30, 2014. and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm craig melvin. lest per enjoys his exten

today for many people, i'm not sure if lester is traveling today. he's one of tens of millions of americans who will hit the roads, the rails, the skies, everyone coming home from their thanksgiving weekend. look at this scene. this is a map from flight aware. see all those little dots, those planes are in the northeast right canow. you can imagine how many other flights around the country, when it's all said and done nearly 2.5 million people will be flying home. >> weather wise, we're not dealing with the storm we had on wednesday when thanksgiving started off. it actually looks good. minus many some rain in california. >> folk will get home. >> folk should get home. >> be nice no your fellow travelers and everything will be fine. we will get more on the forecast in just m a moment. today's top story, the resignation of darren wilson. he stepped down saturday saying he hopes his resignation helps

bring some calm to ferguson. nbc has been following this story. he joinds us live this morning. >> darren wilson avoided prosecution last week when a grand jury decided not to charge him in brown's death and his resignation comes with another high profile grand jury case expected here in new york shortly. >> darren wilson no longer a member of the ferguson police department this morning. in a resignation letter released last night, wilson wrote, i have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the city of ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that i cannot allow. it was my hope to continue in policework, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. it's my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. an attorney representing the family of michael brown, the teenager shot to death by wilson responded with a statement saying wilson, quote, made a

personal decision that was in his best interests given the circumstances. some local residents unimpressed. >> the way i feel, he should be behind bars. >> wilson's resignation comes with grand jury here in new york city deciding whether to indict a police officer for arresting a man using an apparent choke hold, banned by nypd policy, a confrontation caught on tape. >> i'm minding my business, officer. i'm minding my business. please just leave me alone. gardener was stopped by police o on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. his final moments, the 43-year-old's last words -- >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> would become a rallying cry. >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe! >> we don't know what the outcome is, but we are praying. we're still praying because through all this, we know god

has the last word. >> the medical examiner ruled gardeners death a homicide caused in part by choke hold, but the officers lawyer says it was taught by the police department says the death was more a result of his poor health. the grand jury decision could cause protests here. so they are preparing for possible confrontations. we are learning more this morning about the circumstances surrounding ray rice's suspension from the nfl. in her exclusive interview with matt lauer, his wife opens up what happened after video after her now husband was seen attacking her outside an variety. we have the latest. >> rice's former team, the ravens take on the san diego chargers this afternoon in baltimore where fans will undoubtedly have strong reaction to the arbitrators decision to reinstate the former running

back. meanwhile there are new questions about rice's future and renewed scrutiny of the nfl kmiger. as ravens prepare to take the field later today, fresh reaction from baltimore fans after an arbitrator reinstated ray rice who is currently without an nfl team. >> i believe everyone should be given at least a second chance. >> it was awful. he could have killed her. >> i'm glad he's back. i hope he gets picked up by a good team. >> in an exclusive interview, his wife is shedding new light on the deal. >> after video of the assault surfaced, the nfl suspended him definitely. >> was ray ambiguous? >> not in many i weigh, and i feel like, if they wanted to know more details, then they would have asked, but there were no further questions. it's been consistent with everything that he's been saying

since february. >> so when the commissioner of the nfl roger goodell says ray was ambiguous and the nfl says that it was starkly different sequence ofre events, is the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he's telling the truth. you know, i know for a fact that -- that ray told the honest truth, that he's been telling from february. >> and you think the league and the commissioner covered their butts? >> iua think they did what they had to do for themselves. >> but janae was mostly complementary of good did dell saying overall he tries to be fair. he'sr. facing renewed calls to step down. >> if he was the head of a public company he would be fired but of course he's running the nfl which makes a ton of money so i don't think he's going anywhere any time soon. >> we asked nfl officials this ned any reaction to his wife's

comments, so far they have not responded. the nfl's general counsel sent a memo to club ownersb and presidents which reads in part no part of judge jonas's decision questions the commission commissioner's honesty and integrity nor his good faiththc consideration of the issue when he imposed the indefinite suspension on rice. the nfl has revised its policies to make its guidelines clearer. you can watch more of the exclusive interview with the rices starting tomorrow right here on today. now to an incredible reunion four years in the making. young boy is safe with his mother this morning. police say he was kept captive in his father's house for four years. carrie sanders is outside the georgia home where police say he was being held. good morning. >> craig, police believe that they are indicating -- investigating what started as a custody battle and led to a

kidnapping four years ago in the home over my shoulder here, they say they found an area with a false wall and behind that false wall,h a 13-year-old boy. >> it was an emotional reunion filled with tears and grateful prayers. a mother h tightly hugging her son, a 13-year-old she's not seen in 4 years. they were called to this house in georgia late friday night for a welfare check on a child. several people deny anything. but gave them permission to search. a couple hours later, around 2:00 in the morning, police got another call, this time while they were still at the house. the boy called his mother to say he was being kept behind a false wall. >> from all indications, it appeared that the child was being hidden. neighbor julie says her son was

friends with the boy. if there was any issues, i honestly did not -- he didn't show it, and maybe he was too scared to say anything. i don't know. >> another neighbor says he never saw anything that was suspicious. >> gosh, it's right up under our nose if we could have done something if we had known, he was never under any distress, we didn't think anything was wrong. the boys father and step mother have been charged with obstruction, false imprisonment, and cruelty to children. >> the couple was unavailable for comment. they are still jailed. they are, however, expected to be before a judge later today where they could actually face additional charges, craig. >> carrie sanders for us down in georgia. thank you. we're following more breaking news. an appeals court in qatar has

released a american couple. >> in march, matthew and grace wong were sentenced to three years in prison. they were found guilty of child endangerment following the eight-year-old's death last year. the child adopted from africa died after being denied food and locked in her room. the parents say she had an eating disorder often seen in children from similar backgrounds. the u.s. government lobbied for the family in qatar. ohio search and rescue teams say they will be back out today looking for that missing ohio state football player. on saturday, osu fans observed a moment of silence for the senior lineman. he was last seen wednesday after sending his mother a text. investigators are

investigating a fishing boat. three people rm taken by helicopter while two more were rescue by boat after issuing this may day call. >> do you have a life raft on board, over? >> yes, roger, i have a life raft, i'm 75 length in length and it's not looking good and we're probably to get into the raft very soon. >> the pilot of a small plane walked away unscathed after landing on a connecticut street on saturday. he slammed on to a street used for bus traffic. no one was hurt. soccer star david beckham and his son brooklyn were in an accident on saturday. frightening moments in at a college game in new york. a referee was whacked in the face by a players elbow just

after tip-off. look at that, crashing on the court. the game was stopped while the ref was taken to the hospital. black friday, more retailers offered discount on thursday evening. those sales by the way jumped 24% compared to last year. so now i hear it's time to get ready for cyber monday. and this year tablets and your phones, they are expected to surface desk shopping. people will be shopping with these everywhere they go. it's 0 0 so easy. >> i've been snoen to do a little bit of that. what's ourur shopping weather? >> it all looks okay today because there's not a whole lot going on. totally different from what we had to deal with wednesday when we kicked off the whole thanksgiving weekend. we do have some rain out near san franciscowe but look at mos of the country right now. things are okay at all the major

hubs, this moisture coming in on shore. we have this heaviest rain just north of san francisco and some heavy snow. l.a., where rain is moving in, we could see some delays. major hubs, windy in chicago, but dry in new york. salt lake city will start to see some rain. if you are driving around, there will be a few light showers from houston up into the eastern great lakes. they will be light. they are not going to cause that many problems on the roads. fog could be an issue in the midwest so that good morning. you can see we're looking at heavy rain across the coast. this is expected to move into san francisco. everybody going to get impacted by this. we are seeing lightning strikes off the coast. we could see a few thunderstorms embedded within this activity. we're looking at temperatures to be very cool, 60s across the board. showers will be with us all morning long with the rain tapering off by the early

afternoon. have a great sunday. and that's your latest forecast. erica? >> dylan, thanks. as we reported, ferguson, a grand jury refused to indict him but could he face charges? chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. good morning. in the hours after this decision was announced, the president came out and spoke and called for calm but there seems to be some increasing pressure as these protests to go along. is there more pressure on the president in washington to do more? what would that look like? >> the only moore in this case would be what you referred to in the beginning is if the justice department pursues a civil rights investigation into the incident itself in ferguson or perhaps an investigation into the grand jury process, but that would be it, but you know the president in his remarks also said the process needs to be respected and i thought that was

a small signal to basically him saying you know what we are not going to continue to go down this road. we are not going to undermine the grand jury process that took place in ferguson. >> this has sparked a lot of debate in the country about race relations, where things stand, where things stand under the presidency of president obama. i know this is something you are going to be tackling today on meet the press. >> we are. i've gathered a panel ideologically diverse on this issue. it is amazing six years into an historic presidency like president obama, first african-american president elect to the presidency, that both whites and african-americans don't believe race relations are any better now than they were ten years ago. the question is why is that? there are some supporters of the president who believe on issues of race at this point in his presidency, he is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

he gets criticized no matter what he does. it certainly is an issue an incident like this happens, we're going to have the big tough conversation and we're going to sweep it under the rug. on a lighter note, the president and the first daughters, three of the many people doing christmas shopping this weekend, they were in a bookstore and they came upon your book. i want to take a listen at what they had to say. >> oh, chuck todd. let's see what chuck has to say? the stranger, barack obama. >> so before get everybody all up in arms here, they apparently

were calling your book sad but maybe the cover. how do you feel about that? >> i think it was the picture. why did he look so sad there in the picture? you know. i'm sure my publisher says thank you to the president. any publicity is good publicity. i look forward to him reading the book. i look forward to the conversation i have with him afterward. >> and it makes a fine holiday gift. >> send your check to erica hill. >> chuk chuck you are a good support. just ahead on today. classless, we'll tell you why one republican staffer is now apologizing for what she said about the obama girls. that's right after this. and for his collection at kay jewelers... ...he does the exact. same. thing. yes! neil lane bridal. uniquely beautiful hand-crafted rings at kay, the number one jewelry store in america.

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>> social media is abuzz this morning after a republican staffer's on line post and subsequent apology after making the comment about the president's daughters. >> guys, elizabeth watten is the communications representative for stephen fin cher. they criticized their appearance at the ceremony. she said dear sasha and ma leah, i get you're both in those awful teen years, but you're part of the first family. try showing they were a little class. she went on to say they looked like they were going to a bar. >> after many hours of prayer, talking to my parents and rereading my words on line i can see how clearly just how hurtful my words were. please know my judgmental feelings truly have no place in my heart. furthermore, i would like to apologize to all of those i have

hurt and offended with my words. both posts set off a social media firestorm. nadine two hours of prayer to realize human i will yating teenagers. digital media consultant highlighting things you shouldn't do. what do you think of her apology? let us know using the #orange room. thanks. still to come on a sunday something earned not given. dedication means pursuing your passion. every day. healing is something we do. together. and together, we put veterans first. search va careers to find out how.

>> still to come today, how did a rock star go from making millions to sleeping in his truck? we want to tell you about the lead singer of creed who says he is out of money.

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your time is now is 6:26. let's give you a live look outside at san jose. clear skies but that's not the case across the bay area. i'm vickie nguyen alongside anthony slaughter. >> showers on the north bay that moved through earlier. wait till i show you the radar. you can see the light showers across north bay. even some showers started to develop across the tri-valley. this is what we're tracking that's going to move in about an hour. lightning strikes with this as well so we may get a few lightning strikes. overall it's going to be a repeat of what we saw yesterday. it will be out here by 9:00. after that it will turn more

spotty in nature. the showers will be with us through the afternoon hours where we'll start to dry out. more rain is on the way not only for today but as we head toward the upcoming week. another bash of heavy rain. we'll track that this morning at 7:00. thank you. this morning a new push to help find the men who killed an oakland teacher and writer. a $10,000 reward. he died after suffering gunshot wounds on tuesday. friends say he was a nationally known education writer and he previously taught at the school in danville. they say he was a volunteer and active in his church. police are saying there are two persons of interest in this case. they were seen in the area prior to the shooting. they believe robbery may have been the motive. immigration was the focus of a mass held at a predominantly catholic church in the south bay

this weekend. leaders at most holy trinity church in san jose offered spiritual guidance and information to those with questions about president obama's executive order. the president's decision last week offers temporary relief to as many as five million undocumented immigrants. the order applies to people who have been in the country for more than five years. those who have a child and those who came here as children. many people are still confuse and conflicted about whether the three-year work permit is worth it. the new policy is expected to be implemented in about six months. this morning a warning for people who live in santa cruz. be on alert for mountain lions. there's been three sightings in the past week. police are asking people to call 911 if they see the cat and warning you not to hike alone or let your kids play out doors by themselves at dusk or dawn. that's when the big cats are most active. it's also a good idea to keep a

close eye on your pets. coming up, a bay area start up has an idea that could prevent this from happening. thieves taking deliveries right off your front porch during this busy holiday season. we'll be back with the weather with your top stories. we'll take you back to the today show.

and we are back on this sunday morning, november 30th, 2013. it's the last date of the month. can you believe that? crisp day here in new york city. check out the tree. here's the tree on the rockefeller plaza. in just a few days that tree is going to be lit for the season. the tree lighting ceremony this wednesday. that is a 90-foot norwegian spruce. >> so you met the family? >> i did. they are very proud of that tree and why would they not be? it's america's tree now. >> yes, it is. darren wilson no longer worked for ferguson, missouri, police department. he resign on saturday saying he didn't want to put the ferguson community at risk. wilson is responsible for the shooting death of michael brown

was not charge by the grand jury in his death. a 13-year-old boy is back with his mom this morning after he was held captive for four years by his father and step mother. police say they had been keeping him behind the fake wall during that time. they are now charged with false imprisonment. an amazing story from qatar. they were convicted in their daughter's death. and they were supposed to be freed. why all of a sudden is the lead singer of creed claiming he has no money and he's homeless. let's take a look at the rants on facebook why he says he's under attack. americans consume more than 80 pounds of sugar a year. a staggering number, and it turns out that a number of people may actually be addicted to suites, so one group is trying to break that habit, taking it very seriously as an

addiction. we'll take a look at that. how would you like to shop this holiday season and support some important charities. mario is going to show us how you can do both at the same time. speaking of giving, we are so thrilled to have edward norton in studio 1 a this morning. you may know him from his movies but he's also a very charitible guy. we'll talk to him in just a bit. you have a quick check of the forecast. >> i do. we've got rain that's -- nothing graceful about that, right? anyway, we've got rain out in california where we could end up with an inch or two, especially up near san francisco and in los angeles. much needed rain. we definitely need the rain in california, but this could trigger some mudslides. something we'll have to keep a close eye on, especially tuesday into wednesday. further east, we've got a lot of cold. we've got bismarck at 6 degrees for a high today. minneapolis, 15.

des moines 25. tuesday, it's going to start spreading to the south. st. louis 34 on monday, chicago hits 24 degrees. elsewhere across the country, we're enjoying some really mild temperatures up and down the east coast. we're going to be in the 50s and 60s in the northeast. again, here's that cold front that's trigger some of those cooler temperatures. the rain in kalle ka, the haste of the rain esp good morning. watching some very heavy rain off the coast of california now. this is expected to move into half-moon bay, santa cruz and san francisco within the next 30 minutes. the rest of us will see this rain in the next hour. it's going to be with us until 9, 10:00 this morning. then it will turn more spotty in its nature. we're talking about potential for more lightning strikes. overall it's going to be gray day with temperatures only in the 60s. and that's your latest forecast. all right. dylan, thank.

turning now to the fall from grace for creed singer scott stap. the grammy winner says he's broke and putting the blame on a number. different places. we have more on the story. ♪ where angels heard the news today ♪ >> anyone with a radio at the entire entire 19 in the 90s. out concerts and platinum records aren't always -- >> what's up? there's been a couple of weeks where i had to sleep in my truck. i had no money. not even more gas or food. >> speaking from a florida holiday inn last week, he says he didn't lose everything.

it was stolen. >> right now, i'm under some kind of pretty vicious attack. >> in three videos posted to facebook and since deleted, he blames the banks, irs, his record company. >> i've reached out to the secret service, to the fbi. all of which just completely ignore me. >> scott's facebook video is very disturbing. he sounds like a man who is out of touch with reality. the videos come a month after his wife filed for divorce and he says he's fighting rumors that he's a heavy drug user. >> and i'm going to expose and i'm going to fight every single individual that is responsible for this. >> we reached out to stapp and a business manager and have not heard back. the rock star once worth $30 million now crying out for help. >> and i'm not asking you to feel sorry for me. >> for today, jacob rascone, nbc

news. if you love sweets, you know sometimes it can be hard to stop eating them and for some people that make sense. there's growing evidence that sugar can actually become an addiction, but there's help out there. nbc's special anchor maria shriver with more. >> this is sobriety for sandy leonard. lots of high protein, low sugar foods. >> you came here and found out you were a sugar addict. >> yes, i never felt satisfied. >> she just graduated from malibu vista. one of the first treatment centers for people addicted to sugar. >> little debbie was my bis friend. once a healthy weight, sandy she began bingeing on sweets in her 40s to cope with anxiety

over work and her son leaving for college. >> i would hide them places in my home, in my car. >> when you ate or eat sugar, do you get a high from it like a person gets a high from a drug? >> yes. when i would finish the sugar, you know, it lasts an hour, and i was needing some more. >> she's not alone. among middle age women, about one in twelve suffers from a food addiction. experts say hormonal changes on top of work and family stress lead many to soothe themselves with sugar. while it's not recognized as an official disorder, research suggests sugar bingeing can disrupt reward centers in the brain and cause the same withdrawals as illegal drugs. >> the effect of the sugar on the reward center is to cause changes that literally keep you addicted. >> in her best selling book the hunger fix, dr. pam peek offers a science base recovery plan for

sugar addicts. >> i don't want her to relapse. we've got to feed her delicious, satisfying foods that will kill carb krafgs. >> this little debbie, how do you feel looking at it? >> i don't feel anything. i'm more interested in the dish over there. >> this is why we say the brain is plastic. we can teach it no ways to be able to perceive more of this. sandy has redesigned her diet and now uses exercise to soothe herself rather than sweets. >> i still get my fix on healthy things instead of the processed sugar that were in the foods i was eating. >> had he rer -- her recovery one bite at a time. maria shriver, nbc news, malibu. >> sugar. >> it makes a lot of sense. there are times when you finish your dinner it's not quite complete without something

sweet. >> you read the read the labels for things. read the sugar content in yogurt, it's probably as much as a candy bar. >> so mom says eat a candy bar. >> thank you, auntie dylan. one man says he is responsible for the friendly fire death of pat tillman and how he's using that story to help others. he tells that story to lester right after these messages. ♪ ♪

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back now on this sunday morning with the story of two men that became elite army rangers inspired to fight for their country after the september 11 attacks. their faith eventually collided in afghanistan. one died and was celebrated as an american hero. the other who you're about to meet will carry the burden of a tragic fate that would turn his life inside out. >> what i could barely make out was humani infigure. >> he's telling about the night in afghanistan he believes he

shot and killed a fellow soldier. >> what made you fire? >> we had been coming out of an enemy after bush coupled with the fact we had no knowledge of friendly in the area. >> friendly fire has always been a part of fire. few cases have grabbed the headlines like the 2004 shooting of nfl player turned army ranger pat tillman. now stephen elliott is making headlines of his own stepping from the shadows to say he thinks he shot tillman. >> in my mind you're not considering even the possibility that if there's muzzle flashes, if there's human figures or shapes adjacent, they have to be bad guys. there couldn't be good guys. he and another soldier fired. >> pat tillman was killed of one of two weapons, one of which the caliber you were firing. where does that lead you in

terms what happened and whether you ultimately took his life? >> that forensic knowledge hasn't changed my sense of responsibility for my portion of the tragedy. >> the road leading up to his painful admission was littered with his unraveling emotional state. >> if i didn't drink, i couldn't sleep. reliving scenes of war in the form of a nightmare was common. >> in the midst of it, he got married. >> honestly i didn't understand the true depth of what he went through million recently. >> only when elliott recognized ptsd was tearing him apart. he and his wife decided to share his story for the sake of of suffering vets. >> they're not unique at all with respect to a lot of trauma people are trying to work

through. >> he soon found a way to reach out to other traumatized vets as their advocate in this washington courtroom. >> truth is you've earned a lot of credit with the courts. >> veteran's court is a diversion program for criminal defendants with conditions related to military service. presides judge brent buckley asked elliott to help. >> i thought it would be helpful for folks to hear his story. here's somebody who's made a real success of their life in the face of those experiences. >> this was to help other veterans. was it helpful to you? >> the biggest benefit, it cures you on some level of the myth of isolation. >> as he journeys along his road to healing and redemption, elliott accepts what happened will always be a part of him, but he says it won't define him. >> there were ultimately two shooters aiming where pat

tillman was. if someone came out with evidence saying low and behold it was the other guy's bullet, not yours, would that change anything? >> no. i still fired there and made that choice. all of us felt responsibility. if that was the case, i wouldn't want -- >> take your time. >> if that was the case, i wouldn't want trevor to bear that burden by himself. >> you were both firing in that a same location. >> yeah. >> stephen elliott told lester he's in the process of writing a book. proceeds go to help veterans in need, a cause very near and dear to his heart.

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mario's top three. how about shopping and giving at the same time? mario armstrong is today's digital lifestyle correspondent. he has that and more this morning. let's start with the watch. this is a martian watch. >> this is the name of the brand. this is the notifier watch. $79 on amazon. it connects blue tooth to your phone. it has l.e.d. display. it gets read out, caller id, text messages, calendar alerts, all that without you reaching for your phone. >> and the cost? >> $79. >> and the app. good shop is the app. this is an app that is free that allows you to give back while you actually shop. what you do is go onto the app, download it. then you choose the organizations you want some of your transactions to be donate add

ed to. when you choose the store. choose your cause. once you choose the cause say the wounded warrior project which is what a i chose, then it would show up. any time you do a transaction, a percentage will go to the wounded warrior project. i can choose different stores. if i chose foot locker, i get a 3% donation off what i was going to buy any way to that particular organization. they have coupon codes and everything. doesn't make sense to shop without using something like this to give back. >> our last one this morning is one very near and dear to your heart. >> the never settle club. this is an online community of positivity. it's about helping people reach their goals through other members. everybody is all in to help people go after their dreams and passions with help and support to do that.

>> you showed up with your posse this morning. >> we have a huge posse. this is 2,000 members from across the country. we just kicked off this summer. >> how do you help them? >> video lessons, homework, action plans and zbiguides. it's motivation so you canning live the life you're supposed to live. we're going to recruit you next. >> let's send over to dylan with today's plaza friend of the day. >> thanks craig. speaking of the never settle club, we brought in a family who's a member. this is rachel from madison, connecticut. take it away. >> still to come on today, actor edward norton live in studio 1a to talk to you about you can give back in a major way tuesday. first, these

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back on a sunday joined by edward norton on the couch. he's joining us to talk about something he's passionate about. as as the founder of the website, you've put a lot out to the "today" show. edward is here to tell us about that. nice to have you with us. in reaction to the craziness of the thanksgiving night and black friday and cyber monday, you are continuing what has been started over the last couple of years, giving tuesday. what is giving tuesday? >> giving tuesday was a brilliant response to the whole idea of kind of the commercial shopping frenzy. it basically said the holiday season in addition to being the shopping season is also sort of the giving season.

it's when a lot of people reflect on causes they want to support, a lot of best organizations many the world using the end of the year and holidays as their big end of the year drive. what clever people with 92y and foundation did was come up with giving tuesday after thanksgiving as a rallying point for organizations to say let's kick off the charitable season. it was very successful. they came to us at crowd rise because we focus on kind of creative leverage for people and activism and organizations. what we all came up with together for this giving tuesday was the idea of giving tower which was -- we felt people liked the idea of seeing in a fun way what the impact of their giving is. we worked with this reality company to make it so that any person that donates on giving tuesday can see their donation as a brick in the giving tower.

>> we have this app here. i'm going to put a dollar on the table. i'm going to try to work on this. this is a shot. each of these boxes is someone that has donated. >> your face is on there? >> there's non profit organizations involved. anybody that donates gets a brick in the giving tower. it is actually right now taller than the pyramid of giza. >> sometimes you're at home and feel you want to give but you think, where does my money really go? you can actually see it. >> it's like a rallying point or a movement. it's also -- a lot of organizations -- we have big partners like the red cross and u.n. foundation. lots of amazing small say organizations really rely on the end of the year.

>> crowd rise, quickly. >> crowd rise was the flat form we started facebook of philanthropy. it allows people to set up charities for organizations, friends in crisis, medical expenses and thing this is like that. >> giving tuesday last year you saw a rise of 90% from 2012. >> we think we can double it. check it out at crowd rise.com/giving tower. download the app. >> thanks for coming in. >> we didn't get to talk about your movie. first time we've had edward norton. >> we'll come back to that. >> we'll hold you to that. we've got you on cam weather. >> thanks so much for watching this morning. don't forget to watch meet the press. talking about whether the president is under pressure to do more after the ferguson

coming up on today in the bay. he was brutally killed in a popular east bay park. the push to solve the murder of a popular east bay teacher and writer. the numbers are coming in. why black friday is losing steam and what's replacing the mad rush to the mall. plus, we're tracking some heavy rain moving into the bay area this morning and even some lightning strikes. anthony slaughter will let us know who will be hit the hardest. you're watching today in the bay. your time now is 7:00. let's give you a live look at the sap center in san