From there, it was on to the issues. It continues to heat up on the republican side. Donald trump is a jerk. Procrastinators delight. Millions of shoppers packing the stores with five days until christmas. This morning, why those of you who like to wait until the last minute might be in luck. Double trouble. Hillary from 2008. Hillary, hi. Hello, hillary. Hello. Oh, geez, looks like i went through time and space again. Tina fey and amy poehler teaming up on saturday night live with some musical help from the boss. Santa claus is coming to town santa claus is coming to town all the highlights from a special Holiday Edition of snl, today, sunday, december 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. We welcome you to today on this sunday morning with one of our favorite songs. Im erica hill. Im harry smith, along with jones. Good morning. How you doing . How is everybody . Like this . Totally planned it. Didnt you do it last weekend, too . We did. It was the opposite. I had on the red. We were in the mood. Snl, i watched the first half hour. Im never going to make it especially if youre on this shift make it to the end of the show. Look at this. Sir Paul Mccartney. Just popped out. No announcement. Hey, ill join in on that one. So much fun. Well talk more about that. For sure. Lets get to the top story. That bomb, or suspected bomb, on an air France Flight overnight. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london with more. Good morning. Air france says the bomb squad investigators are still working to confirm whether this device found in an airplane bathroom actually contained explosives. A kenyan official says six passengers are being questioned in connection with this threat. The air france 777 was flying mauritius to paris overnight, when the device was found. The pilots requested an Emergency Landing in kenya, and the flight was diverted to mombasa. The emergency slides were used to evacuate more than 400 passengers and crew on to the tarmac. The passengers and crew were bused to local hotels. Some questioned by the kenyans. One passenger said everyone was calm during all of this. People on board, he said, thought it was a technical problem. The plane just went down, slowly, slowly, slowly, so realized something was probably problem. But the person of air france, which was wonderful, kept everybody calm and quiet. We didnt know what was happening, actually. This, of course, comes after the downing of the russian passenger jet full of tourists over egypt october 31st. Moscow said a bomb brought that plane down. Islamic state claimed responsibility. This is the fourth air France Flight to be diverted now in a harry and erica, the other three cases all turned out to be hoaxes. Kelly cobiella, thank you so much. The democratic debate was last night. The night began with an apology and quickly moved on to the issues. We have coverage from Kristen Welker in new hampshire. Good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. It was a night largely dominated by Foreign Policy and the fight against isis, but the controversy over the Sanders Campaign inappropriately accessing the clinton campaigns voter files also loomed large. We learned late last night in addition to firing one staffer, the caraign now suspended two more. I apologize. Reporter eager to put the data breach issue to rest, Bernie Sanders quickly apologized. Apologize to secretary clint i want to apologize to my supporters. Reporter clinton agreeing, it was time to move on. I dont think the American People are all that interested in this. Reporter the debate pivoted to an issue many voters are interested in. Foreign policy. With clinton slamming trumps controversy rhetoric. He is becoming isis best recruiter. They are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter but clinton came under fire for sounding an optimistic note on isis. We now finally are where we need to be. Reporter republicans pounced. Jeb bush said, were not where we need to do. Bernie sanders arguing shes weak on National Security. Secretary clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Reporter sanders and clinton clashing at almost every turn. Hillary clinton . Everybody should. Will Corporate America love a president sanders . No, i think they wont. Reporter there were heated moments. Martin omalley hitting his opponents on guns. The flipflopping, political approach of washington, we need common sense. Lets calm down, martin. Lets tell the truth, martin. Reporter and some levity. Clinton, at one point, a few seconds late, after a commercial break. Sorry. Reporter the Democratic Front runner surging in the polls, showing swagger with a memorable closing like. Thank you, good night and may the force be with you. Secretary clinton went into the debate with a 31 point lead nationally over Bernie Sanders. By all accounts, there was no major shakeup last night. Kristen, thank you. Another big day of campaigning today for the president ial candidates. On saturday, jeb bush had his harshest words yet for donald trump. Nbcs kasie hunt is covering that story. Reporter donald trump bringing his family here to iowa but not letting up on his attacks less than a week before christmas. tis the season for family and good cheer. Merry christmas, right . Reporter in iowa yesterday, donald trump offering praise for vladimir putin, who called trump bright and talented. Actually, hes right. I am brilliant, you know that. Reporter trump didnt have kind words for some of his republican rivals. Bush, no, its just sad. Hes tough, right, hes tough. Reporter jeb bush in new i have to get this off my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. Reporter the rest of the republican field keeping in that same holiday spirit. Chris christie taking marco rubio to task for missing another big vote. This time, on the bill that funds the government. Senator rubio, listen, if youre going to say youre opposed to something, how about showing up to work and voting no . Right . Thats the minimum you should have to do. Reporter rubio in south carolina, again, defended his absence. Im running for president and, unfortunately, that means that sometimes, i wont be able to get there in time to vote on things. Reporter even with all that feuding, the candidates still found a way to remind voters of whats really important. Especially this time of year. Thank you for supporting my grandpa, and thank you for being here on this beautiful day. Have a very good christmas. The crowd loved trumps this to be the last word before the holiday. Chris christie is still on the trail this weekend, and donald trump campaigns in michigan on monday. Harry . Thank you so much. Chuck today is moderator of meet the press and joins us this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning. Last night, we heard a little bit of this in kristens piece. Who comments that stood out that Hillary Clinton made about isis, this one talking about video of Donald Trumps speaking being used and, also, were getting where we need to be on isis. How much can those two comments haunt her moving forward . The first is, theres no proof of this yet. There have been plenty of security folks that have warned. There have been plenty of intelligence officials that have been concerned that Donald Trumps comments, that Donald Trumps proposal, would be used as propaganda. But the propaganda doesnt exist yet. Its not there. Theres no so she said it so declaratively. Its just not true. Heres something that could have shed used the words could be, and she didnt. It leads to the idea shes being untruthful or going over the top. I think what shes basically saying is, i support p sident obamas strategy on isis. What hes doing now is the strategy i support. Okay. Guess what . President obamas job Approval Rating on Foreign Policy is about the same place right now as george w. Bushs was in december 2007. The public rejected george w. Bush, largely because of the Foreign Policy. That has to be something shes concerned about. If shes attached to the hip on president obama with National Security and people dont like where were going, its a problem. Chuck, last night during the debate, Bernie Sanders is behind nationally to clinton. Has a tiny lead in new hampshire. Was there a moment last night hell get traction, hes off like a rocket ship . I didnt see it. Look, it goes back to the issue we were just talking about. Bernie sanders problem now is this is turning into a National Security election. Yes, the jobs and the economy are still number one but, boy, National Security is a close number two. That is in Hillary Clintons wheel house. She has been hugging him on domestic policy, not going as far to the left as Bernie Sanders proposed, but not trying to create as little space as possible. He was certainly comfortable on the antiwall street rhetoric, but because of the National Security change, i didnt see it. Jeb bush said donald trump was a jerk. Fought with him during the debate earlier this week. Is there any oxygen in jeb bushs campaign . Look, i think this is the last best hope he has. If i were him, id be doing this, too. Getting in fights with donald trump hasnt been good for other scandidates, but you know, i think theres an odd bit of freedom. What did Janice Joplin once freedom is when you have nothing left to lose. Cue a little janice. Harry, we have lost the audience now. He has nothing left to lose. Theyll be watching you in a little while. Appreciate it. Chuck todd, meet the press, with an exclusive interview with House Speaker paul ryan. Sheinelle following a developing story. A plane vanishing off the radar in california. Investigators are heading to california after the small plane disappeared overnight. The single engine plane was en route from san jose to las vegas when the pilot issued a may day call. Search teams have located possible debris from the plane near bakersfield, but no sign of survivors. In los angeles, one man is dead after a Police Shooting overnight, the 26yearold was being evaluated after an earlier altercation with police. Authorities say he was initially cooperative but turned violent after he was released to police. Er staff said police tried to subdue the man with a stun gun, but he was fatally shot after reaching for an officers gun. The l. A. Times says hes the 20th person shot and killed by onduty Police Officers in l. A. This year. A shooting sent shoppers running for their lives on saturday. A 19yearold was injured in the leg as shots rang out. Some shoppers were trampled and others hid under garment racks. Police are looking for a suspect. The family of the gunmen in the San Bernardino massacre returned to home, the first time they were seen in public since the attack. They removed baby gear that belonged to farooks daughter. The chair of the house judiciary visa was sloppily approved. It was not clear whether tashfeen and farook met in person, which is mandatory. A school broke the Guinness World record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters. More than 3,400 fans showed up in holiday sweaters, beating the record just shy of 1,200 held by a university in england. They tell me, no surprise here, the holiday sweaters sold out in the town. Amazing. Couldnt find a holiday sweater. Thanks. Dylan dreyer has a look at the weather. It finally snowed in buffalo. This is the longest buffalo had the city itself, just about a trace. You go just outside the city, we had 3 to 6 inches, enough to make the roads slippery, especially when youre not used to it. Some parts of western new york picked up three feet of snow. The famous tug hill plateau gets slammed when you have the lakeeffect snow. It wont last long. The warm air will replace the cold this week. 21 in pittsburgh. 33 in chicago. As we go into the end of next week, were looking at record warmth, especially for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Thursday, 46 in chicago, which is really 12 degrees above average. 70s in new york and d. C. On Christmas Day, well be in the 50s and 60s. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Now, heres a peek out your window. Good morning, everyone. Now but not as chilly and not as windy as yesterday. A High Temperature of 43 degrees. Right about where we should be this time of year. Lots of sunshine and blue skies to enjoy. Great day for some lastminute holiday shopping. Time is ticking. Overnight tonight, mostly clear. Low of 37 degrees in the city. Then the warming trend begins starting tomorrow. Up to 52 for your high on monday. We dont stop there. Into the 60s by the middle of the week. Chance of rain tuesday night, wednesday, and into thursday. Thats your latest forecast. I couldnt help but notice in the video, buffalo, it snows a lot there, rtght . Yes. This much snow and there is a car in the median. The first snowfall throws everybody offer, no matter where you live. I dont know where im going. Good observation. If you are a procrastinator this is obably your favorite time of year. Only five days left. Get all the president s who is thinking about debates . Presents under the tree. If youve waited to get started, youre not alone. Nbcs ron mott is down in Herald Square with tips for you lastminute shoppers. Ron, good morning. Reporter hey, harry. Good morning to you. The type as are long gone. Its time for the rest of us now. More elbow room. I should tell you, a lot of the topselling gifts are probably gone by now, as well. Keep that in mind as you go in so you get the most out of these frenzied final days. With Super Saturday in the rear view, the drive is on to get lastminute shoppers into stores. An estimated 17 of tamericans, nearly 1 in 5, hadnt even started to check off their lists a week before christmas. But dont fret. Theres plenty of time left if you get going now, like these folks at new yorks Herald Square in weekend. Its hectic, definitely hectic. Lines are long. But the selection, theres a lot of selections. Its awesome. Typical new york crowd. Didnt expect anything less than this. Reporter why wait so late . Good deals, thats why. As much as 40 of the seasons sales come ten days before christmas. Retailers extending store hours, offering Free Shipping and discounting prices on less popular items. Most of the steepest discounts can be on apparel. Not just the winter coats and scarves and hats. Electronics, of course. Even some home goods. Reporter here are a few tips to relieve your crunch time shopping stress. Order online and pick up at the store. Youll save time standing in lines. Take advantage of free gift wrapping. Let the pros handle that. Be on the lookout for stackable coupons, allowing multiple discounts on a single purchase. If overwhelmed, stop and pamper yourself with a relaxing massage. Shopping doesnt feel good unless you do. Be patient and enjoy being here in new york city and shopping. Is be kind. Roporter whatever your mood or strategy or whatever ends up in your bags, remember, its the thought that counts. All right. Now, heres another Silver Lining to all this madness going on now. Its the weather. Dylan talked about it. Its spectacular in a lot of the country thats used to bitter cold and snow. Even though youll have to fight the crowds, youll have a good time getting there. Harry . Ron mott in front of macys, thank you very much. Two of snls most successful and wellloved alums. Tina fey and amy poehler returning to host saturday night live. When you pair them with the boss, theres no way this cannot be a fantastic show. Show. Its now on break for a month. But it ended on a high note. Reporter amy poehler and tina fey have been getting laughs and making each other we have been friends fo like 20 years. Plenty of new material. Second life. Say water. Reporter make sure to bring back some old favorites. Tina fey glasses. Reporter in a dream sequence, Hillary Clinton meets up with yourself from 2008. Hello, hillary. In 2008, i got closer to the white house than this gal did. No, no, no. Yes, i need to get back to 2008 and send a bunch of emails. No reporter there was a return to the weekend update desk and musical numbers. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow i really cant stay reporter including a video parody celebrating their friendship. With a guest appearance from amy schumer. Is this not a charity thing . Reporter their appearance is timed with the release of their new movie sisters. I like the story it tells reporter sisters is up against an unstoppable force. There were gags throughout the show. In our new movie, star wars. Reporter star wars may rule the weekend, but the boss owns saturday night. Springsteen sang two songs but came back to close out the show with santa claus is coming to town. With no hint or announcement, Paul Mccartney dashed on stage to join the celebration. Santa claus is coming to town i think of all the guys who were sleeping outside, waiting. The other day, the line was wrapped around the buildings. What are you waiting for . Tina fey amy poehler worth the wait. Absolutely. So good. Still to come, a special story for the holiday season. About how one of santas helpers was saved by a group of dedicated doctors. Back after this. Phil oh no. under his breath h