Heightened Security For Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
ROMANS: All right. This morning, hundreds of thousands of people will brave the elements to see the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in person here in New York City. About 3.5 million more will catch the festivities on television. The parade packed with floats and its signature giant balloons will kick off at 9:00 a.m. eastern under heightened security. It begins on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and winds its way along Central Park, down south, before finishing up right in front of Macy's Herald Square.</s>SANCHEZ: Now, security always a concern but especially so because of recent events. The increased police presence coming just weeks after that deadly truck attack killed eight people on a bike path in Lower Manhattan. We're going to see some sand-filled sanitation trucks that are going to prevent vehicles from getting anywhere near the crowd or the parade route today. Well, there's going to be some great sports on T.V. today -- some football. But there was a --</s>ROMANS: Sports on Thanksgiving? I had no idea.</s>SANCHEZ: There was a match-up that you could not take your eyes off last night. Former teammates Russell Westbrook --</s>ROMANS: Wow.</s>SANCHEZ: -- and Kevin Durant went face-to-face in the latest Warriors versus Thunder match-up. Coy Wire has more in this morning's "Bleacher Report." Good morning, Coy.</s>ROMANS: Hey, Coy.</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Happy Thanksgiving. I had to stay up and watch this one, Boris. Don't you just love Thanksgiving, though? You get to see your friends and there's a lot of love, but sometimes you have to see that one person who was kind of jerk to you in the past. Well, that was the case in Oklahoma City last night. Defending champion Warriors and former MVP Kevin Durant returning to play in front of the fans who used to love them. And to face former teammate and reigning MVP Russell Westbrook, who let Durant know they're not buddies like they used to be. Durant gets in Westbrook's face and then on his face. Look at the two bumping foreheads. Westbrook, in this game, could not be stopped. Season high 34 points. Russ and OK -- not the Euro step, though. He's like -- did you see that? Did you see how I did that? OKC wins 108 to 91. And Durant says there's no beef between him and Westbrook.</s>KEVIN DURANT, FORWARD, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS: The story is about the game. We lost. They kick our (expletive). They played a great game. We should give them credit for how they play and we should be better. It's not about who's in each other's faces. That stuff is not real so please don't believe it. All the fans, they lied to you all. It's about basketball and they played a great game, and we didn't.</s>WIRE: Oh, we don't believe you. The Celtics, the hottest team in basketball and their 16-game winning streak put on the line against the Heat in Miami last night and they got burned. Boston was down by 14 halfway through the fourth quarter. They did rally to cut the deficit to one, but Dion Waiters dropped the three- pointer and put the nasty dunk on the end of it. They end up beating the Celtics 104 to 98. My goodness, what a game. All right, Happy Thanksgiving. It's time for some food, family, and football, of course. First helping, 12:30 eastern. Leaders of the NFC North, the Vikings taking on their six-game win streak to Detroit. Second helping at 4:30. Chargers going to the Dallas Cowboys who are playing in their 50th Thanksgiving game. Dessert served up at 8:30 eastern. Washington hosting their first- ever Thanksgiving game as the New York Giants come to town on their one-game win streak. Look out. And finally, some shoppers in Charlotte got a huge surprise when they spotted Hornets star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in the grocery store. This guy's heart's even bigger than his six foot-seven frame. Twenty- four years old paying it all forward, buying all of their Thanksgiving groceries.</s>MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST, CHARLOTTE HORNETS: Excuse me, ma'am.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Huh?</s>KIDD-GILCHRIST: So I play for the Charlotte Hornets and it's the holidays and I'm just treating people to their groceries today. And I just wanted to -- I don't to pay for your groceries for the holidays and stuff like that.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You want to pay for my groceries?</s>KIDD-GILCHRIST: Yes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.</s>WIRE: I mean, does that smile not warm your heart? That wasn't all guys. You saw there -- he was getting ready -- he was taking the bags and putting in the people's cars for them and everything. And the thing I love about this, he did this on his own. This was not a team function that he had to do. It was something he wanted to do. I wish you guys a very happy Thanksgiving and I hope you have the wide angle lens tomorrow because I'm going to eat a whole bunch of food.</s>ROMANS: I'll ask them for a --</s>SANCHEZ: We'll be right there with you, Coy.</s>ROMANS: Indulge, indulge. You have our permission. All right, thanks, Coy. Did you see Russian propaganda on Facebook during the 2016 election? The social media site is about to let you know what you liked, what you followed that was actually propaganda from the Russians. "CNN Money Stream," next.