Thanksgiving. Packing up and leaving. I just worry about what were breathing in. Reporter instead of celebrating, theyre wondering when theyll be able to return home. Authorities say theyre keeping a close eye on the air quality. While they wont know exactly what caused this fire until they get it out, they say one thing is for sure, it is a miracle that nobody was killed. In los angeles, will carr, abc news. Millions of people around the country celebrated thanksgiving. I myself feel like im in a food coma. But those celebrations were not limited to people on earth. Imagine that. Astronauts on the International Space station also enjoyed the holiday. The sixmember crew marked the day with turkey, mashed potatoes, and a homemade pumpkin pie. They also sent a greeting to us earthlings. Happy thanksgiving from the International Space station. There are six of us living up here on the International Space station, and three of us are ameran. While this is a unique erican rticular date, be sharing it with our International Friends on board. So cool. That is cool. The whole, you know, gravity thing. Yes, it is cool. Oh, man. Look at snoopy, astronaut snoopy, just like at the macys thanksgiving day parade. The group unveiled a smaller version of the astronaut snoopy that did fly in the macys thanksgiving day parade in new york city. Will was out there yesterday. I was. Making sure that the wind gusts werent too strong so that those balloons could fly. I had my anemometer, its a wind reader. Oh, anemometer. That 8inchhigh snoopy has been in space since last month. Cool seeing it floating around there. I felt like was an astronaut when i had the whipped cream from my pie, just going thats hilarious. Is that what you did yesterday . No, im making it up, whatever. What to do with all that leftover turkey . Thats coming up. 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And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. Until i found out what itst it actually was. Ed me. Dust mite droppings eeeeeww dead skin cells gross so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavyduty dusters. Duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweepers on it. The textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. Phew. Glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. Officials are blaming icy conditions for this accident about 150 miles south of denver. A charter was carrying 49 passengers ages 4 to 83. Were told some of the injuries are lifethreatening. Look at that, completely upside down. The bus was heading north on interstate 25 early thanksgiving morning. The driver has been charged with careless driving. Police say he was going too fast. Stunning image. A tragic fall has taken the life of one of the worlds elite climbers. Brad gobright was killed after plunging nearly 1,000 feet from a mountain in northeast mexico wednesday. He was a free solo climber, meaning he did it without a rope. His death comes two days after fellow worldclass climber Emily Harrington survived a fall in Yosemite National park. Back here at home, several of americas greatest athletes have been sidelined by a pretty common virus. We told you yesterday how several members of the defending super bowl champion new England Patriots were sacked by a bad case of the flu. Abcs Kaylee Hartung has an update. Reporter flu season proving once again it can tackle anyone, sidelining several members of the reigning super bowl champs as they prepare for their next game. Intercepted by new england reporter nine of the new flu this week. Most at home from wednesdays practice, including five starters. We just had guys came in, you look in their eyes, you can tell they were just out of it. Reporter massachusetts among six states battling widespread influenza activity as the virus continues to spread. Flu season came early this year. Its earliest start in the last decade. The center for Disease Control says its not an indication of how severe or how long flu season will be. The patriots now taking precautions to protect its healthy players, encouraging them to speak up instead of fighting through it if they feel ill. Thursday four of those players still unable to practice. This is a reminder it is not too late to get vaccinated. Cdc says getting a flu shot is the best way to prevent the virus and its potentially serious complications. Kaylee hartung, abc news, new york. For your worst sore throat pain, try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. Ahhh vaporize sore throat pain with Vicks Vapocool drops and try new vapocool spray. Welcome back to the day after thanksgiving. If you havent been completely turkeyed out, were checking out creative turkey breakfast dishes to get you fueled up before hitting those black friday sales. Butterball turkey talk line expert carol miller is back in our world news now kitchen to help us out. It is the day after. If you didnt give all your leftovers to your guests as they went out the door, you need to deal with them. Theres so many great ways. If youve got a lot left over, more than you can eat in like three days, it needs to go up into the freezer. What you need to do is plan recipes. So if you need two cups of cubed turkey, put it in a little bag, put it in the freezer. Whenever you need it, pop it out. Dont waste it. Dont let it go over the edge. Eat it in three days or freeze it. Eat it in three days or freeze it, all right. Thats what people need to remember. What do you have here in the center of this table for us . Youre right, this is a breakfast frittata. You could have it for lunch and dinner. Of course its eggs, its zucchini, tomato. What do you think the protein in there . What would it be . It may be a little turkey. Its a lot of turkey. Its great, easy to do. Theres so many ways that you can use the turkey. Butterball. Com has a wealth of recipes from sandwiches, soups and things. My favorite way, and its easy, is when you clean the bones and youre picking the little bits that arent beautiful, are not slices, put them in a pan, take your favorite barbecue sauce, all you have to do is heat it up and you have barbecue turkey. That sounds delicious, barbecue turkey. And easy. And youre right, very easy. You mentioned theres some other recipes that you have for leftovers. Right, my favorite soup is a salsa soup. Its kind of a you just dump the things, a thing of salsa, a thing of a can of turkey juice or drippings, and then it also is the turkey. Its so easy. It sounds delicious. Earlier now you mentioned about three days or freeze it. Right. When it comes to safety after, when it comes to turkey, youve got to be safe with it just to make sure you dont get any foodborne illnesses. If we go back to yesterday, when you were done eating all that turkey, all the other goodies, the stuffing, it needs to go back into the refrigerator in about two hours. And it gets really easy when youre having a good time, you maybe dont want to deal with that and the dishes. But you really need for good quality and safety to get at that refrigerator temperature. Really, is it okay for the turkey to be sitting out for five hours after dinner . No, no. Its not okay . Its not okay. Everybodys talking, having a good time. No . No, food needs to be 40 degrees or 140 degrees. You dont want it in the danger zone. Because you want that frittata tomorrow you want that turkey sandwich tomorrow. We sure do. You want that frozen turkey. Even if youre stuffed, somebody needs to make sure to pack all this stuff up. Right, right. You need to take it home or are you going to do it . Are you going to be the designated this year i will. Im going to help out, besides just eat. All right, thank you, carol. I really appreciate it. For these and other leftover turkey ideas, visit butterballs turkey talk line at butterball. Com. Butterballs carol miller, thanks again. Thank you. About the Colonial Penn program. Here to tell you if youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance is guaranteed. And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. Okay, so the day after thanksgiving, black friday. But if youve had oudes, now is time to hit the movie theaters. Our own will ganss has this wrapup of the best of the box office. This winter the battle for the box office is red hot. Its rey versus kylo ren. Versus rebel wilson dressed as a cat. The crazy cat lady. The highly anticipated final chapter of the star wars sequel trilogy, star wars the rise of skywalker will find the resistance facing kylo ren for the last time. What are you doing there, 3po . Taking one last look, sir. Reporter fun fact about that one. Fans think c3po will play a large part in this film. So many famous faces covered in fur will sing and dance their way onto the big screen for the film that may have you think youve taken one too many doses of catnip. Idris elba, dame judi dench, jason derulo, rebel wilson, jennifer hudson, james corden, and taylor swift star in the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webbers musical cats. You dont need to wait to get your fix of this years likely oscar contenders. I suspect foul play. Reporter an oldfashioned whodunit starring daniel craig, chris evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and more, just opened called knives out. Kicking things into a higher gear, queen slim is a modernday take on a classic. The black bonnie and clyde. Reporter that film also in theaters this weekend. Looking ahead to december 13th, brace yourselves. Ready to go to war . Oh, yeah. Reporter bombshell stars nicole kidman, charlize theron, and margot robbie. The women who exposed roger ailes for sexual harassment. If that buzzing sound is getting louder, its for adam sandler whos getting a lot of best actor chatter for his role as an addicted diamond dealer in uncut gems. This is me. This is how i win. Reporter a far cry from his more family oriented movies like grownups. If thats what youre looking for this Holiday Season . Jumanji the next level is out the same day. Whats going on, you having a heart attack . Breathe reporter if screaming primates arent your thing, you can always change it up. A certain screaming snowman would love to see you back in arendelle for frozen ii. Thats out right now. Okay, so seeing all tha this morning on world news now, your black friday forecast. Storms are affecting just about every part of the country. Whipping winds, heavy rain, snow and ice will affect your day through sunday. Accuweather is tracking it all for you. Also this morning, a president ial surprise. President trump traveling to afghanistan to spend time with american troops and resume peace talks with the taliban. What we now know about the negotiations. After the thanksgiving meal of course comes shopping for deals. Americans across the country taking part in the retail rush. Right now we take you to the black friday frenzy. And why did the turkey cross the road . Nope, not a joke. It was the burning question of the day posed by actor will smith. Well have more on this fowl play that played out on this busy highway later in the skinny. Its friday, november 29th. Happy black friday. We made it. Weve got will back here with us while kenneths enjoying the holiday, probably shopping for something good for me. Hes still in his food coma. When he wakes up he told me hes going to get you whatever you want. So he lies to you too. Exactly. Hes doing the whole charade. Hes going to tease it out. Right. We will get to all the fun coming up. We begin this half hour with President Trumps thanksgiving day surprise, a visit to american troops serving in afghanistan. He thanked the men and women for their service, calling them courageous american warriors. This was his first visit to that country as commander in chief. The president also announced he was restarting peace talks with the taliban during a meeting with afghan president ashraf ghani. Abcs cecilia vega has the details. Reporter on a secret mission that only a handful of top aides knew about, President Trump landing in afghanistan, delivering a thanksgiving surprise to american troops. Surrounded by those service members, the president announced peace talks with the taliban are now back on. The taliban wants to make a deal. Well see if they want to make a deal, its got to be a real deal, but well see. Reporter the president abruptly canceled those talks less than three months ago after a spike in violence. The move sparking fierce bipartisan outrage. Theyre dead, theyre dead. As far as im concerned theyre dead. Reporter 19 americans have died in combat in afghanistan so far this year, the most in five years. And President Trump hoping to make good on a promise to reduce the 13,000 troops currently stationed there to about 8,600. This is the president s second trip to visit troops in a combat zone, traveling to iraq last christmas. But this Mission Comes amid controversy at the pentagon after the president intervened on behalf of a navy s. E. A. L. At the center of a war crimes case. The Navy Secretary forced out after President Trump refused to allow top leadership to strip Edward Gallagher of his elite navy s. E. A. L. Status. In the washington post, ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer calling it a quote shocking and unprecedented intervention, saying the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically, or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices. But President Trump eager to show off his military support, the president all smiles as he served thanksgiving dinner, joking about missing out on his own helping. I never got to my turkey, the first time on thanksgiving ive never had anything, cold turkey. But thats okay. Reporter and the utmost security measures were taken to protect the president and his safety on this highstakes trip. When air force one took off from joint base andrews, all the interior lights in that plane were off, the windows were drawn. When it landed at Bagram Air Base in afghanistan, it landed in complete darkness. There were only a handful of aides traveling with President Trump on this trip. Not even the president of afghanistan knew that he was coming until shortly before President Trump landed. At the white house, im cecilia vega for abc news. Thank you, cecilia. Closer to home, millions of americans bracing for a new round of wind, rain, and snow likely lasting through the weekend. Crews battling the cave fire near Santa Barbara getting some muchneeded help from some snow which is quite rare for that area. Quite a different scene than we saw a few days ago. The interstate that connects Southern California to las vegas has managed to stay open during this blast of winter weather, but Road Conditions are dangerous. Abcs rob marciano has the details. Reporter high winds nearly grounding those famous balloons at the macys thanksgiving day parade. Handlers struggling to keep some of them under control. Gusts shoving the nutcracker balloon, knocking this person to the ground. The wind tearing a hole in the Ronald Mcdonald balloon, causing to it partially deflate. Officials pulling it off the on the back side of this storm, First Responders in utah racing to rescue three people in an suv that rolled at least 30 feet down an embankment in heavy snow wednesday. In colorado, a bus with some 45 people on board overturning on i25 south of pueblo. Roads icy in the area, at least one lifethreatening injury. Slamming the west. In Southern California tow trucks pulling stranded big rigs out of the snow. I5 north of los angeles shut down for hours. Driving treacherous on the 15 freeway north of san bernardino. Coming up the pass, the 15 here was a little hydroplaning, a lot of stop and go. Reporter both storms delaying over 5,500 flights wednesday alone. Fears of significant travel headaches for millions heading home with the busiest air travel day of the year looming. Our big thanks to rob marciano. The Big Questions now are which areas will get the worst of the new storms and when will they hit . Accuweather meteorologist chris nallan joins us now with some answers. Good morning, chris. Will and janai, the Holiday Season is in full force now and everyone going to be shopping. Guess what, going to be cold across the northcentral northwest. The accuweather real feels between 10 and 20 degrees. Also being felt across the northeast that cool air. So youll need to bundle up for your Holiday Shopping for friday. But here we go. Big storm is going to be across the midsection of the country. The dakotas and even some snow and ice around minneapolis. The concern is for travelers. When you go back home, especially across the great lakes, the northeast, we see rain, snow, and ice from the great lakes back towards the big cities. Something to keep an eye on. Will and janai . Thanks, chris. Two massive explosions at a texas Chemical Plant forced about 50,000 people to spend thanksgiving day away from home. The blasts shattered windows, destroyed roofs, terrified residents. Anyone living within a fourmile radius of the plant in port neches was ordered to leave. Three people were injured in the first explosion. Firefighters have contained the flames. Officials are expected to decide today if its safe to lift that evacuation order. And developing this morning, a devastating fire. You can see a giraffe there running for its life from the flames at a wild animal park in northern ohio. Ten animals killed when the blaze destroyed a barn at the African Safari wildlife park about 30 miles east of toledo. No people were injured. That giraffe had been in a pond when the fire broke out. Three other giraffes plus antelopes and wild hogs from africa died. Thats so sad. Oh my gosh. I mean, seeing that picture first, i thought it was a dinosaur. Thats what it looked like at first. Not going to go there. Giraffe. On a serious note, three giraffes, antelopes, wild hogs. Theyre put in there i would think as a sanctuary to help them. That is very unfortunate. Tragic. Hopefully damage is minimum. An air force airman had a double thanksgiving surprise for his girlfriend. Surprise number one was for his girlfriend, elizabeth metz, she didnt know her airman, lucas tibalski, would be waiting for her at the finish line of yesterdays turkey trot in wausau, wisconsin. Surprise number two came when the airman dropped to one knee. I missed you. I missed you more. Will you marry me . Are you kidding . He was serious, she did say yes. The two have known each other since they were 4 years old. They started dating in high school. Thats about as all American High School sweetheart, perfect for the Holiday Season stories you can get. You said it best, 100 . Coming up, the two athletes who hit the gym on thanksgiving day. Plus the black friday door buster deals already under way at macys, target, best buy, and kohls. A tradition unlike any other, an american tradition in every sense of the word, black friday. Millions of americans have already been taking advantage of early sales, but for many retailers today is the day for the biggest door buster deals. Heres abcs trevor ault. Reporter before thanksgiving even wraps up, millions of Holiday Shoppers are already off to the races. You said youve been out shopping this morning, what are you looking for . Reporter more than 165 Million People are expected to shop over the fiveday thanksgiving weekend, and nearly half that number will do it the oldfashioned way and shop in stores. I always like to come early. Theyre all going b sunday theyre going to be gone. Reporter with thanksgiving falling so late in november this year, retailers are offering even bigger sales out of the gate. Estimates say shoppers are ready to take advantage. Savings website retail me not saying 85 of consumers plan to shop across black friday and cyber monday this year, thats a 7 spike from 2018. And the average consumer expected to drop 738 on their purchases. Shopping experts say while good deals are available, you shouldnt think of these next few days as a one and done opportunity. Dont feel like you have to buy everything now and bust your budget. If you can, spread out those purchases, sales will continue through the season. Reporter early Analysis Shows more retailers than ever are promoting black friday deals. And you should know the price in the store versus online are often different. So if youre shopping in the store today you should doublecheck the price on your phone, and maybe you can save a few extra dollars. Janai, will . Oh, good ideas from trevor there. If youre in the stores, check the price on your phone. My husband and i were talking about this yesterday. We were like, unless its at least 50 off, its not really a deal. Wow, steep discount. 30 off . Thats not a black friday deal. Thats how they get you, hook you in, oh, ill buy three of them, then youre overspending and doing exactly what they want you to do, letting them win, and you cant let them win. Youve got to win, america. Youve got to win. Have a game plan, a budget. Yeah, scope it out. Have a strategy. Divide and conquer with your family and friends and you get those deals. And buy online too. Maybe thats not in the spirit of black friday but its the spirit of 2019 and beyond. Buy online. 100 . I saw you checking out in the break you didnt see anything. Okay. Moving on. You get those deals, america. When we come back, the tale of the turkey versus the genie. And how disney really does make dreams come true, especially when youre the ceo. Not bad. The skinny is next. So i can sleep great and wake up human. Dont eat me i taste terrible. Fight your worst symptoms so you can sleep great and wake up human. New mucinex nightshift cold and flu. 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We can only hope that he did in fact manage to get to the Grocery Store to procure those pies. Will smith or the turkey . I dont know. They could have been going to the same place. Flipping the game on its head. Next to making wishes come true on this thanksgiving holiday weekend. With a lot of love and a dash of disney magic, disney, of course the Parent Company of abc news of course, it all started with an appeal from across the pond from a hospice in england trying to secure a screening of the latest Star Wars Film for a terminally ill fan and his young son. The rise of skywalker doesnt hit british theaters until december 19th. Sadly, time is running out for that dying fan. Wow. So the hospice worker tweeted out an appeal for anyone to help. That appeal eventually got the attention of the big boss, disney ceo bob iger. Yeah, our big boss. Iger shared this tweet saying on this thanksgiving we at disney are grateful to be able to share the rise of skywalker with the patient and his family, may the force be with you and with all of us, with us all, wow. Thats fantastic, what a nice gesture, and to be in a position to be able to do Something Like that. Is incredible. And so appreciated, im sure, by those people in their time of need, thats great. Hopefully they enjoy that experience. That disney magic. I tell you. Next to the thanksgiving day post that nearly broke the gram. While millions of us were busy stuffing what is this . Stuffing our faces at the thanksgiving table, two of bostons biggest sports figures, they were busy pumping some iron. So former red sox star im tongue tied david big papi ortiz shared this on instagram, of himself there and in the background, that is former patriots star Rob Gronkowski at the gym. The caption read, thankful for the chance to work with and work out with my boy rob. But heres the part that blew fans minds, the last line, more to come thanksgivingfriendsgiving. What . More to come, maybe gronks coming back, pats fans, i dont know, you guys have enough already, thanksgivings over, im not generous anymore, youre not deserving. Whenever we do anything about Rob Gronkowski, i always think of tide pods. Tide pods i think of yo soy fiesta. Gronk thinks of the guy youd want at friendsgiving. Speaking of friendsgiving, former friends star Jennifer Aniston fired a social media zinger at abc latenight host jimmy kimmel. Aniston shared an Instagram Post from her annual friendsgiving dinner wednesday night posing with the tray of enchiladas she was placing into the oven. Turn the clock back to last december, kimmel joked with aniston about maybe perhaps cooking something other than turkey for her friendsgiving dinner. Meatballs would be a nice item to have . Would you like it to be an italian kind of a flair . Italian, mexican would you want to cook it . I know you love mexican food, graciasgiving, amigosgiving, whatever you want to call it. I like that. Especially forget me, if you start doing it, everyone will follow suit, just like with your haircuts, everybody gets the same hair. Graciasgiving, im here for it. Yeah, sure, why not . And this was anistons response. Kimmel responded quote finally someone listened to me. I wonder whats bleeped out. Everyone can guess. Yeah. I think you got it. Thats hilarious. Enchiladas for thanksgiving. Whatever. If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape im the love that youre looking for write to me and escape theres a jam to start your black friday. If youre up and ready to head out to take advantage of all whatever. And looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance is guaranteed. And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. If you like making love at if you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape im the love that youre looking for write to me and escape theres a jam to start your black friday. If youre up and ready to head out to take advantage of all those deals out there. Rupert holmes was escaping and topping the charts this thanksgiving week way back in 1979. I was not alive but i like that song. This year, though, i am alive, and for so many of us this week was all about escaping the weather. So here now is our weekly friday rewind. Two major storms hitting on the eve before thanksgiving. Weather alerts from california to the northeast with millions of americans traveling for the holiday right now. The blast of heavy snow slamming parts of the midwest, falling as fast as 2 inches an hour. Minneapolis declaring a snow emergency. In northern california, a second storm system shutting down part of interstate 5 for hours north of redding. Dozens of travelers stranded. Its been a miserable day of travel for the millions of people trying to get around for the holiday. This is not over just yet. People in one of the worlds most famous cities wading in waters from their ankles to their knees. Venice and some of its most famous landmarks submerged again as the city struggles with weeks of unprecedented and deadly flooding. During the worst of the flooding this man was swimming. Many here are blaming Climate Change as venice tries to keep its businesses running. Turning to that massive heist, thieves making away with what could be millions of dollars of jewels and art. Police say this is the moment thieves struck one of europes oldest museums. Watch as one of the suspects smashes their way with an ax into a glass case holding 18th century treasures. The thieves swiping three sets of priceless diamonds and precious stones. This is a race against time. If those jewels are broken up, they could be far more difficult to trace. In this science class in southwest minnesota, seventh grader Jonathan Jones is about to see the world in a whole new way. Jonathan is extremely color blind. Hes just been handed a pair of hightech glasses that let him see vivid colors for the very first time. Hes crying it wasnt until this moment that he could appreciate what many take for granted. Come here, dude. Jonathan got the special glasses from his principal, whos also color blind. Whats his favorite color now . Well, he says its blue. This winter we are going to the caribbean, and im excited to see ocean blue. Thats awesome. I love that story. That is so great. Im going to the caribbean, this morning on world news now, your black friday forecast. Storms are affecting just about every part of the country. Whipping winds, heavy rain, snow and ice will affect your day through sunday. Accuweather is tracking it all for you. Also this morning, a president ial surprise. President trump traveling to afghanistan to spend time with american troops and resume peace talks with the taliban. What we now know about the negotiations. And after the thanksgiving meal of course comes shopping for deals. Americans across the country taking part in the retail rush. Right now we take you to the black friday frenzy. And why did the turkey cross the road . Nope, not a joke. It was the burning question of the day posed by actor will smith. Well have more on this fowl play that played out on this busy highway later in the skinny. Its friday, november 29th. Happy black friday. We made it. Weve got will back here with us while kenneths enjoying the holiday, probably shopping for something good for me. Hes still in his food coma. When he wakes up he told me hes going to get you whatever you want. So he lies to you too. Exactly. Hes doing the whole charade. Hes going to tease it out. Right. We will get to all the fun coming up. We begin this half hour with President Trumps thanksgiving day surprise, a visit to american troops serving in afghanistan. He thanked the men and women for their service, calling them courageous american warriors. This was his first visit to that country as commander in chief. The president also announced he was restarting peace talks with the taliban during a meeting with afghan president ashraf ghani. Abcs cecilia vega has the details. Reporter on a secret mission that only a handful of top aides knew about, President Trump landing in afghanistan, delivering a thanksgiving surprise to american troops. Surrounded by those service members, the president announced peace talks with the taliban are now back on. The taliban wants to make a deal. Well see if they want to make a deal, its got to be a real deal, but well see. Reporter the president abruptly canceled those talks less than three months ago after a spike in violence. The move sparking fierce bipartisan outrage. Theyre dead, theyre dead. As far as im concerned theyre dead. Reporter 19 americans have died in combat in afghanistan so far this year, the most in five years. And President Trump hoping to make good on a promise to reduce the 13,000 troops currently stationed there to about 8,600. This is the president s second trip to visit troops in a combat zone, traveling to iraq last christmas. But this Mission Comes amid controversy at the pentagon after the president intervened on behalf of a navy s. E. A. L. At the center of a war crimes case. The Navy Secretary forced out after President Trump refused to allow top leadership to strip Edward Gallagher of his elite navy s. E. A. L. Status. In the washington post, ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spencer calling it a quote shocking and unprecedented intervention, saying the president has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically, or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices. But President Trump eager to show off his military support, the president all smiles as he served thanksgiving dinner, joking about missing out on his own helping. I never got to my turkey, the first time on thanksgiving ive never had anything, cold turkey. But thats okay. Reporter and the utmost security measures were taken to protect the president and his safety on this highstakes trip. When air force one took off from joint base andrews, all the interior lights in that plane were off, the windows were drawn. When it landed at Bagram Air Base in afghanistan, it landed in complete darkness. There were only a handful of aides traveling with President Trump on this trip. Not even the president of afghanistan knew that he was coming until shortly before President Trump landed. At the white house, im cecilia vega for abc news. Thank you, cecilia. Closer to home, millions of americans bracing for a new round of wind, rain, and snow likely lasting through the weekend. Crews battling the cave fire near Santa Barbara getting some muchneeded help from some snow which is quite rare for that area. Quite a different scene than we saw a few days ago. The interstate that connects Southern California to las vegas has managed to stay open during this blast of winter weather, but Road Conditions are details. Reporter high winds nearly grounding those famous balloons at the macys thanksgiving day parade. Handlers struggling to keep some of them under control. Gusts shoving the nutcracker balloon, knocking this person to the ground. The wind tearing a hole in the Ronald Mcdonald balloon, causing to it partially deflate. Officials pulling it off the route. On the back side of this storm, First Responders in utah racing to rescue three people in an suv that rolled at least 30 feet down an embankment in heavy snow wednesday. In colorado, a bus with some 45 people on board overturning on i25 south of pueblo. Roads icy in the area, at least one lifethreatening injury. Part of a second storm now slamming the west. In Southern California tow trucks pulling stranded big rigs out of the snow. I5 north of los angeles shut down for hours. Driving treacherous on the 15 freeway north of san bernardino. Coming up the pass, the 15 here was a little hydroplaning, a lot of stop and go. Reporter both storms delaying over 5,500 flights wednesday alone. Fears of significant travel headaches for millions heading home with the busiest air travel day of the year looming. Our big thanks to rob marciano. The Big Questions now are which areas will get the worst of the new storms and when will they hit . Accuweather meteorologist chris nallan joins us now with some answers. Good morning, chris. Will and janai, the Holiday Season is in full force now and everyone going to be shopping. Guess what, going to be cold across the northcentral northwest. The accuweather real feels between 10 and 20 degrees. Also being felt across the northeast, that cool air. So youll need to bundle up for your Holiday Shopping for friday. But here we go. Big storm is going to be across the midsection of the country. The dakotas and even some snow and ice around minneapolis. The concern is for travelers. When you go back home, especially across the great lakes, the northeast, we see rain, snow, and ice from the great lakes back towards the big cities. Something to keep an eye on. Will and janai . Thanks, chris. Two massive explosions at a texas Chemical Plant forced about 50,000 people to spend thanksgiving day away from home. The blasts shattered windows, destroyed roofs, terrified residents. Anyone living within a fourmile radius of the plant in port neches was ordered to leave. Three people were injured in the first explosion. Firefighters have contained the flames. Officials are expected to decide today if its safe to lift that evacuation order. And developing this morning, a devastating fire. You can see a giraffe there running for its life from the flames at a wild animal park in northern ohio. Ten animals killed when the blaze destroyed a barn at the African Safari wildlife park about 30 miles east of toledo. No people were injured. That giraffe had been in a pond when the fire broke out. Three other giraffes plus antelopes and wild hogs from africa died. Thats so sad. Oh my gosh. I mean, seeing that picture first, i thought it was a dinosaur. Thats what it looked like at first. Not going to go there. Giraffe. O theyre put in there i would think as a sanctuary to help them. That is very unfortunate. Tragic. Hopefully damage is minimum. An air force airman had a double thanksgiving surprise for his girlfriend. Surprise number one was for his girlfriend, elizabeth metz, she didnt know her airman, lucas tibalski, would be waiting for her at the finish line of yesterdays turkey trot in wausau, wisconsin. Surprise number two came when the airman dropped to one knee. I missed you. I missed you more. Will you marry me . Are you serious . He was serious, she did say yes. The two have known each other since they were 4 years old. They started dating in high school. Thats about as all American High School sweetheart, perfect for the Holiday Season stories you can get. You said it best, 100 . Coming up, the two athletes who hit the gym on thanksgiving day. Plus the black friday door buster deals already under way at macys, target, best buy, and kohls. Colonial penn program. If youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. 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Reporter before thanksgiving even wraps up, millions of Holiday Shoppers are already off to the races. You said youve been out shopping this morning, what are you looking for . Reporter more than 165 Million People are expected to shop over the fiveday thanksgiving weekend, and nearly half that number will do it the oldfashioned way and shop in stores. I always like to come early. Theyre all going to be gone. Sunday theyre going to be gone. Reporter with thanksgiving falling so late in november this year, retailers are offering even bigger sales out of the gate. Estimates say shoppers are ready to take advantage. Savings website retail me not saying 85 of consumers plan to shop across black friday and cyber monday this year, thats a 7 spike from 2018. And the average consumer expected to drop 738 on their purchases. Shopping experts say while good deals are available, you shouldnt think of these next few days as a one and done opportunity. Dont feel like you have to buy everything now and bust your budget. If you can, spread out those purchases, sales will continue through the season. Reporter early Analysis Shows more retailers than ever are promoting black friday deals. And you should know the price in the store versus online are often different. So if youre shopping in the store today you should doublecheck the price on your phone, and maybe you can save a few extra dollars. Janai, will . Oh, good ideas from trevor there. If youre in the stores, check the price on your phone. My husband and i were talking about this yesterday. We were like, unless its at least 50 off, its not really a deal. Wow, steep discount. 30 off . Thats not a black friday deal. Thats how they get you, hook you in, oh, ill buy three of them, then youre overspending and doing exactly what they want you to do, letting them win, and you cant let them win. Youve got to win, america. Youve got to win. Have a game plan, a budget. Yeah, scope it out. Have a strategy. Divide and conquer with your family and friends and you get those deals. And buy online too. Maybe thats not in the spirit of black friday but its the spirit of 2019 and beyond. Buy online. 100 . I saw you checking out in the break you didnt see anything. Okay. Moving on. You get those deals, america. When we come back, the tale of the turkey versus the genie. And how disney really does make dreams come true, especially when youre the ceo. Not bad. The skinny is next. Skinny just gimme the skinny time for the skinny on this black friday starting with a riddle. All right . Why did the turkey cross the road . I dont know, and it was also a question that was frustrating genie star or aladdin star will smith. As he tried to make his way to the Grocery Store ahead of thanksgiving dinner for some pies definitely must be thanksgiving when you got a [ bleep ] turkey in the road. My dude, get out the street he must have escaped. Get out the street, man definitely must be thanksgiving. That is hilarious. Only will smith. Yes. Presumably that turkey did not end up on will smiths thanksgiving dinner table or his car. We can only hope that he did in fact manage to get to the Grocery Store to procure those pies. Will smith or the turkey . I dont know. They could have been going to the same place. Flipping the game on its head. Next to making wishes come true on this thanksgiving holiday weekend. With a lot of love and a dash of disney magic, disney, of course the Parent Company of abc news of course, it all started with an appeal from across the pond from a hospice in england trying to secure a screening of the latest Star Wars Film for a terminally ill fan and his young son. The rise of skywalker doesnt hit british theaters until december 19th. Sadly, time is running out for that dying fan. Wow. So the hospice worker tweeted out an appeal for anyone to help. That appeal eventually got the attention of the big boss, disney ceo bob iger. Yeah, our big boss. Iger shared this tweet saying on this thanksgiving we at disney are grateful to be able to share the rise of skywalker with the patient and his family, may the force be with you and with all of us, with us all, wow. Thats fantastic, what a nice gesture, and to be in a position to be able to do Something Like that. Is incredible. And so appreciated, im sure, by those people in their time of need, thats great. Hopefully they enjoy that experience. That disney magic. I tell you. Next to the thanksgiving day post that nearly broke the gram. While millions of us were busy stuffing what is this . Stuffing our faces at the thanksgiving table, two of bostons biggest sports figures, they were busy pumping some iron. So former red sox star im tongue tied david big papi ortiz shared this on instagram, of himself there and in the background, that is former patriots star Rob Gronkowski at the gym. The caption read, thankful for the chance to work with and work out with my boy rob. But heres the part that blew fans minds, the last line, more to come thanksgivingfriendsgiving. What . More to come, maybe gronks coming back, pats fans, i dont know, you guys have enough already, thanksgivings over, im not generous anymore, you dont deserve anything. Whenever we do anything about Rob Gronkowski, i always think of tide pods. Tide pods i think of yo soy fiesta. Gronk seems like a guy youd want at friendsgiving, he always brings the party. Speaking of friendsgiving, former friends star Jennifer Aniston fired a social media zinger at abc latenight host jimmy kimmel. Aniston shared an Instagram Post from her annual friendsgiving dinner wednesday night posing with the tray of enchiladas she was placing into the oven. Bit of a backstory here. We have to turn the clock back to last december. Kimmel joked with aniston about maybe perhaps cooking something other than turkey for her friendsgiving dinner. Meatballs would be a nice item to have . Would you like it to be an italian kind of a flair . Italian, mexican would you want to cook it . I know you love mexican food, graciasgiving, amigosgiving, whatever you want to call it. I like that. Especially forget me, if you start doing it, everyone will follow suit, just like with your haircuts, everybody gets the same hair. Graciasgiving, im here for it. Yeah, sure, why not . And this was anistons response. Kimmel responded quote finally someone listened to me. I wonder whats bleeped out. Everyone can guess. Yeah. I think you got it. Thats hilarious. Enchiladas for thanksgiving. Whatever. Cake in the Conference Room showing em youre ready. To be your own boss. Thats the beauty of your smile. Crests three dimensional whitening. Removes stains,. Whitens inbetween teeth. And protects from future stains. Crest. 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Rupert holmes was escaping and topping the charts this thanksgiving week way back in 1979. I was not alive but i like that song. This year, though, i am alive, and for so many of us this week was all about escaping the weather. So here now is our weekly friday rewind. Two major storms hitting on the eve before thanksgiving. Weather alerts from california to the northeast with millions of americans traveling for the holiday right now. The blast of heavy snow slamming parts of the midwest, falling as fast as 2 inches an hour. Minneapolis declaring a snow emergency. In northern california, a second storm system shutting down part of interstate 5 for hours north of redding. Dozens of travelers stranded. Its been a miserable day of travel for the millions of people trying to get around for the holiday. This is not over just yet. People in one of the worlds most famous cities wading in waters from their ankles to their knees. Venice and some of its most famous landmarks submerged again as the city struggles with weeks of unprecedented and deadly flooding. During the worst of the flooding this man was swimming. Many here are blaming Climate Change as venice tries to keep its businesses running. Turning to that massive heist, thieves making away with what could end up being hundreds of millions of dollars of jewels and art. Police say this is the moment thieves struck one of europes oldest museums. Watch as one of the suspects smashes their way with an ax into a glass case holding 18th century treasures. The thieves swiping three sets of priceless diamonds and precious stones. This is a race against time. If those jewels are broken up, they could be far more difficult to trace. In this science class in southwest minnesota, seventh grader Jonathan Jones is about to see the world in a whole new way. Jonathan is extremely color blind. Hes just been handed a pair of hightech glasses that let him see vivid colors for the very first time. Hes crying it wasnt until this moment that he could appreciate what many take for granted. Come here, dude. Jonathan got the special glasses from his principal, whos also color blind. Whats his favorite color now . Well, he says its blue. This winter we are going to the caribbean, and im excited to see ocean blue. Thatawom i love that story. That is so great. Im going to the caribbean, so ill see you all in another week. Happy shopping. Making news in america this morning, treacherous travel. Interstates brought to a screeching halt on one of the busiest days of the year. Semis stranded. Highways washed out and motorists stuck for hours. Will the storms impact people trying to get home . Thanksgiving with the troops. President trump making a surprise visit to soldiers in afghanistan as he says theres new hope for peace in the region. Why he claims the taliban may agree to a ceasefire. Tour tragedy. Two americans killed and nearly a dozen other injured during an expedition in belize. What caused the deadly crash. Plus, black friday frenzy. Which deep discounts have shoppers scrambling for the days hottest deals