Classic. It is the eve of thanksgiving. As you can see the Empire State Building is ablow with the colours of the holiday. A few miles north an equally stunning sight yes, thats a giant snoopy ready for the macys parade. Its up in the air. Balloons are ready to fly. Strong winds could ground them. Well get an update ahead. Heading home for the holiday. Its one of the busiest travel days of the year. Millions driving and flying and coping. Some cancelled flights. Paul beban is at the laguardia airport. What is the situation right now where you are . Well, i dont know if you can see over my left shoulder. They are the american arrival and departure boards. Theres almost no yellow and red, meaning a couple of delays, no cancellations. Most of the flights leaving and arriving on time. In fact, the terminal here down the way is now closed. All the flights coming into that terminal are in. All the ones going out are out. A couple of folks camped out. Maybe a few delays. The big travel mess h
Leave. This is phenomenal. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Brennan good evening, scott is off tonight, im Margaret Brennan. Thanksgiving is all about tradition. One is travel. More americans are on the move this holiday eve than any other day of the year. The storm thats caused so much trouble all over the country is finally moving out to sea but travelers are still feeling the impact 260 more flights were canceled today and some roadways are still slippery thfpt now is a life picture from chicago. Thats the eisenhower expressway and this is a look at the ohio turnpike near cleveland. Here if in new york they have started inflating the balloons for the parade and it looks like the winds which had threatened to ground them wont be a problem after all. We have three reports on the thanksgiving travel and weather. First jeff pegues on the road in maryland. Jeff . Margaret, according to a. A. A. , nearly 39 million americans will be hitting the r
Rain picking up everywhere so it could be a very messy commute ride on the way home. Here it is on our satellite and radar image. You can see a lot of that energy headed up into the far northern california. Still, we are waiting for the brunt of the storm system really on the back side here thats going to be sliding down into the bay area later on today. So it will be picking up throughout the day. So if you are heading out, it hasnt rained in your neighborhood yet, it will. Bring that umbrella and jacket you will need it today. Mostly sunny skies over the bay bridge right mostly cloudy skies over the bay bridge now, mild temperatures. 51 livermore, 54 San Francisco. 51 in san jose. This afternoon, these numbers, cloudy with some rain and running below average around the bay area, probably one to five degrees below the average. But we love it. Its great to see the rain making a return to the bay area. All right. Lets check your kcbs traffic with elizabeth. Thanks, lawrence. And as he m
The bay area today and meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the wet weather. Yeah. Great to see the raindrops falling around the bay area. Most of that confined north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Thats where we have seen the showers almost. 10 of rain so far but plenty more to come. Our hidef Doppler Radar is tracking the storm system as it slides through. Lets go in for a closer look. You can see moderate rainfall toward this part of the north bay. Sonoma along 116 you are seeing good rainfall there right now. More is moving in off the coastline. So its going to stay unsettled throughout the day likely to pick up into the middle of the day and then spread to the south as we head in toward the afternoon. So the commute ride especially on the ride home probably very wet around the rest of the bay area. Over at sfo right now we have mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures are running into the 50s. I think as we look toward the afternoon going to keep things cool and a bit wet. The numbers a
Commute seemed to become a bit more challenging as the rain started to fall. No downpour, but enough to make the roads more dangerous than normal. It is hard to say how much rush hour was effected by weather but drivers we met at the flying a gas station who were commuting homing or heading somewhere else were well aware of how to handle themselves. It has been a little slick on the road today. I have to say, but it is okay. Im a native so im used to the weather. A little slower. The roads are a little slicker. Doesnt make it any betterment im listening to the radio and it is one crash after another. How was it getting here . Slow, nervous. [ laughter ] reporter we heard that a lot today. A lot of people feel others deport get forget how to drive in the rain. Chp reminds everybody to slow down. Live in oakland, im john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. And you can follow our chief meteorologist bill martin on twitter for the latest on where the rain is. You can also always tell us where you