The online giant refusing and could it be the key to cracking the case . Drifting away well take you behind the scenes and behind the wheel of the new Technology Design to keep you and your family safe like never before, wednesday, december 28th, 2016. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on this tuesday morning. Im tamron hall alongside carson daly. Matt has the day off and savannah on maternity leave. We have been talking about Carrie Fisher and memories last month. And 2016 appears to be the year of we feel like were being bb and the actress and best selling author, Carrie Fisher. Her legend extends beyond that legendary franchise. Good morning. Good morning. Many of us of a certain age, like mine, knew Princess Leia long before knowing anything about Carrie Fisher. Interesting as people around the country reflect on her life, how much of the fearlessness and toughness of Princess Leia came from the actress herself. She wasnt just a princess, she was a hero in one of the most popular movies ever made. When news came that actress Carrie Fisher had died four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight between london and l. A. , its not surprising a large number of fans felt Princess Leia and a bit of their childhood died with them. Great and powerful princess, feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think. Leia struck out the plans to the death deflecting hans solo. You half wit fluffy looking on facebook, her costar, mark hamill said she played such a crucial role in my professional and personal life and both would have been far emptier without her. Fisher couldnt know at the age of 19, the role would follow her for life. Nobody recognizes you . Just one guy that has seen it 12 times. Reporter her appeal spanned four decade, her iconic role being a pop culture staple. Did i get the hair wrong . Reporter from friends to 30 rock. Debbie reynolds. On facebook, thanks for everyone who remembered the talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. Fisher appeared alongside Warren Beatty in shampoo. After a brief marriage to paul simon in the early 80s, fisher moved beyond acting and became a prolific writer, made in america and sister act and many more and also an author including postcards from the edge made into a movie from meryl streep and her most recent memoir, the princess diist where she admits to having a three month affair with harrison ford. Just last month, she told hoda and kathie lee i think it was improbable i think because we werent like Holding Hands on the set or anything. Harrison writes carey was oneofakind, brilliant and original, funny and emotionally fe fearless. She lived her life bravely. She often wrote about her dem demons, depression, bipolar d disorder, substance abuse, her strength in battling them as apparent as the strength of the famous character she portrayed and she returned to to the force awakens onscreen with her daughter, billie lourd, returning to the role that made her famous for generations. It seems there will be one more chance to see Carrie Fisher repricing the now 40yearold role of Princess Leia, she reportedly wrapped up shooting her scenes for the next movie in the next year. We have to stop meeting like this. Monday, talking about George Michael and here we are, Carrie Fisher. As you read some of the remenc wars family and fans globally, what strikes you about those things . Just how big of a loss this is for everyone, fans but really the people that knew her so well. You saw harrison ford, george lucas, all speaking about losing a friend and someone who was so real and downtoearth and was brave at the same time. She never really let hollywood change who she was on the inside. Thats a vocal talented brave woman. As stephanie pointed out, the role of Princess Leia changed her life. She was only 19. You look at the totality of her career from writing to other role, how do you think she would want to be remembered . Is it truly just about leia . Its not just about leia, although she came to love that role and what it did for her. Screen writing and movies people would never knowh wedding singer, sister act, so many across behind her. It super seeded even a lot of her work onscreen. You look at the totality of what she did, she had a really prolific career in hollywood. I was watching the coverage last night and one of the quotes that stuck out most from one of her books, george lucas and talking about getting hired in the role of leia, ruined her life. And she did have a wit sometimes she loved it and sometimes loathed it, how did she feel in the past four years. In hollywood, the worst thing is to be pigeon holed. Most actress doesnt want to be known for only one thing. But Princess Leia was so beloved. She came around to the idea this was a piece of the American Fabric and she embraced that. She knew the role back to her role as a teenager and the diary had the notes she wrote while filming and this was so important to so many people and to her. Harrison ford said she was emotionally fearless. She talked about Mental Health issues and talked about drugs and decided to expose that part of her life. What was the motivation . Thats how she would want to be remembered, someone who br e bravely spoke about all of the trappings of hollywood. She was a child of hollywood, famous parents, had grown up seeing so many things, falling victim to so many things. She was very very open and brave about it. She even took the cause of Mental Health, having dealt with bipolar disorder herself. Putting the truth out there. I really think thats what she would want to be known as. Well said. Thanks. A security scare at trump tower led to nervous moments president elect is getting back to business, working on his inauguration and his cabinet. Hallie has the latest. Good morning. Reporter hey there, good morning to you. A senior official tells nbc news today the president elect will meet with ike pearl mutter, marvel ceo and longtime trump backer and someone who has experience in the agricultural department, an agency that still doesnt have someone appointed by donald trump. The president elect get back to work after the holiday as back in midtown manhattan, a security scare at trump tower created a few frightening moments. Out running and yelling. Everything is fine. Reporter terrified people rushing out of trump tower, inside a suspicious package triggering an evacuation. Outside, chaos. Turns out false alarm, package, just a bag of childrens toys. A senior Law Enforcement force tells nbc news, donald trump thousands of miles away in south florida surrounded by this is National SecurityTeam Announce agnew advisor on homeland security, thomas boss seert, a cybersecurity specialist who served under george w. Bush. While he made no public appearances since saturday hes publicly going after president obama for a second day in row saying if he ran again, tweeting president obama campaigned hard and personally in the very important swing states and lost. The voters wanted to make America Great again. President obama, in hawaii, making history with japans leader at the pearl harbor memorial. Without mentioning trump, seeming to take a subtle dig. It is here that we remember that even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of we must resist the urge to turn inward. Prime minister shinzo abe joining president obama, the first to visit the site. Its a different prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, over the International Drama of the u. N. Council security resolution and the speech of a top official, john kerry saying the secretary of state will candidly respond to accusations that the u. S. Orchestrated that resolution, claims the Obama Administration denies. Away from the world stage, this stage now getting set for january 20th, when donald trump will take office, inaugural planners insisting its all about unity, not razzledazzle. Were not planning woodstock, were planning an inauguration. Reporter rather than a bunch of inaugural balls, this time, just three some performers, like the ro rockett rockettes, facing backlash for participa participating. The higher you are on alist scale the bigger the risk. Reporter 23 requests for protests permits have been applied for. The trump team seaming unphased, pointing out those protesters have a prerogative to be in d. C. On january 20th, too. Thank you very much. Breaking overnight, two powerful earthquakes rocking california, a 5. 7 magnitude hit southwest of hawthorne, nevada, a few minutes later, another one with the same magnitude recorded in the same area, another one felt in reno and parts of california. They were reported after a series of aftershocks and no reports of injury or damage. Reports turkey has reached a ceasefire agreement on syria. Russia hasar intense air campaign in support of rashad and turkey backed the five Year Rebellion of the regime. It would include socalled terror organizations which could include rebel groups backed by the united states. More than 400,000 syrians have been killed in the conflict. In michigan, an already massive sinkhole is getting b bigger this morning. The mayor describes it as a triage situation and residents call it a disaster. Ron, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. We all like to think our houses are sitting on solid ground. Folks here know its not solid ground and officials fear this giant hole will cave in completely. This morning, a grim prospect for residents threatened by this massive sinkhole the size of a football field and growing. The ground is unstable. It is going to collapse. Reporter more than two dozen families evacuated from their homes maybe for weeks or longer. Authorities are working with residents to remove items from their homes, for now, its too dangerous. A lot of moving parts and they will continue moving. Reporter they are making progress but an uphill battle for officials trying to contain the damage. Authorities believe it started when an 11 foot wide sewer line burst triggering raw sewage and the sinkhole and an emergency crew hit a gas line and power had to be cut off to the entire area. Everybody is sitting inside here trying to keep warm and talk to each other with flashlights. Reporter authorities have stopped dumping raw sewage into the Clinton River to keep it from backing into basements and now faced with the task of cleaning it up. Everyday there will be progress. Reporter there was break in 1978 and again in 2004. That one resulted in that took 10 months to fix with a repair bill estimated at 55 million. This time, the hole is much bigger and Officials Say the cost will be much bigger, too. The line was built in the late 60s and last inspected 7 years ago, not often enough say some officials. Weve had two breaks here already. Why would we not inspect it much more often . Reporter crews are back at it today. 15 mile road here a major thoroughfare through this neighborhood could be closed for mon months. Back to you guys. A story weve been following for several months. Russian officials for the first time admitted to mass doping in the countrys sports system. Thats according to a report in the new york times, the National Doping agency called it a conspiracy and said top officials were not in competitors were involved in a conspiracy to conceal positive drug tests to competitors for a period of 5 years. Airlines will allow crew members to use stun guns to stop passeng passengers. It comes after a passenger he helped control a passenger. He was criticized afterwards and they will allow tasers and put on male attendants on all flights. An out of control car narrowly misses him. Then, the car crashes into a patrol car parked on the shoulder. Tha thankfully no one was hurt. Thats terrifying. Our station in los angeles, for al, whats the weather looking like . We are seeing right ahead of that snow, we have watches in place. You can see all the pinks and blues of snow warnings for the next couple of days and the northeastern will impact the east coast tomorrow and friday. We will see rain down south and possible hail for memphis, jackson, and your front moves through thursday and looking at the low forming boston area. New york city may be getting a little bit of rain but not too heavy here. It is going to be snow for the interior northeast and we will track that snow to friday. Thursday to friday is that bullet point where we will see the snow. Here you go. In terms of the snow, how much you will get, nir from anywhere to 18 inches. The northeast looking at the most snow by the time it is at the northeast, another Beautiful Day outside and your weather in a second. Unseasonably mild for the midwest. Thunderstorm activity in tennessee and mississippi ohio vall valleys, in the mountain northwest lots of sunshine and dry conditions but thats about to change. A look at your local weather in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, everybody. Clear sky out there. A little bit of northwest morning. Up up 40 degrees right now, up to 45 degrees and compared to the 68 yesterday it will feel oh so cold. Youll need your winter hat and scarf. The winter forecast calls for rain tomorrow and might have a little ice in the northwest but not a big deal. Thats whats good in your neighborhood. Coming up, an alexa whodunit . The center of a Murder Investigation, why police are hoping the device could actually be a star witness. A crazy story. A look behind the scenes of a wild ride as a new technology is put to the test coming up, could it coming up, could the world anxiously awaits the arrival of two eaglets all morning long. We will celebrate charlies 6 month birthday. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Give now to the american cancer society. If you could see your cough, youd see just how far it can spread. Robitussin dm max is now better tasting, ul cough relief. Robitussin dm max. 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Warm up with pillsbury. This is a news4 today newsbreak. Good wednesday morning. 7 26 is our time right now on this december 28th. Im aaron gilchrist. Im angie goff. In the news this morning. Crews are on the scene of a water main break. Closed near duke street. A pipe broke there and left 15 homes without regular water service. No word when that break will be fully radar. Alexandria police are investigating a robbery right now. Two men robbed a store an carlisle street. We dont know how much cash, but police say the man had a gun and nobody was hurt. To jack taylor with a look at the morning commute. Good morning. In old towne the accident on North Washington street northbound near madison street. It was a truck on its side. They righted it, back on its wheels and lanes are once again open. Otherwise we have a lot of green conditions. A new reported crash on the freeway going westbound just past the turn way causing only a minor delay. Be aware if youre headed in that direction. Back to you. Thanks. Next a change in your weather. Next. Good morning. Its seasonably cold outside. In the 30s and 40s. Not going to get as big a warmup as we saw yesterday. Afternoon temperatures only in the mid40s, back to chilly 30s by 7 00 tonight. Overnight, scours like li couldnt rule out freezing rain. In the 40s, it will be dry as we ring in 2017. We like to hear that, chuck. Thank you. Another local news update in 25 minutes. Back to the today show after this break. 7 30 now on a wednesday morning, the 28th of december, 2016. A Holiday Weekend. Look at the big crowd there on the corner of Rockefeller Plaza where its been unseasonably warm the last couple of days. A great crowd and we will join them in a half hour. Cant wait to do that. Studio 1a. A look at the worlds headlines, the world is saying goodbye to yet another legendary figure, Carrie Fisher died tuesday, 4 days after suffering a heart attack on a plane. She will always be remembered as Princess Leia. She was a best selling au promoting her new out tautobiog. A tribute to her coming up. A scare at trump tower and a suspicious bag that turned out to be filled with toys. President elect trump was not there at the time. Search teams have now recovered a second flight recorder from the military plane that crashed in the black sea. Experts are now analyzing their data to hopefully figure out what caused the plane to go down, killing all 92 people aboard. To an unusual Murder Investigation in arkansas, ra e raising new questions about privacy and technology. Police want amazon to turn over data from the suspects echo Virtual Assistant but the online giant is refusing. Gabe gutierrez has that story. Good morning.