Possible step to keep our home homeland safe. Americans still jittery following the terrorist attacks. This country cannot be intimidated. A rainiy and wet weekend for millions of americans. Rainy and threat of snow in the midwest. Moscow says it will deploy longrange missiles to syria after turkey do you knowedwned one of its fighter jets. Frank giffords brain is being tested, believed to have cte. A national that have gone turkey named abe is pardoned by president obama. Abe is now the turkey of the united states. Pope francis in kenya. His first time as pope in africa. Wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. Eleven were injured. All that. Alaska airlines apologizing for baggage handling throwing a piece of luggage around as some kind of a game. Hit on his head. That is outrageous and all that matters. State department issued a threemonth Worldwide Travel alert. Everybody is tremendously concerned about what could happen next. If youre traveling, youre going to want to avoid this area. On cbs this morning. It is hard to believe that this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey. Time flies, even if turkeys dont. Thats right. President obama took part of the annual tradition of pardoning a turkey and donald trump said he saw vegetarians celebrating on the rooftop in jersey city announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places welcome to cbs this morning. Im don dahler with michelle miller. Charlie rose and Norah Odonnell and gayle king are probably making their turkeys right now. President obama is asking us to at any rate thanksgiving the way we normally do but no holiday for Police Across america. Officers are on high alert after the terrorist attacks in paris and trying to prevent a copycat event like what happened that paris today. Jericka duncan is in times square. Some of the amazing floats behind me are expected to draw in a record amount of people here in midtown manhattan this thanksgiving. More than 3 Million People are expected to line the parade route, which is 2. 5 miles long. But with those large crowds comes security concerns and official at all levels say they are not taking any chances. We are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe. Reporter president obama attempted to reassure a country on edge wednesday, saying there is no specific or credible threat against the u. S. This holiday weekend. Still, he warned, all americans to remain vigilant. If you see something suspicious, say something. Thats always helpful. But, otherwise, americans should go about their usual thanksgiving weekend activities. Reporter the president s statement came less than two weeks after 130 people were killed in a series of terror attacks across paris and just days after the state department issued a Worldwide Travel alert due to increased activity from groups like isis and al qaeda. Federal, state, and local authorities across the country have since stepped up security, and a joint intelligence bulletin issued to Law Enforcement nationwide fearing a similar attack could occur at home. What we are focused on and reporter at the nations airports, increased security meant longer lines and passengers at lax who is expecting 2 Million People this weekend were asked to arrive two hours before their flight. I know more threats traveling overseas than domestically but personally it doesnt bother me too much. Reporter at the annual thanksgiving day parade in new york city, additional plain clothes officers will keep a watch jul eye over the balloons and millions. Spectators. The terrorists cant succeed if we refuse to be terrorized. We have to stand our ground. Continue with our lives, continue going about our business. Dont change our lifestyle. Dont change our on values. Reporter in addition to bomb sniffing dogs and radiation detectors, the nypd will deploy 200 heavily armed new york state Critical ResponseTeam Officers for the first time. Authorities say all of this will make new york the safest place in the country today. Don . Thank you. New York City Police commissioner bill bratton is with us in studio 57. Good morning. Youve seen all of the intelligence. Is there any specific threats that are on the radar screen . There are not. We use the term Credible Threats and we do not have any. We get threats from time to time that we check out. None of them have checked out. We are a city that is constantly on alert because of the terrorism threats in general from isis and al qaeda. We have the capability to respond very quickly if we do get a credible threat, but this thanksgiving, we are looking and safe day. It will be a very beautiful day. Isnt that great . It is great it is great. But that will likely bring in an influx of more people. Expected. How do you hope to protect that we are very skilled at it and probably no Police Department in america that is better equipped equipped in terms of numbers of officers and skills as well as experience to do this. We have been doing this for many, many years, as you know. Based on the crowds we saw last night of the blowing of the balloons, huge crowds last evening and the warm weather brought them out. Today, this is probably going to be the nicest thanksgiving day in memory and expect close to record crowds. Have the rules of engagement changed due to the paris attacks . Will your officers stop to stop someone setting off an explosive vest . Back to the mumbai incident, it became apparent that the terrorist threat was no longer to take hostages and negotiate for their surrender. The terrorists are going to seek to kill themselves or be killed in their assaults and they will kill as many people as they can and as quickly as they can. We responded by retraining all of our personnel and in the process of now doing that with 35,000 to get in and neutralize the threat surfaceas fast as as possibly. It used to be line up outside and now its get are in there as fast as you can. Youre in the largest city of the nation, new york city. What should folks outside of new york be looking forward to . How should they be heading out to the Tree Lighting ceremonies and the other festivities that should be going on coming up. I think throughout the country and not just in new york, we certainly encourage people to get out and live your lives free of fear. We are in a world you have to be aware. The expression, see something, say something. If we are the police, if we see something, we are going to do something. I grew up in the 50s when the threat of Nuclear Annihilation was prevalent and hide under your desks and the world a has changed, unfortunately. But we can still live a great life, free of fear. In case of anarchy, you have 35,000 cops who know what they are doing and there to protect you. Commissioner bratton, we thank you for being with us this thanksgiving. You bet. French president Francois Hollande is heading to moscow this morning to discuss syria and try to convince russian president valentines day valentines day Vladimir Putin to join the fight against isis. Angela merkel visited paris. Hollande met with italys Prime Minister this morning in paris. Turkeys downing the russian jetliner that was struck down. Reporter turkey and russia are pushing their version of events for allowing the shooting down of that russian war plane. Turkey says the plane strayed just over a mile into its air space for just 17 seconds. And now turkey has released this distorted audio recording which it says is one of ten warnings given to the russian pilots. For the russian pilot who survived has told journalists that he did not receive any warnings and did not cross into turkish air space. Now this looks like a very dangerous situation just 24 hours ago with one of the russian pilots killed and the russian president Vladimir Putin threatening series consequences but its now clear that all of the parties involved in this tow ally the u. S. Wants to avoid a conflict. The u. S. , russia, turkey and iran and other countries have all taken sides in syrias war and now they are being drawn deeper and deeper into the conflict and perhaps closer to a conflict with each other. Don . Holly williams in istanbul, thank you. Police across europe are still searching for a pair of suspects in the paris bombing attack. They were tracked across the border into belgium. Debora patta is in brussels, belgium, where there is still a lot of tension. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Despite the easing of the lockdown in belgium, the hunt for two terror suspects continues. Security is extremely tight in the capitol which is on the highest state of alert for an attack. This is the new reality in brussels. Shops, schools and subways may have reopened, but security checks are now a constant feature of daily life here. Even hospitals are feeding the tension. The belgian government has ordered health and Emergency Services to take special precautionary measures to ensure their facilities are not infiltrated. The tight security has been spot by their attempt to root out a terror cell they believe is planning terror like attacks in brussels. The aftermath of those attacks is still being felt. In an interview, eagles of death metal sound engineer said he narrowly escaped being shot. I was Still Standing up and i can see the gunman. He looked right at me and he shot at me and he missed and he hit my console and buttons went flying everywhere. Thats when i went, lay down on the ground and we all just huddled. Reporter the manhunt for two of those terror particulars, belgium. Its now emerged that a month prior to the paris attacks, the mayor of a city received a list of 80 suspected islamic militants. On the list with the names of abdeslam brothers, abrini, and the suspected ring leader of the attack, abaaoud. Belgium is getting a representation as a jihadi hotbed but the mayor has not heard to opportunity down terrorists but its the responsibility of police. Debora patta in brussels, thank you. The full interview with the band is available at vice. Com. This morning, Severe Weather is threatening Holiday Plans for millions of americans. Winter weather advisory are in effect across the Central Plains and flash flood watches stretch through at least five states. In the west, 11 people were hurt near sacramento wednesday when heavy winds knocked over several tents at a flea market. And king tides are pounding the california coast. They are considered much higher than normal tides. Coastal flooding is a major concern. This morning, Frank Gifford joins a list of former nfl players confirmed to have a degenerative brain disease. The pro football hall of famer turned sportscaster was 84 when he died in august. Give giffords family agreed to have his brain studied for chronic trauma encephalopathy or tcte. Reporter Frank Gifford was known for his long tenure on monday night football but before that, he was in one of the most brutal hits in nfl history. In 1960, gifford playing with the new york giants was leveled after catching a pass in a game against the philadelphia eagles. He was carried off the field, hospitalized, and sidelined for more than a season. Although he lived a long life and died of natural causes, on released a statement revealing years. Frank gifford suffered from cte. During the last years of his life, frank dedicated himself to understanding the recent revelations between the connection of repetitive head trauma and its cognitive and behavioral symptoms which he experienced firsthand. The symptoms are really very similar what you find in alzheimers disease. Reporter his team has been studying the brains of former nfl players who had symptoms of cte in life and confirmed the disease in 88 of 92 players. Well, i think the greatest risk is how much brain trauma youve taken. The more youve taken, the longer time youve taken it, and the earlier in life you start taking it, all of those factors put you at greater risk for developing cte. Reporter while experts say, overall, cte is a rare disease, the effects of head trauma on nfl players have been scrutinize scrutinized in recent years and prompting the league to make numerous changes to try to make the game safer. In a statement, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell praised the Gifford Family for bringing attention to cte. Goodell said at the nfl we are supporting grants to nih and Boston University as well as other independent efforts to research the effects of repetitive head trauma. Protesters in chicago this morning say they want to disrupt black friday shopping. This is because of the outrage over the shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. Dozens blocked traffic and confronted police in a tense night of demonstrations. Some protesters destroyed part of the chicago christmas tree. Demonstrators took to the streets in other cities and six york. The protests are in reaction to graphic video showing an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. It happened last year. Public on tuesday, hours after the officer was charged with firstdegree murder. Cbs news legal expert Rikki Klieman is with us. Good morning. Good morning. The question a lot of people have is simply, why did it take so long for this video to come out . Thats the 64,000 dollar question and it is a disturbing question, indeed. It is 400 days from the time of this shooting, until the time of the charges against the officer. Now, ive heard all of the excuses. I mean, you had a police investigation, fbi investigation, and investigation it is taught that you must be transparent. You must get the bad news out there early because the longer you hold onto it, ultimately, it problems. There is no reason for this video to have been kept quiet, silent, for all of this time. And only, only a motion before a judge that it released the fact it was going to be released on wednesday, many people believe caused the charges to be filed on tuesday. This paints a stark picture of what happened that night. What could the possible defense be . The video is very disturbing and i think that many people will say, well, this is the end of the case, its a slam dunk video. A case is never quite so simple. I would think that a good defense attorney is going to muster the usual defense in a case like this, which i thought the night was a gun and i saw a shiny object, i was in fear of my life, i was in fear of the the other thing to remember, from the defense point of view, because this is what a lawyer is supposed to do, is that they will say that the dash cam video is only one perspective and it is not the perspective of the eyes and ears of this police officer. Rikki klieman, thank you so much. Got the watch team this morning. A rare moment, indeed enjoy your thanksgiving. Ahead, Health Investigators zero in on the potential root of the costco e. Coli outbreak. We will show y im erika martin with the weather update. Conditions for today above normal in up ther 50s to low happy thanksgiving. For some. 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