first we begin with dave carlin on the west side. dave? >> reporter: so the big crowds moved out of here less than an hour ago, and i'm here with the diary of a wimpy kid, and this is the back of the hello kitty, a successful inflation celebration, but for the officers protecting the city, it continues, the holiday marathon. >> i feel very secure coming here. >> reporter: these holiday centerpieces are puffed up and ready to fly as security keeps a close watch. >> we are feeling concerned globally but feeling like the nypd has our back tonight. >> reporter: protectors in blue monitored everything. more uniformed officers, more plainclothes onces, and more k- 9 units along with bomb- sniffing dogs and mobile cameras. >> some people are trying to intimidate new yorkers, but new yorkers don't get intimidated. >> reporter: security was put to the test around 6:00 p.m. after an item was left unattended near the port authority bus terminal. michael gonzalez claims he saw a mystery man leave it there. >> he on a dark trench coat, very scruffy in the face a beard. >> reporter: cops cleared traffic from the area and evacuated part of the terminal, and bomb unit members moved in. in my life. >> reporter: the package was deemed not to be a threat and the area was reopened. >> let us celebrate this great time of the year with our families and have a joyous time together. >> reporter: commissioner public to be the eyes and ears that officers desperately need, but more than that, he wants everyone to have fun. live on the upper west side, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >> great message, thank you, dave. happening now, protesters stormed through macy's and harold square, chanting no justice, no peace. they marched through several midtown streets, and the demonstratorred said they are marching in solidarity of black lives matter. several were charged tonight with disorderly conduct, and at one point the group tried to block the lincoln tunnel, but they were unsuccessful. now to video of the wild scene on the palisades parkway. the man driving in the wrong direction to try to get away. the terrifying moments part of the pursuit that started upstate. tony aiello is live in fort lee now with more for us. tony? >> reporter: maurice, the chase sped right by this spot on fletcher avenue, on the way from the parkway to the turnpike. it started when a police car equipped with an electronic license plate reader alerted on a suspect vehicle the subject of an all points bulletin. >> reporter: as palisades interparkway police chased david compos, they knew he was trouble, wanted for killing his girlfriend on monday in troy, new york, 150-miles to the >> speed, 100. >> reporter: dash cam video shows several cars engaging in the high-speed pursuit, threatening traffic as the commuters pull to the side. chase. >> reporter: liam was driving north when suddenly the chase was coming right towards him. >> across the median, going into the gas station. >> reporter: they crossed from the southbound side to the northbound side, going against liam was in one of the cars this honda, swerving to avoid being hit. >> i had to get my breath a little bit. i was a little -- you know, unnerved, you know, gut reaction just get out of the way. i guess you just learn that, you know, in bumper cars or whatever. i don't know. [ laughter ] >> reporter: compos drove south in northbound traffic for several miles finally crossing back over in fort lee. the pursuit continued into the turnpike where a traffic jam forced him to stop. >> get on the ground! >> reporter: a cluster of cops took him safely to the ground. >> reporter: the entire dash cam video lasts about 20 minutes. i watched the whole thing. the police were remarkably professional, regularly reporting their speed and traffic and weather conditions to a supervisor who was ready to call things off if it got too dangerous. remarkably it ended with no injuries and no damage to any vehicles. tony aiello, cbs 2 news, fort lee. new developments on the infant left inside of a church's nativity scene. police have identified the mother, seen here buying a towel in richmond hills, queens. the baby boy was found wrapped in the towel at the nearby holy child jesus church. the district attorney says the mother will not face charges because she followed the spirit of the safe haven laws and she even returned to make sure the baby had been found. a man used a laser to in the bronx. the camera captures him holding it on the bus last wednesday. he aimed it it at the rearview- mirror, and when the driver looked into the mirror, he was the city council is set to provide nonpublic schools with security guards upon request. one private security guard for schools with 350 students or more. more funding will be earmarked as needed. biking badly. a city councilman wants to make it easier for bicyclists to make it easier to ignore the rules of the road. the new plan is creating quite the controversy. some say it's bike bedlam in new york. >> reporter: do new yorkers stop at red lights? it's hard to tell. we spotted a dozen biking badly. they completely ignore the stop and the pedestrians with the right-of-way. >> reporter: this guy nearly collides with a pedestrian and another biker. >> i see them all day cutting between cars, running red lights and even jumping on the sidewalk. >> reporter: now red may soon mean yellow. cyclists soon may not have to stop if the new legislation is passed. the proposal would allow bicyclists to treat stop signs and red lights as yield signs. >> i have almost gotten struck by bikers. i don't think the law would be helpful. >> reporter: the rules are written here and on the handlebars of the new bikes. mayor de blasio is continuing to push his vision zero plan to lower the number of fatalities, and he says he shares the goal of increasing cycling around the city but the focus is on complying with existing laws. to be fair, bikers are not the only ones responsible for the dangerous streets. we caught pedestrians looking down at their phones, almost causing safety collisions, and a new twist to the horse carriage controversy in the city. with the mayor's latest attempt to make good on his campaign promise to outlaw them in his first week of office, he wants to reign them in. he wants to reduce the number to 270 and build a traffic for them to keep them out of traffic. any plan would need the approval of the city council. from the parade to traveling for thanksgiving dinner. tomorrow's forecast is very important. lonnie quinn is tracking it all for you on the upper west side. lonnie? >> reporter: yeah, there you. go i have been here all evening long, and i'm telling you, it's getting cold outside right now, and the balloons are all inflated, and everyone is finishing up the work that was not cued, and the folks have gone home. it's all about tomorrow, but i'm talking about the temperatures right now on the cold side. look at this the 20s, 30s, and 40s, depending where you will. 30 right now in the hamptons. 27 right now in sparta. edison, new jersey, 43. new york city, 44, and it's all about the parade forecast. the parade forecast with the extended forecast coming up later after the break. back to you for now. >> lonnie, thank you. a burglar creeps while a family sleeps. imagine waking up to this happening in your bedroom? still ahead at 11, hear from the terrified woman who was in the bed. high winds lead to hurt shoppers a the an outdoor flea market. the family of frank gifford his death. soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio heart burn cure for life? the reflux fix is just moments away. check out this video, terrifying moments in the bedroom in the middle of the night. an intruder helping himself to whatever he wants it happened to a family in queens. new at 11, valerie castro spoke to one of the shaken residents. >> reporter: at 2:20 in the morning, this man, holding a knife between his teeth crawls into a bedroom along 33rd avenue in flushing, queens. the homeowners and their three young children sleeping just feet away. he reaches up and grabs a dresser. the woman didn't want to show her face but says her husband woke up as it was happening. >> my husband. >> reporter: what happened? >> he left. he just go down, run outside. >> reporter: she says the camera in the bedroom was meant to keep an eye on her children, never meant to capture a brazen burglar in action. >> yeah, scared. >> reporter: you can see him first approach the home. later once he's inside he he crawls along the floor and inspects it closely before he is scared off. she is just glad no one in her family was hurt. >> today, it's okay. >> reporter: tonight police are still looking for the suspect, and they say the black winter hat he was wearing has the word diamond written on the side in red and white lettering. valerie castro, cbs 2 news. we have new video of a disturbing theft outside of a church in greenwich village. surveillance cameras outside of the shrine church shows a couple knocking over and playing with a statue, and then later you can see the man grab the statue and then run off. >> this is part of living in the city, you know, you have thousands and thousands of people, walking by every day, and i'm surprised this doesn't happen more. >> reporter: the church will remove the statues to make room for the christmas display. after the new year, they are likely replace the stolen statue. during the holidays, so many people have it, including our own dr. max gomez. >> but a procedure may permanently cure you. dr.max gomez went under the knife for the reflux fix. >> reporter: from the turkey to the mashed potatoes and gravy, for me, thanksgiving dinner can be hard to swallow. >> this grinding, burning pain in my chest. >> reporter: it's serious discomfort after eating that i have been experience for decades, and i'm far from alone. as many as 7 million people are affected by the acid reflux or gerd. >> it's an acid produced in your stomach that is making its way up into the esophagus. >> reporter: in my case, it was so significant. >> area should go up, but it's hanging down. >> reporter: the acid was cords. >> we see people with horseness, postnasal drip, chronic swallowing. >> i have been on the medicines of the world, and on top of zantac. since medications failed, my surgeon decided to take the next big step. >> reporter: this is kind of my last best hope as it were? >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: fundoplication surgery. you're taking the top of the stomas, the fungus and wrapping it around. >> tight enough we hope it will occurring. undergo the surgery. through five small incisions he maneuvers the stomach into place. >> reporter: can i go back to eating chili peppers and tacos? >> not right away. >> reporter: i eat normally, but i get full easily it took a few weeks to go from liquids to soft foods to regular food, but the growth on my vocal cords is gone. next up, chili peppers. >> take it easy, doc. mother nature's fury scared shoppers at one supermarket. >> tents were tossed high into the air. people had to run for air, and 11 were injured, vendors are out thousands of dollars in business. >> well, thankfully we don't have winds like that to deal ever important thanksgiving day parade. lonnie quinn on the west side, and it sounds as if we are in for a good day, lonnie. >> reporter: everything is really good. let's be real, mother nature a huge fan for the parade. we have stragglers out here. let's be honest, the balloon inflation event, they put the loud speaker up, but you're out here. the diehards. >> every year. >> reporter: as if the balloons are going anywhere? >> yeah, let's hope not. >> reporter: tomorrow, tomorrow is the day. he brings up a great point. the balloons will fly without a problem tomorrow. take a picture. that's jake and finn. i just read the big sign. that's jake and finn, in the parade tomorrow and the balloons are one of the signature looks of the parade, and first parades going back to 1924 didn't have balloons, live animals, but they debuted them 3 year the later, and the animals were gone. it was all balloons after that. the different view of new york city, showing you it's a clear sky out there. about 44 degrees, calm winds, and the high temperature today, 50 degrees. that's exactly what we expect for this time of the year. the satellite and radar showing we didn't have much wet weather to go with it. we had a beautiful sky. as of right now a few clouds out east. the bigger picture showing you the area that could have rough weather tomorrow, and it's going to be the midsection of the country, not so much us. i think we will see clouds. that's what the futurecast is showing us. 10:00in the morning, a few clouds out there. 4:00p.m. a few more clouds out there. friday afternoon, definitely still clouds, and then saturday at 9:00 in the morning, you're looking at rain chance out there. the rain chance could starlet late friday into early saturday. looking better later in the day on saturday. your thanksgiving forecast, for the day tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., 50 degrees. 2:00p.m. in the afternoon, 59 degrees, and that's your maximum temperature of the day. 6:00p.m., 56, and across the board, here's how the numbers work. 63 on friday. 54 on saturday with a rain chance. that's a cold front, and you're colder on sunday at 57. monday, 49, and tuesday and wednesday, slight rain chance again with temperature in the lower 50s. we are live on the upper west side with the balloons and i have been calling you the stragglers, but i say it in a loving way. >> always! >> listen, happy thanksgiving to all you folks and all you folks at home and to maurice and kristine, back to you. >> back at you, lonnie. otis livingston is here with sports now. >> the giants are hoping to feast on the red skins this weekend, but first their must- haves for thanksgiving dinner. a full night of action tonight with carmelo anthony up their successful road trip. the knicks are on the >> three out of four would look better than 2 out of 2. new york only shot 37% as a team. carmelo anthony, he was immune to it. 28-13 boards, and the mixed bag for the rookie. kristaps porzingis' family flying in to the game. held to 8 points but came through with 8 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. the knicks kept it close, but not close enough. victor pumping in the team high 24. the knicks slipped to 8-8 this season. the tall order in okc, especially with kevin durant in the building. this time because of a hamstring injury, scoring 27 on his first game back on monday. tonight, pumping in 30 more. westbrook with a double-double, and that's all she wrote. the big time matchup at the garden. the rangers and canadians tied with 34 coming in. looking like the blue shirts started thanksgiving early. that's giveaway. montreal up 1-0 in the 2nd, and finding devonte smith out, and putting in the power play goal, and the rangers lose big. 5-1 the final. the islanders hosting the flyers, and they responded with 2 goals in the 2nd, and coming from kyle aposo. that gives them the lead. the jersey boys at the rock. corey schneider with a save, and matt puts in the loose puck for the game winner. the devils lose to host the canadians on friday. time to step aside for a revelation from the family of the late frank gifford. is brought to you by: [bark] wait up! c'mon! turkey! whoaaaa. who made all of this? 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[screams] whoaaaa! weeeee. whoaaaa! peas are the worst. [laugh] the family of frank gifford announced he was suffering from cte at the time of his death. they allowed his brain to be studied in the hopes of contributing to the advancements for football and traumatic brain injury. revis was sent home not being able to make it through his exam with his concussion- like symptoms. i asked what the thanksgiving must haves are. >> candy yams, turkey stuffing, fried corn bread. don't get me started. potato pie, pecan pie. >> i'm a mac & cheese and yams kind of guy. secret recipe? everyone is talking about mac & cheese. >> must be a lot of love. that's all i have to say. >> as you settling down for your thanksgiving dinner, get your fill of football. undefeated panthers against the suddenly rejuvenated cowboys right here. happy thanksgiving to you. >> right back to you. >> all of the above on the list. >> twice. >> at least twice. we will be right back. soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio president obama injected new life into an old tradition today. >> he got approval of his daughters in the process. >> it's hard to believe this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey. time flies even if turkeys don't. [ laughter ] >> that's good! that was good. >> i thought it was. >> the president then officially pardoned a bird named abe and did the same behind the scenes for a bird named honest, both a bow to president lincoln. >> they were so not impressed until the joke. >> it got them to crack a smile. >> i can't believe how big they are getting. >> they grew up before our eyes.