Easy again. And kod. Former boxing Champ Mike Tyson adds his name to the list of growing hoverboard victims 2015 announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its wednesday morning. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson daly in for matt once again, the birthday boy i might add. Happy birthday. You watched that mike tyson video. 30, 40 times, hard to not chuckle at the former champ. Like so many this Holiday Season who got the hoverboards. And then fell off it. A mean fall. Right on the back. Posted it to instam gram. A good sport. Top story, torrential rains gave the northeast its first real taste of winter. It now has more than 18 million americans bracing for potentially historic flooding. Weve got all of this covered, andy with want to start with nbcs Morgan Radford in missouri where the rivers are rising this morning. Morgan, good morning two. Reporter good morning, savannah. A state of emergency here in missouri where 13 people have already died over the weekend and the governor has called in the national guard. A city submerged. Its very clear that missouri is the in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. Reporter 16 counties are under flood warnings, including the area where the missouri and Mississippi Rivers meet. This one came up a little quick. Reporter volunteers turned out on tuesday in the blistering cold to fill sandbags in st. Louis, where a flooded waterway threatened hundreds of homes. Just grab everything and walked out the door, pretty much. Reporter Rachel Chambliss and her family are trying to torrential rains over the past several days pushed already swollen rivers and streams to virtually unheard of heights, forcing water over levees and rivers at alltime highs and in certain areas some 20 to 30 feet above flood stage. Floods forced scattered evacuations and the closure of roads. A Wastewater Treatment plant shut down after it sent sewage directly into nearby rivers and streams. Its a frightening thrashback for those who went through the devastating 1993 flood that destroyed over 10,000 homes and impacted hundred of towns. Experts predict the Mississippi River will reach 15 feet above flood stage, becoming the first flood on record, second only to 1993. Weve got a lot of water that we have to get out of the state, so to speak. We have countless roads that are going to stay under water for several days. Again, everybody get their message out. We still have a lot of dangerous situations out there. Reporter savannah and carson, you can see that the rain has stopped, but the river here is continuing to rise. In fact, the water is expected to come up eight more feet, and back to you. Scary times there. Morgan radford, thank you. Al is keeping an eye on the flooding situation in pasadena, california, getting red for al, good morning. Good morning, guys. This is a major problem, not just in missouri but across the country. Weve got major flooding. Lets show you whats going on. Weve got 400 river gauges that are nationally above flood stage. Major flooding at 47 locations. Look at whats going on along the Mississippi River. Cape girardeau looking at a record crest of 48. 5, will tie that on saturday and chester, illinois close to a record and st. Louis, missouri, coming close, not quite a record but it look for the crest sometime tomorrow at 43 feet. Major flood stage is at 40 feet, and one of the problems is all the rain thats been falling. For example, st. Louis seeing their wettest year on record. 2008 was the record. 57. 9. They are at 61 inches of rain. The good news is no more rain in sight for the next few days. That will give a chance for all the rivers to start lowering on their own, but its going to be a while until the weekend when people will get some sort of relief. Guys, back to you. All right, al. Thank you so much. Now to the alarming new terror arrests overnight. For the second day in a row authorities in europe say they have foiled had a plot to attack new years celebrations there. Nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely has his eye on this from london this morning. Bill, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah, yes, two attacks planned on two Capital Cities this new year. In Turkey Police have arrested two men believed to be isis bombers who came from syria and main square in ankara where crowds traditionally gather to celebrate new year. Police found suicide vests and explosive devices at what prosecutors describe as an isis safe house. They are on alert in ankara because two months ago isis 100 people at a pea i started stealing fm the people that meant the most to me because it was the easiest because they trusted me, cause they were my family. I would go in my moms purse when she wasnt looking, and i stole all of her money all the time. I stole my mothers wedding ring and i sold it for thirty dollars for three bags of heroin because thats how sick i was. Theres sparkling wine. Oh, okay. This is a little bit of a better budget item here. Most wines cost between 40 and 50 bucs. To esare two selections around the 20 mark. A lot of people for new years eve and within theed a big toast, youknow, want to buy eight bottleu, this is a good get a casef it for sure. Local from new york from the Finger Lakes Region upstate. Thats sphere and everybody is attacking them because guess what. Some of their marketing is not holding up to the product. All of those back to the changes that we are seeing in consumers eating habits, right . Everybody is looking to be healthier. They are looking for simple source and they are looking for gmofree products. And so companies are responding because people are abandoning products that arent healthyhyo what do you do . You have to sort of use marketing techniques and different words. Clearly they are trying to make better products in many cases but, a lot of times this is when it is markewing and it falls through, that is when youre innrouble from a companys perspective. The people are looking for saying like any other business . Its business and companies are driven by Profit Margins and shareholder value. Its in conflict to what goes to making this stuff. Why would somebody be wililng to spend 9 dollars a bar . They think its better. Clearly, because its made a different way. If you really want to spend 9 it depends on your taste. If it tastes better to you, then you should buy 9th. Today you have all of the tools necessary to figure out what is really in it. Its really up to the consumer. You shouldnt be believing advertising to begin with. Do your homework. Go to website and clearly they can lie but nine times out of ten these things are going to flare up and come back and bite them. You still have t tdo researcrc whwh people say organic is it that video is great. When you about what is going on here you take it backk to the natural craze. We saw that the last couple of years. Natural was on every product and involved. Right now, the fda still doesnt ve an official meaning on the slap it on. Its sort of a loose definition they have, no artificial or synthetics substances. But they actually are opening up for review and they are a aing the public to comment so maybe they will come out with something stronger that companies can abide by. I think 40 billion dollar food business that usess the wordd natural and a huge business. It doesnt mean it can be interpreted by Different Companies in a different way. Very few people out there checking up on this, right . There is not a whole task f fce looking at adverersing every day. Its not just the word. Its the colors and the labeling the way they do it put trees and leaves on it and make it look it looks green and you just automatically think its better, righgh peoplpljust want to buy in. We always have bought into always going to be around and they get clever at it. Toda its artisanal. Mcdonalds has an artisinal chicken sandwich. I think people think it means right, handmade but lots of wiggle room because nobody has defined it at least from the fdas perspective. Companies have a lot of wiggle room. If you want to spend the extra buck then you need to do your homewowo and sometimes its not very clear so you have to wait for somebody to do a big expo seeing this in suburban version. Suzanne, thank you. Hollywoods newest it girl found her spot on the movie set. Im able to call what i call my passion my job. Reporter which is pretty special. Antntny mason finds out how you get better water, and d service you can actually count on. Dad hey, culligan man. Culligan man hey dad this is great culligan man i know. You get better water, and service you can actually this has been a record breaking Holiday Season for hollywood. last weekend was the highest grossing christmas weekend in box office history. With 300 million ticket sales in north america. One highly anticipated moving drawing clouds and critical acclaim is the danish story. Its based on a true story in a marriage in transition. It starred golden globe nominated actress alicia vikanner. Anthony, good morning. Year for alicia vikaer. A new cover girl and stars in films. Behind her sudden success are years of hard work and they are paying off. In just a matter of months, Alicia Vikander has gone from obscurititto it girl a sense has even taken her by surprise. You got two golden globe nominations. Which is pretty i dont think ive yet goty head around it. I did have a bit after freakout when i heard it. Reporter she has a best supporting actress nomination for her role as the robot in the Artificial Intelligence thriller. You shouldnt trust him. You shouldnt trust anybody. Reporte and the best actress nomination for the danish girl. Artist Einar Wegener played by eddie redmayne. The true story of one of the firsrs sex change operations. Its extraordinary when somebody rejected from drama school twice. Thats also i grew newspaper a country where is there a very tall industry. My mom is a stage actress, so i kind of know how tough it is and i never thought you could work abroad. Reporter we met at scandinavia house in new york at an exhibition of paintings by vilhelm hammershoi. Growing up in gothenburg, sweden, it seems set on a different path. At 15, she went off to the Royal Swedish Ballet School in stockholm but the demanding i love to be on stage, but sometimes i question it. I cant do this. And you need to want it so bad that you dont even question any of it. Reporter she left Ballet School after she won a part in a swedish tv drama. Then i suddenly felt that passion that i had been almost jealous of that some of other girls had. Suddenly, with fear, i could read a script from 2 00 a. M. M and not able to go to bed at night and im able to call what i find my passion, my job. Reporter which is pretty special. Very special. Reporter in the danish girl r character has to wrestle with loving her husband, at the same time, she is losing him as eina becomes lily. I need to see einar. That be me. I mean, my husband. Can you get him . That she goes on and really cant choose to be herself. That is just who she is. Can make the choice and then support her. Reporter for vikander, each role is a rnourney. The i iortant thing is make the truth. Why would somebody act like that . Reporter right. You need to find why. Reporter then you start to understand some part of yourself maybe too . Yes. It could be quite terrifying. I see a lot of things in your subconscious, i think. Reporter she landed her biggest role yet in the fifth installment of the bourne frananise with matt mon. Do the stakes seem higher somehow . When you make a bourne film, you know youre making an international blockbuster. Especially with the bourne movies, i have s sn them and they seem surreal stepping on the set and somebody says this. Im like, whoa. Maybe you should see a doctor. Reporter what is the most thrilling part of acting in film for you . If you come on set and you feel like you believe in this film and its something that you care about,veryone does their best and that kind of team work is something that i love that e people. Reporter as much as you just cant guarantee it . No. That is why its also so special when you feel it because i think you ng for that feeling. Reporter incncding the bourne sequel, she will star in another four films set for release in 2016 which is why a cover story in the january issue of vogue calls it the year of alicia vik anner. She was great. She is great in almost especially extxtordinary for a foreign actress. Right. American film industry. Youre watching bcbs this morning. The Dancing Queen cordes most nurses are tough. Theyre problemsolvers. They like making things better. People dont have access to healthcare because they just cant afford it. Bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and Major Medical companies are ripping us off. Bernie tells the truth, and hes been consistent. He underststds that the system is rigged, and hes the only one who can bring real change. Sad news in our cbs this morning family. Our news center is one man short today. Where we coordinated the video for this broadcast. Its where Russell Johnson worked for yearsrs died suddenly on tuesday at the age of 55. Russ spent decades at cbs beginning with cbs radio. Our thoughts this morning are with his family. That does it for us. Be sure to tune into the cbs evening news tonight and for news network dad im on it. Culligan man dude. Dont do it yourself. Dad no . Culligan man no. Anncr leave it to the experts. With a culligan wholehouse water softening system, you get better water, and service you can actually count on. You get better water, and service you can actually counon. Dad ey, culligan man. Culligan man hey dad this is great culligan man i know. You get better water, and service you can actually im its eight55 on this wednesday morning. Your top stories are coming up in one person is dead after a highway crash near fairfax. Fairfathe iowa state patrol says an suv driven by 49yearold terri skalsky, of walford, crossed the center line at the viaduct on highway 151 and hit another vehicle. Skalsky was later pronounced dead. It all happened on tuesday just before noon. A third vehicle swerved to avoid the crash. Investigators dont believe weather was a factor. A car on fire yesterday y afternoon caused another major traffic tieup in north liberty. The southbound lanes of i380, bringing traffic to a standstill. Fortunately no one was hurt, and crews cleared the lanes beforerehe evening commute in keystone a 56yearold man died in a grain accident yesterday afternoon. His name is not being released at this time. Officials say he was vacuuming grain into a semi, when a wall of corn surrounding him collapsed. Several emergency crews and volunteers worked for a halfhour to free him. Iowa city is looking into recycling requirements for landlords. A proposed ordinance would mean landlords would ve to provide tenanan with recycling pickup. That proposal could reach the City Council Early next year. Right now landlords are only required to provide trash pickup for tenants. Thats a quick look at your wenesday morning news. 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