two heroes in my youth. i learned a lot from underdog. i used him as an inspiration in my political career. >> it did not take long to put their spirit on full display. >> the best part is being with my crew from new orleans. it's so great to be here in beautiful new york. we brought some of that new orleans weather back home. >> even with an abundance of security on this day let's all be thankful there's still plenty of innocence as well. >> what's your favorite part of the parade? >> santa. >> big balloons. >> i like the floats. >> spongebob with the san ta hat on. >> i like the star balloons, the macy's star balloons. >> i like the turkey because it's thanksgiving. >> are you going to eat some turkey later? >> yes. >> how much? >> a lot. >> reporter: i think she speaks for a lot of people, a lot of turkey coming. the parade ends downtown near 34th street and then it's dinner with the family for a lot of people and then begin. rob nelson, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> leave it to you to find the best kids along the route. thank you so much. along with all the floats and balloons security was highly visible. dave evans is live with that part of our story. >> reporter: we no at -- we know at the least there's 2,500 extra police officers today. be aware of your surroundings, be careful but enjoy the day and have some fun was the message. >> if this year's parade looks different that's because it is. there's a large police presence here, much bigger than usual, because of what happened in paris two weeks ago. even the nation's secretary of homeland security is here in new york today. go about life as usual despite the growing threat of terrorism. >> as new yorkers we don't want to live our life in fear and we want to come to the parade and end -- enjoy the day. >> i'm going to end d -- i'm going to enjoy myself. i'm not scared. >> today police officials won't give exact numbers but admit a lot more police on duty today, three hercules teams along the parade route and a lot of security we don't see. >> we have a lot of officers crowds. we're going to have a safe and as you can see not too many people stayed away, they're all here. thing that police are telling us about so far is that someone was flying a drone around the beginning of the parade that happened earlier this morning up at 81st and central park west. they have taken one person into custody. we will keep you posted on charges. dave evans, channel 7, eyewitness news. now to a developing story on long island. investigators are trying to figure out why a giant blimp made an emergency landing in a neighborhood. it suddenly had to land as it flew back from parade. it happened at the woodward parkway school in burkett is m.j. >> reporter: well, the pilot said it was not due to any kind we are outside the woodward parkway farmingdale. a 150 foot long blimp was forced to make an emergency landing in a ball field. the blimp came down at about 10:00 this morning. it was on its way to the macy's parade -- actually on its way to new york and came down with help from people on the ground. neighbors saw it trying to land and pitched in to help bring it down. in this video obtained by eyewitness news you can see it. the pilot was alone in the blimp flying solo and he was not injured. it was quite a site. neighbors who had been wait ing to watch the macy's parade on tv stepped out to see a huge blimp drifting through their neighborhood not much higher than the tree line. it was owned by airsign.com and headed to refuel and to head back out to new york when apparently the tiny engine that powers the blimp would not handle the winds. the pilot said he tried to turn back to republic but couldn't do it. >> i diverted here, my crew wasn't here yet, they were we had a couple of we made an approach over these trees, came down and touched and they were able to grab the crown lines and hold me in place and we went through our normal deflation procedure. >> reporter: no comment so far from the faa which ordinarily investigates incidents like these. as i said, going back and forth to new york city from is based. no injuries on the ground or to the pilot who was much more on this story an eyewitness news first at 4:00 this afternoon. live in south farmingdale long island, m.j. burkett, channel 7, eyewitness news. now to developing news out of union county, new jersey. another community is dealing with a major water main break. in cranford. now dozens of families are without water. new jersey reporter toni yates is live with the details. toni. >> reporter: this cannot be happening, a water main break on thanksgiving. really? this happened at 5:00 this morning. as you can see united workers, the crews are busy on the street patching things up now. news copper 7 has the sky view for you. we're not talking about flooded roads with this break. the water was spewing underground and lots of it. about 70 customers are without water service until the repairs are made. this is one of those houses where the water main basement. the fire department came out with some pumps to take up like this. the homeowner told us she didn't even know that water was coming in until she got a friendly visit at the door. >> they told me that there had been a water main break and wanted to check any basement. the water was pouring in to the that was a rude awakening in the morning. >> reporter: now that break was in a 16 inch pipe but that pipe was also put in the ground way back in the 1930s. united water said they will be out here all afternoon to make sure the repairs are done. they hope to have it completed before the end of the day. toni yates, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you. now to the forecast. whether you're heading out to eat tonight or going shopping tomorrow you are looking at unseasonably comfortable temperatures. amy freeze is tracking it all with that accuweather forecast. >> it feels good outside. all the turkey bowl ts going -- bowls going on across the area, it's going to be a nice afternoon. we see the clouds starting to increase. still good visibility for one world trade. we're expecting the clouds to continue to increase. 57 degrees right now. that's up to 10 degrees warm er than at the tame siem -- than at the same time yesterday. belmar is 13 degrees warmer than yesterday. the warm up is on. we have a light southern breeze and increasing clouds from the north and west. it turns out to a comfortable afternoon with high temperature of 59 degrees. tonight we'll see some clouds move in but temperatures get warmer tomorrow. details on that coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. concerns in a neighborhood in queens. a seventh fire now protesters who are protesting in chicago for a white police officer shooting a black teenage. some gathered outside mayor rob emmanuel's office. charged for the murder of laquan mcdonald. last night on facebook president obama thanked people for keeping protests peaceful. more on this story at 12:30. republican presidential candidate donald trump is under fire for mocking a new york times reporter with a physical disability. >> you aught to see this guy, oh, i don't know what i said. i don't remember. he's like i don't remember. maybe that's what i said. this was 14 years ago. >> trump was talking about reporter surge who suffers from a chronic condition that effects his speech and the movement of his arms. he had investigated whether muslims in jersey city attacks. he concluded the reports were untrue. trump claims he saw people cheering. market. new details on this scene. >> some stores opening their doors as early as 5:00 a.m. today but did shoppers come in to buy. >> meteorologist amy freeze is we are seeing the strong gusts of wind that left nearly a dozen people hurt at a flea market in northern california. the video shows the wind blowing it happened yesterday afternoon as the market was closing. there were still vendors cleaning up and a few shoppers in the area. 11 people were hurt, 3 had to be taken to the hospital. they are very, very scary stuff. for us not the case, it's nice to be able to go to a thanksgiving day parade in a cut >> no jacket. >> that's true. >> what's your favorite item on the turkey day menu? >> the main event, the >> we go together great >> you do. >> whatever your favorite food is parallel that to the best forecast you can come up with for turkey day. it is fantastic. it looks like through the afternoon some clouds will creep in but temperatures topping off in the upper 50s and tomorrow the 60s. can't be beat. looking down into lower manhattan a little bit of haze but temperatures are on the rise. 57 degrees right now. maybe we make the 60 degree mark in a couple of spots. of 59 in the city. movant -- monticello up to 46. tom's river in the low 60s right now. quite the recovery with temperatures. clouds keep increasing. tomorrow we have a balmily breeze coming in but sunshine and temperatures in the mid 60s. warmer tomorrow, as much as 5 to 7 degrees warmer than today. some showers show up early part of saturday. they don't look like a big deal, maybe a little shower here or there. not everybody sees rain from that. i'll show you from that front. highs just shy of 60 degrees. maybe tom's river the low 60s. all in all everybody above average for this time of year and pushing the limits tomorrow to the 60s. not quite record breaking but there's a larger front that's across the what could effect us in the form of showers. that would happen late on saturday night into pardon me, late friday night, early now the days comes right through. look how it breaks up the early part of the morning. by noon on saturday it's with us. the front will be a quick mover. it's going to run into drier air. that takes the punch away from this. enjoy the breeze right through friday afternoon. the front approaches friday night into that's the change we're looking for. on this wider future cast you can see better the clouds start to push in mid-day. the first round of clouds getting dried out quickly. the dry air is looking to be much stronger than the showers and the push of the front itself. that's why we're likely to see only a few showers come and go quickly through the early to mid part of saturday and then it's out of here. this afternoon 59 degrees. we had beautiful weather during the parade. 50. it's not as cold out there. tomorrow no coat november continues, 6 4 degrees is the high, 15 degrees above the average for this time of year. pretty nice. the accuweather 7-day forecast a little rain early on saturday but definitely not a wash out. i think we make it into the mid 50s again on saturday afternoon before we feel the effects of the front which will bring in some colder air for sunday at 48. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s through the end of the week. all in all not bad. the most comfortable days are today and tomorrow. coat november concept. >> i know. >> it worked out well all >> nice. >> thank you, amy. one airline apologizing after this video surfaced. it isn't exactly what it looks like so they say. caught on camera, what appeared to be a luggage tossing contest. the airlines. the carrier said they were filled with magazines and did not belong to a passenger. alaska airlines said it had bad optics and the video was unfortunate. this holiday weekend the hit makers at pixar are taking audiences back in time. the new release pairs a little boy with a prehistoric creature in the movie the good dinosaur. sandy kenyan has his review. >> are you okay, kid? >> the good dinosaur is for any child who felt lesser than other kids and for any adult who feels like the last one now can later be first. >> that's me. >> much to the frustrate e -- frustration of his parents arlo >> papa? >> calm down. breathe. >> his parent s hold out hope the little guy will eventually find his way in the world, a world by the way that includes a daddy dino calls him a critter. wait a minute you might say, dinosaurs never shared the earth with humans. this is explained in the opening seconds of the film when the asteroid some believe hit hard enough to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs shows it go safely past earth. call this an alternate version of history. as magical a world that pixar can create even though it falls short of the masterpieces like inside out. >> watching the good dinosaur with children definitely enhances the experience and the youthful giggles were the sound track at the screening i attended. >> i'm going to love ending >> [screams] >> the good dinosaur is rated pg with action that's a bit too 11-year-old ryan rivera who saw it with me gives the film five stars, calling it quite emotional and touching. he recommends it to anyone who likes family movies. pixar is owned by the same company as abc 7. i'm san did kenyan. -- i'm sandy kenyan. an assault in a manhattan park. that attackerer is still on the loose. stores or sleep in? i'm chris bosh. 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the macy's thanksgiving day parade was in farmingdale. it happened after the winds changed directions and pilot realized he got hurt. as for the macy's parade, the weather was perfect to watch the giant balloons. was the tightest ever with some 2,500 nypd officers stationed along the parade route. on this thanksgiving some stores were hoping people would skip the turkey for some early holiday shopping but it doesn't look like many are. >> nope. k-marty opened at 6:00 a.m. and by 5:00 and 6:00 tonight a handful of other stores will follow suit. >> kristen thorn with more. happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: haep -- happy thanksgiving. k-mart is picking up a little bit but nothing that you would expect. honestly more people are inside there buying last-minute things they need for thanksgiving celebrations. >> the aisles were virtually empty at k-mart in bohemia this morning. >> did you expect more people to be here? >> yeah. >> these are idea condition s for people who don't like crowds. >> figured i'd get a head start and beat the crowds because i'm not a black friday person. >> k-marts opened at 6:00 and will remain open until 10:00 tomorrow night hoping to attract bargain hunters. it appears that companies are starting to think that opening on thanksgiving isn't actually helping they're bottom line. for example, macy's, target, toys r us and best buy opened at the same time this morning as they did last staples thanksgiving shut today. h and rei is taking it a step further and closed today and tomorrow on black friday. >> online shopping has totally consumers are having a little more cash in their pockets this year for the holiday season. retailers don't feel compelled to stay open on thanksgiving. >> reporter: this is actually a pretty big shopping center that we're in. there's only one other store that's open, that would be old navy. i went in just to see if there was something strange going on with k-mart but in that old navy there was only about five or six people. kristen thorn, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you so much. a search is underway for the 26-year-old woman running in east river park. police say the woman was on a footpath near jackson street on the lower east side last night when a man jumped out at her. the suspect dragged the victim to the ampa he took the women's credit card and cell phone before fleeing on a bike. unrest continues in chicago where protesters are threatening to stop shopping in the business district on black friday. this after a video showed a white police officer shooting a black man. scott goldberg has the details. >> you can see the 17-year-old crossing in front of van dyke's suv carrying what appears to be a knife. 30 seconds after spotting the teen the police gets out of the car and shooting the fleeing teen 15 times in 16 seconds. >> we're learning more about van dyke's past with the police department. according to the civilian watchdog group citizens filed at least 20 complaints against him since he joined the force in 2001 including allegations of excessive force abc news has confirmed 18 complaints. >> president obama posted on facebook, i was deeply disturbed by the footage and grateful to the people of my hometown for keeping protests peaceful. >> the video sent shock waves across chicago. some were arrested for ripping lights off the city christmas tree and now they're vowing to disrupt holiday shopping. many are critical of local authorities who investigated the case for a year before charging van dyke with first degree murder. >> the state's attorney in this particular instance should have taken that same evidence that she had 13 months ago within 2 or 3 weeks gone before a grand jury and asked the grand jury whether there was cause to indict. she did not. she's got to be held account able. >> van dyke's defense argues he fired his weapon because he feared for his life. >> this is not a murder case. >> scott goldberg, abc new york here in manhattan activists protesting police brutality store last night protesting fatal shootings. they are part several people were taken into custody on disorderly conduct charges. another shake up at the top of the sul folk police department. there's a federal probe into police con duct. steve balone on tuesday appointed timmy sine to replace edward weber. people across the country are giving thanks by giving back to those less fortunate. thanksgiving meals are being served by volunteers today at the bowery mission in manhattan. more than 10,000 meals will be prepared for new yorkers. eyewitness news anchor bill ritter gave a helping hand. >> more than 4,200 meals are life threatening illnesses. and load meals for an we deliver. every year. we want to turn to meteorologist amy freeze with your thanksgiving day forecast. >> at least 8 more hands as i there. i think it's our fourth year in a row that they've done it. church. >> that's so sweet. >> we'll do that before we have doing any traveling around the area the conditions very good for the eastern half of the u.s. snow on the backside where the cold air is. our temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees above average. coming up we'll talk about this cold air getting in here for the weekend and how low the temperatures will go. i'll have that in a few minutes. >> thank you as much heather. i'm sorry. i used to -- i'm used to talking to heather. a message from the band on stage when terrorists stormed a they want the world to know they're not living in fear and want to prove it. in an emotional interview with -- well, in an emotional jesse hughes of the eagle of death metal band said they went to the bataclan and the band members want to go back there and live after the paris attacks. two people from new jersey are preparing for kidney transplant surgery but the match wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a misplaced advertisement on craigslist. >> 32-year-old nina said she wasn't comfortable with her husband posting a craigslist ad to find her a kidney. >> i didn't want to put out the story or people to feel bad for me. >> nina went into kidney failure a year. ago. she needs dialysis three times a week. he figured a post on craig -- craigslist was worth a shot. somehow it showed up when ken was searching for construction supplies. >> out of nowhere was an ad looking for a brave person. not that i thought i was a brave person. i was wondering what they were looking for. >> when he realized it was for a kidney it hit home. his first wife waited two years for a transplant but her body rejected the organs. she died in 2011. >> i felt my pain and the whole family's struggle with the kidney. >> i think it was a sign. >> a sign to give the gift of life. >> it's more than a gift. it's being reborn again. >> now we have learned glen is a match, his surgery is scheduled a week from today. >> that is a miracle. that's amazing. a vet eran marine said he was wouldn't allow him to fly. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you 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yes. the showers will be minimal. clouds moving in from the north and west right now. the thing that could trigger front that's moving across the midwest right now producing a lot of showers and even some in the northern portion of the storm. it will only last until noon on sunday. 64 degrees, beautiful, it's one of those shopping days where you can leave the coat at just a sweater. then you don't have to take coats in. just easy going. temperatures are very comfortable right through the the change will come for us when the front you can see already on the map it starts to fall apart a bit. there's a chance of a shower through about noon to 2:00 on saturday. the southern tip of it may scoot not everybody sees rain. 59 this night in the city. not as cold as it's been the last couple of nights. 64 the no coat november theme that we've been holding onto still going strong. 54 a shower to start and mostly cloudy 48 on sunday. it will be more typical for november monday, tuesday and wednesday. we're going into december already. when i mentioned families in town or out of town that could get back home on sunday i was thinking who is coming to julian's house. he was like -- >> i don't even want to know. >> >> what happens -- >> what happens at wabc studios stays here. >> thank you. we'll be right back. first here's a look at what's coming up next on the chew. >> today we're sharing a thanksgiving throw back with one of our favorite episodes ever. we're cooking up a delicious twist on a traditional turkey. clinton has your guide to thanksgiving and i'm making a here's what's coming up later on use news, a unique organ donation swap. meet the families involved in a four involved. >> plus, from hidden fees to generous customer policies, consumer reports is out with its annual naughty and nice list. those stories and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4:00. remember that dad from ireland who pointed his go pro in the wrong way during his los angeles vacation he got to redo the visit. he was invited back by the tourism office. the second time around he was given he and his son took the camera all over town to enjoy the sights. the crew of the celebrated an out of this world thanksgiving. turkey, stuffing, yums are vacuum sealed and reheated. the crew is thankful for the feast 250 miles above earth. look at that. >> very cool. that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. >> make sure you're back this afternoon for eyewitness news first at 4:00. i hope you all thanksgiving holiday. if you look closely, you can see the exact second, when curiosity becomes wonder, when winter becomes christmas, and joy becomes a tradition. a moment that can only happen... ...here. the radio city christmasspectacular presented by chase. you bring the family, we bring the joy. visit radiocitychristmas.com and start your tradition today. this morning, people on medicaid who might otherwise be struggling to care for themselves won't have to. because homefirst, a product of elderplan, is there... helping them with bathing, dressing and meals so they can remain safely at home. homefirst, a product of elderplan continuing the work of the four brooklyn ladies caring in so many ways. call 1-866-386-4180

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