dinner tables and head to the stores. the season is under way. >> i'm sharrie williams. jim a off. many people finished up their turkey dinners and turned their attention to hunting down the best bargains of the season. christie ileto is at the mall where all of the action is tonight. hey, christie. >> hey, sharrie. even at at this hour the crowdse going strong. the mall anticipates 25 to 30,000 people tonight alone many of them hunting for the best bargain. it's a tradition for myself i can't give up. this is my only opportunity. >> wanting to get a head start on black friday deals, shoppers swarm cherry hills mall, 95 of the stores are open on thanksgiving night. >> maceys. we went to pink. american eagle -- and where are we going next? >> charlotte russe. >> did you map this out before hand? >> yes, we did. >> toys"r"us in port richmond -- >> this is little live pet you put in the dream kitty. it's a live action doll. you can feed it. >> at target, shoppers cleared their schedules to wait in line. >> chopper 6hd caught a line of people sneaking outside the pry mark store at king of prussia mall. >> have you found good deals? >> we have. >> for many shoppers it's not just how much you save but how often you can score a good deal. >> we like to go all night. >> a lot of people we spoke with said this is one of many stops for them this evening. the mall reopens at 6:00 in the morning. chris christie, channel6 "action news." >> the christmas village has opened for the season in love park. the preview frustrated vendors but sales were great thanks to the crowds out for the thanksgiving day parade. the richardson family says they go to the parade every year but this year they wanted to do something different afterwards, so they headed to christmas village. >> thanksgiving is the beginning of christmas. we want to set the tree up and have a good time. >> you can head to dilworth park filled with attractions like ice skating and a winter garden. the light show takes place every half hour everynight 5:30 to 8:30. how's the black friday forecast for people heading out in the morning? melissa magee in for cecily tynan has the answers. >> hi, sharrie. it's a chilly start to the day tomorrow. it will rebound for the afternoon. for our thanksgiving, bright but brisk across the region. 40 in wildwood, wilmington, 43-degrees below average in doyles town. right now 30s in philadelphia. 33 in pittsburg, charleston, west virginia 29. we have a clear sky across the region with high pressure dominating, clouds are fizzling out as they work their way eastward. in philadelphia, 42. 56 for memphis and 59 in st. louis. whawe'll tap into the air for te weekend. a cold shot sunday. that means cold and blustery for the eagles game at the link. we have a look at the full and exclusive forecast, sharrie? >> sounds good, thank you. >> a bensalem bucks county family spent the season enjoying a feast. dann cuellar was invite today share the experience. >> we went to the home of joe and michelle in bensalem where we find joe carving the turkey he cooked for five hours. >> how many pounds? >> 24. >> for how many people? >> five. >> it's my favorite part of the meal. >> the proud parents of four girls, they have a lot to be thankful for. >> my parents are here for the first time in 14 years. our health and our beautiful four daughters. >> my family, having a job. my four beautiful girls and my wife and having family for the holidays. >> finally, after a day of preparation, it was time to set the table with turkey and trimmings and side dishes found in most american homes. even the pet dog rascal couldn't wait. >> are you ready for turkey? >> no thanksgiving dinner can begin without grace. in this case, we have two beautiful girls, students at our lady of cavalry. >> thank you god for our family, friends, health, police officers, firefighters, military, doctors, nurses, people suffering from natural disasters and god in the name of the father, son and holy spirit. >> with that, time to enjoy a fabulous thanksgiving dinner with family and loved ones. in bensalem, dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> beautiful family. the thanksgiving holiday started off as it has for nine decades with a parade in its 98th year. >> the "6abc" dunkin' donuts trifthanksgiving day parade kicd off with chilly temperatures. our "6abc" president and general manager bernie prazenica cut the ribbon to let the parade begin. the boy scouts were collecting canned food from suspec spectats along the way. >> the riverboat went through as the longest parade. we could get a view of brian taff with his wife and twin boys. monica malpass there with her twins. also nydia han with her family and sports anchor ducis rogers there with his family. they save the best for last, santa and mrs. clause were in their sleigh pulled by the reindeer at the end of the parade. they waved to the adults wishing everyone a happy holiday season. you can relive the magic on "6abc".com. we have posted video with memorable moments for stars and performances. ♪ >> city ahead on "action news," we are following breaking news out of the philadelphia hunting park section where police are on the scene of a vicious dog attack. >> and his kindness despite his dire circumstances have touched our hearts. a man that gave his last $25 to a woman stranded on i-95 is doing much better thanks to you. >> jamie apody has sports with the eagles getting ready for the match up against the bears and melissa magee returns with the shopping forecast when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ >> officers are on the scene of a reported dog attack. this is along the 1300 block of west pike street. detectives tell "action news" a man was attacked by four dogs just before 9:00 tonight. the man was bitten in the right leg and rushed to temple hospital said to be in critical condition. officers shot and killed one dog and are in pursuit of the other three. we'll bring you updates as we get them. >> a chester county home was consumed by smoke and flames tonight. shopper 6 over dean drive just before 8:30. so far there are no reports of any injuries. >> turning now to the forecast, meteorologist melissa magee is back. not a cloud in the sky today. a brisk cool night. >> it's going to stay chilly in the morning tomorrow. we have a nice rebound friday and saturday. sky 6 live and hd from our semple university camera looking at the center city skyline. maybe grab an extra layer and bundle up. a nice thanksgiving in the weather center looking at the ben franklin bridge this thursday night. temperatures in the 20s in the pine bayerns in new jersey. the high in philadelphia 42. in the city, 35. 24 in millville, 28 for reading and wilmington in dover right now, a temperature of 30. as we go throughout the rest of tonight, temperatures level out in the middle and lower 30s across the region. bundle up if you are a bargain hunter come friday or late tonight. high pressure is dominating our region. it's clear, it's quiet. clouds earlier today fizzle out as they work their way to our region. widening out the picture to look at what we can expect over the next 12 hours. 26 lancaster and reading. 29 in dover. we drop to 26 in toms river, 32 atlantic city and cape may. black friday, follow the shoppers. #7:00 in the morning, cool, sunny and dry. high of 34. by the afternoon tomorrow, temperatures get milder thanks o a southwest wind flow. 51 by 4:00 p.m. 40s at 7:00 tomorrow night. a baby blue sky a is what you can expect for some. high pressure dominates the region. high of 52-degrees. we are tracking the cold front to the west. that works eastward for the start of the weekend. saturday, sun to increasing clouds. before we find activity with the cold front, we max out at 58 in philadelphia. that's well above average, couple of showers likely. a lot of prichtio precipitations through. in the wake of that, blustery and cold on the backside. the seven-day forecast, sunny and milder tomorrow, high of 52. sun to clouds saturday, 58. the eagles at home at the link. winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. first quarter in the 40s. fourth quarter, temperatures 46. mostly sunny monday at 52 for the high, milder tuesday, 58. back to the 60s on wednesday with a high of 61. clouds start to increase thursday. we are still warm. high of 58-degrees, sharrie. >> looks good. melissa, thank you. >> you got it. >> now to an update on a story we brought you yesterday on "action news" involving a homeless veteran who gave his last $20 to a stranded woman on i-95. chad pradelli has more on how this simple act of kindness has become more. >> johnny turned his last 20 bucks into $250,000. he gave his last $20 to kate last month. she repaid him by setting up a go fund me page. >> she said right away she knew john yip wajohnny was a good pe. he got him a box of oat bars and right away he said, do you want one? >> $1,764. >> that changes my life. >> he's lived in port richmond, a landscape of despair and addiction until last night when mcclaire picked him up to take him to a hotel. johnny's friends say he was reluctant to leave worried he may let people down. this friend paused and nearly broke down discussing johnny's future. >> why was he scared? >> you don't want to ruin an opportunity. mcclure is homeful the money will provide a lasting future for johnny, a man she hopes is a friend forever. >> when you see the person inside of johnny, you were blown away. he was such a normal, nice, caring guy. he was generous. >> on her twitter feed mcclure says johnny asked that all donations stop. the money is too much and he wants the money to go to other worthy causes. it's unclear if he will get the help he needs. in port richard, chad pradelli, "action news." ♪ ♪ before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee, with a 2-year agreement. >> jamie apody here with sports. to be clear, the eagles play sunday. >> they do. we can't wait. we are so excited. we are ready for it ho happen now. thanksgiving is like a national football holiday. our thoughts turn to the birds on the field. to that i say bring on the bears. kicker jake elliot in practice today. he's in concussion protocol. that's a hopeful sign. they have created quite a home field advantage. they hope to keep the hot streak alive and win a ninth game in a row. >> it's exciting and electric for the guys. we don't try to look too far down the road. we do on paper know what's coming up on the schedule and all of that. we try to take one game at a time, one week at a time. >> turkey day is perfect for pig skin fans. they have a win now to stay a game up on the vikings. minnesota beat the lions, 30-29 to move to 3-2. i was a little confused, i think they are having thanksgiving dinner in the endzone. i like the eagle baseball one better than that one. the cowboys cooked the turkey. zach prescott without ezekiel elliot is not a good quarterback. five interceptions to 300 touchdowns. dallas down, 28-6. >> thanksgiving not just full of football, plenty of holiday hoops as well. st. joe's lost a 20 point first half lead falling in the final seconds to washington state, 75-71. >> first half kyle expander the slam. nova saw themselves down 15. in the second half, brunson scored 18-25 after halftime. wildcats, 22 run. they play northern iowa in the championship game. that's the icing on the cake. given they got to celebrate thanksgiving in the bahamas. we have more sports after this. >> so many traditions like high school football. northeast and central playing for the 125th year. >> northeast, riding the gravy train. danny scott featuring central today. in new jersey, vine land and millville dating back to 1883. vineland wins the 146th meeting, 28-18. the final huddle of the season with jeff skversky kicks off immediately after the newscast. >> no cecily for football. >> a special thanksgiving day high school is next. for jim gardner, melissa magee, cecily tynan, jaime jamie apodyd the entire "action news" team, i'm sharrie williams. have a wonderful thanksgiving day and have a great night. ♪ ♪ >> who's ready to eat more, northeast is ready to take down turkey and stuff it to the rival central on thanksgiving. it's a rivalry dating back to the 1800s. i hope you saved room for a full plate of football. it's a thanksgiving tradition, "6abc" "high school huddle." i'm jeff skversky. we'll stuff you to the brim with the oldest rivalry. >> you are watching "high school huddle" on "6abc." happy thanksgiving will! >> presented by gmc. >> craving high school football and all of the trimmings, starting with the central high school and northeast. these two have been playing on thanksgiving 125 years. it's the game of the week. let's go. >> benjamin harrison is the president when central northeast started playing. 7-0 vikings. northeast adding to it. 63-yard, 14-0 northeast. third quarter they run away with it. danny scott going back for more. it's time for 46. stop the gravy train, northeast stops central for the 28th time this year and second time on thanksgiving. >> in new jersey, the oldest rivalry vineland and millville going head to head for the 146th time dating back to 1883. vineland and millville playoff imlimtionplayoffimplications on. vineland scores a 20-18 "w" for the second straight year, three way tie for first place. it's homecoming for haddon high. haddon steals the second oldest rivalry. haddon field wins. chai chester everything they can to stop valley. kelly over the defender. how does he come down with it, 50-yard score. burlington city against palmyra going back to 1909. harris for the endzone. is he in? no. time runs out on the half. they come up short. 44-6, a four game losing streak. they clinch the freedom title. camden catholic and the irish cooking up offense. rob mccoy, camden catholic, 32 32-7. give the trophy back to camden, 8-6 in the battle of camden. triton with high energy against highland. tryptophan has not kicked in. triton wins, 21-18. williams town, cuts through the washington township all day long, caleb expander in for the short score, williams town, 44-7. >> haverford helped form the central league conference cu