good morning. not again! thousands of people evacuated from los angeles international airport. >> everyone on the ground! everybody get down! >> it happened after a report of shots fired. this just weeks after a gunman sprayed bullets inside that same airport, while on the other side of the country, a passenger's terrifying outburst. >> get [ bleep ] off! there is a bomb on the plane! there is a bomb on the plane! a taste of winter. freezing weather and snow and heavy rain making their way across the country. will this system make a mess of your thanksgiving travel? and brotherly bond. a blind puppy who has his own seeing eye dog. his brother! they have got a new home and

they will be be live in our studio "today," saturday november 23rd, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill alongside dylan dreyer and chrispen welker who made her way up from washington here to new york. >> goo to see you in the studio. >> i'm not all bundled up outside of the white house. i have other clothes. >> do you live there? it's such a nice place. >> sometimes it feels like i do. >> great to have you here. >> thanks. great to be here. a lot to get to this morning including the scare at l.a.x. miguel almaguer is inside the airport in los angeles. miguel, good morning.

>> reporter: erica, good morning. air operations are back to normal here. all the-clear given late last night but only after passengers and police feared the worst here. there was chaos and confusion right here inside this terminal. with high powered weapons drawn, police searched the terminal. with their high-paured weapons, police searched terminal 5 as passengers dove for cover at l.a.x. with reports of shots fired inside the terminal. an army of police officers cleared the airport although it was a false alarm. police say a car rammed into the terminal and sounded like gunfire and a bogus report of a man inside the terminal with a gun. police searched the terminal and found nothing but it caused a ripple effect. dozens of flights were dlied and passengers scrambled for the exits. today the airport is back to be

fully operational. the flights are delayed but they are making progress here on that. erica? >> glad to hear everything is back to normal or on its way there. thanks. stormy weather across the country could cause big problems for thanksgiving holiday travelers. dylan, good morning. she is tracking it for us. >> it has been a messy commute in the southwest of all places. we are talking about snow and ice and record rainfall. in oklahoma, we saw trucks just spinning out of control. you could see it just kind of -- there it comes. spun out of control there. and that caused a huge backup in areas across oklahoma. we also had pretty -- several spin-outs across parts of las vegas where several inches of rain fell. we had very gusty winds as well. across northern arizona in the highest elevations we had the snow falling. we had heavy rain in the desert and snow in the highest elevations and snow and ice across parts of new mexico and

texas as well. you can see the rain is still heavy just east of phoenix. it is going to wind down through the day today. but it's going to ramp up across parts of new mexico and texas. dallas will end up with a huge ice storm. in fact, a half an inch of ice is possible through dallas as we go into tomorrow. so you can see albuquerque, new mexico, is one of those areas through the day today and into tonight where we are going to see the snow come down heavy and could cause whiteout conditions and then it's moving into northern texas with the ice filling in across central texas. because of that we have a winter storm warning and watches in effect. also winter weather advisory even up into oklahoma. we could end up with half an inch or more of rainfall in -- ice in dallas, especially as we go into tomorrow but look at all of the snow in the highest elevations. easily six inches or more. >> dylan, thanks. a major breakthrough could be achieved today to curb iran's nuclear program with the arrival of secretary of state john kerry and other world leaders in geneva just a few hours ago.

alley ruby is there. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, erica, that's right. all of the foreign ministers arrived here which could be an indication that a deal is imminent. they have been working late in the night. all side negotiating this deal. they have been trying to hammer this out and the indication that secretary kerry flew in early this morning is a big indication a deal is going to happen. they have been very tight-lipped bus and haven't given us any information about the deal, what is happening, which is also an indication that they are making headway. in the past, the experience show when they make statements to the press, things are not going well. the french foreign minister last time came here and broke rank with his counterparts and leaked the details to us and said that there was no deal before a press conference. none that have has happened here. all sides have also said to us on the sidelines of this deal that they are making progress,

that gaps have been narrowed, but differences still remain. there could be problems with the iraq hard water refinery that has become a problem. i think the iranians want the western sides to recognize their right to enrichment, which could be a sticking point. but everybody is here. glued around the intercontinental hotel 'cha has immense security we haven't seen before and waiting for baitted breath breath to see if something could happen. this could go into tomorrow during late night meetings tonight which is exactly what happened last time. erica. >> we will be watching it here along with you. thanks. get you caught up on this morning's top stories. >> kristen is here with that. terrifying situation over the skies. we begin with what is a frightening moment aboard a spirit airline flight. take a look at this cell phone video as police tried to remove an unruly passenger. >> bomb on this [ bleep ] plane! there is a bomb on the plane!

there's a bomb on the plane! there's a bomb! [ bleep ]. >> pilots say the passenger was disruptive during the entire flight from ft. lauderdale, florida to miami over the weekend. he was taken on a local psychiatric ward and nobody was hurt. deadly tornado that struck washington on sunday, video now. today the town will pause in its cleanup to rally around the high school football team as they had into the playoffs. ten members of the washington panthers lost their homes to the twister. virginia state senator creigh dooeeds is out of the hospital after the family tragedy that made headlines this week. he was stabbed by his own son on tuesday. austin was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot

wound. senator deeds tweeted the following. britain's prince harry is on a challenge and one of the earth's most hostile environments. the prince arrived on friday in antarctica to prepared to a 200-mile race to the >> he'll be out in the harsh conditions for three weeks. that's a foundation to aid wounded veterans. temperatures could go to minus 45 degrees. hope they have their long johns with them. and for everyone whose mom will make them eat their peas this thanksgiving. a truck load of peas all over i-90 in spokane, washington. it caused a five-mile backup friday. the workers who shoveled them all up, pea by pea, are now honorary members of the clean plates club. i don't know about you, but i don't eat peas on thanksgiving. more like mashed potatoes.

>> i guess we can find it on the highways. well, not anymore. >> i appreciate the workers who cleaned it up pea by pea. that's dedication. >> no small task. >> thanks. >> absolutely. let's get a check of the rest of the nation's forecast this weekend. >> dylan is on top of it all. >> hello. we are seeing snow in the southwest, and also across texas. but we have very, very cold air moving into the northern plains. feels like temperatures right now when you factor in the windchill, 16 below in fargo, north dakota. feels like 3 degrees in green bay, wisconsin. it's going to be frigid through the day today with temperatures running about 15 to 25 degrees below average with a high of only 10 in aberdeen, south dakota. that is all spreading eastward. by the time we go into tomorrow, temperatures up and down the east coast will be about 20 to nearly 25 degrees below average. atlanta should be 14 degrees below average with a high of only 48 degrees. so that's the cold air that's moving in for sunday. and it's going to stick around through monday as well. so it is going to be extremely

chilly as we head into the upcoming good morning. dry and breezy conditions through 5:00 this evening. chilly temperatures in some spots, waking up in the mid 40s. 56 in santa rosa. cal taking on stanford today in palo alto. get ready for a chilly night tonight. area temperatures dropping to the 30s and 40s tomorrow morning. er ridgea? >> dylan, thanks. 50 years ago today the nation woke up in mourning. waking up to the realization that president kennedy was dead. on friday remembrance ceremonies were held all across the country to honor and remember the anniversary of his assassination, but nowhere were they more poignant than in

dallas where the president was killed. >> reporter: on a cold, wet and windy day, the somber mood of the city, thousands came to dallas' plaza to mark the anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy. >> a half a century ago, hope and hatred collided right here in dallas. we watched the nightmarish reality that in our front yard, our president had been taken from us. >> reporter: it was here on november 22 pd, 1963, america was forever changed. riding in an open car with the first lady, the president was shot to death as his motorcade wove through the city. >> white house press secretary has just announced that president kennedy died approximately 1:00 central standard time. >> reporter: a half century after bullets fired by lee harvey oswald took the president's life. the assassination was marked with a moment of silence.

then the sound of bells tolling throughout the city. the rain and temperatures in the 30s did impact the ceremony. the performance by the dallas symphony orchestra was canceled as was the missing man formation flyover by the u.s. air force. dallas has gone to great lengths to overcome the stigma of the tragedy. a monument on the infamous grassy knoll. >> we are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. we ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power, and our responsibility. >> reporter: 50 years after the death of an american president, a city and a nation remembers. nbc news, dallas. the nation came together in the days and weeks after jfk's assassination. but these days, in washington, the atmosphere is toxic. especially this week.

chris matthews is the host of msnbc's "hardball," also the author of the tip and the gipper when politics worked. chris, good morning. nice to have you here. >> good morning. >> let's talk about what happened this week. harry reid goes nuclear, eliminates the filibusters of presidential appointments or nominations. have we hit a new low here? is this a new standard of how far we've dropped? >> i think it is, lester. because the fact that the leader reid went out and did that, he knows if the democrats lose control of the senate, cyclicly, on the other side of this thing, they said even given that, they wanted more dynamic senate than we have right now. it had gotten so clogged up, that for example, someone could simply say, i'm not going to accept yellen as the head of the reserve. one senator could stop the whole movement of the administration. i think harry reid did the desperate act and it's going to cause more trouble. >> what does it mean in terms of cooperation on budget deals and that sort of thing?

what can republicans do in the short term? >> well, there's so many ways the senate can slow things down a in business and law actions. just slow everything down. i get the sense there's a lot of moderate republicans who might be open to this change. because it takes them off the hook. instead of voting against everything and being able to kill a nomination now, the majority party will get that nomination through. so the judgments will go through, the court appointments and cabinet officials and federal reserve, all that will move quickly through now. you won't have these constant use of the moderate republicans to stop these appointments from being confirmed. >> some republicans say this was a distraction from the health care. let's talk about health care and that website, the problems they had with that. >> sure. >> the word was they would get it fixed by the end of the month. if they don't, how big a deal is that for the president? >> i think in terms of publicity, it will be more bad publicity. and next march. but i think the acid test here is participation, not

efficiency. it comes down to whether young people who are healthy, are willing to join up and become part of this shared risk for health care. if they do join up in big numbers and make that decision not to pay the fine, but to be part of the health care program, the president wins. there's a big scary thing, though, that if you look at all the criticism from the other side, from the republican side, that's discouraging people from joining up. if at the end of next year we still don't have a lot of participation, that es a real problem for the president and for the program. it really comes down to not so much the bad publicity, it matters whether people join up and take their responsibility as citizens to be part of a national health care program. that's a question that's still not answered. >> chris matthews, good to talk to you as always. >> thank you, lester. >> catch "hardball" week nights at 7:00 eastern on msnbc. turning now to a shakeup inside the united states army. a female colonel has stepped down from her job after suggesting that attractive women should not be portrayed in

promotional tells. kristen welker is back with more on that. a lot of people surprised by this. >> it certainly is. one of the striking things really about the story is the colonel is one of the key researchers of women in combat roles. but her words set off a firestorm. the army is looking for a few good men and women, but it's the debate of how good looking the women should be in the promotional materials that caused her to step down from her job on friday. colonel arnhard was in charge of an army research project, women transitioning into combat roles. but she got into hot water for writing an e-mail to some of her colleagues, arguing the army should use more average looking women in their ads. according to politico, her e-mail also stated, in general, ugly women are perceived as

competent, while pretty women are perceived as having used their looks to get ahead. such photos undermine the rest of the message and may even make people ask if breaking a nail is considered hazardous duty. those words met with a strong backlash inside the ranks. and jackie speier tweeted, they just don't get it. as if pretty girls should be used in pamphlets. the comments cited were an internal e-mail conversation. this is not an army position. this summer the army announced that by 2016, women will be able to apply to all military occupational specialties across the force. military analysts say there should be a laser focus on implementing that goal. >> the fact is, women have been in combat for a long time. and the issue of whether or not women in advertisements, whether or not they're pretty, detracts everybody from the real issue at hand. how do you operationalize having

women in combat units. >> an army public affairs officer who received that e-mail was suspended after forwarding it. nbc news did try to contact the colonel and her public affairs office, but we didn't hear back from either of them. of course, thousands of positions are going to be open to women in combat. there's a lot to debate going forward. you heard them say this shouldn't be one of the issues. >> looking more at the operational part. a difficult week for the disney family. on tuesday diane disney miller, walt disney's last surviving child, passed away at the age of 78. now the twin children of her younger sister, sharon, are in the middle of an ugly family battle that centers on control of part of the entertainment giant's estate, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. mike taibbi has the story. >> reporter: the world created by walt disney had a promo ready description, the happiest place on earth. but the battle between disney's twin grandchildren, brad and

michelle, couldn't be more unhappy. they're the children of walt's daughter, sharon, who died in 1993, leaving trust funds for the two that their father, bill lund, has since grown immensely. >> probably in the $400 million range. >> that's a lot of money. >> that's a lot of money. >> reporter: but here's the rub. according to lund, only one of disney's grandchildren, michelle, is receiving her share, leaving brad out. that pits brad and his father against michelle and the trustees. lund says it began after his daughter suffered permanent brain damage from an aneurysm in 2009. and claims the three trustees appointed to manage the trusts immediately conspired to control the vast for tunes. the trustees said it's lund trying to gain control of brad's millions. and that because of a chronic cognitive disability, brad couldn't manage the fortune due him. >> brad believes this is this in his best interests.m entitled i

what i believe is in brad's best interest. >> reporter: michelle under oath has seemed at times to defend her brother. >> do you think your brother is confident? >> yes. >> reporter: but she has aligned her effort to prove he could not manage the millions he is owed. as for brad, he says the trustee, who declined to be interv >> they've quifen michelle her millions but withheld his, in order to manipulate his sister. >> she's being controlled by somebody who's got the remote control. that she's a robot. >> she's not in control? >> to me, i don't think she is. >> reporter: the trial is scheduled for december, could take three weeks. the twins' father, bill lund, saying it's about the money, but even more so about pulling his family back together. right now, the family is broken. >> the family is broken, no question. >> and you'd like it to be unbroken. >> i would. >> reporter: the clock is ticking. the broken disney family headed to warfare in open court over

the legacy left by the creator of mickey and minny and donald duck and goofy, snow white and the mouseketeers, not the legacy of smiles, but of the fortunes those smiles created. take a look at one of the wedding photos. we'll tell you more about it. but first, this is "today" on nbc. few days

or a staten island a scene on the streets and in people's backyards because there are so many turkeys. thee are, a, not the ones people are putting on their dinner tables and, b, they don't want them there. like a picture perfect turkey. >> a nine-pounder. >> these are wild turkeys on staten island. >> people say they look

beautiful but they need to go. >> their droppings are not so beautiful to a lot of people. >> if you start yelling, they will start yelling too. so if you're there, just go try it. >> the way to get rid of them is not to yell at them? >> no, because they join in and think it's one big party. i've been to a turkey farm. it's kind of fun. >> really? i like when we find out these tidbits about dylan. maybe they need you to talk to the turkeys to ask them to leave. >> i will convince them no, sir the best place for you right now. >> not a good time of the year to be exposing yourself if you're a turkey. a wedding picture in foreclosure has gone viral as the photographer was snapping away. take a look at this. >> kristen welker is in the orange room with more on this including this adorable picture. >> this is adorable. take a look. who is that? do you recognize him? zac brack. this is a german couple that got

married in germany and wanted to have their picture taken in new york so a photographer in new york took them to times square and there is zac. the photographer noticed it when he developed the picture and tweeted it out. he said this might be best photo bottom observe. even zac retweeted it and guess what? he did. he said this is one of my best photo bombs there. confirmed. zach braff out of his own mouth and retweeted over a thousand times all over the world. at the end of the day, zach says i won the internets. i feel like leo on the bow of that big boat and never finished the movie but i'm sure it ended well. i finished it several times "titanic." if you're going to photo bomb a wedding photo, that is the way to do it. guys? >> do we have the picture of -- >> absolutely. >> can we see it again? you can't make his face out. would you have recognized it? >> i don't know if i would. >> i'm curious if he did it on

purpose or they got lucky. he is just thanks for joaning us.

i'm kris sanchez here with meteorologist rob may eda. it's a chilly start today. >> it is. if you take a look at the wind speeds, some dry offshore winds, keeping fire danger in parts of the north bay this morning. 56 in santa rosa to 37 in fairfield this morning. watch out for the dry conditions from santa rosa into nevada and san rafael this afternoon. a red flag warning up for north bay county. clear skies, no worry about rain. that is staying across southern california. we will see changes as we approach thanksgiving. highs today running in the low to mid 60s. kris, back to you. >> all lanes are open again after a fatal crash on northbound 680 closed three lanes near fremont.

two separate incidents happened just before 1:00. a minivan and a corvette collided. both cars stalled near the side of the freeway. the two men in the corvette got out of the car to check on the person in the minivan and moments later a third car crashed into both cars and killed one of those men. the three lanes were shut down for hours. the lack of lighting may have been responsible for the crash. >> he didn't see the collision until he was right upon it. >> the cause of the first collision remains under investigation. >> at least for one night san jose state students were in the national spotlight for a reason other than allegations of race crimes on campus, but even with a big college football game against navy with bowl possibilities, the talk eventually turned to race relations and the impact of those allegations.

four white san jose students are charged with misdemeanor battery against one of their roommate the president of san jose state read a statement about his disappointment. >> coming up this morning, a south bay grinch trying to steal christmas from children. that and all the day's news coming up for you at 7:00. right now here's more of the "today" show.

you see some birthdays out there in the crowd and have to say happy birthday in person in a little bit. we are back on this saturday morning, november 23rd, 2013. nice friends out there on rockefeller plaza. it is a little chilly. really starting to feel like the holidays out there. >> they picked a good day to come. >> too cold to be out there. come tomorrow too. >> you can come both days and compare. >> i like that. >> that's the way to do it. we want to tell you what is coming up in this half hour. latest movie in the "hunger games" series catching fire. turning out to be one of the hottest movies of the year and it's raising jennifer lawrence star status and wait until you hear about the massive raise she got to do this. >> a seriously big raise.

i was shocked when i read that. also this morning, missy copeland is one of the most talented american ballerinas of her time but she didn't follow a typical ride to get to the top. i spoke with her about that and also met some of the butting balance lean th ballerinas who look up to her. she is pretty remarkable. later we will catch up with some people who are already in line for black friday deals. is the wait worth it? coming up, what you can do to get big savings as well without camping out in front of the store. they might want to check the forecast as well. before we get to that, we do begin this half hour with a disturbing rash of assaults a that have cross the country on high alert. people say random in the street are being punched what could be something called the knockout game. katy tur explains joot attacks are posted online. part of a game known as

knockout. teens trying to impress their friends by sucker punching unsuspecting strangers. robin williams said he was attacked in new haven, connecticut, this week. >> came by me awfully close. i turned. he hit me right in my mouth. >> reporter: police say young men have made sport of trying to knock people out for decades. it's just that now there is the internet. i spoke with police commissioner ray kelly here in new york where four men are being investigated for similar assaults. what will be your message to any kids who might want to do it from seeing these videos? >> you're going to get arrested if do you it. you stand a very good chance of being arrested. but it's always the phenomenon we have to be concerned about. >> reporter: weaver says he was playing knockout when he was shot twice by the man he was trying to punch in lansing, michigan. now weaver is in jail. >> just a lesson learned. somebody just throws out like, okay, you want this?

and you go along with it and one thing leads to another and just goes downhill. >> reporter: in september in new jersey two young teenagers were killed with killing this man after police found the 46 yered wi 46-year-old. although only a handful of assaults across the country, lawmakers are looking for harsher penalties as law enforcement agencies step up patrols for those playing a dangerous and disturbing game with potentially deadly consequences. for "today," katy tur, nbc news, new york. such a wild thing. when we started talking about it yesterday in our meeting, i just heard about it earlier. my son is 7, i should point out, on monday, where he take the tae kwon do. they were saying be careful and here are things to protect yourself. >> one more thing out there. what is going on? >> who comes up with such a

ridiculous and terrible idea? >> and who goes along with it? >> makes you wonder. we want to get another check of the weather now from dylan who has made her way outside on the plaza. dylan, you gave us a hipt of wh -- hint of what is to come. continue. >> 74 years your grandparents had been married. where do they live? >> pennsylvania. >> you said on a farm in pennsylvania? >> yes. >> that must be the keep. live on the farm and have a 74 years together. here is another 74 to grandma and grandpa in pennsylvania. it is cool or here in new york city. lake-effect snow in and around the great lakes and could pile up to several inches in part of michigan and western new york but the bigger story is this huge system in the southwest. a lot of snow is going to fall across parts of new mexico and into northern texas. several quarter of an inch to an half of an inch is possible through western texas and moving into eastern texas and the dallas area on sunday. it is going to be a very messy

good morning. starting off watching wind again in the north bay. off shore winds creating dry conditions and in some cases cool, dry air, temperatures downright chilly. 56 in santa rosa, 55 in san francisco. as we go to the afternoon, we will have a red flag warning for the north bay county through 5:00 this evening, partly cloudy skies as we see high clouds on the approach. temperatures nod not all that bad, turning chilly with temperatures in the 30s and 40s tonight. we should see the temperatures staying in the 60s to wrap up the weekend. affiliate kob. the crank giving ride. part bicycle race and food drive and scavenger hunt. people travel around santa fe buying designated food to give to charity by the time for thanksgiving.

if you're in the area, you might want to take some time to give back and get a little exercise too. with the snow and rain, don't let it slow you down too much. power through it all. >> i think we should all do that next year. i think that is fantastic! i sense "today" show outing. you in? >> can we do it in a taxi? >> you have a bike. >> i'm in. >> we have our plan for next year. just ahead this morning, a professional ballet dancer who is breaking barriers and professional ballet dancer who is breaking barriers and in soft...what light... ... through yonder window breaks ... it is the east ... and juliet is the sun good night! good night... parting is such sweet sorrow ... that i shall say good night 'til it be morrow

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we are back with a story after professional dancer who wants to inspire young children to follow their dreams. >> she is already making that happen for missy copeland who is a soloist for the american auto in new york. discovering dance at her local boys and girls club was life she is now paying it back. >> reporter: missy copeland is not your typical ballerina. for starters, she didn't begin dancing until age 13. >> people train for 15 years before they possibly go on to become a professional and he trained for four years and take want into american ballet theater. >> reporter: her ride was swift and talent undeniable. it's not only her skill that sets copeland apart. at 25, missy copeland made

history at american ballet theater's first african-american soloist in two decades. >> reporter: a lot of people see you and your success as seeing a chance they can take a chance and follow their dreams. what is it like to be in that position? >> i always say it's a lot of pressure to put on someone to carry an entire race, but it's happened that way for me. and i'm comfortable with that and i feel that it's a part of why i'm here. not just to be a dancer, but to be that person for someone. >> reporter: of the more than 370 dancers at the nation's top ballet company, just 25 are women of color. a fact missy copeland and the american ballet theater are now work to go change. >> the issue is really access. it's about the pipeline. it's identifying really talented kids early and getting them what they need is the key. ♪ >> reporter: when you see her

dance in this room and you know a lot of it has come from you. >> so emotional. it feels like change is happening. >> reporter: abt and copeland recently launched a project an initiative aimed at diversifying the nation's ballet company by supporting students like 16-year-old twins nae circumstances r and shakir mohammed. >> i think it's been like this for so long that people are just trying to -- >> reporter: do you feel like you guys are changing that perception now? >> i think so, yeah. >> reporter: the project is the first time that i feel like i have a voice and people get it. >> reporter: in addition to awarding 225,000 in scholarship, they are expanding its reach makining extra personal for

copeland who first fell in love with this ballet years ago in her local club. >> ballet is going to be diversified but we have to start somewhere. >> reporter: as for copeland, beginning that process is a place where she made history. it seems the perfect way to start. ♪ >> they are partnering with ballet companies to open up access and copeland has a memoir coming out and working for a documentary for the children's book so she also wants to get her message out to other kids to let them know if i can do this, you can do too. >> i'm just captivating by watching the dancing. beautiful. >> impressive. up next the "hunger games" movie and hugh jackman condition after announcing he

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this morning in today's hollywood headlines, the latest "hunger games" movie catching fire is red hot and hugh jackman making a surprising post this past week. >> alicia is going to take us through it all. good morning. >> how are you? >> nice to see you as always. the latest "hunger games" is catching fire and it's starting off even better than expectations? >> even better. the question will it break the november box office record set by "twilight" they had it at 142 million. this hunger games is supposed to bring in 145 million. >> total or opening weekend? >> opening weekend in november so this could break a record. >> jennifer lawrence? >> hotter than hot. >> what a difference an oscar makes. 500,000 she was paid the first "hunger games." and this one $10 million and depending how it does at the box

office she gets paid even more. >> we are in the wrong line of business. >> i interviewed her on wednesday. she is still one of the nicest people in hollywood. she is so down to earth and cool and gets it so you root for her. >> love a success story. tell me about hugh jackman. revealed he had skin cancer and he went online and did it. >> he went to his instagram account and posted a picture of his bandage on his nose saying the cancer had been removed. his wife noticed the spot and had him get it checked out. hugh jackman says i have this but you guys wear sunscreen. he made his diagnosis and warned all of us. >> good reminder. forbes releasing the list of e highest paid musicians. number one is madonna. >> lady gaga 180 million and the big difference is the tour.

madonna did her tour. lady gaga canceled hers because she had the hip surgery. >> totally confused! >> wow. it's tough for her this year. >> so taylor swift made the list and some surprises in there, cold play. >> if you include the dead, michael jackson would be on top of this list? >> and elvis presley. it's not about their music or concerts but also what they do. do they have clothing lines or clothing lines and tobey keith has a restaurant so that puts him in the top ten. i thought how did he get on top? you research and it's about their whole empire. diddy is up there because of his branding and empire stuff. >> have you to do restaurants and sing and do a catching fire movie. >> we have a lot of planning to do! >> we have a lot to catch up on. >> on that note, we are going to

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>> it's down to 42 degrees in fairfield. we have high fire damage as we head into the afternoon and unfortunately a red flag warning into napa county, sonoma county into the north day through 5:00 this evening. the seven-day forecast shows clear skies through the weekend. we'll be watching as we go through the weekend. it will be chilling mornings and mild afternoon. temperatures around the mid 60s. wool have pan tasic football wealth, high in the mid 60s today in palo alto. >> thank you, rob. new this morning, all lanes are

open after a crash on 680 closed three lanes near fremont. according to highway patrol, two incidents happened around 1:00 this morning. a minivan and corvette collided and both cars stalled near the side of the freeway. the two men in the corvette got out to check on the person in the minivan and a third car crashed into them both, killing one of the men. a lack of lighting may have contributed to the cause. >> the cause of the first collision remains under investigation. >> police say a woman was stabbed in her hotel room at embassy suites. the 30-year-old woman was stabbed several times on the

hotel room she rented on the ninth floor. right now police don't have a suspect or motive but they say they think the woman knew that attacker. >> coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a south bay grinch trying to steal christmas away from women and children. we'll tell you about a nonprofit organization that has been burglarized four times in the last two weeks and how you might be able to help. that and all of today's coming up at 7:00. right now here's more of the "today o" show.

♪ good morning. it's saturday, november 23rd, 2013. not again. police officers rush into l.a.x. with guns drawn and shouting to people to get down. thousands evacuated after reports of a shot fired. the scare comes weeks after a tsa agent was killed by a gunman at the same airport. meanwhile, in the east coast, a passenger's outburst and threats of a bomb cau tense moments on board that plane as he is hauled away. a taste of winter. bitter cold and snow started in the west, making its way to the east coast, as part of a system that could disrupt your thanksgiving travel. dylan is tracking it all and will bring us up-to-date. brotherly bond. two puppies who can't get enough

of each other. one needs the other to get through the day. he is blind and he uses his brother as his seeing eye dog. we will introduce you to them later in the studio. i'm lester holt. >> i'm erica hill. kristen welker, nice for you to join us today. >> it's nice to see you than on the tv screen screaming in my ear. it's great to see you guys in person. >> we are going to talk about that false alarm at l.a.x. miguel almaguer is live at the airport with more. >> reporter: the airport operations are back to normal. the all-clear given at l.a.x. late last night. although never a serious threat but plenty of panic and fear. >> get down! >> reporter: high powered weapons drawn, police sweep acrosstermal 5 and search for a gunman as passengers dive at l.a.x. with reports of shots fired

inside the airport, thousands scramble for the exit. chaos, confusion, and now a caller tells police a man with a weapon is inside neighboring terminal 4. an army of officers search and clear the airport. it's all a false alarm. >> my first thought was we are going to be sitting in an airport locked down in this traffic and weren't not genth out getting out of here. it was chaos. >> reporter: not a gunshot but instead a car that crashed into the terminal. >> what occurred here was a hypersensitivity what occurredd. overnight, airport operations slowly returned to normal. >> pretty mess inside so i was just happy to get out. >> reporter: some 2 million passengers will travel through l.a.x. over the holidaidaholida

most in the nation. this weekend that crush of travelers are once again on the move. >> everyone on the ground! everybody get down! >> reporter: but only after a terrifying start. there was dozens of flight delays but no cancellations. because it's a busy holiday travel weekend, lester, the airport police say they have beefed up their presence. >> like there is not enough stress to go along with traveling these days. miguel also this incident we have been talking about on the east coast involving an unrule li passenger and there was also this incident on the east coast involving an unruly passenger. what do we know about that? >> reporter: it happened on a spirit airlines flight that landed in atlanta. take a look at this cell phone video as police boarded the plane to take off the unruly passenger. listen to what happened as they tried to get him out of the seat. >> there is a bomb on the plane. there is a bomb on this plane!

>> there is a bomb on the plane! >> reporter: pilots say that passenger was disruptive during the entire flight from ft. lauderdale to atlanta. he was taken to a hospital when the plane land td. there was no threat on the plane but certainly a scary scene for all of the passengers aboard. >> miguel, thanks very much. turning to the massive weather system making its way across the country. dylan is tracking the storm. the big holiday looms. >> it looks like it will be in the east coast by the time we get to wednesday. it is slowly moving eastward, bringing bitter temperatures, snow, and rain. >> reporter: nearly a months before the season officially starts, some part of the country are in the grips of wild winter weather. slick roads and plunging temperatures caused road closures across western texas. as rain and snowfall in nevada contributed to more than 250 traffic accidents across the

state. in oklahoma city, a camera captured a truck spinning out. in northern arizona, heavy rain washed this biker away. and in california this week, high winds led to the deaths of three people and knocked out power to 60,000 people. outside los angeles, a helicopter hoisted five people to safety after they were caught in flash floods. and along the california/nevada border, 100-mile-an-hour winds closed heavenly ski resort on friday, what was meant to be its opening day. all this ahead of one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. now this storm is in the southwest. it brought heavy rain and record rainfall to parts of the desert southwest and it's bringing some snow towards flagstaff and the higher elevations. it is going to fill in across

parts of new mexico and into texas too where we already have some ice across central texas right now. watch what happens as we go through the day today. the snow fills in all across parts of new mexico eventually moving into northern texas and the pink down here just north of del rio is where we have the ice and in the form of freezing rain and that's what coats the trees and coats the power lines. we have winter storm warnings and advisories posted. we could see up to 6-9 inches in albuquerque, new mexico. the big trouble spot is across north central texas where we could see a half an inch of ice accumulate on the streets and power lines. it is going to be a nate mayor for anyone commuting tonight and tomorrow into the dallas area. >> thanks, dylan. students on the campus of san jose state, university outraged after reports of a hate crime on campus. four classmates are suspended and accused of taunting their african-american roommate. it's behavior that school officials call shocking. once again here is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: at san jose state university, protests and anger.

>> we are outraged. we are pissed is a better word. we don't appreciate it. >> reporter: the district attorney's office says what happened on campus inside this dorm was a hate crime. >> it's offensive and it's -- it's a sad case. >> reporter: today, four white students have been suspended. three face criminal charges for their alleged behavior against an african-american roommate. >> his roommates dubbed him three-fifths in reference to a black man being worth three-fifths of what a white man was worth. >> reporter: this police report indicates that was just the beginning. the african-american student faced racial slurs, a confederate flag and nazi symbols inside his apartment. investigators say the abuse which lasted weeks also got physical. >> the roommates together put him into a u-shaped bicycle lock. on one occasion they put him into this u-shaped lock and left him in there five to ten minutes. >> reporter: the victim's parents alerted school officials

after visiting his dorm room. in a statement they say we are deeply disturbed by the horrific behaviors that have taken place against our son. >> this is pretty outrageous. it's sad. it's, in my words, disgusting. it's behavior that is shocking to see that still occurs in 2013. >> reporter: this morning, three students face misdemeanor hate crimes and battery charges. in the meantime, the unidentified victim remains enrolled in san jose state as the campus rallies behind him. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. we want to get you caught up on some of the other stories we forling for you on this saturday morning. overseas now. negotiators are working toward a possible nuclear deal with iran today. secretary of state john kerry is in geneva for meetings with foreign ministers of five other world powers. they are trying to reach an agreement that keeps iran from creating nuclear weapons in

exchange for loosening economic sanctions. previous talks have stumbled over iran's reluctance at a deal that doesn't include this so-called right to the enrichment of nuclear fuel. the future of troops in afghanistan is uncertain. hamid karzai has rejected a deal le still missing in that roof collapse in latvia. the search is back on now after a delay when engineers deemed it too dangerous to continue. 52 people have been found dead since the supermarket roof gave way on thursday. police are investigating a deadly attack in shark-infessed waters. the body of a 35-year-old man was found on a beach in australia on sad morniturday mo. a shark bounced off a surfboard and the man escaped. the unidentified man is the third person to be killed by

sharks in those waters in ten years. it seems nobody wants to be mayor of tiny newburg, pennsylvania. population just 300. not a single candidate ran for the job. voters wrote in two names, each prospective mayor got five votes. a long time resident bill spencer ended up with the job. that is what you call low voter turnout there. >> we need chuck todd to come in and analyze that. >> i think so. a live "today" show from newberg from chuck. kristen, thanks. dylan is back with a check of the national forecast for us for this weekend. good morning again. >> good morning to you guys. it is going to get cold around parts of the northeast and right now, that cold air is surging into the northern plains. look at your feels like temperature. fargo, north dakota, it's 5 below. that is what the thermometers is reading but factor in the wind and it feels like 19 degrees

below simplezero. it's creating lake-effect snow around the great lakes and especially western new york and up into michigan. and, of course, we do have that big storm system in the southwest with a lot of snow today expected in new mexico, perhaps up to 6 to 9 inches of snow. we will keep an eye on that ice storm that is going to move into parts of western texas today and into the dallas area that's a look at the weather across the that is your latest forecast. lester and erica? around 60 in palo alto

today. and mid 60s in san francisco. back to you. look at that and some very dedicated shoppers. >> reporter: the first guy in line at this best buy in north carolina set up his tent wednesday afternoon, nine days before black friday. >> i decided black friday was the perfect vacation for me. >> reporter: this group in ohio armed with microwaves and heat lamps camped out before that. >> i can't claim to be the black friday king. i am in line and taking charge. >> reporter: this year, black friday is not only a day but a season. not only are shoppers camping out longer, some stords aes are opening earlier as early as 6:00. >> they should be closed on

thanksgiving. it's thanksgiving. >> no work and shopping is my dream day on thanksgiving. >> reporter: sears and amazon and walmart have already kicked off some black friday discounts. >> i think it's worth it. good deals. >> reporter: with that much competition, how can you find the best sale? >> most retailers now are timing their deals and so you'll have a deal at 6:00, a deal at 8:00, you'll have a deal at 10:00 and depending on the product you're looking for, you know, you have to plan ahead. >> reporter: this year try downloading these apps. you can use them to scan bar codes to see if you can get a better deal elsewhere. if you prefer to avoid the crowds and shop online, there are plenty of coupons at sites like retail me not.com and blackfriday.com. >> you have the app for the retailers. you're on their e-mailing list and really have a plan for the day. >> reporter: in an ever-growing

shopping season, it seems timing is everything. for "today," gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. a lot to process. >> it is. if you want to be a big part of the event, black friday rush, more power to. >> that's what they kind of wake up friday morning. >> i have a friend who goes with her mother every year at midnight. >> it's a great tradition. >> work off the turkey. >> are you shopping on thanksgiving? >> hardly. i will be working but i'll be shopping online. >> when there is a break at the white house, you'll be on your phone. >> exactly. still to come this morning, the brotherly love of two dogs. it's why it's so important these two stay together ta-da! whoa. ♪ showtime. agh! there's me! there's me! there's me! ♪ boom. ohhhh!

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>> we have germane here and the seeing eye dog for jeffrey. >> what canever see or not see? >> jeffrey is completely blind in the left eye and he can see some shadow in the right eye. he just had a surgeon check him out and they believe it is a permanent condition but there is some -- >> his nose works very well! >> other senses that he has relied on as well as his brother. >> when did you first start to notice when they came in to you, when did you first start to notice the relationship between these two and the way they helped one another? >> the first night they slept together. slept like that picture the first night they slept together and that is how they sleep. in the morning we were wondering what was going to happen. all of a sudden, they were always touching each other. and, yeah, sorry, jeffrey. and jeffrey would always be

around jermaine around his back side and jermaine would always gear jeffrey in the right direction. >> you knew they were going to have to be adopted together at that particular time. >> we did. >> you put this picture in the paper and your phone lit up? >> it was amazing the response we got to that picture was just heart warming. i think everyone just fell in love with their devotion and loyalty to each other. >> you get this overwhelming response but what made you decide these are the perfect parents for these guys? >> well, really what mattered to us was that someone was looking for two dogs together, not just one dog and then decided, okay, we will take both of them. they had really thought it through very careful and there is an instant bond. when you saw them together, you knew that they were family. >> jonathan and veronica were in an unfamiliar place for them. if we were to let them off and we are not going to do that, would jeff -- >> i keep getting them mixed up. >> jeffrey and jermaine, would

jermaine newsle him around? >> he would. he would follow him. especially in the strange environment, he'll definitely kind of nose him around and jeffrey likes to make sure he is there so he'll give him a bump, give him a smell and kind of go off on his own. they find each other. it's amazing to watch them together walking around. >> just as when you take your dogs out, they will brush up against you. they check in with each other. we were walking them this morning here in new york and they -- >> they are really sweet and congratulations for bringing them in. congratulations on your new

♪ if you could see me >> that does it for us on this saturday morning. we would love to see pictures of your pets giving each other a little bit of love. tweet us your favorite pictures using the #todaypups and maybe you'll see it on the air tomorrow. >> tomorrow on "today" we have

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