Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.
Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.
I saw it in the ground in new york. And here it is in rockefeller plaza. I dont think it needed augmentation. A lot of times they cut branches and fill it out. But it is just gorgeous. Beautiful. With the rain, what a beautiful production. I dvrd it. Matt and savannah and hoda and myself. And matt and savannah, at the home matt and savannah that part was theres the countdown, as well. Alec baldwin, Kate Mckinnon and helped hit the button. Were in a downpour. A deluge. I mean,t is coming down, cats and dogs. And the people around us are getting drenched. Theres matt and savannah. They had a tent overemey had a. Had butler and a masseuse. I watched it on dvr and i didnt notice it to this point. But the good thing is, its not like matt and savannah rubbed it in. Look at the picture they texted us. Oh, my gosh. Here they are, laughing at hoda and me. Thats they had someone mopping up the floor. They had somebody squeegeeing the floor. And bringing them cucumber sandwiches. We had hourslong
I saw it in the ground in new york. And here it is in rockefeller plaza. I dont think it needed augmentation. A lot of times they cut branches and fill it out. But it is just gorgeous. Beautiful. With the rain, what a beautiful production. I dvrd it. Matt and savannah and hoda and myself. And matt and savannah, at the home matt and savannah that part was theres the countdown, as well. Alec baldwin, Kate Mckinnon and helped hit the button. Were in a downpour. A deluge. I mean,t is coming down, cats and dogs. And the people around us are getting drenched. Theres matt and savannah. They had a tent overemey had a. Had butler and a masseuse. I watched it on dvr and i didnt notice it to this point. But the good thing is, its not like matt and savannah rubbed it in. Look at the picture they texted us. Oh, my gosh. Here they are, laughing at hoda and me. Thats they had someone mopping up the floor. They had somebody squeegeeing the floor. And bringing them cucumber sandwiches. We had hourslong
I saw it in the ground in new york. And here it is in rockefeller plaza. I dont think it needed augmentation. A lot of times they cut branches and fill it out. But it is just gorgeous. Beautiful. With the rain, what a beautiful production. I dvrd it. Matt and savannah and hoda and myself. And matt and savannah, at the home matt and savannah that part was theres the countdown, as well. Alec baldwin, Kate Mckinnon and helped hit the button. Were in a downpour. A deluge. I mean,t is coming down, cats and dogs. And the people around us are getting drenched. Theres matt and savannah. They had a tent overemey had a. Had butler and a masseuse. I watched it on dvr and i didnt notice it to this point. But the good thing is, its not like matt and savannah rubbed it in. Look at the picture they texted us. Oh, my gosh. Here they are, laughing at hoda and me. Thats they had someone mopping up the floor. They had somebody squeegeeing the floor. And bringing them cucumber sandwiches. We had hourslong