Transcripts For WRC Today 20131204

Over the holidays, were going to find out if that worked. A lot of people saw you yesterday. And you talked about a fall or an injury. Everybody said, i cant see it it. Even our executive producer leaned into the screen and couldnt see it. Thats testimony to how fantastic mario is. Our makeup artist. This is a picture four days after. That looks like yesterday, by the way, it was a huge shiner. Nobody cares, lets move on. The synthetics man thought he was in a scene from the walking dead. We told you about the auburn and alabama game and how auburn pulled it out in the last second, literally. The alabama kicker is apparently getting attacked. Not the kicker who missed the 56yard field goal at the end. But there was another kicker that missed every single one. So this guy on his twitter account is getting so many vile is the only vulgar, disgusting tweets that we cant read. None that we could show on the air that were acceptable. People get so crazy when their team loses. Chris davis, the one who did make the touchdown he got a standing ovation in geology class. Hes probably getting a standing ovation everywhere he goes. But what about the young man who missed the field goals. Hes get something but not as vile. Heres the thing, people get lathered up when their team loses. And videos of people in their own homes. Remember when they showed those, people screaming and crying. Its emotional. But you dont threaten someones life. No. Immaturity. Thats shameful behavior. Yes. Youre very disappointed. Guess what theres going to be another game next year. Every time youre disappointed in life, youre going to act that way . Unfortunately, people are. Thats why we have hes the major from the Salvation Army. But hes looking at me. Dont look at kathie anymore. Shes feeling self conscious. Lets move on to george clooney, who you remind me of. George clooney is still looking for the love of his life. He did an interview with w magazine, he said in it he has not met the love of his life. Well, he Better Change his wardrobe. If hes really looking. Oh, my god. Thats an unfortunate picture. And stacy keibler. And elisabetta canalis. A lot of names and lady friends through the years. I think he is one of those kind of gentleman who i think hes right he hasnt 34met the perso who is his soulmate. We want to nominate somebody, though. We do, we have the perfect match. But this is big. We think if these two people would get together. Stop fighting and give into it. And her name is sandra bullock. We want those two kids to be happy. My god, look at them. They look perfect. Theyre both hysterical. Really nice people. She said hes like her brother. No, hes not. In some parts of the world, that doesnt matter. I think you should try it. All were says one weekend on an island. Thats what youre saying, hoda. Were both saying. You have to be in it with me. You take one weekend and let us know how it works out. America would be very happy. They both epitomize so many great things. He was also asked, this is interesting, how he would want to die, which is a strange question. But he said, before my friends. I thought that was interesting. I was thinking about it, and i thought, i want to die before my children. I think thats one of the saddest things in the world when parents have to bury their own. But he doesnt have children. Right, right. But how would you want to die . In my sleep. Me, too. Id want to be totally asleep and then thats the end of it. After a day where i learn something brand new. Oh you know what, thats a good day. You keep learning. Keep growing. What would be your last meal . What would you eat . I think it would have to be either a big crab feast which i love. Yes, yes. Or eggplant parmesan. Oh sorry. What would yours be . I might do a big pile of steaming, buttery mashed potatoes. Uhhuh. I would probably do the great fried chicken. You know were doing cut the creep today. Whatever. And then id do a bunch of desserts. Well, one couple that is happy, seems to be, john mayer, hes released a duet with new life love katy perry. Do you think thats going to go the distance . John mayer and katy perry. They both came with some baggage. Not that i didnt with frank, lets be honest. Or frank with me. Sometimes things can work out. But it makes. Harder. He has a long list of very public breakups with ladies. And he talks about that. And she had a very public breakup with russell brand. Her first husband. They did a duet of songs together called who you love. Lets listen. Who youove who you love feel a little vibe to it. Who you love who you love so far, i love the lyrics. Who you love who you love its who you love . In case youre forgetting, its who you love. Im sure its a great song. Sometimes we pick a portion of it and its not fair. That was a good song. By the way, you guys, if you were watching the cmas last night, theres some kind of a christmas special. Theyre on every night now. I cant keep track. I cant believe its already december. Im panicking a little. You should. Luke bryan was going to send a duet with a member of duck dynasty willie robertson. Lets listen. Oh, dear. Round out your red neck family and watch rudolph the red nosed reindeer like jesus and santa claus we got nothing hoisting you up Merry Christmas and a happy happy new year the guys got pipes. I dont believe he was auto tuned. I think he was singing live. Now, theyre going to do cds. They are. Lordie. We liked them when they were here. We liked them when they were here. They were very entertaining. They were entertaining. So if youre wondering what the most popular baby names of 2013, the list is revealed. The top three boys names are, number three is liam. Number two aidan. Which was number one last year. And a new one this year, number one is jackson which was number two last year. Cheyenne jackson on. Top three girls names, olivia, emma and sofia for the fourth year in a row. And kathryn, my real name it went down the toy toy. Hoda, great news, rose 15 in popularity this year. The immigrants from egypt are moving here. Thank you for coming. We really appreciate it. Another name that made it korey with a k. That is from duck dynasty. 89 . Korey with a k. We have the Salvation Army bell ringers with us. With us, kaths been distracted throughout the show. This is army major. When i did my podcast on saturday, i interviewed him for a good 10 or 15 minutes of the work of the Salvation Army. You never let on that you were going to come and be with us on monday. Im so excited to come talk to you then and now be with you today. Its a shortened time between thanksgiving and christmas because thanksgiving came so late. Were reading you that guys are starting off in the hole. How much do you have to make up . Five days short. 22. 5 million. Today is giving tuesday, really what were trying to do is get the message out. Were so thankful for getting the message out. We have some of your band members here. We cant wait. Are you guys going to come out oh. [ laughter ] oh, my goodness. Thats called frick and frac. [ laughter ] [ applause ] is there auto tune . Whoo by the way, you bell ringers very creative. They dont just stand out there and they get aerobic exercise. They get involved. Its not your grandmas bell ringers. Its not like the old days where you rang a bell. Now you have to catch peoples attention. During this christmas season, you know, with the five fewer days, i mean, there are 4 million children that were going to be helping. Major, we so appreciate it. Working with the Salvation Army, literally, you dont know who to give to, you guys, because there are scams out there. Ive been working probably 25 years with the Salvation Army. The money goes to families that are needy all year. Go to salvationarmyusa. Org. You guys are going to play . Yes. I came in like a wrecking ball parenting has never been easy but in todays world of Technology Things have gotten a little harder. In the simpler days of yes, maam, pardon me have fall bin the wayside. Take a look at parental guidance where billy crystals grandson has fun with his grandfathers name. Instead of calling me grandpa, why dont you call me artie. Can i call you fartie . That was kind of cute. I didnt know which one they were going to use. I think that is kind of cute. Here to help us navigate social etiquette in hard times, is the author of if i have to tell you one more time. Hi, ladies. The problem that were talking about all the time. Were not having facetoface directions. Were not existing in irl, in real life. Were constantly here. Were interacting this way and its really impacting how polite we are often how kind we are. Does that change the rules when it comes to in restaurants, out with your kids with all the devices . Its changed the way we operate. This is the first time that kids have grown up on devices. What that means theyre spending so much time on texting and social media, they dont have much time practicing in real life so theyre not getting much training. Its critical to having a successful life. It really is. And the fact is theyre missing out on it and whats also happening is, parents are buying into it also. You see families at the table, everybodys on their gadgets and devices. I was in a restaurant all the little kids had their headphones on, and their tablets. When the food came, they just kept eating. No interaction with anybody. It made me sad. It is sad. Its convenient for parents because their kids will behave. Theyre not learning thousand carry on a conversation or maintain eye contact or engage people. And they need those skills. Lets talk about age appropriate. Some parents dont know at what age should my kid be doing x and y. Lets say between the ages of three and six, what should a child be able to do . Please and thank you. They can have general graces. They can be able to say may i have this or they can share appropriately. They can tolerate being told no. I think at the end of the day, thats where the problem lies, right . We arent telling kids no. Ultimately what is happening is they think its okay anywhere and they are doing whatever they want whenever they want . Isnt it by the time of six if you havent taught your kids the basics, its almost too late. Yes, by the time its 7 to 10, they should be doing more sophisticated etiquette. Good phone skills. Engaging in conversation. Helping others. They were have practice and role play at home so theyre prepared in real life. Some parents say if you do x, ill give you a cookie, for you do your homework, is there anything wrong with rewards or bribes, anything you want to call them . Well go with rewards. It is a fine line between bribery and reward. The fact is reinforcement teaches new behavior. It just does. The more you reinforce the behaviors you want, the more likely you are to see them in the long run. Bribery is a shortterm thing. On occasion it might have a place. If you want to build something for the long term, you got to do it consistently. And reinforce all the behaviors you want to see. It works with dog training, hoda. Yes, it does. I wouldnt know, but it does. We can talk about this forever. It is getting worse. We have nobody to blame but ourselves as parents. Thanks, you guys. Stick around, susan boyle is going to sing a christmas classic. And that hunk Cheyenne Jackson is going to tell us about his very first album. And ah, so you can see like right here i can just. You know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim. You know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. Oh, thats so cool. Well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. No dude, youre on the jumbotron whoa. Ah. Yeah, pretty much walked into that one. Geico anywhere anytime. Just a tap away on the geico app. You give them the giggles. Tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. But for everything we do, we know you do so much more. Tylenol cold®. Prove it. Enough is enough. Dcon baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. Guaranteed. Dcon. Get out. I have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i cant rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels dont unstuff your nose. They dont . Alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant. [ inhales deeply ] oh. What a relief it is. All right. Hes appeared in countless tv series from ugly betty to 30 rock to glee. He has played to sold out crowds in Carnegie Hall and on broadway. Now singer and actor Cheyenne Jackson is out with this first original album. It is called im blue, skies. I love the title. So great to see you. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Hi. This is the first original cd. This one, you wrote the material. I did. So thats like your baby. As you know, youre giving birth to your own ideas and thoughts. Its vulnerable and exciting. Can we hear a little bit . Okay. Im alive patiently waiting for love to arrive im blue sky im blue, skies okay so. Im blue, skies im blue, skies i saw that video. You know, i think i saw it like where they posted it, they said great video. Thats got to be fun, too. So fun. You sent me this video about two months ago. I was so i just thought it was fantastic. Tell us about the title im blue, skies. Its twofold. It means you know, i went through a lot of transition this year and a lot of wonderful changes in my life. Tough changes. Tough changes, yeah, but you grow from that. And you learn from it. Im blue, a little melancholy but also im skies. Yeah. Im everything. To me, its a personal thing. There was a lot of conversation about the comma. You went through a painful divorce. Yeah. And you went through you got sober. I did get sober. How is that impacting your life now . Its impacting me in every way possible. Im working six more hours in the day. How do you get up at 6 00 a. M. . Now, its amazing. Life has opened up in a whole new way. Talk about how busy you are. Six movies in one year. Tell us about them. There was a movie called the song. I filmed it in texas. Its about a songwriter struggling to find out who he really is. And his daughter enters him into a reality show contest. Christopher lloyd played my dad. A movie love is strange with john lithgow. Just got into sundance. Thats exciting. Thats a great one. Beautiful now. Thats a great shot. And pictures, its so cute. Cartoons, apropos. Look like betty and veronica from the archie comics. Youre coming back to broadway in the spring . Encores. Yeah. And sound of music. What do you do when youre not working, by the way, cheyenne . I rest. I just moved to the other coast to be with my mom and my dad. Just moved down there after 40 years in idaho. In idaho. Still, northwest. I just rest and enjoy my time. We know weve always loved you. Youve always been supportive. And i love you girls. The cd is really great. Its worth getting. Im blue, skies. Talking about music, hoda. Susan boyle has a song for us. Were going check in with the girls to see if theyve had any luck cutting the creep. Plus the man who put the pop in the popup. Robert wants you to get in on the act. And were back on this tuesday with more of today. Get out those art supplies, everybody. For over a decade now, robert sabudas incredibly popular childhood popup books have brought your favorite stories to life. And if you are nice maybe your kids will share those with you. And robert is here with the Little Mermaid not just to show off his work, hes here to show you how you can make popup art with us. Can you download it if you havent already. And go along with us. We should point out this is the book, the Little Mermaid. I can only imagine a kid unwrapping this for christmas. Heres the first page. Ready. Whoa whoa its so cool. Under the sea. I grew up in michigan and grew up in rivers in lakes. Im a scuba diver. So i spent a lot of time under the seas. Its a little bit of a calling. So this is such a completely different medium, though. This, i would think you probably didnt get it right about a thousand times and then you got it right. Am i right . Thats part of the process. Thats why you get better. Save time and money and make mistakes. You get better at it. Where can people get this . Anywhere, a bookstore. Anywhere they like to get a book for christmas. I cant imagine creating a popup. Were going to do it. Kathie said you can check the website. You can print these out and pop them out. I was nice enough to cut everything out for you. And you painted everything for us. If you dont have paper like this, this shiny beautiful paper like this, you can have the kids color them an do whatever you want. What are you making . A sea horse. The Little Mermaid had a lot of seahorses in it. Were going to start. I did a little folding and cutting for both of you. Thank you. Thank you. Were going to take this center piece, this is the body. You see the red dot. Theres a red dot on your card. How will everyone at home know how to do it . We jumped ahead with the instructions for you because of time. All the instructions are on the website. Youll know how to do it. The piece should be cut out on . You can use construction paper. You have a red dot on the piece. I want you to just lay down this is for dummies. I like it. As you put it in position. Yes, very good. Very good. Everybodys got it. This is so much fun. Now, i want you to close the card. I have sticky glue on both sides. When i do this with kids, i call it mashing. Then you open it slowly and see if the body twists so there you go. This is the body. You have to mash it a little bit more. Good. If you open it up, you see a little bit of the body of the sea horse there. Yes. Okay. Great, now. Were going to put the head on. I want you to take your head and pull off your piece of paper here. I got the pieces for you. A little adhesive. Moving ahead. And youre going to put it on the left hand side there. Right behind it. Lay the head in. Beautiful. Mash it in shes way ahead. You people are moving too slow for me. I tried it this one goes actually right right there. Now, lets take the tail. I like the tail. Of course, do you. Beautiful. Were going to put the tail right here on the bottom, right underneath. Right there, right here. There you go. Theres your tail. Where . Here. Right there. Excellent. He said excellent. Right there. Beautiful. How about an eyeball. Take an eye out here. Ooh, the eyeball. Large, small, medium, stick it wherever you want. I cant get the eyeball off. I got it. Thats too big for him. No. Take a fin. Take a fin. Stick your fin right here in the middle of the body. You there go right there. Hodas got the fin. Yep, got it right there. Stick it. Stick it. Okay. And now a holiday scarf. A beautiful holiday scarf for your sea horse. Any color you want. Im taking the red. Im going gold. And put it on the head part right there. Great, great. There you put two on. Very good. You there go. Shes never happy with anything. Is that it . Thats it. Look at that. Yeah hey okay. Thats shocking. Give one to ella and one to hannah. Oh, thank you. And one for your mother. If you didnt print it yet, and you want instructions on how to make the popup cards go to our website. Dont let the holidays sneak up on you. And have theyve been able to cut the creep. Dont look. 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[ dad ] it was awesome to see her transform from a girl, in a small town, to a soldier. [ male announcer ] you made them strong. Well make them army strong. Talk to your son or daughter about joining the army. Find out how at goarmy. Com parents. Mikes being healthy and chewinlike a man. With oneaday vitacraves for men its a gummy multivitamin. With more b vitamins, which help convert food to energy, and help mike do manly things, like wrestle bears and take out the garbage. Get 2 off at oneaday. Com. Were back with help so you can cut the creep and not let those holiday pounds pack on between now and new years. Thats right. I know its hard to say no to all those delicious delicacies this time of year without paying for it later. Two viewers, melvina and kathy rizzo have enlisted the help of madelyn fernstrom. Today, were going to learn if they were successful at cutting the thanksgiving creep. First of all, how has it been for you guys . Look, it was thanksgiving. Were you both cooking . Yes. It is hard because you have to taste it . Were you careful, were you thinking about everything . Yes, it was tough. I have to say. I had seconds i did have seconds. For thanksgiving. Yeah, it was tough. I love food. And the smell of the food cooking. So good. And your husband is no help. Oh, hes a food devil. Bernie bennie. Bennie. Part of the issue was not to be deprived. It wasnt all or nothing saying im not going to have all my favorites. To pick and choose, to use real ingredients for the things you love. And lighten up when you can but be mindful. It just means making a better choice. Were you able to make better choices . Absolutely. It should show up. Well well see. Melvina, we saw in the tease, you covered your eyes. Do you think youre up weight, down or the same . Take a guess. Maybe a half a pound or a pound. Up or down . Up. Madelyn, wed like you to reveal the results . Melvina is up two pounds but before we think thats the end of the world melvinas depressed. Thats why its called the creep. It creeps up. Part of this is going to be fluid retention. Its not absolute weight. Its sodium. Did you do on your own scale . O, i didnt. We took everything off that we could. But the idea is to make friends with the scale for now. This is a wake up call. Before you got on, you go, oh, i know im up. There were some things going on you want to learn from. All this is an indicator for next week, you want to double up your efforts and look at the things where you can improve. Its not really a bummer. You would have liked to have stayed the same. Thats where we cut the creep. Youll nip this in the bud. I went to the gym today, i didnt want to get on the scale. I always weigh the same like 146, i was 149. So dont thats rude. What was just terrible. Thats what i dont get on the scale. What scale . Dont feel bad. Okay. Lets move on. Kathie. How to you feel now knowing what we know. I made a lot of sacrifices so i hope its less. I dont want to know, though. Your clothes can fit a little differently. Yes. Tell us, madelyn, the reveal. Okay. Down 1. 2 pounds. Oh good for you melvina now feels worse. I made you feel better, melvina, youre not alone. This may not be real weight. It could be fluid shift. You were paying a lot of attention. Melvina this is for you to learn from saying ive got to wake up. Im not going to put on some stretch pants. And you wore something with a belt which means im paying attention. This is where were going with this, not this is punitive because you had a weight change. Its a wakeup call. Eggnog is one of the favorites. I love that. Was there another alternative. I know we have drinks here. What are these . You like it with the works, rum, right . Right. I do half and half with almond milk. There are two ways to do things there are people that go i want a small amount of the real thing. If thats you, have a teeny, three or four ounces of real eggnog. And going this is good. Thats not melvina because she goes, i like to have several. So what you can do is have my kind of women. Well, okay usually, then, you dilute it and water it down with something thats not water. Almond milk. Or we had our viewers wrote in and had some skim milk along with it. Cut down on the booze a little bit. Did you like how it tasted when you watered it down . No i think it tastes great. I didnt feel deprived at all. What about moving, working out . Exercising . I just doubled up on exercising all weekend. Thats a great way to barter. We always think about food. If you walk about 20 minutes, thats about 100 calories. Thats all . It takes five minutes to eat five minutes to eat 500 calories, two bites of mashed potatoes. And two hours to burn it off. Someone like you, hoda, youre at the gym, you can use that to barter for food. Most of us, unless you are really having a great workout have to be mindful. So we have for you, melvina and kathy, we have two pedometers. These are oldies but goodies. They are things for your wrist. Take the stairs instead of the escalators. Park further away. All of these activities of daily live will go burn calories. Dont be discouraged. You will do awesome this week. I know. Youre with us, youre going to do great. She is. Yeah. We want to hear from all of you, share your healthy food klgandhoda. Com. Susan boyle is going to bring it home for the holidays. She sings a classic for us right after this. Hoohoo. Hoohoo. Hoohoo hoo. Sir. Ill get it together i promise. Heeheehee. Jimmy ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico . Ronny id say happier than the pillsbury doughboy on his way to a baking convention. Get happy. Get geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [ male announcer ] lauras heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. If youve had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtecd®. Powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms all in one pill. Zyrtecd®. At the pharmacy counter. On the heels of making the movie the christmas candle Grammy Nominated and golden globe sensation susan boyle is out with a new album of holiday classics. Its called home for christmas. Singing the heartfelt song ill be home for Christmas Susan boyle. Ill be home for christmas you can plan on me please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree Christmas Eve will find me where the lovelight gleams ill be home for christmas if only in my dreams please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree for me for me Christmas Eve will find me where the lovelight gleams ill be home for christmas if only in my dreams and well be back with the special guest and more of today on nbc. Ill be home for christmas if only in my dreams it is one of our proudest traditions. This year the toy drive is celebrating its 20th anniversary helping families. What a better gift than tapping into a childs creativity. Here to donate craft items is Sarah Douglas from stampin up. You guys have donated for quite a few years. This our ninth years. Nine. This is our nine years. Were excited to donate paper crafting products. And you helped your mom found this company, right . Ive been more involved in the last years and its great. Im not great with crafts. But this looks like something id be able to do. Tell us about these. This is a sampling of a kit were donating. Its good for kids and families to capture the holiday memories. All the pieces are together. Its as you said, its dummy proof. Careful, sarah. You said that earlier, i think. I say nothing. And its easy to do, and creativity is forgiving. And it gets your kids off their electronics, youre right. This is a hightech world. This is a lowtech product. Tell us how much youre donating . 650,000 worth of paper craft supplies. What . Fantastic. Oh, my gosh. A fun thing to be creative with. Thank you to your mom and the company. And all these years of support. Thank you. Our toy drive continues through december 20th you can donate in person or on the plaza at the nbc experience store or online. Tomorrow she has survived. Gloria gainer will be with us. And gifts for foodie in your life. And Christmas Tree alternatives. Whatever t im here to help. You and i will get through this together. [applause]