Son surprises his parents with a Christmas Present never imagined. Today, saturday, december 27th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside betty nguyen. I think they rearranged the furnitu furniture. I promised lester i would shop in november. I should have taken your advice. Wait until you see the one we will talk about in the orange room. This is a gift of a lifetime. That note that says that son gave his parents. We dont want to say whats on it. Lets start with our top story. The rhetoric from north korea this morning in response to the widespread internet outage earlier this week. It comes as tensions are running high between pyongyang and washington over the comedy film that has turned into an international incident. Nbc Hallie Jackson has more. Reporter good morning, lester. North korea is blaming the United States for the suspected cyber attack earlier this week. U. S. Officials denied any involvement, but this is getting nasty. Now the North Koreans are slamming the president with an ugly slur. The war of words overnight and taking a nasty turn with the north kore north kore north korean spokesman saying, bahamas goes all with monkey like words and gangster like. The interview was released. And then another suspected hack. This one blocking gamers from logging on to the playstation network. The group taking credit appears to be separate from the cyber attack from the studio arm from sony. We got the interview. I think this is all coincidental. I would be really hard pressed to say any connection between the two is taking place. Reporter multiple platforms are letting people buy or let people rent the interview online. Box Office Numbers are up. Comedy played at 331 theaters grossed more than 1 million on opening day. The currency of the movie is awareness. Reporter it is almost unprecedented a big movie is made Available Online and on the big screen at the same time since that could eat into profits at theaters, but independent cinema owners dont mind. Given the interest in the film, im seeing an online mix. Reporter this still successful experiment born of necessity may be short lived. I dont know it is setting a new standard. This is a unique situation we have ever seen and unique to the interview. Reporter something that is not unique to the movie, the number of illegal downloads online. Something analysts say is a problem industry wide. One tracking site said the movie has been pirated more than 1. 5 million times. Hallie jackson, thank you. Police officers this morning are attending the funeral of the new York City Police officer shot and killed a week ago by a gunman who had hatred for police. This comes among mounting tensions among communities and the Law Enforcement. We have nbcs ron mott outside with the latest. Reporter good morning, sheinelle. Nationwide Community Officers will bid farewell to rafael ramos today. An emotional day ahead with Vice President biden on his way to pay final respects. The funeral for slain Police Officer rafael ramos today is expected to attract a show of force as many as 25,000 cops from around the country and Vice President biden. Long lines of mourners filing in yesterday at the officers wake. A little part we can do. Be there for the family and department. It shows the comradery. He was a man of great faith and his faith formed his world view not just as a Police Officer, but as a husband and father. Reporter ramos and his partner, wenjian liu were ambushed by a lone gunman while sitting in their patrol car. The suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley, killed himself shortly after Police Closed in. Police involved killings of black men has tightened tensions appeared to bring issues up with the mayor after bill de blasio got to the hospital after the shooting. Friday, a group of retired officers flew a banner over the city to which the Mayors Office stopped, this is the time to think about the families and honor our fallen officers. Meantime, police are stepping up their protection here amid dozens of threats resulted in six arrests. Weapons found at the home of one suspect. Emotions are raw on many fronts. He was loved. He was loved. Just like losing your brother. Reporter as friends and families of officer ramos and liu prepare to say goodbye today. Mayor bill de blasio is expected to speak at todays funeral. Services are still pending for offic officer liu. His family making arrangements in china. Ron mott, thanks. President obama continues his vacation in hawaii and now some of the issues of the people who drive in his motorcade. We have Nbcs Kristen Welker traveling with the president in honolulu. Good morning. Reporter good morning, lester. The practice goes back three decades. Secret service bringing in volunteers to drive white house staffers in the president ial motorcade. Questions over if that is putting the president in jeopardy. The president ial motorcade. Known for its flashy lights and high levels of speed and as the report details volunteer drivers with no special training. While the practice dates back to the 1980s, it is coming under scrutiny after a graduate student showing her standing next to the president s limousine. She was among the volunteers on the president s trip to San Francisco this past fall. Natalie told the New York Times she received little training from the secret service. But the Agency Spokesman defends the practice. Saying the vehicles driven are nowhere near the president and the volunteers are briefed by the agent responsible for the motorcade prior to any movement. There is no other traffic on the road at the time the president ial motorcade is moving. Still some critics worry the untrained volunteers could put everyone at risk. Frankly, no one should be behind the wheel of a vehicle other than secret Service Agents or sworn Law Enforcement officers. Reporter this comes as the secret service tries to regroup following a major embarrassment for the agency when a man made it across the north lawn and all the way inside the white house. The white house had no comment. We tried to reach ms. Tyson for comment, but were unsuccessful. The white house hired a company of professional drivers they used in the past to shuttle the motor cade in hawaii. Kristen, have you ever witnessed issues with the drivers . Reporter i have been in a handful and have never been unsafe. If you pool the press corps, may get different answers. Secret Service Officials say in an emergency, they are absolutely prepared. Law enforcement officials note there have been motorcade accidents in recent history, few, if any, can be blamed on the volunteer drivers. Kristen welker with the president this morning. Thank you. Friday marked the tenyear anniversary of the worst modern disaster in times. The tsunami led to a decade of rebuilding and recovery. Nbcs katy tur is in one of the hardest hit areas. Reporter good morning, sheinelle. It has been ten years since the indian ocean tsunami, the memory is still fresh. It was a day in many in this part of the world would like to forget. On friday, the horror of december 26th, 2004 was remembered. In ceremonies across the region, prayers were offered. Lanterns released and loved ones missed. The indian ocean tsunami hit 14 countries leveling entire towns and villages. And killing more than 230,000. Most on the northern tip of indonesia in a town called banda aca. Shore, he lost his home, his wife, son and daughter. He still rebuilds. Translator there is danger wherever you go. You should be the place that you love. Reporter in jakarta, the tsunami warning and they hope next time will be different. We hope to have the system like this and it will be half of the citizens. Reporter petra was vacationing in thailand with her boyfriend when the tsunami hit. She was badly hurt, but survived. Her boyfriend did not. His quote was a day without laughter is a day wasted. The best way to make him happy is to be happy myself. Reporter from indonesia, sri lanka, india and thailand, towns have been rebuilt and scars are healing, but no one will ever forget. Although banda achea was hardest hit, the towns are back up and the economy is working again and the people say that yes, now, they have hope. Back to you. Katy, thanks. Not a lot of cheer the day after christmas. Betty is here with that. The day after christmas was violent across the country at malls. This was the wild scene at Monroeville Mall near pittsburgh when fights started to break out. Damage was limited, but no one arrested. Fights at malls in sacramento, memphis, independence, missouri and a shot fired in ottawa, canada. A tweeted bomb threat was enough to cause a jetblue plane held on the ground and searched overnight. The flight from seattle landed as scheduled in long beach, california, but met by police with bombsniffing dogs. A message on the twitter feed claimed there was a bomb on the flight and detonated soon. All passengers had to get off while the plane and luggage was cleared. Authorities say the whole thing was a hoax. Despite a desperate search, tragedy. The body of a 4yearold boy found in a pond not far from his grandmothers house. Jayden morrison was found in a pond on friday morning. George h. W. Bush is said to be in high spirits and making progress, but still in the hospital. Nbcs jacob rascon is live with the latest on mr. Bushs condition. How is he doing . Reporter good morning, betty. We are told he is doing well. Not well enough to leave the hospital. He is going on the fifth day at houston methodist after he was rushed here by ambulance on tuesday after he had trouble breathing. He is the oldest living former president. He suffers from a form of parkinsons disease that makes it difficult for him to speak or walk. In recent months, he has been active and sky diving on his 90th birthday and several other public appearances as well. We are told he spent Christmas Day with family at the hospital. He did the same thing two christmases ago when we were told the condition was more serious. The person we spoke with says he is in good spirits, but not well enough to leave the hospital. Betty. Thank you, jacob. So far, so good for a Lab Technician possibly exposed to ebola. The cdc says he is doing well and will be monitored for 21 days. He is troubled by the latest incident. The cdc does insist the risk is low. If you are wondering what to do with all of the cardboard boxes piled up around the place since christmas morning, how about decorating the house with them. We are not joking. A woman in Washington State made a car board chair Strong Enough to hold herself and daughter. She also made a lamp, table and not to mention earrings and picture frames. You can now think of all those boxes as home decor. I like it. Exactly. She did that all since christmas . Yeah, probably. I will send you a bunch of cardboard boxes. Shabby chic. Mike bettes is filling in for dylan. We have a bit of rain and snow out there. If you look back behind the cold front, you will notice snow there. That includes around Oklahoma City and wichita falls. Heavy rain on the front side as it pushes east. The mild air across the east. With the heavy rain comes the risk of flooding. That will include louisiana and through mississippi as well as alabama with heavy rain in alabama and including mobile and montgomery and birmingham later on today. Lets put it all in motion. The snow ends quickly, but a lot of rain with a good surge from the gulf of mexico. That means for many of us, including later today and tonight, it could include showers for you in a place like new york. A lot going on. Heavy rain as much as 2 to 3 inches in spots. Maybe as much as 5 in isolated flooding could be an good morning. 5 16 this morning. Waking up to widespread frost. Many locations near freezing. Thats where we have the most widespread frost. Campbell at 32. Los gatos 34. Alamo clocking in cold once more near freezing. Could be black ice out there a little frost, as well. Send your pictures into us. Later this afternoon temperature only in the 50s. Get ready. Big cooldown coming up. Say it aint so. Wrong answer. Mike, thanks. Millions of americans will be on the lookout for deep discounts and post holiday shopping. This weekend is crunch time for retailers. Another crunch time. This year, one of them is trying something different. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez joins us from outside one of the busy malls outside atlanta. Reporter lester, good morning. In a few hours, this parking lot will be packed. Shoppers looking for deals and hopefully easy returns. It is estimated 4 in 10 americans will return something during the holidays. This morning, the post holiday rush is in full swing. Trying to get a few bargains. Reporter a crucial weekend for retailers. Shopping for clothes because we got gift cards for christmas. Reporter hoping to make up for disappointing sales on black friday and super saturday. Im not returning anything. Im wearing and im buying. Reporter one early tally from mastercard estimates holiday sales increase 5. 5 this year. That is higher than 4. 1 the Retail Federation predicted. Final numbers arent in. People should look for accessories and gold and silver jewelry. Reporter new this year, the Worlds Largest retailer walmart is testing a gift card swap. Yes, on its web site, you can Exchange Gift cards for 200 stores for a walmart card. A 100 gift card from target gets you 97 from walmart. It is something unique and could be a driver of walmart sales. It drives traffic to walmart. It helps boost sales in a low month typically. In the month of january, up to 70 of gift cards are redeemed. Reporter in lenox square mall, reginald got here early. 60 off is 60 off. Reporter robin fox wasnt impressed. I have not seen a lot of great deals. Reporter on friday, Many National retailers open as early as 6 00 a. M. Today, here, some stores are waiting until 9 00. Others until 10 00. Apparently some people get to sleep in this morning. Not me. Sleep is overrated, right lester . Thats my slogan. Gabe gutierrez, thanks. If you are going to the store to return gifts that may have missed the mark, we will have tips on how to do it the right way later this morning. You taking anything back . Anything you would admit on tv . I waited one year to do the crazy holiday shopping. People were tearing down Christmas Trees trying to get the 70 off deals. It was a mad house. The point the other day, i opened my wallet and receipts fall out. It is a little jankie. I made that word up. I have receipts. Good luck if you are out there. Coming up what to do. And he is in the running for son of the year. The Incredible Christmas gift that one young man gave his parents and they wont be giving this one back. We will tell you more about it but first this is today on nbc. You may think you got one of the best Christmas Gifts ever, but after seeing the next video, you may change your mind. A developer gave his parents a gift of a lifetime. He caught their reaction on camera. It is no surprise it has gone viral. Betty has more in the orange room. If this story doesnt warm your heart, i dont know what will. This is known as joey trumbone. He is a founder of a video shop. Now he is in running for son of the year. Why . He gave his parents the christmas surprise of a lifetime. Inside an envelope, this is what he wrote, raising his check. College loan, check. Mortgage check. What . He says your house is paid off. Merry christmas, joe. Can you imagine . Watch his parents priceless reaction. I love you. Thank you. I dont have kids yet, but dont we all want a son like this . This is the video we love. Joey up loaded this on Christmas Day. It has been viewed by more than 1. 5 million viewers. Lester, sheinelle, i dont know what you got your parents for the holidays, but this gift makes mine seem pretty lame. I got my mom a scarf. A pendant. Cant pay off the house yet. Coming up, he is known as screech played on saved by the bell, but this actor is in real trouble. And how good morning. It is 5 26. It is a very cold morning out there im kira klapper. Thank you for joining us along with anthony slaughter with a look at your microclimate forecast. We have a 5yearold and told her santa came to town and brought the cold air. If only he brought snow, too. That would be really cold. Lets look how cold it is up there. 9 degrees. You are going to be freezing your butt off. 36 degrees. Even in san jose this morning. Campbell has attempt of 32. Stanford 32. Alamo at 31. Some of the temperatures you dont see on the map reflect temperatures below freezing. As you get outside this morning, yes, it is cold. Youll need to bundle up. We are talking about frigid polar air. Temperatures this afternoon only going to top out late 50s. Well see sunshine all day long. New years eve looks even colder. Well talk about that at 7 00. Anthony, thanks. Christmas day turned frightening where a sick coyote attacked a man and young boy. Fremont Police Received several calls about a coyote biting people at these three locations near Mission San Jose thursday night. The first victim, a 5yearold boy walking with his dad when a coyote bit his leg. Soon after, a man walking walking also was bitten in the leg. The coyote chased that mans children. An hour later another Man Told Police he fought off the coyote by kicking it. None of the victims were seriously hurt. Neighbors say they remain on alert. Police found the coyote about 1 1 2 hou