And bruising political campaign, but we have before us the chance now to make history together. President elect trump with a holiday message of unity. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose. This morning, security in new york city is at a heightened state ahead of todays 90th macys thanksgiving day parade. A sixth elementary student crash in tennessee. This city has lost some beautiful angels. Shot in the head near campus, Wayne State University officer coll collin rose died in detroit. Shooting death of an unarmed teenager. A frightening moment at subway terminal. Ecigarette exploded. His pocket and saw sparks flying. This is not the best getaway plan. A wanted man is fought off by a Police Officer. The man jumped out what appeared to be a gun all that. The annual turkey pardon ceremony got some laughs. President obama dove into thanksgiving bad jokes. I know there are bad jokes in here so since this is the last time im doing, this we are not leaving anything for leftovers. The macys thanksgiving day parade balloons are inflated today and if there is anything that can cheer Hillary Clinton up, its balloons. 50 of americans dread the thought of talking politics over thanksgiving dinner. This year, you have a family duty to treat your Family Opinion like grandmas jello mold. Choke it down and keep it down until the guests leave. This morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. . There they are. Happy thanksgiving. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im jeff glor with dane gentleman jacobson and Vladimir Duthiers of our streaming network cbsn. Happy thanksgiving. Charlie and norah and dagayl are off. The thanksgiving giving day parade, the last of 4,000 giant balloons were inflated last night in new york city. More th are expected to flood the streets of the city and isis called the parade recently an excellent target. Jamie yuccas is near the museum of National History with the plan to protect the millions of spectators. Jamie, good morning. Reporter good morning. The 90th year the parade marches through manhattan but the third year all cross streets will be shut down to traffic along the two and a half mile parade route and its one of many precautions officials are taking to prevent the new York Police Department is deploying more than 4,000 uniformed officers, along with bomb sniffing dogs, metal and concrete barricade, and radiation detectors. 82 Sanitation Department trucks and 114 blocker cars are also being used to seal off the parade to outside vehicles. Unlike some other parades and unlike in the past where there was traffic allowed, there will be no point on the parade where traffic will cut across the reporter the hope is the sanfilled trucks, each weighing up to 30 tons, will stop wouldbe terrorists like the one in nice, france, who barrelled into revelers at a parade and killed more than 80 people. This week, a brooklyn man was arrested for allegedly trying to mount a similar attack in times square. Earlier this month, isiss propaganda magazine said the parade is an excellent target and john miller discussed the they are asking anyone following their propaganda to do is lowtech and low cost and potentially high impact. The idea of renting a big truck and ramming it into crowds is something they find attractive. Reporter more than 8,000 parade volunteers have been scrutinized and one balloon handler said it took him about a year to clear security checks. They got Social Security numbers and drivers license numbers and i have to showed a paper with a keyed on it that they will scan. Reporter the unprecedented challenge, securing the area around president elect Donald Trumps midtown manhattan residence. The macys parade route is one block west of trump tower. We are well protected and ready to run the parade. The security is at the utmost level and every precaution has been taken. Reporter now while mayor de blasio says no specific or credible threat but they have been manning the security for this years parade the minute he said this year the security operation is much bigger than last year. President elect donald trump is spending family with his palm beach resort and announced yesterday that betsy devos will be the education secretary. She is the second woman to accept the cabinet job. Republicans including campaign rival jeb bush called devos an outstanding pick. Reporter president elect trump has reportedly been receiving fewer classified Intelligence Briefings than his predeces predecessor. The Washington Post says he chooses to focus on filling his cabinet. Mr. Trump has previously said he would desolve the department of education but yesterday he named its secretary. We have just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just dont heal overnight. Reporter in the spirit of thanksgiving, president elect web video calling for americans to come together after a bitter election year. Its time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens because when america is unified, there is nothing beyond our remp a reach and i mean absolutely nothing. Reporter neither women announced yesterday for administration were not supporters of trump in the election. Devos is against the national kasey standards known as common core which mr. Trump wants to abolish. We will provide School Choice and put it into common core and bringing our education local. Reporter South Carolina governor nikki haley has accepted nomination for ambassador to the u. N. Despite this thinly veiled swipe at mr. Trump earlier this year. During anxious times it can be tempting to call the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. Reporter as an indian president elect personnel picks but lacks the Foreign Policy experience of previous u. N. Ambassador. Donald trump is a phony, a fraud reporter despite their tense history, 2012 president ial nominee mitt romney is on the president elects short list for secretary of state. Much to the dismay of many loyalists. Im still very unhappy that mitt did everything he could to derail donald trump. You have to list the things he said and saying is this guy really going to be loyal . Former new york city mayor for secretary of state and mr. Trumps former rival dr. Ben carson hinted he will head the department of housing and urban development. Mr. Trump is not expected to make any announcements today. A sixth child who was on board the school bus in tennessee has died. Cbs news has learned that 8yearold keontae wilson died yesterday at the hospital. 37 children were riding the bus when it smashed into a tree more still in the hospital. Toxicology reports show the driver did not have drugs or alcohol in his system and he is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. Manuel bojorquez shows us what investigators are learning about this crash. Reporter the location of mondays Deadly School bus crash in chattanooga was not along 24yearold drivers johnthony walkers designated route says hart. Does previously . We are investigating if he has done it before and if so, why. Reporter the ntsb has brought in a tactical expert to download video footage in the three cameras damaged in the crash and damage from the engine controlled module which holds information about the vehicles speed and braking. The bus was owned and operated by Durham School services. The companys ceo david a. Duke released this video footage on wednesday. Children that were taken from their families with so much life before then. Reporter Durham School services is one of the Largest SchoolBus Operators in the country, overseeing more than 13,000 drivers and about the same number of buses across 400 School Districts in 32 states. Durham School Services was operating on a conditional safety rating since 2017 which means they found problems regarding that company but the problems were resolved to the point satisfactory rating in august. 2015. With sorrow and grief, you want immediate answers. Reporter lefrederick thirkill is the cousin of the fourth grader cordayja jones, who died in the crash. This holiday is about thankful and we are thankful for the life of cordayja and the joy people. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news, chattanooga, tennessee. No doubt the world is more thanning morning with those families right now. 62yearold william pullian has been charged with murder. He confessed to the killing. Don dahler is here how a confrontation outside a store turned deadly. Reporter good morning. The complaint signed by Charleston Police say pull yum wasnt unreforceful. He trash and now the teens family say they are putting their faith in the law to see justice done. The Police Complaint reportedly stays that 14yearold james means was part of a group that was involved in a confrontation with william pullian outside of a Charleston Convenience store and escalated to violence with the teen was hap taken taken to hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. What did he say, man, i didnt say anything. Im sorry, but, i mean, im 62 years old. Im not going to take a bunch of them weting me iup. Authorities say they are looking into whether the shooting follows under the hate crime statute killing someone because of their race. I shot him. I felt my life was in danger. I dont know if they are white or black. Nobody is going to do me like that. Doesnt make any difference if he is black. We dont hold a grudge so nobody else should hold a grudge. We all have to forgive and let everything take its place. Reporter the charleston gazette mail reports that pullian was not allowed to have a gun because of a previous Domestic Violence conviction. Charleston later this morning. Such a sad story, don. Wayne State University calls the death of one of its Police Officers last night a tragedy felt by all of us. 29yearold officer collin rose died at a hospital. He was shot in the head tuesday while investigating possible thefts near the detroit campus. Police escorted the bodys body from the hospital last night. A person of interest is under arrest but no charges have been filed. Dramatic dash cam video shows a Police Officer stopping an officer tom woods approached the car. He had pulled the car over. 22yearold Jesse Harrell jumped out of the truck and woods had to wrestle him to the ground. Harrell seemed to be carrying a gun but driver told police it was a foy. Harrell had outstanding warrants for failing to be arrested. A sheriff says officers need the barricades for protection. Month ago as demonstrations grew. The standoff on tuesday. They used rubber bullets and tear gas. The 1,200 mile pipeline will carry oil near the Standing Rock sioux reservation as it crosses four states. Protesters are worried about water safety and the threat to sacred native american sites. Wall street is taking thanksgiving off after reaching more record highs. The postelection stock rally continued yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrials average gained 59 points and it pass 19,000 this week for the first time ever. The dow has risen 4 since election day and the s p set a record yesterday but the nasdaq lost ground. A federal judge in cincinnati ruled against pilots tuesday saying they were forced to work too many flights. The walkout threatened to interfere with amazons holiday gift deliveries. The judge said blocking the strike was in the public interest. He wrote in his ruling, imagine christmas without amazon 6,000,000 Service Members based in iraq are celebrating thanksgiving. For some the first time away from home. Thanks to the armys cooks they are not missing the taste of a thanksgiving meal. Holly williams introduces us to th mosul as it prepares to celebrate this holiday. They are freshfaced and many of them not long out of high school and they are americas soldiers in the fight against isis, serving with the 101st air Born Division here at camp sweet in northern iraq. My first time out of the united states. You know, i didnt leave california until i went to basics in georgia. Reporter its a long way from home for private first a 19yearold from fontana, Southern California, on his first tour of duty. My first one. I came out of basic and school and stuff like that. Then straight here, you know . Reporter private bee and many others at camp swift were children when the u. S. Invaded iraq in 2003 and told us they dont know very much about americas recent history here. But five years after said it had left iraq for good, there are now around 6,000 american Service Members back in the country again. Private first class patrick mehan from massachusetts is part of the security detail for the Senior Officers who work in the cabs command center, launching air strikes on isis. The idea is that you could give your life to protect Senior Officers . Yes, maam. Reporter is that scary . Reporter big jobs, resting on very young shoulders. Specialist monique freak, 22yearold from North Carolina is working in this kitchen. We have ham, turkey, greens, corn on the cob, green beans. Reporter she t thankful for our father who served as a military cook and inspiring her to enlist. I want to be a cook. He looks at me, and said, no, you dont. Yes, i do. He said you really dont. I said, no, i really do and they gave it to me and ive loved it ever since. Reporter a passion to serve their country in many different ways has led them halfway across the world and into the battle to defeat isis extremists. Williams, camp swift, northern iraq. Amazing. A little taste of home can do a lot when you are so far away. Being in iraq over the holidays is a different place with the comforts you are used to and extraordinary to think that in the invasion in 2003, you know, some of the guys who are there now and the men and women were, what, 4 years old . Yeah. 5 years old when that happened . And now they are there. 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