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And flying high. Im flying the much anticipated peter pan live soars into prime time but did it fly with those armchair critics today friday, december 5, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Matts got the morning off. I was up late watching peter pan. Allison williams very good. The dog could win the emmy. Christopher walken fantastic as hook. Dancing pirates. Amazing. They pulled it off. Well get the latest on peter pan. Our top story of course the demonstrations and they are expanding coast to coast now over the grand jury decision not to indict a new York City Police officer in the death of eric garner. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is at Brooklyn Bridge. Protests erupt forward a second night. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. You said earlier the protests bigger, more organized and more disruptive, at the Brooklyn Bridge. More than 200 people were arrested last night. Part of that aerng fueled by the fact that few details have been released in this case. And many are still asking the question. Why was there no indictment . Protesters in new york city out in bigger numbers overnight. Storming the Brooklyn Bridge, one of several shut down across the city. And flooding times square. In chicago, lake shore drive shut down, one of at least a dozen cities where massive protests took place. Still demanding justice for eric garner after the Police Officer allegedly used a choke hold trying to arrest him. The new York Police Department parole guide says officers will not use kmokholds, described as any pressure to the throat or windpipe which may prevent or hinder breathing. Police advocates standing behind the officer saying he did not use the move. The Police Officer and the ems did what they are supposed to. If you are speaking you can breathe. Reporter the cell phone video of the encounter was one of four shown to the grand jury. According to a document released by the d. A. s office which disclosed limited details. The grand jury sat for nine week, given 60 exhibits of evidence and heard from 50 witnesses. Including 22 civilians. After no indictment in both the eric garner case and the Michael Brown case in ferguson many ask why no indictment. A study shows more than 6500 Law Enforcement officers were arrested over a 6year span, one out of every 1,000 officers nationwide. I think the main thing is that they heard from the officer. He was obviously well prepped and he expressed remorse. So, through that process perhaps he was able to persuade them that if they were in his shoes it might have been the same thing. Reporter another Police Officer may face similar scrutiny in phoenix after an unarmed black man suspected of il selling drugs was shot and killed. Protesters asked that the officer be held responsible. Back in new york city, mayor de blasio vowed to retrain police. More protests are plan forward later today. Well be watching. Thank you. In a few moments president obama anoujss his nominee for defense secretary, Ashton Carter, a former pentagon official will be the pick to replace chuck hagel. Kristen welker is at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Ashton carter is the Nuclear Physicist. Carters nomination at a time of deep uncertainty for the pentagon as a course of critics say the administration is slow to react to a series of crisis, this move that his Foreign Policy need as change at the top. Hes a former Deputy Defense secretary with a long history at the pentagon. And later today, 60yearold Ashton Carter is expected to become president obamas latest pick for defense secretary. White house Officials Say carter was tapped because he is not afraid challenge the president , recently disagreeing with mr. Obamas decision to withdraw most u. S. Troops from iraq, instead of leaving a strong residual force. Jeremy bash is advising carter on his nomination. He knows the job of the secretary is give his best military and strategic advice to the command every in chief. Ive seen him do it. If confirmed carter will face hurdles from the escalating campaign against isis to loojing budget cuts, outgoing dessens secretary chuck hagel stepped down amid reports he was too passive in the face of new challenges. On thursday, hagel pushed back on reports that he was forced to resign. This was a mutual decision based on discussions that we had. Reporter there was largely bipartisan praise from capitol hill, but republican senator ted cruz slammed the administration for having four defense secretaries in almost as many years. At a time when the threats are this grave, we shouldnt see more turnover at the Defense Department than one has at typical burger king. Reporter the backdrop to the announcement expected moments from now is a reported power struggle between the white house and pentagon, two of president obamas previous defense secretaries have publicly criticized the president for trying to micromanage decision making. One test for cart are whether he will work with the structure at the white house. Barring something unexpected carter will likely be confirmed. Well bring you the president s News Conference live. A new era of Space Exploration is under way. Nasa successfully launched its first crucial test flight of the orion spacecraft that could eventually carry mankind to mars. Tom costello is at the Kennedy Space center for us this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. This was a spectacular launch. 4 05 pacific time when it lifted off from the Kennedy Space center on an incredible journey, unmanned test but as you said eventually the goal is to put humans on this type of crew vehicle and carry them to an asteroid or perhaps mars. That could be 15, or 20 years away but nonetheless the testing is under way and today could not have gone more perfectly. At this moment were now looking at the orion, 3600 miles out from earth. That is the furthest out it is going to be and then it does these orbits, it has done one already, it will begin its reentry to earth, and we expect in about an hour and a half as it comes through the earths atmosphere the heat on those heat shields will heat up to 4,000 degrees and then through the parachutes coming down splashing down 600 miles off the coast of baja california. The goal of this is hopefully to learn what they can about new vehicle, if it looks like apollo from 40 years ago that is not by accident. They a they are borrowing. The rocket stack and the goal here to create a spacecraft that will go deep, not to the space station at 250 miles above the earth but to the moon, to an asteroid or to mars. Back to you. And must be so much to nasa, tom, as we know the Space Shuttle program was disbanded and u. S. Astronauts catching a ride to the space station. This is a new era. Reporter yes, i think that if you talk to anybody here at nasa they are so excited about this because they put the shuttle behind them three years ago. That was the last shuttle flight. Weve been relying on the russians to bring humans to the space station as they build up a new deep space capacity, a new technology so. This is now the cukucull ma nat of this and blasting it off. They hope that this is the first of many tests to come and in about maybe eight years or so a manned mission, a manned test flight, maybe to an asteroid, or i may still be here in 20 years. We know youll have your eye on the heavens. Tom, thank you so much. As we wait for the president , natalie is here with a few more top stories. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is speaking out on the protest over the decision not to indict an officer in the death of eric garner. Asked whether protepsers say there are two justice systems in the u. S. He said the problem apparently is not just about eric garner, it is much bigger. The u. S. Job market heated up in november, employers added 321,000 jobs last month. The biggest jump in almost three years. The Unemployment Rate held steady at 5. 8 . Sixyear low. Novembers gains with Business Services along with manufacturing, construction and in retail. A major new study finds that for women under 65 the benefits of taking low dose aspirin to protect your heart and colon may be outweigh bid the down side. Researchers in the netherland found it can lead to gast gastrointestinal bleeding enough to send a woman to the hospital. The risk and the benefits more balance forward women older than 65, of course you should always consult with your doctor before beginning or changing any aspirin program. The study is out in the journal heart. A massive manhunt in fwlaxt a man killed his wife and another woman in bradenton and the pastor of the church where his wife worked. They are looking for the 33yearold, no word on a possible motive. A new report from new jersey lawmakers finds no evidence that governor Chris Christie was involved in last years politically motivated traffic jam near the George Washington bridge, but the panel says two former christie aides acted with little regard for Public Safety when they ordered lanes closed in the area. Anxious moments in the skies over vermont. United Airlines Flight heading to Washingtondulles International Airport had to turn back after it struck a bird and you see it shattered the windshield. The pilot was able to see well enough to land that plane safely. And the crew of a sail boat is okay this morning after a rough end to a race in the indian ocean. During the race the 65foot boat smashed into a coral reef in the middle of the night, forcing the crew to hang on and eventually abandon ship. When the sun came up they got a closer look at the damage. As you see there, quite a lot of it. They are lucky to be safe. Washington states first Powerball Jackpot winner says the dream ticket for saturdays drawing was the first one she had ever bought. Lisa and her husband everett claimed their 90 million prize on thursday. Both are retiring from their jobs at boeing as you would expect. Lisa emailed her colleagues thursday, said its been a pleasure working with them and told them to watch the news, it would explain everything. Dont call me, ill call you. Then they bought a boeing jetliner. Another sign of the times last night, the Nations Capital take a look. Three, two, one. And you have it. The first family pushing the button to late to National Christmas tree near the white house. Later the president getting into the holiday spirit showing off some festive dance moves or Something Like that. A little rocking back and forth. Keep it down low. How is the weather out west . Well, weve got more wet weather coming into the pacific northwest. In the meantime, they have gotten a ton of rain over the last several days. From central california, Southern California into the pacific northwest. Today rain will move back into San Francisco, seattle as well. Heavier rain moves in later tonight. San diego at 67, sante fe 57. Casper, wyoming look for clouds. Denver, 54. To the west of there were looking at light snow. All of the rain that was in california is shifted into the midsection of the country, so from missouri and arkansas look for rain and later today moves into the northeast later tonight icy, snowy rainy mess moves into the pacific northwest. And were watching for early next week a storm system along the east coast, we may have our another noreaster coming in and bringing rain and snow, nasty weather for Prince William and kate oh, its going to be fun. And kate oh, its going to be fun. Yeah. And kate oh, its going to be fun. Yeah. Good morning to you. The time now 7 14. We have a lot of rain on the way but not just yet. Were going to get by with a nice drive to work. Temps in the 6 s for today. Look whats coming into the bay area, another round of rain between about 2 00 and 6 00. That is going to cause heavy delays as people are making their way home from work. Hope you have a great day. Muchas gracias, al roker y thank you so much. Arrest of a woman in the brutal murder of an American Teacher in a mall in abu dhabi appeared to reveal a larger terror group at work. That and the investigation, good morning to you. Reporter hey, good morning. The news that a suspect has been arrested is being welcomed here. But people tell us there is still a deep shock that an american was targeted in a country considered relatively safe. At gunpoint, Police Arrest the woman accused of killing american mom ibollia ryan. They say the 47yearold teacher was stabbed because of her nationality. On her Facebook Page her exhusband wrote, your beauty and pure heart will live with us all forever. Fellow teachers say the same about the mother of twin boys who moved to the United Arab Emirates hoping to do good. She was a great mom, i mean our kids would have sleepovers together. Reporter the thank you ibolyaryan. For 40,000 u. S. Nationals here this has been a dramatic frightening week beginning at this upscale mall. On Surveillance Video a veiled woman is seen calmly entering the mall monday. Police say she stabbed ibollia, then accused of making a bomb with ingredients found in her apartment to target an american egyptian doctor. Police say the aim has been to spread fear. The u. S. Embassy is warning americans to keep a low profile amid increasing concerns that innocent americans may be targeted in this region. Keir simmons, thank you. On these Foreign Policy topics we should mention were waiting the president and the introduction of Ashton Carter, his pick to be the next secretary of defense. Lets go to Jim Miklaszewski and we have chuck todd as well. Ill start with you, ash carter, someone has been around the pentagon for many years. Maybe i should say decades. What is his reputation . Well, first of all hes highly regarded, respected here, as a true professional. Very intelligent, quick on the mark, easy to grasp the most complicated strategies and operations here at the pentagon. After all, and its going to be a rapid and easy transition, he was the deputy secretary of defense just a year ago, so he knows how this building works, how the military works, knows all of the nuts and bolts t dollars and cents. He was the one who put together those massive pentagon budgets which is going to be one of the primary objectives of this building to try to figure out how the pentagon and military can adjust the shrinking military budgets. While the white house may have more confidence in carters ability than they did in hagel, and he in fact may be able to influence some of the decisions coming out of the white house, but nobody believes here that in two short years carter is going to be able to put his stamp on the pentagon and that he could break into the inner circle at the white house and actually help make some of the decisions that come out of there regarding foreign and military policy. My question to chuck, National Security circle is famously insular at the white house. Do you think ash carter will really have a substantive seat at the table . Well, well see. I mean, if past is any guide here in history the answer is not really. Chuck ha chuck hagel didnt. Bob gates and leon panetta t first two secretaries of defense under president obama both wrote books complaining about this. That said, ive had plenty of people close to the white house that swear ash carter is will be a bull in a china shop with the white house and will be confrontational with this National Security team if he needs to be. Chuck, thank you. Well stand bit. We do plan to show the president s announcement live when it happens. Ahead here this morning on today, bill cosbys legal team fired back at a woman now suing him for sexual battery. Squeal the question, is he a victim of extortion. Getting ready for william and kate. The arrival of the duke and duchess of cambridge. Eyebrow confession from our own Jenna Bush Hager. Mother of four with the fifth on the way. Heated seats for mom, dvd with Wireless Headphones for the kids and tons of room for the golf clubs golf clubs, and strollers. Shhh. I love this part. So what do you think . I think its everything we wanted. Great. Discover for yourself why more people find their perfect car at carmax. Carmax. Start here. This is an nbc news special report. Here is Savannah Guthrie. Good morning. As we come on the president s about to speak live, he will be announcing his new defense secretary, its Ashton Carter who is of course the former number two at the pentagon, someone who worked for decades in different president ial administrations from clinton to bush to president obama. Lets turn to chuck todd, the moderator of meet the press. Good morning. What can you tell us about ash carter, someone those in washington know well. Washington folks do know him very well. He is not a household name, not a former elected official as the current secretary of defense is. Ashton carter somebody who served as deputy secretary of defense, just over a year ago, very hands on guy. Knows how everything works in that pentagon, the white house expects him to be a big force at the pentagon, they want him to be they claim they want him to be more confrontational with the white house. The National Security team of course as we know, that has been a problem for the three defense secretaries in the obama years, gates, panetta and hagel, all of whom complained they have not been able to break that tight circle around the president. I have aides tell me they want Ashton Carter to be a bull in a china shop and be that person. As we interrupt you. Lets listen. It is wonderful to be able to announce not the creation but at least the filling of one new job. But before we do i wanted to make a somewhat broader statement about the economy and ash, is willing to indulge me. Last month americas businesses created more than 300,000 jobs. This keeps a pace so far this year that we have not seen since the 1990s. So far this year over the first 11 months of 2014 our economy has created 2. 65 million jobs, thats more than in any entire year since the 1990s. Our businesses have now created 10. 9 million jobs over the past 57 months in a row, and thats the longest streak of private sector job growth on record. We also know that the pickup in the pace of job growth this year has been in industries with higher wajs and overall wages are rising. A welcome sign for millions of americans. So weve got an opportunity to keep up this progress if congress is willing to keep our government open, avoid selfinflicted wounds and Work Together to invest in the things that support faster job growth in high paying jobs, that means exports, infrastructure, streamlining our tax code, immigration reform, giving minimum wage workers a raise. Its been a long road to recovery from the worst economic crisis in generations and we still have a lot more work to do to make sure hard working americans, wages are growing faster. But the United States continues to outpace most of the world. Over the last four years we put more people back to work than europe, japan and all other industrialized advanced countries combined and were going to keep at it until every single american who is willing and able to work can find not just any job but a job that pay as decent wage and allows them to support their families. Its worth once in a while reflecting on the fact that the American Economy is making real progress. And if we can continue in this trajectory, if we can continue to grow robustly, and if we make sure that those companies who are seeing profits probably higher any time in the last 60 years, that they are also making sure their workers are sharing in that growth, then we can get a cycle thats going to make a difference and be a critical component of strengthening our National Security because National Security starts with a Strong Economy here at home. Now, i know that some people think that i announce cabinet positions on fake twitter accounts. This is not the case. A year ago when ash carter completed his tenure as deputy secretary of defense secretary hagel took to the podium and looked automatic the military leaders and said ive known ash carter for many years. All of us benefitted from ashs hard work, his friendship, from his inspiration, and from his leadership. And chuck then went on to express gratitude to his partner for what ash has done for this country and will continue to do in many ways. Couldnt have said it better myself. Im pleased to announce my nominee to be our next secretary of defense mr. Ash carter. Now, with a record of service that spanned more than 30 years, for public servant, scholar, ash is recogarded as one of our foremost security leaders. With our Pentagon Team for the first five years of my presidency, he was at the table in the situation room, is by my side navigating complex security challenges, i relied on his expertise and i relied on his judgment. I think its fair to say that ash in your one year attempt at retirement from Public Service you failed miserably. But i am deeply grateful that you are willing to go back at it. Ash, some of you know brings a unique blend of perspective and knowhow. As a student of history he understands the United States and im quoting him t single most provider of security in the world, and he play add key role in devising our Defense Strategy to advance that security. Hes also a physicist, which means that he is one of the few people who actually understand how many of our Defense Systems work. And that is also allowed him to serve with extraordinary breadth and depth in a range of work that weve had to do. In one way or another ash has served under 11 secretaries of defense, hes an innovator who helped create the program that is dismantled weapons of mass destruction, around the world and reduced the threat of nuclear terrorism, he is reformer who has never been afraid to cancel old or inefficient weapons programs, he knows the department of defense inside and out, which all of which means that on day one he is going to hit the ground running. Ash is also known by our allies and our friends around the world. Having served both republican and democratic secretaries hes respected and trusted on both sides of the aisle, he has been a close partner with our military leaders and hes admired by civilian leaders across the department because he is mentor to so many of them. Theres one other quality of ashs service i think often gets overlooked, that is his true reguard, his love, for the men and women in uniform and their families. His relentless dedication to their safety and well being. When he cut outdated, unneeded systems, he did it because hes trying to free up money for our troops, make sure they have the weapons and the gear that they needed and the quality of life for themselves and their families that they deserve. When our troops in iraq and afghanistan were struggling to defend against roadside bombs he moved heaven and earth to rush them new body armor and vehicles. No exaggeration to say there are countless americans who are alive today in part because of ashs efforts. When our forces sat down for thanksgiving dinner far from home, or as our Wounded Warriors recovered in the hospital or when our Fallen Heroes returned to dover, ash was there. Often on his own time, without any publicity or fanfare. And i know that ash will be there for them now as secretary of defense. We face no shortage of challenges to our National Security. Our combat mission in afghanistan ends this month and we have to transition to a new mission,s advising and assisting Afghan Forces and going after remnants of al qaedas core. We have to keep degrading and ultimately destroying isil in iraq and syria, build Counter Terrorism partnerships and new platforms, we have to continue to fight against ebola, in west africa, we have to continue to strengthen our alie yajss including nato and continue to rebalancing our defense posture in the asia pacific. Going forward our forces are going to need to be leaner but as commander in chief im going to make sure that we have a military that is second to none, that continues to be the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. That means, though, were going to have to bolster some new capabilities, our cyber defense, how we deal with our satellites and how were adapting our military and investing in new capabilities to meet long term threats. Were going to have to work with congress on a more responsible approach to defense spending, including the reforms we need to make to the department more efficient, thats how were going to preserve readiness, how were going to keep faith with our forces and families, how were going to deliver world class care to our Wounded Warriors. And ash is going to be critical to all of these efforts, when we talked about this job, we talked about how were going to have to make smart choices precisely because there are so many challenges out there and were going to have to squeeze everything we have out of the resources we have in order to be as effective as possible and i cant think of somebody who is more qualified to do that. His career ash has been confirmed by the senate three times, if it were entirely up to my friend carl levin sitting here, i suspect it would happen really quickly. Because thats the kind of guy carl is and carl i know has had a chance to work with ash in the past. My hope is that in the new congress we get similar speed and dispatch. By the way, well miss carl levin i wanted to mention that. [ applause ] one last piece of critical information that may have tipped the scales in me wanting to promote ash. Ash is a big motown fan. And one of his favorites is a classic by the four top, reach out ill be there. So ash, im reaching out to you, you have been there for us, our troops, our families, our nation. I also know that hes been there for his lovely wife stephanie, sometimes by skype because hes been traveling. But the sacrifices that stephanie has been willing to make, this is a team effort as it is true for our military families so were very grateful to stephanie. She joined ash on a lot of those thanksgiving trips to see our troops and at the bedside of Wounded Warriors. She knows the sacrifices they are going through. Stephanie, we thank you for your service. We thank will and ava who couldnt be here but we know that they couldnt be prouder of their dad, and with that i want to let hopefully our soon to be new secretary of defense say a few words. [ applause ] president obama at the white house announcing his pick for number two at the pentagon, experienced Washington Hand now of course its up to the senate to confirm the nominee. Well have more on nbcnews. Com and nightly news with Brian Williams, most of you will return to today. Im savann. This is an nbc news special report. All right. Here we go. This is a big one. Tom brady, the patriots going to qualcomm stadium, taking on the chargers. Partly cloudy, mild, 63 degrees. This is a big one. Its on sunday night, football night in america. You know you want it. Oh. Im back now. Al, thank you. There is growing excitement surrounding the duke and duchess of cambridges first visit to new york. They arrive on sunday. Given all of the hours she logs ron royal baby watch we turn to our resident expert natalie. What have you planned . I plan to follow them wherever they go. The royals are preparing to take manhattan from their events to galas to an nba game. They plan to take a big bite out of the big apple. Get ready, america. America. Another british invasion is coming. In just two days, the duke and duchess of cambridge make their first visit to new york and already the big apple is getting ready for the big arrival. For now, tourists at Madame Tussauds have to settle for these reproductions. But they will arrive, attend a private dinner. Then monday william heads to the Nations Capital while kate visits with kids at a Child Care Center in harlem. The royal couple then reunites in brooklyn to see nba royalty king james, lebron james, that is, taking on the nets that night. Then on tuesday morning, will and kate will pay an emotional visit to new yorks 9 11 memorial museum. There really is such a deep connection between the people of the United Kingdom and the people of the United States and this visit reflects that to a tremendous degree. In the afternoon, william will get in an empire state of mind, atop one of new yorks most iconic landmarks. Then a night of glitz and glamour at the metropolitan museum of art in honor of the 600th anniversary of st. Andrews, the school where will and kate first met. Will, along with tom hanks, whose daughter is an alum, and the schools principal, louise richardson, are all set to speak. All our graduates have real affection for the place and this would be an opportunity to celebrate the university, to celebrate the link with the United States and bring together a lot of people who are united by their affection for this university. This isnt the first visit to the states for will and kate. They ventured across the pond in 2011, taking in the sights on the west coast, meeting celebrities and adoring fans. One member of the family we wont see this time around, Prince George. All eyes will be on his mom and any signs of the latest royal on the way, just four months and counting. Sav annah savannah, very disappointed that Prince George isnt coming. Arranged marriage with baby vale. Devastating for our little girl. Theyll meet eventually. Coming up on trending, why Mark Wahlberg is asking for a pardon for a crime he committed 26 years ago. Coming up next, reviews are in, what social media thought of the peter pan live extravagan aj green . Hes just like you. Except. Hes in a commercial. He got hands like glue. And just bought. A 10,000 gallon salt water fish tank. Otherwise. He do what you do. Drives to work, listens to his music,. Gets caught up in a wirebased headphone situation. Uhmm. I know you seen that. So like you. He went and did something about it. And now he walks into work like a boss. Like who . You. There you go aj. Exclusively at verizon. In the country. We operate just like a city, and that takes a lot of energy. 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Allison williams performance as the boy who never grows up you can never never grow old garnered plenty of praise for the hbo star, including from teenage dreamer katy perry. The singer tweeted i believe in you, allison williams. How do you do . Christopher walken was very Christopher Walken. This seat is hot as buccaneer baddy captain hook, mia farrow tweeted Christopher Walken equals gold no matter what. This live production based on a play first performed way back in 1904 featured a brand new song. Is it just pretend and an updated number. Bringing the performance of tiger lily into the 21st century. Hooks men are tracking you. Pandemonium so swift, a message for anyone who thought otherwise. Gators gonna gate. Thats my favorite hash tag of the night. Anything, Something Else trending last night. Take a look. And who wore it best . Brian williams or his daughter . America voted and the winner is allison. Yes, she did. The twitter traffic was interesting. People, i find, on social media are the extreme. Either they love or they hate. In this case you had a mixed bag of things. I do, however, think the backup dancers and pirates for Christopher Walken got a lot of social buzz out of this. People were quite fascinated with the dance moves. Unsung heroes or unsung stars. And that little dog. They use a little dog. That was incredible. And the guy in the gator costume. Lot of bacon in the pot. Where was Brian Williams . He was off nightly news and near enough at the end he would be able to go in and hug her, which probably meant he was under the stage in one of the scenes. The guy in the gator. You are a good detective. Get on the phone, Brian Williams. Coming up, we have all heard it. Is it really true, that men go for younger women when they remarry . Theres a new study. Well have the answer. Flashback friday, our favorite toys of all time, right after this. Flashback friday, ou favorite toys of all time, right afte creeping up on you. 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Do you remember the excitement you felt for new toys on Christmas Morning . Yes. What a great feeling. Tamron is over in the orange room and she has a look for us. We went into the holiday vault to see what holiday toy we were all talking about 31 years ago today. Take a look. These are called Cabbage Patch kids. You can see theyre cuddly, soft, very vulnerable. Almost a little bit homely. Homely . Really . Guess who still owns their Cabbage Patch dolls. Do you . These are mine. Thats pretty cool. Yes. These are my actual dolls. I have the original, his name is michael, but hes in texas with my mom. Here are a few other viewers who have sent in pictures of their Cabbage Patch dolls. Mary smith. So cute. Adorable. What gift did you want to have as a child that you didnt get . Carson, waterproof walkman. Nice. Well get you one. Savannah, guess jeans. Its not a toy. In junior high i wanted guess jeans. Natalie, barbie dream house. Never got it. Al, what is this machine . A robot you put together and build and away you went. Big wheel was for me. I didnt get one. But i got these dolls. Flash back friday. What are your dolls names . Narnia and charlene. What are your dolls names . Narnia and charlene. We wrap everyone has questions about money. You know, i think about money kind of a lot. Moneys freedom. Moneys always on my mind. Credit cards. Mortgage. Debt. Its complicated. Its not easy. Im not a good budgeter. Unfortunately, im a spender. I would love to learn more about finances. So theres questions about the world that all of us have, especially about money and finance. The goal of khan academy and Better Money Habits and the partnership were doing with bank of america is to give people the tools they need to empower themselves. Walgreens knows the holidays are full of surprises. Behind every open heart. Is a story. A story about finishing the race. No matter what the obstacles. About rebuilding the bond between a mother and a daughter. Or about helping build homes for others. Because you remember what it felt like. Not to have one. When you keep an open heart, Amazing Things happen. Thats what the open hearts collection at kay jewelers, the number one Jewelry Store in america, is all about. Keep your heart open. And love will always find its way in. Every kiss begins with kay. Announcer youre watching today in the bay. And very good friday morning to you. Its 7 56. Im sam brock. An alameda man said he shot and killed his wife to end her pain is expected to turn himself in today. He reportedly told police he promised his wife to help end her suffering. Palo alto nthe scene of nor flashing incident. It does not appear to be related to three or flashing incidents in palo alto. And both tunnels are expected to remain closed until 4 00 tomorrow morning. There could be other challenges facing drivers on their evening commute. For more on that well check in with meteorologist christina loren. It could be downright damage rouse, even as theyre doing that thrill through devils slide. Grab your umbrella on the way out. By 3 00, heavy downpours that will continue until about 7 00. By 11 00 not, showers start to let up and well get a pretty good break on the second half of your saturday and run returns late sunday into among. Heres mike with your drive. A little bit of puddling over, there 101 in san rafael. Over here the bay bridge, we still have the metering lights on but only backed up to the end of the parking lot for some of those lanes. Heres your approach to the east bay, nothing dramatic in the south bay. Mike, thank you very much. In the next 30 minutes or so, orion will be splashing back down. Well have more on that, another update in 25 minutes. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, high tech. Maria shriver introduces us to the ceo of youtube as the silicon superstar gets ready for her fifth child. Do you feel like youre setting an example for other women . You have to realize that its okay that you can have a family. And let me kiss you plus, kiss and tell, what our own Jenna Bush Hager is telling us about hanky panky on the white house roof . From plaid to just bad. Why the ugly christmas sweater phenomenon is only getting bigger today, friday, december 5th, 2014. Mplt mother daughter trip from lubbock, texas. Good morning howdy from waco, texas. Im 30 today. Its my sweet 16 in new york city good morning, virginia. Im the birthday girl. Happy birthday yea good morning, everyone. Welcome back to today. Beautiful day out here, friday, december 5th, 2014. We have a nice, boisterous crowd out here. Crazy 50th birth party. I think they have already opened a few. They have what is coming up . Coming up, ahead, we will go ahead. We are playing monopoly. Pretty cool. Were going to round out our week of holiday reviews with fun games for the entire family and hightech gifts your kids are clamoring for. Ill sit down with angelina jolie, talking about her married life, and her future in hollywood. The golden globe nominations will be revealed. We will have that. And time magazines person person of the year, we will review that for next week. Lets get a check of the top stories from natalie. Nat . Good morning to you guys once again. Good morning, everyone. Hundreds of people were arrested overnight in new york city as they disrupted to protest the grand jurys decision not to indict a Police Officer in the death of eric garner, an unarmed man. Stephanie gosk, good morning. Reporter another night of disruption here at the Brooklyn Bridge last night which was shut down for several hours. The new York Police Say more than 200 people were arrested last night. It wasnt just here in new york. These protesters were bigger, more organized. In cities around the country, including chicago, where they actually shut down lake shore drive. Part of this anger has been fueled by the fact that there have been very few facts in this case released. Many are asking the question, why was there no indictment . Since 1993, the new York City Police have banned use of a choke hold. Many believe thats exactly what the Police Officer used on eric garner that led to his death. But the Police Officers union in this city has said that that is not the case. There is an obvious disagreement of his assessment and there will be more protests again today. That will be in new york. Natalie . Thank you. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk. In phoenix thursday night, demanding officials release the name of an officer there who fatally shot an unarmed black man on tuesday. Police spokesperson says 34yearold brisbane was pulled over because his suv matched the description of a suspected drug dealers vehicle. Be he said after a foot chase and a struggle, the officer fired two shots because he thought he felt brisbanes hand on a gun in his pocket. The object turned out to be a bottle of pills. The orion spacecraft lifted off at sunrise. Nasa wants to test the heat shield, parachutes and other components before sending it up with people inside. The goal ultimately is one day to use the spacecraft to carry people to mars and back. Major new study finds that for women younger than 65, the benefits of taking lowdose aspirin to curb the risk of Heart Disease and colon cancer may be outweighed by the downside. Researchers say that the aspirin regimen can increase the risk of major gastrointestinal bleeding, enough to send a woman to the hospital. At the white house today, president obama introducing his choice to replace chuck hagel as defense secretary. Ashton carter is a Nuclear Physicist and former number two man at the pentagon. White Officials Say that he was chosen because he is not afraid to challenge the press. Price of gas has fallen another eight cents a gallon in less than one week. National average for a gallon of unleaded is 2. 71, the lowest it has been in four years. Could this be a sign of things to come . One service station in Oklahoma City dropped its price on thursday to, look at that, 1. 99 a gallon thats believed to be the cheapest gas in the nation. So, fuel up. What looked like a very unusual car accident was actually a blitz malfunction at a portland trail blazers game. This promotional balloon shaped like a ford escape crashed into the stands. Nobody was hurt. The balloon was eventually squeezed through a tunnel and out of everybodys way. 8 05 right now. Time for another check of the weather with al. Hey, al. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by edward jones. A Big Financial Services firm that doesnt act that way. And good morning, everybody. Huge crowd out here today i mean, lots and lots of folks. Thats obviously a big, big, big, big, big, big, big holiday crowd lets see what weve got. Weather that matches, big, big oh, that was so dangerous. Any way watch this. Rain making its way toward chicago. There is probably going to be some airport delays today as we watch whats going on in chicago. Afternoon temperatures, its staying nice and warm down through the Southern Tier states. Texas into the gulf coast. Chilly in the plains with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. More wet weather now making its way into the Midatlantic States later today. But before that, rain down through the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. Icy conditions in the pacific northwest. Sunshine through the southeast with temperatures starting to get a little more mild. Lets continue our walk, shall we . Thats whats going on around the country. Here 8 06. Happy friday, bay area. Right now its mostly cloudy, mostly dry, but we have a lot of rain on the way as we progress throughout your friday afternoon. Let me show you on your future cast. We stop the clock for you at 3 00, just as commuters trying to make their way home after a long week. Weve got heavy rain on the way. Thats going to continue throughout the evening hours. Finally by 10 00, a break. Potentially ranging between a half inch to inch and a quarter today. Then another shot on monday. And that is your latest weather. All right, al. Thank you so much. Oh i was wondering where you were. Jumped the barricade. Theres a little bell on my ankle so i dont sneak up on you. Co comu. Coming up next, we are going to pin Jenna Bush Hager down on this admission of hers that she had a little hanky panky at the white house. Ooh were going to ask her about that. Inquiring minds want to know. Maria shriver catches up with the woman behind youtube and how she balances work and home with not her third or fourth but fifth child on the way. Next holiday get together, cookies and cocktails but first these messages. Only from Famous Footwear. Victory is yours. 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When they remarry, they always go for the younger woman. This morning theres actually new research. Scientific study. Actually, what it says is, yeah, exactly that. They do go for younger women the second time around. Pew Research Says in the first marriage, men tend to marry women around their age but in the second marriage the wife is often ten years younger, at least. Wow from the files of not shocked. Ten years is a lot. At least ten. Im surprised ten years. My mom is my dads third wife. Shes 25 years younger. They had a beautiful love. I guess it also depends on the individuals. Interesting. So does that mean mikes second wife is in sixth grade right now . Just kidding. So you remember markie mark . Sure. The bad boy that starred in the calvin klein ads. He grew up to become Mark Wahlberg. But he was charged with assault for attempted robbery. Now he is asking the state for a pardon. Receiving a pardon would be a formal recognition that i am not the same person as i was in 1988. It would be formal recognition that someone like me can receive official public redemption if he devotes himself to a life of publ public. I dont know what the legalities are of getting a pardon but hes saying i want to break with that past and say ive live aid life thats different and use it as an example. It would be nice if that opportunity was afforded to other people as well, that other people have turned their lives around as well. Like savannah. I know. All that dirty laundry. So she boosted a car. At law school. Exactly. Mug shot. Speaking of things in our past its not often you hear the words white house and hanky panky in the same sentence. Thanks to one of our own, it is a top trending story this morning. Jenna bush hager was on bravos watch what happens live. One caller had a question and asked, quote, if jenna had ever fooled around at the white house. Here is what jenna had to say. Am i blushing . Did you ever bring a boy back to the white house . A lady never talks. Nice. I was engaged to my husband. I was 19 years old when my dad became president. I knew him for a long time and, you know, maybe there was a little hanky panky. There was like maybe a kiss on the roof. Kiss on the roof. You werent blushing, jenna. You were sweating. Nothing happened in the lincoln bedroom. Jenna, are you ready for meet the press . Is it weird that my hands are clammy . Lets just go through this. Is that strange . On the roof, talk slowly. What happened . No. Okay. First of all, i have to say, i was shocked by the question. And totally humiliated. Oh. Come on. Okay. But, but, my husband and i did have our first kiss on the white house roof. How sweet. Romantic. Ill just say two things. One, its not a fifty shades of gr grey that people want it to be, for the innocent. But really lovely. Now, ten years later, here we are, with a child. So, its a pretty special thing. And then, second of all, i think i single handedly brought back the word hanky panky. I was going to say, jenna, you did say hanky panky. Yes. Yeah. So embarrassed. I want to know if the snipers on the roof of the white house gave you some privacy. Well, i mean, maybe there was no privacy. There probably was no privacy. But in our minds, we were the only two people there. Ahh how sweet. But you did not cross into canoodling. There was not canoodling, thank you. There was not heavy petting. Oh romantic and sweet. Well leave it at that. Too late. Hanky panky. Sweet and innocent like i am. You all know me very well. Yes, we do. Thats why were calling. Thats why well get the real story at happy hour tonight. Thank you. Thank you very much. That is good. I love it. Hes no allisex at target, b because of a pep talk he gave to his employees take a look. Brothers, sisters, hear me now. They come here with bargains in their heads and fire in their eyes. And we shall give those bargains to them. This is a team this is a family this is target great. Yeah. His name is scott and works at the target in maryland. A lot of people drawing comparisons toward him and george butlers character. I can see that and thats whats trending today. Adorable. I love him. What we do in trending is on youtube. More than a billion people logon to youtube every year. Maria shriver sat down with the woman in charge there and has a great story. Good morning. Good morning. Her name is susan wojcicki, one of the most powerful women in tech and also a mother of four and eight months pregnant with her fifth child. How does she do it . We sat down with her to get her take on motherhood in a maledominated business. Its the site that puts you on the internet. Every day 40 of people online are watching youtube. We have 300 hours of video uploaded every minute. 300 hours . Its a lot of video. Reporter and this is youtubes unexpected ceo, expectant mom susan wojcicki, the 36yearold already mother of four. Theres a video i saw. I think you should know about it, my children will say. Reporter we met with her in San Francisco where she says being a mom makes her even better at her job. Actually having the limitations of needing to be home, only have a certain number of hours in the day have really forced me to prioritize and focus on the things that are the biggest impact, which in the end have had the best results for youtube. Ive read that you say you go home every night at 6 00 for dinner. Is that Still Standing . I try. Because i found that if im home for dinner, i can get the scoop from my kids on the day. After my kids go to bed, i check email. Its about having that balance. Reporter as a woman in tech, wojcicki is a pioneer. 16 years ago, she and her husband rented their garage to two young computer scientists, larry page. There, they founded google. Wojcicki became their 16th employee and the first one to get pregnant. Your kids get something from your career and your career gets something from your kids. Reporter wojcicki helps to recruit more women, now 36 of their staff and also launched made with code, inspirational website to draw more girls into tech. Were going to have all these jobs in technology and then we say not that many of them will be held by women. Thats a problem for society. I am trying to communicate how technology is creative. Its actually really social. Reporter and there are a lot of men in it. And there are a lot of men in it. Reporter wojcicki hopes to retain more women, too, with Flexible Work hours, special parking for expectant mothers and paid Maternity Leave of 18 weeks, one of the best in the country. Its really important to take time off. I found sometimes you get really good insights by taking time off, too. Reporter shes due to give birth again this month and facing new pressures as a ceo. When yahoo s marisa maher, she was vilified. What happens if i get to that date and i find i need an extra week or extra two weeks . Reporter do you think youre setting an example for other women, that women who are interested in tech will look and see, even though they say they offer this more familyfriendly culture, they dont really condone it. I want people to realize it really is okay, that you can have a family. I dont feel like im a perfect mom. And there are times at work where i feel like maybe i wasnt perfect here because of constraints on my time. But have the sum of both of those things in my life makes me a better mom at the end of the day and i think it gives me a really important perspective in the workplace as well. So true. Her due date is on christmas day. And the Business World will be watching closely to see just how much time she takes off. We also talked to her about her advice for young women and that is posted today on today. Com. Savannah . Hardworking woman. Impressive all the way around. In awe. Maria, thanks so much. Now to part of the Holiday Season that used to be frowned upon. Now it is all the rage. Lifestyle and fitness correspondent jenna wolfe has more. Jenna, i wonder what were talking about. No idea, carson. None. Ten years ago, i would be the today show laughing stock if i decided to wear this here. But the ugly christmas sweater has turned the corner in the world of fashion. Big ugly sweaters are now big lucrative business. Three, two, one reporter so rumor has it its the most wonderful time of the year. Lights, pines, giving, the beauty of christmas. But christmas has an ugly side, too. I want it reporter no, not that. This, this and this and this and this, and this and this. As sure as eggs is eggs, theres the ugly sweater come christmastime. I am never ever ever wearing ugly sweaters its become so popular over the years that the christmas sweater is the new little black dress. Hey ya, jill. Uh, no. See ya, jill. Or maybe not. Reporter whats better than the sweater . Not much if youre looking to make money this Holiday Season. Company born out of the tacky and tasteless are projecting sales of 8 million this year. How about the nba . Theyre getting in on the sweater game. Then there are do it yourself kits. These festive frocks even have their own holiday, december 12th, National Ugly christmas sweater day. The aesthetically challenged sweater dates back to the early 80s. It was taboo to wear something so ugly. These days, people display their ugly for all the world to see. Ugly. Why . Because we can. And theyre no longer just a theme at a holiday party. This year, in 21 cities, more than 65,000 people have signed up for the great ugly sweater run. Dont read too far into that. These people are literally just running a race in an ugly sweater. This sweaters ugly. This sweater is ugly. Reporter because these sweaters dont discriminate, young and old, we can all agree, ugly sweaters are so ugly. Am i right . Today. Com has rounded up pinterests most popular ugly sweaters. Who knows, you might be inspired to whip out the glue oh, thats mine. I thought that sweater is super ugly. People applaud you for it. The rebirth of the ugly christmas sweater goes back to colin firth in bridget jones. Bridget jones diary. A long way. Think of all the joy youre bringing when you wear that. Thats what i do. I bring joy with my clothe. Your babys ashamed right now. No get that off i cant stand it. Its an ugly world out there. Jenna, thank you very much. Lets send it up to carson. Savannah, thank you very much. Perfect combination, cookies and cocktails. Can you imagine that . Well indulge in just a little bit. Something for the entire family to enjoy. Well have that coming up. It looks good, it will taste good. Youre going to learn how to make it. Were going to get some real help in a second. First your welcome, its ul 26. Im kris sanchez. Last time the raiders played the 49ers three years ago, some fans ended up brawling. Two people suffered gunshot wounds. Happening today at levis stadium, College Football fans will flock to santa clara for the pac12 football championship game. Oregon versus arizona. With the win, oregon would seal one of the four spots in the College Football playoffs. By the way, they have one loss, it was to arizona. Kickoff is tonight at 6 00. Lets take a look how your commute is shaping up. Weather indicates for the football game, might favor the ducks. Her forecast in a couple of minutes. We did see the camera trembling a bit, but not a big deal. As youre driving across the top of your screen, 92, 84, easy drive through the south bay, light friday commute as you would hope for, as you deserve after the last couple of days. Slowing toward the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are still on. Slowing southbound 101 through san mateo. Typical of the pattern and slow through san rafael. Back to you. All right. We have more rain in the forecast. Well tell you more about that in 30 minutes. Have a great day. Who you going to call . Thats right. Plus olivia he was voted frankenstein. 8 30 now on this friday morning, the 5th of december, 2014. A bright, chilly day here in new york city. And our toy drive is under way. Weve got some celebrity help this morning, collecting some of our donations. 50 cent, curtis jackson, spreading some holiday cheer, picking up toys. Hes also donating, by the way, some toys. Headphones from his own line. Well catch up with curtis in a few moments. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the show. Very nice. Coming up, well wrap up our naughty or nice gift reviews with hightech gadgets and gizmos that your kids are probably asking for this year. Thus, celebrating the holidays is about food and fun. This morning, keys to the cookie swap with friends, including some tasty cocktails. Now were talking. All right. We want to catch up with 50 cent. Where is he . Come on in fifty hello this is someone who knows how to make an entrance. There you go. Good morning. Nice to see you again. Happy holidays. So were so excited. You, of course, actor, producer, recorder, recording artist. But you also have your unit back together since 2008. How is that . Its been great, working together, having an opportunity to get in, collaborate. Carson was there from the beginning. I know it. I know the story well. I was an original g unit member. What does the music sound like . Its interesting. Everyone is kind of leading different songs. Everyone has had the opportunity to be on their own as independent artists and now bringing all this Different Energy into the room, so its cool. Whats going to come first . My solo album will come at the top of the year. We have been recording so much music so we wanted to put something out. Besiding all that you do, you have a new season of your show that is coming out. Thats exciting for me. A great opportunity opened up. I have four Television Shows actually on different networks. Sundance network i have dream school. And on comedy center, animated comedy show. Hbo, comedy show. Fifty has all the gigs. Jake gyllenhaal, southpaw. You should see the pictures of jake. A machine. Man wow he has worked hard for this film. Im excited to be part of it. Integrity connected to it. Definitely something that people will take note of. We have an event together next week. A man of many talents. Thank you for being part of our toy drive. We appreciate it. And that for the headphone donation too. Yeah. All right. Lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Okey dokey. As we look toward saturday, wet weather along the eastern seaboard. Western twothirds of the country looking pretty good as you get west of the mississippi river. Then sunday, sunday, were expecting that rain to move out pretty quickly. Wet weather moves back into the pacific northwest. I should say into Northern California. And just a little preview, we may be looking at a noreaster good friday morning to you. We are waiting on our next storm system thats making its approach into the bay area right now. You can see its spinning off the coast. Showers are expected to develop toward the afternoon hours, but right now were still cloudy across most of the bay area. 59 degrees in the south bay, near 60 in San Francisco. Later on this afternoon, temperatures are still going to remain cool. Only in the low to mid 60s, but the showers will spread starting around 11 00 and even some thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. Of course, well track it all day long to keep you safe. All right. Thats your latest weather. Tamron . All right, al, thank you very much. Listen, we partnered with feeding america for todays million meals by christmas. Its a digital food drive where for every dollar donated between now and christmas, feeding america will provide ten meals to people in need. A generous donation of entire truckload full of stuffing. 15,000 bags from bakeries has brought our total donation to over 200,000 meals. So for a little extra fun in this, we added a city challenge. Meteorologists from the place that donates the most will get to come to our studio and do the weather with al roker. So far, these are the cities at the top of the list. The top three. Washington, d. C. , gladstone, michigan, and st. Louis, missouri. So, keep those donations coming in to us. You can learn how to help. Just go to today. Com. Carson, back over to you. All righty. Thank you very much. Were wrapping up our special series, naughty or nice. Kids put toys to the test with a twofer, hightech toys and fun family games. We partnered with toyportfolio. Com to review the seasons hottest gifts for kids. Ho in all in the hands of families joining us across the country. Joining us once again stephanie oppenheim, cofounder of toy portfolio. Good morning. Remind us again of the criteria. Good to have you this morning. We asked them to look at the packaging, the quality of the products. The instructions, were they clear and eligible, the assembly. How easy it was to put the toys together and then we wanted to know overall, was the toy fun and engaging . You know that hightech gadgets are big for adults. That trend has made its way to toy land, which brings us to our first toy, digital analog as well. Its tripped out with a lot of bells and whistles. I can take your picture, we hope. Here you go. What do you mean kids . What age . This is a wearable trend for adults . Right. But this one is for 4 to 7yearolds. Take your picture. There we go. And there we have your picture right there. Wow, thats cool. Parents thought this was fun and engaging. They liked the voice recorder that also comes on it. Because its so bulky, they thought their kids werent going to stick with it for a very long time. It got an overall score of 22. Whats the scoring range again . Perfect score is 30. 22 is not a bad number. Not bad. What about this one . This is a little bit more expensive. This is the leap band from leap frog. Its not a watch. Its an activity band for kids. It encourages kids to move. It takes them through lots of game that they can scroll through here and play the game. But with this one, again, parents felt while it was easy to take it out of the packaging and easy to set the toy up, they felt that the games werent that engaging and they thought that the watch was too bulky. This is a pretty big watch for a preschooler to have. Next is tablets. This is the question we get this time of the year. Which tablets should we buy . We sent out the two leading tablets to our testers. This is the leap pad three. Leap pad three, that london is using over there. The screen has gone dead. How do you like it, london . This actually got highest score of the day with a 28. And our parents really liked the the graphics, they liked the games. And it did very well. The inno 3f from vtech got a good score as well. I like this art game you can use as well. I like this art game you can use as well that harrison is busy with that game. Theyre about the same. Here is the takeaway. All of our kids loved having tablets of their own but still wanted to use their parents ipad. Of course. If youre bringing one of these tablets home, our recommendation is set some limits on how much screen time your kids have. Moving away from screens on to family games, which i love. It makes kids active. Build some family time together. This is their first game, disney plane sky race. I want you to give it a try. These are actually from the movie, right. Try one. See where you. The idea is youre flying these little planes to locations all over the house. And its kind of like a toss. The person who gets closest to the location is the person who wins that round. Its a fun game for mixed ages and keeping you active. That got a 25. It did well. Our next game is mustache smash from spinmaster. The Watkins Family is playing. Here the game plan is okay, okay, enough with that. Here you need a mustache. Here is the game the Watkins Family is playing. Youre looking for attributes on the card. You have to be the first to smash. You have to be quick and use a little visual discrimination. Is it fun . Our testers loved this one. They liked the fact that it was fun. The family is supposed to like it too. So they can play together. It did very well. It got a 27. This is my monopoly, which is now personalized. Thats a good idea. Our toy testers loved the idea of it. They did want me to say loading it up to the site, you put your own pictures on. So here is your picture here. We have one of you here and another of you there. Instead of having boardwalk you have studio 1a. So you would go and do that for your own family . Exactly. That got a 25. Nice game to try with older kids. Now our final game is pancake pileup. The royce family is ready to go. And this is a relay race. Okay, girls. Get going. Ella and chloe here with their family. What i love about this game, its active. Its fun. You can play it with mixed ages. Pancake pileup. Right. Good game for your kids in the zone. Absolutely. They can play it together. I love what the roth family did. They made it on the second floor of their house so its very active. We would make pancakes and do that afterwards and eat them afterwards. A Little Family breakfast. There you go. Stephanie oppenheim, appreciate it. You can find all of this weeks toy reviews at today. Com. Quick and easy cookies and cocktails. That is coming up next were back at 8 42. Throughout our series together we make football with the nfl, weve brought you stories of how football has shaped the lives of so many. Our finalists that could win a trip to the super bowl. Mid western family that shares a passion for the gridiron. Here is josh elliott. Deep in the cornfields north of indianapolis lives the first family of Indiana High School football. My oldest brother, kevin, is the varsity football coach at caramel high school. Weve got to take the mojo back. My brother, ken, is the head football coach at lebanon high school. Yeah yeah my brother, travis, is at frankfurt high school, assistant football coach there. My sister, sherry, is Athletic Director at sheraton high school. My dad is larry bud wright, his 49th year at sheraton high school. You did a good job. Doesnt look like the typical football coach. Hes 54. Go, go, go run with his stature, people might look past him until they know what he has accomplished. Won more games than any High School Football coach in the state of indiana. He has coached two, three cousins. Sons, cousins. I was a cheerleader. Dad had my signed up, ready to play football but mom put the halt on that. Fought for years with depression. In 2003, my mother took her life. We didnt see the signs. I mean, we knew she had depression. But we didnt see the signs. Dad will be talking, it looks like, to himself, but hes talking to mom before every game. It helps me keep going. And it helps me to remember. The one thing that kind of kept us together as a family was football. Football is a game but its also relationships. Youre going to have adversity in football, adversity in the family but youre there to support each other. Head coach chuck pagano beat back cancer with the help of his own football family. Better than any medicine that the doctors could give me. They share a common bond. Now coach pagano had one more thing to share. Come on, wright family. Youre the famous one, bud. Coming from a football family myself, my dad coached High School Football coach. My little brother is coach at san diego. I have some good news. Im holding a football here. Theres only six of these footballs and they are for the finalists for the together we make football contest. And youre in the running to go to this years super bowl. Congratulations. Thank you. Absolutely. Congratulations. Yeah. Thats a big deal. To get to meet coach pagano and hear from him, its very special. Am i going to sign this ball here . Yeah. Aka chuck strong. There you go. Appreciate it. Best of luck to you. Great to meet you, sir. Its an honor and a privilege. Another great story. It is a great story. If you want to know more about the finalists go to together we make football. Com. You get to vote on your favorite, who gets to go to the super bowl. By the way, speaking of football and we were. I really want that sound effect you get, al. Football night in america. You sounded like you were questioning. Scalpel . Football in america . Anyway a lot of plans on that. No shall no, i think its fan of cours fantastic. We have to work ton a little more. Someone got into the cockt l cocktails a little early. Announcer todays kitchen is brought to you by new and improved i cant believe its not butter. Its time to believe. All right. Were back now at 8 49. Todays kitchen. Holiday season can be a hectic time. That does not mean you cant make some room for assortment of goodies with some friends. Editor in large at Southern Living magazine, timely book out called christmas all through the south. Kimberly, good morning to you. Good morning. Good morning, kimberly. Carson has his manzier on again, bra camera. Ill bring you images. Make sure my angle is good. So we can walk through here and learn how to make these goody. What are you looking at . Keep the camera on the food. Im sorry. Im sorry. Sometimes in california go ahead. This is one of my favorites in the book. Minted White Chocolate ball. I brought it for you, savannah. Its no bake. No bake. What does that mean . I know, right . Well add corn syrup. There we go. Powdered sugar. Chopped pecan, toasted. Some peppermint schnapps. If you wanted to make it without alcohol, you could . Sure but thats where we get the peppermint from. But thats okay, well have peppermint later. Stir it and roll it into a ball. If we stirred it really, really well the cameras in my way. I know, right . Then were going to pick up one of these. This is what they look like, right . Yeah. Pick them up. Drop it in here. Do i chill it or anything . We let them sit. Thats okay. Now this is melted White Chocolate. Are you sure . Lets make sure. You better doublecheck that for us. Yes, it is. Cover it with the White Chocolate. Scoop that one out with a fork. Happily. If we can find it. Its like fishing, right . Put it down here on the parchment. What if it gets gloppy . Thats okay. After they dried we can add some peppermint. Thats what theyll look like. Unless i made them. Great thing to take to a cookie club party. Have you ever been to one . No. Have you been to one . No. You bring one type of cookie that youve baked in your home, a couple dozen, whatever your hostess asks you to make. You set it on their table at the party. The hostess will give everyone a tin. We started one for you. Carson can fill this one up. Then that ones for you. Oh, i see. As you go to the party, everyone has their cookies out and you fill it up with a little bit of everything. By the time you go home, you can make a beautiful cookie spread with tons of varieties of cookies. When you have company theres a lot to eat, a variety. Carson, would you like to make this, gingerbread linzer cookie. Add powder sugar to the top. Like this. You can just buy these, right . Zblukd. We made these. The recipe is in the book or on the website. Add a little bit of lemon curd. Take this, add it to the top like a sandwich and add it to our cookie tray. Does it have to sit, go in the refrigerator . There you go. We have a cocktail over here. Because were at a cookie party, right . This is a cranberry cider spa sparkler. Were starting with a frozen can of cranberry juice. Weve melted it down. Weve added cinnamon stick here. Weve added ground cloves, little bit of orange zest. And some ground ginger. Stirring it up. You melt it down until the frozen cranberry juice is melted. You let it cool for a little while. These are excellent. Really good. Great job. Here is what we have. Add a splash of rum. Keep going. Yeah. You want to add some sparkling cider. Yes, love to. I like it, double fisted. Youve done it before. If youre going to go to the swapping party. Thats right. Plus carson . What . Lets go. Come on, girl. I just got it. Thats not Southern Living, okay . Thank you, savannah. We have some to taste. I have some without the rum for you, savannah. Wait. Why didnt i get rum . Im not pregnant anymore. Here you go. Garnish it with cranberry. Fun time with friends and family. Its delicious. Glad you like it. Thank you so much. Thanks for putting up with us. Kimberly, thank you. Thank you. Were back in a moment. First this is today on nbc. Cheers. Look at those cookies. Lets check in now with willard scott. No, no time for that. You know who you are, youre 100 years old and god bless you. Someone else take over. Whats coming up this hour . Well be showing you one of the most epic home sale tools ever. Roller coaster in a house. Really . And thats how you sell a house. Straight no chaser performs, speaking about alcohol. Youre watching today in the bay. Good morning to you. It is 8 56. Im kris sanchez. An alameda man who says he shot and killed his chronically ill wife to spare her pain is expected to enter into a plea today. Jerry canfield turned himself in in october. He reportedly told police he promised to end her life when her suffering was too great. Activists are calling on people to march tonight in oakland where some previously arrested protesters are still being held. In oakland last night the Fruitvale Bart station was briefly shut down. Protesters are expressing anger over the recent grand jury decision to not charge officers in new york and ferguson. More local news in 30 minutes. Right now, heres the today show. From nbc news this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. A busy friday. Look at the crowd outside. We like that. December 5, 2014. Loud, lots of signs, lots of energy. Great group out there on the plaza. Willie, al, natalie and tamron. We got some grammy nominations. Hot off the press. Lets run through these as we get them. So, record of the year, this is a single, fancy by iggy azalea. Chandelier, stay with me, sam smith. Shake it off, taylor swift and all about that bass, megan trainer. Any favorites . Sam smith for megan trainer. I like them all. I know. You cant necessarily bet against taylor swift. Right. True. I would have thrown in drunken love with beyonce. I love that song. Or bang, bang, bang. Your theme. Al, your song. They know that they are in our hearts. Yeah. Jesse j and nicki minaj. This sam smith feeling this year. The breakout artist of the year. They released by the way they are doing this over the course of the day, so we just got some of the announcements today and they are going to put some on twitter, snapchat. Album of the year comes later in the day. Big deal tonight. Another one they released, best country album, riser. He has been on our show. Miranda lambert and lee ann womack. Best pop vocal album. Ghost stories by coldplay. Bangerz. Because its got the z in the word. Solely based on the smelling. Here is arianna grandee. We love her. Multiply and sam smith. Thats a tough situation. All of those are great albums. Wow. I guess thats why they all got nominated. Bang bang is a great song and didnt get nominated. Just saying. You want me to comfort you . Its early. That was a look all right. I could feel the chill in the air. I know your children. Weve got beyonce. Wow. Rally the toops troops. It means when i see his kids they love me and they will be on my side. Im going to say everybody went whoa. A dark turn. I think everybody there had the same reaction too. And they all were like wow. Got the chills. The kids love me and would be on my side. Back to the list. Weve got beyonce. Best urban contemporary album. Beyonce. Chris brown, and ferrell. Thats a great combination. I think its between farrell and beyonce. Well see a lot more of these coming out during the course of the day. We obviously earlier this week lit the rockefeller Christmas Tree. They lit the tree at the white house. The national tree. He gave us a gift, though. Besides lighting the tree, the gift of dance. Take it away. There you go. With the extended thumbs. You got to get a ride home. I remember, this kind of reminds me of a seinfeld episode, those dance moves. There you go. Here we go. Bust it out, elaine. Yeah. Shes got the thumbs. A little bit. Here is my favorite line in there. Sweet fancy moses. Get down. Thats where you live. Al roker approved move . Oh, yeah. Go with that. Hes rocking that. I like the thumbs. You know what santa was doing. Santa starts it you go with the motion. The santa could you start . Roll the tape. I think santa was doing it first. Who hit the thumbs . Only run it once. Okay. We have to pay to air it again . We do. The president dancing. There we are. Listen, santa doesnt have thumbs. His hands are in. Youre right. The president is owning that all alone. Let me say one thing, at least hes on the beat. Dad dancing is much worse. Ive seen bad dad dancing. Bad dad dancing. You listen to my kids they will tell you. If i still have them. She knows where they live. They are on my side because you because youve got them hostage. Right, natalie. So mean. Speaking of terrible, this is crazy. A fed ex, its always from holidays. Here you go. Its a fedex delivery man caught throwing a package on the porch. Thats a fast delivery. He wanted to make sure he got the guarantee. On the package apparently was not breakable but he didnt know it. It was a tshirt. The statement says we are very disappointed to see this. This falls far short what if we expect. The company transports millions of packages every day. Blah, blah, blah. Thats not what they said. The bigger deal, so kate, you want to come over and defend. We were in the dressing room, and kate said you know, you have to have sympathy for him. They are very busy and i said yes, but what about the person who purchased the guys a professional. He knows its not a vase or something. He goes like this. No, probably know its a tshirt. It might be a tshirt your grandmother made. You dont want it thrown. For god sake. Your grandmother made you a tshirt . Maybe. She bedazzled a shirt. You think its okay to throw packages. No. But i dont think we should im not saying he should be fired. Probably a great guy. Name him and follow youre talking about als children. Im saying i dont think he should be fired but i dont think that is excusable behavior. He shouldnt have done it but if it were a big shaky package he wouldnt have. They showed the guy who threw the tv over the fence. When doeshirt you would think right now that a lot of these u. P. S. And fedex drivers know that theres cameras all over. If the package is broken, they can do a little investigating. Whats your sense plrks ro, . He should know. And with all the eyes that are watching i just hope he doesnt get fired thats all im saying. Even if the eyes arent watching your heart should be in the right place. You know about tamron. You know theres a camera watching. Tamron gets her ways. Ive never seen anything fly so high. Speaking of flying and peter pan flying so high that was my segue. That was good. Very good. Take a look. All of you probably watched it last night. Allison williams took flight as peter pan. It was a great night on television here on nbc. Peter pan live, Christopher Walken as captain hook. Take a look at allison taking off i wont grow up i wont grow up i dont want to go to school i dont want to go to school just to learn to be a paragraro and recite a silly rule ill never grow up never grow up never grow up not me and lets take a look at Christopher Walken as captain james hook. Captain hook captain hook i love it amazing. Oh, here we go. Yeah. Tap dancing. Everybody was talking about on social media last night. Everybody weighing in. Overall, very positive feedback, i think, on social media. Of course, there are always going to be haters in the world. I think people were genuinely entertained, Christopher Walken and the backup broadway dancers. And the flying. Pirates. Incredible production. My kids, unfortunately, went a little too long, late. It was very long. We have it on the dvr and will watch it on tonight. Its interesting, too, they show this had photo. You talked about it, too, in the orange room, the Brian Williams photo, it was on buzz feed, comparing the old Brian Williams photo alongside allison williams. Who wore it better. The side part better. Who wore it better. Its pretty clear. But you see huge resemblance there. Brian doesnt have that hair but he still wears that tie. He does. Very nice. Cute. Somebody tweeted last night that Christopher Walken is doing a great job playing Christopher Walken playing a pirate. You cant get away from the walken. The walkenness. So good. That vacant stare the whole time. It was amazing. Allison did a great job. They tell me ive got to go walkin over here. No, im only kidding. Need more cow bell . I believed him. You bought into it, right . Not sure just what happened there. I dont know either. Check it out, folks. Its live. Only ten minutes into the show. Remember that time we were talking about tv, how you used to change the channel . Yeah. We didnt need a remote control. My dad would just go, change you started a conversation on fashi facebook. Your musings of rabbit ears. Jackie patten, god bless texas, wrote this to us. We wanted al to know that rabbit ears still work and sometimes can always be the best when everything went digital we bought a converter box and continue to watch the today show on our very old tv, continuing the use of the rabbit ears. And no cable bill. Here is the thing. They emailed us from the ipad. The tv doesnt have email. They can stream us on their ipad. Im just saying, were staying authentic, keeping it old school. Its that kind of mix. Some people like the digital and the analog. Im not criticizing. Theyre from texas. We dont criticize other texans. Now youre walking. I was having a Christopher Walken moment earlier. Look at that face. What . Thats terrible. He pointed at me and said look at that face. Look at that face. It was like, im going to kill you, al roker. Dont say that. Hey, you already got my kids. Its only a matter of time before im next. You just know it. Anyway, we are looking at a lot of wet weather making its way into the midwest. The same system that drenched california. It will make its way into the east and later on will be drenching new england in the Midatlantic States and the northeast coast. Wet weather into the west coast. Another big storm will push in, bringing anywhere from another one to two inches of rain generally from Northern California and on further good morning. 9 13 the time right now. We are still dry here in the bay area, but just off the coastline you can see we are starting to see rain and even some lightning being detected just off the monterey coast. And this is eventually going to make its way into the bay area this afternoon. Around lunchtime, heavy rain 2 00, then roars through the bay area heading towards 5 00 and 6 00, then light shower activity. Temperatures cool, back into the lower to mid 60s. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Weve been asking you for the past couple of weeks if you have a delicious homemade holiday cookie recipe. Enter for a chance to win todays holiday cookie contest. Three finalists will come to the show to make their cookies. The winner gets handson cooking classes at sur la table. Ooh. Speaking of were the judges, right . The Christmas Tree that took a month to build. Can you guess what its made of . Well tell you when we take before larry instantly transferred money from his bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. Before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an underserved season. 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More ways to christmas joy. Walmart. Question, what does a 150 millionyearold ptsegasurus have in common with a Christmas Tree . What do you think this is . This is the Worlds Largest human Christmas Tree. I love that. 2,945 hondurians gathered together in you have no idea how long i was practicing that backsta backstage. Its a hard one. 2,945 stood like this 6 1 2 minutes trying to break the world Guinness Record held by argentina. They did break it. They are now the record holder. Next up . This is from london. Right . The lego Christmas Tree at the lego windsor resort outside of london. Entire Christmas Tree, 26 feet tall, made up of about 300,000 lego pieces. Just in the star alone, theres like 2,700 almost 3,000 lego pieces. It weighs about six pounds. Its pretty incredible. Its at the lego land resort. Check it out. Hope they used the super glue. It took four weeks, actually, to put together. And a shot of our very own Christmas Tree outside being lit the other night. Thats true. Tell me all about this tree, guys. Beautiful. Gorgeous. No, its amazing. Its 13 ton and 85 feet high. Theres 45,000 led lights, Energy Efficient led lights. Important to stress that. And its a 90yearold norway spruce for all you Christmas Tree nerds out there wondering exactly what it was. Lets talk about the gorgeous photo we saw this morning, nasas orion rocket launching hours ago. Absolutely incredible what nasa is doing with this. Its a test launch. Theyll be testing this 2021 when they actually man it up. The hope is that they can use this for deep Space Exploration. I dont know if it can go into worm holes like interstellar. The idea is to be able to land on asteroids, put astronauts on asteroids, astronauts on mars and moons surrounding mars. Its totally incredible and goes 20,000 miles an hour, shoots up 36,000 miles. Ocean tsunami museum. In indonesia. The memorial set to open for the 26 on the tenyear anniversary. These are workers putting up all of the names. This tsunami, caused by a 9. 1 magnitude earthquake killed 300,000 people in several different countries. More than half of that number were in indonesia alone. Indonesia was totally devastated by this ten years ago. Its clear theyre still trying to remember the loss. Lets go back to london and the museum of Natural History, complete ptsegasaurus. It consists of about 300 bones. It was actually found in wyoming, i believe. Cool. Kind of cool. Found in 2003 and moved to the Natural History museum. Its not a woman even though its named sophie. Its actually named sophie after the head fudge managers daughter who paid for the acquisiti acquisition. Interesting. Thank you. Still to come, did you know that you could actually bring stale bread back to life by adding argument and popping it in the oven for a few minutes . Al, did you know that . I did not. Well show four wholesome grains. Sugar. Only six . Six grams of sugar . Thats really good. Excellent, delicious. And yummy honey bunches of oats. Tasty yummy new and improved i cant believe its not butter 100 taste, 0 artificial preservatives. Made with a blend of delicious oils, purified water, and just a pinch of salt. Two, please. New and improved i cant believe its not butter. Its time to believe. Vivofit. Gently reminds you to get moving. Join the movement. Taking a look at the headlines, a new study finds for women under 65, benefits of taking a daily regimen of aspirin may be outweighed by the risks, gastrointestinal bleeding enough to send a woman to the hospital. The risks and benefits are more balanced for women over the age of 65. As always, consult with your doctor before changing any aspirin program. An epidemic of whooping cough in california. Cdc says almost 10,000 cases have been reported in that state so far this year and most of the cases were among infants too young to be vaccinated. Health officials recommend expectant mothers get a booster vaccine. Home foreclosures are down again according to the data form corologic. Down 4,014,0 theyre going to love you. At Famous Footwear were not just selling the hottest shoes of the Holiday Season. Were selling here comes your future daughterinlaw confidence this year give exclusive Carlos Santana boots. Only from Famous Footwear. Victory is yours. Okay patrick, lets go base, shark, blitz. The nfl trusts duracell quantum to power their game day communication. Abort abort hes keeping it duracell quantum. Lasts up to 35 longer than the competition. Youre watching today in the bay. Good morning, its 9 26. Im kris sanchez. New this morning, some of those forced from san joses jungle encampment yesterday didnt get too far. Our cameras this morning found one group hunkered down about a block away. A huge contingent helped clean out the jungle yesterday. The city is now setting up transitional housing for some of the folks evicted from that camp, but others say they have nowhere to go. Bay Area Companies are watching this mornings historic orion test flight with great interest. Silicon valley worked with nasa to provide equipment, including lockheed in sunnyvale. It developed heat shields. Nasa ames in Mountain View helped test the aerodynamics. It has splashed down in the pacific. Oakland police are trying to make sure sundays battle of the bay stays on the field and not in the stands or parking lot. Last time raiders played the 49ers three years ago, fans ended up brawling in the stands at the stick. There were some 40 fights reported, two people were shot, and that was a preseason game. We have a look at weather and traffic coming up right after the break. Welcome back now. 9 28. You can see we still have showers were waiting on off the coast of california. Evening lightning being detected with this cluster of rain thats moving through around lunchtime. Stormy all afternoon long. Youll notice 3 00 the storms up in the north bay and San Francisco working their way down the peninsula and by rush hour tonight, 5 00, 6 00, everybody talking about wet roads and the imbedded chance for thunderstorms. Well be tracking it all day long. Otherwise a cool day. Keep the jackets handy. Lets check the roads and talk to mike. A lot better conditions on the roadway. The last couple of days, youre a meteorologist, you know what went on there. We also know what went on. Look how dry it is now. Breeze going on, no slowdown at the coliseum. Bay bridge toll plaza, a mild backup here, so the metering lights are still on. The map, we see the light friday commute we hope for and expect. Slowing through san rafael, but nothing dramatic. Slick roadways up there, as well, so keep that in mind. South bay, dramatic slowing for west 237 at 101. Earlier crash backed things up and rippled back, but now its starting to improve. More local news in a half hour. Enjoy your morning. Stay tuned. Welcome back to today, friday morning, december 5th, 2014. Big holiday crowd out on our plaza. Im willie, along with al, natalie and tamron. Weve got something just crazy to show you right now. Amazing. This is real. People go to Great Lengths when theyre selling their homes. You had you. Shown in its best light. Okay . Uhhuh. But would you ever entertain the idea of putting a temporary roller coaster in your house . This is the best. So people could travel through the who us . Could this be real . Were told it is. Home for sale in the netherlands and they put in a little roller coaster so you can actually go through the home and view it. This is the best part. And you hear the [ clicking noise ] its a little pricey. Its in the netherlands, by the way. How great is this . I dont know if i could buy this. You dont think its real . Why would you put in a roller coaster . These are the extremes we go to, to get traffic into your home. My concern is look at that one. Real roller coaster. The exterior of that house doesnt seem to match the interior. Here is the thing. You dont care. I dont care. Were overthinking it, arent we . They put a roller coaster in a house. Do you really think its a roller coaster in the house . I dont care if its for sale or not. Just the idea that they did that. It is an Advertising Agency or the realtor using an ad agency to try to drum up traffic. Doesnt matter. Hes got a roller coaster in a house. Okay. You won us over, al. How about a check of the weather, mr. Roker . Its almost anticlimactic. We are getting snow here possibly. Monday or tuesday. For the weekend, wet weather in the northeast, Midatlantic States into the southeast. Sunshine through the southwest. Some rain moves and snow moves back into the pacific northwest. Then sunday, sunday, look for sunshine back along the eastern seaboard. Weve got a nicer day, temperatures tend to dry out in the pacific northwest. Gulf coast looking good. Rain in central and eastern texas. Good friday morning to you. Meteorologist anthony slaughter here. Were tracking showers off the coast right now. You can see making their approach towards the San Francisco bay. Still dry, but we are cloudy at this moment, and every single location, even San Francisco. The north bay getting a little bit of sunshine, but its going to be rainy once you get towards 2 00, 3 00 this afternoon and points thereafter, talking about rain for the next, well, 12 hours. In fact, by tomorrow morning, showers start to taper off, then monday our next storm system arrives. You can go to nbcbayarea. Com for all the latest. And thats your latest weather. Thank you, al. Pretty soon, friends and family will be coming over for the holidays. There is nothing worse than being in the kitchen the entire time. We have some great food hack that is will make your life easier and impress your guests. Justin chappel is the Senior Editor at food and wine magazine. Good to see you. Your first act, the way to be able to poach a dozen eggs at once. Yes. So, a little hint about which tool are we going to use . Bingo. Muffin tin. That was pretty tough. Theres 12 of these. Youre in charge of the eggs. Okay. Im going to pour a spoonful of water into each of these cups. Crack the egg. When you get all 12 filled well pop it in the oven for 350 for 13 to 15 minutes and the big reveal, voila. They pop out easily . Scoop them out. Put them on an english muffin. How much water . Table spoon. The secret to perfect roast chicken, you say, is a bunt pan. We all love chick sben. And we all love that browned skin, crispy skin. Put vegetables around. Pop it right on top. Like beer can chicken. Exactly. Make sure you wash your hands. You end up with this beautiful chicken. Crispy all the way around. But you dont have a beer to drink. You can keep that on the side. Carving the turkey. Yes. The trick here is most people carve it this way. You want to take the whole breast off and carve neck to the breast bone. Im going to let willie get out his knife skills. You want to carve it this way. Im so proud. This is exactly what i did on thanksgiving. Everyone will get a piece of skin, keep it juicy. But tamron last but certainly not least. Natalie, come over and join me. We have special music for this. Oh would it be shake it off . Were going to shake it off. Whipped cream, right . Heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla and you get shaking. Shake it like you mean it. Shake it like you mean it. Come on. Shake it. Shake it. Shake it, natalie. I can see theres going to be some great jokes out of this. I can see that. Call it a mixer. I wasnt going down alone. Whats so great about this, shake it. Pop it in the fridge. At dessert time, you come out and serve it right out of the ja jar. Listen to the sound it makes. All right. Al, i think you need to do it. Mine is almost done. Justin, thank you so much. 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Now thats progressive. [ highpitched ] nailed it pop fix we still dont have the bling on our mugs. Were working on it. Channing tatum, the best husband ever. What did he do . You know your man is good if he goes to the nail salon with you. Spotted getting a pedicure. Tatum captioned the photo, its my birthday and hubby does what i want him to. She also said she woke up with this, channing and their 18monthold daughter. Tweeting a message saying happy birthday to the best mommy and wifey in the whole world. Have you gone for pedis with your significant others . My husband came with me once and never again. I went for a Manicure Pedicure with leyla. Father daughter one. Ive never had a manicure. Christina made me get a pedicure before our wedding. I have the feet of a guy who played sports his whole life if that makes sense. Were you getting married in sandals . Yes, actually. We were in puerto rico. That makes sense. So we have two good husband with his us as well. Terminator fans, sneak peek of genesis. Now, as promised, 67yearold Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the famed cyborg in the first of three new films. 27yearold amelia clark as sarah connor and we hear, the best part, that arnold will battle his younger self. Really . Thats amazing. Thats pretty cool. Thats going to be a big hit. Isnt it . Yeah. Hes getting like ripped for this. Ill be back. No, ill be back. No, ill be back. Ill be back. You know the saying stand by your man, right . Stand by your woman, in this case. Patrick schwarzenegger, standing by their women in a big way. Miley cyrus with patrick, who is dressed look at the mismatch of clothing there. Among her looks, hot pink mesh number. Schwarzenegger seems unfazed as he checks out his phone. Then she was topless and they posted with provocative miraball pasties to cover her up. Rob pattison, shes huge in the uk. Pattinson there, supporting his woman, but look again, the nose ring. Hes like in gap and shes in edgy. 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Nourished hair, better color listen to this sweet symphony of flavor. Beautiful gorgeous here comes the fruitful crescendo incredible. Pillsbury toaster strudel. A masterpiece of taste. Now with more fruit. Mm. You know whats gone . Kevin . The aspartame in yoplait light they took it out. Oh yeah, it is gone. Whats wrong with kevin . Vo yoplait light with 90 calories. Smooth, creamy, and now aspartamefree. Announcer the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. If youre looking for a warm, fuzzy tune this Holiday Season about jingle bells and sleigh ride. That would be great. This isnt it. Straight no chaser under their Holiday Edition, here today with twotime Award Winning actress laura, singing the female part. After this song hit the airwaves it pretty much went viral. A million hits. What did you think . Did you know you had an instant christmas classic here . Just like we expected. Exactly as we planned it. No, we were just really excited. We think its a fun song, as you say, Christmas Song for the digital age, poking a little fun at how we all find ourselves staring down at our phones 95 of the time. Okay. Here we go. Text me a Merry Christmas. Take it away, guys. This holiday youll be far away and ill be all alone so please remember this december to fully charge your phone and text me Merry Christmas let me know you care just a word or two of text from you will remind me youre still there you dont have to add much to it one smiley face will do baby text me Merry Christmas cause im missing kissing you text me Merry Christmas make my holiday complete though youre far from me say youll brb thats a text ill never delete choose just the right emoji one that makes me lol and if you text me something naughty i promise i wont tell could care if you spell things right i just want to hear from you tonight stroke those keys with your delicate touch and type those little words that mean so much hi hey how are you okay miss you miss you too. Christmas sucks without you. I know. Lo lol. Love u. Love u2. Kthx bye. A face book message isnt quite as sweet i need more from you than just a tweet a snap on snapchat doesnt last and voice mail thats from christmas past send a selfie too if you do ill go neath the mistletoe and pretend my screen is you show me that you love me text xo to kiss and hug me ill be right here waiting for my pants to start vibrating baby text me Merry Christmas and i will text you too this christmas its the least that we can do straight no chaser, thanks, guys. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey our good buddy, erica hill, is here with a preview of whats coming up on weekend today. Willie geist is going to love this story, too. You all will. I just kind of was thinking of him. A great piece from joe friar on the museum of banned toys. These are actual toys that were sold, some of them with warnings like could be fatal. What . In the 50s, there was an Atomic Energy lab. Yes that came with not one, not two, not three but four jars of radioactive material, Cabbage Patch doll that ate things, including childrens fingers and the good old lawn dart. Lawn dart. Theres a guy who has actually created a sort of museum to the banned toys, all behind glass so no one will get injured. It is hysterical. Such a great story. Awesome. Radioactive lab. Awesome. Im going to find you one on ebay. Kathie lee and hoda catch up with Rosario Dawson. Plus cool stocking youre watching today in the bay. Good morning, everyone, 9 56. Im scott mcgrew. An alameda man who said he shot and killed his chronically ill wife to spare her pain is expect to enter a plea today. Jerry canfield turned himself in in october. His wife suffered from dementia. He told police he promised his wife to help end her suffering. Palo alto, the scene of another flashing incident, this near the gorner of greer road. A man flashed two elderly women on tuesday and then ran from the scene. This does not appear to be related to three other palo alto flasher incidents in october. And the devils slide tunnel going to be closed tonight starting at 10 00. Caltrans conducting an Energy Response drill, so both are expected closed between 4 00 tomorrow morning. Lets check the weather. Showers and thunderstorms off the coastline right now. Off the coast, there are lightning strikes being detected from our radar, quite a few actually over the past hour or so. The heavy rain wont actually get here until about 3 00 this afternoon. And then its going to move through fairly quickly. By 6 00 and 7 00 well start to dry out. Rain will arrive and come down quick. At times, flooding on some of the roadways and even some gusty winds. Temperatures cool today, though, back into the 60s. Lets check the drive with mike. Break helping out the traffic also friday is a lighter flow. Nothing dramatic, still a little traffic headed downtown. Past the airport, we do have a crash that moved to the shoulder, but still slow right here. Rest of the bay looking really nice. Look at the bay bridge toll plaza up here, live look shows you a backup over the last couple of minutes, well see it hang out through the middle of the day. Back to you. Thanks. Another local news update coming in a half an hour. See you then. I am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. I was born and raised in the cupertino area. Its a fantastic area to work. The new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. Pg e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. I love living here and i love the community i serve. Nobody wants to be without power. I dont want my family to be without power. Its much more personal to me for that reason. I dont think theres any place i really would rather be. Wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Its try day friday december 5th. Only 20 shopping days left. What . What a thrill. Twenty days. Have you done it all yet hoda . I feel a little more heat, pressure coming up. We have a great show. Actress Rosario Dawson with us. Shes in that great new comedy chris rock has written and directed. Doing it all, starring and everything, the trifecta. That will be very cool. If youre wondering what to get your girlfriends for the holidays, sometimes thats tough to do, Bobbie Thomas has the goto gift that would make excellent Stocking Stuffers for friends. Bobbie looks radiant. Bobbie. Jeff is the man behind wimpy kids books and movies. Hes going to show us how to draw his inspiration for the beloved character. Hes going to try to teach us. Cant wait to see what you draw. Carolful. Were in the holiday spirit. Sometimes when you see a great commercial, you go oh, my gosh, that was so beautiful, so perfect, coke and walmart have teamed up to make a holiday commercial called earn it. Its about how a young boy its a young boy with oldfashioned values attachment a look. Okay. Thank you. Hi. Hi. Hi. Thank you. Oh, my god. That was beautiful. That was the son of one of our local nbc anchors. Darlene rodriguez. That was beautiful. How beautiful was that . Youre knocking yourself out. Can i tell you what my brother did for me one time . Heres what happened. I needed a car for my first job. He worked at popeyes Fried Chicken all summer long and i couldnt buy a car unless i had a down payment and he wrote a check for a thousand bucks. Every penny. Why are you doing this to me . I dont know. He gave me his entire salary so i could buy that car. Ill never forget it. He wrote the check. 16 years old, years and years ago, and his mom was taking care of five kids, father left, he worked and worked and worked and bought his mom a car. Anyway, you know what, by the way, that is really the whole holiday spirit. Yeah. I know youre sprinting around trying to make sure you get enough gifts and do everything, but those kind of commercials make you remember. Okay. Lets talk about Melanie Griffith and 50 shades of grey, a nice natural segue. As you know, Melanie Griffiths daughter has the female role in 50 shades of grey. Melanie griffith told tmz she will not see 50 shades of grey. Her daughter Dakota Johnson does not want her to see 50 shades of grey and i guess melanie says it would not be appropriate. I cannot even imagine being either the mother or the daughter you read the books. I read the books. Several times. Look, that was unnecessary, that extra bit, but i cant even watch sex scenes in a movie if my mother is sitting next to me. I feel awkward and weird. What about when im with you . Thats fine. Hello. I got to tell you i feel weird with you. You do . No. Anyway it is so funny. Lets say it was cassidy. No. Picture how awkward and horrible. Cas would never do the role if it was offered to her, were just different that way, but Melanie Griffith did appear nude in one of her first films, 1975s night moves, she was only 17 at the time. When it is your daughter right. Im sure she didnt want her mother going to night moves. You know who her mother was . Tippy headron. The actress in the birds. Oh, well maybe tippy went. I dont know if tippy saw her. Somebody google please. We love when you google. So scarlett johansson, she has a great life going, doesnt she . Shes in the new issue of marie claire. Shes so pretty. Shes beautiful. One of those 20 question things. They asked, what three people she would like to attend her ideal dinner party dead or alive. She chose betty davis, david bowie and bono. Who would you . Who would i choose . I would probably you know who i always i wish i would have ever known was anwar sadat, president of egypt. Back when things were calm and he went to israel and went to the knesset, i would have him, i would have Kate Middleton because i just i have never they would get along well. You never know. They would like each other. And maybe beyonce. Okay. Beyonce. Who would you have . I would have the dear departed joan rivers. Oh, yeah. Because i miss her. I would have regis and jesus. What . Regis and jesus. Regis and jesus and joan. And egis. No, i dont want egis. I want regis and jesus and we got it. Kanye is on the way. Is it possible to change after the age of 30 . Theres one of those studies out there that says by the time youre 30, you are who you are. You wont. Your personality is in stone. I think you can change certain things about you that you want to change, but theyre talking about your basic overall personality, is it pretty much thats an interesting thing because i never really felt like i knew who i was until the age of 30. Yeah. I changed a lot since 30, but the essence of you is pretty much developed, i think. I saw a thing that said i thought it was 40. A fool at 40 is a fool forever. I remember i read that and thought you keep making repeat mistakes at 40 this study says it is impossible to change, you know, your personality at 30. I dont think anything should be impossible to somebody. Its possible but its going to be tough. All right. You know whats not tough . What . Time for my friday funny. A woman was arrested for shoplifting. When she went before the judge, he asked her, what did you steal . A can of peaches, sir, replies the woman. After a moment of thought, the judge replies, how much peaches were in the can . Five, replied the woman. Okay, im going to give you a day in jail for each peach you stole, so you will serve five days total. The judge was about to officially pronounce the sentence when a hand shot up in court. It was the womans husband. Sir, can i please speak before the court, asked the husband. Of course, said the judge, what do you have to say . The husband replied, she also stole a can of peas. I like that. Shes got some time coming. Thats excellent. It is time for todays johnsons baby announcements. We celebrate new moms and adorable new additions to their families. Our first johnsons baby of the week is Lincoln James matheny. He was born in council bluffs, iowa, on october 20th. His parents say talk to the baby as much as you can. They spoke to their twoyearold when she was a tiny baby. Now she knows tons of words and talks all the time. Our next baby of the week was born in california. His name is bryson chiu. The parents say their son makes funny facial expressions, especially when he sleeps. It could be gas. Now to Graham Morrison harder born in tupelo, mississippi, same place el investigate was on october 17th, weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces. His parents say their son always giggles when they change his diapers. Our final johnsons baby of the week born less than a week ago, kensly Cheyenne Suarez born in ft. Lauderdale their, florida, on november 29th. Her parents say theyre enjoying every moment with their newborn and when shes awake, they can see she has bright blue eyes. Congratulations to all our babies. If you want to submit your baby for johnsons baby of the week, go to klgandhoda. Com. Am i right about elvis being born in tupelo . I think so. Here it is. You can hear us on sirius radio. Stop it. You can. Were on channel 108. If youre on sirius, there we are. Okay. Were haunting you. And we have some shoutouts for our holiday shows. Were doing a special Holiday Edition of ambush makeover. Yes. So if you want a makeover or know someone who needs one, bring them to the plaza at 6 30 a. M. This monday. Dont forget. We want to know what the Christmas Season looks like in your house also. Post a photo on your Facebook Page and that will help. These are cool. These are gifts that give back. Ann taylor partnered with st. Jude Childrens Hospital to create limited edition elephant charm jewelry. Elephants are believed to bring good luck and live for a very, very long time. Also, they live in close families. If something thaps to one family member, the elephants come together to care for them. Symbolic. St. Judes tries to take care of families. 40, 50, half of that money goes to st. Judes. Its available in stores. That adds up. What is next . You made it through thanksgiving. Will you survive the rest of the holidays . Well show you how to get through the family drama. And she gives us the scoop on chris rock on screen and off. Rosario dawson right after this. 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Thats what actress Rosario Dawson does in the new comedy top five. She plays a journalist profiling an actor played by chris rock and shes more than ready to go toe to toe with the star. Take a look. You know people are more accepting now and thank god for that because this is literally rough for women. Okay . But i am hopeful because people are changing. Okay. Things are changing. You need to wake up and smell the no, no. You need to wake up. Nothing changed. Some things never change. They change. Black man trying to get a cab in new york city. Watch this. Black man trying to get a cab. Look at this. Taxi, taxi. Taxi, taxi. Progress. Yes. Wake up and smell the progress. Youre a delight, by the way. Thank you. We loved talking to you in the hall before. We love your character in this movie. Thank you. You dont play a girlfriend. You dont play a wife. You dont play a typical leading lady character. Nothing. Youre a strong lady. Tell us about your character. Chelsea brown, shes a journalist for the new york times. She follows andre alan, chris rocks character, around for a day, which is very unusual. That used to happen more back in the day. These days not so much. Hes the comedian turned serious actor and hes, you know, no one is really profiling the movie in a positive way. She gets him because hes so desperate to have the movie be a success that he agrees to have her shadow him all day. You get to know about him and a lot about her. Shes a real fan of his, but she also really holds his feet to the fire. Shes a single mom. Also shes not going to let him go. Not going to be an easy interview. She asked him the worst question a comedian wants to be asked, which is why arent you funny anymore. Why arent you funny anymore. Thats so hard. Hes, like, give me a good question. Shes, like, okay, she jumps right in. She believes hes not funny anymore. Hes trying not to be anymore, especially in that world, hes really notorious for hammy the bear movies, him dressed up a buddy cop movie, him dressed up in a bear suit. So absolute hilarity. Now taking on hamlet or something. Hes trying to take on all these really serious movies and shes, like, yeah, no. This is his baby. He had you specifically in mind for this particular character. Yes. You have a long history together though, right . This wasnt out of the blue. We have been friends since i was 19, so we go back a long time. This is the first film he actually even approached me on. I mean, ive always gone to his shows over the years, i love his documentary good hair. I dont know if you saw it but it was brilliant. And then he approached me about this and i read it and i was like this is funny. Youre going to have a lot of fun with that. He was like, no, you have to be in it. I was, like, i dont know. Hes, like, you have to trust me on this. Im, like, yeah, but youre the writer and director and producer and sometimes people get overly precious. I feel like this character needs some work. He said, i promise to be collaborative with you. We sat down and met nine times. Im, like really . I wish you wouldnt do that, say that. Im not used to doing comedy. Just in general, i felt not that the character felt like a device, but she just wasnt all there. He said thats the reason i wrote her with you in mind and i want you to flush her out, shes you, so make her yours. And it ended up being one of the most incredibly collaborative awesome experiences ever. He pushed me. He challenged me. I trusted him on all the comedy stuff, which was very unnerving at times. But he really got me to be funny, which is awesome. Did you like that . Really good. Im very proud of him. Ive known him a lot of years, this is a special film. I think he knocked it out of the park. We wish you great luck with it and chris, too. Thank you so much. Have a great holiday. The top five opens next friday, december 12th, at a theater near you. Still to come, bobbie is all abuzz with her go to gifts for the holidays. And Madelyn Fernstrom is determined to keep you healthy during the holidays. Shes making it all fun and games. As only she can. That and more when we come back. The frustration. Covering up. So i talked with my doctor. He prescribed enbrel. Enbrel is clinically proven to provide clearer skin. Many people saw 75 clearance in 3 months. And enbrel helped keep skin clearer at 6 months. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. Serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. Before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether youve been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. 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And another fun Stocking Stuffer for ladies, this is basically your beauty bag that fits in your palm. And what is so cool is that the lip gloss, a mascara and eyeliner all in one. Look. Check it out. This is the mascara wand. Adorable. It is great. I love that. Put it in your clutch. Clutch, bottom of your bag. Basics to go. Great one. I get these at targets for 12, 16. How many times when you travel are you looking for your ticket and you wish you could you have everything in one. A wallet clutch wristlet. This is a great gift for people that travel. These are ready affordable, fun colors. I love these travel wallets. Then this is a really practical gift that can also be fun. These are called the erase case. If youre like me, i know a smartphone is supposed to be smart and tell you things. I never look at those reminders, you have to write down what to pick up. You can erase it after but it wont smudge. It comes all in one. You can write on the case. A reminder, directions. Last but not least, this is a fantastic group gift idea. So if you have grandparents and they have no idea to get on instagram and want them to see the baby pictures and everything, you can get this as a group gift, all the grandkids get together, set up an instagram account. They dont have to do anything. It sits on their side table. And the pictures pop. They can go back and forth. Anybody can do that. It always uploads the feed. I think this is such a great idea. Bobbie, thank you, darling. Cant we all just get along . How to rewrite your family drama. So much. After your local news. Especially hodas family. Whoa what . Emma, its simple, when you are in a place like this, the best way to capture the moment is to feel it, even if you cant see it. Delsym helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours with an coughing can really be disruptive. Advanced time release formula for all day or all night relief. Bianca [cheering] delsym. Silence is relief. Its part of a hersheys bar. We break it. 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Tracking showers just off the coast right now and evening some lightning strikes being detected just off the coast and all this is moving to the north headed towards the north bay and later this afternoon, about 3 00 is when the heavy rain will start to hit the coastline, the north bay, as well, and its going to move through between 4 00, 5 00, and 6 00. The evening rush hour will be a wet one. After that, skies start to clear out and rain taper off. Temperatures today going to be back into the 60s with that rain arriving by lunchtime. Lets check the drive. Heres mike. The south bay is very clear right now, except up by san jose airport, where the crash over there still distracting folks enough to slow you down on 87 and 101. Rest of the bay looks smooth, but backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. See gray skies and the backup filled in the approach off the 880 overcrossing, as well. Farther north in san rafael, gray skies, but roadways staying safe speeds. Back to you. See you at 11 00 for the big show, big newscast. See you then. Were back on this try day friday with more of today. You made it through thanksgiving. While the holidays bring us fun, festivities and family sometimes time together can leave you more stressed out than spirited like this scene from meet the parents. When i gave the okay, i put him in touch with my diamond guy and he picked out the exact same design that kevin gave you. Kevin your old boyfriend. Kevin was her fiance. I love that movie. That was a priceless ming dynasty thing. And ashes in there. Thats right. Here to help you rewrite your family drama. Author of your next big thing. I really like you. You never waste peoples time. You give people real things to hang on to and put into their real lives. The pressure. Exactly. No pressure. The holidays are crammed in together, families are together for a long period of time. Dealing with inlaws like that can be tough sometimes. Absolutely. This is one of the busiest times of my practice during the year. People get very stressed out when they have to think about going to their families because think about it for a moment. The last time that you spent a lot of time together under one roof with your family, you were a teenager. And so their knowledge of you is as a teenager and it is very dangerous. It causes they know stuff. I know. Exactly. They bring up things. They remember you being young and not grown. They dont know how to treat you are we treating you like an adult . Are we treating you like the kid me knew . At the kids table again even though youre 22. Exactly. What i try to do is when things get stressful like in that scene, you have a troublemaker that shows up, you try to diffuse things. When youre at the table, it is inherently stressful. Youre on stage. Everyone is around. So focusing on things you really are happy about, focusing on things to be grateful for and that you have family. What should you do . Steer the conversation the other way, let me tell you what little bobby did when he was 4 and he was naked, running around. What do you say . How do you diffuse that situation . You focus on things you can all agree on. You can all agree on the fact that the tree looks lovely, or somebody started going down that road is what im saying, how do you diffuse it . Make a correction. Yeah, thats the way i was when i was that age, but now im an adult and im really grateful ive grown from those experiences. Another clip. Curb your enthusiasm, so funny, a dinner scene. Take a look and lets talk about it. How is your marriage . What the he why would you ask me that . Im trying to elevate the small talk to medium talk. Okay. Fine. Its all right, you know. Its fine. Its okay. How often do you have sex . Almost never. Awkward. Awkward. Then what do you do . Sometimes people try to have weird conversations with you like that. What do you do . I like to plan out, you know, who you can connect with at the holiday. Everyone has we all have similar families. Everyone has the weird uncle that, like, smells like mothballs and is afraid of sock puppets. Every family has that guy. Youre not going to connect with him during the holiday. So plan out, you know what, i cant talk to sock puppet uncle about what is really going on with me, but i can talk to my sisterinlaw. Exactly. Thats what we did the other day. Yes, seating. Well planned. Thats it . Thats it. We got to go. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Happy holidays. Love seeing you. Put down the eggnog. Madelyns food challenge, she wont sugar coat what you need to know about holiday sweets. Look at those wild ladies. Couple of ladies from the plaza with us. Well be right back. Its cookie time. Cookie time . Its cookie time. Get your betty on. Show em what you got. Ahhh you can do this. This Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix. Your head start to homemade. 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So lets go to the first question. Ready. Today, which of the desserts has the lowest number of calories. Apple pie who rang it . She was louder. But shes engaged. Go with her. What . Hoda rules. She gets the first one. Well remember that. Okay. Which of these desserts has the lowest number of calories, a, b or c . Time is ticking. Okay, she says a. And she would be right. Good girl. Thats about 300. The others are closer to 400. Thats a great choice. Great one. Thats a good one. On to the next, well talk about sugar. Which of these candies has the least amount of sugar. Youre first, ribbon candy, chocolate almond kisses or peppermint bark. Which is the lease amount of sugar . Hello. C please. So nice, but you would be wrong. You get to counter. Okay, the chocolate kisses. She would be right. This is not fair. Very smart. She lost because i gave her the wrong answer. Thats not fair. It is fair. Youre a team and you go down with the captain. Next. Next we have only one of these holiday cookies contains more than 100 calories, which one . She got it. Which is going to be more than 100 calories. Only one of them. You got it. Which one would you say has more than 100 calories. She says b. She would be right. Shes genius. Knew that one. Knew that one. It has much more butter than the other ones. No, you know what, shes got this. Im so excited. The woman in love. Good feeling about the next one. True or false. A six inch candy cane has fewer than 100 calories, true or false. Less than 100 calories, true or false. Im going with true. You would be right. 65. That was a good job. That was a good job on that one. Okay. Now back to shes winning. Chocolate desserts. Which of these desserts has the fewest calories . Which is lowest . Brownie, chocolate mousse or flourless chocolate cake. Which one do you think is the lowest . B. B. You would be wrong. Lowest. Well say brownie. No, you werent. We were going to say it before it came up as the answer. You were going to say that. Yes. Okay, you get that wait a minute. Thats the definition of cheating. No. Just the way it is, hoda. It is the inconvenient truth. I cant believe what just you never cheated before until right now. Im shocked. Im appalled. And shocked. Okay, so all right. Tiebreaker. Okay. We have two good ones left. But this is a frozen dessert that does not contain any dairy. We have it. C. What . C, sorbet, correct. I know nondairy. Hoda knows nondairy. Double or nothing. Ring it, ring it. Which one has the lowest number of calories. Lowest calories. You know it. It is not the eggnog and it is not the wine. It has got to be probably the wine. I dont know. I think she thinks it is the wine. She would be right. Yes next time i want you standing over there. Wait, wait, wait. Oh. Shell take back after the show, trust me. Thank you. Congratulations. She pours it on for the show. Jeff kinney, the man behind diary of a wimpy kid tells about gregs latest adventure right after this. [coughing] dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil. The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. [coughing] hey amanda, sorry to bother you, but i gotta take a sick day. Moms dont take sick days, moms take dayquil. The non drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy head, power through your day medicine. Ladies, we need to talk. About haircolor. Its Garnier Nutrisse nourishing color creme. Rich, radiant. Ravishing color nutrisse nourishes while it colors. Plus it has avocado, olive, and shea oils. Garnier nutrisse. Nourished hair, better color bring the delicious taste of hersheys chocolate to anything everything. With hersheys spreads, the possibilities are delicious. 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When my mom went out to buy this thing, i specifically told her not to buy one that said diary on it. This proves that mom doesnt understand about kids my age. The only reason i agreed to write in this thing is because when im rich and famous, ill have Better Things to do than answer peoples stupid questions all day long. Were you always so smart and handsome . Heres my journal, now shoo, shoo. A Family Vacation gone awry is at the center of the ninth book diary of a wimpy kid the long haul. What a delight you are. Thank you very much. I love your whole back story. Congratulations on all your success. You have the number one book in the country right now. My nieces and i and family were at the parade and what went floating by. What went floating by . The wimpy kid, amazing. Did you think you would reach this iconic status with your book . No way. I never thought it would get published. I spent eight years working on diary of a wimpy kid, wrote it for adults who i thought would like to look back on their own childhood. So its so strange to me everything that happened. It feels like the truman show to me. It changed your life. Right. Whoever read it and said, new york city youve written a Childrens Book changed your life. It was one of those lines where youve written a Childrens Book but you didnt do it on purpose, that happened to me. This is so cool. For years you tried to make it as a cartoonist. Tell us what people said to you. I spent three years trying to get syndicated. I wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist. I was told they werent good enough. In truth, they werent. I had to decide to start drawing as a seventh grade boy and pretending, masquerading as a seventh grade boy. Thats how i broke in. We should point out very obviously youre a famous author, but you have a job, another job. A real job. I have a job. I work for a Virtual World called pop tropica. Thats not normal. Its not normal but its what i do in my typical 9 00 to 5 00. Sometimes i sneak out into the world and play this author role. You go on a book tour that takes you all around the country. And fans little fans everywhere. Now your two boys are about the same age as the readers of your books, right . My boys are 9 and 11. It was really special. With this book, i got to read to them in bed. I read this book and knew this moment wont last forever. They will age out of the books. But this moment is really special. What do your kids think do they give you ideas . Help you out or does it all come from your own imagination . I think they hope and pray they dont make it into the books, really. Well, you are a cartoonist. Contrary to what some people believe. Youre going to give us a lesson in cartooning . Yes. I love that. Id love to show you. I cant wait to see hodas. Thats uncalled for and unkind. No, i cant wait. Tell us how we draw the wimpy kid. Were going to draw greg hefley. I always start with the eyes. Two eyes, just two dots. Two dots. I love cartooning because cartooning they are kind of far apart, too, arent they . I drew them too small on the page, but you drew them too big, but well see where it goes from here. Mine are probably just right. Of course they are. The nose right under the eyeball, right a bulbous one. Like a c. Yeah. This is so easy. Thats interesting. Okay. Mine looks like snoopy. The hard part, the perfect circle. Its hard to draw the perfect circle. Im not so good at it myself. Where do you start . Right under the nose and go up it connects around where . Up over the eyes. Okay. I did okay. Youre quick. I dont waste time. Oh, my gosh. She needs a protractor. Im exhausted. Oh, good one. That is pretty good. Not that good. What else . He got hit on the head. A little swollen. Greg has three strands of hair, right . Three strands of hair. There are lots of boys in cartooning who are bald or nearly bald, like charlie brown, right . For some reason. Then an ear, which is just a c also. A little bulbous ear too. A backwards c. And then a frown or a smile, whatever mood youre in. Thats sort of offset in the middle. Right, just a simple line, right . Pretty good, right . I love mine. Greg is sort of curved, right . So you can see hes shaped like a banana almost. Im confused. Which is the nose . Youre out of room. Youre in trouble over there. No, im not. I am not. Hes sort of curved. And in fact, in thats his arm . Thats his sleeve. In brazil, it is called giarao banana. Hes called the banana boy in brazil. How many languages are you in now . 44. Wow. He does have long banana arms. Curved arms there. Right. All right. Youre going to have to give us a quick tutorial, i think we have to scoot. There is all right. Were going to roll. As you continue to draw. And you can grade us if youd like. Okay. Little pants on. Of course he does. Oh. Okay, well, we think youre amazing. Thank you so much. This was fun. This really was. Im going to sign it in case somebody wants it. All right. Well be back with more of today on nbc. What she said. We got a deal for you. If you want kathie lees drawing of the wimpy kid. Or hodas whatever. Go to our Facebook Page. Well pick somebody randomly. I know you want these. That does it for us this week. Back next week. Carrie underwood, ricky gervais, melissa joan hart. And from the hobbit, martin freeman. Have a great weekend, everybody. Nice talking to you. I like yours. Thank you. What about mine . No. Nbc bay area news starts now. And right now at 11 00, we are tracking the next rainstorm coming in for the bay area as we give you a live look at our radar. Good morning, everyone, happy friday. Thank you for joining us, im scott mcgrew. Lets give you a live look outside, theres san rafael, dublin, San Francisco, san jose, looks a little tame right now, but in just a few hours, the scene is going to change. Were certainly going to activate our microclimate weather alert to prepare you for that storm. Meteorologist anthony slaughter tracking that system from our weather center. Good morning. Good morning, showers do continue to form off the coast of california right now, even some thunderstorms beginning to form. This activity is not expected to move through until t