Anybody going to the thanksgiving day parade . Look out for the obama care balloon. Its the one that never gets off sglnchts its a day of celebration. Its a day of giving thanks. Sgl they are thankingful that the the winds never materialized. Some of the the wind gusts are high. 3. 5 Million People lining the parade. Route. They are excited that the balloons are included in the parade. Thank you. Parade coverage begins at k pacific time here on cbs. Many stores are catering to customers who want to eat and then shop before the traditional black friday rush. And if you really cant wait, theres always kmart. This one in california opened at 6 00 this morning. However, not everyone is on board with thanksgiving shopping. Reporter this thanksgiving day more retailers plan to be open for business but this sears in New Hampshire wont be one of them. Its just against everything i believe in. Reporter this owner is furious when she ze received a memo saying she was required to open at 7 00 p. M. Tonight so she fired off a letter to her corporate bosses telling them her store would stay closed. For us to bypass this and say that the dollar is more important than our families, its unacceptable. Sears defended itself in a statement saying we have encouraged all our dealers and franchisees to be open because we believe that is what many consumers want. According to a recent survey an estimated 33 Million People plan to hit stores this holiday. Still a handful of retailers including nordstrom costco and lowest are holding out. How many days do families come together and be thankful for something. Reporter she isnt the only one taking a stand. Pizza hut manager tony says he lost his job after refusing to his employees work today. Thanksgiving and christmas are the two days that they are closed the whole year. There are only two days those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families. Pizza hut says the decision is up to the independent franchises. The company is evaluating an unfortunate situation and in a statement said we respect an employees decision not to work on a holiday if they so choose, which is why the vast majority of pizza huts are closed on thanksgiving. For cbs this morning, carter evans, los angeles. The National Retail federation estimates up to 140 Million People will shop this weekend. Stores are banking on it. Jill is here this morning. Good morning to you. I find myself really upset because i feel like im already behind the curve. Is the backlash worth opening the day before . It depends. Its estimated that 33 Million People will be shopping today. We wont be one of them but thats okay. The key is retailers are trying to get us into the stores earlier and earlier. The more we are in the stores or online, the higher the potential to spend money. I talked to retail analysts. They say this is silly. All were doing is stretching the Holiday Season out this first weekend. Doesnt matter. But the results will tell us that 33 Million People spend a the lot of money today, it will be a good thing. If they wouldnt be open if they werent making money. Overall from the holiday sales, what are you expecting . The National Retail federation says we should say a rise of 3. 9 over last year. But theres something really interesting. Six fewer shopping days between thanksgiving and christmas. As a result the stores are bringing out the bargains earlier and earlier. 40 to 50 discounts earlier this month. Deals that would have been saved for next week. So some retailers think this is going to be a great season. Macys said great season. Other end of the spectrum best buy and walmart warned this is going to be a weak Holiday Season. What will make or break the season. It always comes down to confidence. Two readings on confidence this week. They showed different things. On one survey people are feeling awful. Another one they were feeling better. So if we feel confident about our own financial situations then well go out and shop. This confidence is tied to the job market. Its like a straight line. So if we find out that jobs are becoming more plentiful, people are getting wage increases, they will feel like they want to spend money. There has been something interesting. We see high end retailers seeing much Better Business than the lower end. I think that speaks to the jobs situation. People who have made money and continue to hold jobs and get wage increases are spending. The middle to e lower not so much. Jill, thank you very much. Have a good thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving to you. So much. And happy thanksgiving. And happy thanksgiving to you. This morning were two months from healthcare. Gov to start running. The web hosting duties are being switched from verizon to hewlettpa a delay in how Small Businesses can Purchase Health insurance online. As he toured the country pitching the benefits of the Affordable Care act, president noted the perks in the law for Small Businesses. If youre a Small Business thats providing Health Insurance to your employees, you can get a better deal through these skbanchs. Reporter just like individuals, Small Business owners were supposed to purchase plans through healthcare. Gov on socalled shop exchanges. The ability to use it has already been delayed once. We will institute the shop component at the end of november. Reporter now its being delayed again, this time till the end of next year. Its working to get the individual users working by this saturday. The Administration Says that has [ their focus. It was important for them to prioritize their functionality. That would enable consumers individually to shop and enroll online in coverage. Reporter republicans were quick to pounce on the news. Speaker john boehner said it was important for us. Theyre concerned about what it might mean for them. Weve had Small Business owners have to go to insurance or insurance agents. Jeff vinita. Jeff, thank you. This morning this morning the uss georgia took part in a drill. The u. S. Navy said the exercises were planned before chinas decision. The growing tension now involves ambassador caroline kennedy. The United States established its priority over the new zone when it through two b52 bombers through it. They were outlined by the Chinese Government over the weekend. It touches airspace claimed by south korea and taiwan and overlaps with an air defense zone controlled by its rival jachlt at the center of all this is a cluster of tiny islands believed to sit above rich mineral sources. Theyre call eded senkaku by japan and diaoyu by china. The controversy has thrust caroline kennedy, the new u. S. Ambassador to japan into the middle of this dispute just about two weeks into her ambassadorship. Interlateral actions taken by china undermine security and constitute to change the status quo in the east china sea. This only serves to increase tensions in the region. Reporter a spokesman said china allowed the u. S. To fly through the zone for more than two hours earlier this week and defended its zone. Its the right of selfdefense, the spokesman said. It targets no particular country. Therefore we hope the relevant countries need not be alarmed or take it personally. The fallout around the zone will likely become the focus of Vice President joe bidens trip to japan, china, and south korea next week. For cbs this morning, seth doane, beijing. We have dramatic new images of this months devastating midwest tornadoes. Now, security cameras at an Indiana School show a scene inside look at that as one of the twisters hit. The walls of the gym are ripped open at the middle school in lafayette. Debris flew around light fixtures ripped down. No one was at the school. It happened on a sunday. A dramatic standoff is finally over this morning. It happened in englewood, in los angeles. As reported the siege went on for more than eight hours. Reporter it started shortly after noon wednesday when police were called into this neighborhood. It was a family disturbance. We were told it was a male dragging a female by the hair. Reporter a family disturbance that quickly escalated into violence, captured on this home video. There was an exchange of gunfire. Reporter an officer was hit but saved by his bulletproof vest. He was carried away by a female officer. She was not shot but reportedly sustained injuries trying to help her fellow officer. She staggered and fell and she was out cold. They put her on her shoulder. She was hospitalized and released. The male is in the hospital but expected to recover. The hostage situation continued into the night. There was a female adult that is the girlfriend of the gunman. Reporter police say the gunman, a 45yearold male with a criminal history was also holding his girlfriends p14yearold happened with this chaotic gunfire. All right. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. Now the Washington Post says afghan President Hamid karzai facing growing pressure to sign a security deal with the u. S. It would allow 15,000 troops to remain after 2014. They fear losing billions in military al aid. The wall street journal says the proposed merger of airlines has been approved. It allows the formation of the Worlds Largest airline. The San Jose Mercury news says the ceo of the genetic maker 23 and me has ordered a demand. But on the companys blog Anne Wojcicki wrote we stand behind the data we return to customers. Britains telegraph said a rare dinosaur sold. The nearly intact remains were found four years ago in wyoming. The buyer is an unnamed institute that will put the bones on display. And we love this story. It should whip around the sun today. If it avoids a close encounter, we should be able to see it. Will be visible to the naked eye in early december. Happy thanksgiving. A few clouds making their way across our skies right now. But looks like we have a decent day ahead. Over the bay, yup, we have some clouds there and that low spinning off the coastline going to continue to track southward so well see some occasional clouds and a mixture of sunshine today and the temperatures going to be mild into the 60s. Next couple of days, return to more sunshine and warmer weather over the weekend. But some cold weather moves in maybe some showers toward next tuesday. Announcer this National Report sponsored by jcpenney. Jingle more bells for the best christmas ever. A sea change leads to an amazing show. Californias monterey bay is dealing with an unusual number of hump back whale bus the whales should be long gone on their way to mexico. Why are they sticking around . That story ahead. 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And in San Francisco, nearly 500 volunteers are showing their thanks by serving thanksgiving day meals to the needs meals for the needy starting at 9 00 out glide memorial. Traffic and weather coming up after the break. Liza battalones here. Light traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza wide open all morning and on this thanksgiving you can park for free in the city. Meters are not enforced of. In the Silicon Valley 880 237 interchange moving well. New accident just cropping up on the guadalupe parkway. And mass transit there is no Ace Train Service today. Bart is operating on a sunday schedule. Thats traffic. Heres lawrence. A lot of clouds of moving across our skies now. Looks like well see that on and off throughout the day but it should be a decent day ahead over san jose, you have some clouds there. That cutoff low spinning off the coastline. Still well mix in sunshine this afternoon. 60s for a high. The next couple of days will be nice and warmer, chance of showers though next week. Ladies and gentlemen because its that time of year we have a special segment of the thanksgiving news roundup. Are you ready . Take it away. Thanksgiving news roundup. Gobble gobble turkey day. Gobble gobble. Gobble gobble. Gobble gobble. Gobble gobble my friends. Gobble gobble. For thanksgiving 73 degrees. Gobble gobble. Thank you, paul. Ooh, gobble gobble. Gobble gobble gobble. Gobble gobble. Im waiting till thursday. Gobble gobble . Yeah. Awesome. Comprehensive coverage. Coming up this half hour so many will enjoy football today including jim nantz of cbs sports. Hes calling todays cowboys raiders game. He tells us about todays game and Pat Sommer Al and more. Well show you how another town sets out to prove it was the launch point for the pilgrims. Thats ahead. When people think about turkey whales and other sea life are stealing the show off the coast. The sight seeing is better than ever. Ben tracy shows us what makes this year so special. Reporter whale watching normally involved a lot of whale waiting. Not here not now. Californias monterey bay is teaming up with over 200 humpback whales. Nancy black is a marine biologist and captain of the whale watching boat. Tourists have been packing the boats. This is a onceinalifetime chance. Im taking photos. Im just trying to tell the people how lucky they are to really witness this. Reporter they are also seeing dolphins orcas, and sea lions, aka killer whales. But the humpbacks are getting all the attention. The enormous flukes and the breaching, its fabulous. Reporter there are about 2,000 humpback whales that feed off the coast of california, but this time of year they should be well on their way to mexico where they breed, but theres a reason theyre sticking around. Food. There is a record amount of anchovies in the bay. So many, in fact they show up as a big red blob on radar. Its so amazing. For miles youll see layers of fish like this. Reporter the scientists cant help be see the explosion. Theyre swallowing up to 2 tons a day. Sea lions help chase them into balls. Its such a feast the whales have seemed to have forgotten its time to head south to breed. Reporter is this a question of which biological need wins out, breeding or food . Its a struggle. Reporter well see. Until then a show of sea life could be called a huge attraction. For cbs this morning, ben tracy, monterey bay, california. Jim nantz is the lead playbyplay announcer for the nfl on cbs. He joining us from texas where the cowboys host the raiders this afternoon. Mr. Nantz, good morning. Happy thanksgiving. Youre right, man. Football family feasting its all part of the day. Tony romo has take an lot of flakover the years. Ill tell you sunday he looks pretty good. What are you expecting today . I dont know why hes such a lightning rod guy. Hes always seemed to be a guy under the mike rows cope more than the other quarterbacks. I would have to say some of these years where he threw an interception the cowboys would not have been in position to make a playoff run if it wasnt for tony. Hes having a great year. I would expect today, i think a lot of people are going to see why i say that. Jim, youre in dallas right now. Youre in