Today. What went wrong . Investigators poring over the black boxes from that doomed flight carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team. A surviving crew member claiming the plane ran out of fuel, as emotional tributes to the 71 victims are held around the world. And splitting the jackpot. A group of 20 coworkers comes forward with the Winning Ticket in that nearly half a billion dollar powerball drawing. I had to look again because i thought im in a dream. Their big plans for all that money today, wednesday, november 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. You have to feel good for these 20 people. They banded together. They have been playing the lottery for eight years now. Doesnt make you any less jealous but it does make you feel good for them. Think about everybody who joins the office pool wishing it would happen, but its nice to see it happen to a good group of people there. There is hope. Well tell you more about that in just a little while. Lets get right now to those dangerous situations unfolding across the south. Its been a really rough 72 hours beginning with the historic wildfires that are still burning in the Great Smoky Mountains of tennessee. Overnight Severe Weather raced across that region spawning multiple tornados. We have complete coverage starting with those storms. Tim fam has the very latest. Tim, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Tornados ripped through polk county tennessee. Were in benton, tennessee, right now. This Convenience Store got hit hard. Poyer lines were down, the roof was torn off and thrown across the parking lot. Right now the community at a standstill as power is out everywhere. Debris is blocking the roads and shutting down a major highway. We spoke with Benton County police rocky king and he says there are at least a few fatalities. He could not confirm exactly how many, but says this Community Looks like a disaster zone. Matt . Tim pham, thank you very much. Al, whats the forecast looking for those people . Its going to be tough. In fact we have new tornado watches out for that region once again. This was a very vigorous system. We were telling you how this was going to the atmosphere was juiced up yesterday. Tornado and wind damage reports, 74 of them. The line stretches 550 miles. Right now we have tornado watches stretching for much of louisiana, including new orleans, all the way up into central tennessee again. Weve even got severe thunderstorm warnings up into parts of the carolinas. Now, look at this, today we have a risk of strong storms stretching ten Million People under a severe risk from new orleans all the way on into Western North carolina. And you can see weve got this front pushing through, strong storms firing up. The only Silver Lining is this is going to help the drought down there. You can see rainfall amounts from 1. 5 to 3 inches. Some areas could pick up 3 to 5 inches locally. Looking at the wildfires in tennessee, you can see more heavy rain moving in, but the sad part about this is while well have drenching rains, which is good news, were also going to have very, very gusty winds so the flames that arent knocked down are going to be fanned by these massive 60mileperhour wind gusts. Youll be back with your forecast in just a little while. And we want to talk more about these raging wildfires in tennessee, including the largest in that state in a century. Parts of two popular resort towns have been leveled, thousands forced to flee. We find Kerry Sanders in pigeon forge this morning. Kerry, good morning. Reporter well, good morning, savannah. That rain that al was talking about has literally just started to fall. Three people have died in the fires here. Ten people are in the hospital, three are in critical condition. Now, the damage here in pigeon forge and in nearby gatlinburg, as you can see, is complete in certain areas. It is just devastating. The Authorities Say that folks decide to move to areas like this because it can be so beautiful, exempt when there is a fire. In this firestorm, the survivors say it was like being in the gates of hell. Tennessees governor says its the largest fire seen in the volunteer state in 100 years. A firestorm raging now for two days in and around the Great Smoky Mountain National park. Please, lord, let us get off this county. Reporter sevier county, in gatlinburg the devastation staggering. The fire so hot it burned some homes to their foundations. 14,000 residents and visitors evacuated. And now some coming home to find out how bad it was. In pigeon forge it was apocalyptic almost. Reporter dakota cogdale returned to his grandparents home of 43 years. A lifetime of memories, gone in the flames. The gun i learned how to shoot with, my first bb gun, is right here. Whats left of it anyway. Reporter the loss tumperred by what was saved. My family is safe, theyre all accounted for. Thats what weve been telling each other. We can rebuild, we cant replace. Reporter for michael reed, fears of the worst this morning. He left his home to see if the fire was moving closer. When it did and so quickly, he was cut off from his wife, constance, and daughters, 12yearold enclosu1 12yearold chloe and 9yearold lily. We got up to the house and i just screamed her name. Reporter again overnight hundreds spent the night in shelters. It was nothing but red. I was taking care of an elderly lady. I had to get her out and our animals out. Thats the only thing that we had time to get. Reporter the fire zone a popular tourist destination, home to dollywood, thats Country Music superstar Dolly Partons popular theme park. Flames ripped through the fringes but the park was spared. Dolly saying shes heartbroken and praying for all the families. What sparked the massive fire remains unclear, but Officials Say it appears to be human caused. This morning teams are still on the fire lines trying to tame a monster. A fastmoving blaze that took the mayor of gatlinburgs business and his home. Were strong, were resilient, and were going to make it. Reporter this morning michael reed, who is still trying to find out information about his wife and two daughters, does not have an update yet. He fears for the worst. Meantime this rain that is falling might sound like a good thing, but the truth is it will soak the ground and these trees here according to the authorities are all so loosened by the firestorm that came through here, they will collapse and that creates a new danger. Of course we just saw some lightning. Lightning is not a friend either because that lightning can spark another blaze. These are really tough times, kerry, and our hearts are with the people. Thank you so much. We want to turn now to the decision facing president elect donald trump over who to pick for secretary of state. He met yet again with mitt romney last night and after that dinner romney heaped praise on the man he once famously called a phony and a fraud. Hallie jackson is outside trump tower where the president elect is again busy on twitter this morning. Hallie, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Yes, the president elect coming out with a big announcement online just within the last couple of minutes here this morning tweeting that he will be holding a News Conference on december 15th here in new york city with his children to discuss the fact, he says, that i will be leaving my great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to make America Great again. He continues while i am not mandated to do this under the law, i feel it is visually important as president to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses. Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of Business Operations. The presidency is a far more important task. This comes as questions have lingered over how the president elect plans to separate his business interests from the interests of the nation. It has been 126 days since his last formal News Conference. All of it comes as he tries to sort out his cabinet, meeting with as you mentioned his former critic, mitt romney. The two sharing a meal of steak, scallops and frog legs here in manhattan. Its the ritzy restaurant rendezvous no one could have seen coming six months ago. The attacks then turning to compliments now. He did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing. He won the general election. And he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together. Reporter mitt romney and donald trump joined by incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus at a threestar spot named after famous chef jean george von rick ten. Call it a secondround interview for the secretary of state slot trump still hasnt filled, but his cabinet is coming together. According to a top transition source, the president elect has picked billionaire banker and his former finance chair Steven Mnuchin as the next secretary of treasury. For commerce its wilbur ross and for transportation head, elaine chao who served eight years as labor secretary under george w. Bush and whos married to Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Ive heard rumors that it should be an outstanding appointment. Reporter the president elect now ready for a road trip with nbc news learning from a source familiar with the plans hell head to indianapolis tomorrow to try and make good on a Campaign Pledge to try to keep carrier air conditioning jobs from moving to mexico. You think youre going to ship your stuff across the border for no tax, no nothing. You can forget it. Reporter the company now confirming it reached a deal with the new administration to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in indiana. Its not clear yet what the incentives are or whether they would be available to other u. S. Businesses. After that, its on to cincinnati and the start of a thank you tour in states where trump did well. The candidate, who fed off the energy of campaign rallies, doing it again as president elect. I love cincinnati. Reporter donald trump tweeting about his trip but its another tweet that has him facing fallout in a flagburning firestorm. Quote, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. If they do, there must be consequences, he writes. Perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail. But burning the flags is considered a form of free speech under the first amendment, upheld twice by the supreme court. And the suggestion of stripping citizenship also unconstitutional. In this country we have a long tradition of respecting unpleasant speech. I happen to support the supreme courts decision on that matter. Reporter also this morning, news of a rare public appearance by Donald Trumps former rival, hillary clinton. She appeared here in new york city at a unicef gala to introduce katy perry. The two joining each other on stage. Hallie, thank you very much. Were learning more this morning about the possible cause of that deadly crash of a plane carrying members of a Brazilian Soccer Team to a match in colombia. Nbcs keir simmons has the latest now. Reporter on their way to colombia, video posted to social media shows excited young soccer players looking forward to the biggest game of their lives. Now their families, teammates and fans in the small city of chapeco, brazil, forced with loss. A few team members who didnt make the trip shell shocked. Supporters joining hands at the teams home stadium chanting the names of their fallen comrades. Meanwhile crash investigators are going through the planes flight data recorders to figure out what went wrong. As the plane approached, the pilot reported electrical problems and circled before crashing into the hillside. A surviving crew member reportedly told rescuers the plane ran out of fuel. Once that recorder is read out, i think it will become apparent if this is a fuel issue, range issue or if it experienced a mechanical problem. Reporter heavy rain and steep, muddy conditions hampered rescue efforts but six people were saved. Three members of the team, one journalist and two crew members. One wife posting to instagram that her hub is in a stable condition. Another player leaves behind a pregnant wife just 18 years old. The family releasing this video showing the moment he learned he would be a father, dancing and celebrating with his teammates. The 31yearold goalie managed to call his wife after the crash, but later died at the hospital. In the wake of the tragedy, an outpouring of support from the soccer world. Teams in europe and south america paying tribute with vigils and moments of silence. The arch at Londons Wembley stadium lit up in green. Chapecoense had been a cinderella story reaching the finals, a team that inspired brazilian fans now being mourned by an entire nation. And a member of the team board tells nbc news that a team doctor is arriving here in colombia to help identify the bodies. The pope this morning praying for the players and the Colombian Team that was set to face that brazilian team, they now say the trophy should go to the brazilians for the fallen. Savannah. Keir simmons in bogota for us this morning. Thank you. Tuesday was an emotional day in court at the highprofile trial over a Deadly Police shooting in south carolina. The former officer accused of gunning down an unarmed black man fought back tears as he testified in his own defense. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has more on that. Gabe, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The defense rested its case after that former officer, michael slager, took the witness stand. Now, the jury is scheduled to visit the scene of the Fatal Shooting later today, and closing arguments could begin soon after in a case that reignited the National Conversation about race and police tactics. This morning the final stages in the trial of michael slager, the former Police Officer accused of Walter Scotts murder. I fired until the threat was stopped, what im trained to do. Reporter in his first detailed public account of what happened back in april of 2015 in my mind, fear. I was scared. Reporter slager told the jury he pulled scott over for a broken tail light and was about to write him a warning when scott suddenly bolted from his car. People dont run from a broken taillight. Reporter prosecutors say scott fled because he was behind on Child Support payments and feared being arrested. Slager said he fired his taser three times but that didnt stop scott from grabbing the stun gun. It was total fear that mr. Scott didnt stop. Reporter the cell phone video he says picks up the encounter seconds later when scott breaks away from the struggle. Slager says in hindsight he would not have chased scott on foot in the first place and instead would have called for backup. His entire testimony was what he would have done different and things hes remembering now which he didnt remember then, which was shocking. Reporter the trial now in its third week has been emotional for Walter Scotts family, his mother breaking down on the witness stand. He said they tasin me, and i heard him groaning like he was in excruciating pain. Reporter the case could go to the jury as early as today. If convicted, slager faces 30 years to life in prison. Gabe gutierrez, gabe, thank you. Tens of thousands of cubans filled havanas plaza of the revolution last night for a Memorial Service honoring fidel castro. The president s of mexico, ecuador, venezuela and south africa attended the service. Raul castro closed the memorial with a speech calling his older brother the leader of a revolution for the humble and by the humble. Today a threeday procession begins carrying castros ashes across cuba. We now know who won saturday nights powerball drawing worth nearly 421 million. A group of 20 coworkers who work at a manufacturing plant in portland, tennessee, came forward to claim their prize. They spoke at a News Conference about the huge win. You never think youre going to win this lottery, but you do it for fun. Well, my son saw la fayette, tennessee, and he started texting, i know mom has bought that ticket. Wake her up, wake her up. I just started screaming but i had to look again because i thought i was in a dream. Everybody up here has a heart of gold. And this isnt changing what they have always done. I was on my way home last night from here and my check engine light came on and i thought, you know, i dont have to get frantic about that now. I called billy and he said, man, you need to get up and watch the news. And i went why . He went we won the lottery. Hope to do a lot of good with it and just keep a level head, kindness, you know. Just dont change. Thats my motto. You get the feeling theyre not going to change. They pooled their money for years. Something like eight years they played together. So after taxes, they say theyll each get about 13 million. Just in time for christmas and for that check oil or engine light. Thats awesome. Al, lets get a check of the forecast. Ive got a tree they could buy. Lets show you really quickie what weve got going on. Again that, Severe Weather going on through the southeast into the midatlantic states, snow in the pacific northwest, also western plains, western Great Western plains, western great lakes, high surf advisories in g for everyone to gather around. And you know what else im thinking . Lights some help. Got it and the ornaments might take a little bit more time. But were gonna get it just right. What do you think bullseye . [ bark ] ok, lets do this hey hows this look . Hmm . Whoa what do ya think . Its like you. Its like you read my mind good morning. Dreary to start with, then fog, then clouds, rain and a chance of thunderstorms. But look at these temperatures. Into the 60s this afternoon. Even warmer than yesterday. The suburbs, 63. Very low 60s that show while initland new jersey will warm to the middle 60s. 56 degrees but near 70 in delawa delaware. Have a great day. Thats yourr latest weather. Coming up, more twists in that mysterious abduction of a california mother. This morning what her family is now revealing about her ordeal as police expand the search for suspects. And in light of that, a special rossen reports. The new technology that could potentially stop an attack and save your life. First on a wednesday morning, this is today on nbc. 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Severe weather hammering parts of the south with tornados touching down in several states overnight. At least five people have died, dozens more injured. Around 20 buildings were destroyed isnn jackson county, alabama, alone. Crews are hoping a new round of high winds wont further stoke the flames. Three people have died, dozens of home have been destroyed and officials fear the death toll could rise as they search areas they have been so far unable to reach. And mitt romney praised donald trump following a second meeting with the president elect about a possible role as secretary of state. Heres what romney had to say to reporters as he left that dinner. What ive seen through these discussions that ive had with president elect trump as well as what weve seen in his speech the night of his victory as well as the people he selected as part of his transition, all of those things combined give me increasing hope that president elect trump is the very man who can lead us to that better future. Of course that is a striking change from some of the things mitt romney said about donald trump during the campaign. In the meantime, weve got some new information in that case of a kidnapped california mother. She was found badly beaten on the side of a road nearly 150 miles from her home. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz has the latest. Gadi, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. For the first time, investigators are revealing that they are taking a look at several other cases across the country for their similarities to the kidnapping of sherri papini. Meanwhile her husband is describing his wifes condition after torture and starvation. Mother of two, sherri had been through an unimaginable 22 days of terror. Rushing to the hospital, her husband, keith, says nothing could prepare him for what he saw, telling People Magazine in a statement the officers told me to brace myself. My first sight was my wife in a hospital bed, her face covered with bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings. Her kidnappers dumped her early thanksgiving morning on the side of the road shackled. Chp is advising she is heavily battered and it is a confirmed kidnapping. Her husband, keith, saying she has been branded. She was thrown from a vehicle with a chain around her waist attached to her wrist and a bag over her head. The same bag she used to flag someone down when she was able to free one of her hands. During her captivity, she had lost so much weight she was down to 87 pounds. Her body covered in bruises, severe burns, red rashes and chain markings. Her signature long blonde hair had been chopped off. But her husband adding ultimately it was sherris will to survive that brought her home. Meanwhile, a team of detectives is working every detail. Even her injuries could offer clues. Her husband has said she was branded. What could that mean . Maybe a method of torture. It could mean a way of control or exerting control over a person. Is it a symbol or could it be some type of message either to the person, the victim, or to others. Reporter and there is one other detail that is a mystery to investigators. Detectives say she was taken while out on a run. After she was abducted, her phone was discovered about a mile away from her home. But when it was found, it seemed carefully placed on the ground, not lost in a struggle. It appeared that it had been set in some grass with the screen facing up, and then the ear buds to the phone were loosely coiled and appeared to be placed on the screen. It did somewhat appear to be that it was placed there purposely. Reporter detectives reviewing any lead that could help them develop a better description of her kidnappers, for now only described as two Hispanic Women in a dark suv. Papini was interviewed by detectives for a third time yesterday. They are hoping to have a better description of her kidnappers a little bit later today. Gadi schwartz, thank you very much. Mr. Roker, what do you have . Were looking at the northern end of that same system causing all the problems down south. Its going to be bringing more rain up into our region. In fact you can see heavier showers and thunderstorms southern new jersey stretching back into pittsburgh. We have low visibility and ceilings so from boston to washington, d. C. , rough air travel today. This front will move this evening into the east coast. Were going to be looking at a lot more rain. In fact it may help some of the drought. Look at these rainfall amounts. Generally a quarter of an inch to more than two inches. In fact the record for new york city, 2. 2 inches. We set one yesterday. Poor visibility and its going to continue right through into tomorrow morning. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats hpening in your ap good morning. Im meteorologist, bill henley. The fog will move out, then we have rain. And into the 60s this afternoon. Even warmer than yesterday. 66 for philadelphia. The suburbs, 63. Very low 60s at the shore while inland new jersey will warm to the middle 60s. Lehigh, 56. But near 70 in delaware. Have a great day. , get your weather any time you need it. Check out the Weather Channel on cable. Al, thank you so much. Just ahead, a new reason to be a little embarrassed by some of those songs we stream in private. Well explain. And first we have a special rossen reports. Hi, good morning, im jeff rossen. Coming up, new technology to keep you safe. From apps on your phone to small devices you can actually wear. 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Weve got a new rossen reports sear ree series, keeping you safe. The technology that promises to protect you. Jeff rossen is here to show us how this might work. Womens safety back in the headlines right now in a major way. As we have been reporting right here on today, that faterrifyg abduction of a woman in california. A mom grabbed by kidnappers who was out for a run by herself. Her family said she had her cell phone with her when she was attacked and thought got us thinking. Can your smartphone help protect you when youre out there alone . This morning, new apps and devices you can get right now that could save your life, and were trying them out. Youre walking alone, no one else around. And thats when an attacker could strike. You hear about it all the time. I always wonder, like, could that be me . Theres a lot of times when i could be defenseless. Reporter missa baker is a waitress who leaves work late at night. Today trying out popular new apps and gadgets that promise to protect women. Up first, wearsafe, a virtual panic button at your fingertips. How does it work . Its wearable. It clips right to my keys. If i feel in trouble, i hit the button and it audio records. So its recording audio in realtime and even what happened a few seconds ago. Exactly. And it sends that to my friends with my exact gps location to let them know im in trouble or that i need help. Lets try it out. Im being followed by a tall man in a red jacket with dark denim, and then id hit the button. And thats it . Thats it. Reporter across town, missas friends, lindsay. Her precise gps location pops on the screen and the audio file too. Im being followed by a tall man in a red jacket with dark denim. Reporter this next one goes even further, an app called be safe, recording video. Ill hit the alarm button and give a countdown of 3, 2, 1 and its recording you. If i were the real attacker, an alarm goes off as well. If im a real attacker, youd follow me with the camera and this actually gets texted to her friends and it actually calls one of your friends as well to let them know whats going on. By the way, this app has gps coordinates too, which is kind of cool. Its really cool. Reporter but app number three may be the most advanced of all, called lifeline response. Not only tracking you but calling the police instantly. You walk with your thumb on the screen. If your thumb comes off, it sounds the alarm. Okay, were going to test this in realtime. Were standing in a random parking lot. We should mention the local police have no clue where we are right now and were going to try this out. Your thumb is on that button. Take your thumb off like you were being attacked and automatically it starts you counting you down. You have 18 seconds to type in your personal pin number that no one else knows. The alarm is going off. Dont type in your pin. This is emma from lifeline response. We have received your emergency distress alert. I have notified the local police of the situation and transmitted your gps coordinates. Wow. The police are currently en route to your location. Again, the police are en route. Reporter within moments, lifeline response tracks missas location and calls the cops. Female white 5 foot brown eyes. I hear the sirens, theyre coming. This is crazy. This is crazy. That took less than a minute. That was so fast. Thats crazy. You guys knew exactly where to come. Exactly where to go. It doesnt get any better than this. Who do you make of this app . I love this app. What do you make of this . If i was really in an emergency situation, this really could have saved my life. Heres the good news. You can download these apps right now. They work on iphone and android devices. They work on both and theyre pretty cheap. The wearable one, and the one that calls the cops, those are around 5 a month. The one that takes video is completely free. 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Well, theyre all over it at the countrys most famous residence as well. People think thanksgiving is their pregame for christmas. Ler like lets get it started. By the way, they have gotten it started at the white house in a wonderful way. Military family members joined the first lady tuesday to unveil the obamas final white House Holiday decorations. While designers begin planning six months ahead of time, volunteers actually arrived at the white house just five days ago to produce what is an incredible display. Let me take you through. Throughout the white house youll find 1245 feet of garland, 109 wreaths and 63 Christmas Trees. And a new addition to this years decor, 56 lego houses, one for each state and territory. And the decorations also include, weve seen these guys before, largerthanlife replicas of the obamas dogs made up of more than 25,000 yarn pompons and no christmas is complete without the traditional gingerbread house. 150 pounds of gingerbread, 20 points of icing went into this. The blue room is the official home of the official White House Christmas tree standing at 19 feet. It would, by the way, take nearly five of these to reach the height of our Beautiful Tree out there on Rockefeller Center which will be lit up tonight. This is not a competition because theres the white house and theres our house. You know my role on this show. Im the salesperson so heres the pitch. You, yes, you at home can watch all of the action 8 00 7 00 central on nbc. Even if im not paid to say it, i would be watching because im watching you guys. Coming up, hey, scott brothers, your work is cut out for you. Youre going to help us get ready for the holidays in our own homes. 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Dont you wish life could be this messfree . Color wonder. Find it in the crayola aisle. Sets each sold separately. People say, lets just get a sandwich or something. Or something . You dont just graduate from medical school, or something. And we dont just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and handslice avocado. Theres nothing or something about it. Well, if you want to sing out, sing out and if you want to be free, be free cause theres a million things to be you know that there are and if you want to be me, be me and if you want to be you, be you cause theres a million things to do you know that there are the most important thing for the holidays, nbc 10 news starts now. Im tracy davidson. Foggy, cloudy, rainy. Lets get to your first alert forecast. Bill. Everything but sunshine is what werer seeing this morning. Rain is starting to move into the suburbs. And a little steadier in south jersey right now. These were heavier as they were approaching the area. 50 right now in the Lehigh Valley. Look at the rain in delaware and its 56 in philadelphia. Well warm to 66 in the city with showers and thunderstorms into the afternoon. All right. Bill. Retser e jessica. Watching 295. Were still a mess from an earlier accident around the 42 freeway. And now around route 4 30. We can cant tell which is fast because theyre both dealing narj dlaz. If youre heading to different parts of south jersey or philadelphia or roosevelt southbound theres an accident. Tracy. The annual camp out for hunger continues rain or shine all week at xfinity live. Today a parade of jeeps will arrive at the event. Look for our news 4 t10s, ill believe it. Sfwrrs. The prang miswiems commit. And i wasnt sure it if i was supposed to care or yiet. I have the next lack ses hollywood live. How ease rr still making america laugh. Exinate access. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, deadly disaster. Severe weather slams parts of the south overnight. Tornados killing at least five people, as devastating wildfires rip through tennessee. Were live on the scene. Plus, teens tell all. We saw people making out, people smoking, people drinking. Do you know what your teenager is really up to . We talk candidly with High Schoolers, get the inside scoop on the secret lives of teens. And duet with dolly. Miley cyrus takes a break from the coachs chair on the voice to team up with the music icon, who just happens to be her godmother. Today, wednesday, november 30th, 2016. We left 18 inches of snow in north dakota to come to the today show. Good morning, north carolina. Hi from ohio. Good morning nbc 4 in columbus. Celebrating our 33rd anniversary on today. Shoutout to all my friends and family in louisiana. Bringing cheer to all who are near from shelby, north carolina. Were back at 8 00 on a wednesday morning. It is november 30th, 2016. And that means, as weve said several times this morning, tonight we get to light the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree. Then we all get lit. Its always that way, thats right. 50,000 lights. And you know what happens. If one goes out, they all go out. We checked off the box for this year. Weve done all our jokes. Coming up, day three of the steals and deals holiday extravaganza. This morning, jill martin has the perfect gift ideas for friends or coworkers, the kids teachers, honestly anyone you need to shop for. Get it done. Before we get to one thing, which is the news, we just want to say hi. You guys make our year every year, you really do. Your names again. Carol ann. And im tisha. Again, thanks for coming down in your finery. They say follow them at instagram, nyc tree girls. Adorable. You dropped one of your ornaments there. I had that happen once, its not good. Here is a check of the headlines. Time for your news at 8 00. Reporter we begin with the devastating fires and the powerful storms in the south. Im kerry sandseers in pigeon foern morning, tennessee. The fires continue to burn but not as ferociously as they had which has evacuees wondering if they can go to be to see what, if anything, survived. Overnight Severe Weather battering parts of the south. Powerful tornados leaving a path of destruction through several states. Mississippi, louisiana, and alabama, where three people were killed in rosalie, two dead in tennessees polk county. It comes as wildfires ravage other parts of tennessee. This whole place is on fire. Reporter like the gates of hell, say survivors. Flames shooting through tree branches. The air filled with smoke and coalhot embers. Hit the gas reporter a record drought leaving dry brush, the perfect kindling to fuel the flames. It caught residents and tourists alike by surprise. More than 14,000 evacuated, with so little time to escape, some residents left with only the clothes on their backs. We lost everything. We have nothing. We could feel the heat off the fire. We were getting hit in the face with embers. It was bad. Reporter hundreds of homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. More than 1,000 people waking up in shelters this morning. The fires are burning across 15 thousand acres in and around the Great Smoky Mountains, the most visited National Park in the country. The popular dollywood theme park spared. Tennessee native dolly parton saying in a statement she is heartbroken and praying for all the families. For hundreds, all thats left now is scorched earth. Its crazy. Reporter dakota cogdale visited his grandparents home where he had thanksgiving dinner just last week. My family is safe. Theyre all accounted for. You know, thats pretty much what weve been telling each other, we can rebuild. We cant replace. Of course family members, photographs. All that is gone. You know, its a shame, but we still have each other. We know theyre still going to be family photos and everything taken. New pictures. Yes, new pictures, new beginnings. Reporter it started to rain here, which you would think is good news, but it is not. Its not enough rain to kill the fires, but the rain is causing the soil here to get loose and the firestorm that came through here has already weakened the trees, so authorities are concerned those trees could begin collapsing. Its one reason why theyre going to be keeping those who are evacuated out for a little bit longer. Matt. Kerry sanders. Kerry, thank you. President elect donald trump announced this morning that he will leave Business Operations to focus on the presidency. Hell hold a News Conference in two weeks to discuss the details of that. In the meantime, hes filling up more of his cabinet. Trump has picked his former Campaign Finance chair, Steven Mnuchin, as the next treasury secretary. Investor wilbur ross as commerce secretary and elaine chao as transportation secretary. Last night he had dinner with mitt romney, whos in the running for secretary of state. A vocal critic during the campaign, romney now says he has increasing hope that trump can lead the country to a better future. And now to missouri where a gas pipeline exploded tuesday, sending flames soaring into the air. This happened near Kansas City International airport in a pipe line that carries propane and ethane gas. Officials are trying to find out what caused that explosion. No reports of injuries. Some sad news about a former member of our nbc family. Grant tinker who served as chairman and ceo of nbc from 1981 to 1986 died monday at his home in california. He was the former husband of Mary Tyler Moore and together they formed mtm enterprises, which produced favorites including the Mary Tyler Moore show, the bob newhart show and mitt street blues. He turned the network around with shows like family ties, the cosby show. He leaves behind sons mark and john. Grant tinker was 90 years old. Just ahead, do you really know what your kids are up to . Our frank, unfiltered discussion with a brave group of teenagers. All parents should see this. Then the photo shoot that stopped traffic here in manhattan and why maybe it wasnt such a great idea. And well get some holiday upgrade ideas for your home from the scott brothers. The scott brothers. But first, these messages. We rely on our courage. The kind of courage that shows up when we need it. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Give now to the american cancer society. And people are saving bigcyber storewide and online get 50 off awesome toys like me its cyber week at toysrus save big on thousands of toys kids want, online and in store toysrus. Awwwesome at progresso, we are passionate about our art. 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Less sugar. Balanceus. Org. Its 8 11, time to trend. First up, the video that shows what some are calling street justice new york style. Heres what happened. A youtube star named kobe person was doing a little photo shoot on a busy new york street. There he is on the left and thats his gold bmw that he double parked. They were just sitting on the hood taking photos. So what happened is the driver politely went up to him. A guy behind him smashed the window of his car. The guy travels with a bat in the car . Okay. Now heres the thing. This is new york. I dont know. Some are saying, and i think al is in this camp, is this just an elaborate stunt for like a great Youtube Video . But their reaction looks genuine. The guy is like yo, yo. Its a stunt. New yorkers are not like that. But these guys get paid on the number of videos they get. Is it going to pay for that car . Its a windshield. All right. We need to get some closure. Im leaning in the out camp. I dont know. But would you put it past a new yorker to just say no. Im surprised we could run the audio portion of that. Anyway, a Police Department in kansas, how about this surprise. When they went looking for a wild creature, they got calls about a Mountain Lion that had been spotted in the area. When they set up cameras to see if they could get a citing of it, they got more than they bargained for. They checked the footage and heres what they found. Pranksters parading in front of the cameras dressed as wild animals. The people of gardner, kansas, man, they love a good joke. And on facebook, the Police Department wrote thank you to the citizens who noticed the cameras. Your effort and sense of humor are greatly appreciated. I like that. Too funny. Thats a good prank. Do you guys have songs that you listen to on your playlist that you love but you would not want other people to know about . Yeah, weve all got those. A new ad campaign by spotify is falling out some of its users and their song choices. This was at new yorks port authority. Dear person who played Justin Biebers sorry 42 times on valentines day, what did you do . And this ad, to the 1235 guys who love the girld night playlist this year, we love you. The tag on the ads read thanks 2016, its been weird. Do you have any like that, any weird songs . Oh, my gosh, yes. Give me one. Like, for example, this morning i was playing sexual healing. But would i want the world to know that . Why was i playing it . I dont know. Mine would be nice. Hoda, i know youve got some embarrassing ones. I dont have any im embarrassed about but i do have lots and lots and lots of john denver. I love john denver. Im not embarrassed by that. Theres nothing wrong with that. Bang the drum. Im not embarrassed. I would say do you want to build a snowman. The frozen song . Have you never come in and heard the frozen theme coming out of his dressing room . What about you . I dont have embarrassing but im always curious when i see men sing all the Single Ladies and they know the whole routine. Im like oh, okay. Like al does in the morning. We took up so much time, straight to popstart. First, Jennifer Aniston explaining why she took a stand and stood up to the tabloids earlier this year. She wrote a powerful oped for the Huffington Post calling out the endless speculation of her marriage and whether hes pregnant. Jen said she had enough when she returned from a recent vacation. We were mobbed, like a scary kind of mobbed. I didnt know what was happening. And it turns out that another wonderful photograph, which i had to sort of live with for the last 10, 15 years of picture of me with a bump and a circle around my stomach with an arrow pointing to it, just disgustingly objectifying kind of way and i was just fed up with it. We have to support each other especially at this time, to love each other, to support and to be proud of women and whatever your choice is in life. Its up to us what makes us happy and fulfilled. That episode of ellen airs today. Next to dolly parton performing one of her biggest hits jolene. But last night it wasnt just any performance. Dolly sang a duet with her goddaughter, miley cyrus. Jolene Jolene Jolene jolene im begging of you please dont take my man Jolene JoleneJolene Jolene please dont take him just because you can i could listen to that all day. Thats good. And dolly is a busy lady. Shell be among the stars performing at the Christmas Tree lighting tonight. And the pentatonics. And finally Matthew Mcconaughey moonlighting as a golf cart driver. You might think after seeing this photo but matthew is just giving back to his alma mater. Its a program at the university of texas which offers students free rides home after a late night. So there he is giving unsuspecting students a lift. This fall matthew also taught a course at school, dont worry, everything is all right, all right, all right. Look at the girl in the back. When matthew is behind the wheel of your golf cart. Shes tweeting. Can you imagine youre sitting there waiting for the cart. Id be like, hey, where do you live . At your house. Your house is fine. Im cool with it. Tamron, thank you. Mr. Roker, check of the weather. Lets see what weve got. Again, weve been talking about all this Severe Weather. Weve got right now tornado watches stretching from new orleans all the way up just to the west of knoxville. Were going to be watching this line of storms all morning long. And weve got unseasonably warm weather depending on where you are. If youre here in the east, minneapolis its 8 degrees above normal. Even tallahassee at 80 degrees, way above normal. The temperatures still stay fairly mild but start to calm down from boston, charlotte, mobile. Out west it stays awfully cool, Salt Lake City in the 30s. Wichita in the 40s by saturday. Dallas even down into the low 50s by saturday. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Dreary to start, with fog, the fog plouffe out and of we have clouds, rain, and a chance for thunderstorms. But look at these temperatures, into the 60s this afternoon. 66 for philadelphia. The suburbs, 63. Very low 60s at the shore, while inland new jersey, warming to the middle 60s. A bit cooler in the Lehigh Valley with a steadier rain and a chance of storms. 56 degrees, but near 70 degrees in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Her. Were launching something new this morning. Its a series were calling teens tell all. Heres what we did. We gathered a group of High Schoolers for a candid discussion about the pressures theyre facing, and nothing was off limits. Heres nbcs stephanie gosk. We saw people making out, people smoking, people drinking. Like a racy picture. Send me a picture of that booty. Eight colorado teenagers sat down with us for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what goes on inside their lives. Im marley. Max. Claudia. Della, alexandra, jalen. Roslyn wiseman helped us gather a group willing to speak openly about what it means to be a teen today. We kicked off the discussion by asking the teens to confess something anonymously that their parents may not know. Magic bowl of secrets. Drugs came up early in the conversation. This is a good one. I dont smoke pot. Remember, in colorado, marijuana is legal for adults. Its such a normalized drug that youre almost like pressured to do it. Its kind of a stigma. Like if youre not chill about someone smoking pot, youre looked down upon. I have a lot of friends that smoke a lot. Which would you say is easier, getting pot or a sixpack of beer . Pot. Pot. We also heard about the abuse of prescription drugs. Sometimes theres like pill parties when they have like a bowl at the front door and everyone drops a pill in, and then you can like take one and you dont know what youre taking. Thats very scary. I feel like a big thing right now is lean. Whats lean . Cough syrup, jolly ranchers. And sprite. Its a drink . Yeah. And you just take it with pills. You just chug it and its really strong. Sexting. How many of you have seen a naked photo of someone in your school . When did you first see it . Middle school. Sixth grade. Sixth grade, yeah. 12. Do you have to ask for a picture or do some people just send them . Some people just send them. Guys will just send them. So do girls. Girls will too. Really . Out of the blue. Ive had people come up to me and like did you see this picture . No, i dont want to see that. If someone that you were kind of interested in asked you to send a naked picture of yourself, would you ever think thats kind of creepy. I wouldnt think it was creepy just because it happens so often. Sexting turned into a conversation about sex. And the hookup culture. Let me ask this question. Is it easier to hook up with someone than it is to hold their hand in school . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The girls worry about slut shaming. Theres a whole discussion about it, how girls get treated more and get judged upon more than guys do. Yeah, i mean if you wear something, you get slut shamed. If you do something, you get slut shamed. If you walk some way. Like everything is picked apart about a girl. And most of the time its actually girls who slut shame other girls. Thats what ive noticed. Nothing is private over your life anymore. Get into a fight with your friend, everyone knows about it. Everyone knows what you said over text. Theres a lot of competition. You go to someones instagram, its all pretty and all parties. Youre like i dont go to parties all that often. Does it make you feel bad . Kinda. You have that pressure to only post the cool thing you did over the weekend. I said embarrassed when my grandma comments on my pictures. Come on. Parents misunderstand what school is like and how hard it can be compared to when they were kids. You have to have straight as, join clubs, do sports, have a good gps, make sure you get into good colleges, have a social life, but still be able to hang out with your family. My parents try to get me to do a lot of advanced class, an a. P. Class, and im not doing too hot in those. I think i jumped the bar way too high up. I definitely need time with my friends to take a break from all of the sports and all of the tests and quizzes. Sometimes when i say im going out with my friends, im not. Im going to parties or to hook up or something. If your parents are tracking you on gps, how easy is it to ditch them . Easy. Just leave your phone. So im at a friends house. We hear about this party and i leave my phone at sams house but he takes his and so i sign into my imessage on his phone so when my parents text me, it goes to sams phone. He sees it and says your parents texted. So you respond with sams house is awesome. Alex tried a different strategy. Last year i like told them i was going camping for a weekend and then i went to my friends house where her mom wasnt there for the weekend and we threw like two parties. You know when you go and do that, when you just boldface lied to your parents, you have to in that moment think what, im not going to get caught . Is that the hope . That was a pretty good lie. Then i had my friend text him pretending to be her mom. So you used your friends mom pretending to be your friends mom texting to your dad. Roslyn says all of this is a normal part of growing up. The purpose of adolescence is to push and to figure out where you stand on things and to make mistakes and to break rules. I want parents to realize that you really do not have to know everything about your childs life to have a Good Relationship with your child. And the teens had similar advice. Have trust in your kids. Guide them as much as you can but at the end of the day, they need to learn for themselves whats right and wrong. That was fascinating. It really was. Fascinating for those of us with teenage kids. Weve been going through with leila and shes been terrific but its been rough for her, senior year, college, all the tests and the social media. Its i would not want to be growing up now. A lot of things seem to resonate with all of us from when we were teens but then there is the social media stuff and some of the other stuff that you can tell kids are having a tougher time with. Some things never change like teen girls boxing out this group or that group but now it takes on this extra level with social media. Its tough. Weve had a lot of talks with i have a 15yearold boy. Sometimes youll talk to him and you know youre not getting the real story and other times hes remarkably candid and, you know, you cherish those moments because you think youre getting valuable information, but its hard. Anyway, for practical advice on how to keep your teen safe and your relationship strong, head to today. Com. Tomorrow our series continues and does this sound familiar . Girl, youre straight poppin. Its like oh, she ratchet. Sadly, yes, it is. You know that . Yes. You do . Is she poppin . Parents will be like goals after we decode the language of good wednesday morning just about 8 30. Im tracy davidson. Lets get right to your very foggy first alert forecast. This is from wilmington, delaware, socked in this morning with thick fog. Zero visibility in lancaster and coatesville. That has not changed all morning long. Quartermile visibility in allentown. Weve seen some dense fog in the trenton area, thats starting to improve right now, but philadelphia international, wilmington, millville, dover, all reporting dense fog could lead to some slowdowns at the airports. Tracy . Lets check for slowdowns on the roads with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jess boyington. Watching the schuylkill, fog, and delays around schuylkill avenue. 22 minutes headed westbound from the vine street expressway to the blue route. Thats pretty slow. Average speeds in both directions are into the 30s right now. So were seeing a little bit better of a drive than we saw yesterday, considering the roads are pretty dry right now. But theres also an accident out in whitpain on stenton avenue and granary road. New jersey is getting preschool grants. New jersey will get nearly 17. 5 million. And military families in Burlington County can pick up a free Christmas Today at the National Guard joint military and Family Assistance Center in bordentown at 2 00 this afternoon. The trees were donated by local farmers. Im tracy davidson. Well have another update in about 25 minutes. You can stay updated with news and weather and with the rain, with the nbc 10 app. Its a free download. The today show continues in just a couple of minutes. With simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. And theres no minimum balance. Youre alright with simply right checking from santander bank. Are you feeling alright, baby . Good morning. Hi, everybody. Its 8 30. Its wednesday, november 30th. Were about to stick a fork in november actually. Beautiful morning out on the plaza. Look at this. A little mood music. Whats your name . Mickey smith from louisiana. All right, mickey, thank you very much. Merry christmas. Hes right on theme. Weve got the Christmas Tree lighting in Rockefeller Center, beautiful music just now and were about to get a treat, the band of merrymakers is here. They are so much fun. They have been here since the wee hours rehearsing. Lots of big celebrity singers and song writers. They team up during the Holiday Season, all for a great cause. Were going to get a Live Performance. Also ahead, our ongoing guide to make the holidays stressfree. First the scott brothers are here. Theyre going to give you tips on how to get ready for the season or something. Or something. Well turn to jill martin for her latest steals and deals and some great gifts for the holidays and work through that list fast. Were also excited to announce a special performance live on the plaza from Pharrell Williams next friday, december 9th. If you want to get a today fan pass go to our website, today. Com. Pharrell . Pharrell williams. I might have to come back for that. What day in december . December 9th. How will you miss me if i never leave . Lets get a check of the weather, mr. Roker. Lets show you what weve got happening starting with today. Severe storms down through the south, fog in the northeast, wet weather in the pacific northwest. High surf advisories in southern california. For our treelighting tonight, 59 degrees, rain, possible thunderstorms, gusty winds. We are going to be watching this very carefully. And then for tomorrow, you can look for, again, drying out weather here in the northeast, thank goodness. Mountain snows in the rockies, plenty of sunshine through the Southern Tier of states. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Dreary to start with, with fog. The fog will move out and then we have clouds, rain, and a chance of thunderstorms. Look at these temperatures, into the 60s this afternoon. Even warmer than yesterday. 66 for philadelphia. The suburbs, 63. Very low 60s at the shore, while inland new jersey will warm into the middle 60s. A bit cooler in the Lehigh Valley with steadier rain and a chance of storms, 56 degrees, but near 70 degrees in delaware. Have a great day. Dont forget, get your weather any time you need it. Go to the Weather Channel on cable. Smooth jazz, baby. Guys. All right, al, thank you very much. Now some ways to make this a stressfree Holiday Season. This morning last minute upgrades for your home before all that company arrives. The scott brothers are known for their hit show Property Brothers and they have another hit on their hands with their new hgtv series brothers take new orleans. They renovate sidebyside homes competing to increase their Property Value and they do it with help from some wellknown friends. Even hoda stops by. Drew, jonathan, good morning. Happy holidays. Good morning. Thanks for having us. Ive gotten to know you a little bit over the years. Generally speaking as twins youre somewhat competitive anyway. Just a little bit. I won the challenge, i came out first. Thats all that really matters. Does that come out in the show . It comes out. We love competing. Especially in new orleans if were giving homes back to people that lost it in katrina. And drew realized that everyone loves the contractors. So in new orleans he did his own design and got into the work. Everybody talks about wallpaper. They think of doing huge surfaces, other walls. Youve got other ideas. Wallpaper doesnt have to be wall. Why not use it on your ceiling. You can use it on steps, tables, the back of cabinets. Its supposed to add a little color and pattern to break up a monotonous design. So you can take a shelf and make it feel more designer by putting it on the back panels. If you dont have the budget to do maybe like a tray ceiling or Something Like that, you can put it up there. What are we talking about, just scraps of wallpaper . Right here on this step, this is a peel and stick wallpaper. This is a kids stepping stool, its not going to last very long. With kids, they like to mix things up anyway. If you have commitment issues and dont want to commit to wallpaper, you can get peel and stick. Jonathans hair is peel and stick, he changes it with the season. Lets move on. Im going to put some pictures up. Transoms can add light to a room. Most people dont know what a transome is. Its like a window above the door. Originally it was used for ventilation and extra light. You can put them in your home and Everybody Knows everything comes back into style n new orleans i put them in above all of the doors, really cool look. If you cannot cut holds or are worried about the structure, you can make your own transome without actually cutting a hole above the door. Just use a mirror. This is a mirror that we got, what was it, five bucks just at the dollar store. You can see right up my nose right there. Its a great view. I trimmed for you this morning. But it does add a lot more depth to the room. It feels just like a transome. And its not expensive. Tin tiles. Why do you love these things . I would like to point out if anybody watched brothers take new orleans last week, i won. It was all because of the tin tiles. Again, if you go into cool restaurants, youll notice a lot of restaurants put tin tiles back in. A lot of them have them on the ceiling. Usual low they come new like this, very shiny, but i like it to look aged. You can age it and then work it with a grinder or saw and give it that original look. Sor you can paint it black, something solid, it looks very classy, very elegant. You can use it for wainscoting, on a ceiling. How much for tile . It depends on the quality of the tile. You can get ones that are plastic but nobody would know when its all the way up on the ceiling. And then you can rub it anyway around the edges, you can just work it. Theres no way to screw it up. You just keep painting. If you want to break it up, you just sand it down. Youre just adding that patina. Its like clothes. We pay more for the worn clothes. People like the look of things that look old. By the way, speaking of clothes, wait until you get a load of this group over here. Jonathan, drew, nice to have you both here. Theyll be back cohosting our next hour. Just ahead, more help for the holidays. Jill has a brand new batch of steals and deals. But first, this is today on nbc. Were back, its 8 39. More of our stressfree holiday steals deals this week. Today jill martin has covered gifts for the girls and the guys. This morning we have bargains for everybody else on your list. Everybody. So you know those lists and the girls, the guys and then miscellaneous, people that you have to get something for. So lets start. This one is for a friend. For a friend. The big reveal. This is always super popular. I love this stuff. Bliss body products. The retail 94. Scentsati scentsational. Two body butters or two soapy suds. One or the another. And choose your flavor . You choose yeah, you choose your flavor and then you can split them up, like my mother does. I know. The deal 29. 29 . Thats 69 off. Usually these are 29. Each. Is this for the teacher or the babysitter . Yes. Up, up, up, careful and go. This is the marquee by Waterford Crystal ornaments. Retail 99. Its a threepiece ornament set. You can hang them on the tree. Pretty. So again, three gifts there. The retail 99, the deal 29. 99. 70 off. As jills mom would say, split them up. This is two options here in the deal. So 1, 2, 3. The retail, 124 to 140. Here are the two options. So that is the ninepiece stainless steel barware set. It comes in two colors and you get everything there. Thats a super cool gift. Or look at this. You get the vase and the bowl. So the retail 124 to 140. The deal for either, 42. 70 off. 42 for either one of these . Yeah. Thats good. But dont split up the bar set. That looks weird and cheap. Unless someone likes a certain drink. Oh, youre right. This one is personalized for you guys. The person who has everything. Right. Thats nice. And who has to thank people for things. Stationary studio personalized stationary. So this is you have the border here. You can choose from four borders. It comes in the gift box so just add a bow. How nice, look. I really like this. The retail 125, the deal 37. 50, 70 off. So you get 50 cards and 50 envelopes. We actually did get this because it has our names on it. So yay, thank you. You cant regift this. Come this way. Were going to the kitchen. I once got hoda a gift and we did a regifting segment. Did she regift it . She didnt remember it was from me. I handed it to you, Merry Christmas. Where are we starting . You start right there. So that is for the foodie. So this is Penguin Random house cookbooks. The retail 67. 50 to 70. Theres nine cookbook sets from all different people. Great chefs. How many books are in a set . Different in different sets. So you could look on today. Com. Nine cookbook sets to choose from. Hardhitting questions here. The deal is 21, up to 70 off. Okay. This is for who . I didnt see the sglont its for newlyweds. Okay. So christine, our producer who just got married. So this is a great gift for her. Dinnerware. The retail 138. 99 to 149. Two different styles. Fivepiece place setting, dishwasher safe. And the deal . The deal, 45. 70 off. Now, this is something we should all aspire to. Whats it for . Multi function cookers. The retail 316. Now heres the situation. You can cook three different foods at three different temperatures. This is cool. Is the mac and cheese included . Everything here comes with the crosswack pot but how good this . The deal is 69. Bath and body sets from bliss. Ornaments from. Watersgloerd vase and barware set, the cookbooks from. Penguin random house. Dipper from. Crew. And the multi function cooker. Head to today. Com for any questions. Tomorrow jill has huge bargains, gifts for kids. On friday, cant miss, the biggest steals deals ever. Were going to need more time. Up next, attention, savannah, how to help survive and thrive when baby number two arrives. Jenna bush hager will talk about that. First, this is today on nbc. Look at them. My guest list just tripled. My Cookie Exchange is super competitive. Mine too. I want to go really big with my appetizers. We can do it without blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great my family really needs to be wowed this year standing rib roast wow. Everything for the holidays. Thats my giant. Announcer todays Parenting Team is created with our sponsor, johnsons, discovering wonders with parents and babies. We are back, it is 8 46. Todays Parenting Team as i am just about to find out, raising siblings im told can be a challenge, so what can parents expect when baby number two arrives. Todays Jenna Bush Hager sat down with a today Parenting Team member, and mom to 2yearold ancil and 6monthold austin. When you found out you were pregnant with austin, what were the thoughts that went through your mind . I was so excited because i always wanted many kids. And then the fear came in about how would ancil handle this . How is he handling it . He does not like it when he takes his toys. I actually bought ancil a little baby doll of his own a few months when i was due. Ultimately when i brought our new baby home, austin, it wasnt so weird for him because he had a baby to play with and austin was my baby. We had her pick a baby out of the nursery. How do routines change . One of my hacks was to put the baby bathtub into the toddler regular bathtub and figure out how to do them both at once. Moms have like eight arms, you can do a million things at once, except when you are breastfeeding and then you are literally locked down. So ive learned that its critical to have close family nearby, to have a supportive spouse, to bait your girlfriends to come over and maybe bring them some cookies. So what do you think is the best part of having two . I think it is just the unconditional love that we have for both of them, but also that they now have for one another. Its so cool to see the way that their eyes light up when they see one another. My baby . Whats his name . Austin. Austin high five. Yeah. Betsy brown brawn is a child behavior specialist. Good morning. Good morning. This is going to be a twominute therapy session for you and me. A lot of people give advice when theres a new baby coming and how to handle it with the siblings. Whats your catchall theory of the case . How much should you kind of try to prepare the child and how much is it just playing by ear . First of all, you shouldnt overthink it, but i do think that there are things you can do to prepare that sibling, depending upon that babys age. A 2yearold, a 3yearold doesnt really have an idea of whats coming. You know, he thinks that baby will be born and go tricycle riding. So if you can expose that baby, that sibling to another baby, visit another infants house, see what a baby is like, talk a little bit about how babies poop and pee and cry and sleep and still going to be a baby, that will certainly be useful. Some people think the new baby should bring a gift for older baby. Are you into that idea . Yeah, im not into that. Part of this reality is going to be learning to tolerate disappointment and frustration and delayed gratification. I do think its not necessary, but when that new baby gets gifts, certainly give it to the sibling and say this baby cant open it, will you open it for him. If you have a toddler, they like to be helpers and like to have a role. Do you encourage that . For sure. And i do encourage buying a doll and having the toddler bathe her baby while youre bathing the other baby. I think also looking back at pictures of your toddler when she was a baby so she can see that she was once getting that amount of attention from you is another good idea. Well, this is all going to be reality for me in a matter of days, betsy, so i really appreciate your advice. Thank you so much for being here. By the way, our next parenting challenge, we want to know what you do to reduce stress and increase joy during the holidays. So let us know what you do at today. Com parentingteam. Up next, a Live Performance from the band of merrymakers but first this is today on nbc. Announcer the citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. You know it is officially the Holiday Season when this band of merrymakers stops by. The supergroup made up of stars like kevin griffin, cell ma davis, tyler gwynn, charity dawe and Sam Hollander are here to perform a song called welcome to our christmas party. Guys, its great to have you here, good morning. We were altogether at 5 30 this morning. Can i just say you clean up very well. I was going to wear that exact outfit today. That one, matt . It would look good on you. Exactly. All right, what are you going to sing . Were going to sing a very medley a very merry medley. You threw me off, matt. Ladies and gentlemen, band of merrymakers. Let me hear you say ho. Ho. Say ho ho ho. Ho ho ho. Ho ho ho. Somebody, everybody, you and me. Band of merrymakers band of merry makers some for you and me a christmas memory so sing along on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree on the second day of christmas my true love gave to me five golden rings dashing through the snow in a onehorse open sleigh oer the fields we go laughing all the way bells on bobtail ring making spirits bright what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight, oh jingle bells, batman smells, robin laid an egg noelknow noel, noel, if santa claus dont come to your crib you aint gonna get no gifts band of merrymakers band of merry makers are you know we are, you know we are so have a Rockin Christmas deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la, la la la la tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la, la la la la o come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant o come ye o come ye to bethlehem we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year with the band of merrymakers band of merrymakers got a song for you and me good morning. Lauren mayk. Its 8 56. The john b. School is closed due to a power outage. Its most likely due to an underground cable problem and hopes to restore power soon. Lets get right to your first alert neighborhood forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Umbrellas going up again today, and the temperatures will be up to 66 degrees in philadelphia. But this afternoon, showers and the chance of some thunderstorms. Could see some heavy downpours in the suburbs and Lehigh Valley to keep temperatures cooler there. It all clears out overnight tonight. Were on track for sunshine tomorrow and the beginning of a cooling trend, which will have temperatures in the 40s this weekend. In northeast philadelphia, friends and loved ones are remembering a 14yearold boy who was shot and killed in may fair. Two men gunned down 14yearold Northeast High School freshman, ian willfy monday night while he was at his friend at grouse avenue and deveraux street. Sources close to the investigation say detectives are looking into the possibility that someone targeted willfy. The motive points to attempted robber. The bridgegate scandal heads back to court today. And that means more problems for governor chris christie. Today a new jersey judge will hear arguments in an official misconduct case against the governor brought by a Passaic County man. Citizen activist William Brennan filed a criminal complaint that christie violated the law by not reopening the lanes on the George Washington bridge. Christie denies any wrong doing and has denied knowledge or involvement in the incident. Now to delaware. The brandywine ymca will unveil pictures of its new building expansion today. The y will add space for youth and teen programs, as well as new preschool programs. There will be new Fitness Equipment for members with limited mobility. Im lauren mayk. Well have another update in about 25 minutes. Have a great day. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. This morning on todays take get ready for double the fun with a couple of hot properties. Drew and jonathan scott. Then well celebrate a christmas of many colors with Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroeder. Plus winter musthave trends, all coming up right now. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Id rather look small and al look small. Welcome to today on wednesday morning, november 30th. Were battling. So heres the deal. Weve got, of course, the scott twins, the scott brothers, jonathan and drew hanging with us. What are the problems here . Normally this is not the way wed sit, tamron would be on the end. Can we play some Christmas Music . Whenever the music stops were going to sit. The scott brothers are really tall. Theyre as tall as the Christmas Tree on the plaza. Drew has got to go downstairs. She didnt move. She has on a tight skirt. Heres what happened. Originally al was here, scott brothers here and im here. I walked in and said to our executive producer whos watching, al looks too small next to them. It makes it sound like she normally doesnt watch. Youre fun size. But i feel better looking tiny than having al youre an average height man. A little below average. Can we just get a phone book for al. How tall are you fellas . 64. When i wear my stilettos im more around 66. When did you get your growth spurt . I remember in grade eight we were small and getting picked on in school. By the end of grade eight we shot up almost a foot and nobody picked on us anymore. You know how to make them look normal size . Put them next to the rockefeller Christmas Tree. Tonight we are going to light that up. 83rd annual lighting of the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree. Its a 94foot norway spruce from coney island, new york. About 50,000 lights, l. E. D. Lights, ge lights, on five miles of wire. Oh, wow. Which is pretty impressive. I thought i put up a lot of lights. Do you . I do. How tall is your tree . Well, its our tree. Almost 20 feet. Yall live together . We have a big place in vegas. We did a reno. We have a slide coming off the second story. You didnt see that . No. Al comes over all the time. I know, it is a party. Speaking of parties, weve got dolly parton tonight, garth brooks, trisha yearwood, the rockettes, and it airs tonight at 8 00 eastern 7 00 central. You were talking about your decorations, i think weve got pictures. Can i see . We like to do very classy. Thats your home . In vegas. We sold our own places and got this place. Our parents come down from canada. The whole family gets together. We usually have about 15 people staying at the house. Look at those doughnut wreath things. You cant eat those. This is my question, so were on the road filming all the time. We only get home for about ten days at the holidays. Is that too much work to put into just being there for ten days . No, because its two of you and so you can split the work. I dont do all that work. Im the dad who sits on the couch and then im like i dictate. You do this, you do that. Thats every mom in the country. The whole family gets involved, does one ornament and mom does the rest. In my house thats what happens. I got the ladder out and the kids are a little older. Its like you will come down here and youre going to enjoy this. Were going to play music, youre going to drink hot chocolate and youre going to get in the spirit. Ho freakin ho. In 15 minutes, theyre gone. My mother is the same way. She wants the Christmas Tree up and then as soon as we open our gifts, its got to go, done. My mother does not play. The tree has to come down the minute the gifts are open. We use a fake tree now because we dont want to chop down. When we were kids we would use real trees. Weve got a squirrel in the house because my dad brought the tree home and there was a squirrel in the tree and we could not get it out. You got a tree and you guys would plant the tree. Afterwards. You cut it down outside, we dragged it in, needles everywhere. There was a squirrel that got loose. It was in the tree. How do you plant a cut tree. Not that tree. In the early years we would get them still with the root system and then plant it. I want to go back to the squirrel thing. Tell us about the squirrel. So what happened i mean how did you get the squirrel out . It was going in behind book shelves, flying under the sofa. We thought as kids this was the greatest thing ever. Jonathan wanted to keep it. It was jumping from like the cabinets and my mom was freaking out. Did a moose get in there too . This is canada. Youve got moose coming through there and we dont have a very big igloo, right . It was crazy. I like pranking jonathan so that was my inspiration. I put an alligator in one of his rooms. Thats your new show. Were in new orleans. Weve been going to new orleans for years. It was only three and a half to four feet this alligator that i put in his home. Only . Its an alligator. I hear this rustling in the closet. I turn around and theres an alligator. Im thinking because ive done projects where we find raccoons in walls and rats. Is this a new orleans thing that we find gators . It turns out its a prank. This house has been sitting empty for 11 years. The family has been out of it because of the devastation of kaert. Theres another episode tonight and hoda is on it. Weve got a clip of something else. What channel is this on . Hgtv. Who doesnt know hgtv . For those who may not have seen it. Boy, somebody has got a big ego. Of course Everybody Knows where we are. We have something that can bring their owing owe back under control r so ryan gosling, take a look at this one. Its a show called breaker high. Dont do it. This is ryan looking so dapper. But its not about ryan. Take a closer look. Keep going. Oh, wait, wait. In the back. Thats drew and me. The two kids as tall as trees at age 7. When we first met ryan, that was us. We were on breaker high. And there you go. And there you go. You look like don johnson meets the guys from snl. They go in wardrobe they say this one . This one . Dance, dance. They would tell us to come down and bring our own wardrobe, bright, bold colors and these miami vicelooking jackets. What year was that . That would be back in the 90s. So you guys were like child stars. We were actors before we got into hosting. We got into real estate as a way to fund our creative endeavors because we didnt want to be struggling actors. So weve been at it since we were 18. Thats amazing. If you had been here yesterday, you could have joined us at a little annual tradition we have. Our today show team holiday lunch. We went to t it was delicious. Im not get the invite. Hoda, kathie lee, willie, savannah. Whats funny, on your plates. You know how you can blow up things on instagram. For some reason everyone ordered fish, including dylan who normally goes straight for the rib eye. Savannah, she doesnt eat pasta a lot, thats something shes very open about. She ate the biggest plate of meatballs and spaghetti and her theory is, listen, i get to go in now because after i have the baby in a few weeks, im getting tight and right. It was so awesome. Thank you to them and thanks to matt for hosting us. You, dr. Oz today . Check your local listings, dr. Oz was kind of amazed at my knee surgery and wanted to talk about knee surgery. Is that your knee, the brown one on the right . Thats the one they took out. They kept the part . But its interesting talking about you know, ive gotten a lot of folks who are have been inspired, which is very nice, but some folks who are a little upset to say im glamorizing the knee surgery because i came back so quickly. And everybody heals differently. Thats what i think when i see that big scar on your leg. People who neglect things or let things go or dont do what they need to to fix it you worked hard to recover. I couldnt even tell you which knee that it was, so the surgery went well. And last night you were at the unicef snowflake ball. Unicef continuing the tradition of helping kids around the world. Its a great night but this is elias, my date. I took a fashion risk and wore this outfit and now im on this fashion blog daily and is it yay or nay. We have to get up so early, i left the event and im in the car and all these tweets start, hillary clinton, hillary clinton. I was down the street, gone. Hillary clinton comes in. I had my limit. It was like 9 00. And i leave at 9 00. I thought you were going to say people thought you were hillary clinton. Im mistaken for her all the time. It happens all the time. I had a limit. Its like when the sports fans, you think your team is losing and you get in the car and turn on the radio. Oh, the eagles scored. Shes the latenight party girl. So there was no murmuring or buzz in the crowd . Not that i heard. But katy perry, congratulations to you. Im sorry, youre not on the list. Elias, her news producer, stayed. No, he did not. And got a picture with hillary clinton. Congratulations to katy perry. Sorry i missed it, though, but i was there in spirit. Up next, youre used to seeing them all done up on the red carpet. 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Ask your doctor about it by name. E neflaunt the winged effect. New falsies push up angel mascara from maybelline ny. Lashes so winged out, who needs false lashes . Maybellines new falsies pushup angel. Make it happen. Maybelline ny we are back with more of todays take. And weve evened out the height for your viewing pleasure. Shorty and tiny, aka drew and jonathan, and hakeem abduljabbar is here with us. You cant laugh at your own joke. You obviously dont watch our show. Al carries a laugh track of his own voice and presses it. The lenldsary calendar is out with bigname celebrities like youve never seen them before. Theyre telling us no air brushing, completely unretouched. So here for your viewing pleasure. Thats nicole kidman, thats beautiful. Robin wright. Uma thurman. Thats gorgeous. Julianne moore. Shes stunning. Thats why i did not do the calendar. You guys have been on magazines and all that. Do you say, hey, air brush. No. I never use the only difference is were scottish and so were basically translucent and so i have them give me a little color. Can you put some little cheeks in, a little color. Al, do you air brush . Not that i well, ive been on the cover of field stream. Air brush the fish on the hook. Exactly. Ive never been, not that i know, air brushed. Something new to try. Put it on your bucket list. Speaking of makeovers, the white house, holiday makeover. This is exciting. We actually were asked if we would come down and do it and our schedule is so crazy. You turned down the white house . What . You didnt tell me the white house called. Our friend egypt sherod went down and its absolutely gorgeous. We have military family members joined the first lady for the obama familys final Christmas Tree. Weve seen the official tree that goes inside the blue room. The first lady got choked up. Oh, my gosh, talking about this last christmas in the white house. As we celebrate my familys last Holiday Season in the white house, im thinking back to when we first came here to washington. We promised to open up this house to as many people from as many backgrounds as possible. And we truly wanted to make the white house the peoples house. Particularly during the Holiday Seasons. And to all the military families, those of you who are here today and all those around the world, i want to once again honor you for your service and your sacrifice and your love of this nation. Its a love that my family and i share along with you. It has been such a complete pleasure to support you in this time. So i want to wish everyone a happy, healthy Holiday Season. I love her. Im going to follow the obamas around and offer to do their Christmas Trees every year. They have a house now outside the d. C. Area so maybe you wont turn them down for that. 1200 feet of garland, 109 wreaths, 63 Christmas Trees. This year a new addition, 56 lego houses. Thats cool. One for each state and territory. Before you go to weather, what is garland . Kind of roping. Like a long skinny Christmas Tree that wraps around a bannister. So its the green thing. People always make it out of popcorn. But its always the beads. Okay. Things you need to know. Other thing you need to know, our weather, because weve had some Severe Weather out there. In fact were talking about the storms down in the southeast. We had over 74 tornado and wind damage reports. Of course that stretched 550 miles. Weve got strong storms again today with tornado watches stretching from louisiana, including new orleans, all the way up to knoxville. Were going to be watching this very closely over the next urveral ho good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Dreary to start with, with fog. The fog will move out, then we have clouds, rain, and a chance of thunderstorms, but look at these temperatures, into the 60s this afternoon. Even warmer than yesterday. 66 degrees for philadelphia, the suburbs, 63. Very low 60s at the shore, while inland new jersey will warm into the middle 60s. A bit cooler in the Lehigh Valley with steadier rain and a chance of storms, 56 degrees, but near 70 in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Up next, how well do you know the bros . Tamron andon and i get put to t hey julie, i know todays critical, but i really. Need a sick day. Dads dont take sick days. Dads take dayquil severe the. Nondrowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy. Head, no sick days medicine. S spread a little love my way spread a little somethin to remember philadelphia cream cheese, made with fresh milk and real cream. Makes your recipes their holiday favorites. The holidays are made with philly. People say, lets just get a sandwich or something. Or something . You dont just graduate from medical school, or something. And we dont just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and handslice avocado. Theres nothing or something about it. Advil is not only strong its gentle on your body too. No wonder doctors and patients have trusted advil. For their tough pains for over 30 years. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Advil. Because my teeth are yellow. These photos . Why dont you use a whitening toothpaste . Im afraid its bad for my teeth. Try crest 3d white. Crest 3d White Diamond strong toothpaste and rinse. Gently whiten. And fortify weak spots. Use together for 2 times stronger enamel. Crest 3d white. Weve had the scott brothers on our show plenty of times before but how much do we know about them . Youre made of steel. This drill isnt working on you. Its time for a little game were calling who knows the bros. They will hammer us with gez about themselves and well buzz in with our toy drills if we know the answer. They were just dressed like this. I dont know why. I want to do this as a Halloween Costume next year. The coveted prize is your own miniature tool kit. And i need a new tool kit because the one i have is pretty bad. Its never been used. Heres what we do. I think we just dive right in. Which is the follow is not the name of a show weve starred in. Brother versus brother, brotherly love it or hate it, Property Brothers at home on the ranch or the scott seed. Love it or hate it. That is correct. One for tamron. Here we go. Number two, true or false. Drake was once our basketball coach. Tamron. False. Thats true actually. Actually it is true. In the celebrity allstar game drake was our coach. Al gets the point. Wee 11. You met drake . Hes a really good guy. Ill put a good word in for you. True or false. We had a top 40 song on the billboard Country Music charts. True, i remember that. Bonus points, what was the song . Working 9 to 5. Hold on, hold on oh, you guys have it. These producers are on it. Thats a beautiful video. Look at you two. Thank you, thank you. We have a new song released in january. True or false, one of us is a member. International brotherhood of magicians. True. That is true. In fact to prove it oh, my goodness. Did you see that . Out of thin air. Boom. They just had to look at the nerdy brother. Where are my pyrotechnics. Question number five. We bought our very first house when we were how old . A. 18, hes right. You bought a house at 18 . Right out of high school. I remember reading about that. He knows this boss hes basically our brother from another mother. Something went wrong. Before we were on tv, we did all of these except for one. Name the one we did not do. Clowns at kids bitter day parties, b, underwear models, c, scuba dive instructor, and d, house painters. You go for it. C. Scuba instructors, that is correct. You were underwear models . Obviously. Cut to the picture of the underwear modeling. The reason they werent scuba divers, when they would go down 20 feet, they were still above the water. This is the finale question. Al is winning . Even our mom has a hard time telling us apart but theres one way that she says she can always spot the difference. A, jonathan has darker hair, b, drew is slightly taller, c, jonathan uses bigger words, or d, drew has a deep laugh. Drew is slightly taller. Thats not right. My mom says jonathan uses bigger words. Thank you, mother. Al wins, but the side part is you get the tool kit. You have to makeover tamrons face. Hey, coming up, gather around the tv toejt. Right after the Tree Lighting, dolly parton back with a holiday dolly parton back with a holiday lassic. La vie est belle la vie est belle, the eau de parfum. Lancome. Available at macys, your fragrance destination. My swthis scarf all thatsara. Left to remem. What she washed this like a month ago the long lasting scent of gain flings try age perfect eye renewal from loreal. 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With all that fog out there, lets get a check on traffic with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. With fog and major delays, theres an accident on 295 reported around 293 and the southbound side. This is a delay shot. You can see that traffic at a crawl. A 92minute drivetime, which is what usually is about a 12 to 13minute trip headed northbound from the black horse pike. Thats traffic thats moving towards trenton. Major delays. Take the new jersey turnpike as your alternate. Thanks, jess. Two philadelphia Police Officers are recovering from bite wounds. They were attacked while trying to arrest a man in the citys kensington section. They are going to be okay. Were told the man who attacked them is in custody. New details this morning on the effort to get a president ial recount in pennsylvania. Former Green Party Candidate jill stein will now get a Court Hearing on her lawsuit. It will be monday in harrisburg. 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Last year nearly 16 million of you tuned into coat of many colors and tonight is the next chapter in her young life. The entire cast is back, including Ricky Schroeder and Jennifer Nettles who plays dollys parents. Take a look. You cant be mad at me. Get off me, you big lug. Look at me, woman, you cant be mad at me. Ive been folding these clothes for half hour and you come in here covered with grease from head to toe. The bible says dont let the sun going down on your anger, and its getting dark, so you cant be mad at me just because i aint perfect yet. Heating things up. Jennifer nelttles and Ricky Schroeder. I do that same move when i come back to the construction site. His girlfriend is like go shower first, go shower. How are you . Obviously youre back, christmas of many colors. Im excited. I saw the first project but dolly wasnt in the first project but shes in this one here. Without giving anything away, what can you tell us about . First of all, dolly makes a cameo appearance as the painted lady. If you know anything about dollys store e, she readily shares that the painted lady is the woman in town after whom she fashions her style even today. She plays a part in part of the miracles of the show too. Incredible too. There were so many kids involved in the show as well and they always say its always a little leery working with kids and twin brothers, but what was it like having so many kids around . Goodness, it was it was great having their energy, but it was exhausting, as you know. Kids there was nine of them running around. It was like herding cats. So they were all different ages and all into different things. I would just give them sugar and i would just be their best friend. He was the one. I was the one to go bring candy because i wanted to be popular so heres sglaecandy. So you wanted them on your side. They can deal with them later when theyre miserable, but right now they need sugar. You were a child actor as well. Were you able to give them some advice when they were on set with you . Olivia is such a hardworking young girl. I got to get pretty close with her. I just got to be friends with her and let her know that she needs to ask for things when she needs things. She needs to speak up. If she needs a break, if she needs a drink, if she needs rest, she needs to learn to find her voice. Shes a sweetheart, she absolutely is. I did a Christmas Movie and i shot in the middle of the summer, hot, and you have to wear coats and thick coats. You guys also did, right . We were in atlanta in july shooting all of this, yes, holiday themed. But we had cooling vests underneath our overcoats. I felt the worst for the hair and makeup folks because it was just constant. Working in atlanta, we learned to sweat in places we didnt even know you could sweat. Yes, absolutely. That is a christmas visual. But a good christmas visual, you performing with dolly. Yes. How incredible is that . Amazing. And the song i mean the song circle of love is one of her originals. Its actually on my christmas album. She honored me by letting me record that. I had to sing a snippet in the movie which is how i fell in love with it. There you are with dolly parton. My 8yearold self looks at that and cannot even believe it. As a young girl growing up in the south and dolly being as iconic even still is a bigtime dream. Thats a pinchme moment for sure. Theres nobody more worthy or deserving than you to be with dolly because this is such a spectacular talent. Hes biased. Id like you to see the range that jennifer has. I think hes hormonally challenged for a reason specifically. Well leave it on that note, jennifer and ricky, thanks. By the way, jennifers new holiday album to celebrate christmas is out now. And watch Dolly Partons christmas of many colors tonight at 9 00 8 00 central right here on nbc. Up next, take your winter wardrobe from drab to fab. 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Beaded shoes and she is Holiday Party ready in a flash. Glamorous. Then brightly colored pants. Women always default to black pants. January jones is showing us how to do a brightcolored pant. Again, very festive for the holidays. These pants are available at top shop. I love that theyre crop because you can always show off that leopard pump. Dont do a solid colored blazer on top because you dont want to color block. You want a mix of print and texture. This is exact same as the home space so i love it. The pants, even though its cold, youve got to suffer. Your ankles have to be cold. Get some leg warmers after youre done with the party. This looks hot. Thank you. Last but not least we have two very stylish brothers giving us a little style. Here with a collared blazer and printed sweater. So this is our version here. So i love this colored blazer here, a little corduroy there. And that sweater from forever 21, under 30. This is the way gentlemen do style for december. Thats the pretty christmas sweater if ive ever seen them. Ugly christmas sweaters, and pretty christmas sweaters. Thats based off your look. Can i just take this from you now. Oh, after, after. Were going to get you guys into a room. Thank you so much. Great looks, i love it. Al, lets get a check of the forecast since were now dressed for the weather. Weve got some Severe Weather to talk about stretching from the northeast all the way down into the gulf coast. Severe storms especially down there. Snow back through the rockies and the plains. High surf advisories in southern california. For tonights Tree LightingRockefeller Center starting at 7 00 on nbc stations and nbc at 8 00, 59 degrees, showers and thunderstorms possible. And then as you can see weve got more drier weather coming into the east. Mountain sws out wenost good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Dreary to start with fog. The fog will move out and we have clouds, rain, and a chance of thunderstorms. 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They also partnered with musicians on call which brings musicians into hospital rooms to create this fun merrymaker sweatshirt and all of the proceeds goes to musicians on call. Were proud to have you perform, the supergroup. Lets hear it. Christmas spirit. Its the greatest holiday good will and peace on earth finally they dont seem so far away stockings stuffed with candy canes old friends are back in town and once theyre home its just like nothings changed so hurry up, santa start that sleigh its only merry in your heart and youre feeling nicer than you thought when the day is made of wishes it must be christmas oh, oh, oh oh, oh, it must be christmas oh, oh, oh colored lights are all aglow lastminute shopping you barely make the mall before it closed the secret treasures hope the kiss beneath the bough of mistletoe were making angels in the snow when its only merry in your heart and youre feeling nicer than you are when the day is made of wishes it must be christmas oh oh oh oh oh it must be christmas oh oh oh it must be so if youre feeling like a scrooge remember those less fortunate than you because you and i can make that someone, make someones dreams come true yeah when its only merry in your heart and youre feeling nicer than you are when the day is made of wishes it must be christmas must be christmas baby oh oh oh oh oh it must be christmas oh oh oh it must be christmas oh oh oh christmas time again my friends whoa Merry Christmas. Merry christmas. Thank you so much. I feel like its christmas now. Theyre going to stick around, guys. More with kathie lee and hoda. Get the shirt, celebrate christmas. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. We are so excited because our 23rd annual toy drive is under way. If you cant be here to donate in person, you can donate online all thanks to our partner, the nice folks at amazon. Com. Lori richter is Public Relations manager there. Good to see you. Good to see you too, al. You guys have always been terrific for us. Why is it so important for you guys to be part of this . Despite the best intentions, sometimes it can be hard to find the time to give back to those in need during the busy Holiday Season. So were making it really easy for people all across the country to contribute to the today show toy drive right from the comfort of their own home. Just go to amazon. Com today. Add as many items that you want, complete the checkout and well get your items to charity. What else you donating . 250 of these fire hd tablets. This is the kids edition so its perfect for children. Were donating 250 of them to charity. That is so nice. Thank you so much, lori, we really appreciate it. Youll make somebodys christmas very merry and bright. To all the folks at amazon, thank you. Dont forget, starting tomorrow well have surprise celebrity guests on the plaza to help collect toys in our 8 30 half hour. You can bring a special gift or donate online at our friends amazon. Com today. Website has all the details. Wed like to thank tiny and shorty for showing up today. Good morning. Im lauren mayk. Its 9 56. We are having a dreary start to our day. Lets get your first alert neighborhood forecast with meteorologist bill henley, whos watching our fog today. Yeah, plenty of fog. But we did start off dry, but look how that has changed. The rain has raced back into the area, showers, and a chance, especially this afternoon and this evening, we could see some thunderstorms with heavy downpours. Some moderate showers now, moving past westchester and heading towards philadelphia. This rain is going to be with us for much of the day, but, the temperatures will still be climbing. Now, socked in with fog, thats the view looking across the delaware at center city, 57 degrees right now. You can see the fog is lingering in delaware and the Lehigh Valley. This afternoon, temperatures in the 60s, with more rain on the way into tonight. Thanks, bill. You can see that fog behind me. It is pretty thick out there. Jessica boyington watching the roads for us. Jessica, what are you finding . Foggy and reduced visibility, as well. Were also watching a few accidents. There was one on 295 about an hour ago on route 273 on the northbound side. Traffic moving towards trenton, now another one. We havent recovered with the drive times yet. This is along the route 30 offramp. A slow go on that northbound side, 40 minutes northbound from 168, which is the black horse pike to route 38. Thats a 12minute trip typically. Thanks, jessica. The annual camp out for hunger continues at xfinity live. Today, a parade of jeeps packed with food will arrive at the event. Look for our own news force 10. This is the 19th year that preston and steve have been collecting food for phil abundance. Im lauren mayk. Well have another update in about 25 minutes. Have a great day, everyone. Just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. Chex party mix. Its what the holidays are made of. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Wow, everybody its our favorite day. Its wines day wednesday and hump day, november 30th. Yes, it is. 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