mexico, england and . good morning. chaos on the strip. a woman with a toddler in the back of her car plows into pedestrians on the las vegas police believe she acted intentionally. a live report this morning. front runners. donald trump fires back after hillary calls him isis' best >> she lies like crazy about everything. she's a liar and everybody knows that. >> this morning he'll speak with

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

>> 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.

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 othersjury 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 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

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 ved 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 ganorgan, thank 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

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

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

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

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

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 ect to isis, i don't think 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

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 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.

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.

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.

>> 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 kmat un

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 con 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

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

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%.

nbc's stephanie joins us.3 f2 consecuencias. deserto 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.

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 fratgratulations 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.

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 kz 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

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.

>> and that'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 at risk for

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>> it is 7:26. according to local court records, the woman who local police say is responsible for driving her car up onto the sidewalk last night is leticia holloway. dana: she is out of oregon and reasonably lives in the portland area. she has a couple of addresses, one out of portland and one in vancouver, washington. she had a three-year-old in the back seat.

murder and child abuse she is expected in a local courtroom tomorrow morning for her first appearance. kim: we will have updates during the today show every 25 minutes. let's check the forecast. kelly: here are the temperatures. we are looking at upper 30's and the 40's in many locations. nellis coming in at 37. a high of 54. the winter solstice is tonight but the first day of winter is the warmest of the seven day. christmas looking at a chance of rain and a high of 48. tom: we want to show you that everything is open. let me go to the strip, it looks like nothing ever happened but obviously the investigation continues. there is a fatality accident shutting down jones between sunset and russell. jones will remain closed for the rest of the morning.

hours ago at 5:30, the woman responsible for this according to local authorities is lakisha holloway. kim: if you're not familiar what what happened, one person dead

we will have 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

police arrested a woman who had a three-year-old inside of her crash. donald trump on this show this morning demanding an apology on hillary clinton after she focused his attacks on him 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

>> people take it very a boy scout leader injured. 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

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.

presence of mind of the scouts that they were able to put their training into use to save the life of their scoutmaster. >> in fact, some of the training police say the boys used. they tried to build a fire to attract attention and even used food to try to lure the bear out of cave. the scout leader says he was in the cave with the bear for more than an hour before it left allowing him to finally escape. terrifying. >> good to know those kids had peace of mind to do that. >> and keep their composure, scout moto be prepared and be ready to act. they did it. >> thanks, tamron. >> and now dylan has a check of the weather. today's weather is wrought to you by kay jewellers, the number one jewelry store in america. every kiss begins with kay. no changes out west. moisture is streaming in off the pacific, and it's bringing yet northwest. this time oregon is going to see most effects. we're looking at heavy rain from washington along the coast of oregon with heavy rain down near

will be extremely gusty. right in through here, you can see the brown area across most of oregon and even southern washington state. we do have high wind warnings with the potential for gusts up to 65 miles per hour. there's also a storm warning out along the water. we are looking the at potential of about 4 to 7 inches of rain, especially in northwestern california. we also will see a round of heavier rain, especially along the western edge of the sierra. in the sierra though, we could see as much as 3 feet of snow.

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i never met the guy! whaaaaa! he does exist! they do exist! uhm... santa? back now at 7:43 with "rossen reports" and a new safety warning that make you think twice before buying certainly holiday toys for your kid this holiday season. >> here is correspondent jeff rossen. what have you got. >> reporter: parent across the country are saying hallelujah, i knew it and every year we go to the store and buy toys and you know they are noisy, and it drives us crazy, but turns out they are not just annoying. they are so noisy this could actually be harming your child's ear so how loud do they get? you won't believe it. this morning we're putting these

squeaking, rattling, singing. this week kids excited to get their hands on toys like these. 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,

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. toy. >> 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

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 is. 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.

our ear pieces, all decided we don't feel like listening, we're done. >> probably have hearing loss in that ear. >> from wearing something like this for 30 years no, question, and hoda is not a loud talker either, not at all. >> jeff, thank you. all right. a chip off the old block, duane "the rock" johnson shares his first picture of his new baby right after this. up next, carson talks the stars, about "star wars" and its empire-sides success at the weekend box office. carson has that first right

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dana: breaking news from the incident that happened on the las vegas strip. some three dozen people injured, one killed. we have a name to go at this incident. lakisha holloway is the person behind the wheel at the time. kim: open murder charge, also a child abuse and neglect charge. local police tell us there was a three-year-old in the car with her when this happened. we are still waiting to hear from sheriff joe lombardo. that could happen at any moment. we continue to do live updates through the today show so you won't miss a moment. dana: the question is why.

we are not sure if we will she is expected to make her first court appearance tomorrow morning. kim: let's get the forecast from kelly. kelly: temperatures out the door this morning are not too bad. thanks to the cloud cover. boulder city at 41, rockland at 46. highs only expected to reach 54 and the first four day of winter -- first full day of winter is 59 and christmas could bring us win the, rain, and cooler temperatures. tom: let's look at the las vegas strip. i want to tell you about this accident involving a fatality before dawn. jones is closed in both directions from sunset to russell road. we didn't see another vehicle so that closure remains in effect by rainbow instead. the strip is back open following the investigation last night so at least good news there. kim: closed through the night

and to recap, local police say a

-- on 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

>> 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.

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.

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

>> 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.

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

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. >> christmas four days away and you may be starting to feel the crunch. >> nbc's kristen dahlgren is here to ease your last-minute shopping and shipping concerns. hey, kristen. >> reporter: good morning, guys. down at post office here where the first wave of trucks are getting loaded to head out on the biggest delivery day of the year. the u.s. postal service is year. and if you're like me and still have a few people to check off your list, here's what you need to know. >> it's the most wonderful time of the year and the busiest for the united states postal

today an estimated 30 million packages are heading for porches around the nation making it the biggest delivery day of the year for the usps, but that's just a small chunk of the estimated 15.5 billion cards, letters and packages the postal service expects to deliver this season. this week is one of the busiest for post offices and for stores. according to the national retail federation, as much as 40% of the season's sales happen in the 10 days before christmas with delivery deadlines inching closer, here are the biggest concerns from last-minute shoppers. >> can you still ship packages in time for christmas? er, yes, but know your cutoff. the deadline for usps priority mail service is today. their priority mail express service is wednesday. if you prefer-ups or fedex you have until tomorrow to make their second day air deadline or wednesday for next day delivery service. next, can you shop online and get gifts delivered before christmas, it depends. standard shipping alone won't do

stores offering delivery by christmas deals. it also pays to go prime. amazon prime members get free two-day shipping nationwide and free same-day delivery in certain metro areas. and finally, is it worth swinging by a retail store? the answer, yes. this week brick and mortar stores are posting big sales. in some cases on their entire inventory. retailers are also keeping their stores open longer. kohl's and walmart stores will be open 24 hours through wednesday and late on christmas eve, and toys "r" us is extended holiday hours until 2:00 a.m. for the next three days. >> so why so many deals in the holiday home stretch. >> anywhere from 30% to 40% of what retailers bring in during the holiday season comes between december 15th and december 25th, so those few days leading up to christmas are extremely important in terms of driving

getting those procrastinators to finally buy something. >> now, because it's been so unseasonably warm, some of the biggest deals on winter wear this year, look out for that. but you will probably pay a premium for shipping to get it there on time. now, matt, i know you said you were done. hoda, do you need me to save a spot in line here? >> i said i was done on the air and i don't know why i said that because i'm not done. i felt guilty. >> miss colombia. >> save mow a spot, would you. all right, kristen, thanks so much. coming up, hilarious video of a little girl with plenty of sass. she's got a great rendition of the whip nae-nae dance with jolly old st. nick. >> and adele says she saved a life and it was her own. singer shares what she did to improve her health. >> and if you're cooking for a crowd, why not whip up a holiday

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mark, get set, go. yeah, i don't think there's anything wrong with that. >> i have a ratio. 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 failure. at the same time, carson, you should not crush them. shot. maybe every other.

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, time. you can't do that if your kids are wing allning 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

>> 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!

>> 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 bitterbirth on wednesday. he says his one wish is to be a

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 maccartney joining bruce springsteen, matt lauer's best friend.

>> 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.

across the sout >> 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

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

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

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

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

kim: we have updated information on the breaking news we've been following since it said it. dana: the person who has been identified by the clark county coroner's office is 32 years old out of buckeye, arizona. she was the sole person killed in this incident on the las vegas strip. police identifying the woman behind the wheel as lakisha nicole holloway out of portland. you see the car she was driving

metro, a 1996 oldsmobile with extensive damage. kim: joe lombardo is going to address all of us in a news conference at 10:00 and will release the photo of lakisha holloway. we will make sure we have it for you then. a lot of you are trying to get out the door. kelly: where looking at quite a few clouds. temperatures in the 40's. paradise is at 42 and nellis at 41. nellis at 43. partly sunny skies, temperatures below normal at 54. 59 tomorrow, chance of rain and snow. christmas eve. and cooler temperatures christmas day. tom: an investigation into a fatality that has jones closed. a body by the side of the road,

other than emergency vehicles. the closure will remain for the rest of the morning. kim: we want to remind everyone that the las vegas strip reopened in all directions at 5:30. in addition to the driver's name

dana: 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

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

the northeast will cool down a bit but still looking at highs 15 to 20 degrees above average topping out in the 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.

>> 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, 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 hass-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 overmight 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.

>> that's a great combo. >> this is a phone sanitizer, close it, the device will sanitize it. >> hi, michael. 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 >> 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

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.

>> 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 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!

there are also ten last-minute bonus gifts on today.com. coming up, liliana is here

this is "today" on nbc. 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, 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.

chops, and you know whenare. 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

>> 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

>> 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

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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.

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 i just 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,

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

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,

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. spend less time chasing sales and more time making room at the table. find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods. your four legged friend deserves something as special as everyone else in the family.

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 inging 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.

dominion. >> and giada will have some lobster for us. yes yes. >> is that a lobster? >> licking my fingers. >> have last-minute gift. >> more ideas. >> so last minute. >> never enough ideaea >> lots to come on a monday morning, but first a check of your local news and the

forecast. dana: the breaking news, we now know the name of the person killed in the incident in the las vegas strip. she has been identified by the clark county coroner's office as

several still in the hospital. kim: we found out a couple of hours ago the driver's name and you're looking at it. lakeisha holloway. a portland resident and also had oregon plates on the car you are seeing with damage in the incident. local police say they believe she did this on purpose, it was not an accident. one person losing their life, you just heard dana mention jessica's name and we had several people injured. we will have a news conference from the sheriff, joe lombardo at 10:00. three. dana: she had a three-year-old daughter. we will find out in the news conference and hour from now expected in court tomorrow kim: let's check in with kelly

kelly: a lot of clouds out there, temperature wise, rising slowly. boulder city i-43. into the -- at 43. the afternoon has a high of 53 degrees but tomorrow is 59 and a chance of rain and mountain snow. when the conditions into christmas and a high of 48. dana: we went below freezing this weekend. we are getting information into the newsroom about what happened on the las vegas strip. it is reopened this morning but

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 tt 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

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.

>> 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 may icic maybe for a different 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,

>> 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.

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.

>> 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

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.

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 grown taken off her head on international television and miss philippines react the. they handled it pretty well. take a look.

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. 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. >> wow. >> donald trump, as you know,

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.

>> 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. >> 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 milllln. >> but didn't break "jurassic world kwmtd's record. >> interesting. >> "jurassic world's" week or overall.

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

movie or all of columbia? you can play that sound and ask 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,

christmas day. we've got temperatures on the east of this jet stream running about 30 degrees above average it has never been this warm around this time of year. 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

we should get up to >> 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.

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the most awesome man in the word. radio city santa. >> merry christmas. came by to pick up a few extra gifts this year. >> 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 to get it by christmas you need to order by 2:00 p.m. today. >> today. >> select next day.

>> 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.

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.

>> 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. this great stuff? >> end of day free two-day shipping and you can get all of this wonderful, wonderful --

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kim: updated information on the breaking news from the las vegas strip. dana: we know the name of the person killed last night. she has been identified as jessica vallance whaler -- jessica valenzuela. we also got the name of the person police say is responsible. that person was driving that

she has been identified as lakisha holloway of portland, oregon. four college students were hurt when her vehicle plowed into pedestrians outside one of the casinos on the strip. they are members of the wrestling team and they were here to compete in a turn amends. 19 athletes and coaches were walking together when this woman swerved onto the sidewalk. one person killed. dozens more injured. dana: it looks intentional that she drove onto the sidewalk pass the kabul wobble. kim: we are hearing from a witness. he says he was dining when he

we are waiting for a news conference in about 30 minutes. let's check out the forecast. >> we are looking at quite a few clouds. temperatures in the 40's.

watching a big storm . 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 onl 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

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 snowhowing makes it the biggest north american film of all time. now it's amazing how something so small could be so cute. a baby otter became the center

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.

our next big storm that's continuing to move eastward. >> 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.

>> he's going to pretend to cook. >> he's been cooking all week >> 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.

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. 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.

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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?

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?

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 germs. >> 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.

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 home. >> facebook.com/rossenreports. >> great year. >> bell ringers got at all

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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.

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

>> 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.

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't 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.

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.

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donating these >> good morning. we are expecting a news conference from the sheriff at any moment. when that begins, we will take you there live, talking about night on the strip. >> local police say a woman intentionally swerved her car onto a busy sidewalk, two or

down people outside a local casino. one person was killed, some 37 others were injured. we do know her name, and it is on your screen. she is from the portland, oregon area. we also have images of the 1996 oldsmobile that local police say she was driving at the time. she also had a three-year-old little girl in the car with her when this happened. the child was not hurt. authorities say they don't know why she did this. they do know who she is. she is charged with multiple serious crimes. she is being interviewed. her blood has been drawn. we're waiting to hear from the sheriff concerning the latest. there you can see the stage is set. we're also supposed to get her mug shot during this update. dana: we want to get a quick check of the weather. kelly joins us from the weather center. kelley co. we have been watching the radar as we are to see some returns show up mainly as mountain snow. most of this very light.

making its way to the ground. i think a lot of this is not quite reaching the ground, but some flurries expected well north of las vegas valley. vegas, partly sunny skies, 54 for the high temperature, 59 tomorrow. a chance of valley rain and snow on christmas eve. dana: once again, the clark county sheriff said to hold a news conference here at any moment.