Underway for the 6 abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade. Well take you live to the parkway. And South Carolina governor, nikki haley is the first woman chosen for a post in Donald Trumps administration. And the big story on action news is the roads rails and skies, expected to be the most crowded Holiday Travel period in nine years. Whether you are driving and flying david murphy has your Holiday Travel forecast. Reporter we are up and down the east coast. Dry. Dry down to florida. Maybe just a couple of sprinkles there later on. The big issue is the upper great lakes where we have snow and rain from detroit to chicago and st. Louis is starting to get out on the other side of that and the other side of Mississippi River you are in good shape. New orleans may pick up a thunderstorm later on. So maybe a flight delay there. As we look at what is going on right now, it doesnt look too bad. Temperaturewise at 4 00, in case are you packing your bags and getting ready to head somewhere e
137 million americans, planned to shop this Holiday Weekend and we will expect an average of 300, of those people surveyed last year, they said all of the items they bought 100 percent were at a discount. That leads me to a nice vice, some customers say they had them going in to the stores today, they say not only did they experience, the holiday discounts, they already knew about but they are also met with unexpected, coupons at the door to give them a little extra off. In terms of the unexpect some say they did not expect the hadness they found inside. You know, like the whole place was saying she was behind but things fell all over the lays behind me. The it got so out of control what did you do. I just put my stuff down. Reporter are you coming back for anything. No, im done. Reporter that is how i get stressed out and i get out but i typically come back in. Half of the people we spoke with said shopping on thanksgiving has become part of their holiday tradition but the other half
Hug. Then something unexpect happened. Later that night at work, he came to the house and gave my wife an envelope and said, opened it up, right and there was a check for 5,000 in it. Reporter jim who wished to remain a none news said he wanted to grant chase a wish to go to disney world. Gilchrist family is thrilled. To see that was amazing to me. Im still in shock. Reporter nice man, what would you say to him. I would say thank you. Happy thanksgiving. Reporter this is my favorite part of it, we went to the house and spoke to his wife. He didnt want to be on camera. She said she didnt know anything about this check. He came home, talked about the sweet little boy. I said is he in trouble forgiving that money away . He is not in trouble. Sometimes he likes to play santa claus. Live, im cleve bryan, cbs3 Eyewitness News. What a wonderful story, cleve. Now that the thanksgiving dinner is done in many locations many people are engaging in another holiday tradition. It is shopping. Eyewit
137 million americans, planned to shop this Holiday Weekend and we will expect an average of 300, of those people surveyed last year, they said all of the items they bought 100 percent were at a discount. That leads me to a nice vice, some customers say they had them going in to the stores today, they say not only did they experience, the holiday discounts, they already knew about but they are also met with unexpected, coupons at the door to give them a little extra off. In terms of the unexpect some say they did not expect the hadness they found inside. You know, like the whole place was saying she was behind but things fell all over the lays behind me. The it got so out of control what did you do. I just put my stuff down. Reporter are you coming back for anything. No, im done. Reporter that is how i get stressed out and i get out but i typically come back in. Half of the people we spoke with said shopping on thanksgiving has become part of their holiday tradition but the other half
Hug. Then something unexpect happened. Later that night at work, he came to the house and gave my wife an envelope and said, opened it up, right and there was a check for 5,000 in it. Reporter jim who wished to remain a none news said he wanted to grant chase a wish to go to disney world. Gilchrist family is thrilled. To see that was amazing to me. Im still in shock. Reporter nice man, what would you say to him. I would say thank you. Happy thanksgiving. Reporter this is my favorite part of it, we went to the house and spoke to his wife. He didnt want to be on camera. She said she didnt know anything about this check. He came home, talked about the sweet little boy. I said is he in trouble forgiving that money away . He is not in trouble. Sometimes he likes to play santa claus. Live, im cleve bryan, cbs3 Eyewitness News. What a wonderful story, cleve. Now that the thanksgiving dinner is done in many locations many people are engaging in another holiday tradition. It is shopping. Eyewit