Walmart stayed open all day but shoppers condition get the big deals since 6 00. We cant touch any of it until tonight. Blue light specials at kmart began swirling at dawn. They close at 1 00 a. M. And reopen at 5 00 a. M. Some door busters come later in the day. Tonight is a big door buster special. Drones go for 59. 99 the Big Box Stores open at dinner times but some have chosen not to open like costco and cabelas. And diane here at kmart says her Customers Count on it. A lot of people look forward to coming in and shopping and they like the hustle and bustle. Thanksgiving morning we come out to kmart we have been doing that for years and from there its eating and decorating. We leave the kids with my mom and the big night shopping and tomorrow shopping, get out and get crazy right. And back out here live you see the gentlemen in the red sweater, what that is the store manager greeting the shoppers. The 60 inch curved tv, what is what Everyone Wants there say limited supply, a number of stores are closed and open at limited times, go on our website at 6abc. Com. Reporting live in winfield heights, annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Looking live now outside, sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline there, a cloudy holiday across the delaware v valley shaping up to be a Beautiful Day and the call from accuweather. Hi there sharrie, we are tracking a couple of spotty showers across the region, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar some activity in the poconos right now, light sprinkles in philadelphia and moisture in south jersey and also pressing into delaware. Temperatures still fairly mild on this thanksgiving thursday, 54 in the city and 48 in trenton and chilly in the poconos 35 and 55 degrees in down in cape may. The evening planner looks like this, its cloudy at 7 00 p. M. , 49 at 8 00 p. M. And perhaps you head out to do early shopping. 48 degrees and 47 degrees at 10 00 p. M. Well stay in the upper 40s at 10 00 p. M. Tonight underneath a mostly cloudy skies. As we look ahead its cloudy once again on back friday. It gets brighter into the weekend and much needed rain into next week. We go over the details in the full canlusive accuweather forecast. The parade rolled down the ben franklin parkway for the 97th year, it played out live on 6 abc and pomp and circumstance and big performances with lots of local flair. It started off with a big performance right in front of the art museum steps, several singer as long with 100 dancers helped to kick things off. Several special guests were on hand including philadelphia mayor, jim kenney, he stopped to speak to karen rogers along the parade route. This was mayor kenneys first parade since taking office and ducis rogers, bob brooks and erin ohearn were some of the members on board of the rolling on the river boat float. A big part of the parade is the wonderful performances that take over the parkway, including the National Cast of dirty dancing, they performed time of my life. Noel noel Grammy Nominated country artist sang today she teamed up with the parade dancers to perform her new christmas single, noel. And plenty of dancing on the parkway as well. The eagles cheerleaders partnered with the drum line to celebrate and swoop got in on the action. And 20 marching bands from across the country taking part in todays parade, they traveled from near and far including the Anthony Wayne marching generals from white house, ohio. Whatever brought people out there was plenty to cheer for this morning. Katherine scott spoke to people out and about for the parade today. The music and the marching and the floats, the balloons. The 6 abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade made its way up ben franklin parkway for yet another year, a thanksgiving feast for the eyes and ears. Its Family Tradition and its great and bring the kids they love it. The first time my daughter is actually in the parade. Whether seasoned spectator or first time fan there was plenty to cheer about. Even when the terrifying trex took the crowd for a spin. As a child my dad brought us down and my mom stayed home and cooked dinner and when we came home the elves helped her decorate the house. The wailin family was there, and for the first time one of the Four Brothers were not able to be there. Now more than 60 family and friends come to celebrate. We started off with my niece stacey when she was 2 years old and we were olding her on our shoulders and then as the kids to started to grow we came with scaffolding and ladders and then it progressed. Happy thanksgiving. Holiday cheer, family and friends traditions of old and some in the making. Its awesome. Every year we watch it on tv and now we are actually watching it and we are on tv. We want to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. Well, we also had a special guest this morning for our parade coverage. Live with kelly cohost winner and Souderton Area High School teacher, richard curtis. If you missed any of the parade we have a slideshow at 6abc. Com. Or use the 6 abc app. Dinner time for many people across the Delaware Valley and means its time for another action news tradition. Bob brooks live with a family in northeast philadelphia as they enjoy the holiday and of course the holiday food. Reporter sharrie and walter, absolutely its time for charles to start carving the turkey now. Go ahead. What is the technique here. Thin sliced. Everybody likes the thin sliced. Is that right . That is what they want, thin sliced turkey. Mary ann, his wife who so graciously let us into their home to spend thanksgiving dinner with them. We have a special treat for everyone watching right now. A childrens choir to sing a thanksgiving tune led by little jackson. Go ahead and take it away. What is the song . Well, hello mr. Turkey how are you . Clap clap. Gobble gobble, wobble wobble give yourselves a round of applause. Wonderful job. Sharrie and walter what is next is dinner time. When i see you again well be eating. They stole the show. Its over now. Great job. Happy thanksgiving to them. There is mr. To come on action news at 5 00. Developing now in kentucky the deadly shooting at a packed park just feet away from a thanksgiving tradition. A young mother in georgia giving thanks this holiday season, those stories and more on action news at 5 00. We are following developing news now out of louisville, kentucky, where two people were killed and four others were hurt during a shooting at a crowded park. Officialed say that hundreds were at the park for a youth football tournament that is held every year on thanksgiving day. That included the citys mayor, the four who were hospitalized are expected to be okay. The motive for the shooting is still for investigation. It may be thanksgiving but the white house transition continues, that as officials at both sides of the aisle react to president elect trumps picks. Abc learned that president elect trump is to name wilbur ross to head the commerce department. Ross was the owner of West Virginias sago coal mine in 1976 when a dozen miners were killed and yesterday mr. Trump named two women to his cabinet. Nikki haley, a former marco rubio supporter named ambassador to the u. N. I think its amade that he can go beyond his strict loyalist. That seemed to what mattered the most to him that someone was loyal to him and she certainly wasnt. And mega donor, School Choice advocate betsy devos, yesterday she issued a strong statement on common core saying i am not a supporter period. Following mr. Trumps lead from the campaign. And now the president elect is spending the holiday in florida. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by one person and very, very common resolve. Even though its thanksgiving, the president elect is tweeting and working on trying to keep the Carrier Air Conditioning Company located here in the united states. They are looking forward to work with the administration. Lana zach, channel 6 action news. In health check today at 5 00, many people are giving thanks today but a young mother from georgia is especially excited. For the first time she is enjoying thanksgiving dinner without sickness or pain. For years 33yearold jessica greaseback had back pain and became nauseous and bloated when she ate. She didnt know it but was born with her intestines misplaced. And could have been lifethreatening and online jessica found a doctor with a unique surgery to move her intest ines and it saved her and not a transplant. It let us fix it in an anatomical way, like reorganizing your kitchen or bedroom using your own furniture to make your house look pretty and safe. The relief i have gotten since surgery is miraculous, its night and day. Her pain is gone and she is back at work and doing her photography business again. And she is back as you can see playing with her son again. I love stories like that. We want to see how you are celebrating the holidays today share your holiday photos onle social media. Because it could end up on tv like this. Here is a sample of what our families sent in. Tweety bird and playing football. And a mannequin challenge there as well. And send in a picture or video use the 6abcaction. And it could very well be on action news. A special thanksgiving meal was held today in honor of a woman taken from the world far too soon. The family of fan fran. The group started in 2012 after she was missing for seven months, skeletal remains were found off the waters in ocean city. Dna confirmed it was hers. This feeds less fortunate and provides warm clothing. The catholic faithful took part in a holiday mass, before the cooking a group gathered in rittenhouse, the thanksgiving holiday say time to reflect on the past year and give thanks to the loved ones in your life. Besides the tucky and stuffing some would argue the best thing is the desserts and bread. A tradition in philadelphia is to start the day at develop ari brothers bakery for bread and pies. They cant remember how many years we are doing this tradition. My family is buying bread here for years probably before i was born. These are some of the best rolls in south philly there is no doubt about it. Another local bakery has a deep local history of cooking their customers turkey. For the customers we spoke with there is no better way to cook their holiday bird. Some friends celebrated thanksgiving with some flag football, for the dbd barber salon annual game. They grew up playing together and split up for a mock college versus nfl game. Well have to figure out who won that one. Still to come on action news at 5 00, a check of the accuweather forecast. Going live outside sky 6 hd showing you the Commodore Barry bridge. Melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast when action news comes right back. All right patients time now for the accuweather forecast on this thanksgiving day. Melissa magee has all the detailed. Reporter yes, its been cloudy and certainly not bad on this thanksgiving thursday, well show you stormtracker 6 live double scan a couple of showers in the poconos and some activity south of philadelphia and south jersey and to the south of delaware. Dover, delaware at this hour. The showers are light in nature. And street level Storm Tracker 6 closer into south jersey and showers in hammonton and mays landing and millville and down into Sea Isle City and cape may but moving off to the east as we go throughout the rest of the tonight. The high in philadelphia, 55 right now 54 in the city, and 44 in allentown and the Lehigh Valley and 53 in cape may and 52 in millville and lower 50s in dover. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and the bulk of the moisture moving into upstate new york and portions of new england and snow showers in that area, but for the post mart we are cloudy with a couple of showers overhead. The next 12 hours the forecast looks like this a few sprinkles on the way for tonight and for lancaster for the overnight low 41 in philadelphia and 36 in toms river and the boardwalk 44. And all the shoppers hoping to get deals for black friday, the planner is covered for you, 43, and 47 at 9 00 a. M. Middle to upper 50s at 1 00 and 3 00 and back down to the 50s tomorrow night. A close eye in the tropics of hurricane otto, this made landfall earlier today. The center of circulation, maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. This made landfall as a category 2 hurricane and it continues to move to the west through the rest of tonight and more than likely weakening into a Tropical Storm this is the latest falling hurricane we have seen on record. And this is the fiveday at 5 00, tomorrow clouds and a spotty shower and high of 56 and breezy and sunshine on saturday at 54 and brisk and killy on sunday and 49 for the high. Monday sunshine and a few high clouds and 59 degrees, mild on tuesday and the threat of rain and 62 for the high. Well let you know how long that wet weather sticks around for next week. Those details in the next half hour. Thank you. Our top stories coming up. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Action news continues. Its a day full of thanksgiving traditions, thousands lined the parkway with the 6 abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade. There was a variety of different floats including one ta featured a giant ice sculpture. And dozens of marching bands got the crowd moving like this one all the way from jamaica. And hundreds of others from across the Delaware Valley gave back by volunteering their time. Rick and monica are off and not all shoppers that want to take advantage of black friday deals didnt have to wait to go shopping. Kmart and old navy opened early this morning. Reporter more than 137 million americans are expected to shop this weekend hoping to snatch up the best toys for all ages. And retailers around the country are trying to lure the consumers inside like this best buy shopper that pitch aid tent to get the best deals on some tvs and a few tablets and a few computers. Macys the Worlds LargestDepartment Store are offering instore exclusives on apparel and fragrances, and toys r us is opening their doors soon after the plates are cleared. We have a whole store of awesome. Literally hundreds of items on sale from 5 00 until midnight. Jcpenney is betting on appliance showrooms and select Neiman MarcusStores Shoppers may turn into renters partnering with online site rent the runway. But some stores are doing the opposite staying closed for thanksgiving, barnes and noble, dillards and sams club giving the thanksgiving holiday to their employees and their famili families. Some are moving up their cyber monday sales to today, thursday. You can shop in one hand with a turkey leg still in the other. Lana zach, channel 6 action news. Before you start your black friday shopping be sure to check the black friday play book, dozens of retailers are providing our 6 abc viewers with all kinds of discounts this year. You can find those at 6 abc and use the 6abcaction. On social media. Thousands of people bundled up to line the parky for the 6 abc Dunkin Donuts thanksgiving day parade. Richard curtis was at the parade. He recently won a contest to sit alongside kelly ripa, he did so well he was invited back for a second appearance and curtis joined rick and cecily as well in the anchor booth. This year the cast of the walnut theater production of the classic production of the wizard of oz. People that enjoy the parade helped to do their part by giving back. Many people brought donations of canned goods that the boy scouts collected along the parade routes and they go to the less fortunate in our area. On this thanksgiving day its a tradition to spend time giving back and Nora Muchanic spend the day in trenton where one group made sure everyone had a place to eat. I didnt have a place to go. Hundreds of people packed into the trenton area soup kitchen, digging into a hot and delicious turkey dinner. The food is real good. You have a favorite . The dressing and tushie. Its helping us out. I love coming here with my husband. The soup kitchen served almost 100,000 meals through the escher street headquarterer, they serve up a full mean and deliver it to the clients differed to the table. Its like family. Coming home. We bring our kids out to enjoy with other people. Me and my kids we are having a ball. I like the turkey and the corn. And i like the sweet potatoes. The population we serve here is what we call now the working poor. Most of them about 25 are homeless. Thanksgiving at the soup kitchen reminds us there are so many that dont have a home or the means to make a thanksgiving dinner of their own. It means a lot for a lot of Homeless People that dont have nowhere to live. They can come here five days a week and get a hot meal. I am volunteering today because i really feel i have been blessed over the years, dont have a lot but blessed and a lot of people are less fortunate. People that come to the soup kitchen for a special thanksgiving dinner knowing they are welcome here and treated with respect. In trenton, im Nora Muchanic, channel 6 action news. Meanwhile, thousands of people across the Delaware Valley are enjoying thanksgiving dinner now because of the kindness and generosity of volunteers, this morning the Salvation Army provided 1,000 families with meals to go in philadelphia. More than 100 volunteers helped to prepare the meal so they were trod go for families in need. Over in wilmington the family Breakfast Mission hosted a meal as well. They spent hundreds of hours preparing the stuffing and mashed potatoes and of course the turkey. More than 1,000 people were able to enjoy a warm holiday meal together. After the parade people across the tristate area look