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As one country. And deals steals. The Holiday Shopping season kicks off as nearly 140 million americans are expected to hit the stores this weekend and solving your turkey troubles. Our dream team of experts here to tackle all your lastminute food emergencies. . I was dead in the water . . Uhhuh . But today, you get amy robach and dan harris, right . You know its a holiday if im here. Oh, its a holiday every day youre here, dan. Thank you for that. Good morning, and happy thanksgiving, america. Right now millions are gathering for the countrys parade and take a look at them now. These are the parade routes in new york and philadelphia, soon to be packed with parade fans. And if youre hosting a holiday dinner today weve got three expert chefs with lastminute solutions to your kitchen nightmares. Theyll answer your questions all right. I will be taking notes. First to ginger for the latest on the winter storm watches making Holiday Travel tough for a lot of people, ginger. Oh, amy, as nice as it is here this will be the busiest travel thanksgiving weekend since 2007 and almost 90 of those traveling are hitting the roads, and they are far from perfect. Reporter we are all making the mad dash to get home, and two storms are travel. Visibility near zero on i80 near Salt Lake City. Winds gusting to almost 50 miles per hour. Cars wiping out on icy highways as nearly 49 million get on the road this weekend. Well just take it slow and put it in fourfede wheel drive and take it easy. Reporter the holiday rush starting as more of a slow crawl in los angeles. This aerial view showing bumper to bumper traffic for the second day in a row on the 405. Its crazy, you know, everybody is trying to rush around. Creep closer to thanksgiving itself, gridlock showing up in cities across the nation. Just a traffic nightmare. Reporter what about those flocking to the airports . In minneapolis, crews racing to deice planes and clear snow, long lines wrapping around terminals from denver to chicago to washington, d. C. We are eerily comfortable in philadelphia. You can see hardly flapping in the little breeze we have. Let me show you on the radar the northeast does have a few areas that will be slick anywhere you see in pink there mixing over to snow. Some of the spots in western and Central New York that got hit pretty hard recently getting a little precipitation this morning but even more precip happening, flood watches, winter storm warnings out in the west. Those two pockets are not only going to affect air travel but absolutely those folks hitting the road. Now today is only one of the days that folks travel. Sunday is the big day and its not looking good in a lot of places, stay with us because ill have that forecast in just a bit. For now lets head back to you, all right, ginger. Thanks so much. Lets go to rob for a look at how things are shaping up at the macys thanksgiving day parade. Hi, rob. Hi, amy. 90th anniversary of this beautiful parade and i come to you live from a place im very comfortable with, the doghouse. This is where snoopy usually resides. 1 of 26 floats that begin on Central Park West and weve got a dozen or so giant which snoopy is one of them. He would never fit in this doghouse today. Weve got great weather for the parade. Looks like the rain will hold off and winds more importantly for those balloons will be tempered down as well. Over a thousand cheerleaders and over a thousand clowns, this one is a big one and well be coming to you live throughout the morning, right from the start line, getting going at about 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Theyll let you out of the let me out but hopefully my producers will. I like how rob did that so seriously from inside snoopys house. It wasnt that serious. Rob, thank you very much. Well be back to you throughout the show. Good luck getting out of that doghouse. We should say that along with the balloons and floats, the macys parade will include massive security today to protect the millions of people who come out to see the show, and abcs gio benitez is right there along the parade route. Gio, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning to you. Thats right. They are taking security very seriously here, 500 Additional Police officers will be out here at this years parade. Police on high alert protecting the parade and 3. 5 Million People. More than 3,000 officers on duty. Some armed with heavy weapons, while others are in plainclothes hiding among the crowd. Im worried about keeping everybody safe. Thats our job. Its an important function. But were well reporter authorities blocking off crossstreets with more than 80 sandfilled trucks the one in nice, france. Earlier isis propaganda called the parade an excellent target. The fbi issuing this warning holiday celebrations beginning with thanksgiving and the start of the shopping season could be targeted by International Terrorists or homegrown violent extremists. Theres no credible and specific information of any specific threat directed at this parade. Reporter but police arent taking any chances. Visiting 135 truck rental locations, making sure no on suspicious is trying to rent one. Just days ago, police in new york arresting this man who prosecutors say talked of attacking times square. So i got to tell you even with all this security so many people here are so excited about this and, amy, one more stat for you. Cops outnumber clowns 31. Thats probably a good thing, gio. Thanks so much for that. We turn to the trump transition. The president elect naming appointees. Abcs devin dwyer joins us from washington with those details. Good morning, devin. Reporter good morning. Donald trump rolling out cabinet appointments at a faster pace than president obama did eight years ago. Overnight, we learned he filled a key economic post as he also moves to diversify his team. To the donald trump cabinet add a controversial billionaire. Commerce secretary. Reporter abc learned president elect trump is expected to name 78yearold wilbur ross to head the commerce department. Ross made millions on wall street turning around bankrupt companies for profit. In 2006 when he owned the struggling sago coal mine in west virginia, an explosion and collapse killed a dozen miners. Regulators cited safety violations. He told our brian ross it was the worst week of his life. Were you comfortable sending men into that hole . Management that they felt it was a safe situation. Reporter ross joins a cast of cabinet picks that now include two women and former trump critics. South carolina governor nikki haley, ambassador to the u. N. And for the Education Department, an agency trump once said should be largely eliminated trump tapped gop megadonor, and School Choice advocate, betsy devos, and waiting in the wings. The offer is on the table and there are a lot of other possibilit considered. Reporter ben carson said hes been offered multiple positions including secretary of housing and urban development. He posted wednesday that hes had serious discussions with the trump transition team. Trump is mulling his next options while spending the holiday at his luxury estate in florida. Before the thanksgiving feast, trump used a Youtube Video to call for healing. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. Will be at maralago through the weekend. They are expected to have a turkey dinner today but transition officials tell us hell be back at work tomorrow interviewing more possible candidate picks. Hes met with 60 so far, amy. All right, devin. Thanks so much. Lets bring in Cokie Roberts in mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, home, of course the state home, of course, to nikki haley. Good morning to you, cokie. Snes mount pleasant, South Carolina. Good morning. Happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to you, as well. We know nikki haley was a very vocal opponent to donald trump during the election. To say the least but so what do you make of her nomination for u. N. Ambassador . I think its very interesting that he is able to go beyond his strict loyalists, because that seemed to be the thing that mattered most to him during the campaign was that somebody was loyal to him and she certainly wasnt, but she is an interesting pick. She really came to prominence she tried to bring the state together. She insisted on bringing down the Confederate Flag and ended that controversy for good. And then after Hurricane Matthew hit, she was also a very strong presence in the state. And trump thinks she can make a deal and he thinks thats a good deal for the u. N. Ambassador. Of course, her Foreign Policy experience is april nil, but i think that that job is one of speaking for the president and she can probably speak to the president , as well. So u. N. Ambassador, eduti trump nominating the first two women to his administration. Does that do anything to ease concerns many have about trumps attitude towards women . Probably not. But it would have been a lot worse if it were all white men which is what it was looking like at the beginning. So it does help at least in that regard but, look, the proof is absolutely going to be in the proverbial pudding here. Make women nervous about their rights, then that will be the issue, not a couple of women showing up in the cabinet. But its a lot better than just going with straight, you know, old white men which is where we were. And quickly, we know he may be also adding ben carson to that list as well. What will you be looking for in the next days and weeks to come . More of the same. I mean, more of his ability to find people who did not support him, who are represent america in a much broader sense, and the place im really most curious is secretary of state. All right. Yes. A lot of people wondering where hell go with that. Cokie roberts, thanks very much. Okay, amy. That is one of the big remaining one, thanks to cokie. One quick little headline. There were no winners in last nights megapowerball drawing. Prize that number will go higher now. Saturdays drawing will be worth at least 403 million. Thats going to be the ninth largest Powerball Jackpot ever and it could get even bigger in the meantime, depending on how many tickets are sold. Right, so, you know, a lot of people may be taking some of that winning and thinking, maybe, if someone does win, christmas is done. Holiday shopping. And a lot of thanksgiving deals going on, black friday tomorrow but some major retailers including barnes noble, costco, nordstrom, this. Are take a break and keeping their doors closed, so their employees can spend time with family, but, yes, still big bargains online and in stores and abcs Rebecca Jarvis is at a walmart in chicago and is walmart open, rebecca . Oh, boy, is it open, amy. Good morning to you. Walmart Stores Across the country are open today and they are ready with 1. 5 million tvs in stock, toys, Electronics Galore so that you can have all of turkey dinner. This morning, its on. More than 137 million americans expected to shop this weekend. On the hunt for the best deals of the season. Like this 40inch led tv on sale at walmart for 125, and at target, this ipad pro now 100 off for 449. But in this years battle for your attention and hard earned dollars, retailers are testing out some new tricks. A lot o competing on price, but where theyre also competing is toy exclusivity, so what youre seeing, especially online is walmart, target and amazon offering these exclusive toys that you can only get online. Reporter but some stores are also doing the opposite. Like macys, the Largest Department store Company Rolling out its exclusives on apparel and fragrances so you showrooms focusing on delivering a more unique instore experience and at select neimanmarcus stores a brandnew twist, partnering with rent the runway making clothes available to rent at their brick and mortar stores. Other retailers even trying on for size this novel idea, staying closed for thanksgiving. Now, for those who have decided to stay closed today, there are still many offers online so you can shop today in your pjs for those thanksgiving day deals or you can try out this idea. Hang out with the family, enjoy an oldfashioned thanksgiving, amy. I think thats where im going. Thanks so much. Joined by richard barry, toys r us executive Vice President and global chief. Toys r us will be open later. Around 5 00 p. M. , yes . We certainly will. What are you doing to incentivize shoppers to walk through your doors and enjoy the madness. First of all, we have a whole store of awesome. We have literally hundreds of ads open from 5 00 to midnight and awesome doorbusters, and part of the strategy is not just to have only the greatest amount of product, but great exclusive items like the nerf you do have some hot ones. I can see this being a big favorite with little ones but it looks like what are the deals on some of these . Whats different about the nerf time, youre able to take a battle rover with a nerf blaster and use on the screen, fire the nerf blaster. Oh, wow. I can see that being a big favorite. Look. I see a star wars character here. Rogue one movie out in december and super excited about the new content well see tonight. This is a 12inch figure with great technology. 65 lights and sounds and this item is 29. 99. He has been talking all 12. 49. Pokemon is doing super, super well so a great deal for our customer. This isnt just a regular stuffed animal, no . No, i defy anyone not to fall in love with snuggles, my dream pup. The real pup without the mess. You can feed her and when you touch her nose, her face squinches up and looks ever, ever so cute. So cute. All right. What do we have here . What abou for under 30, amazing deal, and whats different about these barbie dolls, they got different hair, eye and skin tones and different facial shapes which makes them very unique, and of course, they have an accessory and a matching pair of shoes. Something for everyone. And then i want to get to all this but ive heard this is huge. The hatchimals. This might be the ticklemeelmo of 2016. This is huge with hatchimals surprise of a toy you begin to nurture. These are still available, right . Not off the shelves . Available all throughout the holiday season. Many more coming. Were you taking notes . This is your genre right here. I have a 2yearold. Im hoping he was not watching. No offense. Let me change the subject, though. We want to talk turkey. Its time for our thanksgiving dream team of expert chefs, rocco dispirito, Amanda Freitag and Eddie Jackson will ans your questions throughout the morning. We want to start off with a few quickies here. My producers are trying to embarrass me, so they made the first question on facebook from s sondra on facebook whos and, where should i put the turkey thermometer, and does it stay in before we get into anything technical. Did i tell you my 2yearold is watching. Relax. Everything is okay. Put the turkey in the oven now by the way, now before we get to the thermometer so the thermometer question is really important. Good way to know if a turkey is done. You want to cook your turkey until about 155 and let it rest for an hour or half hour until it reaches thermometer right here, right here. Right there. In the thigh. So in the thigh. All the way in. All the way in. Let it sit there for a few minutes until it adjusts and it captures the temperature. That wasnt too bad. Wish me luck. This is my last morning here at oh, my gosh. Thank you very much. Im not sure if these guys will be back either, but it says our experts will answer your questions throughout the show so keep it here for that. Lets go back to ginger with the weather in philadelphia. Save me, please. Ah, here we are the homewood are you guys ready to do this . One, two, three, four. Im starting it out. Left, right, left, right. Were trying. Anyway, lets get to the sunny cities brought to you by kohls. Cloudy one with temperatures only around 40 for a high. Fog shouldnt be a concern around the midwest today. Late tonight into friday, a weak system is still set to move across the region. Some snow showers will probably accompany this, mainly between midnight and 6am, though little or no accumulation is expected anywhere. Saturday continues to look good with highs well into the 40s. On sunday, our next area of low pressure arrives and it should generate increasing wind. Have a great thanksgiving t oday cloudy and cool. Wind w 510. High 40 tonight chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Coming up, the shoulder bump that led to a fierce confrontation with a plainclothes cop. The new charges against the man in this video and the woman who shot it. Shot it. Travel with my daughter. Roller derby. . Now give up half of em. This is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. But, if we start saving even just 1 more of our annual income. We could keep doing all the things we love. Prudential. Bring your challenges. . Get up for black friday. 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And we dont just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and handslice avocado. Ahead of their thanksgiving feast today during the annual turkey trot. The five k run and walk starts at nine this morning. Runners will start in downtown cedar rapids and run along the cedar river. Everyone hitting the trail today for the annual turkey t hoodie and cinnamon roll. There are a couple of thanksgiving meals today. Anyone is welcome to the house of hope thanksgiving dinner in cedar rapids. It will be served from 11 this morning to two this afternoon. The house is at 1744 2nd avenue southeast. Another large thanksgiving meal in cedar rapids is at first church of the open bible. That at 1911 e avenue northwest. The church says it plans to feed around 200 people from 11 this morning to one this afternoon. Organizers ask that you call 3193633117 to sign up. A look at your first alert no more games, jerry. You saw the deal and hustled to u. S. Cellular to get yourself the Samsung Galaxy s7 and 500 bucks. Maybe. Maybe, jerbear . 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. Get a Samsung Galaxy s7 this friday for a high. Fog shouldnt be a concern around the midwest today. Late tonight into friday, a weak system is still set to move across the region. Some snow showers will probably accompany this, mainly between midnight and 6am, though little or no accumulation is expected anywhere. Saturday continues to look good with highs well into the 40s. On sunday, our next area arrives and it should generate some rainfall by afternoon as well as increasing wind. Have a great thanksgiving today cloudy and cool. Wind w 510. High 40 tonight chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy with flurries possible early, mainly north. Wind nw 515. High 41 tom. Night mostly . Happy holidays from crayola. So when do i start . Um, shouldnt it be spokescrayon . Can somebody turn on the a c . Im melting here. . Air marker spraayer . Chemistry, baby so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay. Im okay. The holidays just got more surprising. You can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. Welcome back to Good Morning America. Youre looking live at the macys thanksgiving day parade right here in new york city. Ah. Filled with confetti and all. More than 3. 5 Million People expected to line the streets to enjoy the floats and the balloons as security is tighter than ever. We learn from gio there are three times more police than are those babies or little bo peeps . I was trying to figure out what they were so thats why i avoided mentioning it . Yeah. Youre welcome. Sorry about that. Also happening right now, there are two storm systems expected to create havoc for Holiday Travel, from the west coast to all the way through the northeast. Ginger has more on that coming up. And this morning donald trump spending the thanksgiving holiday at his resort in florida, maralago, with his wife melania and their son barron. To be back at work as soon as tomorrow with more meetings on his future cabinet picks. Weve mentioned ginger. She is at the parade central in philadelphia. The celebration is already starting as people line the streets to see all those fleets and balloons and clowns and little bo peep, et cetera. It is, by the way, home of the first thanksgiving day parade ever. That was 97 years ago honoring the holiday, and ginger is right there on the parade route. By the way, i wanted to say love your jacket. Well, thank you so much. Me too. Why not a little hot pink on at thank you, dan. You can see all the floats behind me. 18 of them right down there, the floats, im sorry and the big balloon, we are right at the corner of fun and fun here on thanksgiving. But the weather is not cooperating for some parts of the nation. Right in the northeast, though, were holding off on the rain for much of the morning. You can see the temperatures in the upper 30s, low 40s, not too bad. Its where it is in the Higher Elevations with those winter advisories, with sleet or Road Conditions that are going to be a problem. You bring it to later in the night, by 7 00 were starting to see rain showers connecticut up through and changing over into parts of new england into that mix and snow. So we could have had a lot worse. I have had a lot worse standing on this parade route. Im going to have many more updates, including a look at the western storm in just a couple of minutes but for now we head back to amy and dan. Im sure your outfits look awesome too. I just cant see them. Yes, im also wearing hot pink inspired by you. Thank you, ginger. Appreciate that. I bet you are. Well switch to a much more serious story that involves the arrest a plainclothes officer in boston and led to this intense faceoff youre looking at. He is facing charges as are the two women who shot this video. Linsey davis is on the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Seconds before the video that youre about to see two men bumped into each other while crossing the street. But then the incident between the Plainclothes Police officer and the pedestrian ends in criminal charges and some are about policing and racial tensions in this country. Show me your badge. Hey. You are going to get in trouble. Reporter a vigorous debate this morning surrounding this video about how two men bumping into each other while crossing the street escalated to this. Can you get your hands off me . Youre supposed to say excuse me when you cross the street. Reporter 21yearold cleon hodge said he was walking across the street after leaving work last month when he looked down at a text message. Ended up bumping shoulders with another man who he insists didnt say excuse me. I turn back and say some cute stuff, you have to say excuse me before you just walk through people like that, and he didnt like that at all. Reached out for my sweater, began to pull. Reporter the police officer, Sergeant Thomas ahern, alleges hodge made eye contact with him and intentionally walked into him. In a police report, ahern wrote, i walked up to him in an attempt to deescalate the situation and identified myself as a police officer. He says hodge replied with expletives and continued to hands were clenched into fists, which i interpreted as a preassault cue. Now hodge faces charges for Disorderly Conduct and assault and battery. Stop. Dont reach into his pocket. Do you have a warrant to search him . Reporter the woman seen here grabbing at the officers arm is now charged with assault and battery on a police officer. She and another woman who videotaped the incident also face charges of interfering with a police officer. Cambridge Police Department released this statement saying the officers actions were consistent with his duty obligations. That ass carries as much as 2 1 2 years behind bars. All three defendants are due december 21st. It seemed like there was a lot of overreaction here perhaps on both sides but now taxpayer dollars have to take it to court. Plays into so much stress and tension between communities and police right now. Youre right, and especially with black men and police and how its being viewed in america. All right, linsey. Thank you. Well, as the cold weather humidifiers. Now is a good time to remind you what can happen if you dont regularly clean yours according to the manufacturer instructions. Abcs about gio benitez with more details in this gma investigates. Reporter the steam from a humidifier seen as a way to prevent sore throats and dry science sinuses, but could that steam most people dont know how to clean them. Ew. How gross. I dont know how to clean a humidifier. Its not the most easy thing to clean. I know im not reaching all the tiny corners. Reporter or dont clean them as often as they should. I clean the humidifier about once a month. Reporter gma investigates collecting ten humidifiers from philadelphia area families to test for bacteria and mold. Almost all admit they dont clean their humidifiers regularly. Some have asthma and allergies. I dont know what you are going to find, but im very curious to see. Humidifiers from six different manufacturers at the lab at Thomas Jefferson University Home and this doctor testing water from inside the humidifiers water tank and the vapor it emits. Out of the ten humidifiers, all had bacteria in the tank. Two had heavy bacteria growing inside and also in the vapor that our experts say could make our family sick. I was surprised by the heavy growth in a few of the devices that you tested. [ doorbell ] how are you . Ready to see what was growing in there . Oh, gross. Reporter they found some bacteria but more importantly they found mold in the vapor which means the mold was going out. Thats not good. Especially since we have asthma in our house and allergies. Reporter mold in this familys humidifier as well. This is what was growing inside. Congestion, sore throat. If the individual has asthma, it can cause chest tightness or wheezing. Reporter now for the humidifier with the most bacteria. And here are the results right here. Our experts labeling it extremely dirty and they say whats inside could cause pneumonia. It kind of looked like maybe a swamp. This is what was growing inside your humidifier. Oh, gosh. Reporter because youre a yeah. It means that my kids are not safe, which is very concerning. Reporter bottom line, experts say you need to clean a humidifier every day emptying and rinsing the base and letting it air dry before refilling and every week, you should clean it thoroughly according to the manuf manufacturers instructions. For Good Morning America, gio benitez, abc news, new york. And we reached out to all of the manufacturers of humidifiers in our test and each emphasized those cleaning instructions. One manufacturer, crane, told us the cleaning instructions are so critical it puts them right on the base of the product itself in big letters. Empty base daily and disinfect weekly. Dan is at the big board. The politics of thanksgiving. A huge question right now. Families all over the country preparing to see each other for the holidays. How to keep politics off the table. Plus on this black friday eve, the inside track on getting doorbuster sales. Our insiders join us in two minutes. Keep it here. Its looking up not down. Its feeling up thinking up living up. Its being in motion. In body in spirit in the now. Boost. Its not just nutrition, its intelligent nutrition. With 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. All in 3 delicious flavors. Its choosing to go in one direction. Up. Boost. Im here with targets black friday 30 off apparel doorbuster you guys look amazing good thing i wore my formal frosting tonight get 30 off apparel starting tonight 6pm at target. Its targets electronics doorbusters you guys are hot, and you . U. Hdtv . , you look great well i mean. Everything looks amazing on you, you are 4k hey, nice of you to join us, dan. Thank you. I was chitchatting with members of the crew. And i got distracted. Welcome back, everyone. Time for our big board. Were breaking down more of this mornings top stories and lets start with, ah, politics at the thanksgiving table. It can be a recipe for disaster especially this year, after the the country are reuniting under one roof and abcs Cokie Roberts is back with us and i know, cokie, you have covered a lot of president ial campaigns. They are all divisive to a degree. This one, though, perhaps takes the cake. I mean, i know people who arent going home for the holidays because they dont want to deal with the political conversations. I see becky worley shaking her head on that one too. Thats probably a big excuse, amy. The fact kind of the tip of the iceberg at thapnksgiving and i remember during the vietnam war, it was war at the thanksgiving table. But think about it. I mean, thanksgiving is little cousin susie coming home and announcing she is now esmeralda and she is vegan and wants to be only referred to as esmeralda from here on out or great aunt dolly saying shes leaving her husband of 70 years because she ran into her high school boyfriend. I mean, thanksgiving is fraught its just its just always true. Yeah, but politics really are as you know, cokie, because we force you to talk about it all the time, top of mind right now. So do you have any advice for people how to deal with this across the table . You know what . I have been doing this entire political season at mixed tables. Talking about dogs i think is a great thing to do. Just talk about dogs, and people pull its fine. Its just fine. Im happy to talk about their dogs as well as my dog. And if people dont like dogs, i dont like and then beyond that, it really doesnt work to talk about the dogs. Proof that Cokie Roberts is a genius, we just saw it right there. Cokie, thank you. Lets turn to another huge part of thanksgiving, football. As fans get ready to watch the three big matchups today the nfl is scrambling to deal with some sagging tv ratings this season. And Espns Darren Rovell is here with more. Hey, darren, so whats going on here . Why are we seeing a little dip in the ratings . Well, listen, the average game is around 3 08. Thats been the same over the past couple of years, but i think maybe weve changed. Were looking at our phones more and millennials and what theyre doing, and theres a question as to whether theres too much football. Night, thursday night, thursday night they may look to get out in a couple of years if things arent going well and talk about the election, did that take away things . The protests over the national anthem. Do people think thats too much . Theres a lot of things the nfl the looking at, and right now, theyre not really sure. So theyre looking to make some changes and among them could be a pretty big one involving commercial time. Yeah. Commercials make up 63 minutes, so you think about that. How do they cut that down . Can they put virtual signage on the field . Can they do anything to get the message out . People have a kickoff, it goes to the commercial. Its going to commercial too much, and theres certainly the sense there. Can they do something with replay . Can someone bring an ipad out to the refs so the refs could look at it and make a play . Replay makes up 15 minutes of that 3 hours and 8 minutes and total game time of when theyre whoa. Theres a lot of things to look at, and theres definitely pressure. If you think this is something new, by the way, in 1993, cover of Sports Illustrated can the nfl be saved . Were talking about this all the time, but obviously, a lot more pressure right now about it. I think they should make the commercials like super bowl commercials because thats why i even tune in, so maybe if they could make more creative commercials they wouldnt have to cut their commercial time. Who are hunkered down watching football. Others ready to head out the door for their own big game. The kickoff to the black friday weekend starts today. So were making a sports analogy to shopping. All right. Just had to follow that. Becky worley is with us now. So, becky, where . This is the big question. Where can people find the biggest deals . Were hoping its not a full contact sport, but if price is the only thing that matters, focus on doorbusters. These are limited supply items. They are bone. Lets get to it. Right to it. Tvs, a 32inch tv at 85. Last year the cheapest sets were 125. Theyre getting cheaper. Leaving tvs. Youll see deals exclusively online. Amazon has the kindle fire, 30 bucks off and lionel trains, 50 off and housewares. Todays a great day. Macys has a 15piece knife set, these are really the bare bones prices, guys. What about laptops . I hear theyre hot right now. How low can they go . We are seeing an incredibly low 99 laptop from the delhomme store. This is not the best computer but it is the best price. I like how you said you hear laptops are big now. Really . You didnt know that . I heard it no, that laptops i mean theyre hot in terms of the sales. The same people who told me to ask that also told me to ask where to put a thermometer in a tu turkey. Whats the hot toy . Youve heard about it already, the hatchimal. Mine has hatched. You peel it out of an egg. You dont know what variety youre getting. Mine is the penguala. You could get an owlicorn. These things are incredibly cool. Its like the new version of the walmart says theyll be available for 48 in store tonight at 6 00 p. M. Otherwise i found them on ebay selling for up to 300. Wow. Hope a contact sport doesnt happen for these. Great way to defuse the political discussion. Thank you to our guests this morning, and happy thanksgiving. Coming up here on the show, turkey 911. Our team of experts tackling your lastminute dilemmas. In just two minutes we have your answer. B. I would like to smell like this every day. But what was body wash a . Have this in my bathroom. And what was the one they preferred . Ohhhh. This is suave. Really . Thats quite a bit of smelling good. . . If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isnt it time to let the real you shine through . Introducing Otezla Apremilast . Otezla is not an injection or a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. 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Weve been getting tweets and people posting questions at gmas facebook question and our chefs are here to answer. Tweeted by tonya, do have a quick go to recipe for cranberry sauce . Of course, i do. Its a raw cranberry it does not need to be cooked. Stevia and orange zest and good to go. Amanda, robin posted this question. Green bean casserole can be heavy. Do you have a lighter version . Yes, of course, just make green beans almondine traditional style and a little bit of crouton, put it on top, a little fried shallot to keep it light. Samantha tweeted how do i cut prep time on desserts . I like where you are going. I know there is a grandmother rolling around in her grave right now but store bought crust is fine. They have so many different options out there now so you can cut a little time. Getting ready for the football stuff. Getting the for bought time. How do you make the edges so pretty . All with your thumbs. The thumbs. All right. All right. 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Some snow showers will probably accompany this, mainly between midnight and 6am, though little or no accumulation is expected anywhere. Saturday continues to look good with highs well into the 40s. On sunday, our next area of low pressure by afternoon as well as increasing wind. Have a great thanksgiving t oday cloudy and cool. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Holiday travel alert. Two thanksgiving storms on the move. Flood watches in the west as tens of millions of americans hit the road this morning. . Story of my life . It is the season for giving and weve got one womans mission for families and helping parents from all walks of life. If people cant afford to adopt children, what happens to these children . Her story and how shes making her mess her message. Its thanksgiving 911. Were making sure your meal is done right from the turkey to the side dishes to desserts. Our Holiday Dream Team is standing by all morning tackling your lastminute turkey troubles. . Holiday deals steals starting at just 5. And shes here to say good morning, america. . And good morning, america. Happy thanksgiving, everyone. You dont have to wait until black friday for amazing deals. Tory johnson is here with Holiday Gifts for everyone on your list up to 70 off. And, yeah, he looks really comfortable. Or uncomfortable. I cant tell which. Yes, either hes been chained to that chair or hes really happy. Swallowed by some sort of large fish. Somebody told him to smile. Also today its our thanksgiving 911 throwdown. Expert chefs rocco dispirito, Amanda Freitag and Eddie Jackson here in times square to answer your turkey day questions. A little nc17 at times. Love that. Fantastic. They are like the thanksgiving dream team. Theyre amazing. If you have questions you do want to tune in. The parades are under way. Ginger is in philly with amazing broadway stars and rob at the big macys parade. Well check in with them both throughout the hour. Ginger is doing her dancing with the stars stuff out there. Oh, she cant stop. Shes amazing. But were going to get serious first because you have some headlines. Thats right. Good morning, everyone. There could be more travel trouble unfortunately for millions of americans this thanksgivi. Delay travel plans. People from the west coast to parts of the northeast are being affected. Lets go back to ginger in philadelphia for the details on what areas are hardest hit this morning. Ginger. Amy, we are so fortunate we are not going to get hit hard here. The rain holding off for a lot of folks in the northeast at least until later on our turkey day but that is not going to be the case for a lot of other people that will be some slick roads especially in higher elevation, parts of person new york and hit so hard with all that lakeeffect snow, precip through Salt Lake City in through the rockies will keep moving to the east and its not today that we have to worry about the travel as much because most people are already where they have to be. Its sunday and sunday is that rain snow mix in new england. That could be an issue so please do plan ahead, perhaps you want to leave a little earlier in the weekend depending on what the forecast is there and then a new area right in the middle of the nation. Amy, we have so much more coming up right here from the 97th annual philadelphia parade. Great, ginger. Checking back with you later in the broadcast. In the meantime, president elect donald trump has posted a thanksgiving message to the country and in the Youtube Video trump called for americans to heal their divisions, trust each other more and move forward as one country. Trump is said to be conflicted about the choice between mitt romney and Rudy Giuliani for secretary of state. Trump is expected to name investor wilbur ross, known as and he has chosen School Choice advocate and billionaire gop donor betsy devos to lead the Education Department and South Carolina governor nikki haley to be u. N. Ambassador. Meanwhile, Hillary Clintons lead over trump in the popular vote now tops 2 million. Former Green Party Candidate jill stein is calling for a recount in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. She has raised more than 2 million to cover that cost. And some sad news from chattanooga, tennessee, a sixth child has died after this weeks school bus csh investigators say the driver was not on the designated route. They say there were no drugs, no alcohol in his system, so theyre looking at whether fatigue could have played a role because the driver recently started a second job. Back here in new york, a worker at this wine store got the scare of his life when the ecigarette battery in his pocket look at that exploded. A colleague thought fireworks were going off. The man was hospitalized with burns but thankfully he is in stable condition this morning. Potential disruption this holiday weekend. A judge has ordered pilots at a Cargo Airline who went on strike this week to return to work. The pilots at abx air deliver packages for amazon and want better working conditions but the judge ruled it is in the publics interest to stop the strike because Holiday Shoppers expect to receive their packages on time. And finally, most people are having turkey for dinner today what are you having for breakfast . How about ice cream. A scientist in japan found that a person first thing in the morning had faster reaction time and were better at processing information than people who did not east ice cream. It might have to do with all that sugar but apparently it stimulates the Pleasure Centers in the brain making you happier and linked to elevated levels of alertness and reduced mental irritation. This study brought to you by ben jerrys. Dessert for breakfast. Ron claiborne used to eat a pint of ice cream before every show. We were just talking about spoonfuls. I know. He took it deep as ron is apt to do. He is very sharp. One of the best broadcasters in the business. Speaking of that, pop news time with lara. Thank you very much. Wow, that scares me. Did you have ice cream before this . Of course, rocky road and get ready for this rocky road. The la la land cast and crew offering fans an extended look at the upcoming musical we cant wait to a new behindthescenes featurette. Director Damien Chazelle says ryan gosling and emma stones chemistry in this film which is a massive oscar buzz contender, he says it reminds him of humphrey and bacall and fred astaire and ginger rogers. Chazelle put gosling through intense preproduction training to become a true musician and dancer and then he had the whole cast and crew do dance rehearsals every single oscar winner j. K. Simmons says emma and ryan have a rare triple threat combination as singers, dancers and actors. La la land dances its way into theaters december 9th. I can see you i saw it. I saw it. Amy has been talking about it all morning. I have chills right now. Im not kidding. I love this movie so much for a lot of Different Reasons and if you dont even like musicals, there isnt its something for everyone. I brought my daughters and we were laughing, we were crying. Its so good. Do you think it could beat out the more serious movies like manchester by the sea or those are the moonlight . Thats the names were hearing but i think this one when you can pull off singing and dancing and you can bring your family and kids. Im excited. All right. I know december 9th you have to wait until, sorry. In thanksgiving news president barack obama pardoned two turkeys named tater and tot. For the last time he had this opportunity with some punderful jokes. He was accompanied by his two nephews rather than his daughters sasha and maly ya stomach another year of dad jokes. He has future plans to make up for their fowl mood. Take a look. Ding, ding, ding. We are going to do this every year from now on. No cameras, just us, every year, no way im cutting this habit cold turkey. Look at that look on his face. He was on fire. He knows he did it. Thats how when you do a great pun you just kind of wait. Youre like, do you get it . Does everyone get it. Its all g nice. From here theyre headed to gobblers rest, a real place, and be cared for by veterinarians and students of the Virginia Tech Science Department there. We are rooting for you, tater and tot and, president obama, thanks for all those years of dad jokes. Finally, many of us are looking forward to topping our turkey with gravy. It doesnt have to stop at your dinner plate. Introducing gravy flavored candy canes. Merry christmas, everybody. Channeling their inner willy wonky crossing boundary lines with this neat flavored cane. If you dont want to get on the gravy train, there is a bacon cane and a pickle cane, my personal favorite. tis the season where calories dont count and neither do candy cane flavors apparently. A great way to cut calories. What do they have horseradish gumdrops . You know what, they have a wasabi cane. I just didnt think it was funny enough. No its funny, that is pop news, everybody. Coming up next, holiday helper deals steals starting at just 5. 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Here we are back and i have a couple of clowns. All right. We are back in philadelphia. I got a couple of clowns. Its not a parade till you do that, rob. Lets get to rob now at the macys parade in new york city. Thank you. All right, ginger, i was at the philly parade last year. It is phenomenal and, of course, the macys thanksgiving day parade is a big doozy, as well. 90th running of it. There. Thats charlie brown. Get things kicked off. Central park west and for as far clowns too. Over a thousand clowns and for as far as the eye can see lined up down Central Park West weve got, well, 16 floats. Can you believe that and what would a parade be without marching bands, over a dozen of those, as well. Ladies and gentlemen, one of them right here from kennesaw, georgia, the Harrison High School marching band. [ playing the theme from ghostbusters ] oh, yeah, who you gonna call, guys, ghostbusters. Happy thanksgiving for the start line of the macys thanksgiving day parade. Back to you guys. All right, robert, thank you very much. Back now on this thankful thursday with an inspirational mom on a mission and rob, robin, rather, has her story. Reporter happy thanksgiving, everyone, and thanksgiving is all about fami that i wanted to share the story of a mother right here in new york city thats making her mess her message. After learning she couldnt have children on her own, becky snyderfaucet and her husband kip decided to adopt, but it was a process full of hurdles and surprises and put becky on a mission to help other adoptive parents navigate the system and fulfill their dreams of having a family. My journey to become a mother was not what i expected it to be. I really didnt think i would pregnant the oldfashioned way and having a child. Reporter but Becky Snyder Fawcett and her husband kip did have trouble. Both emotionally and financially. After five rounds of ivf, three pregnancies and three miscarriages, they decided to try something else. We had just the amount left in our savings that would cover an adoption. It just hit me, how lucky i was to be making these choices on my terms because an average in full and up front. Reporter after going through the adoption of their first child jake, becky knew she and kip wanted to help others too. We had to do something to help these other families become parents and to help these kids get homes because the trick of it all is, if people cant afford to adopt children, what happens to these children . Reporter from her apartment she launched help us adopt, an organization now in its ninth period. Family is family. You want to adopt a child, you have a valid home study, come. Reporter and becky has a family of her own. She and kip adopted jake who is now 10 and brooke who just turned 7. I have to literally pinch myself to remind myself at points throughout the day that these children did not come out of my body. They are my own. We are a family. They are my son, they are my daughter. We just went about it a little reporter nine years later, becky and her organization have helped build 179 families and award over 1. 5 million in adoption grants. I believe that we have changed the way americans perceive adoption. I mean, it really is cool that you can take an idea and make it happen. Its pretty easy to get up and go to work every day. What a blessing. November is National Adoption organization, just visit helpusadopt. Org. Thank you, robin. What a phenomenal story. Shes doing amazing work. Coming up here on gma, our panel of expert chefs ready to head into gmas turkey 911 stadium tackling your lastminute turkey troubles. And then country superstars garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood with a very special thanksgiving day performance just ahead. . Ance. Insurance plans end and start a new deductible year. 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Computer that many people wouldnt do with their primary eye care benefits, but if they have flexible spending they may want to both happy thanksgiving, america. Oh, that was good. [ applause ] and welcome back and happy thanksgiving to Trisha Yearwood and garth brooks and to our incredible audience here this morning. Those two have a special message coming up. First the countdown is over and thanksgiving is here and youve been sending your cooking questions all week long. So weve assembled our pam of experts here in the thanksgiving not us. We are not that panel. So dont worry. Were calling this the thanksgiving 911 stadium. You can also call it the thanksgiving 911 thunder dome. First up, the turkey guy, rocco dispirito, author of the negative calorie diet, rocco, get on out here. [ cheers and applause ] nice. Whats up . How are you . This looks delicious. Rocco and to tackle side dishes, Amanda Freitag, judge on chopped. Come on out, amanda. [ applause ] nice. And our dessert doctor and former nfl player Eddie Jackson in the house. [ applause ] very exciting. All right, so each of us is teaming up with each of the chefs so, dan and lara, well all move around to our positions here. Im with you, rocco. So, lets take a look at our football playbyplay to see who is up first in our thanksgiving 911 stadium, so go ahead and lets see, what is it . Oh, it looks like that is a turkey. So, rocco thats me. Im the turkey. Youre the turkey. Im the turkey. [ applause ] and laurie is asking us brine or not to brine. I say, no brine. Dont waste your time. Theres enough to do. Theres enough to do. Youre getting booed. I have a much better solution, bacon. Literally enrobe your entire turkey with bacon top to bottom. Turkey. Its like the most obscene cordon blew youve ever seen in your life and then you use the bacon in the gravy. Do you have a defibrillator standing by . I do and i was merciful on the calories and using turkey bacon. Do you put olive oil or anything on top of the turkey beforehand . I do a garlic and olive oil rub. And then bacon on top of that. Thats all you have to do. Throw it in the oven. Can i get a question the Dessert Table . Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that to keep it moist . Do we eat the bacon . Its because it looks great on tv. But it does keep it very moist. It keeps it very moist and gives it a lot of flavor and has a lot of sodium so acts like a type of brine. Okay. All right. It looks beautiful, it really does. At the end come on. Who want to eat that . See where it lands and it looks like lets see, oh, green beans, side. All right. [ applause ] ive always considered myself something of a side dish. Amanda, yeah, heidi writes my mom and many old school cooks prepare sides the day before. Which are best to do in advance . Stuffing. Stuffing . Stuffing, do it in advance. Mix everything together and then bake it, and then you can always pop that in the oven and warm it up. Its just one thing one less thing you have to put in the oven. One less thing you have to do. Its so easy. Mix everything, put it in your im making sausage with corn bread and brioche and celery. That looks incredibly good. This is really, really good stuffing. Can i get a question from the Dessert Table . Because im using brioche too for my stuffing this year. Why is it so good . Because its really buttery and really light and then when you put the stock and all the flavor, it just drinks it. Yeah, i got to tell you that it really makes a difference. Yeah, i highly recommend it. So this will not suffer from one night in the fridge. Not at all. This is just going to get better. Its just going to get better. The brioche will keep drinking. Yes. We have to get to our football graphics again because its going down. Down the field. Oh, yes, dessert. We have a lateral, a lateral to the pumpkin pie. That looks really good. You and me, eddie. You saved the best for last. Of course. Dessert. Here we go. Bonnies question is, as an english girl who loves american traditions, what would be the top dessert to have in your thanksgiving meal and you say i say sweet potato pie. Where im from [ cheers and applause ] right . Yes. Where im from you have to have sweet potato pie and not just any sweet potato pie. Talk to me. How do we do it . Ill add a little rum. A little rum. Were going to go a little caribbean twist so first thing, have my Sweet Potatoes down. Sweet potato puree. Yeah, exactly. Im going to add a little bit of coconut milk. Of course. Exactly, just going to dump it in there. This is not low calorie. Oh, no, no, its thanksgiving. Its thanksgiving. Forget about balanceries on thanksgiving. The usual suspects in sweet potato pie, nutmeg. I love the coconut. Exactly. A little caribbean vibe and were going to add our eggs. Somebody likes eggs, right . Ginger, then after we have it mixed, it looks like this. Where is the booze . The booze is right there. You want the booze . I got the booze. Add the booze. Add the booze, its thanksgiving. All right, all right, well, i just want to say this is the finished product. Yes. How beautiful is that . We have it on our website. Thats the little special twist in ours, amy. Back to you. Question from the Dessert Table. From the side table. Side table. How soon can i get some of that . Now. I can get it now . [ applause ] desserts for the entire audience and we have pie for everybody. Everyone eats pie. [ cheers and applause ] gmas countdown to thanksgiving is brought to you by walmart, save money, live better. Its a tough journey. Predators are on watch for a quick bite to eat. But its our appetites that pose the biggest threat of all. Nets designed to catch some of our favorite seafood threaten sea turtle survival. But its not too late. Saying only at a thanksgiving day parade do you hear, wheres the turkey balloon . Its right there. Went past. The tasmanian devil. So much more coming up right here on gma and from philadelphia where were so happy to be partnering with our favorite affiliates. One of the favorite affiliate, of course, happy thanksgiving cloudy one with temperatures only around 40 for a high. Fog shou today. Late tonight into friday, a weak system is still set to move across the region. Some snow showers will probably accompany this, mainly between midnight and 6am, though little or no accumulation is expected anywhere. Saturday continues to look good with highs well into the 40s. On s and this Weather Report brought to you by verizon. Were on to deck the halls. This is good stuff. Rob, i know youre up at macys. Cant wait. What a beautiful morning we got. Right, we lucked out. Laurie hernandez, one of a slew of celebrities that are going to be walking down the parade route. Congratulations on winning the mirror ball, dancing with the stars champion and youre also an olympic Gold Medalist as well. What did it feel like to take home the mirror ball . It felt amazing. So exciting to do something that was so encouraging and so exciting to me so it was great i was honored to get it. Other than that what are you thankful for today on thanksgiving . Im definitely thankful for my family because theyve supported me my whole way through. Thats a good one to do. As a partner you would still win. I think so. Congratulations to you and happy thanksgiving to everyone back in the studios. [ applause ] all right, we are back to another round of our thanksgiving 911 and we have our roster of experts here. The turkey guy, rocco dispirito, you go by that, author of the negative calorie diet tackling sides. We have Amanda Freitag, all right, so we have our turkey on the football field as well, right, so that means, rocco, its you. Youre up, and we have a question from la toya in our audience. Stand up and ask your question. Whats a quick way to make my turkey if i dont have hi, la toya. How are you . If you dont have enough space in your oven, first of all, take anything that doesnt need to be in the oven out like the stuffing that you can make on your stovetop. Otherwise you can cook your turkey on the stovetop. Real quick way. This takes 40 minutes, a rolled breast of turkey, you simply roll it, tie up, tie it up. Goes into 180 degree olive oil and in 40 minutes youll have a fully cooked like a deep frying way . Poaching. 180 degrees so doesnt absorb as much fat. If you cook something in fat you know its not going to be dry. Right . Right. For sure and you end up with this beautiful turkey. Nice. Amazing. Thats beautiful. La toya is looking at me like im never going to do that. If rocco says to do it, do it. Were looking at our playbyplay. Well have something coming up that says desserts. Desserts. The show, by the way, clash of the grandmas. Eddie is a rock star. We have a question. A video question from grace and camille. Hit it, girls. Both hi, eddie. My mom and me are working overtime preparing turkey and sides. Is there any other way we can help prepare desserts . Ah. Yes. Very good question. Cute. Very good question. Get i exactly. I have an amazing crock pot slow cooker bread pudding, so easy. Everybody say, ooh. You like that, right . Very, very easy. Thanksgiving you have a lot of bread laying around, turn night a bread pudding. This crock pot is set at 4 1 2 hours on high. Well put our bread in. We have some dry cranberry, raisins and another raisin lover. Pumpkin puree, a little cream, a little egg, a little love. Dump it in, set it and forget how long before 4 1 2 hours. 4 1 2 hours. Takes a little bit of preplanning. Exactly. Anything in a crock pot. Its easy. All right, dan, you got your sides coming up next. Yes, ive long said that, anything in a crock pot. Amanda, claire has this question for you. I love mashed potatoes for thanksgiving but i hate having to peel. Is there a recipe where i dont have to . Yes, and i dont like to peel potatoes either. Its time consuming and not fun. So i cook them skin on, right, yeah. Skin on, smash them up with the skin, i use yu the skin is much more tender. And thats it. Then theyre ready. I use sour cream in my potatoes. Nice. Yum. Scallion and maybe a little cheddar cheese. What do you think . [ cheers ] i love that. Its thanksgiving. Why not. Yeah, i mean i love that you just got applause for saying the words cheddar cheese. Phenomenal. And thats it, and theyre ready to go. Dont even bother peeling. Turkey on the football field. That means rocco, and we have hanna with a question in the audience. Is there any ingredient to add to my gravy to punch it up . Yes, of course. So im all about Health Except for my turkey today but ill make up for it in the gravy. So for my gravy i like to use a little wild turkey, pardon the pun. Pardon the pun. Wow. But then to really punch it up and give you a little bit of nutrition, i take my protein powder and i thicken it with and make a slurry and protein gravy. I like that. As an athlete you can appreciate that. Is that chocolate flavored . I just want to note that the wild turkey got a bigger applause than the cheddar cheese. Both. Rocco, thank you. I want to talk about a transition from food to something else. Its not just the food that brings us together, its the stories. What . Oh. After the show. After the show, rocco. Its the stories we share with our family and abc News Partners thanksgiving listen and well talk about all connecting with loved ones. Take a look. . The story of my life . That was supposed to be reporter in prince georges county. Good morning, everybody. Happy monday. Reporter ninth grade english teacher victoria james is prepping her class to appreciate a Little Something extra with their turkey and stuffing this thanksgiving. Take out your great thanksgiving listen packets. The words and stories of loved ones. Im going to interview my aunt. Reporter after a tough election that has exposed painful di nation, storycorps is hoping the great thanksgiving listen will provide a National Platform for listening and empathy and perhaps a measure of healing. It helps us see one another as the human beings, the complex, the beautiful, the complicated human beings that we all are and it celebrates the stories and the voices of everyday people. Reporter last years inaugural campaign resulted in more than 100,000 interviews, many done on the storycorps app. Hi, im lourdes. Participants Lourdes Rodriguez interviewed her father last thanksgiving. When you were younger what did you imagine you would do for work . I wanted to be a police officer. Reporter for lourdes, it was an unforgettable conversation. I felt more connected to him. I felt like i learned more about him and i saw him differently. Reporter its a conversation she looks forward to having this year with her grandmother, an immigrant from colombia. I just want to learn more about her and her life story. And if youd like to take part in storycorps, the great thanksgiving listen, you can download the Smartphone App and Start Recording your familys story starting today. Coming up next, garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood. [ applause ] we are back now with a special performance for you. Garth brooks has a new box set thats called garth brooks the ultimate collection that sold in its first week that includes his new studio album gunslinger set for a standalone release tomorrow. Garth and his wife Trisha Yearwood stopped by our studio recently to sing a special duet. Heres whiskey to wine. [ applause ] . . Yeah shes nice yeah shes pretty and shes crazy about me . . Shes what every mans hoping to find . . Shes always a lady and thats driving me crazy cause after you its like going from whiskey to wine . The same high i miss the fire the burning desire . . We fought like we loved and we loved all the time . . Were no good together but its sure as hell better than going forever from whiskey to wine . . When i talk he listens he dont show up missing . Refined hes handsome romantic . . But the problem is damn it that after you its like going from whiskey to wine . . Whiskey to wine its just not the same high . . I miss the fire the burning desire we fought like we loved . Were no good together . . But its sure as hell better than going forever from whiskey to wine . . Its probably best we rejoin the rest and try to have what they call a good time . . And hope its not showing that were walking in knowing . . That were going from whiskey to wine . Before we go we have to thank all of our chefs, again for your questions and answering your questions and also helping us celebrate the tenth year of our coat drive with burlington and kids fashion delivers. So, guys, please, your donations into the bucket. All right. We appreciate it. Visit your local Burlington Store for more information about our warm coats warm hearts drive or to find a location near you. Logon to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo and, rocco, before we go, i i was wondering whether he would fall for that. Thank you for watching abc on this holiday morning. Well be right back here tomorrow. Have a great day. Religions are sharing a meal they made together today. Find a way to give back. So they decided to make lunches for people who have to work today. Last night, the kids made turkey sandwiches and cut up vegetables. The teens plan to pass out the lunches between 10 30 and one today. They say the best part of the activity was making new friends and understanding other religions. The teens also say they hope their new friendships will be a model for adults in the future. Dubuque Officials Say a New Hampshire man is at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics after a truck hit him. Authorities say 44year old jeremey maus was walking through a cros thats when 22yearold uriah van ostrand hit him with his truck. He faces charges this morning. Officials say maus was seriously hurt, but didnt give us an update on his condition. And now heres your first alert forecast. Happy thanksgiving plan on a cloudy one with temperatures only around 40 for a high. Fog shouldnt be a concern around the midwest set to move across the region. Some snow showers will probably accompany this, mainly between midnight and 6am, though little or no accumulation is expected anywhere. Saturday continues to look good with highs well into the 40s. On sunday, our next area of low pressure arrives and it should generate some rainfall by afternoon as well as increasing wind. Have a great thanksgiving t oday cloudy and cool. Wind w5 light snow, mainly north. Wind se 510. Low 32 tomorrow cloudy with flurries possible early, mainly north. Wind nw 515. High 41 tom. Night mostly male announcer its live with kelly. Today, star of the series secrets and lies juliette lewis, and nascar champion brad keselowski. Plus, from the new drama pitch Mark Consuelos takes a seat at the cohost desk. All next on live. [upbeat music] . . . Come and roll with me . Ann kelly ripa and Mark Consuelos [cheers and applause] . . Which side . [cheers and applause]