No way im cutting this habit cold turkey. Zblth early today starts right now. Great day being with you this morning. Happy thanksgiving. Im frances rivera. Ayman is off today. If you are getting recalled to hit the road, you are in good company. 50 Million People are on the move, hoping to join family and friends for a nbcs Tom Byrum Costello starts us off. Reporter the thanksgiving crush. It started on the west coast tuesday night, nearly 49 million of us traveling this gobble day. The vast majority are driving. Meanwhile, a potential record breaker in the air which 2. 6 Million People are expected to tsa is avoiding a repeat, they are adding new dog teams and thousands of screeners, opening this new Airport Command Center to track real time every tsa checkpoint at the 30 busiest airports. Down here, tell me how many lanes theyve opened. Reporter a power outage in louisville that slowed things down an hour. Its the largest day of the weekend. Thats when everybody comes home. Variable weather. Snow in indianapolis, while in l. A. , comfort dogs to ease the stress. To make sure the weather cooperates, i will check in with meteorologist bonnie schneider. Good morning, happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving, frances. We really do have pretty good weather. You have a wintry mix. Rain for cleveland and a little watch out for that overcast skies in the new york area. Generally speaking, temperatures are comfortable. We run the risk of a couple spotty showers in washington a. Little bit of wet weather toward seattle. Cooler in the 40 and windy conditions but mild across california. Frances. All right. Good to see you. Hopefully, no troubles out there. Thank you very much. We take a turn for the latest on that hor risk School Bus Crash in chattanooga, tennessee. Th died from injuries sustained in the crash. Five children remain hospitalize. The driver 24yearold Jonathan Walker faces several counts of vehicular homicide. Investigators have announced the toxicology report show nos signs of drug or alcohol in his system. However, walker was not driving the approved route. In the course of looking at the history of how many roads, we ascertained that road was not school bus. We are exploring is a, has he done it before, b, if so why . Witnesses tell walker was driving well above the speed limit. The local school board confirmed they have received some complaintsened several relatives say he was a known problem. It was about him slamming on brakes on purpose. Makeing all the kids hit head. He was acting like a fool. Its tragic given those warning signs. Nbc news has learned that president elect donald trump has intended two Intelligence Briefings since winning the election earlier this month. Its a much lower number than his predecessors and lower than the Vice President elect mike pence, who has received a briefing nearly every day. However, a Senior Intelligence official cautions its too early to know what this significance process. That as democrats elijah cumminings call to look into trumps potential conflict of interests, including alleged meetings with Business Partners during the transition t. News comes as the president elect attends his thanksgiving holiday at his mira lago resort. It includes filling out the rest of his cabinet. He selected two public women for the nbcs Kristen Walker has more. Reporter president elect trump with a thanksgiving message for the nation. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our division and move forward as one country. Reporter it comes as hes trying to diversify his cabinet, tapping two women, including 44yearold South Carolina governor nikki haley to serve as ambassador to the u. N. Haley, whose parents emigrated the party. She was sharply critical of trump during the primary. I will not stop until we fight a man that chooses not to disavow the kkk. Reporter but taking a more measured turn after meeting with the president elect last week. I did vote for him. And i was absolutely thrilled to see him win. Reporter haley earned national praise for leading the call to take down the Confederate Flag in South Carolina in the wake of the church massacre. Whil ban, she speertd block on new Syrian Refugees in her state, something trump also supported. Governor haley made eight International Trips but lacks Foreign Policy experience. She will have to learn to navigate this role, it is a round of balance she doesnt have directly in her portfolio. Reporter if confirmed, she could strengthen her hand t. Governor, giving trump a political edge in a key Southern State a. Transition official disputing that was a part of the decision. Mr. Trumps second female pick. Betty dehaves for secretary of education. She wants to expand School Voucher program t. Prove was made by jeb bush and decried by the nations largest. Hi new york city is in a heightened state ahead of todays 90th macys thanksgiving day parade. This follows an al qaeda publication suggesting the parade would be quote an excellent target. Officials stress there are no credible threats. Jay gray is live along the route. Security must be in everyones mind, certainly the fun and balloons behind you. Reporter yeah. No, you are absolutely right, good morning to you. A multilevel approach herer. And federal aids are quick to point out they see these types of vague threats every year before this parade. So not concerned. They are paying attention. Not concerned it will cause problems today. You have a joint terrific task force as well as an army of local police. 3,000 doing their work. This is why you see the floats the balloons behind me, they are lined up. They were inflated late and get rolling. Well have floats, marching bands, a lot of star, stage, screen. Also a lot of popular singers that will be a part of this parade. It always invites them back. More than 3 Million People expected to line the threemile parade. Even early this morning, you can see a few people already out trying to get the best spot to see this whole thing unfold. Here. We estimate for this parade. Thank you where are you standing you get a good view. Thank you and happy thanksgiving to you. Just ahead, it will cost 7 million over thanksgiving for secret service agents. It will blow you away. Bonnie snider is back with a quick look at your thanksgiving day, how are we ok pittsburgh, both weather related. Overall, though, it looks like a great day for travel. Thats a look at the big weather picture story. Lets take now a closer look at the day ahead. We got temperatures that are much colder and fall into the 30s. 35 degrees in minneapolis. You head to the northeast, a little milder, in the 50s in philadelphia and new york and into boston. So the weather is looking good citys thanksgiving. Thank you very much. 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One of his coworkers says it actually looked like fireworks. There were projectiles. You could smell fuchls amazingly his injuries were minor, just leg and hand burns. Leading the news on this thanksgiving, president obama offers thanksgiving feasts to veterans. He will h and offering up some traditional thanksgiving food. But not before unleashing his final barrage of bad jokes at his final turkey party for the birds tator and tot. We are tankful this is my final president ial pardon, what i havent told them is we will do this every year from now on. No cameras, just us, every year, cold turkey. And where are the daughters . Theyre not there with him or theyre so over it after all those years. Ahead a new study that says perhaps dessert for breakfast, ice cream for breakfast makes you smarter. Plus, the most insane basketball trick shot ever recorded. Look at this. Well show you the rest of it though when early today comes right back. 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There are a lot of deals to be had around here. Its a massive Global Destination for shoppers from all over the world come here. And this weekend is special. Now, of course, just five months ago, britain voted to leave the european union. That sent a body blow to the economy. Now the british pound is down 16 . Thats not so great for the british economy. Its veryoo american here trying to find a deal. The shock pattern hasnt really opened yet. A lot of truckss are developing off lots of goods for people to buy. Theyre expecting a huge weekend in sales. Of course, this is thanksgiving, which is not a big holiday here in britain. But one of the elements of our celebration in america thats washed up on the british shores. Here is a plaque friday consumerism that comes ahead of christmas. Thats what a lot of britains the same time last year. Can you see on the scenes behind me, people here are trying to court corners that come here to buy goods, thats 1. 25 billion this year. 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