a very important update on the thanksgiving parade balloons. new day continues right now. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. that was so great. i m sorry. that was so great. it s the best. and they re right. they were saying those are the small moments but the small moments are not small. they are big and they are moments with your family and knowing your children are healthy and that you can go home and hug them. all right. so welcome back, everyone. this is new day. it s 8:00 in the east. alisyn is off. erica hill joins me on this thanksgiving morning. the turkey is here as well. the highest paid cnn anchor this morning. will astronaut snoopy soar above the streets of new york city this morning? the american people want to know the answer to that question as