Idaho. 22yearold jessie jumped out of the trunk and wood had to wrestle him down. Consumer confidence is way up after the election. Are companies feeling good right now . I think they are very hopeful this year. All signs point to a better retail environment. You know who has a lot to be thankful for . Donald trump. Not only is he going to be the president , he has the most amazing family. The the New York Times that his soninlaw Jared Kushner could help broker peace in the middle east and after that, maybe he could broker peace between america and the other half of america . Im jeff glor with Dana Jacobson happy thanksgiving. New york says it has unprecedented security in place this morning to protect more than 3. 5 Million People who will catch the citys thanksgiving day parade. Workers finished inflating almost four dozen giant balloons overnight. Thousands of police are on duty. Earlier this month, the propaganda magazine for isis called the parade an excellent target. Nypd counterterrorism chief john miller talked about the security concerns here on monday. This isnt something we thought of last weekend. For the last several years, we have had blocker cars at every intersection on that route. Very much the way we do when the president of the United States moves through town. Mayor bill de blasio says he doesnt know of any specific credible threat, but police have been preparing since the end of last years parade. Jamie yuccas is at the start of todays parade route near central park. Good morning. Reporter good morning. As excitement starts to build happening. Some of the balloons have already started to make their way onto that parade route and this is the first time in the parades 90year history that every cross street along its two and a half mile route will be closed to traffic. As well, the nypd will have 3,000 Police Officers on the streets along with bomb sniffing dogs, metal and concrete barricades and radiation detectors. 82 Sanitation Department trucks filled with sand and 114 blocker cars are also being off the parade to outside vehicles. The hope is those would stop potential attacks like the one in nice, france, where a truckdriver barreled through a celebration and killed more than 80 people in that attack. The more than 8,000 parade volunteers have all been screened as well. We talked to one balloon handler who says it took nearly a year to get through all of the security checks. Jamie, thank you. In our next half hour, we thanksgiving parade coverage from hosts Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight. Most of you will be able to watch the parade immediately after cbs this morning at the top of the hour but on the west coast, coverage begins at 1 00 p. M. Pacific, after football. President elect donald trump is spending thanksgiving with his family at his maralago resort in florida. In a video released yesterday, mr. Trump said he is praying that, quote, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose. Emotions are raw and tensions just dont heal overnight. It doesnt go quickly. Unfortunately. But we have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to washington, real safety to our cities, and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the president elects new administration yesterday. Betsy devos, a long time republican donor, philanthropist and education advocaadvocate. Devos says she poos comopposes core that trump wants to get rid of. Nikki haley, south carolinas governor, to the united nations. She does not have the Foreign Policy experience of previous ambassadors. She criticized mr. Trump as candidate and neither woman endorsed him for president. A 7yearold girl living in the horrors of syrias civil war is now proud to own a complete set of harry potters books straight from the author j. K. Rowling. The girl lives in the center of the fighting. Her mother contacted rowling on social media saying her daughter forget the war. Cbs news spoke with vanna last month about life under the bombs and she told us without electricity, they get power for their laptops and phones from solar power. She said she would use that phone to read her new ebooks and that harry potter is the best. Nice little note there. Beautiful. In this country, millions of americans are thinking about thanksgiving and turkey right now. In england a much more unusual bird was the First Complete skeleton of a do do bird and Mark Phillips was there and found a bird that died off centuries ago might have lessons for today. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Of course, concern over the environment and the u. S. Approach to it is one of the main mysteries of what the Trump Administration will do. And there has been a bit of a lesson here on how influential people can be. That lesson came at an auction for, as you say, a rare bird. 250,000 pounds. With me, 250,000 pound. Reporter more than a collection of old bones was on the block at this auction. Those bones, once assembled, formed the worlds most famous dead bird, the dodo. Dodo rolls off the top. Reporter the phrase stuck, says dodo expert mr. Fuller not because it was catchy but because the dodos extinction is so well the sailors found the bird in the eyelids of mauritius in the late 1800s and within 80 years the hapless and significantly flightless bird was gone. Dead as. The dodo has been extinct for more than 400th years but the important symbol of what mankind can do to nature if it isnt careful or if it doesnt care. If the dodo and its lessons live again. Reporter its hard to put a price on a lesson, but auction house owner rupert van der werff said he was selling an idea. Is this an example of mans falling . It really brings it home. We could have a big impact on the environment. Reporter make no bones about it. The bird species are being made extinct to the faster rate than ever and that is our fault or mankinds fault so whether we lesson, i dont think id like to say. Reporter or whether we will become the next dodo . That is a possibility too. Reporter the bird went for . 280,000 pounds and sold reporter about 416,000 with commissions. A big price for a big lesson. There are only about 20 complete do do skeletons around and almost all of them like the one sold at the auction, made up of bones from many birds. Apparently you chuck the bones anywhere. Mark, thank you very much. Am i the only one surprised how big it is . It looks pretty big. Chuck the bones were anywherh a turkey too. 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Smart Home Technology can ensure your home is safe while youre was he. O the new yorker magazines website. He joins us with more. We all have a nightmare the pipes burst in your home because of cold weather. Smart technology can help in a lot of ways. It can. You have thermostats you control when youre away and tell you if youre in danger of a pipe burst or the house getting too cold. A new set of Smart Devices people are enjoying right now. They measure water. That you can put a little thing on the floor and it tell you if there is a leak. Put one in you under your sink and you get an alert on your smartphone if there is a leak and you can call the plumber. D. O. K. Makes one and about 50, 60. That tells you if something is going wrong. Up one level, a product is made fa is there a sense of a leak it can shut off the water. You might need a plumber to set that up and run about 300. But you feel secure your your house is not drowning. Everything is called smart right now, right . Smart doorbells and smart lights and smart he homes. The Smoke Detectors have changed too. Are they significantly better. What has hanged is the quality of the sensors and their ability to test themselves and those are useful. Smoke detectors are kind of a conundrum when youre away from of good when your home is under fire. The smart Smoke Detector can talk tour smoke alarm and turn it off and its doing something about it when your house is on fire. One is the nest Smoke Detector. Very smart christmas present. I gave some to my family members last night. You talk about the smart door bells and can help people i dont know it would help in new york city. How does it work if you live in the suburbs . A smart doorbell has a camera inside of it and when somebody buzzes it, it will alert you and the picture of whoever is at the front door appears on your smartphone. You can talk to it and respond. Somebody has shown up to your house to deliver milk on the wrong day you can say to something. If somebody has come with a package you can say leave it there or we are not back for three days take it home with you. Its another product where there is a lot of advances and people are kind of excited about those right now. I have fond memories of my father putting the lights on and having a timer on it. Now because of smart technology, we dont have to do that. Keeps the birds away smart light bulbs are a good way if youre getting your home smart a cool thing to do. You can set it the lights always go on at 6 00 and go off at 10 00. You can set it if youre coming home from vacation you can have them turn on 15 minutes before you arrive. What we recommend or what i recommend is that you get different colored bulbs that they can adjust and imagine their house turning red, blue and yellow. Like what we did when we kids but slightly more advanced and you can have them talk to your doorbell. When the smart doorbell buzzes, it can talk to your smart lights and makes it look like youre home when youre not. They need the smart cutouts like happy thanksgiving, nick. You too. President obama serves up puns at a thanksgiving ritual. No cameras. Just us, every year no way im cutting this habit cold turkey how the president tried to stuff his speech with jokes during the traditional turkey pardon. Youre watching cbs this announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by carrier. Turn to the experts. Heres a little healthy advice. Take care of what makes you, you. Right down to your skin. Aveeno . Daily moisturizing lotion with 5 vital nutrients for healthier looking skin in just one day. Aveeno . . For seven years i have established another tradition. Embarrassing my daughters with a corny copia of dad jokes about turkeys. The white house yesterday injecting humor into the traditional turkey pardon. His daughters did not attend this years ceremony but that did not slow his jokes. Making sure everyone has something to eat on thanksgiving. Of course, except for the turkeys because they are already stuffed. So later today, the ha, ha. Yes, we cran. That was good. You dont think that is funny . Look. I know there are some bad ones in here but this is the last time im doing this so we are not leaving any room for leftovers. Very nice. Very nice. His nephews were laughing. We remember that picture of hi daughters. The eye roll. Dad another thanksgiving favorite is marching down the streets of ahead, Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight will join us from the parade route to preview the performances. You dont want to miss it. Youre watching cbs this morning. Im annemarie green with a look beyond this mornings headlines. Safety Officials Say just one careless moment could lead to an uninvited thanksgiving visit from firefighters hena daniels has advice on how to avoid Holiday Cooking dangers. Reporter t many turkey mishaps fire Safety Experts want you to avoid this thanksgiving. Firefighters respond to as many as 1,400 cooking fires on thanksgiving. Thats more than three times the average of any other day during the year. So this is my skin graft. Its in the process of healing right now. Reporter its a lesson Evelyn Fernandez learned the hard way when she left a combustible can between her stove burners while making caused the stove to explode. Then i felt the flames hit my face. Reporter after multiple surgeries and a month in the hospital, evelyn says she is still dealing with physical and emotional scars that will last a lifetime. So lets talk turkey safety. No matter how distracted you are this holiday, experts say when in the kitchen, always Pay Attention unattended cooking is the leading cause of house fires. If you have to leave the kitchen, call in reinforcements. Assign somebody to keep an eye on the cooking at all times. Reporter never douse a cooking fire with water or flour. Instead, this firefighter placed another pan on top of the fire to extinguish the flames. If you like to deep fry your turkey, make sure its away from your house. Dont put it in a porch or a garage. The turkey should be patted dry and dont overfill the oil and check the temperature the golden rule says experts never walk away while youre cooking. Hena daniels, cbs news. In southern california, volunteers served more than a thousand meals to those in need at a thanksgiving block party. But there was a bigger gift waiting for some lucky guests. Danielle nottingham reports. Reporter the hope of the Valley Rescue Mission serves one of the largest thanksgiving dinners for the homeless in los but grandmother Pamela Brooks is leaving with much more than a meal. Woo reporter financial challenges left brooks homeless at the same time she got full custody of her four granddaughters last year because her daughter was struggling with drugs. I was living with my son and we were in a one bedroom and it was too many of us in a one bedroom with four grandkids and him and i. So they were going to evict him if we didnt leave. Reporter now she is driving for the girls, thanks to a team of technicians who volunteered their time to refurbish it. Los angeles has the highest rate of unsheltered homeless in the country and the people here know firsthand how Something Like a car could be life changing. We were on the bus for a while there and now we can drive to our location and be on time. Reporter this has been a big reek for the retire grandmother. She just found and landed a new job. This has really been exciting. When all of this comes at you, youre, like, wanting to pinch yourself to see if its really real. Reporter now with a new car, this family has one less worry this holiday season. This is so nice reporter danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. 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