go. just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the world s most famous christmas tree in a star-studded 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 good morning, everybody. welcome to today. it s a thursday morning. now, we can celebrate. we got this gorgeous tree. it s all lit up. we got willie. you re just a lilt shorter than the tree. and you re 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. we ll have more on the tree-lighting. we want to start with destructive weather in the south. and in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. kerry sanders is in gatlin, tennessee. good morning. good morning, willie. a good portion of gatlinb
go. just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the world s most famous christmas tree in a star-studded 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. it s a thursday morning. now, we can celebrate. we got this gorgeous tree. it s all lit up. we got willie. you re just a little shorter than the tree. and you re 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. we ll have more on the tree-lighting. we want to start with south. and in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. reporter: good morning, the threat
does not stop the lighting of the world s most famous christmas tree in a star-studded and soaked celebration. rockefeller center shining weha tree-lighting. we want to start with destructive weather in the south. and in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. kerry sanders is in gatlin, tennessee. good morning. good morning, willie. a good portion of gatlinburg is in evacuation. there s fires burning here. if there s any good news, it s that there s little wind and the authorities don t think spread much beyond where it is right this is an example that the threat remains. this morning, search and rescue efforts are under way. first responders tennessee, still watching a few hot spots in the aftermath of raging wildfires. heavy rain was good and bad. the downside, mud and rockslides. this morning, more than 17,000 acres in the smokey mountains missing, more than six. john and janet summers from memphis were gatlinburg with three sons. the sons are in the burn unit. their par
does not stop the lighting of the world s most famous christmas tree in a star-studded 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 welcome to today. it s a thursday morning. now, we can celebrate. we got this gorgeous tree. it s all lit up. we got willie. you re just a lilt shorter than the tree. and you re 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. we ll have more on the tree-lighting. we want to start with destructive weather in the south. and in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. kerry sanders is in gatlin, tennessee. good morning. good morning, willie. a good portion of gatlinburg is in evacuation. there s fires burning her
plaza. i don t 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 dvr d it. matt and savannah and hoda and myself. and matt and issavannah, at the home base area. mattnd was there s the countdown, as well. alec baldwin, kate mckinnon and helped hit the button. we re in a downpour. a deluge. i mean, it is coming down, cats and dogs. and the people around us are getting drenched. there s matt and savannah. they had a tent over them. they had a heater. had a butler and a masseuse. oh, my gosh. i have to admit. notice it to this point. but the good thing is, it s 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. that s they had someone mopping up the floor. they had somebody squeegeeing the floor. and bringing them cucumber sandwiches. and we had hours-long convers