flight today. >> 154 delays. >> 154-minute delays. that would be a lot of delays. we'll see you, again, in 25 minutes. . good morning. chaos on the strip. a woman with a toddler in the back of her car plows into pedestrians on the las vegas strip overnight. police believe she acted intentionally. a live report this morning. front runners. donald trump fires back after hillary calls him isis' best recruiter. >> she lies like crazy about everything. she's a liar and everybody knows that. >> this morning he'll speak with us live. saved by his scouts. a boy scouts leader credited for

saving his life after being mauled by a bear. the quick thinking scouts gave new meaning to their motto be prepared. the wrong winner named and crowned at the miss universe pageant before host steve harvey has to admit he made a mistake. >> i have to apologize. >> sending credibly awkward moments followed before the real winner was crowned. today, monday, december 21st, 2015. >> from nbc news, this is today with matt louer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. hoda is in while savannah enjoys some time out. >> awkward. >> they took the crown off one contestant's head and put it on another.

>> what killed me was watching miss columbia wave and blow kisses because she thought she won and then to hear the news, everybody was hurting after that. >> we're going to tell you much more about that coming up later on. we're going to start on a monday morning with our top story. a woman now behind bars after police say she intentionally drove her vehicle on a crowded sidewalk on the las vegas strip and carried out the rampage with a toddler in the backseat of a car. morgan radford is live with the latest. good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: matt, good morning. the strip has finally reopened after being closed all night for the investigation. this has the woman in question remains in custody. overnight a chaotic scene on a las vegas strip after police say a woman drove her car on crowded sidewalks. officials seen the female driver

in her 20s with a three-year-old child in the car when she jumped the curb and plowed into pedestrians. one said people flew like bowling pins as the car flew in the crowd killing one and jurying othejur injurying others. >> people running behind the car chasing the car and they were not police officers chasing the car. >> according to witnesses, the driver seemed to ignore people pounding on the windows and yelling at her when the car finally came to a stop on the street. police say she then took off again jumping the curb at least two more times slamming into more people near planet hollywood. >> and yet, the driver did go from one location into the street and back on to the area where pedestrians were in front of the palace. she left the crime scene driving to a hotel just a few blocks away where police found the car

with a smashed windshield and arrested her. they believe the woman recently moved to the area. >> the information i got she may have been here for a short period of time but she's not from here. she recently moved here. >> the driver and the child remain unharmed this morning. the police say if they find out this was intentional, they'll treat it as a homicide act. back to you. >> this morning, mar gorgan, th you very much. >> thank you very much. a suicide bomber has reportedly killed six. chris has the latest. good morning. >> hey, hoda, good morning. we are still getting details on this. u.s. officials tell nbc news that our american soldiers among those killed and wounded.

the number of dead reached six while total wounded is three soldiers at this hour. earlier, the taliban said it was behind the attack but it claimed 19 soldiers have been killed. that appears to be a far higher number than is accurate. the suicide bomber detonated the explosives as he drove off the coalition forces which included some afghan forces. local media have been reporting nato troops were killed in the attack. again, in this stage we know there are only americans on the casualty list. we don't know the extent of their injuries. >> we want to turn to politics now and donald trump firing back at hillary clinton after she focussed her attacks on him at saturday's democratic presidential debate. first nbc's hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump kept up his twitter attacks but his

biggest target lately is not in his own party. it's hillary clinton taking aim at the g.o.p. front running. hillary clinton dismissing her democratic rivals for a competitor not on the stage. donald trump now hitting back. >> hillary is not strong. hillary is weak frankly. her policies were a disaster for the world. >> their war of worlds intensify. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadist. >> so far, no proof that's the case. something trump is pointing out online. >> it's just another hillary lie. >> and on air. >> she lies like crazy about everything. whether it's trips where she was being gunned down in a helicopter or airplane, she's a

liar and everybody knows that. >> republicans are also taking aim at another clinton comment after she referenced the security counsel resolution in the fight against terror. >> we are finally where we need to be. we have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis. >> she is secretary happy talk. you listen to hillary clinton and you would think no one has a reason to be concerned. >> chris christie in new hampshire trails trump there as both trump and clinton dominate their respected races. a potential match up on saturday night live. >> aren't you worried about the republican. whose their front runner? >> donald trump. i told you. >> oh my god we're going to be president. >> trump meanwhile is doubling dune on his defense of russian president putin who called trump a bright and talented leader and who also faces widespread

accusations he's ordered political journalist killed. trump insisting there's no proof of any of that. >> thank you very much. donald trump joins us by phone now. mr. trump, good morning. good talking to you. >> good morning. let's talk about the fight, the criticism. you fired back at hillary clinton after the debate saturday night. she's working on the ban of muslims entering the country and they have become isis' best recruiting tool and they're showing people videos of your comments. there's no proof, no tape. thus she is a liar and lies a lot. don't you open yourself up to the very same criticism when it comes to your claim thousands of muslims celebrated. there is no tape, are you guilty by your same standard? >> first of all, many people saw that happen, matt, as you know. it was written about in the washington post and numerous other places. i've been totally exonerated from that. i've had headlines exonerated.

i can send you a story but as far as hillary is concerned, she's always been whether it's white water or the e-mail scandal. she always lies. now to be saying we're just right in the perfect spot with that's a lie. i don't think she knows what she's doing. she's been a mess wherefore she's been and created a mess. you look at her record. excuse me. >> we can go back and forth on whether there's video whether muslims celebrated on 9/11. >> you should go back and forth. there's many, many witnesses and many stories come out that they celebrated and by the way, matt, around the world they celebrated all over the world when the world trade center was falling down which is disgusting but they happened to celebrate in parts of new york and simply in parts of new jersey. >> let me move on. we have plenty of information. >> when you and i were at the

town hall meeting in new hampshire a couple of months ago i asked you about controversial comments and went back to your own book, the art of the deal where you wrote about some soft things you said in the past. i play to people's fantasies. it's an innocent form of exaggeration and a very effective form of promotion. so is hillary clinton lying or taking a page out of donald trump's play book? >> matt, you're talking about people dying. you're talking about making up tapes and videos which don't exist. her spokes person last night made the statement and i think she said she was sorry. she said the videos do not exist. her spokes person said this. what am i going to tell you? i would say this, matt. i will demand an apology from hillary. you can be the messmessenger. she should apologize. she lies about e-mails, white water, everything.

she will be a disaster as president of the united states. >> i will deliver that message. i promise you. let me ask you one other quick question. is there some kind of a deal between you and ted cruz? if i noticed as the iowa caucuses approach, you've been tough on just about every one of the republican candidates and ted cruz has held his fire when it comes to you. have you guys made some deal behind the scenes you'll not criticize each other? >> no, we haven't, matt. we just get along. from the time i came out, i was right about so many things. i was right about illegal immigration and he backed me on it. i was right about so many things and we'll build a wall and it will stop people from coming in illegally. we want people to come and want them to come in individually. he backed me on just about everything i said and we get along well.

that's ultimately probably going to come down to media stand by. i have a very big lead right now. you know i like to win and we'll see what happens. ult patly, the peaceful end speaking to some point. >> one of those strangers where politics and pop culture stick. i'm going to ask you to stick around and react to the story willie is about to bring us. willie is here with a strange evening at the miss universe pageant. >> if you missed it last night, pull up a seat right now. it's the moment everybody's talking about. the mistake that forced miss columbia to turn over her ground to miss philippines on live television after she was accidentally announced as the winner. >> miss universe 2015. >> it's the crowning achievement the world waits for at the miss universe pageant. >> columbia.

but this is the unexpected moment from last night that everyone will remember. >> i have to apologize. miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> miss columbia forced to forfeit her crown to miss philippines after host steve harvey named columbia the winner. >> i will take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. >> harvey took to twitter soon after calling it a terribly honest mistake but deleted the post after misspelling columbia and philippines. unforwhich you km online, the response to the mix up was swift. harvey instantly coming under fire as the moment went viral. as for the new winner and runner

up, both beauty queens remain c backstage. >> everything happens for a reason so i'm happy for all. >> we love you. >> it's a very nontraditional crowning, isn't it. >> very 2015. >> strange night. >> wow. >> aside from those means you saw a lot of people giving steve harvey credit for taking responsibility. nice to see miss columbia handling it with a lot of class. >> we ask donald trump to stick around because donald you use to own the miss universe pageant and you tweeted this a couple of minutes ago. very sad what happened last night at the miss universe pageant. i sold it six months ago for a record price. this would never happened. what's your reaction to this? >> well, it was something, i guess, that can happen.

steve harvey is a great guy. i like the we he got out and did it. it simply was a terrible error. terrible for the young woman from columbia. things happen. it's live television and the new owners are tremendous people and frankly, i feel, i owned it for 15 years and sold it and they gave me so much, i said come on, we have to make this, you have to do something. >> if you still owned it and were sitting there as this happened, what would donald trump have done? >> i know they're going to be calling me today. they've got a call scheduled what would i do? i think i would make them a co-winner. it would be very cool. make them a co-winner. to give it to her for a couple of minutes and take it away, you have a whole country. last year we had a young woman from columbia, the entire country, i mean they took like a vacation for about a week. the whole country was wild. so you can imagine what happened. i would recommend they go have a

beautiful ceremony which is good for the brand and good for miss universe and do a co-winner and i think something like that could work maybe. it was a tough evening. you know what, steve harvey is a terrific guy and things like this do happen. >> donald trump an politics and pageants on a monday morning. donald, thank you very much. thanks, good talking to you. >> this does not happen every day. now to the on going drama surrounding the former farm tut cal directive who became known as the most hated man in america when he raised the price of a life saving drug 5,000%. this morning he's speaking out as he faces jail time. nbc's stephanie joins us. 3 f2

consecuencias. desertó como wall street journal it's the result of his drug increase and over the topper sewn that. trying to find anything we could to stop him was the attitude of the government adding beating the person up and trying to find the merits to make up for it, i would hope to government wouldn't take that kind of approach. even before his arrest he was accused of some being an ego maniac. now stealing from his own accompany, hackers took over his twitter handle on sunday. according to a spokes person, turning it into martin the god. tweeting anyone want free money? willing to donate hundreds of thousands to charity before i go to prison. most of the other tweets are too offensive to repeat. another hacker broke into the youtube account.

hours including one following the day's arrest. >> when i look at drugs and diseases, what i want to do is be able to make an impact on that disease. >> the comedians on saturday night live secured him. >> con frgratulations on ree creating yourself, martin. >> he's out on a $500 million bond and says he'll fight the charges against him in federal court. if found guilty, he could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. already, he's stepped down as ceo of pharmaceuticals and they're suspending trials sponsored by one of their companies. even a past donation was kicked back. they didn't want his money. >> there's no coincident that the criminal charges come as he faces backlash.

he did nothing illegal and they're confused by his complicating accounting. >> those weird long videos he does tells you a lot about him. >> not a good week on social media also. step, thanks very much. it has not felt a lot like christmas for a lot of people thanks to unseasonally high temperatures. it reminds us of spring rather than santa. >> it's going to get even warmer. mid-70s for christmas in the north northeast. we are looking at temperatures 30 degrees above average. it was cooler over the weekend but we're turning the corner now. look at record highs for christmas eve. we are forecasting closer to 80 degrees in savannah and tallahassee 79 degrees. that would break the record for christmas eve day. through the atlanta 60s and 70s to break records. we should get into the 70s in

washington d.c. a record high 61 in boston set back in 1996. we're forecasting 67 degrees. christmas day it is going to cool down a bit but we're still looking to be close to record and boston falls shy of it. new york city falls shy of it. we're still looking at temperatures to run into the 60s as we go into the upcoming holidays. that's the weather across the country. your local forecast in 30 seconds. rope ♪ ♪ look at me ♪ all together now everything star wars for everyone. kohl's. i'm meteorologist keri hall.

no record warmth for the bay area but record rain. we'll see this off an on, the moisture stream in. a look at all of the microclimates now. the roads are wet and we have low clouds, area of light drizzle. as we head through the day, heavier rain will be moving in in the afternoon and evening hours. we'll so this tonight and into the start of the day tomorrow with chilly temperatures by christmas. t's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan. thanks. coming up, the boy skoutd leader who says his troop helped save his life while they encountered a bear on their hike. >> with christmas a days away, a surprising culprit for putting millions of kids

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7:30 now on a monday morning. 21st day of december, 2015. beautiful christmas tree in the background. lovely crowd out on the plaza on a chilly morning here in the northeast, but, you know what? dylan says this week is going to warm up. we're going to see some record highs by the time christmas rolls around. go outside in a little while. >> here are the stories making news right now. police in las vegas say a woman who repeatedly plowed into pedestrians outside a casino overnight intentionally swerved her vehicle into the crowd. at least one person was hurt and dozens hurt. police arrested a woman who had a three-year-old inside of her vehicle at the time of the crash. donald trump on this show

this morning demanding an apology on hillary clinton after she focused his attacks on him during saturday's democratic debate. clinton zeroed in on her opponent's controversial rival after saying he has become isis' best recruiter. trump with a counterattack calls clinton a liar. and an awkward, very awkward moment, on live tv at the miss universe pageant when host steve harvey mistakenly crowns the wrong contestant. harvey admitting he made a mistake before naming miss philippines as the rightful winner and miss colombia had to give the crown back. >> weren't you a judge one year is. >> a couple years ago i was a judge. >> and? >> people take it very a boy scout leader

injured. tamron is here with this story, amazing. >> this is frightening. the black bear mauled a leader as he and the scouts hiked through the wilderness. this came one day after the bear season closed after being extended for the first time ever. >> we have a gentleman in the cave with the bear. he has been injured by the bear. >> reporter: a terrifying bear attack on a scout leader in the new jersey wilderness. >> he is bleeding from his neck,

his arm and his head. >> reporter: authorities say the leader was hiking with three young scouts on sunday when he was attacked inside of a cave off of a trail near the splitrock reservoir in northern new jersey. >> during the hike the scoutmaster located a cave which he then entered not realizing that the cave was being used as a den for a sleeping bear. >> reporter: 50-year-old christopher says the black bear pulled him into the caving biting him on the shoulders and leg. he managed to fight bear off using a rock hammer. one of the three scouts was able to call for scout and the bleeding scout leader was airlifted to an area hospital. he is expected to survive. new jersey's hunting season for bears ended on saturday with over 500 bears reportedly killed. authorities say it's the scout's preparedness that prevented a tragedy. >> thanks to the efforts and the presence of mind of the scouts that they were able to put their training into use to save the life of their scoutmaster.

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but they make a lot of noise. what you can't hear damage to your child's hearing. it's called noise-indiced hearing loss, affecting an estimated 5 million kids. a recent study naming loud toys as a cause. the cdc says it develops over a long period of time, listening to anything over 85 decibels of sound. dr. sandy levy is a speech and hearing special sglist just to give you an idea of how loud sounds are, whispering is 30 decibels and conversation is 60 decibels. >> reporter: so talking right now as we are, yeah, it's around 60, 59 and i'm a loud talker. let's try this rattle. hitting 90 there. >> hitting 90 which is way above safe listening levels. >> reporter: believe it or not, that's as loud as an electric drill, and this wheel toy. >> that got up to about 19 decibels. >> reporter: about as loud as a

hair dryer. >> i think i speak for a lot of parents who have a lot of these toys as home. i know my kids play with them every single day and they play just fine. >> that's the thing with noise-induced hearing loss, it's gradual and the parent and child will not necessarily notice. >> reporter: but most surprising test this, toy horn. >> over 106 decibels with that toy. >> reporter: way over. >> way over. >> reporter: just to give you an idea how loud that is, what if i told you that some toys are just as loud as an ambulance screeching by with a sigh cen on. yeah, i didn't believe it either so we got ourselves an ambulance and have the audio meter. let's hit the siren. look at that. just under 100. you can kill that. just under 100. some of the toys we tested are even louder than this. the toy industry association telling nbc news they consulted with an audiologist when developing a sound limit for toys and that no toys intended for children have been found to

be dangerous based on their sound level. >> this christmas think safe listening and limit the amount of exposure to loud toys. >> reporter: look, we're all still going to buy these toys, no way to get around that, but in are ways to protect them from hearing loss or children, that is. experts say here's one example, for example. i have that toy out here, the one we play on the air. you can actually take a piece of tape and i've done it here. take a piece of tape and put it right over the speaker and you knock down the decibels. that way the child can play with the toy and still here it. the other thing can you do if you want to go to the store and check it out when you buy it. there are these free apps that you can just type in sound meter from the toy store, all free and you can hold it up to your toys and the built-in excuse to not pie them for your kids. >> we're all going to take out our ear pieces, all decided we don't feel like listening, we're done. >> probably have hearing loss in that ear.

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relatives confirm - the 5 people who died in a small plane a good monday morning. 7:56. i'm sam wrong. victims' relatives confirm to tus that the five people who died in a small plane crash is a family from gill roi. jason price worked at general sus solutions. he died along with his wife and three children. their plane took off saturday from san jose, it crashed in bakerfield en route to las vegas for a holiday tar party. and a judge is expected to issue his final ruling today on clearing san francisco police officers who sent racist es and homophobic texts. last year the judge ruled that the police department waited too long to discipline those officers. the texts first surfaced in 2012 but only became public earlier this year. the chris chief sought to have the police officers fired but missed the statute of limitations. a lot of people are getting

ready to travel. good morning, kari. >> heavier rain is expected through the late morning within early afternoon hours. temperatures are in the lower 50s. ment not much of a rise in temperatures today. once again looking soggy all throughout the day, tonight and early tomorrow. let's see what's happening on the roadways now with mike. low clouds, mist and drizzle right here past the open coliseum yum, northbound with the taillights you see them. the map will show you there's slowing from san leandro. fog in oakland hills where the roads rise to reach the cloud cover. as we take a live look out of richmond down through berkeley, there's university avenue. the rest to have bay souft of the san mateo bridge is great.

that's going to do it for us today. we'll have abupdate for you in 25 minutes.

it's 8:00 on today. coming up, the holiday home stretch. is there still time to buy and send your christmas gifts in time for the big day? we'll have all the answers for last-minute shoppers. rolling the dice. should you let your kids beat you at board games? why some experts argue that teaching your children to lose could help them win in the long run. >> ladies and gentlemen, tina fey and amy poehler! >> and comedy dream team. tina fey and amy poehler returned to the "snl" stage in a big way. >> in 2008 i got a heck of a lot closer to the white house than

this gal did. >> and they did it all with a little help from some famous friends. we've got the highlights today, monday, december 21st, 2015. ♪ >> all i want for christmas is to be on the "today" show. >> i'm from denver. go broncos! >> celebrating our sweet 16s at the "today" show. ♪ >> all the way from abbington, virginia. >> all the way from north carolina. we made it to the "today" show! we're back now 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the 21st day of december, 2015. we have a huge holiday crowd out on the plaza this morning. >> we need the decibel machine. >> yeah, we do.

>> it would be well over 90. i can tell you that. where's jeff rossen when we see you? >> can we see a couple of new orleans girls in the house. whenever i see new orleans, my heart skips a beat. hi, kids. >> if we're getting personal, we have ohio university representative here who had a tough loss this weekend to appalachian state but congratulations to them. >> all right, kids. the clock is ticking down to christmas, and if you haven't been very diligent yet, and i know dylan and i still have some presents to buy, liliana vazquez is here just in the time for st. nick to deliver presents before christmas. >> okay. you done? >> i'm done. >> all done. >> done? >> no, i have a few more. >> all right. we'll get our top stories. natalie is on vacation this week. tamron hall is at news desk. tamron. >> good morning, everyone. there was deadly chaos on the las vegas strip overnight when police say a woman repeatedly and intentionally drove her car

onto a crowded sidewalk injurying dozens of people and killing at least one person. she was arrested a few blocks away with a 3-year-old in that car. the child was not hurt. police are investigating the case as a homicide but don't believe it was an act of terrorism. a huge and embarrassing mistake played out on live tv during sunday night's miss universe pageant from las vegas. miss colombia was beaming with the crown on her head that had just been placed on her head when host steve harvey realized that the winner was actually miss philippines. >> i'll take full responsibility for this. it was my mistake. it was on the card. >> donald trump owned the miss universe pageant until selling it six months ago. this morning matt asked him what he would do about the mistake. >> well, i think i'd make them a co-winner. it would very cool. make them a co-winner because what happened to the girl from colombia is devastating, give it to her for a couple of minutes and then take it away. >> trump added it was a tough night and defended steve harvey saying it's something that can

happen. today the friend and former neighbor of one of the san bernardino shooters is due in court for a bail hearing. enrique marquez is expected to enter his plea to three charges related to the attack that killed 14 people, including conspiracy to commit crimes of terrorism. prosecutors say he purchased the two assault rifles used by syed farook and tashfeen malik. over the weekend they remove the couple's possession from the apartment, including a baby krill and stroller. they did not speak to the media. >> graham's decision leaves 13 candidates with the race for the republican nod. the south carolina senator has struggled to get traction from the start. graham said he tried to be honest with american people and look for realistic ways to get things done. he mentioned the proposal to put more troops on the ground in iraq and syria to defeat isis.

graham thanks his supporters but concluded this was not the time. rescuers searched through the night for dozens missing after a landslide in southern china. it was captured on camera, man made pile of dirt and construction debris shifted and came rushing down a hillside and buried 30 buildings in an industrial park. thirteen people hospitalized, 1,000 evacuated from the neighborhood. flight attendants deal with a lot of unique passengers but this one might take the cake here not usually a take. take a look. a passenger captured this moment when a cat escaped her carrier rolling around the galley. the attendant tells the cheeky cat to stay put. the cat did not listen and she resorted to using the plane's p.a. system to wake up the pet owes owner and come catch the feline. they say people own dogs, but cats own you. that cat owned that flight. >> you're right. >> cat didn't listen because it's a cat.

>> my cat does listen, a little bit. kind of a dog-like cat. >> the cat whisperer, because they have their own name. >> what is your cat's name? >> mimi, an abyssinian. tamron, thank you very much. >> chras s gotta take a sick day tomorrow.

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three wins, then i give of them one massive loss. >> i won't let them beat me running because they know they can't, but tic tac dough, i'm like, maybe you did win that one. >> i will slow down. >> i'm with jack, when we're playing basketball or something like that, when he was old enough when i thought he might be able to beat me, i crushed him, because i wanted him to know when he finally did win, it was a big deal. experts say with kids over the age of 4, you should not let them win. losing helps kids learn the importance of recovering after failure. at the same time, carson, you should not crush them. you don't want to block every shot. maybe every other. you want them to think success is possible. >> michael jordan said he crushed his, he wanted them to

know. >> i'm from the generation where not everybody got a trophy, hey, we lost, let's go get 'em next time. you can't do that if your kids are wing aning all the time. on twitter, some of you are venting your frustrations with amazon, not over the orders but over the packaging. here's what's happening. people are getting small presents in big packages with lots of wrapping along with the small products that came with them. amazon had promised the cut the amount of packaging it uses. on twitter, amazon said it would pass along the images to its shipping partner. i had a big box when i walked in my building, i said, i can't carry that up, they said, yes, you can. literally it was light as a feather. it was a candle in the middle of this big box. >> what's worse, getting a big package with a small item or

getting those twist ties at the bottom? they make these toys on christmas morning, i have a tool belt on, hacksaws, to open up. >> the plastic that doesn't open. >> just ask carson. we're talking about the whip/nae nae by silento. one little girl gave it all she had a during her dance with santa. >> let's see this. ♪ >> go, girl! >> she's like, i am so good. >> the good thing is that tape will be paid at her 16th birthday party. >> or her wedding. adele's lifesaving move, and

tina and amy's return to "snl." adele said she used to smoke up to 25 cigarettes a day but stopped in 2011 when she underwent vocal cord surgery. she said, i absolutely loved smoking but it's not that bleeping cool when i'm dying from a smoking-related illness. she says she's noticed a difference in her voice since she gave up cigarettes. next, duane johnson is about to celebrate his first christmas as a father, that's little jasmine. his girlfriend lauren gave bittbirth on wednesday. he says his one wish is to be a better man today than he was yesterday. finally, tina and amy's big return to "snl," helping the

show get its second best ratings in a year. here's tina and amy putting their own spin on taylor swift's "bad blood" video. >> let's do it slow motion, post-apocalyptic walk. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> who are we mad at? >> it looks like amy had a little trouble getting the hang of it there. later, they capped off the episode with a christmas surprise, paul mccartney joining bruce springsteen, matt lauer's best friend. "santa claus is coming to town." >> that's a good one for a monday morning. carson, thank you so much. dylan, chilly out there.

>> but the forecast looks good for the holidays. temperatures warm up nicely, keep in mind, even though it's going to be in the 70s, it comes with some rain. it's not going to be a nice sunny day. it's falling heavily across parts of ohio, we're looking for this to move eastward into this afternoon and on to tuesday and wednesday too. we'll see occasional downpours across t off and on showers moving into the bay area today. and we're getting the next round moving into the north bay. so expect it to rain at a moderate pace for the next couple of hours there. and then it will start to roll to the south, moving into san francisco with the heavier bout of rain. early afternoon and then into the south bay later on this evening. we will see this rain for the next several hours. and it looks like it doesn't wrap up until early tomorrow morning with rainfall totals from this round, at least a half of an inch in some spots.

>> all right. dylan, thank you very much. now our ongoing series do you believe? we're focusing on a question a lot of people want to know the answer to. is there after ann life? >> "today" national correspondent craig melvin is here with a woman who says she can talk to the dead. good morning, craig. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, guys. laura lynn jackson is a wife, a mother, a schoolteacher and, oh, by the way shoorks's a psychic medium. she says our loved ones have crossed over to what she calls the other side. how does she know? she says they talk to her all the time. do you believe in the afterlife? >> i 100% believe in the afterlife. there's no question for me. >> reporter: we visited laura lynn jackson at her office on new york's long island. she says that not everyone who calls on her there is among the living >> as a child you discovered had you this gift. how so? >> i was already absorbing

people's energy. >> reporter: realization that she had a gift came with loss. in an episode she details in the new book "the light between us" one day when she was 11 years old she felt an urgent need to see her grandfather >> i was seized by this absolute moment of sheer panic where i knew i needed to go and be with him that day. >> reporter: last time she would see him alive. he died three weeks later from an undiagnosed cancer and since then she's honed her abilities to connect with people who have died. how would you describe what you believe? what do you believe in the simplest of terms? >> i believe that we are all connected, both to each other here on earth and always to those we love on the other side and i believe that no one, no one's life is singular. no one is alone. >> reporter: nancy larson had a reading by laura in an toast connect with her son kyle who was killed in a traffic accident killed in a skateboard riding a

skateboard. >> they came up with actions and people she could not have the known about, just no way. >> reporter: sounds like this is also very much a coping mechanism. >> yeah, it is, completely. is it just a coping mechanism? i don't know, maybe we'll never know until the day that i pass myself and i'm able to see him. >> reporter: it was my turn to try. you need to like hold my hands or anything. >> no, no. >> reporter: laura isn't type of psychic who used tarot cards, no need for a crystal ball or ouija board. she says a screen appears in her mind like a wide screen television. on the left side she sees a time line of the person she's reading and on the right lost loved ones. maternal grandmother coming through, right, re, very, very connected with mom. showering a lot of love and is so happy because your mom talks to her, she says. >> it's true, my mother talks to my late grandmother all the time. laura also mentioned my niece jasmine. we lost her to cancer two years ago. >> tell your mother once and for

all, like our a maternal, you've got her. it's all good, like everybody is loved and protect the, it's okay because your mother i feel direct her thoughts all the time, please tell me you're with her and i want to say she's with her. she's with her. >> reporter: and then laura made a prediction for me and my family. >> there's one boy for you. you have a boy. >> can i say everything i'm getting because i feel like there's another child. >> oh, do you? >> yeah. >> oh, that's news. >> about a year and a half window, okay, so you and your wife will revisit this or talk about this, it's in the next year and a half that i'm steering. >> reporter: to be clear, first of all, my wife and i are not expecting right now, as for the connections to the afterlife i've been very public for my push for cancer research since jasmine's death and admittedly i'm a skeptical guy, really skeptical. a fair amount what have she revealed there could actually be found on the internet with some digging that. being said, there are some

things there that she could not have known. guys? >> yeah. food for thought. >> that's interesting. >> believers, non-believers? >> i went to one once, and the person said something, one of my dad's exact phrases after he passed away and i remembered there leaving there in tears, wow. >> what was the phrase? >> the phrase is everything in its place. always used to make sure everything is in its place and i remember the feeling. i don't remember all the other things but i do remember the one. >> some things that can't be explained. >> yeah, you're right. >> all right, craig, thanks. for coming up all of us procrastinateors out there, me and dillians, last-minute gift

i'm ... ==topvo== authorities in san leandro are investigating ar good morning. it's 8:26 now. i'm kira klapper. investigators are investigating an early-morning shooting that injured four people. police say it happened a little before 2:00 this morning at the night spot at 14th and 146th avenue. all four shooting victims are hospitalized but are expected to survive. police say it's still not clear if the incident started as a dispute inside the club. police are still working to interview witnesses, and so far will only say that they're looking for one gunman. all right. we're going to send it over now to mike inouye. how's it looking out there? >> it's looking kind of sloppy here on the san mateo bridge. the traffic flow is great

westbound toward the peninsula side. look at that, very easy drive. a crash late in the morning 880 just north of 238 slows a bit off the castro valley. that's it. slower drive west 80 continues but we expect that in the morning and it's not bad. the metering lights are still on. and still slippery conditions so be careful even though the traffic flow is light out there, keep those speeds under control because you today to ease onto and off of those brakes, guys. back to you. >> you make even traffic look good, mike. thanks. and i'll have another local news update for you in a half hour. hope to see you then. come on in pop pop.

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we're back at 8:30 on this monday morning, 21st day of december, 2015. once again spending some time with a huge crowd out on the plaza and tamron is pointing to me telling me something important. >> something important. >> they are getting married and no one knows. >> they are announcing it. >> and no one knows? >> that's something we decided to keep between us. >> well, it will just say our little secret, all right? >> congratulations. >> by the way, did we just check something out here? >> got lala anthony here collecting toys from the generous people out on the plaz avermaet part of our annual toy drive just one day left. >> yeah. >> is that right? >> yeah. lala is going to talk to us about that in a bit and great role that she has on television and the movie. >> she does. and also coming up the early bird may get the warm. may get your hands on

last-minute gift ideas. liliana vazquez has your back. >> and we got you covered in the kitchen, too. >> liliana is cooking for a crowd bringing italian flair to your holiday fare and we love her cooking. >> we certainly do. >> miss dylan, how about a check of the weather. >> taking a check of the holiday forecast and it's going to be a pretty nice one if you like the warmth. looking for temperatures to warm into the mid-70s. by the time we get into christmas eve. wednesday a little wet. got a chance of stronger storms down across the gulf coast and also temperatures will get into the 60s. western half of the country dealing with mountain snow and rain up and down the west coast. christmas eve. temperatures should break some records. 66 for a high in boston and 70s and 82s down across the southeast. does come with rain. windy back through the great lakes and christmas day itself. snow in the rockies and also rain in the southeast. some storms but they shouldn't be as strong. the northeast will cool down a bit but still looking at highs 15 to 20 degrees above average

well, we've got some rain coming down in the bay area, and it's really starting up again for the north bay. scattered light showers for parts of the peninsula and the east bay. and we'll see some rain later on this afternoon for the south bay. highs today in the mid to upper 50s, off and on showers that continue into tonight. even into the start of the day tomorrow. so more of this rain on the way before the next system rolls in just in time for christmas eve. we'll keep you up to date on that. and that's your latest forecast. >> can we say hello again right now to lala anthony. busy on the big screen and the small screen. she's in spike lee's new movie. good to see you. happy holidays. >> so happy to be here this morning. >> you know you need glasses when you look down and says

regular but i saw burglar. >> i'm having such a great time on that movie. >> spike lee convince the to you do the role in the garden. >> convinced me to do this role, "chiraq" in the neaters now, talking about gang violence and senseless killings in the world and happy to be a part of something so violence. >> spent a lot of time together, former vijays, la la and i. >> so happy for you. >> thank you. >> how are you spending the holidays? >> i'm going down atlanta. new york knicks are playing the than thea hawks and i'll be there. >> you going to tour that book? >> i am. >> the love playbook and power playbook out as well right now. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> say hi at home. >> all right. let's get a check or go upstairs

to hoda. >> thank you, kids. time now for today's hassle-free holiday. this morning we have last-minute gift ideas for all of you last-minute shoppers. i know you're scrambling for the deal but guess who is here. liliana vazquez is here with items you can buy today and this is very important, liliana. you can buy them today and they can be delivered by christmas time. >> by christmas and it's important you select either two-day shipping or overnight shipping from all of these stores. >> a little cha-ching but will get here. >> the host gift this year, sriracha but can't just get them the sriracha. gian with this cook book. >> that's a great combo. >> this is a phone sanitizer, close it, the device will

sanitize it. >> hi, michael. >> this is a fun science gift, a geo kit. you break them up and see what the rocks are inside. science and fun. >> comes with the rocks and all of the instructions on what to do. >> okay. bubble calendar. this is a gift for the entire family. >> is this the bubble wrappy kind thing? >> genius. >> oh, no. today is the 21st so you can pop it as you go through the days and kids can mark their birth days, super fun and super interactive for the whole family. >> all day long. >> now let's talk about the headphone. if the teenager on your list is horde to buy. >> how adorable is she. >> these are blingd out head fines, from skinnydiplondon.com and an adorable on a necklace, too late to customize something for personalization but available in anthropology right new. >> how is the sound on this?

>> it's very good. i can barely hear you. >> for me i always wear a pony tail holder around my wrist. >> how cool is this. >> it's a bracelet that holds the pony tail. >> rose gold, yellow gold or white gold. slide it on right there. >> and hook the pony tail around and looks like this? stretchy. >> for the beauty buff, a set of ten nail polishes from sephora.com packaged in the wine bottles. >> hoda. >> what? >> this is you. kind of a big deal. that's hoda the kotb. adorable name plates, kind of quirky and whimsical for the hard-to-shop for person. >> where do you order these? >> at hesaidshesaid.com. >> what are these? >> this has a clip and we put a fish lens on that, how is, that kind of cool and kind of

distorted take a look. >> love it. >> set of three for only $34. >> do any lens that you like. >> three different lenses. 3-d goodler, from thinkgeek.com. made the fun 3-d designs. you're taking art off the paper into three dimension. >> how does it work. >> turn it on. >> it heats up and then you use this just like you would a pen and all of of this comes out and it does comes with these already loaded with it so you don't have to buy extra sets. >> want to remind everybody everything on this table you can order and it make it by christmas eve. >> polaroid picture, prints wirelessly from any smartphone. >> who is in this pic? >> we have these adorable kids, from nordstrom.com. vw pop-up tent. >> come on, we want to see you. >> come on out. >> the who are you guys? >> there she is. >> yay! >> thank you so much. liliana. there are also ten last-minute bonus gifts on today.com. coming up, liliana is here putting her italian twist on a

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and we are back now with "today food" and a feast fit for a holiday celebration. liliana is a restauranteur and author and has a brand new book out called "lydia's mastering the art of italian cuisine" and a great recipe for the holidays. nice to see you. >> same to you, matt. >> is this a dish you would make all year long or the kind of dish you save for the cold weather? is this comfort food? >> i think you can make it all year long but it is so appropriate for the holidays, and it doesn't take much. look, only a few ingredients. >> only a few ingredients. >> pork obviously. >> pork, garlic, pearce and onions and then conduction, reduction of balsamic which i

reduce you and all you do is put it on the stove and let it reduce and it becomes nice. >> syrupy almost. >> nice and syrupy. >> while we're on the subject of balsamic vinegar. people go out and spend a lot of money because there's all kinds of range in prices. what do you have to do is. >> traditional balsamic which is in a small bottle and has a little bulb and that you don't cook, that's the pure stuff and it is expensive. you don't alter, it drizzle whereas the commercial balsamic that you find in all different bottles, you can cook and reduce it. >> that's what you buy for this recipe. >> a pan with hot oil. nice pork chops, a little bit more, and we're going to do two techniques and in my book it's a lot about techniques. here we are searing the pork chops, and you know when are.

you see how nice and carmelized. you flip them over and odd this point i have the -- the garlic here which is kind of a roasted, and just you raise your temperature very high. mm-hmm. >> here we have a little bit of vinegar, a little bit of honey. you know, the honey gives you kind of a little bit of carmelization on the meat. let's mix it. >> i like the other flavors you're putting in here. going with onions and some pearce as well. >> onions and some pears.

>> i put the onions on the side so that they get some of the -- >> this already smells good. >> doesn't it. >> but you have the vegetables and fruit and everything all together. >> you ready for this? >> absolutely. >> how long is that going to simmer? >> you give it a good boil and put it in a pre-heated oven, 425 degrees for about half an hour. >> that's the second part of the cooking. you've done the bracing and seared the pork chops and then it goes into the oven. >> then we're going to roast it in the often, and this is what you're going to turn up like, you know. you see you want -- you mix it periodically while's in the oven. which piece. >> i like the crusty one. >> nice and crusty. >> let me reach around here and get a knife. we've got people downstairs tasting. how is in going? >> great. >> i was teaching hoda the art of eating the fat off the bone. >> are they liking it down there in. >> look as carson? >> did they communicate with you? >> they are talking to me.

>> what do you think of the pears, carson? >> great, matt. this time of the year it's delicious. i don't eat pork enough but this is going to make us want to eat it a lot more often. >> you know. this is one of those things, preparations that could be every day or festive. >> perfect. >> it looks great. >> i'll put a little balsamic for you too. >> i'm going to join you in eating this in a second, but let me joan you now in thank lidia. happy holidays. >> to get these recipes head to today.com/food. up first, old dominion with a live performance of their number one hit. but first,

sirius xm named old dominion as their breakthrough artist of the year. there's lead singer matthew ramsey, multi-instrumentalist

trevor ressen and bassist jeff sprung and lead guitarist brad. >> this is your very first national television debut. how do you feel? >> you feel all right? >> good. >> it's been a remarkable year for you. how would you describe what it's meant for you and your band? >> it's been life-savinging. we started this year in a band and actually first show of the year, we went from a van to a bus. the song's got popular. where are you going? >> we played 185 shows this year. >> and what are you going to sing for us this morning? >> break up with him. >> ladies and gentlemen, old dominion.

♪ ♪ hey, girl, what's up? i know it's late but i knew you'd pick it up ♪ ♪ no, i ain't drunk ♪ okay, maybe i do have a little buzz ♪ ♪ okay ♪ that song came on and iust thought what harm could come from one little call ♪ ♪ i know you say you're taken, but i say girl you're taking too long ♪ ♪ to tell him that it's over ♪ then bring it on over stringing him along any longer, girl ♪ ♪ it's just wasting precious time ♪ ♪ girl, you know it can't wait ♪ rip it off just like a band-aid ♪ ♪ the way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend ♪ ♪ i you ain't in love with him, break up with him ♪

♪ ♪ i know you don't wana break his heart ♪ ♪ but that ain't no good reason to be keeping us apart ♪ ♪ look, just tell him, it's you, it ain't him ♪ ♪ and maybe you can lie to him and say you can still be friend ♪ ♪ whatever you got to say to get through to him that you ain't in love ♪ ♪ come on you can't deny that you and i kinda fit like a glove ♪ ♪ so tell him that's over ♪ then bring it on over ♪ striking him along any longer girl, it's just wasting precious time ♪ ♪ girl, you know it can't wait ♪ rip it off just like a band-aid ♪ ♪ it ain't my business to be all up in, but i know you ain't in love with him, break up with him ♪ ♪ i know that you're so done with him, break up with him,

break up with him ♪ ♪ ♪ you would have hang up by now if you weren't thinking it, too ♪ ♪ no pressure, whatever, just do what you gotta do, but if i was you ♪ ♪ i'd tell him that it's over ♪ then bring it on over ♪ striking him along any longer, girl ♪ ♪ it's just wasting precious time ♪ ♪ girl you know it can't wait ♪ just rip it like a band-aid ♪ yeah, i know i said it, but i'll say it again ♪ ♪ i know you ain't in love with him, break up with him ♪ ♪ the way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend ♪ ♪ i know you ain't in love with him, break up with him, yeah ♪

♪ just break up with him >> yeah! >> that's how you do national television debut. >> thank you. >> congratulations, guys. >> old dominion is the group and the album is "meat and candy." nice name. we're back in a moment, but, first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right, guys. today is parenting team for people to come together and come together and have conversations about everyday challenges and each month we discuss a different issue that affects parent and we're always looking for some new voices. top contributors who had the top shared post this month. congratulations to you, ladies. we're going to go ahead and wipe the slate clean and start a brand new challenge, and here it is here. what are your 2016 parent iing goals. want to hear about your goals and what you want to do differently better in the new year. share your stories and video at today.com/parenting team or get some inspiration. it's a community where everybody is welcome. guys, back to you. >> that's really goal. >> thanks. no parent ever thinks he or she is doing a good enough job. >> right. >> and they can always do better. >> yeah. coming up, another hit from old dominion. >> and giada will have some lobster for us.

y yes. >> is that a lobster? >> licking my fingers. >> have last-minute gift. >> more ideas. >> so last minute. >> never enough ideas. >> lots to come on a monday morning, but first a check of your local news and the all-important holiday week forecast. i'm ... ==vo== we may learn

more today about a mysterious good morning. it is 8:56 right now. i'm kira klapper. we may learn more about a mysterious over the weekend inside a cal frat house. berkeley police say someone called early saturday morning to report a 22-year-old man unresponsive inside the pi kappa phi house in berkeley. investigators say the man is not a current cal student. right now his death is only being called suspicious. a police skrupdate is expected

later today. and it might as well be christmas come early for lake tahoe ski resorts especially after last year's dismal season. most resorts got more than a foot of snow from the latest system. this year a snow pack is now about 80% of normal with a new round of storms on the horizon. and i'll have another local news update for you in a half hour. stay with us.

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this morning on "today's take," no crowning achievement. the miss universe mistake heard around the world. and giada de laurentiis shows us how to good for a crowd and guaranteed gifts to get there before christmas. all tha and more coming up nicks. in 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." it's monday morning, it's december 21st, 2015. guys, it's christmas week and it feels like it out on the plaza. great holiday crowd. people visiting from all over the country and the world stopping by our plaza. i'm willie along with tamron and

dylan, al, enjoying some time off. >> and the christmas song. what am i snaerg. >> did you see the end of "saturday night live" last night, check it out. check it out. ♪ klaus is coming ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ >> bruce springsteen, the vest on. >> he's in great shape. >> he does. >> he's got the whole thing going sglon they jam and that was the place to be saturday night. that the closing night, "snl" at the best. holiday season. mccartney wanders on nowhere with a yingle bell. >> amy, tina. >> walks around with that. happened to be nearby. >> great show, too. >> the writing was so on point.

>> with the two hillaries. >> meet your second wife was an instant classic. >> that was terrifying. >> classic m iic maybe for a dit reason last night. did you see the miss universe pageant, hear about the miss universe pageant? we love steve harvey, good man, funny man, talented man, mistakenly announced the wrong winner of the miss universe pageant. >> but before we play it. just sim their thought in your head and people tweeted and said he named the wrong person so i thought, how bad could it be, wrong person, maybe you stumbled through the name, real quick fix and then i clicked on the video, a you have to watch. >> we love you, steve haar if i. here's how it played. >> miss universe 2015 is

colombia! [ applause ] >> i have to apologize. the first runner up is colombia. miss universe 2015 is philippines.

sghoempt thank you. if you could have heard the entire studio when the crown came off. oh. >> what else can you do though? how do you fix that. >> go to break, distract them. i judged miss universe and you've judged miss usa. the pressure even as a judge. they take you in this room and they say, listen, i know you think this is a beauty pageant but people take this seriously. this is an investment. many of the countries sponsor like the guns because a lot of the women don't have the money to afford a $10,000 gown and the audience are the most passionate fans of the pageant. >> especially colombia. >> one of my best friend is from colombia and sent me a message and said this is fake.

it has to be a joke. she's convinced there's a conspiracy theory. i think it was an honest mistake. >> i do, too. >> imagine if you're steve harvey reading the card. so much going on. >> we love -- >> we love steve harvey, he's amazing. >> but colombia. >> maybe it was reverse order, he looked down. i don't know. i get nervous and i read things the wrong way >> don't ever host it the. >> dylan is not available. >> the because you two make a great a point. they announced the first runner up and she's gone up there and he sees the name and then you pause and then miss philippines, i don't know how this happened. >> he held up the card, my mistake. the producers gave me the right

information. my mistake. >> when he said the first runner up, miss philippines, that was on a separate card. >> you have philippines up here and winner in bold as he showed it is -- >> colombia first. >> you're confusing me talking about it. >> point made. >> now we're all confuse the. >> you're overthinking it. >> philippines won. steve tweeted out and he said i emphatically apologize. can't believe i would do this, this and that, and he felt terrible about it. >> the first tweet added to the problem because in the first tweet it said miss colombia like the university. >> miss spelled. >> and philippines was spelled like philippians the bible. >> that didn't help. >> and even though it was deleted people screen grabbed and it was just like -- it was a comity of errors. >> yeah.

>> they are calling it one of the most awkward live tv moments in history and when we look back at the winners and losers of 2015, a week out from the end of the year, steve harvey. >> anyone can -- >> he made a little mistake. >> a talented and wonderful man. >> if anyone can recover from it it's steve harvey. >> he's do it today. >> is he on hiatus. >> i think he'll come out with some statement. >> he's resilient. this guy, he's been in the game a long time. it would be over for us. we'd be on the plane gone, but if anyone can recover. >> so backstage afterward, miss clomup, the one with the gwn taken off her head on international television and miss philippines react the. they handled it pretty well. take a look. >> everything happens for a reason so i'm happy. i'm happy for what i did.

>> we love you. >> it's a very non-traditional crowning moment, isn't? >> yes, yes. >> it's very, very 2015. >> like miss usa getting in there getting publicity. here's the deal, miss columbia exponential people around the world know her because of the mix-up. i know who she is now and i'll be looking for her next project. >> we don't know her name. >> she's miss columbia. >> i mean, yeah. >> i'm sure it's in here somewhere. >> it's on the card. >> you think that she feels -- >> no, i don't, but all i'm saying is now the world knows who she s.her next commercial -- going to be a hero. >> total class. >> even though she was crying. >> that's natural. >> but she kept her composure. >> wow. >> donald trump, as you know, used to own miss universe pageant actually just sold it a few months ago. >> yeah. >> spoke to matt earlier this morning. matt said how would you handle

this. >> make them a co-winner it. would be very cool. make them a co-winner because what happened to the girl from columbia is devastating, to give it to her a couple minutes and then take it away. you have a whole country, last year we had a young woman from columbia, the entire country took a vacation for about a week, the whole country was side so you can imagine what happened. i would say this. i would recommend that they go and have a beautiful ceremony, which is good for the brand and good for miss universe and do a co-winner. >> i don't like the co-winner idea. >> beautiful ceremony, co-winner. >> it's not fair to the girl who actually won, miss philippines. >> i think you're right. i don't have a strong opinion about it. i just know miss columbia will be fun. >> one of the most beautiful people on the planet. >> oh, boy. >> you know about "star wars"? >> you know about "star wars." >> it happened this weekend. >> oh, my gosh.

>> trying to move us along. >> i've got one thing. >> you know about "star wars"? i've got no facts. >> let me help you both. >> broke records. >> we've broken records in the u.s. we're part of the u.s. >> we don't get to keep money. >> $238 million in its tabtd worldwide, globally. universal, $517 million. >> but didn't break "jurassic world kwmtd's record. >> interesting. >> "jurassic world's" week or overall. >> "jurassic world" holds on. not by much >> the little dinosaur things, what do his friends.

>> velociraptors. >> the most popular, my nieces want them. i had to go like on the dark market to find them because they are sold out everywhere, blue, only gas, i can't think of the other two. >> picture you googling black market dinosaurs. >> you know where they start we don't sell it but somebody else sells it and then that person, hugely popular and the "star wars" stuff popular, too. >> did you see this, a screening in hollywood friday night. audience went into a fit, the film stopped and then restarted 15 or 20 minutes ahead in the action. >> no! no! no! >> the now i ask you, is that a screen from the "star wars" movie or all of columbia? you can play that sound and ask was it "star wars" or all of

columbia screaming? all comes back to steve harvey. >> and now we've got at classically trained violinist here in the united states, taylor davis, performing the "star wars" theme song. let's see what we've got here. ♪ ♪ >> actually played with a light saber. >> light saber bow, very impressive. >> you know your stuff. >> nice. >> i read notes, dylan. i read notes. >> here's a card. >> i don't need a card to do the weather. >> al roker uses cards. >> so we are looking at a very, very warm christmas eve and christmas day. we've got temperatures on the east of this jet stream running about 30 degrees above average

for christmas. it has never been this warm around this time of year. we're going to crush some records. take a look at christmas eve day. record highs running in the mid to upper 70s. we should top out at 80 degrees. savannah 79 for the high on christmas eve and up in the northeast we're looking at temperatures to break the record. 66 is the old record in washington, d.c. we should no record warmth here, but maybe record rain. we're in and out of the showers and we're getting another round moving into san francisco right now as well as the north bay. kind of skipping around san jose right now, but we should get rain later on today. looking at temperatures now that are in the lower to mid-50s, 57 in san francisco, that's where you'll stay all day. tri-valley 59. east bay, looking at 56 and breezy winds. heavy rain that will also impact the evening commute. >> willie's whole family just

invaded the studio. kids lack like "south park" with the little parkas on. >> got cold all of a sudden. >> coming up next. what's that sound? >> you know it's the great one. >> santa made an early stop at studio 1a to unload his sleigh of christmas goodies for everyone. >> yay, santa. >> not too late to order online today so it will be

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>> you last-minute shop? >> have to. >> we're honored to have you here. >> always a delight. merry christmas. >> thank you, santa. >> well, we know santa gets lots of mail about "star wars" gifts and here check this out, dylan, snuggling with her favorite wookie. chewbacca sleeping bag. >> he's very comfortable. >> you look cozy. >> am i supposed to be sleeping? >> pottery barn kids. >> cool. >> and also these are some amazing plush speakers from potly barn teen. look, it is in the shape of an abominable snowman and check thought adorable little plush sequinned pillow and rock out. the most imp important thing is get it by christmas you need to order by 2:00 p.m. today. >> today. >> select next day. it will be standard plus 17.95. >> that's important. >> exactly. >> sanda's helpers. >> most adorable helper we've

ever seen and they are modeling the latest trends in christmas jammies. >> how adorable are these. >> look, guys. want to show everybody at home and wave. >> i love that. >> aren't these adorable. these are from garnet hill. >> you can grow the facial hair. >> the these little hats and the jammies are from garnet hill and to get these by christmas, order by tomorrow at 4:00 eastern time. >> yeah. >> and then you would select two day ship and it's standard plus 9.95. so this is a great one. >> i love those jammies. >> aren't they cute? >> next up, santa. this is something up your alley. we have something for everyone. doesn't santa look great in plaid? these are fabulous gifts. got plaid for him and everything from, you know, little watches to santa, check out the snow

globes. will you shake one up? these are personalized snow globes. usually it's santa who stars in snow globes. isn't that fun? santa is taking the presents. >> so grilled cheese, snoopy grilled cheese. these are from urban outfitters, order by tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern time and select rush shipping, 21.95. okay? >> now santa, you're a big fan of this. i know tamron, is too, so faux fur. we have amazing faux fur accessories. a great trapper hat. faux fur. >> have you ever seen one of those? >> i haven't either. >> think about taking a selfie with that. you'll be the chiccest gal with that. santa likes the pom pom clutch. >> that has my name all over it. >> this does. these are all from asos. if you order today by 6:59

eastern standard time, select express shipping $12 flat fee. now, we've got two more left. next up, look at this glamorous picnic on a sled. santa, you shouldn't have put this all together for us. >> when do we need to order this by? >> nate burkus for target and if you order today standard shipping comes free. >> that's pretty. >> that's so pretty. all the entertainment. >> and lastly some great gifts from apple. now we have got the new apple tv with apps and games and got a siri remote which is so amazing and we have a wonderful magic accessories from a mouse pad and a track pad. >> when do we need to order all this great stuff? >> end of day free two-day shipping and you can get all of this wonderful, wonderful -- >> i need to call right now and order mine. >> santa needs -- >> this is amazing. >> exactly. thanks. >> we've been naughty and nice.

just don't count the naughty. >> all right. we'll be right back. rockettes radio city spectacular here in new york from january 3rd. dylan is trapped and giada is cooking. cooking. what is that?

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in san leandro are investigating an early morning shooting outside a dance club that injured four people. police say it happened a little getting an early morning shooting outside of a dance club that injured four people. police say it happened a little before 2:00 in the morning at a popular night spot. all four shooting victims are hospitalized, but they are expected to survive. police right now searching for one gunman and are still not sure if the incident started as a dispute inside the club that ended up spilling outside. victims' relatives confirm the five people who died in a small plane crash over the weekend near baker's feel, family from gilroy. jason price worked at genesis solutions. he tied along with hdied along three children.

their plane took off saturday and crashed in bakersfield en route to las vegas. investigators still trying to figure out the cause of that crash. and. and a judge expected to issue his final ruling on clearing san francisco police officers who sent racist and ho homophobic texts. the judge had ruled the department waited too long to discipline the officers. the texts first surfaced back in 2012, but only game public earlier this year. police chief missed the statute of limitations.window still wide open for rain. we'll have a look at your forecast and traffic.

i'm kari hall. we have rain in the north bay and san francisco over toward oakland, while we do have dry conditions in the south bay, but that will change as we go into the afternoon you can see the raindrops coming down in san francisco, temperatures now at 57 degrees. as we go into the day up to 59 degrees in the tri-valley.

east bay looking at 56 degrees. let's see how it is impagtsing the roading. you can barely see 880 from our camera. low clouds and mist and drizzle is the bigger concern. visibility on the road, you're still okay for most of the east bay. we will look over here, slower drive, but easy spacing over there. still the backup at the bay bridge, but fast track lanes are moving. can't make out the east shore freeway. a lot of slick roadways away the bay. and peninsula, that is getting a break through palo alto. >> that will do it for us. we'll be back in 25 minutes with another update. one else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun.

unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. . flying drones are one of the most popular gift this is season. mandatory registration for some of them begins today. the rule covers drones weighing between a half pound and 55 pounds. new ones must be registered before they are flown. you get 60 days for older ones. christmas is only four days away and today is expected to be the busiest day of the year for the us postal service. if you haven't shipped those presents yet, you can get your gift in the mail for delivery by christmas but you have to send them priority or express by

wednesday. women might want to wait until they're in their 30s to start a family. researchers found that babies born to women in their 30s are more likely to be intelligent compared to kids born to moms in their 20s and 40s. they suspect it's because 30-somethings get early prenatal care. it's interesting. the force awakens earned $238 million. the snhowing makes it the bigget north american film of all time. now it's amazing how something so small could be so cute. a baby otter became the center of attention when it was born sunday at the monterey bay aquarium. the mom spent her afternoon grooming her baby.

puffing up the baby's fur makes it easier for the little one to float in the water on her own. where was that tip when i was learning how to swim? >> i don't think you have fur. >> you've not seen me before wax day, my friend. >> tmi maybe? let's take a look at what you can expect heading into the holiday. we are going to see rain across the eastern half of the country. heaviest down across the southeast. a slight risk of strormer storms -- stronger storms in louisiana and mississippi. as we go into thursday we should be breaking record up and down the east coast with temps getting into the 70s. it does come with rain but it's going to be very warm. in the rockies we're looking at our next big storm that's continuing to move

we'll have some rain off and on the next several days into christmas eve. items still coming down in the north bay, san francisco as well as parts of the peninsula and east bay. look at all the micro climate highs today into the mid to upper 50s. 57 in the marina. 58 in san jose. napa at 55, oakland at 56. and also 56 in san ramon. some of the heavier rain will be coming in tonight into early tomorrow morning. >> and that's that's your latest forecast. this morning on today cooking for a crowd. a delicious dish that will thrill the throngs, i'm told. >> good morning. >> i'm geared up. >> he's going to pretend to cook. >> he's been cooking all week for his family. >> absolutely.

>> you have your whole family here today, right? >> yes. >> the idea is you can feed a crowd and make them feel like you spent a lot of time in the kitchen. and you feel like a star. we're going to start with my chicken marsala meatballs. we need to make a little roux. so a little flour and a little bit of oil. instead of butter, i'm using olive oil. then we do chicken broth. >> i love chicken marsala. >> you make meatballs instead, which people love. let this reduce down a couple minutes. there you go. just have one meatball. it's chicken. it's nice and light and you bake

them in the often. if you're having a cocktail party, just put a little toothpick in it. >> moving on. >> how did you make the meat balls? we passed over there. >> ground chicken, parmesan cheese. what i diplomat show you is this. >> got it. >> next up -- meal. at christmas we do the feast of the seven fish so we have to come up with lots of different fish dishes. this is linguine and the pasta is >> this is linguini. two lobsters feed six people. you've thought about the meal and it's special but you can

stretch out the meal. >> your family is standing in shock watching you. >> willie's family is stunned to see him in action. here? >> willie just need to be told what to do exactly right. >> his wife is smiling. i think he's used to this. >> i take i think he's used to this. >> i take orders well. >> you want the smokeyness with the lobster. then a little bit of tomato puree. and cream. and this is where he's going to be covered in tomato sauce. a little bit of cream to make it thick and decadendecadent. you've got the lobster and all the goodies. you've got the arugula. this is what it looks like at the end of the day.

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you never know who you'll meet at barnes & noble. and there are some people should give undeyouashouldn't .oliday. people you should. shouldn't. janice! should. shouldn't. yes. no. should. no way. should. no. definitely not. ha ha, nay. you shouldn't give underwear to everybody. but for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. this morning on " a rossen reports live" we're revisiting today national correspondent -- you have a long title. >> the biggest stories from the past year, protecting your privacy while keeping you safe and healthy during the holiday season. >> whether it's your smartphone tracking your every move or avoiding germs and bacteria during a holiday cruise or

keeping everybody safe chief is here with a lot of pieces. a lot of your pieces resonated this year. had some big ones here especially as it relates to our phone. >> all have our phones, of course. >> we'll get to the that later. that's another segment called something else. >> we all -- what just happened? >> where's willie? >> it's live, tamron. yeah, on our phones, believe it or not, your iphone or android device could be tracking you every single minute of every single day and mapping out where you go. we uncovered this earlier this year and it was one of our top clicks on our "rossen reports" facebook page and what's happening is wherever you go it maps it out, and apple says they use it to help you personalize services, and we're going to show you how to shut it off because a lot of people want that off. >> you don't want them to know where you are? >> it automatically comes on, that'sled problem. we'll show you how to shut it off. >> got it the. >> we'll go through this together and this phone is

hooked up to the control room so we can show you so we're going to go to set. >> i'm double checking mine because i think did i before. >> we hit set. >> control down to privacy. >> got it, the little hand. >> the little hand, a little hand. >> right. >> privacy and see location services, hit location services. >> got it the. >> scroll down all the way, system services down there. system services and control all the way down again and it says frequent locations. it says frequent locations right there. >> mine's off. >> probably from the last time we did this story. if your frequent locations is on, automatically shut off. shut off your frequent locations if you don't want them to track you and that will do t.by the way, you still get to use the rest of your japanese settings. >> what about android phones? >> have that on our wednesday i'm facebook.com/rossenreports and i have to mention apple says they only collect this data when you consent to it.

we just don't know when we consent to you. wouldn't tell us if they collect the data at all. >> we like to go on cruises and so do bacteria and germ >> what we did was my team hit a four-day caribbean cruise and we went all the things with test swabs, here's the frozen yogurt machine, clean. slot machine handle, what do you think? >> dirty. >> elevator buttons, dirty. >> lounge chairs. >> dirty. >> actually seven times higher than the acceptable germ limit. >> the buffet serving spoon, buffet serving spoon, what do you think about that one? >> dirty. >> in fact, 20 times over the limit. >> what should we do? >> the industry says 22 million people go on cruises every year. only a few thousand get sick, and they go through stringent cleaning and all that. >> people can always go on your facebook page and check out more of your stories and hit close to

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as you rush to finish your holiday shopping we thought we'd reflect on the spirit of giving. >> our friend liliana vazquez met up with "america's got tal talent" host nick cannon who is working with the sarmy. >> he's hilarious. and this year the salvation army put out a call asking people from across the country what their red kettle reason is and why they want to give back. i got together with nick and some pretty talented bell ringers. take a look. it's the sound. season. the bells of the salvation army red deathal soldiers.

this holiday nick cannon teamed up with the salvation army to help give back. so good to see you. >> good to see you, too. happy holiday. >> reporter: have are they so important to you? >> growing up the salvation army was definitely a pillar in our community especial lire during the time. our holidays. >> reporter: tell us about the campaign? gave your reason for why you were giving back and the reward as a shopping spree for me to shop for kids this holiday season. >> reporter: our winner is maddy. >> and this is maddy right here. >> now, this was your 15th birthday wish? >> right. >> how cool is that. i feel like i have everything that i want and i wanted to give it back to everyone i could give to. >> she understands. amazing. >> we have new york city's most enthusiastic bell ringers right

here with us. give it up for us. >> since your other gig is "america's got talent." >> uh-oh. >> we're going to have you in our fabulous crowd here today. which one has the best moves. >> okay. >> bell ringers got talent. miguel, aguilera. come on out. ♪ >> the oh. >> look at miguel. go, miguel. miguel with the bells. miguel's going to tire himself out. he's going to hurt himself. >> there you go. >> okay next. we have salvation army army cadet katie betts. come on out, katie. >> i'm ready. let's go, katie. >> oh. >> real simple.

right here for you. >> i like it. >> classic. >> fantastic. nice work and up next we have a 19-year veteran, salvation army can can't. come on out. >> oh. . >> two hands on her. >> oh, gee. it's in stereo. you hear the whole thing going on. >> i'm going to have to confer. even though you know i loved that, miguel had the loudest cheers. >> on the way out let me see some more bell-ringing. >> wow.

>> sound like nick and maddy had a great day picking out toys for the kids at kansas city shelter. >> those guys are fun to watch. see them all over the season. >> the music choices. >> and they do so much for us. >> yeah. >> thank you. we'll be back in a

this morning microsoft is pledging up to $2 million in donations of software and laptops. tell me about the donation. >> thank you for having us. first we're giving $2 million in software grants to youth oriented nonprofit groups. and microsoft retail stores are donating i'm ... ==topvo== it might as

well be christmas- come-early for lake tahoe ski good monday morning. 9:56. we still have a for a days left before christmas, but it might as well be christmas come early for lake tahoe after last year's dismal season. most resorts got more than a foot of snow over the weekend.

a fresh blanket of powder greeted skiers and snowboarders yesterday. the sierra snow pack is now about 80% of normal with a new round of storms on the horizon. so we have snow and wes have rain in the works. let's check in with hakari hall. >> heavier rain is moving in afternoon. it will be cool, mid to upper 50s. rain stays with us throughout tonight as well as early tomorrow. and then we take a break from the rain by tomorrow afternoon with more of it as we get to the end of the week. let's see how the roads are moving. leftovers from the rain, it's called puddles. fast track lanes are clearing up very quickly. still watch the slick conditions. oakland, it's even soupier there, but you can see the light traffic flow here. the map, we'll show you still slowing tr ining through downto

oakland, but we also have trucks to be sweeping, but it is pretty wet. maybe fog especially along the coast. >> a lot of kids coming home from school today with tons of dirt all over their clothes. we'll see you in 25 minutes with another update.

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