to your heart. >> definitely. adopt. they love you so much. >> thanks for joining us. we'll be back with a local news update in half an hour. good morning. out of bounds? a new controversy in the michael brown case. members of the st. louis rams give the hands-up gesture as they take the field. a police crew furious now, demanding those players be penalized. "today" exclusive. ray rice's wife janay opens up in her first televisn interview about her husband, that night in the elevator, and the scandal's impact on their family. >> i'm not going to let the public bring me back there. >> while speculation swirls over whether an nfl team will give ray rice another chance. hollywood under attack. new movies from brad pitt, cameron diaz and other big stars, stolen and posted online for the world to see. the fbi now on the case, and you won't believe who they think is behind it.

and playing with danger. a new study shows toy-related injuries are up a shocking 61% over the past two decades. a warning for parents today, cybermonday, december 1st, 2014. from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on monday morning. welcome to cyber monday, guys. >> cyber monday. small business saturday, black friday. >> this is your phone, by the way. >> a message to all those online retailers. you stop spamming me and i'll come and shop. >> don't you wish there was a button unsubscribe. i don't want to be linked in. we'll get more on cyber monday but we're going to start in

missouri with that silent but public statement made by several nfl players about the grand jury's decision in the michael brown case. this came a day after officer darren wilson resigned from the force, and as the president prepares to meet with civil rights leaders in ferguson today. ron allen is in ferguson. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. darren wilson's resignation was not a surprise. many people had been saying that given what's happened it would be impossible for him to continue as a police officer. as the protests continue the hometown football team the nfl st. louis rams have become part of the controversy. taking the field for the pregame introduction five players from the rams walked out in a hands up don't shoot pose what many believe michael brown did before he was shot and killed. officer darren wilson told the grand jury that did not indict him that brown was the aggressor and did not try to surrender. the players say they wanted to show compassion and solidarity

for the protesters. the police officers association says it's way out of bounds and demanding discipline action against the players and public apology releasing a statement in part it is unthinkable that hometown athletes would so publicly perpetuate a narrative that has been disproven. it is not the violent thugs burning down buildings that buy their products. it's cops and the good people of st. louis. this comes as wilson resigned saturday from the ferguson police department. wilson recently married another police officer expecting their child said he left after being told that staying may put the residents and police officers of the city of ferguson at risk. chief tom jackson said there have been death threats. >> were there threats against the department and him? >> there have been, yes. >> you take these seriously. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and while ferguson's holiday parade is not

happening some in the city tried to spread hope by throwing a thanksgiving dinner party. >> we're going to get through this. >> reporter: protests continue across the country from portland to washington, d.c. >> where is ferguson now? >> you know, we're still at a point where we're hoping to feel like the worst is over. >> reporter: hoping to move things forward the mayor says the city has a new review board for complaints against police and a scholarship fund to encourage applicants to join the police academy. wilson will not receive severance from the city. still a heavy police presence as they take things one night at a time. >> ron allen, thank you very much. >> and with football now, will ray rice be given another chance to play professionally? it's a question this morning now that he's been cleared to return to the league. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest on this. >> good morning. technically any nfl team can

sign ray rice with four weeks left in the regular season. there are teams that probably would have before this but now signing rice is not just a decision about his skill on the field. ray rice is free to play. if any one will have him. >> take a certain team to be able to sign him. if it's a team that's kind of already gone off the rails, probably not the best one to sign. >> a couple might be interested in the former baltimore raven. the indianapolis colts and the new orleans saints according to espn citing unnamed sources. so far no offers. janay rice in an exclusive interview with matt lauer. >> what's it going to take in your mind, janay, for another team to take a chance on ray rice? >> for them to look past this situation which i know is going to be hard, but at the end of the day he's a football player and that's what they should be really be focused on because he's proven himself as a football player for seven years. there has never been a question what he can do on the field. >> you think an owner and fans

of the team can get that image or those images from that elevator tape out of their minds? >> with time. we know it's going to take some work. i think once he shows them who he is and you know, they reach out to people here and they find out the things that he's done, then i think it's definitely could help. >> friday an independent arbitrator overturned rice's indefinite suspension ruling that it amounted to an unjustified second punishment for assaulting janay rice in an at lantic city casino. the video outrage over cases of domestic violence involving players. rice is now looking to get his former team the ravens to pay him the salary he lost, $3.5 million. and though there may be talk of teams having interest the idea that he may not be signed has to be of some concern. >> actually spoke to ray and janay by phone last night separately and i asked ray if he

has been in contact with any nfl team. he has not. he is leaving that up to his agent. he understands that public opinion is going to play a major role. he doesn't want to be a distraction. his job now is to stay in shape so if the phone rings he is ready to play. >> and you had a long conversation with both of them. >> that's right. and we'll hear more from janay rice in the next half hour. she talked how things changed when the video was released and we want to hear from you. head to today.com and let us know if you think ray rice should be signed by an nfl team. >> nbc news learned that a republican staffer on capitol hill is resigning today, this in the wake of comments she made about the president's daughters suggesting the teenagers are quote classless. kristen welker is live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. moments ago congressional aide elizabeth lawton told us she will resign. this incident underscores the extent to which criticizing the

president's children is taboo in american politics and in the age of the internet and social media the backlash can be brutal. it's an annual tradition. the president pardoning the thanksgiving turkey with help from daughter sasha and malia 16. >> the annual pardoning of the turkey was held at the white house. many remarked as the grandparents would say how much they have grown. >> some also remarked that like all teenagers they seemed less than impressed. but elizabeth lawton, the current communications director for tennessee congressman steven fincher slammed the girls on facebook writing, dear sasha and malia. i get you're both in those awful teen years but you're part of the first family, try showing a little class. and, dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar. that sparked a firestorm with some accusing her of cyber bullying. the #tagg fire elizabeth lawton.

late sher apologized writing after many hours of prayer talking to my parents re-reading my words on line i can see more clearly just how hurtful my words were. but even some republicans are still fuming. >> this hill staffer not only should be fired, this hill staffer should jump over the white house fence and get on her hands and knees and apologize to the first family. >> they aren't the first at 1600 pennsylvania avenue to get criticized. there is broad agreement the first children should be left alone. >> i thought she took off after teenage girls not because they did anything wrong but because she doesn't like the job that their dad is doing. and i don't think that's very fair way to play politics. >> late last night lawton respond to our request by adding a direct apology to the obama girls and family, congressman fincher did not respond to our request. a lot of work on the agenda. we don't expect to see lawton.

she will likely offer a written resignation. the incident demonstrated how polarizing politics has become for their part the white house has declined to comment. >> thank you very much. >> natalie is on assignment this morning. we're going to catch up with her in an unusual circumstance. willie's here with the top stories including a tragedy in egypt. >> this is tough. egyptian militant organization with ties to isis says it's responsible for the death of an american oil worker. 58-year-old william henderson was killed during what was reported in august as a carjacking. on sunday the terror public tender was to i.d. cards and passport. henderson was employed by a houston-based energy company where he worked 28 years. the state department was not immediately available for comment, henderson leaves a wife and two daughters. officials at jfk airport say nothing was found during a search of an american airlines

plane after a bomb threat on sunday. the plane was taken to an isolated area of the airport after the flight from barcelona landed safely around noon. 200 passengers were evacuated. police used bomb sniffing dogs to check the luggage. investigators are trying to track down the person who called in the threat. >> back to work for the u.s. congress where the senate and house face a stacked agenda. theirdo list includes keeping the government running into if new year, immigration reform and funding the fight against isis. the lame duck congress has to get it done in two weeks without stumbling into a government shutdown. >> the body of an ohio state university football player missing for four days has been found. police say 22-year-old kosa cara george was found in a dumpster blocks away from his apartment with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. the senior walk-on tackle was last seen in the early morning hours on wednesday. his mother told authorities her

son had concussions and spells of extreme confusion. she told police she received a text that read quote i am sorry if i am an embarrassment. a close call over the weekend for retired soccer star david beckham and his teen son. they were in a frightening car crash. he and his son were shaken up and david beckham suffered a minor shoulder injury. one witness said they are lucky to be alive. two people in the other car were slightly hurt. thank goodness it wasn't more serious. >> absolutely. >> by the way, never have a spoonful of sand. >> thank you for volunteering to save me. >> that's okay. you made it through. >> hey, what's going on? >> we've got rough weather in california. the good news is is they need the rain. the bad news is it's coming at once causing problems. heavy thunderstorms yes in malibu, closing a 9-mile stretch

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the fbi is investigating to see if north korea was behind it. here's nbc's jacob ross con. >> the cia would love if you could take him out. >> when the trailer for the comedy "the interview" came out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> reporter: north korea called the movie an act of war. the studio behind the films has been hacked and a site reports -- >> they are actively investigating the possibility that north korea may have been behind. >> reporter: the attack has crippled sony's computer network. >> they told employees that they may not have their internal systems working for as much as three weeks. >> reporter: hackers leaked five sony movies online, four of which have not been released. sony issued a statement saying the theft of sony pictures entertainment conaccident a criminal matter and we are working closely with law enforcement to address it.

the fbi has now joined the investigation. meanwhiling seth rogen who starred and co-produced the film defends the satire on twitter saying i personally don't care if it's desire respectful to kim because he is evil adding in another tweet, that doesn't mean i think he should be killed. for "today," jacob rascone, los angeles. >> that's a headline you don't read. >> millions of shoppers are busy today. this comes after a weekend of weaker than expected sales at the brick and mortar sales. hallie jackson is in tracy, california this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. some analysts predict sales could be up 15% on this cyber monday. the super bowl of online shopping and we are on the 50 yard line. this huge warehouse the size of 20 football fields packed full of rows of merchandise.

amazon is hoping to break records today and it's not the only retailer hoping for huge sales especially to close out what's been a pretty flat black friday holiday shopping weekend. sales fell short of expectations, fewer people went out to stores to buy things, and those that did spent less. one bright spot has been online sales, those have been up double digits over the past few days. and that's a trend that could continue on this busiest online shopping day of the year. though the retail federation says 5 million fewer will get on line today others are more opt mystic. and mobile will be huge, one in five people may place orders on phones or tablets today. amazon here expect that to be even ier for them and to process the orders faster they have got help from a new technology, these special robots, 15,000 of them, you can see them, they are orange.

it means workers like marcus don't have to walk to the warehouse to find items. the robots bring it to them. it makes it easier. what's flying off the shelves? the hottest electronic gifts are the ipad mini, iphone 6 and 6 plus, for the kids, legos, nintendo, those are popular but the hots item, anything frozen. get those elsa dolls while you can. >> can you check on matt's fuzzy slippers i got him? >> my frozen. >> thank you. carson, hard at work on the voice, dylan dreyer in the orange room. people is speaking about ray race. >> ray rice, his name was mentioned more than 200,000 times, and at first it started about the results of how people were reacting to him being winning his appeal but then turned over to this question that we posted. should ray race be signed by an

nfl team? and here are your results. 64% of you say no, he should. no and 36% say yes. keep in mind these are early results here and this is a survey we're going to continue to watch all morning long. go to todd.com and let us know what you think and we'll continue to bring you the results as they come in. >> a lot of people talking about this. thank you. >> and straight ahead our exclusive interview with ray rice's wife janay. >> so let me ask you directly. and bluntly. prior to what we have now seen in that elevator was there ever any incident of violence in your relationship with ray or has there been any incident of violence since that elevator incident? >> we'll have the answer to that coming up. plus, the alarming rise in toy-related injuries. are some of the biggest offenders on your kid's wish list?

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> a very good monday morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the bay area getting a chance to dry out from weekend weather that caused some headaches in some areas. rain in the north bay triggered a mudslide just off 101 near the waldo tunnel and briefly closed traffic in one lane. in some places the storm knocked down tree. power lines came down when one tree fell during the heaviest start of yesterday's storm. hundreds were without power. >> san jose leaders will launch a new effort to close a homeless enkcampment called the jungle.

city leaders say once bulldozers tear down the encampment, work can begin to restore the area. >> and a decision may come tomorrow to ban bicyclists on some city sidewalks in san jose. many other major cities, including san francisco, oakland and l.a. all have similar bans. christina is tracking the storms this week headed our way. how are we looking now? >> we actually have some problems for people trying to get out of town this morning, flight delays. elsewhere across the nation, maybe you're taking a friend or loved one to the airport this morning, good news is. >> else is right on time. a lot of people are still traveling for the holidays. we have light showers this morning. make sure you bring your umbrellas. temperatures in the 50s now on the way to the low 60s.

we go to mike for the drive. >> fog and low cloud, this is 580 through livermore. there is your tri-valley. here's relief for westbound 84, the dumbarton bridge, the earlier crash just minutes ago cleared, all lanes of westbound jammed up. the san mateo bridge may see more traffic, now there's the buildup on the peninsula side. there's your south bay. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another update in half an hour. see you then.

♪ i'm flying >> we are back now at 7:30 on this monday morning, december 1st, 2014. and there's a reason natalie is not in the studio with us this morning. she is spending the morning with the cast of nbc's "peter pan live." amazing set there. ahoy, natalie. what's going on? >> mate! yes, that's right, i'm manning the helm right now, captain hook's ship "the jolly roger," just one of four elaborate and unbelievable sets here of nbc's "peter pan live," the broadcast airs thursday night. i don't know if these guys are here to protect me or kill me. but if i survive, coming up, i'm going to be getting some lessons, flying lessons and a chance to chat with the show's

stars. back to you, guys. >> natalie, we're all feeling seasick. >> come on, natalie! >> steady the course. >> you're driving like you're nuts. we'll check back in a little while. let's look at stories making headlines this morning. a stretch of the pacific coast highway could be closed for another day after heavy rains triggered mudslides in malibu. about a dozen cars were stuck for several hours. darren wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown, will not receive a severance package from the city of ferguson, missouri. wilson resigned over the weekend, less than one week after the grand jury decided not to indict him in the case. and the national retail federation is reporting disappointing holiday sales over the weekend. traffic in stores down more than 5%. total spending down 11% from last year. is there a "frozen" sequel in the works? we'll chat with idina menzel and

she will perform live. let's start this half hour with our exclusive interview with janay rice. her husband ray has been reinstated to the nfl and is looking for a new team. but the infamous incident in an elevator in atlantic city has changed their lives forever. we recently sat down with janay with her mother, candy palmer, by her side. we should mention that ray was not home at the time of the interview. i started by asking janay to use some adjectives to describe what the last six months have been like. >> hectic, to say the least. shocking. >> you have remained silent. has it been hard to not speak out about this? >> yes. it's been the hardest part, is having so much of your life made public and have it all be negative. that's the hardest part, is not having control over anything that has to do with you. it's a natural thing for a human to want to come out and say, no,

no, that's not me. oh, no, that's not true. but it's like a battle that we just can't win. it's been the hardest thing ever that i've ever gone through in my life, to watch my daughter being trashed and to see what has happened to her on -- all over national television. everyone talking about her. everyone making statements about her, and they know nothing about her. what were we going to do? you can't fight everyone. >> it all started on the night of valentine's day after what janay admits was a night of heavy drinking, the couple started to argue. and then they stepped into that elevator. >> i guess it was about four days or so after the incident at the casino that the tape -- first tape came out. the one that was taken outside the elevator. had you seen the tape? >> i saw the first one. >> did you see it before it was released to the public? >> no. we just knew about it. >> you knew about it. were you dreading the moment that that tape came out? >> yes.

yes. we knew that it was going to happen. we didn't know exactly when it was going to happen. but there was no preparing us for that, at all. when i saw that, it was horrible. you can't make excuses for anything, but we were highly intoxicated. and in the moment, you're not thinking about, oh, my god, i'm on camera in an elevator. so -- of course people are going to read into everything and pick at everything about this situation. we understand that. >> have you seen the second tape? >> no. i refuse. i refuse. i'm not going to let the public bring me back there. uh-uh. >> mom, you've seen it? >> of course. i didn't want to see it at first. and it took me a while, but i did. because i had to. that's my child. and if something happened to her, i don't care what it is, i want to see it. >> can you tell me the reaction you had when you saw it the first time? >> i was kind of sick.

i was. >> how can you not be? >> i was sick to watch it. >> did it change your view of what happened in any way, or was it what you expected? >> kind of what i thought. kind of what i thought. >> when that second tape came out, your daughter became the face of domestic violence in this country, instantly. and i know you don't think that's fair. >> no. no, i appreciate that -- i mean, i know -- i understand. i totally understand how people look at that and think that that's who she is. but i know her, and we know. and she's not. >> so let me just ask you directly. and bluntly. prior to what we have now seen in that elevator, was there ever any incident of violence in your relationship with ray, or has there been any incident of violence since that -- >> no. >> elevator incident. >> no.

no. there's no way. he knows what he would have to deal with, you know, if this was something -- you know, i'm not going to sit in silence and let something happen to me and, you know, god forbid, in front of my child. and just let it happen? there's no way. >> there's something else on that tape. the punch is obviously outrageous. but there is something that happens after the punch. and there's -- it's mostly seen from outside. and janay, you are unconscious. you're out cold on the floor. and instead of being so freaked out that he kneels down and takes your daughter's head in his arms and strokes her face and strokes her hair and says i'm sorry, he stands there. for a long time. what did you think when you saw that part of the tape? >> i was very upset by that part. and i told him so. i basically told him that i didn't care who was out there at

the elevator. you should have never left her like that. i did tell him that. >> and i asked him after i saw it, why did you just leave me like that? >> did you see that part? >> uh-huh, that's the one -- >> from the outside. >> yes. >> why didn't you comfort me? >> yes. he said he was terrified. >> terrified. >> he was in such shock that this had just happened, he didn't know how to function at that point. and then, you know, obviously by that time hotel security is there. the police are there. >> the minute i heard this story, i started to hear from people who knew ray for a long time, and i started to hear amazing things about him. i heard rave reviews. and so you do have to ask the question, how could that guy end up doing that in that elevator. >> i think we all have, like, a moment -- >> people are human. >> yeah, humans. >> everybody makes mistakes. after this whole situation --

you would think we lived in a country full of people who never made a mistake. who have never sinned ever in their life. >> exactly. >> but everybody makes mistakes. that doesn't mean that, you know -- everything that's been out there is -- >> you lashed out at the media. and i can tell there was a period here where your emotions were boiling over. and you wrote this. you said, no one knows the pain that the media and unwanted opinions have caused my family. to make us relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing. if your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away, you have succeeded on so many levels. just know, we will continue to grow and show the world what real love is. >> uh-huh. >> and they will. >> the next morning, after the second video came out. >> why does that make you cry right now, hearing that? >> brings back the anger. i was so angry.

and hurt. the man i love. everything ripped out from under him. it made me angry. the support i thought we had, that made me angry. the fact that i knew we wouldn't be here anymore made me angry. we have to pick up and move our child from what he's used to. it hurt. it hurt a lot. i just had to get it off my chest. >> did it feel better? >> it did. it did. >> fascinating to watch her and to finally hear from her after all these months of people talking about that relationship. >> i found it interesting to see her with her mom. because you do get a sense of who she is. i think there is still a lot of people who are going to question who exactly janay rice is. but when you get to know her mom a little bit, i think it opens a window on her. and we are going to hear much

more in the second part of this interview coming up, including why she says she apologized during that highly public press conference as the scandal was just beginning. >> that's a question a lot of people wanted to hear asked. and also, you talk to ray rice tomorrow. >> that's tomorrow. ray rice was not home at the time of this interview, he did come home shortly afterward and agreed to answer some questions with the family and you'll hear from him tomorrow. all right. a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. every case begins with kay. >> well, it's december 1st, and so we've got another arctic blast. along ahead of this frontal system and jet stream, we've got some mild air. new york city, 54. 52, d.c. suffolk, 49. boston now, 50 degrees. but then you go behind this front, and look at these temperatures. it's 7 in green bay. it's 0 in minneapolis. feels like 18. kansas city feels like 2. even out in seattle, 28 degrees. and we've got some frozen

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. a very good monday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. san francisco police trying to get a better description of a man who shot another man after an altercation in northridge. police say the gunman got out of his car, roughed up the victim before firing and drove off in a great sedan. >> today of course is cyber monday. workers at one amazon.com processing center in tracy are bracing for a shipping onslaught. >> judging from the early numbers, online shopping may be more popular than ever. >> we want to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a busy one for you.

>> it's a great story to tell. a forecast to be thankful for. a lot more moisture on the way, round of rain, not until we get into tomorrow and wednesday specifically. what you'll notice about this radar picture right now, some very light, spotty activity rolling through the bay area. that will be the trend for today. and in san francisco, we have some low ceilings out there. make sure you check ahead with your carrier before catching anybody at the airport or taking off for today. more on that rain in a moment. first here's mike in your drive. >> unfortunately, this should be getting worse over the next couple of half hours. to the coliseum, jammed all the way through downtown oakland. a crash with residuals still in your middle lane. west 580 jammed up toward highway 13. we're still recovering from the jam on the dumbarton bridge and

now you're jammed in both directions. >> thank you. another update in half an hour. se see you then.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, more of our candid conversation with janay rice. she opens up about the elevator incident, why she stayed, and why she was the one apologizing. i think a lot of other people reacted to the fact that ray apologized to the ravens and ravens fans. and he didn't say, but most of all, i apologize to my wife. ♪ then, gentlemen grab your razors, our no-shave campaign for men's health comes to an end. >> yes, willie and i will get exams live on the air. >> want to come in? >> as we look back at the awareness we have raised and look ahead to ditching the

facial hair, live. and we're kicking off a star-studded december this morning. comedian chris rock stops by studio 1a, as does the one and only idina menzel, as she treats us to holiday music, "today," monday, december 1st, 2014. ♪ >> from alabama, roll tide! woo! >> we came from maine to take a selfie on "today." woo! >> our first family vacation ever, and we want to spend it with al! woo! >> surprise, mom and dad, we came all the way to new york city to get married. >> we're here at the "today" show, celebrating ella's first birthday! woo! >> we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning out on the plaza on a really mild day for december 1st.

>> that's right. we're enjoying it. >> for now. >> dylan right here. >> coming up, a few new friends on the set of nbc's peter pan. we'll catch up with her and she talks to christopher walken. i understand allison williams will give a flying lesson. and a fencing lesson from christopher walken. >> we'll check in with her. let's head inside to willie, who has got a check of the morning's top stories. >> guys, good morning. good morning, everyone. the white house is focusing today on ferguson, missouri, one week after a grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. president obama meets with his cabinet, law enforcement and civil rights leaders today. they'll be talking about events surrounding the shooting and the challenges posed by what a white house official calls the mistrust between law enforcement and communities of color. darren wilson resigned from the police force in ferguson over the weekend. now to a disturbing story out of georgia, where bond has

now been denied for a couple charged with false imprisonment. the alleged victim, the man's 13-year-old son, who was reported missing four years ago. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on this story. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. the 13-year-old boy is now safely back with his mother this morning. the details of how police found him hidden in this house here sound like something from a tv thriller. safely back in his mother's arms, investigators this morning are trying to piece together the story of what happened to this 13-year-old boy, who had been missing for four years. in court sunday, the boy's father, gregory jean, and step mary, samantha davis, sat in che shackles after police found the boy in their house in a hidden room, behind a fake wall, camouflaged with towels. according to authorities, the amazing rescue started when the

boy somehow contacted his sister, using a cell phone. she relayed the message to their mother, who tipped off authorities where the boy was being held. but when police went to the house, their search came up empty. >> officers went, made contact with individuals in the home, who denied having any knowledge of who the child was. >> reporter: it was only after a second call from the mother with more details the police went back to the house, and this time they found him. neither the mother nor the boy spoke with reporters. they didn't need to. samantha davis, who is the boy's stepmother, is on probation for cruelty to children on another case. meantime, both she and the boy's father remain in jail, both were denied bond. willie? >> terrible story, but glad he's back with his mother. kerry sanders, thank you. today the supreme court is hearing arguments involving free speech and facebook.

the case centers on a pennsylvania man sentenced to almost four years in prison for posting graphically violent rap lyrics and comments about his estranged wife. he claims he was just venting as he put it, and was not threatening her or anyone else. his estranged wife says the posting made her fear for her life. two people in china escaped just in time before their car was swallowed by a giant sinkhole. check out this traffic camera video. you see the white car tilting on the edge there. driving into the sinkhole. the passenger opens the door, jumps out right away. the driver going to get out that way, as well. just minutes later, the car rolls over and into the sinkhole. somehow no one was hurt in that incident. it is now 8:05. another check of the weather with al. >> didn't he see the hole as he was coming up to it? that's one big pothole. look, and then boom. in. anyway, let's see what we've got going on. some nice folks here hanging out, having a good 'ole time. but we've got also wet weather

now making its way. pittsburgh, st. louis, some icy conditions. they're actually -- this is a cool shot we've got. icy conditions on the roads in st. louis. a real mess. afternoon temperatures there going to be struggling to get out of the 30s. in fact, single digits as you get into the plains. nice and warm down through the southwest into the gulf coast. look for that icy mix to continue in st. louis on into central indiana later today, causing lots of problems on 8:06. good morning to you. we are going to see a little bit of light spotty activity as we head throughout the day today. overall, cloudy sky. watch out for flight delays. lots of cloud cover this morning. keep an eye on that. otherwise, we're looking good. all other airports across the nation right on time for holiday travelers. temperatures today, mostly in the 60s and 70s. we'll see really lovely finish to today. mix of sun and clouds. the heavy rain arrives by tonight when isolated afternoon thunderstorms on tuesday are on the way for wednesday morning.

and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al. thank you very much. coming up, why did she apologize during that news conference, and why didn't he? more of our exclusive interview with ray rice's wife janay. >> and then trending. the next "star wars" already a hit with the trailer online. what one dedicated fan spent his weekend doing. and chris rock has taken over the orange room. we'll talk to him about his edgy new comedy. but first, these messages.

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>> i've seen them wrap around inside the airport. >> 45 minutes, an hour? >> yeah. >> always feels like an hour. >> well, probably wasn't as bad as this one at chicago's midway airport. the line stretching more than a mile long. 1.2 miles, to be exact. the line snaking up and down corridors. it even went out the door of the airport. sunday, of course, the busiest travel day of the thanksgiving period. so a line that normally took about 20 minutes to get through for some took over two hours. >> wait, that is not a single-file line either. >> in case you're wondering, 1.2 miles is like 21.1 football fields or more than 4.4 empire state buildings. >> or 5.6 nervous breakdowns. >> you get up and realize you're in the wrong line? >> oh! >> did everyone miss their polite? >> you would think. >> some people. >> man, if you have your kids with you?

forget it. girl scout cookies, when thin mints or samoa person, you'll have an easier way to get your hands on them. scouts can now sell online. the new program called digital cookie. and with parental approval, each scout will have her own web page. of course, there is also an app for it. don't worry, the organization says it will not ditch the old fashioned sales techniques like little girls going door-to-door saying buy my cookies. >> favorite cookie? >> i like the samoa. >> thin mints. >> dosey does. >> i like those. a few days ago, and this morning the new "star wars" trailer has 40 million hits, being called the 88 seconds of geeky goodness. just a series of clips from episode 7, "the force awakened: strong together." enough to excite fans and now a youtube user named snooper -- i thought that was you -- created

a shot-for-shot remake of the trailer, using nothing but legos. apparently he did this in nine hours. >> that's pretty good. wow. >> we were in the movie theater seeing another movie, and the trailer comes up. people gave a standing ovation and were hooting and hollering. everybody is so excited about this. >> i saw people on the bus yesterday watching it on their phones. >> and two-second flashes of the movie. >> is that the ship that made the kessel run? i believe it was. now to another big announcement coming from the first lady this morning. "sports illustrated kids" has chosen mow monet davis, and saying you knocked it out of the park for girls everywhere. she is ranked among the highest by any athlete in any level this year. so congrats, the accolades keep coming for her. >> what's a bigger deal, that or

hosting the parade? now more of our exclusive conversation with janay rice and her mother, candy palmer. janay was knocked unconscious but her then fiance. we all saw the tape of the incident in the elevator. we talked about why she did most of the apologizing during the news conference to address the incident. >> i apologized for the part i took in this, and i apologized because, for one, this press conference is something that ray put together. >> did you want to be a part of that press conference? >> i was ready to do anything that was going to help the situation. so -- >> when you say help the situation, help ray and his career? >> both. help the way we looked in the media, help his image, help, obviously, his career. so, you know, they told us earlier that week we would do the press conference and i was fine with it. >> did anyone at the ravens say, janay, it would be really good

if you issue some kind of an apolo apology? >> they suggested it, yes. >> did they come up with the wording? >> no, not specifically. they basically gave us a general script. >> i do deeply regret the role that i have played in the incident that night. >> that really started it. >> yes. and that was frustrating for me, because obviously people took it as, you know, i'm taking light of what ray d. >> or giving him an excuse. >> you were in denial. >> not at all. i was basically -- not doing what i was told, but at the same time, i didn't think it was completely wrong for me to apologize, because at the end of the day, i got arrested too. so i did something wrong too. not taking any life off of what ray did, because i agree with everybody else, it was wrong. >> the ravens tweeted out that portion of that statement, your apology and then they quickly took it down. because i think they understood very fast the reaction to that apology. >> right. >> do you think the reaction was warranted from people around the country?

>> i completely -- >> yes. >> -- understood it. >> me too. >> i completely understood it. which was frustrating, because the whole thing was just awkward, to be honest. >> but had it not been for the ravens urging you or suggesting you apologize, you would have never been at that press conference and you would have never apologized. >> no. >> you know what was being said, she is a typical abused woman. >> i heard everything. >> she is a woman in denial. >> i heard that basically they needed to come in here and knock the door down and drag her out because she was chained in the house somewhere or that she grew up in this type of environment. so many, so many things. >> i think a lot of other people reacted to the fact that ray apologized to the ravens. >> yes. >> and ravens fans. and he didn't say, but most of all, i apologize to my wife. >> i mean, in our mind, it's obvious. he apologized to me more than once. countless amount of times. i'm sitting next to him. i wouldn't be sitting next to him if i wasn't the first person

to get an apology. there is no way. but the whole thing was, you know -- >> yeah, the whole thing was just uncomfortable. >> awkward. yeah, so he was -- we were just doing what we had to do to get it over and done with. >> how much of those efforts were geared at protecting ray and his career and the baltimore ravens versus putting the pieces of your relationship back together? >> honestly, our biggest thing was this -- the legal process that went along with it. we were both terrified. we didn't know what to expect. and that was really the hardest part in the beginning. >> let me read you some of the things that people started to say. either at that moment or in weeks that followed. robin givens. you know robin givens. she was in an abusive marriage. and after one particular incident of abuse, she said this. she wrote, "i said don't call me, i never want to see you again. but then you start taking his calls. then he asks to see you in person and you say yes to that. then you have this big giant man

crying like a baby on your lap. and the next thing you know, you're consoling him. you're the protector. one minute you're running from him. the next you're protecting him." does any of that resonate with you? that you became ray's protector by standing up and saying the things you did? >> if anything, i was his protector before this. protecting him from people with motives. protecting him from people who just wanted to take advantage of him. that was nothing new. >> i totally understand how people look at that and think that that is who she is. but i know her, and we know, and she is but i know her and she's not. so, what this has done, though, is made us aware of the people that have are actually living this every day and, you know, i feel bad for their parents, their mothers. they can't get their kids out of this, or, you know, just

challenged with this on a daily basis. i understand that. >> there's a silver lining. >> so many messages here. >> chose me for a reason. >> definitely. >> definitely to bring awareness to what people are going through every day. not what i'm going through every day, it's definitely brought, you know, this topic to the forefront. we're okay with that. >> it's complicated. it's complicated. it starts a national discussion and you're happy about that. >> that's a good thing. >> at the same time, you don't feel like you're part of that group. >> right. >> sometimes i've read things that make it sounds like some are saying you're either with us or against us. >> i don't believe she's against them. and neither are we against them. i'm just saying that this is not the type of relationship that she's in. and know this is not the first thing that is going to happen the next time, no. there is no next time. we already made that clear.

there is no next time. >> the first time we met, you and me. and i can't even say it with the same edge that you had in your voice. but when i asked you about your daughter, you said to me, i did not raise a young lady to be an abused woman. >> not at all. if anybody knows her -- >> i don't come from that. >> not only that, she's very kflt a confident and very forceful herself. >> i wouldn't want anyone to attack me. >> you have a 2-year-old daughter. at some point you're going to have to sit raven down and tell her this story. >> yeah. i don't think i'll ever be prepared until that moment, but we're going to be honest with her. we're going to tell her what happened. let her know things like this are not okay. it's not something she should tolerate. let her know that people make mistakes and it's how you learn from them.

>> going to be interesting how people who watch these interviews then react to this family. we mention that ray was not home when we sat down with janay and her mom. he did come home shortly after the interview and he agreed to actually answer some questions with the family to get his take on the situation. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind and say, we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> we'll get his answer to that question and much more tomorrow here on "today." still to come this morning, natalie takes us behind the scenes of "peter pan live." we'll be back in 30 seconds.

and we are back with and we are back with "the voice" on "today." . carson is taking a break from his duties to give us a sneak peek including a special performance from two of the coaches. ♪ never be royals >> there are eight remaining contestants. ♪ these dreams when it's cold outside ♪ >> they spent their holiday weekend working with their super star coaches. ♪ >> our behind the scenes cameras caught them getting their songs just right for tonight's do or die performances. ♪ we were born and raised >> for them, the success is becoming the next winner of "the voice." >> i'll be down here drinking while you're singing right now. >> no one has been on the

chopping block more than brian. >> you got saved three times. right sph. >> i keep getting saved like by the skin of my teeth. i need to like break out of the bottom three. >> but coaches gwen stefani and pharrell will take a break when they perform tonight live on "the voice." pharrell played you a track and you ended up going in the studio and recorded what i think was an incredible song. tell me about that moment. >> that's my first single. >> all these things flying around and now we have a visual and we have this crazy, crazy record and, yeah, honestly, we have "the voice" to thank. >> love that. carson joins us live. carson, this is the day we say

good-bye to your facial hair. >> i'm looking forward to that. let me tell you. i'm looking forward to "the voice" tonight. the top eight go and performance from pharrell and gwen. that's later tonight on nbc. i'm really ready for all this stuff to go. there gets a point where it starts to hurt and that point is now. it's going in a few minutes. >> willie is still waiting to get to that point. >> especially for carson, in ten minutes it will be back, again. >> i'm like a chia pet. >> you can catch "the voice" tonight and tomorrow at 8:00, 7:00 central. from one nbc hit to watch to another. 22 million people tuned in for "sound of music" live and their hoping to top those numbers this thursday with a special live version of "peter pan" natalie is hanging out on the set with some of the show's stars. natalie. >> hey, good morning to you

guys, once again, matt. i'm standing here with none other legendary christopher walken and christian who is his right hand. great to have you here. >> hi. >> what is the preparation like for you now just four days in? give me an idea. this is so ambitious what you're attempting to pull off here. >> yeah. the days are long and, you know, the songs and dances and scenes and lots of costumes and it's flying. you know. sword fighting while they're flying. it's pretty complicated. >> it's all happening live. any added pressure. you didn't know this? by the way, it's happening live. >> this changes everything. >> this changes everything. i mean, tell me about, christian, what it is for you to be a part of something like this. you were in "sound of music" last year. once again, hopefully another hit production here. >> i'm thrilled to be back. so exciting last year. we're just focusing on trying to

run through the show and make it safe and make it good and hopefully people tune in. >> before i throw back, we have a little a very good monday morning to you. it's 8:26. santa clara back open this morning after a chemical type odor shut down the hospital last night. hazmat teams were called in, the hospital reopened eventually. one staff member treated after feeling sick. the cause of that odor, never found. sfo experiencing more delays today, but not quite the same backups as yesterday. strong winds and problems at other airports left travelers waiting three hours in some cases. one of the busiest travel days of the year. time to check that morning commute with mike. how is it going out there? >> busy travel day around the bay. folks coming back from vacation. enough to cause a big backup after a crash here. this is oakland northbound 880

at the coliseum. look, there's been a crash at 23rd. and that is slow to clear lanes. and in the back, there's another crash just at high street. we couldn't see it, it was there in the backup. adding more for -- and southbound jams up and the dunbarton bridge. it's a nightmare. 101 slow jamming up through san mateo, typical pattern for the peninsula. and northbound kicking in, and west 237 may be seeing more folks heading over from 880. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then.

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♪ let it go let it go >> yeah! all right! yeah! >> nbc now on this monday morning, december 1st, 2014. isn't that chris rock collecting toys for our toy drive on the

plaza. we're going to hear from him in a few moments. we're hearing from idina menzel. we heard "frozen". and she is going to sing another song from her new holiday album. >> very, very good. chris is one of the funniest guys around. a brand-new movie. the writer ask director, by the way, of the brand-new movie. >> plus, it's time to say goodbye to all of this. no-shave today was a big success, raising awareness for men's health. so we've got barbers standing by to do the honors. >> i think we all agree, we're ready. time for them to come off. >> dylan dreyer -- dylan thomas -- i was just thinking about my english lit -- >> al mentioned as well, we're happy to bring back our holiday

toy drive. chris rock and the star of "night crawler". to learn how you can take part, head to today.com. we'll talk to rene and chris later. >> now a check of the weather. the wind blowing in. >> that's right. let's show what else we've got going on. we have got the december outlook. temperatures throughout much of the country above the much above normal. below normal through the gulf coast. precipitation wise, looking wet out west through texas, where they could use the rain. butte, california, as well. normal temperatures throughout much of the rest of the country. 8:32, good morning, i'm meteorologist christina lrkoren. spotty activity from time to time. 70 degrees for the south bay, 69 on the peninsula, 66 degrees for

the east shore and san francisco. rain moves in steadily as we head throughout tonight into tomorrow, looking forward to a lot of rain. we're going to stay windy and wet on wednesday. then we'll still have showers on the way for thursday into friday. but the heaviest stuff expected tomorrow morning. more on that in moments. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much. natalie spending the monday on the set of nbc's "peter pan live." do you guys know natalie has something in common with the star of the show, allison williams? >> i didn't know that. >> she is very good at transforming herself into young boys, as well. we must show that video whenever we can. take it away. >> yeah, thanks so much. appreciate the video. yeah, guys, i'm standing right here in the nursery. i'm wearing the harness that my fellow friend, allison williams will be wearing in "peter pan." >> how are you? >> this thing is not comfortable. >> i love seeing it on someone else. >> you have been rehearsing with

this for, what, two months now? >> two-and-a-half, maybe three months. >> how is it going? probably things bruised that you didn't know could bruise. >> it's really fun. it becomes kind of second nature at a certain point. you never stop feeling it. that's definitely true. but it stops being something that you're constantly aware. >> is there an at-home remedy for taking care -- >> salt batths. every time i get out, there are bruises in places you don't expect. and i'm always tempted to, like, photograph it. but if approximate icloud got hacked, it would not be okay. so just take my word for it, it leaves a mark. >> are you nervous, the flying part live and the whole thing? >> we have been working so hard, it feels like -- there is something so gleeful about flying that nothing looks like a mistake, if that makes sense. if you sell it, which you can, with enough training, nothing looks like you're not doing it on purpose. >> okay. i don't have any training. but you're going to help me sell

it. >> i'm going to help you. >> we're going to give this thing a go. give me some last-minute pointers. >> obviously, think lovely thoughts. >> okay. lovely thoughts. that's it? i'm flying? >> whatever. whatever comes to mind. you don't need to share with us. so then put your weight on the wire a little bit. there you go. bend your legs. >> okay. >> and then when they call the cue, don't push off the ground. just sort of let the wire lift your feet up and it will look like you're going up. you guys ready? >> i'm ready. >> all right. >> here we go. >> there you go. ♪ i'm flying ♪ lying look at me -- where is the fairy dust? >> amazing. >> it's awesome! until, you know -- two hours later which you're going to be feeling. >> you're a natural. >> this is awesome. allison, we're so excited for you. >> thank you. >> such an incredible thing you're doing. >> i'm so excited. >> amazing. thursday night on nbc, matt, an incredible production. "peter pan live." >> all right, natalie and allison, thank you so much. and good luck, allison. we're rooting for you. coming up, we'll talk to

idina menzel about her new holiday album and shell perform for us, live. hi, idina. >> putting my shoes on. >> we'll see her in a moment. >> yeah. and then matt with chris rock on writing, starring and directing his new movie. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> we're talking

♪ we're back now at 8:38 with chris rock, the star, writer and director of the new movie "top five." he plays andre allen, a comedian with a serious new movie about to hope and an impending marriage to a reality tv star. and to top it off, he's being followed for a day by a "new york times" reporter. take a look. >> you know what, people are more accepting now and thank god for that, because this is literally rough for women, okay? >> yeah. >> but i am hopeful, because people are changing. >> yeah. >> okay? things are changing. you need to wake up and smell the progress. >> no, no, you need to wake up. nothing has changed.

some things never change. >> thank god, things change. >> look at this, black men trying to get a cab in new york city. ha ha, watch this. black man trying to get a cab. look at this. taxi, taxi, taxi! >> chris rock, good morning. good to see you. >> that's how i got here this morning. >> second time is a charm, right? >> yes! >> andre allen. he's an actor/comedian, check. >> check. >> big movie coming out on the day of the movie we follow him. >> check, check. >> about to marry a reality tv star. >> i did not marry a reality tv star. >> who is this guy? >> who is this guy? kind of like an amalgamation of a bunch of comedians, so me, martin lawrence, eddy murphy, chris tucker, chappelle and put us in a pot and get andre allen. >> i was reading, you're a fan of woody allen's movies. >> i love woody allen. it's his birthday today. how old is he --

>> 79. >> and richard pryor's birthday today. if richard pryor was alive today, he would be dead. [ laughter ] >> no, no, don't set it up that way. >> you love him, right? >> some of woody allen's trademarks, self examination in this movie. >> yeah, a little bit. there's a little bit -- you know, for the -- you know, people that know you. a little star dust memories in here, i could say, yeah. >> you take people inside the celebrity bubble a little bit, the world of agents and managers and press people and appearances and all that. you've lived in that bubble for several decades now. what do you think -- >> decades? >> yeah, i hate to say it. >> wow, man. makes me seem old! >> you're not old. what do you think most people would be surprised by inside that celebrity bubble? >> inside the -- what would people be surprised by? i guess people would be surprised that you don't always get what you want. you know? it's -- you have got oh -- you know. i'm -- i guess i'm a celebrity, but me personally, i don't really walk around with

bodyguards all of the time. i like to -- i like to drive myself. you know, i don't have -- >> do you think most people who dream of being in the celebrity bubble would find it as fun once they get inside it? >> yes! it's amazing! i love being famous. it's -- it's almost like being white. it's like really -- close to it. >> how would you know? >> i know. it's really close, man. >> andre allen in this movie is in a transitional part of his career, made a bunch of funny movies, dressed as a talking bear. >> yes. >> now he wants to do something more serious and keeps getting the question from people, why aren't you funny anymore? have you ever walked in a room -- do you ever feel the pressure when you walk in a room to be funny every moment? >> you mean like right now? >> yeah. >> yes. i mean, i try to cut it off when i'm around my family, you know. like, hey, you guys, i'm going to let it go right now. but, yeah, when -- when i walk into a meeting or, you know -- yes. i have a lot of -- a big thing

when people want me to be funny all of the time. >> people want the punch line. >> people want me to be funny even at funerals. people are like, why are you so sad? well, because my aunt just died. >> chris, this movie is called "top five," not only starring in it, but writing and directing, and opens in theaters on friday. >> it, does man. and rosario dawson and cedric the entertainer and kevin hart. it might work, man. >> it should work. >> "today" show. you guys are doing well. you've got ray rice's wife on, man. you'll show "good morning america." we've got the wife on! >> we'll be going to commercial in about 30 seconds. too late, my bad. >> we'll show you, robin roberts! matt lauer is going to get sick next, watch! we'll show you.

>> all right. "top five" opens friday. up next, get out the barbers' razors. we'll say goodbye to no shave live. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ ♪ you know, it's december 1st. no shave has ended. our beards are moments away from going away, and as you can see, carson is out in the chair in los angeles taking part in this. >> all right. that's cool. well, the reason we do this, of course, very serious cause of men's health. this year, carson and willie received testicular exams. a lot of you wrote in about that on social media. jackie says, thank you guys for showing these exams are painless and quick and can save your

life! >> this from jane hickerson who said, i wish you could know the number of people of whose lives you saved and are impacted from your actions. thank you for preventing people dying from embarrassment. >> let's get the shave underway. the blind barbers, no better name for this? here in new york city. they are going to get started. here's a look back at the month we've been through. >> all right, rob. >> reporter: it's a day of new beginnings here, all this month, the men of today are going to ditch the razors. >> carson grunts and grows hair. >> you look sexier with your beard. i saw pictures at the end last year, and i was into it. >> oh? >> this morning, we're testing the health iq. >> male testosterone levels decrease with age due to decreased function of the prostate. true or false? >> weren't you telling me about that, matt? >> talking about prostate

cancer. >> we have to touch a prostate today. nice beard. >> how did you do that. it's not as rich as yours. >> oh, that's nice. >> today, we'll get exams live on the air. when i heard what you were doing, i thought it was nuts. >> oh! >> high five, let's go. go team! >> who is going to play ball first? >> i'll go first. >> do you guys want to come in? no? okay. >> a simple test can truly save lives. >> in the studio, we have scott hamilton who survived testicular cancer. >> four months of chemotherapy, surgery, and now back to life. >> we're launching a no shave campus challenge. >> every member of the chapter is taking part in not shaving their beards. >> we are all members of the social club sig at the university of michigan raising $25,000 last year, and we already reached over $35,000 to date this year. >> since 2009, we have

participated in movember. we had a lot of alumni say we've gone through it and had prostate cancer. >> here's the 200 plus students who signed up to participate to promote men's health for the month of november. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is your life you're talking about. you need to be vigilant. >> too many men wait until it's too late. talk about these things, get it checked out. it can save your life. >> again, i thank our friends gilette with a generous donation, $50,000 going to the cancer society with a supply of razors and shaving cream today. thank you to them. >> that's right, and nbc stations and affiliates. >> you are doing great. >> our nbc affiliates joined the campaign, 45 local anchors growing out their facial hair. we posted their pictures on our facebook page, and we asked you to pick your favorite. >> the winning anchor, the ron

burgundy of the bunch, david george from ktau in anchorage, alaska. >> looks good. >> nice work, david! >> how do you feel? ten pounds lighter? >> well, not quite, but a nice feeling. >> do you have any blades that are not rusty? >> oh? >> carson, how are you doing? carson? >> doing good, guys. i got steve here, already feel so much better. my dad lost his battle to cancer. my mom beat cancer. this is an inspiring month. i thank the viewers for sending in their stories, a great to be a part of it. >> i almost don't recognize carson without the beard now. >> i don't recognize carson because it's been so long since he's been here. [ laughter ] >> wow. >> guys, keep doing it. >> this is the best part. >> doing important work here. thank you so much to rob and the team, and we'll be back in a moment, but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ let

♪ the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. we are back now at 8:51 with tony winner i deidina menzel, t voice of elsa on "frozen" starring in "if then." and out now with "holiday

wishes." good morning. always good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> i just saw you in "red book" magazine and you said having this kind of success where people might know my real name, took a long time to stop chasing it and just embrace it. when did you know you made it? do you know you've made it? >> some days it feels good. and other days it doesn't. i don't know. yeah, it feels good this year. definitely feels good. i've been at it a long time. and like i said in the article, you're always trying to, like, get after it and figure out how, you know, what's the next best thing. and when you finally relax and just kind of relinquish and be who you are, things happen. >> i'm going to let you sing. >> i just assume because it's so successful, that's what they're up to. >> it cries out for it. i'll let you sing. ♪

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♪ silent night ♪ oh ♪ oh a very good monday morning to you, it's 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. attention holiday shoppers. the best deals to be had today can be found online. today's cyber monday and workers of one amazon.com processing center are bracing for a shipping onslaught. cyber monday generated close to $2 billion last year in sales. meanwhile, maybe there's some black friday fatigue. the latest black friday numbers

suggest far fewer went out to the nation's shopping malls over the thanksgiving holiday. for the entire weekend sales, they were down 11% over the same period one year ago. another local news update is coming up in half an hour. also include weather and traffic. in the meantime, enjoy your monday morning.

♪ from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this beautiful monday morning here in new york city. it is the first day of december, 2014. i'm willie geist along with al roker and weekend today's sheinelle jones. tamron takes time off. and natalie is hanging with the cast of peter pan. and really enjoying herself a little too much. let's be honest. >> she has always been a swinger. >> there it is. >> you can see it, right? >> so it begins. >> i heard that. >> we're your lost boys, natalie. >> oh. >> oh, yes, i'm hacking o hangig out with the lost boys here. >> we'll talk to her in a few minutes. she was doing the high wire with

allison and the whole thing. >> so how do you guys feel? >> i feel good, but this -- you are like a lifetime movie villain. what do you call that, air patch? what is that? >> soul patch. >> air patch? >> i don't know! i've never had one. i know it's air, soul, something. >> in case you missed it, we ended our no shave november this morning. and last year we got shaved, i took it down to a mustache for our hour of the show so this year the goatee. honey, if you're watching, i'm not coming home with this. >> bad boy. >> it's kind of wanna be bad boy. >> do wives like the hair? i like it. i think i like to see it, but i don't want to feel it. does that make sense? >> does your husband? >> he has a little something-something. soul patch. >> like a goatee? >> he has a cabbage patch. >> without the little -- >> your husband has got the

cabbage patch. >> a lot of us like the cabbage patch, i guess, i don't know. we like this, but we don't want to feel it. is that possible? >> so you like looking at it, but just stay the heck away from me? >> i want to see it. i don't want to -- yeah. >> so enjoy this for the next 60 minutes. it's going away real soon. but it was another successful no shave november. >> i want to save it. hold on. >> can you tweet that? >> i think it's hot, willie. >> no, you're patronizing me. just stop. >> i'm not! >> you know who digs it, jeff scarborough. >> i thought you were going to say chuck todd. >> you have to do that caesar haircut. >> if you do it with confidence, i'll believe you. >> and the good news, once you shave, you'll still have a chin. >> i don't know where this is show is headed now. let's talk about ray rice. matt had an incredible interview with his wife janay this morning. obviously you saw over the weekend the form running back.

we heard from candy palmer. matt asked for the reaction to the immediate aftermath of the elevator attack and security video that showed rice not comforting his wife after knocking her out. >> i was very upset by that part. and i told him so. i basically told him i didn't care, you shouldn't have left her like that. and i told him after i saw it, why did you just leave me there like that. >> did you see that part? >> yeah, that's the one part. >> why didn't you comfort me? >> yeah. he said he was terrified. >> terrified. >> he was in such shock that this had just happened, he didn't -- know how to function at that point. and then, you know, obviously by that time hotel security is

there. the police are there. >> janay told matt she still hasn't seen the tape from inside the elevator. she saw the one from the outside, where she's dragged out, still hasn't seen the punch from inside. >> i appreciated hearing from her, and matt said it this morning when he said it's co complicated there. is so much judgment. obviously social media changes the game. but i appreciated hearing from her. and i almost just want to give her a hug and comfort her. >> she did lash -- in fact, social media, which went on instagram. >> yeah, she did. she lashed out when the second video came out for making her relive the moment in the elevator. >> i was so angry. hurt. to see the man i love, everything ripped out from under him. it made me angry. the support system i thought we had in the ravens, that made me angry. the fact that i knew we wouldn't be here anymore, made me angry.

we have to pick up and move our child from what she's used to. it hurt. it hurt a lot. i just had to get it off my chest. >> did it feel better? >> it did. it did. >> there's no obvious -- it goes without saying, there is no defense for what ray rice did. but people from the outside looking in at their relationship, they met when they were teenagers, which is about when i met my wife, and thinking about if you have one terrible, horrible, awful, indefensible moment, does that define your whole relationship and do you turn and walk away? >> and you think back to that volatile moment and imagine if it was on camera and on social media. and what struck a chord with me, the fact they have a child so you have a kid in the middle of this. >> matt has got an interview, talk with ray rice tomorrow. ray came -- he was not there during the interview, came home later. and the other thing is, i was struck by her parents. just such a strong couple. and you can see where she gets her strength from.

>> and did you hear her mom say, i didn't raise her to be a victim. you know, so it was good to hear her mom. >> exactly. >> absolutely. >> shifting gears a bit, you mentioned -- i thought it was interesting, you have been with your wife since high school? >> we started dating in high school. but i've known her since we were 11. >> 11 years old? so let me state the topic here. so what about you, really quickly? >> we met in 1994. but our age difference -- i'm six years older than deborah. >> so here's the deal, okay? i guess -- >> bode well. >> apparently for a lasting marriage, try marrying someone your own age. i think if you look -- why is everybody giggling? >> that's my mistake. >> one year discrepancy in a couple's age makes them 3% more likely to divorce. a five-year difference makes them 18% more likely to split up and all the way to ten years. a ten-year difference makes them 39% more likely. >> and your marriage? >> i was my husband's tour guide in college. he was 17 at the time.

i was 19. that's why i was interested. >> you remembered him from the tour? >> i thought he was so cute. i remember saying -- i remember saying -- i was at northwestern, i was a tour guide, and i remember saying, you know if you were just a little older. >> did you? did you do that to him? >> you're so cute. yeah. >> it worked. >> he had this going on. and then he enrolled the next year, i think. >> because of you? >> and the rest is history. >> so how much older? what's the spread? >> two years. >> okay. >> he skipped a grade or something. he was smart, so, you know -- >> so you were scoping out incoming freshmen. >> i was a little cougar on campus, al. >> wow! >> don't judge me. >> no, not at all. >> judgment-free table. because, no -- i don't know. >> you obviously haven't watched this show. >> but they say -- i guess if you're closer in age, you have more in common. but there are other things, obviously. >> yeah. >> do you think so? >> yeah. i mean, mine is different because i've known her for so long. we have so much in common. friends are the same for the most part so our foundation is

solid. i think you can relate to the same things. >> i don't think six years is a big deal. do you? >> i hope not. i don't think so. >> are you happy? >> i'm very happy. although i will tell you, when you have kids and you're an older dad, you know -- >> ah. >> it is -- you know, when lila said -- i just never thought i would have a dad this old. oh! what's the alternative? dead. >> you don't feel a spread in your relationship with deborah, do you? >> no. you know i do feel it with our kids' friends' parents. because we're friends of parents who are much younger than us. >> i feel it was harder for me when we were in college, for example. i'm in the work world and he's still at frat parties and i remember calling him at 4:00 in the morning and i was going out on a live shot and i hear music in the background and i'm like -- now that we're adults, we have new memories, kids. >> did you ever reenact the tour when you met? >> you know what, that's a good idea, willie. >> throwing that out there. >> wow. >> just throwing that out there. >> okay, wow. man, people finding all sorts of stuff -- >> you need some of these

pajamas. have you seen these? >> these are -- >> oh, we're doing the sweaters first? >> these are suits. ugly holiday sweaters, big. so how about a whole -- a holiday suit? a christmas suit. >> hey, now. >> 109 bucks. we're going to get these. you and i. we're going in. >> put them on. >> we're going in. >> wear that to a holiday party. >> sure, look at that. >> do we have one? >> if we don't, we're going to make one. >> sharp. >> i think if you wear it with confidence, al -- >> absolutely. >> you can't wear that very often, though. >> no, just around the holidays. one time. >> one day a year, in, out. >> maybe when you're going to meet a resident assistant or something like that. >> if you're giving a tour, let's say. >> giving a college tour, wear something like that. >> hey, now. why do i keep saying that? hey now. >> hank kingsley. from -- from larry sanders. i like it. hey, they had a ton of rain

yesterday in southern california. and they're going to get more today. in fact, a nine-mile stretch of the pacific coast highway, mudslides, rock slides. still closed today. maybe even into tomorrow. and guess what? we've got more heavy rain coming in later today into tomorrow and wednesday, because we've got a big storm system off the california coast. this thing is loaded with moisture. we've got a lot of moisture coming up out of the pacific. and it is going to converge from northern california, the pacific northwest. this time, all the way into southern california. while it's not a drought-buster, they're in three years of serious drought, it is going to drop about 1 to 2 inches along the coast in the foothills. could be up to 5 inches and we could be looking at more mudslides over the next 72 hours. that's 9:10. it's the rain we need. we're going to hold off on the heavy, steady stuff for today. as you can see, bring your umbrella with you. on and off light activity in the

forecast for today. mostly cloudy conditions from the tiburon time lapse. that's going to be the story for your monday. 70 degrees, comfortable conditions temperaturewise in the south bay. 69 degrees on the peninsula. as we head throughout tonight, the heavy rainfall moves in. and take a look at this. snow caps, sierra nevada this morning. almost a foot of fresh powder and more on the way. and that's your latest weather. >> so we've got a segment coming up later in the hour, christmas treats. look what people have done here. this is a reese's peanut butter cup made into christmas trees using a ding dong and marshmallows. >> are you sure it's a ding dong? >> it is. oh, i didn't see the hole. there we go. we want to know, do you have a delicious home made holiday recipe? enter for a chance to win today's holiday cookie contest. share it with us. the official rules on today.com. winner gets hands-on cooking lessons, just fantastic.

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♪maybe it's maybelline. you know rene russo from some of hollywood's most memorable movies like "lethal woman" and "get shorty". >> now playing a tv news director in the new film "night crawler." take a look. >> the only shot of a couple is through a window. >> police were shutting it down. >> i don't like it. >> like what? >> the footage looks like he broke in. he's giving their name off a piece of private correspondence. >> excuse me, that's junk mail. >> i have a problem with that. >> we'll knock out a killer package. >> that's my job. >> no, your job is getting the tweet of the day, and getting

deb to turn sideways during the weather forecast. we're running it. >> i got a chuckle. >> we've all worked for news directors like you. >> i heard that. what's with women? >> not just women, guys too. i mean, i've got to tell you when, when i saw you in "thor" i was like rene russo. and here you are. this is really a terrific run you're having. >> no, well, it's a great role. nina was fun. she was great. and i don't -- i mean, i don't like to work on something that is challenging and she is such a cool character, so i had fun with her. >> you started to answer my question, i don't work unless it's challenging. people saying rene russo is back. you disappeared for ten years. >> i kind of did disappear. >> what were you up to? >> i was watching you "morning joe." >> at 3:00 a.m.? >> yes. >> what has got you up? is. >> so i would watch for half an hour and tape the rest.

but yeah. way too early? >> i almost broke into tears when you said that. >> no, i love every minute of it. >> were you going to open a dairy? >> yeah. i have a handful of cows outside of buffalo. and i did. i thought, well, you know, at 50, i said, i have to try something else. or otherwise i was never going to do it. so i partnered with a guy, pat lango. he's -- he is, like -- an amazing chef. and a dairy farmer. and we make yogurt, the official snack of -- of new york now. >> wow. >> new york state. it is the official snack. but -- and it's the best. so i mean, i'm like hogging my ---it like, white cow dairy. >> go for it. >> why not? >> i didn't expect to do that, but -- >> so this movie is really a family affair. your husband co wrote and directed it. that's got to be fun working together. >> no, no. it was good. yeah. we had a good time. for the most part.

no, no. we had a great -- he's a wonderful director. of and he's an actor, director, and he can be very specific. he allows you to sort of play and change his mind. gives you an opportunity to, you know, switch it up and change his mind. >> what's the audition process like? do you give your husband a head shot? >> i can't actually say. i can't really talk about that, willie, but, you know -- i had no idea. it's so hard to get a film off the ground. i mean, it really is. so i wasn't like you have to write a part for me. and then when i read the script, it was so good. but i thought this is never going to get off the ground. >> it was great. talk about jake gyllenhaal. it seems he is border line creepy and charming. does that make sense? >> i have to tell you, i hope that people recognize him, because what he did is pretty much as hard as it gets. because he had to sort of mix together so manyy4x character traits, and he did it beautifully. there was so little margin for error. and -- he's just -- he's amazing in this. and it was so difficult to do. he made it look easy.

>> i thought it was interesting, you said he didn't break. so did he stay in character? >> yeah, no, he didn't. the i was very quiet in between. because you can see that he was really working it, and it was like watching -- like someone give birth. i mean, you know, he really had to walk a tight rope. he was creepy, but charming. he had had so many different colors, and it's -- to put all that in, is very -- is just -- the hardest thing you can do. he was amazing. >> great performance. >> really good. >> rene russo, thank you so much. "nightcrawl "nightcrawler" is in theaters now. >> and the yogurt too. >> and the yogurt. >> get the yogurt, go into the theater and just have a good time. >> exactly. up next, before you do that cybermonday shopping for your kids, a warning about scooter safety. plus, reese witherspoon goes safety. plus, reese witherspoon goes wild, christian bale leaves ♪ it's cyber monday at verizon! hurry online to snap up our best cyber monday deals!

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city leaders say once bulldozers tear down an encampment, work can begin to help restore the area. also in san jose, the decision may come tomorrow to ban bicyclist on some city sidewalks. it would only impact areas with high numbers of pedestrians. cyclists like to use sidewalks for the added protection, of course, from vehicle traffic. many other cities, including san francisco, oakland and l.a. have implemented similar measures. okay. you're probably trying to get your bearings after the holiday. we'll have a look of your weather and traffic after this break.

welcome back now, the time is 9:28. light activities, hit or miss. really not going to organize at this point. a lot more rain on the way. tonight into tomorrow morning, i want to show you this really pretty picture. this is from high atop san bruno mountain show you the high and mid-level cloud cover moving in as the storm system gets closer and closer to us. temperatures are going to be comfortable for today. and we're going to see light

activity. come this time tomorrow mortgagmortgag morning, bouts of heavy rain. >> the moisture disorganized, i guess. that's why we're seeing it all over the place. this is an issue west 580, slow through dublin. we'll look at your map. and we have this orange blob right here talking about the tri-valley fog continuing over here. 680 has been slowed, west 580 as a result of that. your commute really kicked in after last week's vacation. but still not as bad as it could be. crash north 880 through oakland, as well. >> drivers try to avoid that haze, probably also from the holiday. another look at your news, weather and traffic in 25 minutes.

♪ welcome back to "today" on a monday morning. it is the first day of december, 2014. i'm willie along with al and sheinelle jones, joining us from "weekend today" for a couple days while tamron is off. good to have you here with us. natalie is with the cast of "peter pan live" on another one of these big, beautiful sets. natalie, where are you this time? >> yeah, this is unbelievable, willie, my kids would go crazy if they could see this. right now i'm in the lost boys' hideout on top of it right now. but all around me is neverland. you see, they have built everything to be this 360-degree experience as they're bringing stage to life on television. on nbc thursday night. now, as i mentioned, it is so detailed and elaborate, down to the hatch that i'm about to go down. take a look. >> oh-oh.

>> this is one doorway that leads to the lost world hideout. and i've got to tell you, you fly when you come down this thing. >> wow. >> really fly. it's pretty amazing. he's one of the lost boys. that's a good way to commute. if i could do that in the morning -- >> absolutely. who wouldn't want that? >> what is it like being a part of this? you guys seem to have all of the fun on-set. >> absolutely. we try to steal all of the fun from the pirates. no, it's great. we're getting to play. it's like we are boys and we get to have a lot of fun and we have a great cast and amazing crew. everyone from top to bottom is just making this truly a magical experience. and this is where we get to go to work every day. >> this is pretty amazing. i have to say. i mean, my kids would love coming here. so you guys, break a leg thursday night, all right? so excited for you. thanks so much. we'll be talking more with the cast coming up in just a little bit, willie. >> that is a pretty cool playground, natalie. see you in a couple minutes. >> al, what's going on outside our window here? >> we should have one of those here. a slide. >> fire pole.

>> exactly. >> either way. >> well -- >> no? >> okay. well, let's show you what we've got for the next 30 days since it is first day of december. much of the country going to be above normal, according to the national weather service. in fact, really the northern two-thirds of the country above normal, along the gulf coast maybe below normal. the good news is the precipitation. texas, california, both under severe drought. and hopefully for the month, we get a little bit of a break. this is california's rainy season. so hopefully it will live up to that. normal around the rest 9:32. this is what al is talking about. take a look at this, coyote creek actually flowing. this is from tammy raines. we love your pictures. more opportunities for you to see your picture right here on nbc bay area. here's the deal for today. on and off hit or miss shower activity. bring your umbrella with you. although, you're not going to be

using it like we're expecting you to be using it tomorrow. a lot of heavy rainfall on the way. in less than 24 hours, also some thunderstorms expected, as well, another round wednesday, all the latest today at 11:00. ♪ and that is your latest weather. >> well, grab your smartphone and pull up the calendar. time to tell you about some of the biggest events in entertainment this month. >> here with the lowdown on the movies, music and tv shows you don't want to miss, entertainment weekend radio host jessica shaw. good to see you. >> you too! >> busy month. let's start this week, wednesday, wild with reese witherspoon. people going nuts about her performance. >> going crazy about it. reese witherspoon stars in this adaptation of cheryl straid's novel about this 1,100 journey an the pacific coast trail after the death of her mother and divorce and personal problems. a lot for an oscar nomination, if not the oscar win. she said it's the hardest movie she has ever made to which i say "legally blonde" that was not easy. come on, reese. >> a little harder.

>> okay, let's move to december 9th, series finale of sons of anarchy. theo rosci here last week. it's going to be huge. >> yeah. well, a lot of people wondering how they're going to tie up this very beloved drama about a motorcycle club in california. whether -- the show is full of heroes. do you make them pay for their crime, a lot of murder and bad stuff, or do you let them bike off into the sunset? >> also on the december lineup, on the 12th "exodus" a blockbuster budget. >> huge budget. christian bale plays moses. ridley scott turns his attention to the biblical story of "exodus" from egypt. a lot of controversy, christian bale has described moses as schizophrenic, the film being criticized because the cast is largely white, even though the film is set in egypt. and really, scott is explaining certain things like the parting of the red sea saying it was not divine intervention. there was an earthquake. >> we'll watch for that. let's jump other to music, and

nicki minaj with a new album, "the pink prince." >> a nod to jay-z's classic album. she wants this album to do for female rappers what the blueprint did for male rappers. and we'll see. i mean, it's a grand statement, considering she is someone who is sampling sir mix-a-lot. >> yes. this next one, i cannot wait for this. "elf:buddy's musical christmas" tz;5zovie everyone loves and se hayes the producer. >> starred will ferrell and turned into a musical and now jim parsons doing the voice of buddy and he travels to new york city to find his dad. great characters. voiced by jay leno and mark hammel and even your colleague, matt lauer. how do you think his acting is? >> they didn't call us, did they? >> yeah, i didn't get a call. >> that's one of my dreams, to be in a movie, when a character sits down and they turn on a

movie and you see an anchor there. >> we can make that happen for you. >> we know a guy. >> so december 16th, more music. the sophomore album from charlie xcx". we're going to sing the music. ♪ >> i think a lot of people really knew her behind the scenes. she has written for iggy azalea and icono pop. but she had her own hit with boom clip. and i love her because she is 22 and inspired by the ramones and that gives me hope for the future. >> december 17th, a lot of folks waiting for this one. third installment of the has beenit trilogy. >> peter jackson finally leaving middle earth after the three hobbit films, three lord of the rings films. i feel gandolf should shape his beard like you guys did. he finally can. >> knock it down to a goatee. >> gandolf goatee. >> how about on the 19th, the "annie" movie. jamie foxx, cameron diaz. a lot of people excited for this one.

>> modern-day retelling of this movie. great young actress. she plays annie, kid in new york city in foster care and her foster mother, ms. hannigan played by cameron diaz. this song initially developed for will smith's daughter, because he's a producer, but she decided she didn't want to do it. she didn't want to play a girl, she wanted to take time being a girl. >> annie is classic. so i'm really interested to see what they do. >> fun to see this crew together. jessica, always good to see you. thanks so much. coming up next, another must-see event that will hook you in. forgive me. "peter pan live", three days away. and natalie catching up with the i was active. i kept on top of things. i was energetic. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor and i agreed, moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. for some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. with less pain, i feel better.

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let's head back to natalie on the set in long island with the stars of the nbc musical "peter pan live." we're so envious. >> it is such an extravaganza. let me tell you i have the cast. christopher walken, we have peter pan, alison william, christian beryl and then we have kelley o'hara, mrs. darling. great to have you guys here. this is unbelievable. the set down too the last detail. this gives you the 360-degree perspective. what is it like running from set to set in between commercial breaks? i imagine sometimes live on the air. how do you manage? >> it's a lot. we all navigate it.

we both make trips between here and jolly roger. it's a lot to navigate. everyone has a job. you are running through hall ways, there is a guy who needs to get to neverland, i need to get into a quick change thing. you're going from being a man in the early 20th century to a pirate. >> then you fly. so what ould could go wrong. one of the producers said of sound of music if something were to go wrong it might be during "peter pan." what could go wrong? >> everything. that's the glory of it. we've got sword fighting, flying, and those have a degree of difficulty to them. but that's why we're here. we're working hard. working out all of the kinks. >> i got to ask you. i hear christopher here has captain hook really shells it. the songs, the dance, the sword

fighting and the tap dancing as well. kelly, what's it like working along side christopher walken? >> we don't have scenes together. >> also we're talking about something that hasn't happened yet. >> i know but we've been watching. i in my bath robe during most of the things watch on the monitors. it's magical. you just wait. >> christian, you're right next to him. does he steal the show? >> yeah. though you're standing right here but you're not going to disappoint. you can't. >> very modest. >> i just turn down the volume. >> no, you are so -- it's so good. it's like as a non-dancer who watch chris dances to watch someone who has it in his body so effortless. and i watch that and i wonder what would it have been like if i had been born with those skills. >> to be fair you move very well. >> you are the quadruple threat. sing, dangs, act and now you fly. >> i fly with the help of wires.

>> lift me up and i move. >> when i was a kid everybody says the child who you know, tap school, even -- whether they were in show business or not. like they went through you know -- basketball or something. >> that's how you learned. >> everybody. >> does this bring you back to your roots then? >> sure. rehearsing a musical, sure. >> does it make you want to do a musical on broadway? >> we rehearsed the this like the way i grew up. eight weeks of doing it and -- >> for one night. kelly is that -- you do broadway. >> make it happen. >> when you get in front of an audience you learn things. >> something like this. so kids reacting, how kids

react, the whole darling world, that transition is so important. i think we're all trying to channel the kid we know best reacting to all of it. you don't get to have anyone in front of us. you don't get to react to anyone's energy. >> you're doing it but the audience is home. you've got young kids so i know they are excited. >> i can picture my son. >> my kids are going to be watching. i cannot wait. guys, break a leg. good luck to all of you. and you can watch thursday night, 8:00 p.m. eastern time on nbc. coming up, some festive christmas treats after this. well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said.. doctor: symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement

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hey guys...guys! pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistable sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. make breakfast pop! if you promised yourself this would be the year you actually made something for the holidays for your friends, family, we have a few easy ideas to get you started. >> that's right. here with creative confections you can make with the kids, food director, regina regoni. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> you made the things on the cover, pretty impressive. but it's not that hard. >> it's not. you're going to show the audience how not hard it is. >> we're going to show them? >> we'll find out. >> these really fun candies here. get your setup.

now can you believe there are this many types of reese's? you're going to start with this little one and turn it over and you're going to put a little royal icing. >> so this is kind of like the glue? >> that's the glue. royal icing is an amazing glue. and put this one on top. no, around. >> okay. >> so you're making -- wait. i'm already messed up. >> you need a stool. >> i know. >> and then like that? >> yeah, and then icing. you want to get a little on the side, to get a little -- >> this is cute, because the kids can do this for sure. >> and this is the thing. ooh, you're good. look at al, hey! >> no fighting. i want you to keep in mind, it's okay that it doesn't come out perfectly, because it's peanut butter cups. >> oh. >> whoa. you like those sprinkles. look at him. >> who doesn't like sprinkles? >> put some sprinkles on yours. >> i was about to say, mine looks more like a tree. >> well, now. >> okay, there you go. >> i'm channelling my 2-year-old. >> wow, that's pretty good, al.

>> whatever. i'm just making a mess! >> moving on to reindeers. so here we go. these are cute doughnuts. the first thing you do, put a nose on there. he needs a nose to breathe. again, this great royal icing. >> this is such a cute idea. so the icing kind of keeps it. >> yep. >> a little runny nose there. and then we're going to put two little dots there. >> okay. this is really cute. >> and then a little mini chips there for the eyes. >> okay. >> and the most fun part is the antlers. look at al, you're good with those antlers. >> most of the times when we do these things, they're never really doable. these are doable. >> and let's finish up with the red velvet cake. >> delicious. we're not going to make that here, that's easy. but this is marshmallows, stick them through, and put the sugar on. and do you want to put a beard on him? or is he beardlesses?

>> this is the marshmallow. >> the hat with red icing. we're not going to do that now. but you can just put a beard on him. >> this is real cute. >> oh, he's taking the icing -- >> why are you taking my icing, al? >> and put these little -- >> my kids are so tired of typing paper and crayons. >> hi, regina, nice to see you. you've been a good girl. thank you so much, regina. and you can find the recipes on today.com. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ho, ho, ho!

this morning we enlisted some celebrity he feels into our 21st annual toy drive. chris rock and rene russo collecting gifts on their way to jersey and a children's group home in florida. >> joining us now is rachel,

vice president of marketing at ek publishing. good morning. >> morning. >> and you guys have always been so terrific. what are you doing this year? >> this year we're thrilled to announce we're donating $1.2 million worth of kids' books to the "today" show holiday toy drive. we are so psyched. we want a book in every kid's hands this holiday. >> i love giving a book to a kid. a toy is nice. a stuffed animal is nice, but a book changes them. >> it makes them curious, creative and they're fun for the whole family. you also don't need to recharge it. and they're very easy to wrap. they're square. so they're really awesome presents. >> rachel and sydney and dk publishing thank you so much for coming this morning. and a reminder if you would like to donate, you have until friday, december 19th. stop by the plaza or the nbc experience store. or donate at

well, good morning, everyone, 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. san francisco police trying to get a better description of the man who shot another man after an altercation in north beach. this happened midday yesterday in front of a cheesesteak restaurant on columbus avenue.

police say the gunman got out of his car, first roughed up the victim before firing and drove off in a gray sedan. and the deals keep coming for holiday shoppers. you don't have to go anywhere to find them. they're online. cyber monday. workers at one amazon.com processing center in tracy bracing for a shipping onslaught this morning. judging from the early black friday numbers, online shopping may be more popular than store shopping. retail sales took a 7% hit over thanksgiving compared to last year. well, let's check your weather this morning. >> hey, thank you. cloudy start over san francisco. today, warm temperatures later on, upper 60s coming your way. part of this is because we have a nice mild start to the day. lots of cloud cover and on and off light scattered showers. that's the weather story for your monday. then we bring in the heavy activity as we head throughout tuesday into wednesday. bouts of heavy rain expected for your tuesday. isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. we have a better chance for thunderstorms wednesday morning.

and series of rain continue. we'll tell you how much we're expecting and when today at 11:00. >> all right. over here, folks, southbound 880 through fremont. things are looking better. we had a real big bog down for the last half hour. look at your map. things are starting to thin out. not fully returned after last week's holiday. still a slower drive west 237, in toward mountain view. the south bay also shows a little slowdown. and all of this traffic southbound 680. bogging down currently. a recovery for the dunbarton bridge, across that span and spilling over 880 down through oakland. back to you. >> we'll have more on local news, we'll see you in half an hour. cocoa or eggnog? toasty or frosty? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire.

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. it is fun day monday, december 1st. it is cybermonday. hope you had a wonderful time this weekend. but -- >> what? >> it is also the beginning of dressember. >> how was the turkey at the giffords' house. >> turkey at the giffords' house -- we had two. you get two turkeys, that way you get more cavities to put in more stuffing and two more drum

sticks and it is moister because the bigger the bird, the harder it is to keep it moist. they were delicious. we had a small thanksgiving. even cody's god parents were there, my brother and sister-in-law and the gang. it was fun. >> and regis was at the house. >> regis came on saturday. had to be fast rehearsal because he had to get home to see usc slaughter notre dame badly. i felt bad for reege. that's sal, the leading man. that's regis in the middle learning some choreography. >> looks like he's out of -- like he's distorted. >> i know. it looks like we stuck his head on a popsicle stick. anyway, he didn't realize there would be such complicated choreography. >> the musical is happening on friday, everybody. >> yeah. we didn't want to steal peter pan's thunder. we decided not do it on thursday. we'll wait now and you'll see it on friday, right here, december

5th. >> i have the gang -- they were here on the show on thursday. >> yes, we saw. >> they all came. and they have got -- who -- a whole bunch of people, that's something else. >> uh-huh. >> a whole bunch of people ended up coming to see us. my brother, wife, two kids and we have great, great pictures of all of the events that i'm sure you're in the process of seeing. but anyway, it was terrific. >> you pack that weekend like crazy. >> what we served, we should point out, the drink of choice was gift wine. >> that was the -- >> you're not allowed to talk about my stuff, thank you. >> by the way, delicious. lip-smacking good. we ended up doing a lot of things. we went -- they went to the circus and then we went to the parade. and then ryan eggles was there. >> he said i'm with hoda. where are you? >> and i saw beautiful for the fifth time with my mom. >> i think it is the sixth. >> it might be the sixth.

and my college roommate came. she and her two daughters are here. >> i think the story is you couldn't keep a roommate, so you had ten of them, right? >> i did win messiest roommate repeatedly. repeatedly. >> so does cas. don't worry about it. >> you have news in your family. >> we have been on baby watch for the last ten days. we didn't really know when we would get the word, but my beautiful sister's daughter went into labor on saturday. and i got the call about 1:00 in the morning, sunday morning, that their son, aaron michael was born 6 pounds, 13 ounces, they named -- they named the baby after my daddy. >> sweet. >> uh-huh. and the middle name is for her husband mark's brother who passed away. so i -- needless to say it was -- everything else pales in comparison to the birth of a

brand-new child in your family that's healthy. praise god. praise god. >> yes. all right. so if you guys watched our show last week, you saw kathie lee and barbara corcoran go head to head over one of their curb appeal segments where it gets nasty. >> on one part. >> on one person's part. >> mm-hmm. >> so we asked the viewers to vote who see who did a better job zhuszhing up the homes and the viewers have spoken. number one house, the first one, kathie lee clear winner. barbara is on left, not great. that's what yours did. house number two, that one went to kathie lee as well, again. barbara's not great. >> she's going to be so furious. >> the final house, number three, went to barbara. >> that's unusual. >> anyway. the winner, two out of three, is kathie lee. >> can we pull those up side by side, please, because i'm going to contest this. >> you still won. she wanted all three.

>> i like my picket fence better. >> the viewers have already spoken. >> let the viewers speak, okay. tina fey and amy poehler will be hosting the golden globes, a great idea, for the third year in a row. nbc released a new promo in which they reveal who they're going to be wearing. >> amy and are super excited to be hosting the golden globes again this year. >> tina, everyone wants to know who will you be wearing? >> i will be wearing a pierre romper with cheese and children's ice skates. >> and i'll be wearing an er bandage dress with stilts by the ohio stilt kings. >> that sounds gorgeous. >> either way, we expect to fall. >> join us. >> don't you love them? >> they're adorable. >> coming up on january the 11th. >> all righty. now, would you try this? this is one of those would you try? >> no. in a pinch, so to speak. i have no recourse. >> there is something out there called a full body moist

towelette. so, you know the little ones you get in the -- when you're eating ribs or whatever, wipes your face off, gets rid of the rib stuff. here is a jumbo and you can wipe your whole body off with it. >> don't take dirty parts and smear it on other parts that aren't -- >> see? he's all clean. so the company is called object solutions. anyway, they think the world needs it. i think sometimes that is good in the absence of not doing anything. >> yes. there is not fresh water in a lot of places. when i go to israel and go up into the hills and the mountains and all of that stuff, sometimes you would be happy for it. >> sometimes you don't feel like getting in the shower. >> well, that's -- my mother always called that a -- when you just use a little towel or something like that, that's a hooker bath. >> they did call them that. >> not that my mother would know. of all the people in the world. you just do the parts that needk &

>> sweet. >> you don't hear about that in new york that much. people said, sure, i'll give up my subway seat. it is important to them, because a lot of importantfyájjtáhr' their experience together happened while they were on the subway. i just want to know where they had -- i know where they had the -- they must have had the reception at subway. >> that would have been genius! >> i know. slap me, girlfriend.

yes. >> so this is an interesting -- they did another one of these studies and found out that you can guess how old someone is based on their name. business insider took a look and they looked at social security data since the 1880s. they say if you give them a name, they can tell you around their age. if your name is chelsea or hillary, you're most likely around 21 years old because bill clinton was elected to office in 1992 and people chose that name. >> most trinitys are 9 years old because that took off after the release of the matrix in 1999. i never understood. >> destiny is most likely 13 because in 2000 that is when destiny's child leased the second album. >> and dylan, if you care, most likely 12 years old, that name spr spiked after we met dylan mckay from beverly hills 90210. >> jordans born between 91 and 98 when the bulls won the championship with michael jordan. >> okay. most jews will not be happy

about this. they're 80 years old or older, most aprils are 33. >> most codies, we went into -- i did some extensive research, myself, i found most of them are in their 20s because a lot of parents named their kids cody after you guys named it. >> i wasn't the first to do it, but that is true. a lot of people named it -- >> you and i had things named after us. >> we have. >> goats. >> yeah, we did. >> dogs. a couple of baboons. yes. but we are honored, pleased. i tried to name lola hoda and you took great offense at that. regis was thrilled when i named my other dog regis. >> i don't know if he was thrilled. >> i'm not sure -- >> regis is in ashes up on my book case. >> let's talk favorite things, shall we? >> you go first, hoda. this is important. i love this. >> my favorite thing is a t-shirt and it was named in full disclosure by my closest friend karen, and they are -- it is

called life's about change. they're soft and cozy and it talks about all the things you want to change in your life, if you want to start working out, life is about change. >> make it happen. >> when you gave these to me before, my favorite shirt. i can't stand when they're in the wash because they're just delicious. >> i want to show you this one. when someone is expecting -- i should have gotten this one for shani before she delivered. >> change is coming. we're expecting. >> and i have a couple of things. first of all, ann boxcamper is a wonderful writer. she has a christmas book combinati combination. this is called the greatest gift. >> this is called unwrapping the greatest gift. >> she's worth it. she's amazing. now, i have been working with an organization for many years called international justice mission. go on their website and learn the history of it. it is unbelievable. they have a gift catalog. this is first day of december.

we're calling it dressember, different organization. you, if you want to give gifts that matter, gifts that get women out of brothels, saved, women -- all kinds of -- but the darkest of the dark in the world, go to dressmember foundation, it is called dressmember foundation.org. and make a donation. and this necklace i'm wearing today, some of their -- this was made by women released from trafficking and that organization is called noon day collection.com. here is another beautiful one. >> all on our website, you guys. >> deepest, darkest places of the world. why jennifer lawrence cried during the filming of the hunger games movie. and we'll show you how a-list celebs spent thanks today we're checking out some of the top gifts that walmart has at unbeatable prices. and i'm going to show you how to wrap them.

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time for "today's buzz" and all the hot hollywood scoop you missed while you were out over the holiday weekend shopping. >> here with the big celebrity news you can't live without is "entertainme"entertainment week writer tim stack. >> we love to call him stackable. okay, cookie, what have we got? >> new buzz around the new "star wars" trailer. what is the buzz? >> one of us cares. >> i know. i know. we're all big "star wars" fans. the new trailer came out on friday. i'm sure you were watching on your ipads. >> glued. >> glued to it. it is highly anticipated. the movie comes out in 2015, december 2015. full year from now, basically. and but it is -- the sequel to the future franchise directed by j.j. abrams. written by j.j., too. it is only 88 seconds, but it is all these little clips set the internet on fire. >> they do black things in between. >> little clips. this is the villain. this is the money shot.

>> the great, great, great grandson of darth vader? >> i don't know. but he has a three-pronged lightsaber. >> now i'm in. >> now you're in. i know you love a lightsaber. >> looks like a flying -- >> saucer. >> cookie. sad. let's move on to something we care about. >> we care about susan boyle. she has a boyfriend and we're happy for her. >> too early to call. we contacted her publicist. too early to call him a boyfriend apparently. susan boyle at 53 has met a man. and she is -- she met him at a hotel apparently, that they were both in the same hotel and had dinner and he was a gentleman to her and it is early. they're the same age. she was diagnosed with asperger's and revealed years ago that she had never been kissed. >> she said i know i had trouble with my behavior but now it has a name. good for her.

>> we talked about -- >> now she's getting some action. >> you know what? how about love? there is a different between love and sex. >> i said action. >> let's talk about stars like us, is how we teased it. sofia vergara, just like us -- >> not. >> she and joe manganiello were having -- let's see there. >> she for thanksgiving, she instagramed a bunch of photos with her new boyfriend, joe manganiello. and that's her -- that's her son and his girlfriend. like a little family portrait. leak a prom photo. look at joe's arms. and so -- and she took a photo of them dancing and they had a great time. they're not hiding their relationship. >> who else -- what other stars? >> there was kim kardashian and a pic of north west. look at her in her fur coat. >> like a little baby batman.

>> like a little baby vampire. she called her her best friend, she was thankful for north. and taylor swift, she sent a photo of -- a throwback photo of her with her family in 2009 and 2014, this is huge. a big change for her, five years later. she's the biggest star in the world. and miranda kerr, the model, she basically -- she has a photo of her and her son flynn making some pie or cutting a pie, something. >> a turkey. >> a turkey. i don't know what it is. okay. i have bad vision. sorry. bad eyes. it is a pie. it is a turkey. i don't really know. >> pot pie. >> and then there is dance wars apparently that julianne hough and her brother ignited on instagram. choreographied dance moves. she did a whole routine with her girlfriends. they do it for fun. and then this is mark ballast

and sadie robertson. >> and jennifer lawrence? >> oh, jennifer lawrence, her song, hanging tree, from mocking jay, part one -- can you hear it? i think we have it. this is her singing. i'm sorry. ♪ they say who murdered three ♪ strange things have happened here ♪ >> i like it. >> it is doing really well. oh, sure, okay. >> we were rehearsing on saturday, bambino and i were sitting there watching regis and sal, bambino jumped up right away and bit sal's pants because he hated it, twice. >> thank you. >> maybe that will go online. >> don't go anywhere. we're back to surprise our fans. it might be you. >> from beauty to bling and bouquets, the best gifts for your best friend after this with jill. but when i get time off, i take advantage of it. i have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture...

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lands in tucson, arizona. >> the winner, peggy and her daughter taylor who watch us on kvoa, channel 4. >> they're with us by skype. hi, ladies. >> hi. >> oh, my gosh. so excited. >> before we put you to test with trivia, we'll tell everybody why you were chosen. you have been diehard fans, watching it since the beginning. >> all of seven years now. though they're busy, this mother and daughter never miss an episode despite living apart. i love that. they still bond over our banter by sending selfies back and forth during the show. >> time for the trivia question you have 15 seconds and one guess. you guess it right, the grand prize is yours. are you ready? okay. what is our weekly trivia game segment called? is it called tuesday trivia or pop culture quiz or who knew?

>> go ahead. >> who knew. >> yes. you are going -- where are they going. >> grand fan prize, royal caribbean cruise, amazing. you and your guest, and i gather it is your daughter taylor, will head to the caribbean on a five night cruise of your choice. mexico, jamaica or grand cayman islands. >> while sailing on the high seas you can lounge by the pool and climb the rock wall and surf on top of the slow rider, you can also relax -- you can indulge in the spa, the restaurants. >> the food is great. are you excited? yes. everything is in tandem. like us. >> you're like us. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for watching. she plays the most powerful leader in the world on nbc's newest political drama. >> alfre woodard is here to dish on her own state of affairs right after your local news.

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welcome back. now meteorologist christina loren. we still have slick highways and some areas with poor drainage. we are going to find some puddles out there. do take it easy if you're going to be traveling today. temperatures looking good. upper 60s coming your way. on and off, spotty light activity when it comes to showers. more on the way, though, as we head throughout tonight. you'll notice, skies turning cloudy as we head throughout this afternoon. the rain arrives by tonight. heavy rain on the way for tomorrow morning. we'll give you all the details on that today at 11:00. we'll see you then. first, here's mike and your drive. >> traffic flows a little slow around the golf course. but look at that. the low clouds touching the top of the hills. still hovering. your map shows you, we have traffic hovering around south 680 for the rest of the tri-valley. not so bad. the orange indicating more fog. a smooth drive through the south bay, a good commute but it is tapering off, slow toward the

bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are off. a backup just starting to form again. we are back on this fun day monday with more of "today" and actress alfre woodard whose career earned her an oscar nomination and a golden globe. >> from l.a. law to her time spent on wisteria lane in desperate housewives and films including passion fish and the oscar winning 12 years a slave. >> now she's playing the leader of the whole free world, president constance peyton in nbc's intense new drama "state of affairs." take a look. >> the nigerians have accepted our support in an advisory capacity only. >> well, maybe we advise them to rescue the girls. >> i have very little diplomatic

leverage. >> i know. >> see if you can find the girls. but understand i cannot put american boots on the ground. >> i understand. >> what's next? >> what is next? >> yes, great to see you again. this is a complicated relationship anyway, but then when you figure in that katherine's character was engaged to your son that was killed in afghanistan, it gets complicated. >> it does. it forges a relationship that even as the president and as her top briefer, her cia analyst, we have a job to do to set out to right the wrong of that terrorist attack, but those two women who have been scorned also. so we have an under the table bond. >> you first got the script and they said to you, or the part, they said we want you to be the president, did you say, of course i'll be the president or

were you at all surprised? >> i think it was yes. it is like when you're playing, when you're a kid, you're playing palace who will be the queen? me. who wants to be the pope, the president, yes. and luckily, though, i knew it was joe carnahan who is a brilliant film director, does a lot of action. also a lot of action in our series. every week there is action. it is very exciting. but also he's a great storyteller and with miss heigl, i think katie is one of the best intuitive naturalistic actors. you always believe what she's doing. >> i love that scene in the cemetery. you know she in the past had a bad rap about her behavior in some ways. we have never, ever seen that here. she's delightful. she treats everybody so warmly and nicely. >> you know, i think that's the way she is in life. you know, she probably had a beef with a couple particular people in the past, that's

always between people. but the public, what's weird, it is like hysteria about sars or something. nobody -- when your mailman says something, what is that based on? and they say, i don't know. i heard it. >> it is -- >> you have a good feeling about this? sometimes when you're in -- on a great show, you sort of know you have something great. is that the feel you have with this? >> yes, yes. i think it is one that a wide -- a wide reach of audiences will like. like i said about the action, i actually love doing it, i got attacked in the convoy. i get -- it is exciting. >> as an actress. >> there are attacks on the homeland a lot this season. it is great storytelling. there is sexy parts with, you know -- >> does the president get sexy at some point? >> everyone else is getting sexy. i said it is important for the republic that they know -- >> sexual needs need to be met.

>> we were doing a bedroom scene and they had -- who plays the husband, he had on a t-shirt and some pajama bottoms. i said, take your shirt off. he said, why? i said, just take your shirt off while we are in the bed. >> you're bossy. >> i said, we want them to know there is action in this family. and so we were laughing, he said, why don't you take your shirt off. i should have known -- he was fabulous. it was good. >> that's terrific. we're excited for you. >> say hello to katie. that's her nickname. that's what we call her from now on. >> thank you so much. >> catch state of affairs tonight at 10:00 here on nbc. >> if you didn't check everyone off your shopping list this weekend, jill martin has the perfect gifts for your best friend, for guys, girls and pets. and danny seo is here. once in a while he has a good [coach] alright, listen up.

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it is time now to dig into jill's shopping bag. today we're pulling out gifts for all of your closest friends. >> male or female or four legged and furry, "today" contributor jill martin has affordable and festive ideas. >> hello, jill. >> ugly sweatesweaters, which i think are so ugly. fanatics.com, all the different teams. >> you have the saints. i have the heat. >> and then men are wearing them and loving them. >> how much? >> they're nice. >> they're a little pricey, but men can wear them forever. because everyone is loyal to their team. this is for the trendy best friend who loves all the names and they come out with something new each holiday. too faced, a carousel of makeup you can split them up. so you can give one it each friend. six friends, comes like this.

you give one a little something to each person. >> that's nice. >> and then the christmas crackers. i love these. these are from jillmalone.com. so they're crackers and they have three -- the body cream, the cologne in there, you can give those as a little gift. they pack well. >> hostess gift too. >> designer ornaments. you've given ornaments, but you can use it. this is fresh. starting at $18.50 and everyone loves the taste, the lip balm is good. and keil's, always a big favorite. starting at $28, bow comes on it, one and done. ben's garden.com starting at $34, all different sayings. so many of my friends begin with you. >> people give me over the years. i love them. >> we ought to be opening a bottle of wine. >> there you go, hoda woman. >> i said it again. >> jet set candy.

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if you have yet to put up the holiday decorations over the long weekend, it is time to get going because there is just 24

days left until christmas. >> you can create fabulous holiday decor by recycling stuff around the house. here with great ideas is the editor in chief of "naturally" danny seo. >> one of the launches of the year with your new project. >> your magazine is rocking. congratulations. >> thank you. >> what are we getting to? >> everything here today we're upcycling things, stuff you already have and everything costs less than $5 to make. this wreath is about a $2 wreath. take -- this is the messy part. this is what we're making. it is a $1 wreath frame, newspaper and zip ties. that's all you need. take a wad of newspaper like this, you put it on the wreath form, take a zip tie, and you basically just secure it on to -- >> and then unfold it. and then poof it out. >> go all the way around and around and viola, a wreath. >> you spray paint it or -- >> i like it natural but why? >> why would you? exactly, danny.

>> that's cute, danny. >> bottle of wine, it is like how do you wrap a bottle of wine. i take an old men's shirt and basically just -- you just cut off the sleeve. >> uh-huh. >> it is cute, actually. >> okay. >> you wrap this around the bottle of wine. this is the top of the bottle. you safety pin the bottom, go all the way around. >> and very cute. >> that is kind of cute. >> it is adorable. >> this is like the conservative version. >> oh. >> i love this one. holiday cards, you're setting your christmas table and you need card markers, why not make a little house out of that. >> make them useful. >> you cut it out -- >> it is hard to know what to do with cards. >> put them in a bowl, on the wall, why not make a three dimensional thing. >> that's cute too. >> look at this. >> he's rocking it. >> you usually don't like what danny does. >> no, i don't. but he's rocking it. >> three for three. >> yeah. >> i like you. okay, so this one is for you,

kathie lee. you'll take this -- >> hoda, you're not -- you're still learning. this is for you. >> i don't want the junior version. >> when you have a sweater that has a lot of stains or holes or rips in it, you can make sweater trees. >> that's cute too. >> this is a 50 cent styrofoam -- i like you kathie lee, but $1 styrofoam form, you use contrasting pins and look what you end up with. >> what is it? >> sweater trees that you can decorate your mantle with. the secret when you cut the sweaters, you don't have to be neat and perfect, you pull it and stretch it and actually make it, like, completely stretched. >> very cute. >> you're doing a pretty good job. >> thank you. >> she can when she chooses to. >> i don't. >> you go all the way around and around. cover the whole thing. look how sweet it is. >> cute. okay. >> i like stuff like that. >> this is a dollar.

this one, this is -- >> do not even start. >> finished. >> it is cute. >> put that on your etsy shop. this is a permanent way if you want to cut out right here, you just push down and bake it and we're making a permanent garland. it is permanent $1 clay, bake it in the oven, we decorated with puffy paint for t-shirts. >> of course you do. >> once you bake it -- >> only you know there is something called puffy paint. >> you can decorate it with eyes right here. do it on the baked one. this is a baked one for you. you mackke a little like -- >> look at that. that's fun. >> the way you get the hole in the middle, use a pastry tip and cut out holes in the middle, like this. and then thread it. >> and then -- >> this is when take your children's toys and make a large hanging christmas ornament. little piece of paper and glue it on, some pine.

>> thanks, danny. all great ideas. danny seo. congratulations on your magazine. we'll be right back with more holiday cheer. but first this is "today" on nbc.

we're really excited to tell you about our 21st annual toy drive in full swing at the "today" show. we give back to the community and spread a little holiday cheer. >> today we have a special guest, bb woo, vice president of fabric conditioning and visual branding for one of our generous contributors with her 9-year-old son becket. >> isn't it great when all your teeth come in? i love it. >> tell us about what you guys are donating. >> we're donating high quality laundry products like all detergent, and for the kids we're donating $25,000 adorable snuggle bears. >> fantastic. >> we don't think about this sort of thing that people need and how much difference it makes

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parts of the bay area getting a brief break from the rain, but don't put your umbrella away just yet, or you might end up getting drenched this afternoon. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. let's get right to the weather after mother nature released a wild weekend across the bay area. today's the day to prepare for that next round. >> and that next one is going to bring just about a little bit of everything. meteorologist christina loren keeping a close eye on the sky. we always know it's a busy day when it's super quiet in the weather department. >> i know, i feel bad. people keep coming over. i know they want to know their personalized forecast. i've got to get it down, first.