A gas station south of baghdad today. At least 80 people were killed. Dozens wounded. Isis claimed responsibility. The white house says the attack was intended to inflame the divide between the two major factions of islam. Around 5,000 american troops are serving in iraq, assisting in the effort to defeat isis there. For many its their first thanksgiving away from home. Holly williams spent time with some of them. Reporter just east of mosul we traveled with colonel brett sylvia today as he rallied troops from the 101st Airborne Division, dug in here for the battle against isis. We still have a mission here, and its a dangerous mission, that were here inside a combat zone. So we do say stay focused on the mission at hand. Reporter today they took time out from the fight happy thanksgiving. Reporter as colonel sylvia honored a longstanding military tradition. I dont know if im cutting fast enough for you guys. Reporter Senior Officers serving the rankandfile soldiers their thanksgiving lunch. You want some stuffing . Reporter the troops based at this Logistics Hub in shaquili are only 12 miles from mosul. Any civilian activity in any of the buildings or anything like that . Negative. We just have like weird lights coming reporter three days ago they witnessed a massive blast when the iraqi army detonated an isis suicide truck packed with explosives about a mile and a half from here. It was like a mushroom cloud, the size of that thing. We felt it through the floor, sir. Reporter theyre Deadly Weapons used by isis to slow down the progress of iraqi and u. S. Coalition forces in the battle to retake mosul. Colonel sylvia is on his fourth tour of duty in iraq. But for many of his soldiers its their first. This is specialist kang. Hes our medic, our one and only medic. Reporter they were children when the u. S. Invaded iraq in 2003. Fantastic. Reporter a new generation of Young Americans serving in iraq, five years after the u. S. Government said it was leaving the country for good. They didnt sign up because they wanted to come fight in iraq. They signed up because they wanted to serve their country. Reporter American Service members could be here in iraq for many months to come. The u. S. Military says over 1, 500 isis militants have been killed in the battle for mosul. But elaine, the extremists are determined, and their tactics have slowed the offensive. Holly williams with american troops in iraq. Holly, thanks. Next, a small gesture makes a huge difference for the homeless this thanksgiving. And later, this man made a difference in the lives of hundreds of women. They call him their guardian angel. I was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans. Better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. But. Theyre not all the same. Turns out, theyre really. Different. Who knew . I had no idea. 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Reporter because other people dont see it. Out of sight, out of mind, lets just keep it there. Reporter but skid row also has those struggling to make better lives. They are helped at a warehouse called the bin. With nowhere to live, debra parra got a bin here to keep clean clothes, helping her hold down a job as a security guard. I leave my stuff here. So depending what job im doing. Reporter this makes it a little easier . Oh, it sure does. A whole lot easier. Theyre all full. We have a waiting list. Reporter mark loringer is ceo of chrislist, the Homeless Services organization that runs the bin. What does this represent . This represents the personal belongings and the life history of about 1,500 residents of the skid row area. Reporter users must check in at least once a week. A glass in there yeah. Its a drinking glass. Reporter toothbrush. Toothbrush. Reporter levell liggins, living on the streets for 15 years, got a measure of safety when he got a bin. So the rule of the streets is whatever they find is theirs, they keep it, take, it move on. Reporter the bins provide order in often chaotic lives. When i come out and i roll out their bins, im treating it as a service to them. I got it. Reporter Demetrius Reed knows the bins from both sides. He was homeless until the job here helped him get a place to live. It kind of adds a little dignity back into the equation. Reporter as part of l. A. s latest plan to help the homeless the city is looking to add thousands more bins, which can provide a modest step toward life off the street. John blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. Coming up, the nations largest thanksgiving parade marches on despite a terror threat. Ugh, its only lunchtime and my cold medicines wearing off. Im dragging. Yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. No thank you very much, shes gonna stick with the shortterm stuff. 12 hours . Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Is that a bisque . I just lost my appetite. Why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours . Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. President elect donald trump says its time to get past the bruising Political Campaign and move forward as one country. He made his comments in his videotaped thanksgiving address. We have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me and so important to our country. But to succeed we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. Mr. Trump is spending the holiday at his estate in palm beach, florida. New york citys thanksgiving day parade went off without a hitch. Ie isis had called for an attack, but more than 3. 5 Million People showed up anyway. Heightened security included more than 3,000 officers, assault weapons, and bombsniffing dogs. More than 80 trucks loaded with sand blocked traffic. Among the new balloons, a kiteflying Charlie Brown and a 1927 replica of felix the cat. A 7yearold girl from aleppo, syria is thankful for a special gift. Bana al abed posted a heartbreaking video this week from her wartorn city that caught the attention of harry potter author j. K. Rowling. When rowling learned bana wanted to read one of her books, she sent the entire ebook collection. I started to reading your books. Thank you very, very much. I love you. Rowling tweeted back, bana, this made me so happy. Standwithaleppo. Next, he taught them how to win at life. ,,,,, thanksgiving is a family holiday, and we end the broadcast with a visit to one of the closest families we know. They share a link not by blood but perhaps something stronger. Heres michelle miller. Dont cry. Its okay. Theyre happy tears. Reporter when the August Martin angels hold a reunion yeah, yeah, joel ascher. Reporter joel ascher is the guest of honor. I didnt know you were coming. Reporter to these women and hundreds of others who played High School Hoops during his 30year tenure he was coach, mentor, but most of all guardian angel. You can see the floor is not even. Reporter when ascher arrived in the late 70s the girls team had no uniforms, no form of transportation. They didnt even have a basketball. The situation for girls athletics in new york city was terrible. Reporter you felt they needed you. If they didnt have me, they had nobody. And this will do it reporter but in three years they went from a losing season to the city playoffs. Joel aschers 12th title reporter by the late 1990s theyd earned 12 city trophies and four state championships. Winning games was nice but its not the ultimate goal. The bottom line was college and success. I would really get on them for schoolwork. I would check their report cards. There was no mercy with me. Reporter most of coach aschers players went on to college, playing for such schools as stanford, wisconsin, ucla, and northeastern. Some even won scholarships. Yolanda wilson and Allison Jenkins were on his 1988 championship team. We built a family while we were here. Ash did so much for us. Reporter these days those roles have reversed. How are you . Im here. Reporter a team of angels now watches over him. In their 40s and 50s they drive him to doctors appointments. You started eating already, huh . Reporter take him out to dinner. Do you have any daughters of your own . No. Those are my kids. Oh. Reporter coach ascher may have never been a father. We love you, ash reporter but it didnt stop him from acting like one. Michelle miller, cbs news, new york. Thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city im elaine quijano. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don dahler. President elect donald trump plans to remain at his seaside florida estate through the Holiday Weekend but his Transition Team says that wont stop mr. Trump from interviewing possible cabinet nominees and making plans for his first days in office. Specifically day one. The federal government picks up the tab for the inauguration, but all the parties and balls have to be paid for privately. Mr. Trump has set a milliondollar limit for corporate donations and will refuse all contributions from lobbyists. As for the shape his new administration . Well, kris van cleave has that. Reporter president elect trump has reportedly been receiving fewer classified Intelligence Briefings than his predecessors. The Washington Post reports instead hes choosing to focus on filling his cabinet. Mr. Trump has previously said he would dissolve the department of education, but yesterday he named its secretary. Weve 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 donald trump released this short 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 reach. Reporter mr. Trump announced two cabinet appointments, both women, neither of whom endorsed him for president. Longtime gop donor betsy de vos was tapped to lead the department of education. A strong add advocate for School Vouchers and charter schools, shes an advocate for common core which mr. Trump wants to abolish. We will put an end to common core. Were bringing our education local. Reporter south carolinas governor nikki haley has accepted the nomination to be ambassador to the u. N. Despite this thinly veiled swipe at mr. Trump earlier this year. During anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. Reporter as an indianamerican haley diversifies the president elects personnel picks but the lacks the Foreign Policy experience of previous u. N. Ambassadors. Donald trump is a phony. A fraud. Reporter despite their tense history, 2012 gop nominee mitt romney is still 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. A list of all the things he said and you think is this guy really going to be loyal . Reporter former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani is also a favorite 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. Donald trump was elected in part by promising to stop the flow of american jobs to china. Turns out that can be a twoway street, as jim axelrod found. Reporter the factory floor is bustling again at this manufacturing plant in lorraine, ohio. A billionaire has indeed brought jobs back to this part of the rust belt. Well stop the jobs from leaving ohio and from leaving america. Reporter no, not that billionaire. This one. Mr. Chow, how many jobs do you expect to create in ohio . Translator 3,000. Not hundreds. Thousands. Reporter chinese billionaire chow tak wong bought this former gm plant which shut its doors in 2008, costing the area 1,000 jobs, and turned it into a state of the art auto glass factory. Today the ohio plant is part of chows global fuyaw glass empire, helping to produce 23 of the worlds car windows. When i walked into it two years ago, it was dark, dirty, it had been uninhabited for quite a few years. Reporter jim reid, a supervisor, voted for donald trump, who made the chinese a target during his campaign. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country. And thats what theyre doing. Reporter what do you make of the idea that the guy bringing hundreds, thousands of jobs to this part of ohio is chinese . Ill be honest. I struggle with it a bit when i made the decision. But reporter why . Just because of what id been kind of led to believe. Its the greatest theft in the history of the world. Reporter but mr. Chow seems untroubled by the criticism. He told us that was Just Campaign talk. Now that trump is the president elect things will be different. Are you making America Great again . What would your message be to donald trump about chinese businessmen in the United States . Give them a try. A lot of u. S. Service members did not make it home for thanksgiving. That includes 6,000 american troops in iraq. Holly williams introduces us to the 101st Airborne Division stationed at camp swift near mosul. Reporter theyre freshfaced. Many of them not long out of high school. Radio check, over. Reporter and theyre americas soldiers in the fight against isis, serving with the 101st Airborne Division here at camp swift in northern iraq. This is my first time out of the u. S. I didnt leave california until i went to basic to georgia. So. Reporter its a long way from home for private first class onay beam, a 19yearold from fontana, Southern California on his first tour of duty. This is my first one. You know, i came out of basic, couple months school stuff like, that then straight here. Reporter private beam 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 the u. S. 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 Meehan from pepperell, massachusetts is part of the security detail for the Senior Officers who work in the camps 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 . No, maam. Not really. Reporter big jobs resting on very young shoulders. Specialist monique freek, a 22yearold from goldsboro, North Carolina is one of three cooks at the camp who will cater thanksgiving lunch for 150 from this tiny kitchen. We have ham, turkey, greens, corn on the cob, green beans. Reporter she told us shes thankful to her grandfather, who also served as a military cook, inspiring her to enlist. I said i want to be a cook. He said no you dont. Yes, i do. No, you dont. He says im telling you you really dont. I said no, i really do. And they gave it to me. 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 the world and into the battle to defeat isis extremists. Jack knocked over a candlestick, onto the shag carpeting. And his pants ignited into fl