♪ from nbc news, this is "today" with kathilee gifford and hoda kotb, live fr studio 1a in roefeller plaza. >> hey, evybody. we have a beautil crowd out there on this love warm monday here, november 18th. usually we call it fun day nday but our hearts,houghts and prayers and best wishego out to everybody in the midwes who have been so severely impactedy those -- how many tornados? over 40? >> yea and there were 12 states hity the storm. we wt everyone to know we're thinng about them and wiing themell.

>> every weeit seems like we're reporting mething vastating. i mean, not just -- not just a rainstor but devastation. >> you wonder if the warm temperatureshis time of year, if that has anything to do with what'soing on. the guys outside have on t-shirts and njackets and, you kn? >> let's see that kenny loggs is weang later when he comes to sing for us. >> he's going be here. we had an awesome wkend. as weekends go, it was a 10. >> yes, we went to flori for a fund-raiser in ocean reef. >>ep. >> and i g to tell you, the weather was really nic it was aeautiful weekend. we wt to kathie's favorite place, now packed becae every time you mention the name, abama jacks -- >> o my gosh. i'm sorry about -- e guy with the question mark is boots. decided not to show him. my mom even met him. >> i understand. as long as he'okay with it -- >> we'll find out if he . i haven't told him. and thloomises there, your friends.

>> they inviteus to the crab fet and the loomiseslew us down. which was so nice. >> a big fund-iser down there. >> raised a loof money for the ceer. >> how about these two kid they happen to be sitting at the table next to . we lovthem. they could have been my kids. >> they look like yos. truth s i can n longer go to alabama ck's with hoda. we were comin in by boat, hoda, all of a sudden, hoda woman, show us your feet! that kind of thing. we get in there anusually frank d i and bambino go tre all the time and people wave and se over a drink or something. it was rock star time, so hoda is nowanned from my favorite place, alabama jacks. >> we did have fun. we want to thank everyone who se us drinks. especially thaiker table. itas excellent. if you watch "snl," it was a fun filled show. i don't know about you guys, if you watch this, the was a

scen they called it kimye, a talk show -- >> waking with kimye. >> there ia woman who appears in the skit who couldn't identify. okay. >> okay. >> she hosted "snl." take a look. >> should we tell them after. oh, lady gaga. how can you compare us? we'rnot even weang the same thing. >>hat's a shame because you stanng next to a style tan. let'analyze the two. all right. kim is wearing a givenchy piece, that she didn't wanto wear, so i had to put her into it while she was leep. its sexy, while at the same time still says, hey, this girl knows how to rd. and kara is wearing this garbage. kim wore it tter. what do you have to say for yourlf, karen? >> well, first of all, this is my work uniform. >> ew, work. >> but honestly, i don't ce about shion. i think pele who try too hard

with their outfits are maybe hiding sething. >> lady gaga. >> funny. but apparently she went to -- was it high school for the perfming arts or something like thaso she has a lot of background in that. >> she was gat. and rob fordthe mayor of toronto -- >> got to love t man. >> come on, he's been e butt of every joke. >> don say butt, hoda, and don't say moist. >> wll get to that. but anyway, check out the "sn skit >> my recent actions and language, i have been very stress and i have made some very poor decisions. but i am sorry. and, oneore thing. i brought some chapsti for everybody. and i would love for you to put it on before you kiss my fat [ bleep ]. >> i shoulhave not have said that part. i goofed up. but i realized that and i apologed at a press conference a few hours later. again, i'm sorry for how i have been acting. it is not indicative of my

position of mayor in this great town of toronto. >> hey, man. i got wh you asked for. >>ot here, okay? let's do it under the desk. >>kay. >> oh, that wanot mayoral behavior. >> i'm the best mayor of all the mayors. i'm the best mayor in the world. yo mayors can suck my [ bleep ]! >> that's bobbmoynihan, which is a new name to me. that's funny stuff. i goto tell you, the fir time i saw that, i thought it was the real guy. i though-- i thought it was the mayor. >> he's the likeness is sick. unbelievable. >> now that the mayor has his own realitshow -- >> can you believe? >> they'll be able to tease him -- he and his brother. unbelievable. we did talk to you about words that grossed us out on fray's show. >> we ink they should be banned.

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20-month-old -- 23-mon-old son bo and their new ppy take naps together. >> look at that one. >> o my gosh. e took all the pictus of theond bo napping. eight week old puppy. >> look at this. th just -- >> they nap two urs together every day. >> o my gosh. oh >> can you imagine how happy this puppy is to have a home? and to be loved like this? under the covers. >> under the covs. >> that's my favorite. i think that might be my favorite. so they say -- oh, stop it with the -- oh, gosh. >> indeed. >> oh, my gosh. >> she shoulput out a book. just a b -- put out a little book. let everybody have it. it quickly, lf-publishnd have it o for christmas. >> good idea. all right, it's time to surprise our fan of the week. >> drum ro. >> while we span the globe. >> the winr is caitlin eckles from westchester, pennsylvania.

e watches us on wcau nbc 10. she's ining us by skype. how are you? >> i'm so excited. >> who is thathat you have there with you? >> this is nora. >> hello, little kora. >> o, my d. we're going toell you what you won, okay? >> in a moment. >> first, we want to tell everody why she's such aoyal viewer. she's been for years, never misses a show. and in fact wh she was in labor with cora, she powered through the pain, bab with a little help frous. yogo, girl. >> we're big fan. cora is 2 1/2 monthsld and has klg and hoda onsie tt her mom custom made for her. >> first of l, we're going to tell you whe you're going. i want to tell you now, as soon as i get off thehow, i'm going to sign a luaby album for cora. >> that'awesome. >> aren't ihe best? >> she is. >> you're headed to e british

virg islands of tort ola. >> we hope you aret afraid of getting a little wet. you'll swim with the dolphins at the famous dolphin discovery >> hotel accommodations the nanny k rert and round trip airfare included. provided by the bvi tourist ard. are u excited? thank you, guys, so much. >>e love you. that is a cute bab thank you so much. >> thanks, caitlin. ke care. bye. >> your favorite thingy? >> yes, i was talkg about the crabs we went to, i told you all about -- ♪ >> what that's g to do with anything, i don't kn, but i like it. the grabs were agaisupplied by costas inn. youan get their seasoning for $3.75 at costas in.c. petend nick down there are so

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me for today's buzz, we get you ught up on all the juicy hollywood buzz >> from eber's all night partying to alec baldwin's ouurst. chris witherspoon hasou covered. enrtainment host of the dish. >> how are you? >>appy monday. >> what is bieber to? >> bieber, he just can't stop partying. he had party this weekend at his housin california, an all-night ner calirnia. the cops were cald three different times. 1:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m. and 5:30. he had over 100 ests. one of them was reportedly snoop

dogg. i dot get why snoop dogg parties with justin bieber. >> we're very trendy here. >> no one was arrested, but it was a crazy party. >> how about those neighbors, though? whdon't they -- >> tt's who called the police. >> they bring a complat against him. >> they filed a poce report but no one is arrest. >> because the police aren't stopping him. >> if you're callethree times -- >> that's so rude. >> once i get. twice, but thr times. >> tmz caughtp with him and he said t party was great gatsby-esque. >> rent somelace in the woods and don't botr your neighbs. >> y. >> next, the gernor's awards came out. >> these awards are the precursor the oscars. they're honorary oscar awards and some people call them the most prestigious awas. amont like the oscar awar. three big honorary oscars were given out, one to angelina

jolie. thean herschel award, elizabeth taylor had it. oprah winfrey won it. she's done so much work with refugees. her sowas there, her husba brad pt was there. >> he's got madd's old ircut. >> it looks good. angela lansburgot her oscar award, nomated 70 years ago in 1944. >> and there's not a nicer woman. >> also steve martin g an honorary oscar. >> and he cried apparently. he said i practiced this speech with my dog and wept. >> amazing ceremony. very special. no cameras allowed. very -- >> except for tom hank >> tom hanks, yeah. >> let's talk about alec baldwin. ec was on the street apparently using se anti-gay slurs. >> he had a rough we. on thuray, there's some footage tmz obtained, it went everywhere wh him, chasing a phographer saying something, some peoe are calling them gay

slurs. it sounds ok a gay slur. >>f that doesn't sound like a gaslur, i don't know wt is. msnbc postponed his show or nceled his show for two weeks just until this kind of dies down. but he wrote an editori for the huffington ptnd said that, you know, he just wanting to defend his fami. all he wants is safety for his family. this should not msnbc's problem. >> did he claim he didn't use anti-gay slu. >> he saide said the word fat head and nothe other f word. hidaughter -- his daughter ireland ldwin tweeted over the ekend and said her d is a good man. everyone has problems. this is anssue that -- anger management. >> it is. [ all speak at once ] . >> a lot of celebrities g through this. it's not the way y act, it's th way you react. remeer, hoda woman? learn to react to the situation. >> they follow this guy. he is the st wanted on their list. >> here's h ology. he said i did not intend to hurt anyone with my choic of words, but clearly i ve.

for that'm deeply rry. words are portant. i will choose mine witgreat ca going forward. >> he said he would give up show business cometely. >> tald about possibly givg uphow business if it means not doing y films, that sort of -- for the parazzi to stop llowing him around, he'll do at. >> the box office. >> yes. "thor" topped e box office. the big story is "e best man holiday." an amazing film you should see it. >> i want to see it. the film cost $17 millioto make, ma $30 million, huge opening weend. itas number one on friday. not over the weekend, but still a great lm. and terrence howard, everyone is buzzing about this interviewe gave with andy cohenver the weekend, talkeabout "iron man," he said basilly andy ked him why aren't y in iron man 2 and iron man 3. heaid robert downey jr. wanted -- his friend w he helped get the role basically wanted more money, so he was pushed o of the secd askthird. >> ooh. >> his ex-goodriend. yes. >> thanks.

>> i'm going too that to hoda e day. >> you'r doing it now. >> thank you so much, sweeti two-time grammy winn kenny loins, we love him, warms up all of us with a holiday classic your kids can si along with. >> and you can too. right after this. [ male announc ] this imike. mike being healthy and chewing like a m. with one-a-day vitacraves for men! it's a gummy multivitamin... th more b vitamins, which help convert food to energy, and help mike manly things, like wrestle brs and take out the garbage. get $2 off at oneaday.com.

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♪ frosty the snowman angets that's grammy-winning artist- >> everyone knows it's kenny loggins getting us in the mood for the hidays wit "frosty thenowman." >> he's sold more than 25 million albums, but now he's attracting new audiences. wi a newook based on frosty the snman. thiss not your first rounds. i remember you very well doing children's musichen you were earlr in your career. how are you ing? >> h are you? >> doingreat. i did my firsthildren's record was return to po corner. 20 years ago. >> huge hit. >> why did youant to take a crack at frosty the snowma >> y heard of peter, pauand mary, right?

he called me and said we're putting together ts book, we have a great iustrator and we want to "frosty the snowman," will you sing it for us? >> peter srted his whole book, his own company. >> he has his own imprint. >> wderful guy. >> gre guy. >> do you have fond memoes of th book or -- >> we l have childhood memories of "froy the snman." i was bummed he melted, but that happens. >> only to be vived the next wier. we know that. you saved the corn pipe. >> and the hat. >> and the scarf and the hat. >> are your kids young enough to still like this or -- >> my ungest is 16. i ha five. and i ink they're at the age where they like seeing me on tv more than -- doesn matter. look at th. >> are those pictures from yrs gone b >> yeah. that's many years ago. >> are you a grandfather yet >> not yet. not that you know of. >> i thi he would tell me.

>> when you play some old hits, like i love ootloose" and some her songs, which is the one you get the mostequests for. >> probably "footloo." that and "danger zone". they go back and forth. ♪ footlse >> there it is. >> i like your melw stuff all -- so much. >> you would love dy's song. >> i think we have a little that. >> you two sang a duet togetr on kathie'cd. >>hat's not it. >> yeah, that's it. that's the t of us. i did -- ♪ i promise you >>hen was that? >> codwas -- >> ty were all very much younger. it is called "cody's song," kenny wrote it foris son cody and i was doina lullaby album and asked him too it with me. so nice of you, thank you. >> we're exced because -- ♪ >> who ithat?

whver it is, she digs her a lot. >> they'll be back with a performance fore we go. >> all about the new band. and money savi monday. suze orman is with us. >> she has advice and we'll et a woman who lost a lot of weight. stay with us.

♪ it's not about the money, money, money ♪ we're back on this money saving monday. it is time tget real about what a the holiday gifts are going to ct you this year. >> before you dig yourself into debt buying all tse presents, stop. suze orman, host of nbc's suze orman show is here to keep you from overspendg. >> she's here spank you. how are you? >> i'm great. you know what is so fuy. every time the two of you co ansit down, you say, i sorry, se, i didn't mean to >> not me. i'all good. >> i dopologize. >> i don't know what it is they did but they're afraid i'm gng to yelat them. a recent gallup poll shows that a lot of people put their gifts on the credit card.

an average of $786. >> it is so horrible. i don't want to seem like th grinch that stole christmas. what is horrible is we work, fromanuary until november. to get o of debt. to really stt saving money and then in decemberwe blow everything bause we are too guilty to not give something w can't affo. >> that is less than what people said they were going to spend last year. so is that a good -- good news, people are realizing i don't need to spd that much. i'm going to spend a little less this year. >> whaelse is good is that the gift cards that everybody is giving, the amount- even though it a popular item still, the amount of gift cards being purchased thisear are less than the amnt of gift cards last year. i really don't like gift cards. >> why not? tell everybody. >> i don't like giftards. last year alone, over $2 billion were not used on gift cards? you get gift card, you put it in a drawer -- >>nd they have a expiration date. >> some do. and even ithey don't, we forget about them.

u want to give somebody cash, give them cash. but you're too embarrassed. god forbid i should give you dirty moy. i'll give you a gift card. give them money. there is notng wrong with mone >> you say find ouwhat people really want. they get gifts they can't e, don't need, and want to regift anyway. >> the saddest thing, i was doing the oprah show, it was on all the time, she would have me go into the homes, i would spend all day in their homes and reganizing them and in the closs they were stuffed full of what? giftthey had been given over all the hodays, for all the years, they'refraid if they got rid of, their latives would be upset. st giving people -- >> i'd be upset if i knew they were stuffed in a cset somewhere. can't you do some goowith it? >> but now -- somebo recently gave me a gift. and i looked at them and i said, i oked at her and saidyou know, i love you so much, but i dot -- i'm not going tuse this you give it to someby else or take it back. do notaste this on me. but that'seing honest with people. >> i would never do that. >> you would let somebody waste their money angive you somethinyou would never

like -- >>egift it to somebodylse. >> that they won't like. >> right. pass it on. >> if i cld have taken it back and gotten the mone i would have, but she bought it in italy. >> and she shlepped it all the wayome for you. >> eecially for you. >> it was a scarf and both gave them back to her. >> oh, boy. now you to the whole world. she knows. i gave them back ther. but weren't going to use them. give them to somebody o likes em. >> you say small gifts where you don't have to break the bank. >>here are so many things we love. watch what people use. do they use chap stick? do they like a certain shampoo? what do they like that they -- i have to buy all the time but -- >> just butwo and say here is your favorite shampoyou always use. i would love that and costs you what? 0. >> you say if you don't have any ney at all, writing a letter is something sweet. i would love tt if i got that from somebody. >> here's the bottom line. pele know when you're in

creditard debt. your true friends kn you're ruggling. >> and they're not expting anything. >> know that you can't afford anything. when you give them something, maybe they're in the se situation as you, they're foed to alsgo into debt to give you something. be honest with eh other and say, i love you souch, what can i door you? can i just have you over for dinner one day can i give you a foot rub? those are gifts -- >> buy grocees. >> yeah. dohe dishes. >> ion't do the dishes. >> great to see you. >> catch suze's shown cnbc saturdays at 9:0p.m. do notiss it. if youe an emotional eater, you're ing to want to hear how our newest y fit club member dropped 250 pound plus, we have a song from kenny loggins and his band, the blue sky riders. but first these ssages. it's time to change the way we clean. and free ourselves from themell and harshness o bleach.

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now, "the joy fit cl," and a woman whdecided to stop the binge ting and get healthy at nearly 400 pound kathy williams was tired of being so tired. she join an exercise program that changed her life. we'rgoing to meet her in a second. first, l's listen to her story. my name is kathy. i'm 63 years old. i once weighed 387 pnds, but have lost 250 unds. e to health problemselated to morbid obesity, i ached a ov and walked with a strange gait was tired all the time, and easily short of breath with minimal ertion. getting out of b in the morning was battle due to pain and/or depressn. teent an ente weekend in bed, except to gorge junk food. a friend joined curves a we took advantage of a two for one special, the start oa change for me. slowly i managed tlook forward to exercising and the side effect of the ight ls

bonus. food no longer consumes me. i consume it a enjoy every minute of it. my hypertension, high cholesterol, fibromyalgia and depressionre now history. there are still minor struggles, t i'm a new person inside and out, wh a new confidence and strength tconquer the world. >> fantastic story wee here with today's nutritionist, joy bauer, and dr. evelyn atia, director r e center for eating disorders. how lucky are we to have you wus today. >> foremost renown expert. >> i love the story because it is both. i don't love the heart breaking part, but it is heart breaking and heart warming. she struggled with emotional abuse her entire lif but it is so incredibly heart warming because in her 60s, lar in life, she completely turned things arou.

d it is so inspiring to people watcng because it shows you that it never too late. it doesn't matter how many years you had bad habitsnder your belt, you can get hethy. >> we'll talk with the goo doctor about the binge and yo- dieting and that kind of thing in a second. tell uwhat she ate and we' bring kathy t. >> because we'll talk abouthe bingei, this is that she ud to binge on late in the evenin. half glon of ice cream, lots of m&ms. she haa whole stick of butter with a famy size bag of pretzels. i never hed about that before. each about 2,000 cories. she now has things like hum us and rrots, yogurt, pish ashio nuts. she nixed the binge eating at night. >> let's look at kat before, guys. kay, come join "the jofit club." >> oh, my god. >> look at her arms. look at those guns. >> oh, my gosh. >> let's looat you. >> wow. >> spin right around.

she has not had any surgery to getid of excess skin. this is all r. >> mirulous. how long did it take you >> abouthree years. >> nice and stdy. >> 250 pounds down so all those ailmen we talked about, have they vanished? >> pretty much they have vanished. i still struggle slightly, but it is a whole new world and a ole new me and it is great. >> we talked about emotional eating. can one stop binge eating? is that ssible to put the brakes on it >> binge eating very treatable. and it is ally getting increasing recognition. it is condition with this nd of a pattern of out of control, excessive, distressing eating anit is commonly assocted with depression and anxiety and we can really -- how is it treated? >> a lot of focused psychoerapies that are helpful. they structure things,hey help you y attention to what you're eating and how you're king ca of yourself. many of those features are really what kathy t in place. she used curves, but there are a number of focus ways of taking

care of this. >> it is a great website, national eating disorder.org th people can go to for help. >> all right, ngratulations. >> awesome. >> thank you. the film tt is sure to be a christmas classic,urprise star and a classic any time of the year whos that, ho? >> kenny loggins is here. he's goingo sing for us. we can't wait. ♪

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♪ the "toyota concert ries on today" brought to you by toyota. earlier we got a peek athe new children's book ancd "frosty the snowman" by key loggin >> and now he's ck with the bl sky riders and they're ing to sing song off their debu album, finly home.

this is new,his is exciting. >> brand new again. here we go again. >> fantastic. what are you playing for us? >> a song called "drm" about when a friend of mine tolde i should retire and i said, don't thinso. >> that's your ex-friend, right? >> herehey are, blue s riders. ♪ who are you to tell me what i can't well that ain't rig ♪ ♪ as if all i've been is all i'm er going to be for rest of my life♪ you take t gry days ♪ ♪ i'll take wt's on its way ♪ all i can do iselieve in myself ♪ if i listen to you mht as ll leave min the rain

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comes ♪ ♪ leave me in the rain ♪ send me out to sea ♪ locke up in chains ♪ throw away the y ♪ ♪oday i get to hold the dream ♪ ♪ to even have a heart what good would that be ♪ ♪ walki, talking but it won be me ♪ the d i ever get to hold the dream ♪ ♪ ♪ leave me in the rain send me out to sea ♪ lock me up in chains ♪ ♪ throw away theey ♪ today i get to hold the dream ♪ to even have a heart what good

would that be ♪ ♪ walking, talking but it won't be me ♪ the day i ever get to hold the dream ♪ ♪he day i ever get toold the dream ♪ to dream dream ♪ to dream plauz [ cheers and alause ] blue sky rers! >> that was awesome. >> and "frosty the snowman." >> a chrtmas movie you're going to want to bring your whole family to. butfirst, this is "toda on nbc.

♪ i'll be home ery 25 years in a quiet glishvillage, anngel visits a candle and touches a single candle in the shop. the person luckynough to receive at candle gets a christmas micle. >> that's the premise and om -- promise the film called the chstmas candle, bas on the bo by the same na, of the same name, by the same auth. who have sitting right here. the christmas candle, i read when it came outack then. i was so genuinely delightedo see it has bn made into a film.

>> yeah, gre team got behind this. and tom wman and impact productions and pine wood studioin england and they put a great castogether and i think it turned out great. >> susan boyle. quite a lovely actrs in this. >> she's wonderful. she sis. >> i think we're seeing a bit of her. i knowhat voice. >> is this first one turned into a lm. >> forheatrical release. had one turn in a made for tv movie, b the first one for theaters. >> i heard you and your wife were out on t in england and made a cameo apprance. what did youo? >> a fraction of a secon you have to look wh a magnifying glass to finds. she's in the church scene an i'm a butler >> you're a bu >> you're a tler. >> you need to wri a starring vehicle for yourself. come on. >> i got it back -- there i am. there i am. >> the you are. >> hans matheson is the lead, the rerend. santha barks, such a gat job inles mis".

>> the story of a lile town where just o person gets the racle. everybody needs on cluding the new past. village in the dickens era in england. it's in a tough time. and you know cistmas for many is a tough time. >> it sely is. >> it's aough time. >> and hopesre highnd pression is ge. >> yeah. so i'm hoping this film will bring a little he to people who are passing through. >> close to the book or -- >> very close. ry close. had to expand it a b because it is a short -- >> yeah. what i led about it so much, lot of the faith-based films are well intentioned but they don't have theroduction quality that a genuine hollywd movie does. this one h beautiful, beautiful qualy to it. >> wish you great lu. >> thank you. thk you. >> love the book. great christmas prent. love you, max. >> thank you for letting me come on. good to see you. tomorrow, country star john ri. and elvis rant's artist of the

n and talk show host betnny frankel. >> barbara corcoran too. have a busy day. >> and gnn beck, the intervi i did la week in texas. ha a great day, everybody. bye