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>> oligarchy is taking shape in network. >> the supreme court said the tiktok ban stands. >> the week long heartbreaking and relentless fire fight. good morning, and welcome to "sunday today" on this busy, january 19th. i'm willie geist. we are following a flnumber of breaking stories this morning including the cease fire that went into effect just a few hours ago in gaza. the start was delayed briefly but fighting now has stopped and hamas is expected to release three israeli hostages very shortly. plus, tiktok goes dark in the united states after the supreme court on friday upheld a law banning it here unless it is sold by its chinese ownership. tiktok's owner appealing to president-elect trump to bring it baconline once he takes office. all this, with trump set to be inaugurated for the second time just over 24 hours from

now. brutal brutally cold temperatures in the forecast have moved the ceremony inside to the capitol r rotunda. we'll have the latest on these stories and talk to kristen welker about her new interview with the president-elect all just ahead. plus, our sunday focus is from the latest on the ground, as firefighters begin to get a handle after two weeks of the blazes that have reshaped southern california and left thousands of people wondering what now. then, our sunday spotlight on a rare sight these days, the milkman will head out on the route with the man keeping an old american tradition alive. and later, a new sunday sit-down with a hollywood icon, glenn close on the latest role in an extraordinary 50-year career that begawith a y young theater actress dreaming bill of the stages of new york city. >> i remember going to an audition and going out of the stage door and literally

thinking that the streets were paved with gold. i remember almost you feel like you've levitated in some way because you know that you're going to have a chance. >> a sunday sit-down with glen close, plus another life well lived all a bit later in the show. let's begin this morning with the cease fire in gaza now in effect. the fighting has stopped as families await the release of the first hostages. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in tel aviv with more. richard, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, willie, it's been a long and tense morning so far. for a fehours it looked like we were not going to get here, but now that cease fire is in place. it takes place in several stages with those first three hostages expected to be released today. israel is ready and waiting to receive the first batch of hostages. crowds in tel aviv excited and

anxious. hoping the first transfer of three goes smoothly so that the cease fire continues and all of the 98 hostages are freed. exactly how many are alive and in what condition they're in remain unclear. >> the biggest thing that i'm doing is praying. i'm just praying for them to come back. praying for them to come back alive. >> according to hamas, the first three are female civilians. emily damari mirov afte, daromi was roan steinbrecher, and romi gonen. >> she said, mommy, i'm afraid i'm going to die. no, you're not going to die. >> reporter: israel has put doctors and psychologists on stand by, ready to support the hostages and their families. right up until the deal went into place, israeli strikes in gaza continued. medical officials tell nbc news at least 19 palestinians were killed in the final pre-cease

fire hours. it didn't stop preparations in gaza for the long awaited cease fire. families of palestinian prisoners getting ready to receive relatives israel has committed to release as part of the hostage for prisoner swap. aid trucks and ambulances are at the ready to move in. increasing the flow of aid to gaza is also part of the deal. gazans are already celebrating but nouthern gaza to the north e the t fully. many have started walking from southern gaza to the north. they want to see what if anything remains of their homes. this first phase of the cease fire is expected to last six weeks in which hamas has vowed to release 33 hostages. the release of the remaining hostages is supposed to take place in the second phase, which still needs to be negotiated. will legal.

>> richard engel, starting us off in tel aviv this morning, richard, thank you so much as always. also breaking overnight, tiktok has gone dark here in the united states. the site and wildly popular app both shut down after friday's supreme court ruling upheld the law banning the social media company from operating in the u.s. unless it is sold by his chinese parent company. nbc's savannah sellers has the latest. good morning. >> good morning, that is right. last night, around 10:30 p.m. eastern, users were met with this notification, you can't use tiktok for now. indicating they plan for the shutdown to be temporary. the notification goes on to say the company is, quote, fortunate that president trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate tiktok once he takes office. our kristen welker spoke exclusive with the soon-to-be president by phone yesterday. he said he will most likely give tiktok a 90-day reprieve from a

n. when he takes office tomorrow, those 90 days would give byte bytedance more time to sell the platform to a non-chinese owner. he said he could announce this as soon as tomorrow. for their part, the biden administration repeatedly said they did not plan to implement the law today, even though, remember, president biden himself signed the law back in april, and as you mentioned, the supreme court unanimously upheld it on friday. tiktok, though, they said that they had needed greater clarity and assurance. they wanted it in writing for their service providers. those are the companies that really make tiktok work, and they didn't want them to be hit with those massive fines or legal fallout. they wanted that to be assured. the white house press secretary called the plans to go dark a stunt, and now we wait to see if and when the app comes back online under a president trump. willie. >> tens of millions of people anxiously looking at their phones waiting for a residoluti on this. savannah sellers, thank you so much. we appreciate it.

tiktok ceo is planning to attend the inauguration of president-elect trump, a ceremony that now will be held inside the capitol rotunda because of the extreme cold. nbc's aaron gilchrist is at the white house with more on what we can expect tomorrow and in the first days of the second trump administration. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, willie, good morning. the final changes for the inauguration festivities are still coming together, but we do know that we will see mr. trump take his second oath of office in the capitol rotunda. crews started converting that space late last week. the outside platform could have accommodated about 1,600 people. that number likely to be cut by more than half now that snow today and brutal cold tomorrow e moving things inside. trump will be sworn in using two bibles before his inaugural speech, which he tells nbc news will focus on unity and strength. now, some version of the inaugural parade that was to have about 7,500 participants will also happen indoors at a d.c. area arena. now, the president-elect says he

will greet supporters at that 20,000 seat facility after the swearing in ceremony. we also expect trump to begin taking executive actions tomorrow. now he has said he'll move to start mass deportations of undocumented immigrants as soon as possible. he also promised to reverse biden executive orders on things like oil drilling and vehicle emissions. worth noting that trump signed one executive order on his first day in office in 2017, willie. tomorrow that number is expected to be significantly higher. willie. >> yeah, signaling big and immediate plans. aaron gilchrist at the white house for us. thank you so much. kristen welker is the moderator of "meet the press." kristen, good morning, good to see you as always. you had a phone interview with the incoming president, wide ranging, what stood out to you? >> well, willie, this was a pretty extensive conversation, you're absolutely right. we talked about his day one priorities. it's clear that mass deportations will be in focus. he said he's planning to sign a

record number of executive actions. i asked him, what does record number look like? will it be more than 100? he said it's going to be in that neighborhood. i asked him for specifics on his border executive actions. he said that the deportations will begin very early and very quickly. that's significant. he wouldn't give me specifics about which cities will be targeted, willie, but it is clear that they are aiming to hit the ground running in that regard. now, in terms of other topics that we broached, we also did talk about tiktok. you just heard savannah address that. it's clear that he wants to find some type of resolution to this, some type of delay, but look, he's still in the process of trying to figure out exactly what to do. the middle east also in focus for him, willie, he says that the cease fire better hold, and he said he's planning to meet with prime minister netanyahu in the near future. so a lot on his plate as he prepares to be sworn into office for a second time tomorrow.

willie. >> sometimes the phone rings and it's the incoming president of the united states, covering a lot of ground with you there, kristen. thank you so much. we'll look for much more this morning on "meet the press" when kristen is joined exclusively by the republican speaker of the house mike johnson and by democratic house minority leader hakeem jeffries. this morning, the kansas city chiefs and washington commanders are just one win away from the super bowl. last night, rookie quarterback sensation, jayden daniels threw for two touchdowns, including this one, to zach ertz to lead the command ters to a 45-31 victory over the detroit lions, spoiling the super bowl hopes for lions fans. next week, daniels will become only the sixth rookie o ever to start a conference championship game. in the early afc divisional game, kansas city chiefs superstar quarterback patrick mahomes threw this touchdown pass to travis kelce as he was falling to his knees. taylor swift and basketball star caitlin clark embracing in the

celebration afterward. kansas city held on to beat the houston texans by a score of 23-14. they now are headed to their 7th straight afc conference championship game as they pursue a third consecutive super bowl title. today, the buffalo bills host the baltimore ravens and the los angeles rams travel to philadelphia to take on the eagles. you can watch that game right here on nbc and streaming on peacock. our coverage begins this afternoon at in san jose. the fog is really at an extreme this morning. we're putting us under a dense fog advisory until about nine. this morning. we'll see how it fades out. it's worse down here through the south bay valleys, but also up there in the north bay with limited visibility. remember, use those low beams and keep that extra distance between the cars. just drive

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being lifted, allowing residents to return home. but for some like the dale family who lost their pacific palisades home, it's a long road back. >> it's just so tight-knit, and i'm desperate to get back. it's my favorite place in the world, and i want to get back there however we can. >> reporter: they're not alone. more than 12,000 homes and buildings were lost in the wildfires. california governor gavin newsom hinting at a marshal-style rebuilding plan that could cost tens of billions ofollars. >> we have a team looking at reimagining l.a. 2.0. >> reporter: that could put newsom at odds with congressional republicans who suggested putting conditions on aid to california. how to rebuild in a way to ensure this never happens again. >> the's a lot of different factors at play here. >> reporter: jeff is a climate and disaster expert and say l.a.'s unique topography makes it prone to wildfires. >> you have these canyon, these very steep hillsides so when the fires start they just run out of control and rise with the heat

and rise up. >> reporter: the solution n his eyes, rebuilding using fire resistant materials, creating buffers around homes eliminating flammable plants and widening roads. >> we have a lot of neighborhoods on narrow roads from when these were bungows for actors back half a century ago that just aren't fit for the kind of response that we need if we need to get fire trucks up there. >> reporter: one case study, paradise, california. back in 2018, 90% of the town burned to the ground, destroying 18,000 structures and killing 85 people. it's california's most destructive fire on record. six years later, the town has rebuilt a third of its homes with an emphasis on fire resilience. including warning sirens, wider streets for emergency vehicles and power lines buried underground. l.a. faces a similar opportunity to rebuild in a way that is more in tune with mother nature. is this a watershed moment for l.a.? >> it should be. in the arc of history when we

see major investments in resilience, we see that in the aftermath of a severe disaster and severe losses. >> reporter: meanwhile, the dale family is celebrating small victims like a return to school for daughters in a new district. >> our life has not been normal the last week. it's the most insane week of my life for sure, and we're just so happy to give them normalcy. they were so happy this morning. >> yeah. >> it's really nice. >> and dana joins me now live from pacific palisades. dana, good morning. as you say, we can see there, there is a long road ahead for these displaced families, so where does the process of rebuilding even begin for them? >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. that's a good question, but also a tough one because first, you got to make sure this area is safe. that means hauling away all of this toxic and hazardous material. that could take weeks, if not

months. the governor did sign an executive order suspending some of those costly and time-consuming permit requirements allowing communities like this to build faster. willie? we'll see if they come back home or decide to move on. dana, really important look at the story for all those families, we appreciate it. thanks so much coming up next, the sunday sitdown with glenn close on the action movie that has her staring with jamie fox and cameron diaz, the latest in a career full of unforgettable roles. life well lived. the youngest of the freedom riders who boarded busses that changed america. as we head to break our photo of the week, a look behind the scenes of president biden delivers his farewell address from the resolute desk in the oval office on wednesday night. vice president kamala harris, first gentleman doug emhoff, first lady jill biden, and the president's son hunter all watching the speech. the president delivering a

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good morning. thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 19th, i'm kira klapper san francisco

mayor daniel lowry, only in office for less than two weeks, says one of his first priorities is to make sure the city is prepared to handle a large scale disaster. that's why yesterday he joined leaders from a long list of city agencies for an emergency preparedness drill. it featured the san francisco fire department demonstrating its high pressure fire hydrant system and other critical resources, including fire boats ready to battle flames offshore. i think the key here is we have to continue to be as prepared as possible,, whatever comes our way. with the challenges that we face and what southern california faces, you can never be too prepared. this comes as the l.a. area continues to battle several deadly wildfires. you might recall firefighting efforts have been hindered because of a lack of pressure and water in some local hydrants. investigators are still working to determine the cause of those wildfires, and those dried up hydrants. we're going to turn now to our microclimate forecast. and

cinthia pimentel. quite foggy out there this morning. wow. super foggy. normally this would be our view overlooking downtown san jose cesar chavez plaza, but right now, just socked in and all of that fog. so we are under a dense fog advisory for the santa clara valley through abo 9 a.m. this also includes parts of the north bay valleys. but notice as we go on into the mid bay that things are a little bit better visibility wise, so we need to use those low beams. remember to change that setting on your car, because we're down to about a quarter of a mile, barely seeing anything in through parts of morgan hill. and it gets worse creeping in through parts of the delta two and up into the north bay. novato very hard hit area with that fog this morning. i think it will clear out as we go on into about maybe the mid morning hours. but aside from the fog, look at san rafael waking up in those upper 30s this morning. we'll gradually get into the 40s. once that fog starts to mix out and we get more peeks of sunshine, but it will be a struggle to warm things up up there, even going on into

lunchtime, still barely making it into the 50s. we see the low clouds and some patchy fog there through the city as well, so it's hit or miss depending on where you're driving in the bay area this morning along the coast, we do have those beach hazard statements in effect, so just be careful if that's where your daytime plans will lead you to. we'll also talk about the dry wind that's expected to make its return as we go on into monday. you can see here that we have a lot to talk about at 7 a.m, where the gusty winds will be the most. we'll talk about those model runs and also see what's ahead for southern california. with the wind and the red flag warning that returns going on into the early part of the week. so i'll wait for you at seven to talk about all of this and more. kira back to you. all right, cynthia, thanks. also coming up at seven this morning on today in the bay, we hear from the team that saved a boy's life in the east bay. we will show you their emotional reunion. you definitely don't want to miss it and hear what they did to save that young boy's life. we'll have that. plus all your top stories coming up at seven. plus the latest on that ceasefire in

gaza, which took effect just a few hours ago. we will have the latest on all that and more. but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy sunday today with willie geist. the israel-hamas cease-fire talks were one of the toughest

negotiations he had ever experienced. the hardest part was convincing both sides he was still the president. >> that is colin jost from the weekend update desk on last night's new episode of "saturday night live," the first of the new year. stand-up star dave chappelle hosted the show. in 1974, a fresh-faced college graduate named glenn close arrived in new york city with a dream to be a working actor. within a decade she would win a tony award and earn three oscar nominations. over the course of a long, legendary career that original dream has been exceeded many times over with close winning three tonys, three emmys, three golden globes, and earning eight academy award nominations for her work. her latest turn is as a veteran spy in a netflix action movie co-starring jamie foxx and cameron diaz. glenn and i got together in new york the other day for a sunday

sitdown. in a career spanning 50 years, glenn close has played a country grandma in "hill billy ellegy." to a devilish designer in "101 dalmatians" >> hello. >> reporter: a lover scorned in "fatal attraction". >> i'm not going to be ignored, dan. i think it was the first time people realized i could be sexy. >> reporter: yet, somehow the bona fide movie star never has felt quite at home in hollywood. >> i mean, frankly i've always felt like i'm a bit of an outsider. i still feel like i'm an outsider. >> do you really? >> yes. i still feel there is carve rons of the unknown in me. >> does that motivate you feeling like i'm an unknown here? >> yes. i think there's still discoveries to be made. you just have to find the right

team. ♪♪ >> i have a little thing that says pip, emotional support producer. >> there is something nice about having your pup with you, isn't there, wherever you go? >> oh, man. it helps me not be homesick. reporter: the 77-year-old close was born in greenwich, connecticut. when she was 7 her father, a doctor, moved the family to live in a commune immersing close and her three siblings in a spiritual movement that eventually took them to switzerland. she now calls it a cult. how does an actor emerge from that rather eccentric upbringing? >> i'm still working it out. from a very early age, when we were running feral in the connecticut countryside, i always had an incredibly active imagination. i think i could take myself out of situations sometimes with my

imagination and not let it maybe get into me as deep as it might have. i mean, i think that's what kept me on course of doing what i wanted to do at a very early age, which was be an actress, actor. >> reporter: close studied theater at the college of william and mary before making her way to the stages of new york city. we're here in new york, which makes me think about you in the 1970s as a young theater actor running around town with your friend meryl streep perhaps. what were those early days? scary, exciting? >> thrilling. i remember going to an audition and going out of the stage door and literally thinking that the streets were paved with gold. i remember almost you feel like you've levitated in some way, because you know you're going to have a chance. >> reporter: and she made the most of it. a tony nominated performance on

broadway led to a role in her first movie "the world according to garth" where she starred alongside robin williams and earned an academy award nomination right out of the gate. >> is that the latest fashions? >> no. that's the oldest profession. >> the first scene i did was a long tracking shot and it was with robin willms at night. terror was like here. and he was so wonderful. i think he must have sensed it. somehow we got through it, but, yeah, that was -- that was trial by fire. >> reporter: an incredible run of oscar nominated roles in "the natural" "fatal attraction" and dangerous liaison" began in 1983 with "the big chill". >> when did you start to feel comfortable? >> i hat a moment in "the big chill" and realize i started to understand how powerful thought is on film, that it's just as

powerful as the spoken word. >> reporter: nearly a decade after, close reunited with robin williams in "hook" directed by steven spielberg. >> spielberg said you want to be a pirate? i said sure. >> he gave you the beard and chin. >> and hair. >> no! >> i think a lot of people at first didn't understand that was you and then there you were. >> no. the script girl tried to hit on me. >> you looked good as a pirate apparently. >> yeah. it was really fun. >> reporter: part of the fun for close has come in moving seamlessly between movies, broadway and television. >> you are in this office to wait for instructions. you don't have license to think. >> reporter: on her latest adventure close stars with cameron diaz and jamie foxx in the new netflix movie "back in action." >> should we hug or something?

>> no, no. i'm british. we don't hug. it was a really fun character. a retired mi-6 mother of cameron diaz. i was amused by the script. i thought it was almost a throwback to those great spy movies. >> you're described as sort of a gangster grandma is one way i heard it. >> well, the first time you see her, she's shooting birds and she, obviously, knows how to, you know. >> they drops one quickly. >> very good shot. just her noble [ bleep ]. >> don't test me, dear. i'm still a good shot. >> working with cameron in the first movie she's done in a long time, almost a decade, that must have been really special for both of you? >> yeah. she's so lovely and we had some good chats and i mean she just has an ease about her. it's like, you haven't forgotten how to ride a bicycle. the atmosphere on the set was wonderful. jamie loves to have music in

between setups, so there was always some kind of something going on. it's important who you spend your time with, you know. just as important as what's written on the page who you leave home for is the way i look at it. >> life's too short. >> it's so true. >> yeah. >> reporter: for close, a life in show business is captured best by a line from a treasured letter she received from another iconic actress. katharine hepburn. >> she wrote me this wonderful letter and she said "i'm so happy i had something to do when you were a mere child to get you into this terrible profession. this terrifying profession. and let's face it, this delicious way to spend your life." i take that to heart because it is terrible, it is terrifying, and and it is also delicious.

>> glen's new movie "back in action" is streaming on netflix. our thanks to the restaurant danielle in new york for hosting our conversation and glenn's dog pip for joining us. don't forget to subscribe to the sunday sit down podcast including her long tradition of keeping the costumes from all of those famous movies. you can find our conversation wherever you get your podcasts or scan the qr code on the screen. and next week, a favorite sunday sitdown with the talented costar of the blockbuster "wicked" movie. cynthia erivo on playing elphaba with oscar nominations a few days away. cynthia erivo next week on here through the santa clara valley with that dense fog that is settling in. it's worse up there in the north bay, too, and out towards the central valley.

that will be with us through 9 a.m. you can see this very foggy shot, 101, in san rafael. after we mix out of this fog, it will be a cool day with some hazy sunshine. we expect those offshore winds to return going on into tomorrow ahead on "sunday today" our highs and lows of the week including a dad doing dad things. racking up millions of views with his hack for snow removal. up next, our sunday spotlight on the milk man still making his rounds in a snapshot from another time. "sunday today" is coming right back. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil.

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special. >> i love the nostalgia of it. i had a milkman as a kid. >> we're so old fashioned we're back in style, say. >> reporter: frederick started driving for smith brothers farms at 18 years old. back when his granddad was the route manager. >> we would have keys to people's houses or their garage and go in and stock that second fridge in the garage. the community invites you in. >> reporter: 35 years later how is it going? >> i'm 54 still showing up every day. >> reporter: his customers know they can expect him rain or shine. 35 years has rob ever missed a delivery? >> no. no. never. >> reporter: you remember when you were a kid you had a smith brothers milkman. >> yep. >> reporter: how does it feel to be that guy for a whole new generation? >> you hand milk to a little kid, and i'm telling you, it doesn't seem like any time at all and you're handing milk to their little kids. >> reporter: at the smith

brothers warehouse dozens of trucks are loaded bright and early every morning. >> is it true all of this began with a single cow? one cow on a half acre lot in west seattle. >> reporter: dusty highland's great grandfather bought a dairy farm back in 1920 and it's grown from its humble origins s to serving 70,000 homes. >> how has smith brothers not just survived but flourished when you have amazon promising to bring people whatever they want whenever they want it? >> had to add a lot more products than just the dairy products we used to deliver and change all of our technology. we used to be getting orders on notes left in the porch box and now we have a website and an app. >> reporter: changing with the times, but still keeping that personal connection their customers love. >> it's not just about the milk. it's about a community that is not just accepts you but welcomes you and that's contagious.

>> reporter: for "sunday today" morgan chesky, seattle. >> the milkman, alive and well. morgan, thank you very much. this week and on this eve of the martin luther king jr. national holiday we highlight another life well lived. on may 4th, 1961, an 18-year-old college freshman stepped on to a bus in washington, d.c., bound for new orleans and into the history books as one of the original 13 freedom riders. charles person was a student at morehouse college in his hometown of atlanta where he had been arrested a few months earlier at a restaurant sit-in while protesting jim crow segregation. he was joined on that trip aboard a trailways bus by six other black freedom riders, including future congressman and civil rights icon john lewis and six white riders. their mission was to test the supreme court's order to deseg grate the inner state bus system. along the route a group of men

that included members of the ku klux klan boarded the bus, beating person and others unconscious when they refused to move to the back. when the bus arrived in birmingham on mother's day 1961, another mob of men was waiting and the riders including person were beaten again. the images from alabama helped to galvanize the civil rights movement as hundreds of new freedom riders joined the cause. two weeks later, president john f. kennedy ordered the immediate desegregation of all interstate bus terminals. person an engineering whiz accepted to m.i.t. but could not afford the tuition, later joined the marines corps serving two years in vietnam. he retired from the military in 1981, starting an electronics business and running tech support for atlanta city schools. charles person, one of the original freedom riders, died

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it is time for the highs and lows of the week. our first high on this big nfl playoff sunday goes to a great mid game read by philadelphia eagles wide receiver a.j. brown. not of the defensive secondary. he actually was reading. >> he's a little frustrated. he hasn't seen many balls today. he's going to read a passage here. >> i haven't seen too many people read books. >> that's brown caught on camera reading a book on the bench during the second half of last sunday's wild card win over the packers. as the clip went viral so did the book called "inner excellence: train your mind for extraordinary performance and the best possible life". that's deep. it actually sounds like the perfect book to be reading in a huge playoff game. >> that's a book that i bring every single game, you know, my teammates call it, that's the first time i heard y'all got me on camera, but it's not the first game. it got a lot of points in there. >> on monday morning, the

anchors of "good day philadelphia" alex and mike, opened the show reading in silence their own copies of "inner excellence." and this week, yes, the five-year-old self-help book skyrocketed to number one on the amazon list of best sellers. a.j. brown book club has its next meeting when the eagles host the l.a. rams later today here on nbc. our first low goes to tuning into the livestream of this week's action at the australian open only to find an animated game of wii nintendo. the australian open sold broadcast rights to media companies around the world limiting its own capabilities. tennis australia got creative putting the tournament on a two-minute delayed animated version of the matches using tracking cameras and a.i., a work around that falls within their rights. yes, fans are saying the players looked very similar to characters from nintendo's wii

tennis. animation is not perfect so daniel medvedev, racket floating in midair and slamming of it into the net does lose its intensity in the cartoon version. players enjoying the alternate broadcast. madison keys shared a clip of her character doing a backflip. laugh if you will, but the tournament reports it drew 95,000 streams this week compared to 140,000 at the same time last year. our next high goes to the man whose brilliant home-spun innovation puts him in the company of edison, jobs. when a rare snowstorm hit the nashville area, steve mcpherson had the quickest, easiest cleanup on the block because he had laid down a big tarp before the snow came and then just peeled that sucker back after the six inches fell revealing an immaculate walkway.

so ob in hindsight, yet none of us thought of it. >> it's gone! >> glad i could help. >> it's gone. steve's son jack posted the video of his dad with the caption "a snow day hates to see my dad coming." the clip now has nearly 50 million views across social media. that is just outstanding work, steve. we salute you, sir our final low goes to the absolute last thing you expect to find when you reach for a crisp head of lettuce in the produce aisle. this is wild. an aldi grocery store in chicago called animal control this week to report an animal entered the snow nestled itself among the vegetables in the refrigerated section. the officers first using the end of a mop to coax out whatever is in there, raccoon, snake, maybe. nope. it is a full-sized adult coyote right there in the aldi.

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we were happy to get more of your "sunday today" mugshots. starting across the top with tim and terri in the swiss alps. that is your highest elevation train station known as the top of europe. how cool is that. good morning to you shawn and andrea enjoying a trip to

nashville on the cumberland with the batman building behind. i don't have to ask if you had a good time. it's nashville. great shot here of craig anded that thaddeus with the eiffel tower behind them. the sight never gets old. will rachel kyle and anna at rockefeller center in new york before the tree came down. looking good guys. fred, kitty, keeley, jack and vivienne bundled up in county perry ireland. a great shot. thanks for bringing us on the trip. how about our friends demetrius, sara, brook, john, saying hello from the "meet the press" control room in the nbc news washington bureau. yes, that is kristen welker with a mug in her hand in the monitor behind them. nice work, team. and finally this morning, a tribute to loyal "sunday today" viewer neal silkman of farmington, maine. we're saddened to learn neal

died this month after a long, brave battle with cancer. his family tells us even during his final weeks, neal always was sure to tune in and watch "sunday today." we're grateful and honored you would send us this photo to remember him and so sorry for your loss. thank you, neal, for sharing your sundays with us. and thank you to all of you for spending part of your morning with us today. we'll see you right back here next week on "sunday today."

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