automobiles. >> that's right. a lot of people headed out this morning, hitting the road. we have lauren johnson, also at the airport, steve keeley is covering everything for you, team coverage, on this, i guess we will call it the great get away. steve keeley at a gags station, will talk to motorist that is second. lauren johnson flying high. probably doesn't appreciate i'm saying. that will we'll get to you in just a moment. >> steve looks like he's ready for a gobbler already. >> one of my favorites. you're bright, man oh, man. >> i got my bright outfit on, ready to go, so you can see me coming the street. >> first, a check on the forecast, good morning. >> good morning, of course the busiest travel day of the year and the weather, it is important, looking good up and down the east coast. take a look at the midwest, watching snow in minneapolis, rain moving through chicago, and as we move toward memphis, parts of arkansas, louisianna, looking at showers, thunderstorms. that will be the system that will bring some thanksgiving showers toward the delaware valley tomorrow. but it does not look like a wash out for thanksgiving. weather by the numbers for your wednesday on scale of one to ten, we will give it a seven. looking good a lot of sunshine, but temperatures will stay below average. right now it is chilly, 35 degrees, winds out of the west northwest at about 3 miles per hour. look at the temperatures waking up right now to 20 degrees in millville. 29 degrees in wilmington, 32 in trenton, some of the coldest air so far this season in the delaware valley. soap, across the region for today, 50 degrees, that will be the afternoon high in center city, 50 down the shore, lehigh valley, temperatures top out in the upper 40's. so, hour by hour, our cold start, 7:00 a.m., still in the 30's. upper 40's by 3:00 this afternoon. by 7:00 temperatures dip into the low 40's. so, as we spell it out, upper 40's to around 54 today. coming up we will time out some of the travel trouble spots and also talk about when that rainfall moves in for thanksgiving on the east coast. over to you, bob? >> hey, scotty, good morning, 4:02, gobble gobble this wednesday morning. here is a live look at left over construction, this is along route one, northbound, up near oxford valley mall, once they pull those cones out, and all of the construction zones on the overnight are complete, pretty much done with through the weekends. penndot does not have any noon road closures after we get rid of all of the stuff this morning, here is a live look at the vine street expressway. still closed between the schuylkill and broad street. the normal drill until about 5:30 or so. and get ready for practice, yes, we are talking practice, they practiced last night, they'll do it again today, parade practice, of corpse, for the big parade tomorrow. here's what you need to know. at around 9:30 this morning, they're going to close the kelly drive, coming into the city, and the art museum circle, right there, in front of the parkway, they'll close it all day, open it up for three and a half hour stretch for the evening rush hour. and then they'll close it again tonight into tomorrow morning for the parade. so that's going to cause havoc leaving sent city. if you're going to stay a little later, hint, get out of town earl. >> i you sounded like iris in there for a moment, practice, practice. we mentioned millions of americans are hits the roads today. >> to see their families and friends for the thanksgiving holiday n all we have about almost 50 million americans expected to be traveling by car or plane or bus or train, at least 15 miles from their home over this long thanksgiving holiday. weekend up from last year, and whether you were traveling by car or by plane, the increase in travel is spurred by lower gas prices. >> our lauren johnson begins our team coverage on the great get away, joining us from philadelphia international airport. good morning to you, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, it is crunch time, everyone has somewhere to be, that's why people are showing up here at airports, they'll be packed with people today. what many industry experts believe will be the busiest travel day of the year. the lines start well before you make it inside the airport, heavier traffic than usual on the entrance roadways leading to the airport, so that could slow you down drastically trying to get to your plane, people being dropped off, pick up, around the clock today. once inside the kiosk, the baggage drops, the ticket counters packed with people needing a cyst tans before they make their way to the gates, and the tsa lines will be snake around as hundreds line up to be screened. you know the rules by now, if you aren't tsa pro-check, no shoes, no coat, take your laptops out, liquids have to be left in 3 ounces. bottom line it is going to be a jam packed day, all day, traveling with kids can get tricky, as well, so keep that in mind when deciding how much time you might need once you get to the airport. we of course want to wish everyone traveling mercies, hope everyone practices patience and kindness on this thanksgiving eve. karen, thomas? >> all right, lauren, thanks so much. we'll keep checking back with you, we appreciate it. there is steve coal i, standing by right now in pennsauken, what's it like out there? looks pretty quiet, steve? >> reporter: it is cold. and i was just on the phone with our executive producer boy i'm glad we're doing these boxes, these things where you see multiple reporters, because we have to say the cliche team coverage, don't we? you know karen as you describe me, our viewers by now know me, i am a delicate flower. >> sure, sure, absolutely, that's exactly what i think of. >> what kind of flower would that be? >> it will be a wilted cold frosted flower. when bob says bridges your plants in, the coldest night of the season, that's me, bring moo know. >> bring your plants and steve in. >> so it is at least the winds died down. i shouldn't complain, because i know there are great people out there working non-stop like the folks here at wawa. and i talked to jessica on the phone yesterday, coincidentally, why was i at cosco, do we go to 30th street station? snow, go to where the people are, greg gill roy comes into work an hour earlier than he should, gets here at wawa, as i'm waking up probably, and starts interviewing people, and among them, jessica brown, who lives here in the palmyra area, right across route 73. one of the wise travelers who follows triple a's advice, and get up as early as greg, with her family to start her eight hour drive to north carolina. >> we're going by car. it is just is a eight hour drive. we usually leave in the middle of the night so that we don't get hit the traffic. hopefully we miss most of the traffic. >> too much traffic. it is too much chaos. and, you know, i think it is safer just to be home, stay home for the holidays. share the holidays with my mom, close family, friends. so i would rather just stay home, because i know the travel will be very heavy. >> just going to have small little family dinner with me and my kids and my brother and some couple of other people coming over and just so they enjoy being thankful for having food on the table, and friends, family, to share it with. >> well, that's the attitude to have. and just reminder, if you're going to be among the thousands filling up at wawa, where we go every year, and we talk to these great people. because philadelphians come over the bridge, come here, they now have diesel fuel. now competing with these big tractor-trailers, that you see here, figure up, and a box truck, you're competing with them, for the lanes here, and that's good. craig was just showing you back and forth, another piece of good news, even though they raise the gas tags here in new jersey 22 cents, you're still hovering close to that $2 a gallon price, so not too bad. not too much to complain about, other than you'll hear the complaint from me, and as mike jerrick always reminds me, that's why the smart people in the news business anchor, and the lesser small people are out in the conditions doing whatever they do, like you, keeley, that's what he says to me. >> i wouldn't go that far. and people like me for 20 years since the beginning of the show. >> steve, thank you, we'll check back with you. >> it is 4:09 right now. police are investigating a fatal police shooting in newark, new jersey, prosecutors say officers shot two men while responding to report of gunshots on tuesday afternoon. one man was killed, another is in critical but stable condition. no word yet on what prompted police to open fire. >> former philadelphia police officer is facing attempted murder charges for shooting his son. prosecutors say 46 year old door yan young was off duty on labor day when he began arguing with his 19 year old son, devine inside their home. that's when he shot his son in the back. young retired from the force just ahead of yesterday's charges. his son is still recovering. to a story we toll you about first on fox. there are still many truck questions about package that exploded tuesday in center city. the bomb squad was back out last night, on the block, where explosive package blew up in a man's face. now, he survived with some serious injuries. as fox 29's dave schratwieser reports it, appears the victim was targeted. >> bomb squad experts returned to pine street tuesday night after a resident at this apartment building received a package and was worried about opening it. it is the same building where a he can plosive device in a package went off around 4:00 a.m. injuring a 60 year old man. >> the blast was right up to the right of the window. >> philip wheatly said short distance away at opine street bed and breakfast, heard loud blast in the early morning hours. >> i knew it was a bomb. >> what was going on in your mind at that point? >> a bomb. >> wheatly visiting from australia said the blast was following by screaming, as police and bomb experts went to 18th and pine street where the explosion i have went off. the victim lives in an apartment here with his roommate. he suffered injuries to his hands, face and chest. >> it was addressed and was meant for him, but for what is the issue and the question at hand. >> experts say the bomb was a victim activated device, rigged to go off when the victim opened the package, which he thought was a shipment of medication, for asthma. the explosive device came in the manila envelope, left at the building monday evening, it is now being analyzed, at an atf lab. >> it is upset to go hear that anybody was targeted like that. >> dave schratwieser, "fox 29 news". president-elect donald trump in west palm beach florida, first visiting is the it since winning the election. he has made the annual trip to his estate for the past 20 years. meanwhile, mr. trump has soft ends his stance on climate change. >> also, some of his harsh opinions on his former rival, hillary clinton. the president-elect now says there is some quote connective at this between humans and climate change, telling the new york times that clean air is vitally important. trump said during his campaign that climate change was a hoax, also backing off his comments that he prosecute former rival hillary clinton, it is no longer something he feels strongly about. meanwhile, president-elect continuing to interview people for cabinet positions during ben carson, anacine these a lumus. >> travel times being carved out. in the spirit of thanksgiving, sharing, we have allowed a few tips to prevent holiday travel mishaps. >> also, just imagine this: up to your slammed with snow all the way up to the side of your house, you've got to head on out for the holidays. we will tell you what people are still cleaning up after a storm rolled through. where things come from? 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[vo:]it's nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler- 17 million pounds of recyclable materials every year. turned from trash into treasure. so in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. ♪ >> 4:15, good morning, everybody, from outside the airport to inside. look at them, they look happy, the whole kitchen sink and information there. that's the line inside. lauren johnson's down there live at philadelphia international airport. so if you're just waking up, and grabbing your coffee, obviously, there is a few folks that are already ahead of you there again probably for the first flights at it around 5:00 or so. the airport recommending you get down there two hours in advance of your take-off time. right now, getting there, no problems at all, live look at i95, philadelphia international airport. if you're using mass transit today, some septa changes, they'll kick in their tm fare collection program at noon today, anticipating folks leaving work early, schools, they're anticipating getting out early. so that means the fares are going to be collected before you enter the train platform area. in other words, they're collecting tickets up above at the regional rail hubs here in center city. so make sure you get your tickets in advance, get them this morning, if you don't have your transpass, so that you're good to go for this afternoon. a lot of folks on the go, as we heard from that one woman, at wawa early this morning, driving eight hours to south carolina, hopping on 295, you are looking good this morning, all the way up and over the delaware memorial bridge. pay attention. if you're traveling out of town, there is construction everywhere, not just here in philadelphia, we're not the only ones rebuilding all of the inch if a structure. pay attention be be alert. after this morning you will not see any active work zones. you'll see the barriers, the cones, the lane shifts. but pretty much once everybody packs up the cones today, we're going to be good to go. northbound travel letters on the new jersey turnpike, folks headed to up north jersey, new york for the weekends, no problems at the moment on the turnpike, otherwise, kind of quiet in the 50's here, across the board on all of our major roadways. staying home? oh, you better put up your christmas lights, you know it, it is a very jelly christmas, decorate your home this weekend, we'll check the weather in just a second see how that will be light for light decorating. snap a picture, post it to facebook, twitter, stain gram. use the #fox29lights contest. that will will allow me to grab the pictures, show them here on television all over the next couple of weeks, and then one house a week we will pop up and advice the you and broadcast live from your front lawn during our 5:00 and 6:00 news cast right here on fox 29. all of the details for the very kelly christmas up on our web page of course on fox29.com. scotty, how is the forecast looking for the gobble gobble gobble travelers? >> looking pretty good specially along the east coast, ultimate doppler is dry and quiet. we have thanksgiving showers headed our way. look at all of the moisture off to the west. snow in minneapolis, rain in chicago this morning, that activity moving toward the st. louis area. also, cincinnati, getting pretty wet. but temperatures here at home, it is cold, 20 right now in millville, 30 atlantic city, 30 degrees in pottstown, 24 in the poconos. look at the cold air across parts of the northeast, and new england, 29 in syracuse. syracuse, still digging out from all of the snow. almost 20 inches of snow the past couple of days in the syracuse area. so certainly take a look at some of the snow blowers going there. they're burried in almost once again 20 inches of snow. for us, though, not looking at any snowfall today. temperatures upper 40's in pottstown, 50 the high temperature philadelphia, 50 in atlantic city, sunshine, giving way to some clouds. what about that thanksgiving day forecast? we're looking at temperatures tomorrow, low ooh 50's, mostly cloudy, couple every scattered showers tomorrow, but it won't be a wash-out. the weather authority seven day forecast, sun, comfortable, 54 today, light rain tomorrow, mostly cloudy, on "black friday", 56 degrees, partly sunny on saturday. then, look at what happens. by monday into tuesday of next week, temperatures climb, thomas, back to around 06 degrees above average. >> oh, i'm identifying that tuesday, all right, scott, thank you. let's take to you d town now, detroit, where suspect has been arrested in the wayne state police university officer. officer trying to stop a man on a bicycle off campus when shod in the head. hours after the shooting detroit police arrested d'angelo davis. officer is in critical condition undergoing surgery. >> happening now, investigators are still piecing together what exactly happened that caused five children to be killed during a school bus crash in tennessee. memorial service was held at a church in chattanooga last night for the five student killed in monday's crash. twelve other student remain in the hospital, half in critical condition. local investigators say johnanthony walker speeding along narrow winding road when the bus crashed into a tree. he's charged with vehicular homicide. >> and today is the last time the president obama will be performing a favorite thanksgiving tradition, the turkey pardon. his daughters, sasha and malea, have always been by the president's side whenever they had this occasion. >> the white house instagram photos of the two turkeys being pardoned, so meet tate err right here, enjoyed snacking on worms and walks with swagger. turkey dating site? check out tott enjoying snacking on tomatoes slice and walks with a relaxed font err. crazy. when president obama had to say last year as he pardon ends the turkeys honest abe. >> i confess honest looks like good eating, but this is a democracy. abe is now a free bird. totes the turkey of the united states. >> turkey still running around, both birds will live out their days at their new home at virginia tech university. >> all right, the time right now is 4:21, we do have this breaking news that comes from north philadelphia. that's where we have learned two people are in the hospital this morning after a fire ripped through a home on the 3,000 block of north swan son in fairhill. fire officials say the bloomberg -- flames broke out in bedroom of row home just after 3:00 this morning. we don't have the condition of the victims and the cause is still being investigated. >> we'll be right back. what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test... or test themselves in a game? how to master an exam... or examine a master? how to be robots... or build robots? the njea believes students deserve a well-rounded education- including arts, music, technology, and so much more. that's why we're working with parents and communities to reduce the emphasis on high stakes testing. because when you limit the tests, they can test the limits... of their potential. >> flyers have been inconsistent all season, yesterday, time to get a win. in the second period, power play, panthers turn it over, and travis gets it, shoots, and guess what, dale, right therefore the rebound and the goal. the flyers go onto win three to one. >> lane johnson not going out without a fight. yesterday he filed administrative claim against the nfl and the nfl player association. he's basically, blaming those two for failing the test. and really, just trying to get some of his money back. so far he served six of that ten-game suspension. just some college, penn state, actually outside shot to make the playoffs, ranked seventh now in the college football rankings. if ohio state bites michigan, nittany lions win out, they'll have small shot to creep up in the top four. and actually do some damage. sports in a minute, i'm sean bell. >> all right, sean, so how great would it to be avoid the hustle and bustle of "black friday"? 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i got to go. i got to stop. got to stop. >> bonn, if you talk one more time. >> don't make me come back there. >> good morning, everyone, great to have you with us, scott, we need to check the forecast. >> not dealing with any rainfall on the east coast this morning or yet. but look at what we are dealing with, temperatures, cold, it is only 20 degrees this morning, and in millville, 30 atlantic city, 30 degrees right now in pottstown, and we have 24 in the pocono mountains. upper 20s in lancaster, mid 30's right now in philadelphia, so, that wednesday fox travel case this morning, temperatures casino every chilly in the 30's, center city, as we go hour by hour, into the afternoon, high temperatures top out around 50. sun giving way to clouds, then, by this evening, it is mostly cloudy, temperatures will be in the low four's, than cloud cover will stick around into your thanksgiving. ultimate doppler, it is dry, it is quiet, but here's tomorrow's system, bringing snow, minneapolis, rain in chicago, this morning, memphis, right now, looking at showers, even thunderstorms moving into louisianna. high pressure has been in control. but watch that storm system as it continues to move toward the east. so by 10:00 tonight, it is mostly cloudy, there could even be couple of flurries in the pocono mountains, then, watch what happens, as we go toward thanksgiving. by lunchtime, looking at some scattered showers, across the area, it will be kind of cool, temperatures top out in the low 50's, so we zoom in little closer. by tonight, it is mostly cloudy, you can see, couple of flurries, maybe little bit of sleet maybe in the pocono mountains, then as we go toward thanksgiving, it is mostly cloudy, thanksgiving morning. watch the clock. by 11:00, 12:00 looking a the some areas of light rain, part of south jersey into delaware, then that continues into the afternoon and also the evening. so, just keep that in mind. we do have some rain, bob kelly, in that thanksgiving forecast for the delaware val. >> i oh, oh, feathers going to get wetment good morning, gobble gobble 4:31 on the big turkey trot get away day. live look here, the vine expressway still closed this morning, between the schuylkill and broad street. all part of that overnight construction. once they wrap it up, bamm, they'll put the cones in the truck, through the weekends. now, here's a live look at i-95, actually, in is the schuylkill expressway, right near montgomery drive. so, light volume this morning, at least, at the moment. get ready for the big parade. they'll be practicing for the parade. the kel i have drive will be closed as well as art museum circle. anyone coming into town, will be pushed onto fairmount, always hot mess, around 9:30, so practice from 9:30 to 3:00. open up the roadways for the evening rush hour. but then at 6:30, forget about it, they'll shut it down again, the kelly, the martin luther king drive, and that art museum circle from years of experience, you want to be out of downtown before that closure goes into effect at 6:30, otherwise, getting out on the drives or the parkway is just going to be a mess, and of course, as we go through the day, the volume will be increasing on all of the major roadways. folks head maybe up to the poconos for this holiday weekends. no problems on the blue route at the moment. no problems on the pennsylvania turnpike. but a man who has talk to few folks that are already out and about on their gobble gobble turkey trails today, steve keeley over in pennsauken, new jersey, steve, get the gobble sandwich over there, you'll be all set. >> bob, this is superbowl sunday for you. so this is big day for you in your business. bob, i met a guy going out duck hunting. and just met a lovely woman from alabama, we'll have her interview later, boy, that made my thanksgiving. so i'm going show you route 73. you can see this, bob, look how busy this is. we're here a lot of times doing other stories, never see this much traffic this early in the day. so, we're approaching those cars, you see with the brake lights approaching the talcony palmyra bridge, and the big trucks on the road now coming from philadelphia. and we're going to pan left. you can she wawa already getting busy, and again, reminder, folks, the box trucks and the mack trucks can now fill up at this super wawa, and many others, because they've got diesel fuel. so i'm sure a a lot of traffic congestion here, people are filling up before they fill up the roads. drivers out early taking the advice of all of the experts who say if you leave early, you'll get there safer and faster, and we met some drivers who got up long before the sun is coming up. >> leaving early, get out of work early today, so leaving early to beat the traffic really. you know? get safe. >> my plans for thanksgiving with my wife, my brother-in-law, just flew in from la. with him and his wife and his two kids, and my mother, and we're going to have a wonderful blessed thanksgiving dinner. >> my thanksgiving holiday, i get off work at 7:00 in the morning. i'll go home, take shower, me and the kids going to philadelphia. after leaving pa, we'll go back to jersey and get some rest. work that night. >> thanksgiving day i actually have to work. so i'm going to cook small meal for me and my kids, my brother, couple of other people probably going to come over for little while. i'm not traveling because i have to work. >> and so the day before turkey day we'll look at the other bird here, the wawa symbol, the goose, flying proudly. and a lot of people in the foreground of the goose, filling up here, at this wawa here in pennsauken, which is a favorite of philadelphians, and favorite of mine as i continue to thank my co-workers, who you don't see usually, who do most of the work behind the scenes, jacky eckert, our assignment he had torp, primo five star performer, and rare in our business as you know, karen, thomas, being that good at your job being that nice after person, that is a rare combination. >> look at you in the thanksgiving spirit. thank you, steve. >> we'll roll credits at the end of the show to thank everyone. hey, from buses, trains, and cars of course to air travel, many people are choosing the friendly skies. spends the holiday with their loved ones. >> as we look at the airport right now, that's the outside. let's go inside, where our lauren john is -- johnson is with the getaways. >> you're right, lot every people inside. we saw the lines slow down just little bit here at the tsa pre-check our check point. the people are getting through pretty smoothly. one thing you keep hearing the warnings, please make sure to have your boarding passes out. jane a from triple a joins thus morning, a lot more people in the airport because they've got little extra monday think year. >> absolutely, gas prices are the lowest since 2008 for the the thanksgiving holiday, so extra disposable income in people's pockets, they want to travel for thanksgiving. >> talk about this being the biggest holiday travel season since 2007? >> yes, we will see the most thanksgiving travelers since 2007. which was the year before the great recession. we're seeing travel here at philadelphia international airport. we're going to see about 50,000 philadelphia area residents traveling out of philadelphia international airport for the holiday. and this is the biggest departure day at the airport of the year. so we've seen it already with these lines. and it is only going to pick up. >> talk about how much the average passenger spent on a plane ticket this year? >> triple a is projecting that the average round trip flight was about $205 this year, so that's affordable for family that wants to travel you. >> you and bring talking, and it sound cheap, but last year was cheaper? >> last year 20% less than that. so airfares are trending about 20% higher this year than last. >> still affordable price, family wants to go away and see their loved ones? >> absolutely. thanks gig is the holiday that most people just want to pick up and get home for the holiday. so yes, we're seeing that today. >> best advice for people who plan to come to the airport today. >> definitely want to come early at least two hours before, if you are tsa pre-screen, you want to know where that line is, if you are not, you want to, as you said, have your boarding pass out and ready, be ready to take your shoes off, be ready to take your coat off, get your electronics out and ready, your liquid item, though kinds of things, honestly pack your patience. >> you said this line right now which really isn't a line is nothing compared to last year? >> oh, absolutely. as the morning goes on, we will see the line go all the way down and snake around. >> okay, so get here early if you can. >> yes, absolutely, much better to wait at the gate than have to panic that you're not going to get through security. >> perfect, thank you so much for your time. all right, thomas, karen, so pretty quiet here right now, lot of people, organized chaos, right now it is fine, but we'll stay here, and check in on everyone. >> are people smiling? so early in the morning having to travel and deal with security, all of that good stuff. >> i know, i thought to myself, how do they get up this early? a lot of people are just focused on getting through the lines. so not too many smiles. but people are just lazer focused on can i get through because i need to go to my gate and get to my plane. >> i'm sure you'll make a few friends this morning. >> thanks, lauren. rising to the challenge (nearly two dozen metal of recipients were froze never their tracks at the white house. >> breaking news, learned two people in the hospital after a fire ripped through the 3,000 block of swan son street? fairhill. fire officials say the flame broke out in a bedroom of a row home just after 3:00 this morning, quickly they managed to get it under control and knock it all down. we don't know the condition of the victim. the cause is being investigated. former pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane plans to appeal her perjury conviction and her jail sentence. kane has hired a harrisburg through handle her appeal. jury convicted kane of leaking grand jury information then lying about it under oath. a judge send departments dollars her to ten to 23 months in jail. kane is free right now on 75,000 cash bail. >> well, just in time for "black friday", google, this is pretty cool, out with a app. will actually allow to you know how crowded the mall is. >> i think this is cool. a lot of people love to go to the mall. tradition, they have fun, they love the music. so new live crowd feature, we used anonymous phone location data, to calculate the crowd size. and warn you, if you're over enjoying sea of human tip, type in the name of the store you want to go to, type in the button, get the crowd info, it works for restaurant, bars, how long you'll wait for a table. pretty darn good. i like that idea. so almost turkey time. >> right now? >> wipe my shopping out. >> and travel plans are being carved out in the spirit of thanksgiving. we dull out few tips to prevent holiday travel mishaps. where things come from? how they get here? what they're packed in? it's a lot of stuff. and these things add up. that's why we recycle. [vo:]it's nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler- 17 million pounds of recyclable materials every year. turned from trash into treasure. so in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. ♪ >> good morning, everybody, it is 4:45, and not a good start for folks on new jersey transit. just got word that the river line service is suspended between bordentown and roebling because of some track conditions, waiting to hear from new jersey transit as to what that means. is this an hour project? something something long-term? but expect delays and of course alternates there on the river line. now, septa's kicking in their evening fare collections program. that's going to begin at noon, anticipating an early exit from the office buildings here in center city, kids will probably school out of school little earlier, or at least try. so that means they'll n collecting the fares before go down on to the platform at the center city hubs here, like at 30th street, and suburban station, you will not be able to go down to the train platform until you pay your fare or check with your transpass. so make sure to get your particular nets advance, that supposedly going to ease that flow for the evening rush hour. if you're down at the airport, like lawyer serbs you want to arrive two hours prior to take off. and i just want to passalong something that scotty mentioned. there is rain in chicago, and snow in minneapolis. that's going to impact the departures from those cities and impact your arrivals to philly, turn around flights, big domino effect here. even though we don't have rain or snow here in philly, if your flight is coming through chicago, or minneapolis, probably going to see delays throughout the day. get ready for the big parade. we got to practice. 1 foot in front of the other. remember that christmas? the christmas cartoon? we will be practicing down here on the kelly drive today between 9:30 and 3:00 the kelly drive, art museum circle will be closed and then open it up again for the evening rush hour. speaking every christmas, come on, you got to get your christmas lights up, right? we will do it again this year, the very kelly christmas, once you get your lights up snap a picture then post it to facebook, twitter, stain gram, use the #fox29lights contest. so we can show pictures of the decorated homes for the holidays all through the holiday season, and then one home each week is going to get a visit from myself and a decorated news van, and we go live from your front lawn during our fox 29 evening news at both 5:00 and 6:00. so snap those picks, post them to facebook, twitter, and everybody needs to know the to forecast for turkey day. scotty's got it coming up in 15 seconds. it will be dry today, but cloud cover, and showers. unfortunately, for your thanksgiving, as we look at the temperatures, one of the coldest starts so far this season, across the delaware valley, looking at 30 in pottstown, 20 degrees, very cold this morning, in millville, 24 in the pocono mountains, 28 in lancaster. so, dry, quiet, up and down the east coast right now, but take a look at the storm system in the midwest. we have rain in chicago, snow, minneapolis, memphis, showers, thunderstorms, that activity moving all the way down toward the houston area. that will be our system for tomorrow. but today, it is sunny, it is chilly, dry, quiet, cloud cover rolls in, late tonight, even the threat after little bit of sleet, maybe some snow. the lehigh valley and the pocono mountains overnight tonight. then watch what happens for your turkey day, it is mostly cloudy, 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. showers, offer to the west, that activity kind of moves toward berks county. the lehigh valley, look at lunchtime, talking rainfall, millville, also, parts of delaware, on and off, light showers for your turkey day, just keep that in mind. it shouldn't be a wash out, however, the clouds will keep things kind of cool and also you'll need the rain gear if you're stepping out. fifty-four today. low 50's for thursday. "black friday", temperatures top out around 56 degrees. so that seven day forecast, sun, comfortable, for today, dry, but look at thursday. light rain moving in. mostly cloudy, "black friday", temperatures warm up. monday into tuesday of next week we are talking above average temperatures. back over to you. >> thank you there, scotty. i got a turkey trot tomorrow. looks like maybe no rain running. so obviously almost time to start traveling. so we need some advice for people. >> let's give you some tips to make sure that you have a good road trip, right? make sure your vehicle is up to date on all required maintenance. if you have seen that, check engine light, now the time to get it checked. talking oil change and make sure you have plenty of air in your tires. that will actually give you better gas mileage. speaking of gas prices, are at their low necessary almost a decade, so make sure to fill up before headed out the door. and tightly secure your gas cap once you're finished. if you do have a mishap while on the road, forced to change a tire, experts say pull into parking lot to avoid changing it on the side of the road. very dangerous n case after emergency, call roadside assistance. you'll see the signs, couple of miles. also, triple a encouraging drivers to download their mobile app for more information. >> breaking news, this one is the humanity. here is the big issue: heinz recalling gravy the day before thanksgiving. there is an issue that comes out with the miss labeling on the product, it is not dangerous. >> dramatic there. gravy containing milk and soy may have been miss labeled as pork gravy. so only the 12-ounce glass jars that are labeled, best buy december 28th, 2017, being recalled. i know a lot of information to process, you can always go to the behind website to find out exactly what's going on. it is time to start preparing your thanksgiving meal. the time is now more than 46 million turkeys will be cooked this thanksgiving. and even the most sees orthopedics chefs should take the necessary, a lot of s's, steps to keep the food from spreading illness. >> experts say if you run into trouble because they're preparing dishes, they don't cook on regular basis, we don't always know what we're doing diagnose, including taking the necessary steps before the birds goes into the off glenn you can actually cook a frozen turkey. if you move your turkey to the fridge today, when you get it out on thanksgiving morning, it is not quite thawed yet, you can cook your turkey. you just it will take approximately 50% longer than had you been thawing it out, keep that in mind when looking at the cooking times. >> another advice here, make sure you ask questions about the food that your guest bridges, so if antilysis traveling eight hours, bridges you some shrimp, you may want to find out how long that shrimp has been out of refrigeration. >> can you imagine a family fight would you have? sorry you made that but we won't eat it? >> just set it to the side. go for it later. >> how about this one? neat site. there are some famous faces here. and the person behind it who made this whole thing, she did a really famous selfie. one of the award shows. there she s we'll explain where it is and what they're doing. it is 4:55. well, for the last time, president obama awards the the medal of freedom to a group of distinguished americans. >> the president says 21 honorees inspired him over the years. some of the recipient of the nation's highest civil yan honor include bill and linda gates, ellen degeneres, and robert deniro. he also awarded and joked a little about basketball legends michael jordan. >> we've got innovate ores and artists, public servants, role rouse ers, athletes, renouned character actors, like the guy from space jam. >> ellen degeneres -- almost didn't make it to the white house for the ceremony. >> pretty funny. so she tweeted out a photo from outside the white house said she was not let into the building because like so many of us she forgot her id. she wasn't stuck outside for too long. then she later wanted to make everyone know she did make it in, decided to do one of her, you know, things that she does, she did the star studded manaquine challenge video, that piano music tingling in the background, with the caption i'm in. diana ross' daughter, tracey ellis, said she put it together. but he will answer post helped it to go viral. whole lot more coming up in our next hour in our fox 29 morning news. >> by air or by road, millions of people expected to travel today. our crews have you covered with everything you need to know before you start your trip. live look at the airport, oh, the lines have started. we'll be right back. litsch from philadelphia. this is fox 29 morning news. it is here. it is the great thanksgiving get away, from planes, trains, automobiles, what you need to know before you head out the door for the holiday. also, ahead this morning, two people are in the hospital after a fire rips right through a north philadelphia home. the details straight ahead. and also, we do have some breaking news, philadelphia officer on the wrong side of the law. why a veteran officer is charged with attempted murder. and also, the bomb squad on the same block? where explosive package blew up in a man's face yesterday morning, we were the first to tell but that. so, why they're back at the scene of that crime. great to have you with us on this pre-thanksgiving. it is wednesday, early in the morning, a lot of people going, i'm thomas drayton along with karen hepp, good morning. >> good morning, so bob kelly super busy day for you thon day of course. >> busy day. we talk about it all year long, i don't know how people do it. >> you know it will be a mess. you know it will be jammed. but folks still get, i think, they just get a kick out that far. >> oh, do you have do it. >> you have to go see the family, right? that eight hour drive, you got to get started now. bob, we will get a check on the traffic in just a moment. we want to mention from air, the road, even up in the sky, team coverage of everything you need to know before starting your holiday adventures. >> so we have steve keeley of course in jersey over at the gas station, in pennsauken. >> our lauren johnson with a big smile at philadelphia international airport. she's the one, who loves to travel. i know. that will i can tell. but first, let's start with your weather and traffic, bob kelly, scott williams, good morning. >> good morning, waking to up cold start out there, it is dry for now along the east coast, but we have some rain in that thanksgiving day