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thursday, december 23rd, 2010. od morning. welcome to today onhursday morning. i m matt lauer. i m in mor meredith vieira this rning. after a week of relentless rain, redents in california will finally get a bak today. it left some looking lik war zones. up to 30 homesovered in a blant of mud. we will talkone family who ju lost everything days before christmas. also, the spider-m controversy heang uon broadway and they wereorced to cancel the show all together. how d the stars o the musical feelbout it? and how does the woman accused ingindsay lohan at the betty ford clini feel out it. fit, we will go to highland, calirnia, about 60 miles east of losangeles. good mning to you. reporr: matt, good morning. 24 hours ago, christm tes were up in thisneighborhood, resints ready for the holiday weekend. now, dozens of homes in this neighborhood lookike this. this is a pio cover some 12 feet high, hit by aall of surgg mud. ma say it s a miracle everybody made it out alive. a blanket of mu a community buried in debris. i ve never seen anything like this. reporter: i highland, californ, flash flooding ban when a nearby river spilled io town. first a strea of water, then a of mud. brian duisky rachb. it was lik a liquid hill. reporter: carol hnandez rrowly escaped with her own life. she used an emergency ladder to get out of her ohouse. the wle black yard was flooded and before i knew , i had a roaring river in my living room. i have nothing left, nothing! reporte after a week ofet ather, califora was hit with a knock-out pun wednesday. in orange county, neighbors couldn t sp the hills from giving way, rds becam rivs and rising water turned to solid mud. in lagun beach, 30 rescues. jeries he home was squamp with foureet o water and his neighb got out through a window. we sought shelter with a neighbor for while. it was ptty scary. reporter: a hf-inch of rai in a single week. am trackrom l.a. to saniego was shut down, roads impassable. six counties remain under a state of emergency. qualcomm stadiumn san diego is an island. 47 pple at a nearbyotel we rescued en a creekurst its nks. all across the west, raging rivers cause problems. in little eld,arizona, this home on the ed, this propert already a total lo in utah, the state grge rer swlowed equipment and destroyed a idge. but back in highland, the water is gone, the damages done. ma here won t be comg home for christma the damage in thiseighboood alone isoing to be in the millio. the storm has moved on but it is going to take wee if not months to clean up this mess. backo you. miguel, thank you. karen heandez, the woman who made that second story escape from her window is with us now. good morning. good morning. know thi happened arod 4:30 in t morning. you,our son and daughte were all asleep. tell us what ppened. what did you see and hear? i woke up at 4:30 thinking somebody was trying to break into my back door andan downstairs to the patio door and flung it open. i sa wat coming as fast as it coul th kids ran dowtairs with me. moved as fast as we could, but it only took seconds before my home was a roari river. you g out with an ergency ladder youet up for a fire. did you ever imagine having to use it,specially under those conditions? no. we never di we just kept i for pely emergency reasons. but this was an ergency. we needed to get out and we needed t get o fast. youan seey the pictus you re looking at t wateras rising fast. you lived in tha hses 18 yes. once the mud settled and you were able to get a look inside yo house, can you tell us what it was like to seeourome and your belongings ihat condition? it s devastating we have nothing left. that s all we have. now, we don t even have flood insurance, so we he nothing, nothing. inow tt money has been tight for your family thi year, karen. you just had gotte all of your christmas presents under the christmas tree. w do you plan on trying to claim rt of the holidays? what s your way forward at this point? we don t have anythin don t ha anythinganned. weave nothg. we saved up what we cld for the kids. now, all that i gone. snow i kw you checked with your insurance company and you said your insurance company wil not cover you for thi type of dage. do you have plans? no. ey we don t he any plans. right now, we re just going to have to liv from day-to-day. i know, certainly, that you are so thankful you had that ladder ere, your eire family got out safely. knowou have to feel some gratitude at lst for your lives at this pot giveen the unbelievab conditions yo had to suffer thrgh to get out. yeah, we did. have to be gteful my kids are t alive and well. i thank god for th. the whole neighborhd around us and my faly, they were he withs within seconds andot to thank tm for all that they did for us. so i i give tnks to everybody. karen hernandez, we certainly wish you the bt in these real difficult da, ande are,too, so happy you all were able to get out safely. we wish t best for you moving forward. karen hernandethanks. thank u. your hearteaks for karen and r family. oh, my goodness, not that it would ever be good timing to go through sethingike this, especial days before christmas. you have to grab some small positive thing out of this. she and her family is safe. th ladder. imagine if she hadn t had it. how many of us have that in o home i may go out you think about at no and to all the people who are ffering. car qntillas over at the newsdesk filling inor ann. good morning. good morning. we havereaking news this morning. there s been an expsion at the swiss eassy at rome. reportedly a bst wt off when one package was opened and one person was seriouslyinjure li fire artillery drills are uer way and pyongyang responded it ready t we nuclear weaponso wage a quote holy w against the soh. a chicago department lost two of its own with two killed under a fling building and injuring7 others. recommending forr chief of staff really emanuel beble to run forcongress. saying he es noteed a one year residency. bradley manning, charged th leaking thousan of secret cables to wikileaks. they have equated his conditis to torture and the pentagon nies manning is being mistreated. secret service agent in texawereattled overnight when a local man lost control of his vehicle and careened on to former president george bush s lawn. the driver was briefly detained. no one was injured. it s been 130 years, buthe name billy the kid may finally cleared. nemexicoovernor bill richardson could pardon t outlaw for kilng a sheriff in 1878. historicocuments suggest the gunslinger was promised amnesty for the crime in exchange for testimony innother case. it is now 7:09. back to matt, amy and sthanie. thank you very much. ephanie is here because no travel problems weatherwise around our region on th thursday morning. gd morning. i m tom kerein. it coldnd windy. right now we re aroun 30 degrees. winds gusting to 35, 40 miles an hour. sunshine after quite a bit of cloudness this morning. increasing clouds on saturdy, christmas day. could g light snow saturday night,ut it does appear we will have a good chance of accumulating snow withstrong winds on nday io sunday night. matt, over to you. all right, stephanie. thank you. the chrtmas rush kicks into high gear today. aaaxpects an estimated 92 million amerans will travel 50 miles from home, most of those people b automobiles. what can you expect as you head out? tom costello h insight. good morning t u. reporter: good morning. expect higher gas prices. nationwide averaging $3 a gaon, up0 cents from a year ago, hawi and alaska are always theost expeive. in the lower 48 in the coast, $3.25 a gallon and new york .26 a gallon. texas, it s going for $2.83 a gallon right now and the cheapest gas i the country, colorado, $2.74. if you re leaving home over t holidays, u ll be in good company. of the 92 mlion americans who aretraving, more tha 85 million are driving. a little mor tn 1,000 miles on average. gas prices are biting. i was shocked when i see $30 to fill a regul small little ca something that should be under 0, like 30 bucks. eporte as of today, traffic is going to start building on the nation s toll ads. on the east coast, 12 million cars will travel new jersey s garden ste paray over the bridge. the busiest day, december 30th with 1.2 milli cars. out west, san francisco s bayh bridge is expecting 122,000 cars today, i busiest travel day. meanwhile, jt over 2.7illion americans are takg to the skies. payingn average, $400 for round trip ticket. at la guardia airport, some ssengers are already frustrated. i think they forgetting theact tha we re payg customers. reporter: all the controversy saw over thanksgiving about ts pat-downsnd full body scans seems to haveied down in recent weeks. do things now tha we could not have imaned doing a few years ag taking offur shoes, pouring liquids into tiny botts to get on airplanes. travelers adjust and are resilient. rorter: becausee keep aveling priceso up. a hotel averagi$125 a night, $6 more than last year. will consumers continue to leave home for 2011? if we see continuing confidence andeople feeling beer about their financial situations, i think you can possibly see me peopl looking to travein 2011 than they did in 2010. reporter: back on the tral beat, we found a group of frequent flyers and their fearless leader all warming up for their roundhe wld journe the faa says it already cleared e big guy for his friy night flht though some of his reindeer may need an antler trim to improve their aerodynamics. it a rea aerodynamic drag. turns o also santa is loaded up with gps technology. so he s god to od to go onhe fry ght. good thing the doesn t have t fly because the airlines raked in $4 billion in fees for baggage fees and the like and late change feesnd told those feesren t going anywhere 25 bucks extra per gift for santa, that would add up in a big hurry, tom. appreciate it. it 7:14. here s amy. thank you. president obama arres in hawaii this morningo begin his ristma vacation after leaving washington on a high note. nbc correspondent savannah guthrie his here withdetails. good morng. good morning to you. there e plenty of fights next year as republicans gain power. after the agony of defeat inhe mid-terms, the white houses savoring the thrill of victory. the president tarts his 11-day vacation to hawaiieaving washington with a string o bipartan victories he w anxious to highght. a lot of people predicted after the mid-term elections, washingt would be headed f mo partisanship and more gridlock. onlimination of further strategic arms reporter: ty passed the policy objective, the new s.t.a.r.t. arm treaty with russia. 13 republica broke rks with repuicans to suprt the agreement. this has en a good day. i am overwhelmed. thiss a very good day. reporter: the president also signed into law the repeal of ban of gays in america. iay to all americans, gay or straight, who want nothing re toefend this country in uniform, your country needs you, ur country wan you ande wi be honored to welcome you into the ranks of the finest military the world has ever known. reporter: lar,efore rerters, the president acknowledged wrestling with his own position on gmarriage. m baseline is a strong civil union that pvides them the protections and the legal rights thatarried couples have. but i recognize tha fro their perspeive, it is not ough. reporter: cing down to the re, republicans and democrats also reached a compromiseo prove health benefits to 91 first responds who became ill fromorking at ground zero. this is a proud day, a pud day for everyon who s been invoed in this effort and for everyone who bears t title, citizen of the usa. reporte the president will snd the next 11 days in hawaii. he will get briefin every day but th is supposed to be r&r and aes are alreadyt workn the state of the union speech next year thank you very much. rachel maddow host of the rachel madw show on msnbc. it s halftime. weon t know if it s his first term or last term. good cple of week how would you re t first two years. i think if you want to look at what the presint wanted to accomplish legislately, not the big, i want to transform t nation, i think he s 85% ofhe way through what he saide wanted to do hat were the big failes? stuff he sd he s still working . immigratio reform. engy reform, clong guannamo and getting rid of those bush tax cuts just exteed in this deal with republicans. we rember on the campaign and sawim in just aboutvery appearce he made on the campaign two years ago, he sai he wanted to get rid of the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. whatever you want to cl the bill passed last week, compromise or whatever, he failedo accplish that. what s interesting, he said he ner changed his mind abo it, said he would hav loved to gotten rid of them but wast able to pull it offn his negotiatio with republics. that s why his basend supporters we very worried after thatdeal. i talked with meredith. he wasn t changing h mind about whate wanted. maybe he wn t powerful enough, agile to get done what he wanted. then the lame duck two week sessn like everything was checd of let s talk aut a more fficult thingso get your ms around. hope and change message he ran on to quote a fous former alas governor, how s that hop changy stufforking out for you? is it worki in washington or e same. the way the white house handle the don ask, d t tell signingeremony yesterday. they didt hold it at the white hoe, helit in an auditoriu in the interior dartment to alw all the peoe who wanted to be the and cheer the presidt. to see the preside almost elate athat event, smacking the de and saying, this is done, yes, we did. to see themrying bring in so my people for that, maket a real ent, make the president give a real spch, i think theye trying to reconnect his presidency to the narrative that made people want to elect him in the firstbase. to connect himo the base. you ink tt issue may do it better than iues in the past it is an issue thatill make the base happy. 65 senate votes passed repeal of dot don t ask, don t tell the were a ton ofepublican senators voted for the s.t.a.r. treaty. part of his message is there will not be b guys here. aot of people in the ba, i would sa myself included as a strong liberal wanted him to take apart republicanism, he never wanted to do it tha way, said we have common ground and can move the countryorward without being divisive. th don t as don tell fight with other things is the way he wants t move forwa with republican support on common grounds. we will see how it works with the new year upo us. minutes aer the hour. u can catch rachel s show at 9:00 p.meastern and pacific time on msnbc. to y. thank you. ere was new fall-out over the accident during the peormance of theroadway show spider-man :turn offhe dark andther actors calling r spi spider-man to close. good morning. reporter: good rning. a big big problem. this is a big production. issues nothingike this. yohave four actors already injured, one remainsn the hospital it s gotten sobad, city, state and federal investigators came here to the theater to check around and ltnight s show ded up getting canceled because of it. now, some fous broadway actor are taking it a step further saying spider-man should be shut down for good. the stars of spider-man took to broadway last night o the sidewalk, signing autographs and taking ptures for disappointed fans. refunding tickets over re. reporter: wednesdaynit s performance wasbruptly caeled just hou before cuain up. did ask for a refund beuse now i don know if the show will go on. it is a mess. repter: at a performance th week,spidy stuntman fel 30 feetnd tumbled headfst into therchestra pit and his safety rop snapped. his name is cis tierney and he s in the hospital with broken ribs and internal breeding. another actor bke his wris. in november, an aor suffered a condition constitution when a ble hit her in the head. reedarney plays spider-man himself d dended the show. reporter: do you fl safe? ido. it was annfortute event and safe precautns have gone u more since then. i ve always felt safe reporter: patrick page plays the green gobl. the injuries on our shows a terrib thing. no one wants to discount that at all. injuries in big show are somethg that happens. rorter: but some broadway acto want sper-man shut wn now. the star of next to normal tweed, does someo have to die? spider-man should be aamed of itself. the star of ren took to facebookalling spider-n a steaming pe of act crippng expletives. is is the wor i have ever se. if there is another injury, this show is finished. reporter: there checking for violions. wednesday in inspectors and producers worked together making changes to the show to improve safety. there s a lot at stake. spider-ma spider-man: turn off t dark is the most expensive sho ever. i think you will see a l o scared tors. not feeling safe. reporr: the next performance is scheduled for tonight. producers assure us i will g ons scheduled. ase saw last night, the canceled it two hrs before. i bought you tiets. i llet i line. thank you. cong up, caught in a ntroversy over personal video posted online. ntroversy over personal video posted online. this is today on nbc. in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcim, nip it ithe bud. coming up, howoes the woman who was assaulted by lindsay lohan, she claims, feel about the actress? > good morning. it s 7:26 on ts thursday, the rd of december. go moning. i m joe rebs. in the news 4oday, metro ansit police are reminding riders to keep a close eye on their belonging robbees are up 17% over last ye. police say there are a f simple ways to void becoming a victim. keep ur purses and bags closed, std in well lit are and be are of your suoundings. report any crimes as soon as ey occur. we llake a break and take a look at o > good moing. it s mostly cloudy in shington. latetoday we llave ncreasing sunshine with blustery winds. morrow, upper0s. still a bit blustery and partly cloudy. cou get accumulaling snow sunda ashley, how s traffic? we rein great shape. capital belty is surprisingly wide ope the inner op picking u a little b o volume around tyso. all the way through silver spings. back to you. tis the season f sck roads andchool delays. 30 on a thursday rning. the 23rd of december, 2010. christma justwo days from now. we re happy t have so many peoplepending part of their holiday seas with us in roefeller plaza. i m matt lauer, along wh amy robach, filling in f meredith. thank you. i kno my children would love this. schoo in frida where there a no rules. kids come ando as they plee and do homork if they want to is that such a good idea? more on that cing up. the latest on assau allegations made ainst lindsay lohan a staffer a the betty ford clinic. we ll talk to her attorney in a few minutes. aoliday treat for deservingoms to be who have n idea what s coming. it s at fort drum. it will be a gat morning for thosepeople. let s start with the personal onlineideos thatave the typically outspon head coach of the new york jets prettyilent. ron allen has that story. you don t have to put yr feet in. you can leave them out. reporter: theideos have explod across the inteet. a woman in a car. a man, you c onl hear his voice behind the video mera. it sll vy playful. their conversation, allbout her feet. do you mind if i touch them? reporr: there are more scenes o the woman alone, the focus ways on her feet. it certainly sounds like what we re seeing re is foot fetish well want to know what goes on hind closed doors, especially when it has to do with sexualit we like the idea ofatching someone when ty don know that they being caught. reporter: the videosere reveal by dea spin, a sports blog. its editors say they came from youtube. a tipsterold them the woman resembled this pers, miclle ryan and the voice sounded a lot like her huand, r ryan, the pular and colorful coach of e new york yessir football team. wow, ty re really really soft. i ve never seen athing like that. itas uncomfortableo watch. it didn t take a lot ofue diligence on our part to put everything together. reporter: nbc news has not independently confirmed t ryans made t videos. it s front page news in new york. at h daily footbal conference wednesday, coach ryan was asked about the video again and again. cch ryan, did you andour wife make the foot fetish deo? this is a persona matter. i m not going to discuss . this is a personal matter. this is a personal matter it s persal. it s a personal matter. repter: ryan never denied the vids were him and his wife. i will get asked this question front ways, sideways, back ways, all day, it is a personal matt. a personal matter. reporter: this i not t first time a public figure s private life has gone viral. theyber-world i often abus withideo prominent people mit have wanted to keep t themselves. whatever your habits are, keep them as prite as ssible. once they get publ, they will get really public very quickly. reporter: the digital world s prying eyes are always tching. on these latt videos, the team is standing by theeadcoach, in a statement eoing ryan, this is a personal matter. myife i beautiful. been married for 23 years. you know, we ve she rocks. reporter: f today, r allen, n news new york. we will switch gears n and get a check of the weather for stephanie abrams, in for al. steph. stng gty winds out of the northnd west on this thursday morning good morning. i m tom kierein. we ll have the winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. later today with the sshine should make it to nea40 degrees, buthose blustery windsill still be withs tonight and part of tomorro highs on friday into the mid and uppe 0s. increasi clouds on saturday, christmas day. highs mid 30s looks likefter sunset we may get so snow. alg with some guy winds. stepha. thank you. now, to the latest o those assault allegations made agast lindsay lohan by a betty ford staffer. in moment, we ll talk to her attorney. first, kristen welker has details. good mornin good morning to you. this has become a real case of t the she said she said blaming each other for going on the attack. dawn holland, tight-lipped as she left a palspring doctor s office wednesday, herrm still bandaged after she left after a scuffl with lindsaylohan. earlie she w speakingut and told tmz thatearlier, lon, a patient at the center went out drinkin and missed cuew and got out of control when hollandonfronted her. she grabbed my wrist and snatched it down and twisted my arm an hand. i went to themergency room and found i had aevere sprain to my arm and hand. reporter: the betty ford center fed holland sayin she violated patientonfidentiality and the attorney geral s office was contacted. now, herawyer is firingack calling the tmination unlawful. when a patient attacks a regive the patient waives large part of theirprivacy. officials at the clinic declined comment but oervers say holld s willingness to grant anntervi right away rais questions about her credibility. ihink it definitely makes dawn look bad. th whole thing is nfidentiality. you can t talkbout someone in hab rit now. that i a big no-no. regime teamohan i also lashinout, saying lohan feels shis the victim. sh was out getting her hr done, complely sober and only missed curfew by a few minutes when she returned to an angry holland oushed her. i didot touch thewoma i am not willi to risk my j over any patient. reporter: this is not the first time holland has been emoiled in accusations of assaulted. according to court documents, holland filed a restrning order against her husband last year sayin he grabbed her and pushed her. but her husband makeshe same claim,riting as she got out of bed, she hit me. for lohan, ts latest incidt could be a major tback. after three monthsf treatment, the 24-year-old was just two weeksway fro getting out of rehab and starting a new life. everybo said she s a changed person, and then, bam, this happens. huge allegations that she hit a starv stafr. it s a big deal for her. police are still investigating is ca, no charges led at this point in time. lohan s parts say they stand wearily behind her and sti expect her toe released from the center january 3rd. a amy. thank you. keit davidson is miss holland s attorney. good morning. goomorning. does your client regret speaking out to z now that this is played o so public. i think she does regt it. she wa caught off guard by the attention this incident garred and she regrets a lar part of what happened and the publicity that s been gerated. you released a statement on wednesday onehalf of your client, dn holland and said you re retained to investigate civil right claims she has ainst the clinic surrounding her recent unlawful termination. whatre those claims based on? based on aarge part unlawful termination by the betty ford clinic. the suit is based the investigation is based, really, in the whistlelower statute in california this is really an attempt by betty ford to cover up th incident andrevent pubc disclosure of any sort oflaim by either lindsay lohan or dawn hollan speaking of that, seau you ste the clinic has mad imral and unethical reques of miss holland. what were those reqsts specifically? fromhe very ouet of this incint, petty fordad rlly atcked my client, had ordered her not to speak to the police had ordered her, once she did speak to the lice, to change her story. this is all in a effort to protect their own image i thi very comtitive rehabilitati marketplace. given your client s statement of whatappened that nit. does she plano sue lindsay lohan? solutely t. she applauds miss loh in her habilitation. it s not a perfect science and oftentimes it gets a bit ugh an she doesn t hover any ill wills towards lindsayohan given some of the roc loh portedly made about your client? no. i m not so sur they were comments me by miss lohan. i ve spoken to members of ms lohan family and her father, michael. i can assure y this is an incident inhe contextf rehabilitation, is not unmmon. there s setimes confroational verbal, oftentimes physical. if thi happened on the street corner, thisould notain any tention, there would be no charges filed. to a certain extent, there s almost an assumption of risk in ese tes of settings by patients and caregivers. my client, dawn holland applauds ss lohan and congratulates her efforts. she s en firsthand what miss loha has gone through. e herself is a recering dictnd she wants nhing more than miss loh to get better, get well and heal herself. keith davidson, thankso much. thank you. coming u next, does it promote creativity or chaos? the school with noeachers and no tests, righafter this. 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[ ma announcer ] .at the winter event going on now. and stay connected with three years of mbrace svice complimenry. we are back now at 8:08 as today looks back at 20 from the dastation in haitio victoryn vancouvernd the push and pull of politics, one heck o a year. yes. a look back athe ns and news makers in 2010, as we reported you he on today. where do you stand o that? november 2nd iscoming! how d you know what you put out ere? a look ofchampions. right now. will not be foresaken. when that lastiner was pulled out good mornin destruction and despair, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake leads to devastation in aiti. haiti is cryin out for help and it can t come soon enough. eporter: not sce a tsunami has there been a humanitarian crisis that needed the rld s help, and this one in haiti. tohe people of haiti, you will not beforesaken, you will not be forgotten. buildings on bothides hav collsed. i need help, i need help. there sot enough doctors to care for all the injured so parents are stepping in and taking care ofheir own ildren nearly half of iti s populati are children, and they are really bearing the weight of the suffering here. pients contie to pour into clinics lik this all over port-au-prince. done. done. you okay? no, m not. it s terrible reporter: with anstimated 1.million people still livg intent camps aoss the cotry, time is running out. what he said was george bush don t care about black pele. saying he s a racist. resent it, it not true and one of t mostisgusting moments of my presidency. what wouldou s to him if would meet with you face to face. he would? i don t need you guys to show the tape and pop my emotions. don t need all the jazz. we ll get out in back. i ll do something else. all of a sudden, you re dumping him onme? so much a man can take. are you so glad to be remed from hit? it sice to be out of the essure cooker. can you guarantee in the wake of this withdrawal we wil not see an explosion ofsectian violence? i can t guarantee athing but i m willing to bet everything. this version of health care did not receive one rublican te. the republican par made a calculated decision that they would not support whatever w d. the job has aged him a little. yolook at his hair. he gets grayer there s a little moreear and tear o his face. he sti looks good, mind you. he s cute. i m not bad mthing you husband. you are now a convicted felon. do you take any responsibilities wi what s become of you. we will appl that. why don t you think it s this project has created tremendous pain to people who paid the ultimate sacrifice. did you know y were nr the border? 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good morning. things are looking pretty good out there. ong 95 southbound, wedo hav an issue. you can t see it here. we re eat. but just before here, single file to the left gets you by with a overturned vehicle. and on the beltway we re wide ope headed towardilver spring. bak to you. we ll get you ready f t we are back, 8:30n a thuray morning. 23rd day of deceer. this is aery happening place now. you looking liv at the north pole, kind of. and santa and the elves getng ready for the big night tomorrow night. a lot of peoplin the plaza hoping they re on santa s list. i m matt lar joined by a couple of people, one who s been naughty and one who s been nice. it s not working but it s okay i m matt lauer alongith amy robach while meredith is off today and carluintilla joins us as well, ann is on vacation, al i on a cold wind out of the midwest. good morning. i m meteorologist tom kiern. the winds are gusting to over 30 miles an hur s it only feels ike 20 degrees. we ll have sunshine with gusty winds. the winds should dememberish a bit by tomorrow afternoon. partly cloudy with highs inthe upper 30s. inreasing clouds christmas day. highs aching mid-30s. might get light snow aft suet on saturd evening, but the greater chance of accumulang snow is sunday. u might not have a white christmas in florida but a beachy forecast. that s not a bad trade-off, amy. thanks s much. coming upnext, aig pur surprise with expectant military moms first, today on nbc. back at 8:35, our special series, getting to the heart of christmas. look at peopl stationed in fort drum army base in new york ate. among the crowds, me than 100 pregnant military wives. we re going to talk to some o them in a moment. first, what life is like for our nation s military moms. they are the militar moms at fort drum, unitedhrough their husband s military seice. it s asisterhood. sevenonths pregnant, her hub, jake, to be home for christmas week. it is bittersweet. he will be home forhristm but not the baby. and jessica, her husband was deployed december 7th. it seems like a lot longer than two weeks but we reoing okay. thiis josie with 3-moh-old rson. heas serving in afghanistan when he was born. h cut the cord when the other child was born and there will alway be a strong bond. 7-month-old peyto and 3-year-old ethan. r husband, er, wasn t able to be he for peyton s birth. when itinally happened, i remember calng my neighbor and telling her it was time. eric was deployed last january. she has been hoping for a christmas miracle. i wt my husband to be home fo christmas. fort drum has nrly 20,000 ldiers, 14,000 families. soldiers are conantly leaving, preparing to leave,r returning home, on to do it all over again. ployment, the guys have theiattle ready and here at home w have o battle ready. cindy burleson has been married 21 years andhe mom of -year-old mattnd 15ear-ol beth. herusband is current in afghantan. this is his 11th deployment. i wouldn tay it s easier or harder,t s just different. now that ty listen to the ws, they re a little more aware and it concerns them a littleit more. theoms we met try to stay positive. busometimes it s all too muc to handle. i can t tk about it. there s a l of good, too. the day-by-da thing really lps. you don t try to thi tooar in the future. all of them dream othe day when their soldiers come home. i missed you! the only thing i wted for ristmas and i t it. some specialpeople, staff sergeant mar jor rum returned home wit his wife and their kids. and dueo be deployed in march, his wife darcy is sev months pregnant a elizabeth is due today. good morning toyou. happy holida. good morng. staffergeant marjor. you just retned he after servinnearly a year in afghanistan. welcome me andhank you for your service. thank you, sir. you re holding peyton in your arms there. she i seven months d. you weren able to be there when she wasrn. what st like to hold your little girl? it s great. she s gotten soig in the six mohs since i ve seen her. he you turned her into daddy sittle girl t? not que, but i m worki o it. deboh, i know your ristmas wish was to have your husband home. what a your emoons le now? oh, i m beyond emotions. it s the best thing thatur families and i cou have asked for. you have ethan there as well. is eth 3,s that righ han s yes. ethan s 3. it s great for him to have his dad home. sergeant, i know you re very thankful forll the work that yo wife does while you re away. she s a rock in your family, isn t she? i believe she s got the toughestjob. darcy, let me move on to you. you are expecd to give birth in marchnd i understand, almost at the exact same te that yr husband, jake is expect to b deployed. can you talk to me aittle bit about what yourhoughtsre about that? it s bittersweet most of the timeas a military spse, but it s par of thejob. hopelly he will be here for it, otherwise, i ha a crew of wometo be there for me and t ns of family willing to co out. it s big support network. ow you really do get a lotf support from the oer momsnd non-mo. it is a family there at fort drum, isn t it? absolutely. yocouldn be in a bter place. elizath, let me turn to you cause i have to do this in a hurry. you are due toda is that ght? yes, i am that s correct. howre you feeling? i m feeng pretty good. to go any time now, but i m acally feeling ptty good. ady to meet my little man. ourhusband, second eutenanthristopher mays is withhe 10th comba aviatn brigade. he isoing to be deployed ortly after you give birth. talk to me a little bit about yo emotions, so much ppening in your life, so much uncertainty. you know lik darcy, it very bittersweet. we re veryhankful h would be able totay here for thebirth. we didn t think tt would happen. we re happy to have him for ristmas and the next chapter will start after that and he l leave and we ll go from there. you ll take it one day at a time. elizabh, since you are due today, and you said in your own words, it could happen any ti, we want to mov on here. we have somhing speciao many military moms in that roo at fort dr, so many expectant moms. what we would lik to do, we would like to throw you all a rprise baby shower. withouturther ado, we have grea pple from wal-mart and th will do thehono. let s t it started. [ cheers and applause ] i want to give you a sense for what you r all gng to be getting. this is your day, you re each getting your very own by stroller, lled t the brim with baby suppli, evething from diapers to escies, to boles and pafiers, on top of that, ery family there will get a digital camera so youan capture tse milestone momen while dad is away. we have onef these sets for every peon in tha room. th s not all. there a books, ys, a car seat, diaper bags for mom. i have cind the wal-mart sto manager in evans mills. ciy, can you hear me? cindy, can you hr me i can hear y now. talk to me a little bitbout what you re giving to these fine famili. there s nothing more portanat the holidays than being ae to be with you family. i will tell yo at wal-mart, we re fortute to be part of the 10th mountain divion at fort drum, n york and so excited we have been invited to throw this surprise baby shower toy, one of the best experiences we have ever had and we are very very thankful. i wanto mention, you have stockings for each ofheir spouses, my serving in afghanistan. there are a lot of very important thingsn those ockings as well. thiss grea we really truly appreciatehat you ve done f these families atort um. [ chrs and applaus] yes. we builtome stockings for the dads as we, while they re depled. we have great books a reading materi, a digital camera we have a lot of sulies, som ectronics and ings to enrtain the dads. also soheyan stay in tou whil they re overse. they ll be able to senictures back home. it s so critilly important for us, because the soldiers are depled for so many months. it s a long time. they ll be able to stay in toh. cindy, thank you so much. thanks t all theeople at wal-mart and non-profit group operation shower that helps women like this everyday and than to t military filies at fort drum and around the world. we wish you all a very merry christmas. we ll be backn a moment. thiss today on nbc. is morng, mike leonard has touching story on one little girl who made a big difference in her too srt life. reporter: it was the performae of a litime. there wasn t a dry eye in the place. reporte a silent night solo at grammar school christmas pageant. iyou were to watch it rorter: the settg, sacd heart church in illinois. the reaction, understandably emotional because the littl girl singing, 9-year-o cl, was in the late stagesf battl of ncer, a battle she lost lar. what has happened inhe meantimeas taken a sorrow effectivelchapter and turned it into story of kiness and pe. she was about le and laughternd making people feel good. this storybsolutely suldot have people fee sad about the lost of chloe. should make people feel very happy about the love she wanted to share. he inspiration chloe is giving ople, e s livingn in that. i think that is azing. i think it is lifting. reporter: toeave a mark, to make difference. she taugh a lot of people lesson. rorter: to use what little time one has for the betterment of humanity. sn she thought of others first allhe time, in everything she did. she was a gift. we talked abouthat often. where didhe come om? repter: this you child with a passion for giving. chloe was naturally kind. reporter:his little girl always offering help in her own small way. if you do one small thing everyday,ou re helping a lot of pele. reporter: insping them as well. at sacred heartschool, children haveeen moved to emula and celebrate those small random acts of kindness that defined chloe, their former classmate and fellow studt. it s the anonymity that makes it special. reporter: a website foundation called chloe screw follows that protocol for the diribution of food, clothg and school supplies a oer gos for those in ne. an ongoi program of very do-able yet very meaningful charitablects prompted by a big hearted little girl who kept sming an singing through illness and pain, mt notably at her school s cistmas celebratn when nobody believed she was capable of leaving her sickbed, nobody except for chlo she went to the church that night and i know i m her fatr and it might be a little one of sided but it was the most beautiful stunning renditionf silent night that i l ever hear. she s been an inspiration to all these kids and everybody that she touched. eporter: and will continue to touch reporter: for today, mike leonard,bc news, illinois for mor on chloe s cr, you can head t our website. next, the winners of the singoff. first, this is today on nbc. it s that time of year. time for campbell s green bean casserole. you ll find the recipe at campbelkitchen.com. mpbell s.® it s amazing .™ to stay fit, you might also want to try lifting one of these. ue sea salt added to or 40 campbell s condensed soups. hes us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lis. mpbell s.® it s amazing > in case you haven t ard, after fr intenseights of competition, the alabama gospel group wins the singoff committed. guys,ood morning. congratulations. congralations! i hear huntsville, alabama is going just a little crazy over this. what s the response back home? it s been terrific. they ve been very suprted and we apprecie the love and supporte ve been gettin how did you come up withhe idea to take gospel and try to make it mastream? we had to use wt weve, you know, with the gospel and take six vibes wve been prone to do a just, our arrangers amazing. he do you doave a recording contract, right? the sky s the limit? excited whatt brings for you? extremely excited. we re rdy to work hard and will hit the studi and keep going. what will you sing this morning? we re singingomething from th singoff, harmonyalbum. like a med dley for joy to the world. need two more pele? we ll get out of he. committed. angels we have heard on high sweetly singing through the night and the mountain in reply echoing their brave delig gloria in excelsiusdeo. gloria in excelsius deo joy to the world t lord is come let earth receive her king that every heart and heaven and nature sgnd heaven and ture sing let heaven a heaven and 33 degrees and bluekies out there, clouds as well. we re goingto have snowy weend. when is it going to me? we ll have theorecast righ after the news. good morning. i m eun yang. in news 4 today, a d.c. firefighter washot erly this morning. there s no word on how ithapp happened. policeay he drove hself to the hospital. he had beenith the fire partment for six years but was forced on leaven march. trains will run om 7: a.m. until:00 a.m. tomorrow and saturday, christmasve and christmas day. it will opera on a sunday schedul schedul well take a quickreak a thmoment you el run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in e bud, with osllococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yrself again. osciococcinum, p it in the bud. i m tom kiein. no travel probms today an tomorrow. jt gus winds. acculating snow psible sunday. ashleyhow s traffic? things are pretty gre ound the region. 95 southbound at route 1, we ve still got the overturned vehicle. stay to the left to getb delays beginust south of newington. eun, back to yo. thank you, ashley. we re getting y ready forthis holiday weekend. wa upith us tomorrow morng at back wh more on today, a thursday morning, 23 of december, 2010. take aecond to s hi tond look athe nice peoplen the plaza the day before christmas eve. have a little shopping to do? get motivated. he s very motivated. caf for that guy. inside studio 1a m matt lauer with amy robac and tamron hall natali and al are both taking time out today, hopefully they re having fu not tother. these southern mudslides i southern cifornia have forced families to fl their home, a ceainly situation out there after sen straight days of rain. also coming up, a lot of greatetirees are moving in with their kids these days. obviously, that can save a lot of money with shared costs and ildcare responbilities. sometimes with some families, it can be a little too etionally close for coort. check out the pros and cons. if you re thiing of adding a health care mbership to your wishist this year for your gym,e have five hidden health dangers from the pool to you eyes. what to watchutor and prevent the wst from happening. first, we travel to the north pole and check in on the preparation for theig day. top secret stuf and last minute stocking stuffs that will cost you $10 or less, but provide hoursf fun for the family. 10 bucks o less,priceless experice. not bad. let s check out theop stories of the day. n is out. carl quintill good morning, everyby. a second explosion in rome today, a parl injuring at least one person exploding at the swiss embassy, seriously wounding a mailroom maker. and recordakers out west, miguels where some of the worst of itit in california. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. 24 hours ago, chrtmas trees were up in this neighborhood, folks getting rdy for the holiday. now, the community looks like this. many are wondering how everyone suived. reporter: blanket o mud, mmunity covered in debris. in highla, california, a fsh rivertreamed into town, first a stre of water, then seaf mud. more than 30 homes damaged and 100 rescued. karen hernandez barely eaped with her fe. she used a laddeto get o of her hoe. it s devastating, we don t have anything left. that s all we have. now, we don t have flood insurance. we have noing,nothing. reporter: after a week of bad weather, roads became rive, rising wer turned to sol mud. in laguna beach, 30 rescues. in four feet of water and roa impassable. equal cometadium in san diego is an island. 47 people at a nearby hol were rescued when a cek bur its banks. back in highland, the water is gone, damage is done. many here won t be coming home r christmas. the damage in this neighrhood alone is going to be in th millions the storm s moved on butt is going to take weeks if not mont to cln up this mess. ba to you. a roof collapsed on a buildi killing two and injuring 1 hers. four remain in critical ndition today. first, the police forcen afghanistan isaking ai a they re trning the female cadets because male officers cannot tin women, and wearing full length burqasy terrorists to avo security. d following violence targeted at a community, in october, a bloody siege kille 68 worshipers at a baghdad church. threats connued againsthat country dwindling christian minority. a pr tree found spped and charred i t debris at the world trade cter has taken root once again at the ceremonial planting. only eight feet when damaged in the attack it was nursed to health and now stands 30 ft tall. some much neededpa treatment for a few of the world s largest rodents. ey were treated to a tritional japanese bath complete with floatg lemon dges,o help them stay warm as theemperatures drop. it is five minutes past the ho. ck to matt and amy. call gone, don take me away. we have some sunshine and a blustery northwest wind on this thursday morning. win are gusting to over 30 miles an hour. temperatures are in t low 30s but iteels like the low 20s riht now. and we ll have a high of 40. that gusty wind wi be with us through the afternoon. highs on friday will climb into the mid to uer s after the morning to lowmid-s. christs afternoone ll likely have increasing clds. after unsunse maybe a little whitsnow. tre s still a possibility of accumulating snowlong with strong gusty winds. all lexy wa christmas are her two front teet 6-year-old from virginia. how adorable. all right, stephani thank you. this morningn today s family, movg in with your chilen after retirement. with the economy still in the mud, researchers hav found many retired parents now movie ing i with their adult kids is it the right move f you? shonepperson, cnbc s financial corresponnt and sharon. you hit a nerve because you actually did a piece on this, the tren of so many adults moving in wit their kids and some cases based on the economy. largely basedn the economy. weave seen a trend fro 1980 to 2008, a 33% increasin mu multigeneratnal households that is the most recent data we have. probably grown since then cause of the economy. a lo of people concerned about their 401(k)s,oncerned they re no getting the same psion they may have gotten andocial security and thinkin public safetyight not be there, let me go to the age-old private safety net, the family. and the upsid for parents d adult children, i hat to say it, now you hava live-in baby-ster and that saves a signicant ount of money. for a l of peop, childcaris the most expensive cost in tir household next to rent and mortgage and thi helps a great deal and so can diding the household chores and maybe if they split some of t rent or mortgage,t hps out nancially. that s a win-win for anne. you have to loo at t pros and consf it if you want it to work. the ney upsid will help but the emotional rolle coaster can beamaging if you don t hdle this properly. itan be but as sharon sa, it cane a win-win. one of the things we he to pay attention to, wha people need whenhey retire and what the receiving family needs wn they re briing someone into their home. people wn they retire need companionship, need to feel youthful, they need to feel needed, a purpose and a sense of security and sportive environment, ang other things. if y have this in your mily, you ca contribute your talked about baby-sitting right. in many cases, who bette than a family member to really take care of the children and offer traditions to the family and pass famil lore down. there are things specifically yocan do to make this work. you say do a trial run? w do you do that? co for two days and boot them out if it doesn t work? a fily i talked to decided to live with their adult children part-ti and weren t abity abily able to sell their house at first but that s why they did it. talkingbout your parents, if my mother moved in i would want her to live there scott-free and that m not be possible. it may not be possible bu you have to be realtic. it sounds almt callou you need to know what of their mone goes towards household expenses. are they getting apension, what willhey use and if they can t support, wt will they use. you re combining two householdsyou mayot need four tvs, two couches and sell somehings and that can help with expenses and divide the chores around the use. and you can recsider as things change. but you he basis. and work together, one of t up sides with anything. you have t decide what it is yoneed and what the receiving fami needs. also, t be flexible. life is in the details, as someone said. who s folding the laury and how will you be getting alo with one another. it also being about being forgiving. focusing on t positive. contributing i a meaningful way d getng acktive. wh does that me? not only i the famil but outsidthe family. so you re not dependent on your chilen to give you pleasure. have your own friends. have yr own friends and soci life and be aware wha your plans are. be very mindful and respeful of personal space. you say communicate and mainta humor and communal and private space. i need my private time, mom. it s not to b offensive, st toecognize eveone needs their n space but we are a family. how do y really define yourself as aamily with this new change. be adult about . you are taking in your older parent you re all adults re, realize thatnd don t expect m is going to come home a do the laundrand cooking f you and childcare. maybe that s n what she s capable of doing. reallynderstand that. you wi be adult romates, maybe evenfrnds, hopefully friends, but reay be up front about . people s personalities don t change. it s important to rember if someone by nature is vy controlling and you haven t wanted to be contrled and ven t been controlled your whollife, you have to derstand what are the limits d boundaries and have to say, mom, i appreciate your help. this is something i would like to do. yocan do this for me and contbute in a meaningful way. a lot to think about. you ladiesave given great tips. sharon and dale,hank you very much. congp next, we reveal dangers in healthlubs you want to know about. later, stocking stuffers for $10 or less. the all-new chevy cruze. msn autos called it the class of its class ght now. but that s not the only stry. it s got turn-by-tur navigation, onstar, an available six-speed aumatic transmiion, remote keyles entry, and 10 air bags. it s big story for a compact car. the alnew chevrolet cruze. get used to more. ery well-qualified lessees can t a low-milea lease on a 2011hevrolet cruzls for around $159 a month. call for details. shake it up, shake up the happiness. 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(ho ho ho) c mon yal.. s christmas time ho ho hooooooo. gotta gethat bacon! dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a bgin strip? dog: me! i d get imyself but i don t have thumbs! yum, yum, yum. it s beggin hm. i love you! beggin strips! there no timeike beggin time! get great last minute gis wednesday thugh fridayt sear save fiftyo sixty peent off coats, sweaters fleece and sleepwear for e family. this keurig brew is on oh nine, ninety-nine. plussave sixty rcent off fine jewelry. be t santa you want to be. find your santa at sears.c [ fema announcer ] there s a place called hidden valley where kids not only e their vegetables, ey can get enough. hidden valley ranch. makes vegetables delectable. and now make lettuce aeal salad with hiddevalleyalad kits. everythi you need all in one bag, like garlic crouns, lemon pita bites, parmesan cheese, d caesar dressg. turn pin letce into a hidden valley salad. this morning on today s health. five hidden dangers at the healthlub as you think about resolutions and gym mbershi may be high on you list. jamie is an associate editor of consumer reports. go morning. a lot of people wil go back to the gymut there are hidden dangers. i was surprised to learnkin infections are prey prevalent. his is wt is called mersa in the news. and over the last ten years or so, it s become an issue in the community, especially crowd settings, ther might be skin on skin conct like health clubs. how do you kno ifou have it? it usually shows up near a cut or opening in the skin. it can present like a boil,ig red blisty looking thing, a il. some of them do clear up o their own. if youevelop a fever or area around, might look like a spider bite, becomes red or painful. you wa to see your dtor seen and means the infectionntered the bloodstream. it could be threatening. precautions to takal the m? a great idea to we off the gy equipment you use with alcoholanitizing spray most gyms provide. put a wel over a mat if you re doing yoga or stretching. don t share towels, one way you ght not think of that this can spread fromerson to person. tch your hands after woing out. absolutely. another hazard dirty imming ols. yeah. how bad is this? a cdc report that ce out in 10 earer this year,ound more than 2500 healt club pools had toe closed because of problems withsanitation. c you tell vislly by lookininto the water if it s somehow notsafe? you can. clean poolhould be totally clear. you should be able to s the bottom. if it looks murky or cloudy or a strong checal order, think twice about going in. poor sanitation. that is the gym s responsibility and others are your own responsibility and knowing your own body and you talk about strained muscles, too? ght. weight room is upbout 50% fro a decade ago and most injuries occur when peoplese free weights, droing a weit and rbell on their foot and lifting too much weight or not being properly nditioned. precautions, y have to war up and stretch in adnce? definitely warm u in advae, especially ring the nter months, your muscles a lessold and plile and more easily injured a do just 15 repetitions start. no more. that starts to get sy, you increase the weig. heart attacks are common pecially for people recering from a cold or flu. how much depends on your own a or weight for stance? definely, older age and cardiovas cu larisease are the in risk factors for having a heart atta brought on by vigorous exercise. what a lot of people don t alize having been sick with the flur being fatigued can put you at a heightened ri. you wan t scale back on yr workout if you recently had a bout with the flu or very tired. lk with your doctor if you have heart disease or cardiovaular risk facrs or priously sedentary. eye injies are pretty mmon awell. what kind of activity would endanger your et the m? 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[ male announcer ] get an exceptionalffer on the mercedes-benz you valways wanted at the winter event goingn now. and stay nnected with three years of race service complimentary. if you think y re busy preparing for christmas,magine what it s like at the north pole right about now. mang the long trek nth to check things out firsthand, bob, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. ve been tryin to getanta to come out from his workshop hind us. he s too busy to come out and talk. fortunately we were able toet one of hishelpers. fiddle. yes. let s gover youross checkli checklist. toys. check. rar commission from nod. check. reindeer food. have it. evything s under contro normally when peoplive me lip, confronthem but he s 3 2 and i don t want him to end up in the hospital so i ll bk f. we talked about lt year being one ofhe hottest christmasveswhatsoever. not sohis year? ou re talking about hot and heat? not so b here. minus degrees. at least it s not minus . that s whe it rlly starts gettg cold. how long isheistance between you and the s.a.t. truck and how long will it take you to get back side? reporter: it s about tee steps to rigor rtis. i don t kn if i can make the extra 10 tohetruck. you he to use humor t keep warm. how many layers do you have on? rorter: jack, two thmals, a sweater and of course a spdo. oh, you mean to keep warm? not the sex appeal. just the sater and jack. if you re going live, we re going into breaking news and package that nightly tonight. my goal isot to end upn the obit pages. we li that. thks so much. repter: merry christmas. coming ,tocking stuffers for ten bucks or less and an enjoyable holiday performance. buzzsaw? buzz what? i m danow. we re tting the ban back together, you in? i don t thin uh. you re not i not in [ male announcer ] for a mited time, get 0% aprinancing on select w corollas, camrys & tundras. pl, every new toyota comes with toyota care, featuring a complimentary maintenae plan with roadside assistance. is lendary event only happens once a ar. dot miss out on the amazing deals toyotathon. hurry today. andhe looks like. a matchstick. and she s obviouslyever ieted, or ever eaten anything. 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. it instantly styleliz your eryday whitelatters we all have. youoint out using things you ready have in the house. right now, we don t haveime t buy other thgs. there s only two daysleft here s ather trick. we used cdy you can pk up at the supermarket and dresses up your platter. is i white rock can and those a colorful m&ms and it looksike snow. if you don t have that, you can use coconut or sprinkl in this beauful pattern he, affordable, dresses up those white platters it makes you feel good toee this after you had your meal. that s great. you have something you don t have to bake at me, like this moonpie? yes. we took moon piesnd stacked them in ayramid and sprinkled sugar on top. this isomething we can all do and it looks just as beautiful. again, you don t have to bake it? ye if you want to, you can. but youdon t. here are vanilla cupcakes, whether getng tasty cakes or littledebbies, we dress them , put marshmallow pee on top and any candy you like. it looks beautiful. want to get to this. this is so cute. this wl get the kids involved. absolutely. this is great craft project. donut holes on top. you do o them with andible pen and sck a straw and it looks grt. now, let s transition over to the new year s eve table. you used lot of theame conceptsor this tle as well. s. we took these cones we had on there, the vertical element as well. ese cones, you can get at a craft shore. we glue gned ornaments o here and saved those naments. and theallepresents the ball dropping for the new year. we carriedhat tme throughout the whole table. we used all-rou deerts, we have round pretzels and rnd malt balls and round cuakes. and we tied that in with these round little craft wpping paper, t kids can cut them out. that can be cfetti they can throin the air a new year s. love you kept the tme with the rod. it s plasing to the e, i don t know whtas an aoun uniform neatness as well i say stick with the theme anbring that to the whole table. used the moo pies. ande used the moonies again and same kind of cupcakes. this is actually gif boxes. save those aft christmas because we use these as vessels to have square ones and rectangular on. did you use paper? no. you can put papern the top. ese came like this and w dressed them up with beautiful ribbons,t s a about accessorizing. i love this. a few canes sprinkled in here and what s a party without bubbly, alcohol or not? that s right. champagne 230r adults and sparkling water for ks and dressed tmp with rock candy stirrs, just in case the kids stay up, which mine doll the time. i ll grab what the kids normally have and we ll have our early morning toast. re s to you, aimy. hap holidays. we will enjoy music, first, th is tay. u nev know w will drop by this moing. hoda and we have a fill in for kathie e. we have the cest cutest little itty-bitty ots. seriouy, a little bottl of coke with the littlest pig in the blanket, little mug of beer. always wantingmore? it s always awkwar you want like a big hale. we can have 12 of them? 1200 of them. we will tal about awkward situations during the holidays. u gs know all about th. and so doyou. and we re gng t have the acapella group w talked about. and lastinute guests. thank u, guys. that and more coming upfter your local news. a livelookoutside at the capitol. the flagsre flappingn the win it s one of those days. it s 9:56. i m aaron gilchrist. in theews today, e holiday travel rush is excted to start in earnest today. aa predicts 2.1 milon washington residts will drive outof town for christmas and new year s. getting to your destination shouldn t be a roblem, but etting home cld be a problem with a snowstorm coming in this ekend. vdot trucking in more salt trucks. we cannjoy it now before it gets re. today is a good day. on sund we could have some accumulating snow. right now no trave problems other than the srong gusty winds. temperares are peaki around 40 with windsgustingo around 40. mostly clear tonight. still windy and cold. tomorrow, enreasing clouds and then becoming mostly cloudy for christma day. thenafter subset on christmas day, saturday night in sunday, accumulating sn possible. that s the way it looks rig w. how s traffic, steve? weave no problems weherwi heading south of town. but trfic wise weshowed you. this i the backup. it s very heavy and slow, leaving springfid. beltways have be vy good. aaron, back to you >steve hershorn, thank you. coming up, tips to helpet you coming up, tips to helpet you in she after captions paid for by nbc-universal television heeverybody, it s thursday, december 23rd, 010. though kathie lee is not wi us, she with us. let s listen for a minute, jill. that s kathie le and kno she satching not. kathie lee is off. she s starting her holiday a lile early. miraculously someho we re both going t be back here tomorrow. magic of tv. this is jill marin who does ambush keover. she s hostin wi me today whil kath lee gets ready for the holidays. are yo done with your shoing? i m like you. at home the a presents all over the place, wrapping all over the placeut i do new ye s gifts now. lazy. i went to one of the borders book stores. there is this bookhich i love lled the awakening - or the book of the awakening. i look through it beautiful, sayings and tough. go to borders and pick up four of them. lady comes up to me, are u taking all four of those. ich, i did. i said yes, i am. ifshe h said to me are you going to take allourf those? i would have said, of course. ut that s when people getmean. theare all grabbing. wait second. it was around likeou were in a li for an amusement park deal. i went in to do the same thing and though maybe i do this a differt dirtion. this fetish video is on the front page of the new york papers. the coa of the jets apparently has little foot fetish, we think. rex ryan, mried for more than 20 years to h wife. ese are the videos that somehow wound up on youtube. let s listen if can to what ey say. th are beautiful. mind if itouch them? yes, you do. i can touchthem? ank you. wo th re like really, really soft. we ould let you know that nbc has notonfirmed that that is his wfe or that that ishe coach s adce. it just sounds an awful lot like him. when he was asked about it, he said look, this is one of those dea that it is a personal atter. it is a personal matter but its not great he s one tse guys, outspoken, head coach of the jets, they re going into aig game this weekend. la thing heants totalk about is a foot fetish. first of all, i don t think she has butiful feet. i kind of tnk they ve bee married 20-something years. my question is i he was the one videotaping it and that was her, be how did those videotapes wind on youtube which ishere they someho ended upand nower everywhere. that s what s scary to me about anthing thesedays. look at this deal that we have. this that i m holding in my han looks like a pen. doesn t it? no big deal. this is actually a video camera. right up here, do t look at my nails at a that is the len so you push a button or something and you twist it at the top and itturns on. i was just like hey, jill, click, s what do you think of so and so. our producer said no more pens in her office. it is scary. you do wond how that got out there. yoknowhe definitely doe t walk that out. he s lking around and everyone s saying he s got a foot fetish agny of de-feet. say ain t toe. that s pretty good. so iyou guys want to buy last-mine christmas present, ho would have thoughtthis would be the hot-ticket item. in panama city, remember the azy gunman and th school boardember with the purse? boom! i love her. she really wentfor it there. that purse has be auctioned off an ay for 26 grand. $13,000 someone bidnd someone matched it. the purse company mated it. it was a good hoday story. the money s going to go to the charity for the security guy who ended up shooting at the guan. the gunmanultimately killed himself. it s fake crocodile. 2 purse. $26,000. i love it. you know what bugs me aut the holidays? if you ve gotten anythi that s hard toopen, look at tis thing. why isegis on our show is really thequestion. regis is on the cover of is. this is hard to open. you tred, you pulled. but jill has a solion. it s ll open it. it s supposed to open anythin it s like iers. it has a screwdrer in it and a knife. i got it. sort of a scissors cou have done that. they re ronger. if you look at the bck here, there is a screwdriver a then a switch blade. it is all in one. it s $119 on enjoyzebrcom. it makes opening gifts just a littlbit asier. eaking of packagin i got you a ttle gift and thght i d present it on the air. clearly i didn t wrapit. thisis coffeetalkies. it is a coffee mug and it is a wakie talki so we can talk all day long. u and kathie lee. you re buzzing around and different floors. you ll drink your coffee, then you ll be able to lk a the me. always reachable. it isreally a coolinvention. thi is a joke, right? no! i knw how you li t commucate and the phones don t always wk. it is not o a coffeemug. whatis it? i would have likethe coffee mugs. an itouch? at is it? it got khie lee s songs on it? do t torte me. it doesn t ork. it woks. about tw years hoda got me a purse for th holida and i got hoda a purse f the hoidays. it was such a nice ft. a year later we were doing a swap party and i looked over, i said hoda that s e puse i gave you. she was like yes, i ga away jill s purse. kathieee gav away a jacket that i gave it to her. you gave me thistouch two years ago. i ve upgrad, s now i m giving it ba. it has kathie lee s music which we love. i don t want smebody else s gift it s the most wonrful time of the year oh, my god, i tught en kathie lee was office we wouldt have to do this. you have a sweater box? you open the box you kn it is a sweater. so this you never know what the real gift is. they sd you fake boxes. i have one more gift for you. kathie lee will apeciatee ving it to you. nail polh. no. fix yur mani-pedi emergency. what are you saying? close-up. close-. they re not terrible. jo annays to me the other day, do y realize you re on tv in i wasusy yesterday. for someone who does host a national tevision show, you really don t care about ur nai. i care about msic and i care about the iho play list. this is a little toby keith. there is a song that makes everyone rock it s called she s a hotti. please blast it you re at a honky-tonk in the sou, you got a beer in your hand and it s cold and the music s so lo youan barely hear it. i don love country and you know that. if it was a hip-hop song for kath, i was goin to do countrytoday. this is a test we want eryone to te. when you get a ginrbread cookie, wher do you bite first? 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