0 and a heroic ending that you don t want to miss. the 2013 cnn hero of the year reporter: a night to gather together to celebrate the human spirit. watch it all this sunday at 8:00 p.m. i m ashleigh banfield. have a great weekend. the lead starts right now. what s a few missing teeth if you can get an ipad mini for under $200? i m jim acosta. this is the lead. the world lead. tensions racheting up between china and japan. china seizing a bigger air space and japan making it clear that it won t respect that. u.s. forced to pick a side. the politics lead. brand new polls giving us a snapshot of 2016. you may not be shocked to learn who s in the lead but the runners-up is where it gets interesting. and the buried lead. it s been nearly 50 years since j.d. salinger last published anything but now the stories he kept locked away are suddenly out there for all to read. welcome to the lead. i m jim acosta filling in for jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. it s a tu
0 forward. it say there s are good people still out there. amen to that. you know what? you re real good for joining us happy thanksgiving to you and your family around the world starts right now. winds were strong, and new york, it has to be said, they couldn t stop the balloons from flying in the macy s day parade. a live report coming up. thank goodness for that. despite it being a family day across the country with many people off from work traditionally, some retailers, they re staying open despite 9 out of 10 americans saying they re not going to shop on thanksgiving. the retail store backlash, that s coming up. if you haven t guess tshgd it s thanksgiving. it is? it is. i m hala gorani. i m michael holms. a new thanksgiving tradition, that is shopping. more and more stores are open today, blurring the line between turkey day and black friday and hoping to get a jump start on the shopping season. macy s broke a 155-year tradition by staying closed on the hol
0 ne ocaptions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning and happy, happy thanksgiving. i m carol costello, thank you so much for being with me. let s start in new york city, shall we, with a holiday tradition, the 87th macy s thanksgiving day parade just getting under way, despite fears of strong winds macy s confirmed last hour all 16 giant helium balloons will be allowed to fly. we ll see several new balloons up in the air today including a holiday themed stro ed spongebo squarepants. 3.5 million people will be watching in new york and 50 million more will be watching on television. cnn s jason carol has a front row seat, he s along the parade route, happy thanksgiving. reporter: yes, and happy thanksgiving to you and take a look behind me the start of the parade just getting under way and the first helium balloon making its debut, snoopy and woodstock, and i have to tell you, there have been so many people out here, we were out here since 6:00 a.m. this morning. something like th
0 thought, we re going to pass you on to erin burnett outfront. outfront next, teenage assassins. in all, how many people did you kill? i have no idea. no idea? you lost track? yeah, some. one of the teens who beheaded at least four children, free in texas tonight. plus, a deadly storm wreaks havoc on holiday plans. i just missed my connection to albany and i m hyperventilating. and tempers flare heading into black friday. we ll stab one of you [ bleep ]. reporter: an outfront special report tonight, let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, sflnow, sle, rain, and wind adding up to delays for millions of americans trying to get home for thanksgiving. i want to show you a live picture at denver international, what you re looking at on the left, the airport, and new york s penn station, the main train station here in the northeast, on the right. and there have been major delays there after a rain broke down on top of the
0 you to start watching me monday night. you can catch me at 11:30 p.m. eastern, 8:30 for you west coasters. it s a new show we re calling in case you missed it. we ll take a look at the day s best moments on and off your tv screen. watch me from 2:00 to 4:00 eastern, then in prime time. for now, thanks for being with me. happy thanksgiving. jim sciutto takes it from here. a very happy thanksgiving here in the newsroom. what better way to show your loved ones you re thankful on this holiday than abandoning them to go elbow a stranger over a blu-ray player or big hugs elmo? black friday madness spills over into the holiday. plus, for so many families in the midwest, they are spending this thanksgiving with no place at all to call home. how they re finding something to be thankful for after tornadoes took everything. and how would the native americans who were at the first thanksgiving feel about the name of washington s professional football team? today s nfl games are becoming