Heres today your world in 90 seconds. President trump back to the u. S. After a secret thanksgiving day visit to afghanistan. The president says peace talks with the taliban are back on. Well see if they make a deal. If they do, they do. If they dont, they dont. Thats fine. Three, two, one. The black friday shopping frenzy is under way. Whew whew, last one. Ten animals were killed in a barn fire at an African Safari wildlife park in ohio. Our animals we care for every day and our team is just devastated. A fire still burning at a texas Chemical Plant. 50,000 people remain under a mandatory evacuation after two massive explosions. I think theres been very significant progress. The cdc reminding all of us to get vaccinated after nine new England Patriots have been sidelined by a bad case of the flu. Power went out during the lions bears halftime show. Its something all that. The bulldog dropped his hammer on 2,000 other dogs. Oh my goodness, wow. The very special and unexpected reunion nearly four decades in the making. Elliot. You came back. And all that matters. I dont want to tell any of the other guests, but youre definitely my favorite guests today. Gusty winds couldnt stop the big balloons at the macys thanksgiving day parade. On cbs this morning. I never got my turkey. Its the first time in thanksgiving that ive never had any turkey. Surprise guest at a thanksgiving meal in afghanistan. I just want to say that we thank god for your help and all of the things that youve done. You are very special people and you dont even know how much the people of our country love and respect you. And they do. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. That was really well said. And the troops looked like they really appreciated it. They did. Quite a surprise to pull off too. Quite a surprise. Welcome to cbs this morning. And speaking of President Trump, he is renewing a promise to end the 18year war in afghanistan by reopening peace talks with the taliban. This morning, air force one landed at west palm beach, florida, after the president s surprise trip to afghanistan where he made that announcement. During his visit, mr. Trump served thanksgiving dinner to u. S. Troops and met with the afghan president. Mr. Trump also confirmed plans to bring thousands more troops home. You know, the president made his first ever trip to afghanistan in the middle of a pretty tense period with military leaders in washington. Weija jiang is in south florida where we thought the president might spend thanksgiving. Howd the trip play out . Reporter good morning, david. He is back this morning after a whirlwind top secret trip that, as you mentioned, marked his first visit ever to that combat zone. He spent about 3 1 2 hours on the ground before flying through the night. The president says the taliban wants a ceasefire, adding fresh optimism that americas longest war could come to an end. The trip was so closely guarded that even afghani leadership didnt know about it until air force one was about to land. President trump surprised u. S. Troops at the airfield in afghanistan with a thanksgiving visit serving turkey to troops. We love em. We love em. We say happy thanksgiving. Reporter the president also met with president ghani before they restarted peace talks with the taliban which once harbored al qaeda. Mr. Trump was set to meet with leaders in september but called off a meeting in camp david declaring discussions dead after an attack in kabul that killed an american soldier. Its not a good thing they did with killing a soldier. They want to make a deal. Well see what happens. If they make it fine, if they dont, thats fine. Reporter he told reporters that he plans to reduce the number of troops in afghanistan to 8,600, down from about 12,000 currently serving in the country. Though he did not offer specifics. Well be down in a number thats very its a good number and were going stay until such time as we have a deal or we have total victory. Reporter the visit happened just days after he clashed with his own military leaders back home. President trump fired his Navy SecretaryRichard Spencer on sunday after spencer refused to cancel a military review board for navy s. E. A. L. Edward gallagher who was convicted of posing for a photo with a dead isis fighter. The president restored gallaghers rank, a move spencer criticized in an interview with cbs news on monday. Well, what i do stand for as secretary of the navy . Good order and discipline of the United States navy. Thats a prime tenant. This, in fact, erodes that. Reporter President Trump did not say how far along those discussions are with the taliban or how long theyve been going on. But the president is eager to fulfill a Campaign Promise to untangle the u. S. From foreign conflicts like we recently saw in syria even though military experts warn withdrawing troops prematurely could make the u. S. Less safe. Michelle. A difficult task indeed. Thank you, weija. A powerful storm is wreaking havoc on millions of americans heading home from the thanksgiving holiday. Blizzardlike conditions hammered parts of minnesota with as much as 9 inches of snow. Drivers were warned to stay off the roads as the storm moved through. In Southern California, heavy rainfall left many neighborhoods under water. Streets were flooded and cars were stranded. Farther north, a rare bomb cyclone brought wind gusts of up to 100 Miles Per Hour to the california oregon border. Cbs news climate and weather a oric sto. Egout is were going to zoom in under the clouds. Look at that intense and focused moisture feed, tropical moisture feeding north into the mountains producing flooding. All that water running down the hills. And then on the other side in the Higher Elevation it is snow. Lower elevations getting snow. And a lot of snow. Look how colorful the map is. You never want to see a map this colorful. Lots of Winter Weather advisories and blizzard warnings in effect. Look at all that flooding rain with that focused jet stream, streaming all that moisture in and lots of powder for the skiers in the west. If you chose this week to ski, lucky you. This turns into a blizzard for rapid city and fargo with Severe Weather possible on friday. It w york city, maybe a few inches in new york city, and boston as we head into monday and again on tuesday. All right. Please keep it above new york. Ill see what i can do. Millions of shoppers are making a beeline across the country. More than 164 million americans are expected to look for bargains during the fiveday stretch that runs from thanksgiving day through cyber mont. Big retailers are feeling more pressure than ever for recordbreaking online rivals. Nikki battiste is at a best buy store in new jersey. What do shoppers seem to have their eyes on this early . Reporter well, jericka, good morning. As hard as it is to resist online shopping, there are 200 people that just rushed through the doors atsome black it comes down to just good old holiday tradition. Theres no need to wait until friday for these bargain hunters as doors opened on thanksgiving day, shoppers had one thing in mind, save big. 50 bucks. Last one. I bought tv, air fryer, ipad mini. So im really happy to get this good deal. Reporter and if this years crowds at macys in new york city are any measure. Its like 6 00 a. M. I formed the lines and everybodys civilized we can all get what we want. Reporter black friday deals no joke to savvy shoppers. First i cook all night long, then i shop until i drop. Reporter toys r us made a comeback this year as it reopened its first store in new jersey. Brings back nostalgia from my childhood. Reporter black friday has been synonymous with scenes like these. But this year . What does black friday 2019 look like . Its going to be a little bit less frantic than last year. Reporter wall street journal retail reporter says more people are opting to shop from their cozy couch. For the first time, the majority of u. S. Consumers, 54 , say they will do most of their Holiday Shopping online. Only about 36 plan to shop on black friday this year. Down from 51 in 2016. Whats your advice to shoppers debating wether or not to get off the couch and go out and shop on black friday . Make a list. Stick to your list if you see something good youve been tracking the price on, then its a good time to put trigger and buy it. Reporter another hot ticket item here is laptops. Sometimes selling for just about 200. The big question this year is whos going to win the sales war, black friday or cyber monday . Cyber monday sales could hit 9. 5 billion, up from 20 from last year. Thank you nikki battiste. Jill schlesinger is here for a look at the business of black friday. Jill, i know people are going spend, by hear you talk about a potential recession, maybe. So why people spending . You know, the economys slowed down from last year to this year. Were growing at about 2 . But the really key point is that employment is pretty good. In fact, we see a lot more people who have jobs this year. The Unemployment Rate is near a 50year low, 3. 6 . And that boosts confidence. And as a result, i think that people are feeling like, hey, you know what . I got a little bit of a wage increase, inflations pretty low, ive got more money, im going to spend this year. Your case study is macys in terms of luring people into the stores. Theyre having somewhat of a bump in the road. Its really interesting, because we always hear about the brick and mortar retailers that are having a hard time. But theyre being smart in that theyre trying to lure us in with the thing they have an advantage over. Youre able to go in and see and touch and feel somet, tr on. But, the cost of bringing people into your store has actually started to rise. And as a result, Companies Like macys or kohls or jc penney or gap, they are under quite a bit of pressure, at least their stock prices this year. What are they doing to try to bring those people in . Because you see the popup stores and hotels using these models to try to get people to buy their product. Its called experiential marketing. They are trying to bring you in with an experience. Theyre going to say we are going to have a wine and Cheese Tasting or be creative and say you want to try a parka and those boots on . Were going to have a cold room you can try them non that room. Thats crazy. And theyre also being really smart to combine online with brick and mortar. Order online, pick it up at the store and there you can try it on. What about this notion that weve been hearing that brick and mortar is dead or in the process of dying . Okay, so what you will hear throughout this week towcy gits, 14 , 15 from a year ago. Actual sales total, its a much lower growth rate. So cyber is growing at a much more rapid rate. However, brick and mortar still accounts for most shopping in this country. About 90 in brick and mortar. That includes 90 . Well that includes car dealerships, so we have to put that in there. Its important to realize brick and mortar is not dead. This is called multichannel experience for retail and i really want to tell people check your prices outonline, then go to the store. We have breaking news from london where police are investigating an incident a short time ago. Several people were hurt in a stabbing in the London Bridge area in the heart of brfiveed o district where a terror attack two years ago killed eight reporter good morning. Police here in london said they were called just before 2 00 p. M. Local time to a stabbing near London Bridge in central london. Thats just over an hour ago now. They say they have detained one man and several people were injured. The Reuters News Agency is reporting that the police have said that a man was shot and weve seen video from the scene appearing to show a Police Officer shooting a man on the ground. However, theres no official confirmation of that detail at this stage. The attack on London Bridge back in june 2017 was isis inspired. We dont know the motivations behind todays violence. Thank you. Fire in Northern Ohio has killed at least 10 animals. Giraffes are seen running in panic at port clinton. Threeeles were killed. A zebra and other animals escaped but quickly recaptured. The cause of that fire sunday investigation. More than 50,000 people a still not allowed to return home this morning two days after explosions at a Chemical Plant in southeastern texas. The fire continues to burn. Firefighters are letting it to burn out to prevent more explosions. A decision will be made today about lifting mandatory evacuation orders. Omar villafranca shows us how some people returned home despite being told to stay away. I had to leave without my dog because we were scared. Reporter she came the home grab everything she left behind including her beloved dog after fleeing her House Wednesday morning. It was literally blazing. It wasnt that. It was blazing like you could feel the heat. Repr assilast felt up to 30 miles away tore through the plant just after midnight. The impact blowing doors and shattered windows across the area. Don and diana spent thanksgiving cleaning shards of glass from inside their bedroom despite the mandatory evacuation order. Kind of scary but you got to do what you have to do to protect your property. Reporter a second blast forced the mandatory evacuation of 60,000 people. Won be lifted until were comfortable or im comfortable that the citizens are going to se coming back in. Reporter the plants owner has a history of environmental issues. It was fined more than 200,000 in january for air quality violation. Local officials are monitoring the air. 24 7 mob toring has been carried out. All of that has shown that there are no contaminants in the ai c defied the order to make the most of the holiday. Fires are getting smaller and they are getting under control so we felt pretty comfortable to come back and try to pull it together and have dinner all our family. Reporter for cbs this morning, im omar villafranca. Here in new york city the air was full of balloons yesterday but gusty winds made it tough to control them at the macys thanksgiving day parade. This nut cracker balloon knocked over its handlers. They were under orders to keep the balloons flying low. Officials decided the winds were not Strong Enough to ground them entirely. Its hard not to get a chuckle out but hopefully shes okay. David, you were there. You got the dream assignment. My puppy dog and i along with Tony Dokoupil and teddy the babys name is teddy but his middle name is bear. We went to the parade. Paddington was there. We had a ball. I love it. They stole it here too. In the studio. I posted paddington. You dont get us in trouble with the dog walker. Theres a warning for shoppers ahead of cyber monday. Coming up why some of those glowing testimonials you see on sites like amazon and walmart are not to b fo good friday morning. It is a code start. We have freeze warnings and frost advisories so buddle up as you head out the door. Your weather headlines today the cool, partly sunny. Mainly dry, but some showers possible as we head through the afternoon. 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This is a kpix f news morning up the date. 7 26. Im kenny choi. There are a number of water main breaks overnight. There was a major flooding in the potrero hill area and officials have no estimate on when the repairs will be complete. And the north bay is going to need to bundle up. A freeze warnings in effect for heels berg. The chill could damage sensitive plants and expose plumbing. Sonoma county plans to open Warming Centers on sunday. Stores in livermore ready for a surge of black friday oday he spa tight security and one Shopping Center there will be open for 31 hours straight to keep up with demand. Here is a check on the roads. Busier condition as round the Shopping Centers focouple accidents. Westbound 80 at highway 12, two left lanes are blocked for a cras