we're tracking santa and your good morning. war of words. more fallout over donald trump's use of a derogatory term to describe hillary clinton's loss to barack obama in 2008. he is doubling down, blaming the media for misunderstanding. and now she is firing back. >> i don't know that you have any boundaries at all. there's bigotry, his bluster, his bullying has become his campaign. while trump's fellow republicans try to stay out of the fray. near miss. a drone carrying a television camera crashes down in the tracks of a champion skier. what he is saying about the incident. poco y que ocurre, una luz what was it? mysterious light streaks across sospechosa recorre los cielos the sky from las vegas to california. entre las vegas y california, how the fireball ignited a fire storm on social media. como esto inicio una tormenta en the holiday crunch. los medioss sociales, y la christmas now just hours away. ultima hora de navidad la are you ready? navidad a pocas horas, estan from the weather to travel to listos desde el clima a los shopping for the last-minute gifts.

we've got you covered today, lo tenemos cubierto hoy wednesday, december 23rd, 2015. miercoles 23 de diciembre del 2015. from nbc news, this is nbc news y esto es lo tenemos cubierto hoy "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i am matt lauer alongside hoda, filling in for savannah who is on vacation. one day, 17 hours, 59 minutes. a couple days ago you lied to us about being done with your shopping. >> i panicked a little. when you said are you done? i thought is the show down? are we finished? i have a few things to get, nieces and whatnot. it's all right. >> we'll help you out with helpful information on that later on. our top story, though. hillary clinton delivers a firm response to donald trump's most

about her. this after a late-night tweet from trump saying the media miss interpreted his remarks. >> reporter: this morning donald trump's blaming what he calls the biased media for the controversy arguing that the yiddish slang word is a common one in politics. a claim many are not buying as he faces new fallout today. >> nothing really surprises me anymore. i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. >> reporter: new this morning, a forceful response from hillary clinton. >> i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people, his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying has become his campaign. >> reporter: clinton, choosing her words carefully in an

register" after donald trump chose his word a term many find offensive to describe her 2008 loss to president obama. >> she got [ bleep ]. she lost. >> reporter: trump overnight insisting that word is not vulgar tweeting the mainstream media is giving it false meaning. tell them it means "beaten badly." jeb bush raising eyebrows with his comments on clinton. >> she is great at being the victim. this will enhance her victimology status. this is what she loves doing. >> reporter: saying someone was [ bleep ] was playing the victim? >> i'm saying she'll use this in a way that won't be helpful to our cause. i'm concurring with the question. >> reporter: other candidates choosing to keep quiet. >> i didn't say i had no thoughts. i said i had no interest. that's different. plenty of thoughts. >> i don't need to be another political pundit. donald trump can speak for himself. i'll speak for myself.

picture. this one. a "washington post" editorial cartoon showing the senator as an organ grinder, his young daughters dancing monkeys. the cartoonist calling the kids fair game claiming cruz used them as props in this campaign ad. cruz tweeting classy as the "washington post." adding sick with attacking me. caroline and catherine are out of your league. >> the post retracting that cartoon. an editor's note explains the policy generally leaving candidates' kids out of the cartoons. cruz got backup from a surprising source on twitter. marco rubio, who called the cartoon disgusting. the two have been duking it out on the campaign trail, but they both have young kids not too far apart in age.

"meet the press." i want to start with the latest comments from donald trump about hillary clinton. take those two out of it for a second. they're putting -- the comments are putting other republican candidates in a tough spot. they don't seem to know how to react. >> reporter: they don't. and i think because they feel as if -- if they end up attacking trump, then at that point he'll turn his fire onto them. and i think some of them don't want that. jeb bush, i thought, did. but he seemed to back away. i think part of it is because it's a fight with hillary clinton. so no republican -- they're sort of caught between a rock and a they attack trump, it looks like they're defending hillary clinton. they attack clinton, it looks like they're somehow saying it's okay what trump said. so on this one i think it really put the republican candidates in a more unusual box than even previous donald trump controversial comments. >> you talk about jeb bush's 's response. he said she loves to play the victim. this will enhance her victimology status.

not sure about the choice of words, but is his underlying message accurate? does the clinton campaign like this war of words with donald trump? >> reporter: oh, matt, they love it. looking for. by the way, donald trump loves this. trump versus clinton. donald trump wants republicans to get used to the idea that he will somehow take it to hillary clinton. hillary clinton would love to run against donald trump. look at every national poll we've shown you over the last three months. she struggles against the marco rubios, perhaps even against the ted cruzs. against trump, she is ahead. this is one of the cases where the feud benefits both of them right now. and i think they secretly love going at it. >> we have talked so much about the tone of this campaign so far, chuck. that cartoon on the "washington post" website depicting ted cruz and his daughters in a demeaning way went too far in your p opinion? >> reporter: absolutely.

unwritten rule. maybe they ought to write the rule. no kids! come on. these are little kids. ted cruz -- this is, you know -- everything feels as if the line got erased and i think donald trump has made everybody think all is fair right now. but boy, come on. unforced error. >> chuck, i can't remember a campaign that needed a holiday break more than this one does. good to see you. happy holidays to you. to a story getting a lot of attention in hollywood and in new york. federal prosecutors announced tuesday a man from the bahamas was arrested for hacking into celebrities' email accounts to steal unreleased movie and scripts and sex tapes. he was looking to sell the scripts, images and videos to the highest bidder. he allegedly told an undercover agent that he had files of at least 130 stars from the worlds of entertainment, sports and media.

infringement and identity theft. the woman accused of running over people on the las vegas strip faces a judge. 24-year-old lakeisha holloway is charged with felony murder, hit-and-run and child abuse. police say her 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat of the car during sunday's crash that killed one person and injured at least 35 people. holloway's attorney has acknowledged that her mental health could be an issue. we have new developments this morning in the case of robert durst, the new york real estate heir will be brought back to los angeles to face murder charges stemming from the death of his friend susan berman 15 years ago. he is in custody on a weapons charge in new orleans. l.a. prosecutors say they have struck a deal with defense attorneys to have him returned by mid-august. on a much lighter subject, two days away from christmas now. if you are starting to feel the crunch this morning, don't worry. we have you covered from shipping presents to travel

let's start with dylan dreyer, filling in while al is on vacation. sleel >> the christmas eve forecast is looking very warm. before that, today is a big travel day for the christmas holiday. we'll see a lot of travel troubles. this area where the red box indicates a tornado watch box. to the north of it in north of little rock we have a tornado warning in effect right now. severe thunderstorm warnings across southeastern mississippi. this is going to be an area we need to keep a close eye on later on this afternoon because we have 60 million people at risk for very strong storms, especially across western tennessee where we have the bull's eye where we could end up with long-duration tornadoes. they could cause a lot of damage later today. besides that, we're looking at hail and damaging wind gusts. up and down the east coast. record highs. boston, 61. forecasting 69 degrees. new york city, the old record for christmas eve, 63.

in washington, d.c., 66 is the old record in 1982. forecasting a high of 76 degrees. ten degrees above record highs. unprecedented heat. >> santa wearing a tank top. >> along with everybody else. >> exactly. wherever you are, more holiday travellers predicted this year than ever before. gabe gutierrez is in atlanta at the world's busiest airport. good morning. >> reporter: the lines are already starting to build here. a light rain in atlanta but so far no major delays. aaa projects the number of year-end holiday travellers will top 100 million for the first time on record. prices way down in the air and on the road. this morning the rush is on. >> it seemed a lot busier. >> reporter: nearly one in three americans will take a trip this holiday season. >> how many miles? we're probably driving about 1200. >> reporter: more than 100 million expected to travel 50 miles or more.

year. >> we live in tennessee. his mom is in stuart, florida. we're going home for a week, then we're going to indianapolis for the grandkids for a week and then to texas. >> reporter: the more hectic holiday hustle driven by rising incomes and low gas prices. for the first time in six years regular unleaded averaging un$2 a gallon. lubbock, texas $1.64. the highest in orange county, california, $2.90. >> less out of my pocket! >> reporter: air fares 6% lower this holiday season averaging $174 round trip. the price of hotels and rental cars is up slightly. and this year a first for amtrak. now allowing pets on that trip to grandma's house. here in atlanta's airport

millionth passenger on sunday. what are drivers using to beat the rush this year? waze has become a go-to traffic app. it's an app that tracks traffic jams using information contributed by other drivers in the area. the worst time to travel apparently will be between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. today. sunday is also a bad idea. that's when the company estimates it will send out 87% more traffic jam alerts. if you can swing it beings you, take sunday off and travel back then. guys, i don't know. maybe i'll just take the rest of the week off. back to you. >> you've earned it. >> i have two comments after that. first of all, dogs on amtrak? i mean, i -- yeah. i always have to rent a car to see my mom because i can't take the dog. >> no more? >> no more. the second thing is, waze, i have a boy band -- you can do any voice you want for it. do you have it? >> no. >> i have a boy band app.

>> i have c-3po. >> a lot of people will use it over the holidays. no question about it. yes, dogs on amtrak. if you haven't sent your packages yet, you're probably not alone. nbc's tom costello is at the postal service facility in bethesda, maryland. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we're at a busy distribution center in bethesda maryland. they handle four zip codes here. heavily populated area. the push is on. listen to this number. the postal service will deliver nationwide 15 million packages, letters and cards by the time we're all singing "auld lang syne" santa isn't the only one trying to get presents under the tree by christmas morning. the nation's shipping giants are moving faster than rudolph. fedex delivering 228 million packages. ups 420 million, the postal service, 545 million.

packages, up 8% from last year. the surge in deliveries thanks largely to a record-breaking cyber monday. online sales totaling more than $3 billion. >> peak season hits right now. >> reporter: more shipping means more staff. amazon hired 100,000 temporary workers. ups 95,000. fedex, 55,000. the postal service, 30,000. at the ups world port in louisville, the sorting facility is the size of 90 football fields. monday night millions of packages came through here, sent to waiting trucks and planes, but with all the extra help will your packages get to you in time? yes, say the shipping giants, though on tuesday morning a postal service tracking system was down. some customers took to twitter. tracking function down three days before christmas. great! just great! at the post office itself last night. >> today i'm finally shipping my christmas presents. >> reporter: some last-minute

>> anyway, it's christmas. you only do it once a year. so it's fine. >> reporter: so if you still haven't sent that package, the clock is really ticking here. it may be too late for regular mail, with the postal service, but there are options, for example. if you were to be shipping a 5-pound package from new york to chicago through the postal service, it would cost you about $49. fedex would also be an option. that would cost you somewhere in the neighborhood of $74 with the standard overnight option. if you went for ups, it would cost you about $79. if you're freepdprepared to spend more. if you're willing to spend the money, you can get it there. back to you. >> a lot more money! in some cases the cost of the gift itself, tom. why you good information. >> thanks so much. lots of attention around the globe this morning.

be invited back to most the miss universe pageant. one of the show's producers said on tuesday they want harvey to return as host. >> my mistake. it was on the card. horrible mistake. >> i definitely want him back. i would hate to see him not come back. he is going to want a shot to redeem himself. look, the world forgives, you know. the world forgets. it could happen to the best of us. >> meantime, miss colombia is speaking out for the first time. in an instagram post she greats in part, i want to thank each and every one of you who have sent messages of support and strength. she continues, i also want to congratulate the philippines. life continues. in the future we'll find out why things happen the way they happen. >> if he does return, and i think he should. >> i do too. >> imagine the moment of silence next year right before he announces a winner? everybody will be watching. >> it's a mistake that will

>> probably not. let's get a check of the weather. >> it is raining across the eastern half of the country. your local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds. maybe you have time to knit him a sweater. i don't know maybe a snowman. i could do that. let's get out of here. i'm just thinking. order gifts online and pick them up the same day.

that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you very much. i want to talk about a mystery in the sky out west. this thing lit up social media. willie has more on it. >> this was a wild one. astronomy fans know this year is special. full moon for christmas for the first time since 1977. last night, a couple days before rudolph is due. people from las vegas to california caught a glimpse of something sparkling in the sky. >> what is that? >> reporter: in a city known for its strip full of bright lights it was a mysterious flash in the sky that had everyone looking up? >> i was confused. my immediate thought was is this a ufo. >> reporter: the streaking light described as a fireball, visible across nevada and california overnight, and social media lighting up like the sky. from the scared tweeting, i thought it was a missile or

crazy! looked like a plane on fire. to the supernatural. ufo in las vegas? and just santa on a test flight. >> these days people want to find a conspiracy in everything. when in fact the universe itself is pretty much a marvel. >> reporter: in this case the truth was out there. u.s. strategic command confirming the light show came from the remains of a russian sl-4 rocket body after monday's supply launch. after soaring across the sky its remains broke apart on reentry into the atmosphere somewhere over arizona. it comes just a month after another missile launch created a mysterious streak across the western sky. it's just one of 16,000 objects strat-com is tracking in near-earth orbit. >> we see something like this in los angeles once a year. they happen around the planet every day.

believed it was a meteor shore. forecasted to peak last night. imagine walking on the strip. look up in the sky, maybe a long night and you don't know what you're seeing. it's wild! >> willie, thank you. up next, a camera crashes -- something comes crashing down behind him on the track. >> i think we got the message. do you believe in miracles? a grieving daughter writes a message to her late father and

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>> welcome back on this christmas eve eve. strength to the news, the woman accused of hitting more than 30 people on the las vegas will face a judge for the first time this morning. lakeisha holloway is facing a murder charge along with leaving the scene of an accident and child endangerment charges. she allegedly drove her car off the road and onto the sidewalk, hitting 35 people and killing an arizona mother of three. she was homeless and living inside the car with her three-year-old daughter. they say her actions were intentional. we will be in the courtroom bringing you updates on news3lv.com. right now, we want to see how your midweek whether it's shaping up.

degrees, from berlin at 40 degrees. 59 tomorrow, that the wind picks up any afternoon with a chance of rain and mountain snow during the overnight. much colder temperatures, 48 and breezy on christmas day. >> looking forward to the snow in the mountains, that's a much to the wind. on the run raise white now, you can see it is busy -- on the roadways right now, you can see it is busy. you are not going to see a whole lot to his lawyer you down and no accidents causing problems at the moment. coming up, christmas is only three days away and with all the snow activity -- with all the activity comes the food. it was talk to a fire chief live in studio -- we will talk to a

you should see what hoda is doing right now, dancing to some holiday music. >> 7:30 on a wednesday morning. it's the 23rd of december, 2015. nice crowd. that is a cute baby. >> on show here, you're right. >> christmas two days away. we'll stop outside and say hi to the the nice people in a couple of minutes. >> one of my favorite songs. news making stories, donald trump went on twitter last night defending the vulgar term he used towards hillary clinton saying the media misinterpreted the meaning. word. the tweets followed clinton's response saying we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. today a court appearance for the woman who police say deliberately drove her car into a crowd of pedestrians on the las vegas strip killing one and injuring dozens. lakeisha's holloway's 3-year-old daughter was in the car at the time of the incident and she's charged with murder and child

>> a fireball streaking across the sky in california, lighting up social media with speculation but it was identified as the remains of a russian rocket breaking apart on its weigh into the atmosphere. let us begin the debate over the use of >> the debate over the use of drones, now a slippery slope more than ever after one of them came crashing down and narrowly missed the world's greatest alpine skier as he sliced his way down a mountain in italy. tamron is here with more on this. crazy video. >> so crazy. the skier is breathing a sigh of relief after the drone carrying a tv camera shattered to pieced along his tracks and barely missing him happening on a world cup competition a day after officials in the u.s. began cracking down on the commercial use of drones. the world's best alpine skier was almost taken out after a drone flying overhead dropped

marcel hirsher, the four time world champion was competing in italy on tuesday, when ten seconds into his run a drone carrying a tv camera smashed into the ground. seemingly unaware, he finished the race. later shrugging it off on instagram writing heavy air traffic in italy, #luckyme. the international ski federation says they will work together with all of the involved parties to see what occurred during the crash and ensure that this will not happen again. this isn't the first time a drone has posed a danger to athletes. in september a new york city resident was arrested after his quadcopter crashed into the

tuesday's near miss comes one day after u.s. officials began a national drone registry. recreational vehicles weighing up to 55 pounds are now required to register with the faa, and officials are threatening hefty fines for anyone who fails to do so. this, a result of several high-profile incidents including two separate events at the white house where drones became a security threat. with one crashing into a tree on the white house lawn, commercial pilots are also concerned about unmanned vehicles flying into their airspace. reporting nearly 700 close calls this year but despite the danger the popularity is undeniable with some officials predicting massive sales this holiday season, a gadget and tool it a comes with risk. as for the downed drone, the company apologizes to marcel hirsher and to fis for the unfortunate incident with the drones. detailed technical analysis will be conducted and more information will be given as soon as possible. a very technical answer to just a scary thing. good news. >> now over to dylan with a check.

>> hey, guys. a lot of people traveling today and a lot of travel trouble areas across the country so let's focus in on them. out west it's all about the snow. in the eastern half of the country it's all about the rain and storms. if you're headed up near seattle or portland, it's really rain in the lower elevations and then mountain snow making it very difficult to get through the passes out in that part of the country. in the south, that's where we're looking at a chance of very strong storms, especially western tennessee and through most of mississippi and alabama, eastern arkansas. we could see strong storms that produce large hail and also perhaps long duration tornadoes. if you're headed up through minneapolis, a major hub, looking at potential of icing in chicago. looking at rain and some fog and up and down the northeast we're looking at fog and rain as well. that could create a lot of travel delays so just you definitely want to check with your airlines if you're traveling today to see if any of

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our energy can't die. and so i -- i was kind of skeptical to that. he said if i can prove it to you i'll prove it to you. >> reporter: after his death missing him one evening steph wrote a simple message to her dad on a sky lantern. >> i love you, dad, i miss you so much. love steph. >> centuries ago paper sky lanterns were used to send messages far distances but they have since come to symbolize hope. >> i get comfort from thinking about my dad, just because he understood me and he knew when i was scared. he knew when i was feeling weak. >> reporter: and during that time you were feeling particularly vulnerable. >> very. >> reporter: days later and 3737 miles away in vancouver, washington, matt saw what he thought was a plastic bag in his driveway, a chance encounter that would change his life. >> it was a sky lantern and written on it in magic marker

miss you so much and then a woman's name steph. it wasn't a piece of garbage anymore. >> for the father of three young girls that message delivered to his doorstep struck a chord. >> the idea that someone had lost their father and had written a note, a love note essentially to their dad and sent it off was really moving to me. >> matt, a writer did, what he does best, penning an open letter to steph and posting it on his blog knowing she would probably never see it. >> i've always loved you. i'm proud of you. >> the letter went viral reaching the far corners of the world and eventually making its way to stef's computer in kansas city. >> it was like he was writing it from my dad to me. everything in that letter my dad has said to me. >> so were you shocked? >> yeah. it was really kind of surreal.

it was just -- it was an amazing feeling. >> reporter: did you feel like that letter found you at the perfect time in your life? >> yeah. everything i was feeling as far as -- >> >> reporter: it's okay. >> my nephew. i know that they are both okay and i've made peace with that, yeah. >> reporter: and you know he's looking down on you? >> the two saw it as a sign, forming a fast friendship. when we met it was almost like we knew each other forever. >> reporter: how did you explain how this paper lantern sailed hundreds of miles and landed in your front yard? >> i don't know. i mean, as near as can i tell even the wind blows the wrong way. for me it doesn't feel like just a coincidence. it the seems like, yeah, there's something or someone involved there, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: it seems like something bigger.

like that, and for that to happen to me and all the things that needed to happen, and for it to come to this, it's pretty amazing. >> matt wrote a book about this whole experience called "sky lantern" and he said that steph also changed his life, you know, as much as he changed hers. he said have you written a love letter to your girls, and he realized he never had so he did, penned three letters to his three little girls and we thought that this christmas season, you know, what's better than a lovely letter to the ones you love so if you want to go to today.com he gives tips about how to write letters to those you love. >> some people call those god wings, you feel like it's something beyond, you know, what was hospital. >> the he could have so easily picked that thing up and crumpled it up and futd on the garbage can. >> he said if it wasn't on that size he never seen the writing. >> and she saw it pop up on her

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and today it's finding the panda among the snowmen and here it is, let's take a look at it. this is the puzzle. we'll pull it up for you full at home. check it out. there is one panda in all those snowmen. >> i found it. >> i found it. >> dylan has it. we ran it by our readers as you look at this. >> 59%. >> it's right thereto. >> 59% of our people found it online under 50 seconds. took 30% others up to a minute. >> i'm taking it away for a minute. taking it a way. darren on facebook, been looking for 15 minutes. still can't find it. >> oh, darren. >> we'll help you out. >> lisa says there is no panda, but it was nice. there actually is a panda, we'll show you in just a second. >> let's bring this up one more time. >> give me 15 seconds. >> take your 15 seconds. >> it really hits you when you find it. >> oh, i see it.

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kim and dana wagner have the day off. the woman accused of hitting more than 30 people on the las vegas strip will face a judge for the first time this morning. lakeisha holloway is facing a murder charge along with leaving the scene of an accident and child endangerment charges. she allegedly drove her car off the road and onto the sidewalk, hitting 35 people and killing an arizona mother. lakeisha holloway was homeless and living inside the car with her three-year-old daughter who was also in the car that sunday night. her actions were intentional. we will be in the courtroom and following the story. let's check your wednesday morning whether co -- weather. >> we are looking at 41 degrees.

enjoy these temperatures because below freezing temperatures are on the way for the weekend. not too bad today, partly sunny skies with 57 degrees for the high. the chance of rain for the -- and mountain so during the overnight hours. >> we had a report of a fire in this general area. trying to determine if that is actually this will bring fire or whether that might be something that is part of the landscape. that is just off of carrie and of it to the west of i-15. busy on the southbound 15, but that is what you would expect at this time of day. have user grabbing your gifts? we will get the best wrapping

we bring it it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, use it or lose it. you may be thinking more about spending than saving during the holidays but we've got three simple ways to avoid dropping the ball on your finances before the new year. then, carolling and uppercuts. we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year >> one of the more unusual ways a broadcaster got into the spirit on a pro hockey game. and the force was not awakened. the vatican newspaper slams the new "star wars" movie at confusing. why they said it wasn't evil enough today, wenz, december

>> here in sunny new york. >> here for a selfie with hoda! >> merry christmas from texas. hi, mom. >> celebrating christmas with my sister in new york. >> all i want for christmas is see a "today" show tag. >> we are back now. 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it is the 23rd day of december, 2015. who have you found? gavin. >> hi, gavin, hi. >> where did you find gavin. >> don't worry. >> she stealing babies. >> is anyone missing, gavin. gavin's mom is way over there. right over there. >> so adorable. >> i said we have to him him for the open. >> does gavin like dogs? is gavin okay with dogs?

>> here eswrangler, sit. >> wrangler okay with babies. yes. looked a wrangler. hi, you want to say hi. no. >> we think not. >> cute baby. >> anyway, we have a great crowd the here on a stunningly warm day two days before christmas, and coming up, if you have not purchased your last-minute gifts we'll have some great tips to keep you covered. >> all right. and cooking for a crowd. our friends are here. we've got elana and anthony. they will have a recipe to make for everybody. >> you want these? >> hey. >> just so calm. he loves the crowd. >> let's go inside and tamron is inside with a check of the morning's top stories. tamron. good morning, everyone. hillary clinton is not responding directly to the latest comments from donald trump answering questions about school balancies saying she had a lot of terrible things said about her and add that had we shouldn't let anybody bully his

that was apparently a reference to trump who insisted on twitter overnight that the media is making too much out about a derogatory term he used to describe clinton's 2008 primary loss to president obama. expect plenty of company if you still need to travel to your holiday destination. aaa says a record 100 million americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more this season. that's largely due to the cheapest gas in six years with regular unleaded averaging under $2 a gallon. air far for the top 40 domestic routes are also lower this year, and amtrak is luring new customers by allowing pets this year. two places you might not catch a break, prices for hotels and slightly. last-minute shoppers could still have one last chance to beat the christmas shipping deadline. the u.s. postal service, ups and fedex are all offering overnight express service if you send your packages today. expect to pay more than if you

and more than a billion packages will be delivered this holiday season. that's up 8% from last year. delivery companies all say packages, the pipeline will get there in time though a postal service tracking system did experience a malfunction on tuesday. heavy rain is being blamed for a landslide that was caught on camera. tons of mud and rock came rushing down a hillside in central pru. two people were killed when their truck was caught in that flow. unfortunately, such accidents are common in rural peru where landslides destroy hundreds of home every year. one of the world's best athletes is laughing off his brush with danger that fell from the sky. alpine skiing champion mar kell hires,er just started his downhill run and suddenly a drone carrying a television camera crashed behind him. he kept on going. the international ski federation is taking a look at this near

wrote later heavy air traffic in italy. #luckyme. and if you think the nation's airports are craze they time of the year, you don't know the half of it. take a look at what passengers found running through the baggage area at airport. look closely. this is myrtle beach on tuesday. this was a coyote. not chasing a road runner. officials were able to wrangle the animal and how did the coyote get to the other side, like the chick snen. >> i don't know. we get it, tamron, thank you so much. a time of year a lot of people are preoccupied with spending money rather than saving it but you can drop the ball on your finances before the ball drops ringing in 2016. nbc's business and tech correspondent olivia stern is here with three things you need to know. love it when you break down the three things. welcome. we've got -- a lot of people get gift cards, okay, and sometimes i've looked through my drawers and seen old gift cards.

expire, use them quickly? >> reporter: this is the one card americans are maxing out. the average american house hold has $370 worth of unused gift cards. that's ridiculous. money out of window so find those gift cards and check the balances and check the expiration dates. under federal law gift cards can not expire less than five years after purchase, but it is use it or lose it because you can be charged a fee for inactivity so it might be even worth buying something little, don't have to max out the card so that you don't get hit with that inactivity fee. >> a few get hit for restaurant you don't love, a store you never shop in, what should you do with that card? >> sounds like a re-gifter to me. >> can you tell sell them online. >> absolutely. considering selling them on line. you won't get dollar to dollar. might get $80 and go to sites like cardhub.com and resell them. >> let's move down to flex spending, special accounts that cover some of your health and

>> there are some surprising things on this list, but, first, do you need to spend it all by the end of the year? is that part of it? >> good news, according to a new federal law, the treasury department changed the rules a couple years ago. can you roll up to $500 if you've got a balance bigger than, that now might be the time to start figuring out how you want to spend it. >> i was surprised at at couple thing. you can get sunscreen under there and cough drops, the list, i mean, crazy, pregnancy tests. >> yes. >> a lot of very valuable items. a lot of things are covered under flex spending that you might not consider medications. for example, training diapers. funny rules, so you can buy pull-ups under flex spending but not traditional diapers. lumbar supports for the office and look at this, massage or acupuncture, get a doctor's note but basically you can sort of float a trip to the spa with your flex payment. >> reward credit cards, if you spend money you get money. what are the rules when it comes

>> actually check what the rules are on your specific car, check the fine print so for a lot of credit cards it's spend more and earn more. for example, a lot of credit cards have a certain threshold and say you hit $5,000 worth of spending and then you're suddenly going to get 10,000 points or perhaps you have a hotel rewards card and you have to spend a certain amount of money and then you'll suddenly get a free night. you want to consider spending more before you hit 2016 to earn some of the benefits back and if you have to spend more money consider spending it and buying miles and then spend the whole thing on vacation and it's kind of a win-win. >> all good pieces of advice. thanks so much. we appreciate it. coming up next, after making a list and checking it twice find out what happens when santa uses a lie detector to find out who is naughty or nice. >> uh-oh. >> plus, change your tune as a certain british invasion coming to the streaming music services

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>> it's jacob and that's your gift. >> who is next? >> eddie murphy. >> i love it. >> oh, my gosh. the eddie murphy is the best. >> eddie murphy the, i'm a combination between the eddie murphy and high pitch. >> is that good? >> i fake it until i make it. oh, my gosh -- i'm grateful that you thought of me, yes. >> what about you? >> the high pitch, oh, my gosh. i love it. i can use it, can really use this. >> i'm one where the guy gets a piece of clothing and can't show it and he takes his clothes on right there just to prove that he really likes it. >> i do the overreact. i go way over the top, and it's great thing i've ever gotten and everybody knows i'm being a

>> yeah, exactly. >> interesting takes on popular christmas songs. first of all, we all know "the nutcracker" but we're betting you probably haven't quite seen it like this. >> these are hip-hop dancers performing a pop rocking version of the holiday classic and it happened recent any chicago and the guys are backed up by the california philharmonic. the maestro wanted to combine the magic of the 19th century with the music of the 21st century, the moves of the 21st century. kind of nice. >> watched a lot of this type this morning, these guys are fan tastdic. >> wow. >> all right. nothing says holiday cheer like a good hockey brawl so take a look at how this announcer got into the christmas spirit during an unchristmas like incident. we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas

and a happy new year >> you make the best of the situation that presents itself. >> yeah. >> the the merry stylings of announcer jack edwards trying to lighten the mood during a fight between players from the boston bruins and the st. louis blues. jack ended by saying i love the holidays. >> somebody didn't like their gift. that's one of the reactions. >> exactly. >> what does -- what does santa always want to know? he wants to know whether the kids have been naughty or nice and now he's getting a little help from an elf and a like theior. >> you been naughty or nice this year? >> nice. >> lie. >> ni. >> oh, watch that start moving now. >> nice. >> there's not one thing. >> maybe one. >> do you think you deserve a lump of coal this christmas? >> well, i should deserve like

>> how much do you want the monster tracks. >> like 0,000. >> would you rather have that or world peace? >> monster truck. >> all right. >> at least you're honest. >> you know, i think they are on to that not being the real santa. didn't seem too concerned. >> it's not admissible in the court of law. they don't have to real worry about it. >> now to the christmas gift that's coming for beatles fans and the vatican takes on "star wars." willie, your turn to "pop start the". >> a big gift, big news for beatles fans just announced this morning for the first time the entire beatles cat log will be available to stream online. it starts tonight at midnight. you'll find your favorite songs on spotify, apple music and google play and amazon prime and tidal among others and offered on the free versions of those services as well. >> you go crazy for dogs on amtrak but not crazy for the beatles. >> huge. >> i was subtle. i didn't want to interrupt

that is big. next to hollywood mom swap, let me explain, the most famous mother-daughter pairs, goldie hawn and kate hudson on the threat and melanie griffith and dakota johnson, all four ladies vacationing separately in aspen and decided to take a photo to mix things up a little bit, goldie on left with melanie's daughter dakota and melanie and kate hugging there on the right. melanie posted this picture on instagram with the caption mother-daughter times are awesome. >> let go to "star wars" breaking box office records around the world. there's at least one person though not a fan of "the force awakens" and he's at the vatican, not pope francis. the movie critics for the van kase's official newspaper. rhett viewer calling the movie, quote, confused and hazy. among his biggest gripes, the villains are just not evil enough. he wanted kylo wren to be meaner.

assures nbc news this did not come from the pope himself because, quote, he doesn't want movies. >> interesting they have a move critic at the van can. >> congratulates to the former figure skater and special correspondent is engaged and she announce the the news on instagram engaged to sports producer todd kopostases. tara's friend and fellow figure skating johnny weir tweeted congratulations to my partner in crime tara lipinski and congratulations on the engagement. waiting to see what johnny wears to the wedding. >> thanks, willie. dylan, how about a check of the weather. >> a warm one for christmas. we're look the at temperatures getting into the '60s and '70s and with the warm air comes some fog, and we have visibility down

atlanta seeing six-mile visibility. watch out for airport delays and anywhere on the eastern half of the country. very low visibility and delays in laguardia and seeing those visibility problems causing some delays. washington, d.c. we've got visibility down to under a quarter of a mile so that will obviously create some delays. not just the fog but the rain. stronger thunderstorms moving through the panhandle of flower and strong storms through st. louis and moving into western arkansas. tennessee is going tonight area. western tennessee near memphis where we could see the stronger storms that could produce high tornadoes. highs running 30 degrees above average and close to 40 degrees above average in some areas. 66 is the old record and we'll fall just shy of that in philadelphia, but tomorrow is the day we'll be talking about on christmas eve. boston's record is 61. we should hit 69 degrees in boston on christmas eve. 75 in bse and crushing that old record, charleston getting up to

christmas day we're going to see most our records down south with highs getting up to 77 in atlanta and 65 though is our forecast for christmas day in new york city. exceptional heat. want to focus on this area through here and later on this afternoon could see very large >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right. dylan, thanks so much. on today's hassle-free holiday, how about this, proper etiquette.

mr. manners himself. thomas farley who will help us politely get through some of the awkward holiday moments. thomas, nice to see you. happy holidays. a lot of different scenarios. >> we sure do. >> the one we mentioned earlier. a lot of people bought gifts and because of shipping issues they will not get there on time so when you walk into a party and see someone who has given you a gift and yours isn't there yet, how do you handle it will? >> we know it's the thought that counts so if it's an afterthought. make the gift thoughtful in another way, a box that represents that gifts. put some thought into it, wrap it up and make it beautiful and -- >> nice note inside or something like that is. >> exactly. >> now let's talk about very common scenarios. around the holiday table and your family is in from all over the place and one person just wants to talk about politics. we know how that can go. political pete. how do you handle political >> follow. three ds as i like to call them.

discourage so pete, you know what, it's christmas, for just today let's not talk politics. if that doesn't work you're going to try diverting, so you're going to switch the subject to something else, maybe bring up the beautiful pandas and the snowmen. seen the panda in the snowmen, that will get people. >> the third "d." donald trump? >> the third "d" is that you're going to dismiss so -- that's very interesting, pete, has anyone tried the casserole? >> i've got one. how about the woman who will not leave the party? she hangs around so late. >> guilty. >> dylan's hands is up. >> we're calling her won't leave wanda. what do you do with her? >> a couple things with that. put on the coffee, always a signal that the party is winding down. wanda, gosh, i've got so much food can i send you home with something? and last but not least if they are still not taking the hint, you're going to said kids have a

has been lovely but i need to ask everyone to leave. >> dinner is at 4:00 and here's the guy who shows up at 3:30. early bird ernie. >> early bird. >> yeah. you need to put ernie bird earn toe work so if you have time -- say i need some ice. could i give you some money and you go out to the store and grab a bag of ice. a little bit of extra time, not a half hour, can i put you to rk with this cheese board so have early bird working. >> they will never show up early again. >> okay. we've got one. >> plus one perry, the person who is always trying to bring somebody with them. what do you do? >> you should never show up unannounced with another guest. however, as host you've got to be ready for those unexpected guests, so you don't bring it up. you don't make a fuss. maybe later on you might say something away from this particular occasion but you want to be welcoming and gracious because the holiday that's what it's all about. >> when you open the door you can't say who is that.

>> "hunger games." >> and i think at a party we've all been stuck in that conversation that we can't get out of so i introduce to you non-stop nina. >> you've been together an hour and she knows nothing about you and you know everything about her and all of her friends. you'll try and change that subject. nina, that so reminds me of something that i happened last week, if she's not picking up and say this has been lovely catching up, i want to go check on the host and see if she needs any hope. >> i always say i need another drink. >> what do you do with the person that drinks too much, sometimes they throw down three and four drinks. >> at at holiday party there's a good drunk and bad drunk and if they are adding joy devive to the party, threat be. >> or won't stop or won't leave wanda, could you drop this guy home, get him out of here. thomas, always good advice. thanks so much. happy holidays again.

local news. >> good morning on this wednesday. the wagner's are already getting a jump start on the holidays. i'm tom hawley filling in. a couple of things to talk about this morning. a metro officer is ok after he was involved in a crash with another woman. police say the crash happened just after 1:00 a.m. at smoke ranch road and buffalo. officials say both the officer and woman in the other car were taken to local hospitals. that officer has since been released. police say the woman suffered nonlife threatening injuries. they do not believe she was driving impaired. we want to see what your weather was like getting into the holidays. >> as you're heading out the door this morning, we're looking at pretty comfortable temperatures.

getting into the afternoon where looking at a high of 57 degrees, partly sunny skies. winds pick up tomorrow, a high of 59 with a chance of rain and mountain snow overnight and colder air moving in for christmas day, a high of the eight. -- 48. >> looking forward to that snow. tracking -- traffic definitely lighter than usual. this is the area around i-15. a lot of people already taking days off, and school not in session. let's move it downstream a little bit to the spaghetti bowl and you do have some fairly busy traffic there. getting us a quick view of some busy traffic in the southbound lanes. coming up today, christmas is three days away. with festivities comes food. we will talk to a fire chief

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8:30 now on a wednesday morning, 23rd of december, 2015. just take a look at some of the nice people who gathered here pre-holidays in rockefeller plaza. we thank them for coming down. and coming up, our gift to you. some last-minute ideas for gifts, deck rating and cooking so you'll have a hassle-free holiday. >> yeah. also ahead, cooking up a storm, a sunday sauce recipe, perfect for a lot of friends. >> breakfast of champions. >> looks delic. >> quick reminder, a contest

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what location, the not matter challenges, if we get off a plane and we see anthony derosa on the ground we know everything is going to be amagtz. the same thing goes for audio genius and engineer mike noseworthy. he actually traveled with me to every one of the 50 places where we did where in the world. every single one. he and i have circled the globe about a dozen times together. mike managed to make it all work from places that people didn't even know existed, remote, dangerous, crazy places, but aside from their technical achievements, and the any and mike are two of the nicest people will you meet anywhere. they are dear friends who taught us something new each and every time we had the honor of working with them. guys, well done, congratulations. thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> wow. >> thank you. >> i think we can all raise our hands and say if you worked with those two guys it was a great day. >> beautifully said. that was wonderful. >> great. >> dylan, check of the weather? >> yes, it's warm for christmas.

we are looking at record-breaking temperatures, especially as we go into tomorrow, but let's take a look at travel forecast for today where we are looking at a chance of some severe storms, especially western tennessee this afternoon. long track tornadoes are possible, a little bit tricky going up through minneapolis where we're looking at temperatures only in the mid-30s and ice. foggy across the northeast. on christmas eve it's going to be the warmest christmas eve we have ever seen on record. highs will get well into the 70s in washington, d.c. we're looking at upper 60s even up into boston and still coming through with some rain and some storms and christmas day, still stormy down across the south and scattered showers in the northeast and temperatures in

snow, for anyone wanting a white >> and we've got special guests out on the plaza, min is one of our coordinating producers and her family. >> i'm from gentleman and they are from maryland. >> did they tell you we were going to get you on tv. surprise, you're on tv. merry christmas. nice to have you guys here. >> dylan, thanks so much. >> i get so wound up about anthony and mike. >> matt wanted to point out, i think we got that, and -- >> the other way. >> what did you say? >> six not eight. >> this is really getting cleared up, thanks.

your holiday pasts, don't panic yet. abby larson founder and editor of the site style me pretty, quick tricks to relax this holiday season. how are you? >> still can take care of us even though we have hours left. >> hours. >> we have such easy simple, going to take a few minutes on each of these. we'll start with sparkly dwliter pillows. you need glitter iron transfer sheets. trace it on your paper, cut it out like this and lay it down directly on your pillow case, a towel and iron it for 35, 40 second and when you pulled back off you have a cute custom pillow that adds a nice little statement. >> doesn't come off. >> beautiful. >> we'll drugs our mantle. >> i'm ready. >> i got these cones at a craft supply store, papier-mache and cover them in at he'sive and roll them in sequins. the best part is the cupcake stands because they add a special touch of luxury.

mantle here. i love these, add height to our mantle and pick any spot. >> the there you go. >> there you go. >> up next. >> simple and inexpensive, too. >> so elegant. >> this is our mitten garland. >> i'm going to grab a mitten. all you need is a set of either matching or not matching, whatever you have on hand and use the mismatched once in storage and slip it right on to your rope there. >> hang some stock, in between, greenery and get at bargain basement prices right now, faux or real. >> i love that everything is very inexpensive and you have different sized candles which is important. >> and keep consistent with white. >> we're talking gifting here. two really simple coaster gifts. the first are agate coasters, a slice of quarts, get these on etsy on amazon, turn it into something you can use every day, use theed a he's f-pen and put a

>> tough to get anything there. have that problem, hit up your local hardware store, vergic tiles 16 cents a piece and a gold pen. if the stencil is your wheelhouse, have tat. >> or you need incredible handwriting. >> i go with the stencil i? like the food department. >> my favorite table. >> s'mores kits. grocery store items, perfect for a family gift, gram crackers, marshmallows and chocolate, wrap it with a ribbon, a few jingle bells. >> and great for a hostess gift and show up for a hostess gift and want a little something. these are chocolate melted into heavy cream and condensed milk and pure if into a dixie cup, add a spoon, a lollipop stick and i like toppings on my, salted caramel. >> show me how to make this. >> you need a one-inch cutter and pop it into a brownie, so simple and i have a pastry bag.

milk and i love that you went right in. that's awesome. >> i was not aware but it's delicious. >> it's good, nonetheless. >> add a little dollop of frosting. >> yeah. >> your little santa hat and if you want you can add a topper to it as well, a little pom-pom. >> all creative, beautiful, unique ideas and inexpensive. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks, abby. find these tips and more by liking todayhome on facebook. coming up next a favorite recipe for all of us. you and your family coming up

this is "today" on nbc. 38:40. back now with a holiday trifecta. family, friends and food and all covered in our kitchen now. anthony and elana scotta of new york city's fresco by scotto is showing one their pham favorite family recipes.

>> when you gather you have a big group. does one person do the cooking and you do a pot luck? >> the great thing about the sunday sauce is everyone is getting involved in that. we like involvement of all family members. >> especially good this time of yesterday, sunday sauce, take me through the ingredients. we have a little red wine and pepper and tomatoes, basil, pan cheta, two different sausages, pork, meat balls which are only beef and some onion. >> here's what we got here and before you do everything you've already got the meat braising. >> i started the sausage and pork earlier, just to brown it, not cooking it through. >> okay. >> bus the rest is cooking in the sauce. i'm then going to start a sauce that's going to start with a little bit of onion, a little pan cheta, a little garlic and we'll just let that the sweat down for a second. and, you know, just get it going and get little love in there,

wanted to glaze the dish or the pot realic. >> if you can. >> how much, all of it? >> happy holiday. >> there you go. a little red wine is we'll take that in there and then we'll deglaze the pan and get all the good bits off of that and i'll add plum tomatoes which i've hand-crushed and then we're going to put that in. >> okay. >> by the way. we've go the our tasters downstairs, anthony and elana. happy that they are there digging into this. >> meat lovers pasta, amazing. >> so then we're going to take the sausage and the pork. we'll put back in here. >> and now we're going to cook through. >> an hour and a half and cook through. >> elana, let's make the meat balls. >> you've been here in the past and use a combination. just ground beef because -- >> there's already pork in the recipe. >> if you have pork or veal can you always throw it in. let's talk about ingredients. we have ground beef, onion, garlic, parsley, parmesan

this is one of the secrets, to nice moist meet balls. bread soaked in milk. how long does it need to soak? >> hon estly just until it's soaked through. so this is what will make your meet balls and not golf balls. this keeps them carrier, is that what happens? >> just keeps them moist and the key is when we're doing these ingredients you is want to not overmix the meat so we're just going to fold all the ingredients in, doesn't matter in what order. we'll keep folding it in, and then the next key is once you have folded in your ingredients you're going to roll them. mom's secret with rolling meat balls is first she likes to have some cold water on the side.

meat not to the stick to your hand. >> don't compress them too much. simply roll like this and we saute it in the pan with a little olive oil. we like that crunchy side so it's important to do all sides. you don't have to cook through and then as you see my -- my assistant is putting it back into the sauce. >> okay. so now do they also cook for that hour and a half time. >> yeah. >> they all cook for an hour and a half. >> and when it comes out you have one of the most amazing sunday sauces and how do you like to serve of it? >> usually with rigatoni, anything big and round is great because you want the sauce to get in between it. we love the fact of -- there's two versions of this, matt. can you take the pasta with a little bit of the meat and push it and put it on a plate and have the meat separately with a little sauce on top of it. >> guys, let me check in with our taste sflers what toss this taste lyrics guys?

>> the meat balls are killer. >> what about my sausage? >> you sausage, is too. >> i love pork chops in a sauce. >> it's tasty. >> by the way this, seems like it would be great the day after. >> unbelievable. >> it's the gift that keeps getting. after. >> happy holidays. >> for all of our holiday recipes head to today.com/food. up next, a look back at today's christmas past.

"today" on nbc. from secret santas to off kitsch christmas carols and seng-alongs on all six continents always had fun celebrating the holiday season. >> some of the fun we've had

>> good morning, this is "today." >> christmas morning, 1964. i like christmas, i like it >> and i just stuck myself. ow. >> you know the best thing besides the presents is the music s.y. they never let poor rudolph silver bells silver bells

laughing all the way, ha, ha, ha ring-a-ling holy night have a holly jolly christmas this year >> talking about the traditions of christmas, two words, eggnog. >> is this stuff fattening. >> fedex arrived with egg nothing. >> the tree is lit and so are we. >> back with gametime and this is called picture this. >> this was a problem. >> that's ice skating, that's the rockefeller tree. >> oh, my gosh! >> don't even get me going. don't even get me going. >> thanks for playing. you go back over there. >> have you see what they do over there? >> have you ever seen ice skating? >> and then you just turn etch-a-sketch upside down and you shake it upside down and the picture disappears. >> you have brought with it, karaoke machine? >> what? >> karaoke.

>> a chocolate leg. >> open it quick. >> oh, that's the wrong one. >> oh, sorry. this one. >> okay. i'm trying. i'm so they are vows. oh, that's so pretty. >> who likes you more than you? get out of here. >> that's the spirit that keeps on giving. >> ho, ho, ho. >> congratulations. >> a hulk hogan action figure. >> it's a blanket with our faces on it. >> and apparently mine, too. >> and yours too. >> santa-tizer. chestnuts roasting on an open fire jack frost nipping at your nose yuletide carols being sung by a choir and folks dressed up

merry christmas to you frosty the snowman was a fairy tale they say he was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day call on your angels, let's go the down to the city let's all crowd around the big tree all you strangers, you know me >> christmas, streaming lights of joy and ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness heyforgive ness high up in the bright air. we look heavenward and speak the word aloud, peace, and we look at world and speak the word

wishing you a very new york christmas and the prayer for peace on earth if not too late >> ho, h ho, ho. we hear them say merry christmas sing hallelujah and merry christmas >> beautiful. >> that's awfully nice. if you weren't in the christmas spirit before, that put me right there, it wasn't? that was beautiful. >> reminded of all the nice people who have come and visited us during the holidays and brought a little music into our lives when we needed it. >> how about barbara walters with the etch-a-sketch. that's a great tv moment. >> and the karaoke machine being revealed. >> brian saying what is this? >> don't get brian started on this. >> we'll be back in a moment,

nbc. rapping things up over the first couple of hours on "today," the gang is here to take us through the next hour. what do we have? >> allegedly, the great jania kousky is taking time out of her holiday week and will sit and co-host with us for the hour and

what's going to happen. >> a party. >> i get to play game show host and have you to hum some christmas songs. >> we do. >> we didn't get that note? oh, boy.

because, come on, you've got to >> if you were not watching tv but may be near one of these, you knew something was going on last night. bright ball lighting up the skies over nevada. it had people in two other states talking. experts from the u.s. strategic command tell us it was russian, it was space debris from a supply rocket sent into space two days ago sent into space to bring supplies to the international space station. people posting pictures and

it was also seen in california and utah. we had clear skies for that, as we go to kelly couric. that's what allowed us to see this interesting phenomenon. >> here's a look at the temperatures. henderson at 54 degrees, spring valley 52 and summerlin coming in at 53. today high of 57, partly sunny skies. winds kick up tomorrow, 59 degrees. christmas eve a chance of rain and mountain snow during the overnight hours into the early morning hours of friday and for christmas day, a little bit colder, a high of 38 with gusty winds. >> very light traffic as a get ready to get into the 9:00 hour. let's take you into the spaghetti bowl, where things are looking good.

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"today" take" you never know what's going to happen when allegedly, our buddy, guest hosts with us. plus, why this elf on a shelf led to a 911 call. and rock 'n' roll hall of famer darlene love sings us a holiday classic. all that hand more coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it's wednesday morning. can you feel christmas in the days to go. great holiday crowd out on the plaza. willie, tomorrow ron and dylan and look who is with us, the very talented allegedly. allegedly, ladies and gentlemen. >> look at the earrings. >> the best version i've ever heard of this song. >> an amazing singer and the

quiet, everybody, please. moment. >> "run, run rue dorval." >> the who is the artist. >> a very complicated name. >> adele, that's what everyone at home was thinking. that is from my "alley mcbeal" days. >> that's allegedly. >> the allegedly. one of my not christmas hits. >> we're going to make it a head. >> one of my non-christmas sglits how about another one of your non-christmas hits. >> oh, there's mom. i saw mommy kissing santa claus >> you have the perfect voice for this song. >> i love christmas songs. i appreciate it the. >> from the "alley mcbeal" sound track. >> available on itunes. >> downloading right now. >> it's ready for immediate downloading. perfect office gift. >> if you haven't given somebody in your age, they have to be of a certain age or they wouldn't

>> let's talk about one thing, talk for the cause, fashion. >> here we go. >> look at this. can you please show the audience the boots. >> do i have to get up. >> okay. >> this is the greatness, in addition to a beautiful face and amazing voice, ladies and gentlemen, overall talent. look at that catwalk. >> and look at how she walks. >> merry christmas. >> you were getting into it. >> would you like to tell us a little bit about this. >> by giovanni and boots by jimmy chiu. i live at and get my post office box so you can send them over, size -- >> ding. >> that's something. >> i love that we all sort of -- i was searching for red, green holiday and when i got here we all went for the sort of black vibe today. >> yeah. >> like the quentin tarantino version of christmas. >> the hateful four. >> i wore my red and green too early. i don't know why. monday tuesday was my red and green and i only have one red and green dress.

the end. you've shopped. you've dropped and you're like let's do black. >> it's a dark christmas. >> jane also played, keeping in the holiday spirit. >> i love these moments when you say jane also. >> remember christmas past, 2004, "a christmas carol." the musical, kelsey grammer as scrooge. >> wow. >> me. >> and it doesn't appear you're in that movie. >> oh, there you are. >> i fear the reason they did not show the musical number i did in this. maybe it's going to come up. because i'm ghost of christmas past and i haunt his bedroom and after we filmed the whole thing, i read a review which, a, don't ever do that, but the review said that allegedly's version of a ghost of christmas past does like a bedroom pole dance but i

a ghost. >> why would we show that clip? >> maybe that's why. maybe that's why i'm assuming we didn't pick the musical. that's how some people thought. >> were you wearing those boots? >> twerking goes to christmas past. >> no, no. >> it aired on nbc. it was lovely. can i just say, i want to thank you so much for having me here so much this year. i have such a blast coming heerngs and you give me so much joy and i wanted to share a holiday tradition with you all. since my son has been born we have this tradition you know a little bit about because i sthard with you and your family where we wear on christmas eve the goofiest sort of pajama sets that we can find. >> good tradition. >> and i think i brought a little picture of little bennett. when he was first born, how it sort of started. >> that's not goofy. >> and that's when he's a little bit older. >> it grows. >> and now he's -- now his full name is on them because he has

the pants, but just to say merry christmas, i got you little presents. >> thank you. >> to say thank you -- >> i don't feel like i'm not even here that much. >> presents with you. >> i sent -- >> they are in our family tradition. >> can we open before christmas. >> jane gave us these jammies. >> i sent you a picture. >> oh, my gosh. >> i am so happy right now. >> i'm changing right now. >> oh, no. >> no, no. >> i'm surprised you didn't put my first, middle and last name with the real estate back there. >> oh, okay. >> i'll be back. >> i'll be back, jane, hold on. >> got the little trap door. >> the little trap door. >> you don't want to get cold at night, wow. >> that's awesome. >> merry christmas. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> i love these. tamron's left now. >> that was awkward. >> because i don't have anything for you. >> really.

>> i have it, it just didn't get here yet. >> there it is. >> very smooth. >> these are awesome, jane, thank you. >> thank you, so cool. >> now you have more -- >> wow. so cute. it fits perfectly. i think it's the dress. there it is, it's not my butt, willie, i mean that. >> those are made for twerking. >> i know, my whole skirt is still under here. >> you look adorable. >> there's my name. >> i love these. >> we're going to boston for christmas and now this is all i have to pack. family, i'll be wearing this. >> i feel like elf on the shelf. these are the best. >> that's amazing. >> it's christmastime. >> thank you. >> thank you, jane. >> just mentioned elf on a shelf. >> and speaking -- do you do the whole elf on a shelf thing? >> yes. >> we used, to yeah. >> everybody still does because kids, you know, they are watching. >> yeah. >> it's serious business.

>> there are rules you can't touch the elf on the shelf. >> what happens if you're a 7-year-old girl from old bridge, new jersey and you accidentally knock the elf on the shelf off the shelf? do you call 911 because this is now a christmas emergency, and isabella said the elf fell on the floor when she threw a ball and she was scared that the christmas magic would disappear from her home so she called 911. her mom was asleep and didn't really know what to do, so the police actually came to her house and then -- well, here's what happened. here's the phone call. >> hello. >> it'sis blal. >> hi, hi,is blal. why are you calling 911? >> don't come to my house! >> okay. >> i was trying to call my dad but i had an accident. >> you can just say you made a mistake, okay. >> well, that's kind of how the phone call ended and then the police ended up coming to the house and she was in tears and

while her mom was napping but then it turns out, you know, in her world this was an emergency, and her mom told her that this really doesn't qualify as an emergency, everything will be okay. christmas magic will still be in our home. >> i understand. >> from what we heard, she said the elf fell down and i need your help. >> no, i don't think she ever got to that point. >> they came over not really knowing what the problem was. >> the poor thing. >> oh. >> christmas is going to be okay. >> we're very into elf on a shelf. it feel likes it's the new pre-christmas tradition we follow. >> always watching. >> yeah. >> i just read the back story on the elf. i didn't note history of it, and it's really sweet. he's a really, keeping kids in order. >> yeah. it lays down sometimes which does happen. he's tired because he went back to the north pole. sometimes you need to lay down and have a little nap. >> we'll have some fun with you,

>> some more fun. >> this puzzle, willie was talking about it this morning in the original room. it's taken the internet, as they say by storm. the question is can you spot the panda. there's a panda. >> wow. >> we're not going to started clock on you because we don't want to put pressure. >> have it on a tiny monitor far away from jane which is not helpful. you can walk over there if you want. >> i want to see the shoes. >> we ran it by our readers today.com. 59% said they found t.found it under 15 seconds. >> they did. >> the all right. >> so you know where it is. >> yeah. >> it took 30% of our readers up to a minute. you're at a minute now. >> 6%. here we go. this ain't good. >> 6% could not find the panda at all. can you see it? >> let me look back here. >> this is a great shot. >> once you found it it dreams out to you. >> wow.

>> yes, you are. >> go methodically row by row. it's clear once you arrive. >> staring at me right now. >> oh, okay. >> you're still under a minute. oh, gosh. >> right now. i really wish i had practiced at home. >> i'm just not seeing it. >> you'll find it. >> no, no. >> you show me. >> okay. here. we're going to go to weather. >> we've yet to show it on tv. >> we'll reveal after the weather. >> oh, wow. >> you've been staring at it. don't pay attention to the weather and you look -- >> you reveal the panda. >> i'll make it nice and slow. >> she found it, see. >> why am i so proud because it was the slowest and most lame. >> where is the panda? >> can i go point? >> go point it out. >> i'm so excited. >> am i going to ruin it for the world. great moment in television history.

here it comes. so elegant, and the angels reswrois. >> well done, santa, well done. >> you did a great job. >> dylan, and jane could also be a meteorologist because i do a lot of this, too. i go here's the rain and here's actually an area where we're looking at stronger storms. had some severe thunderstorms develop already and now had a tornado watch in effect until 1:00 central time. we are going to see the storms continue to fire up through the afternoon. 63 million people are at risk for severe weather and our biggest threat will be right near memphis. this area in red now through northern mississippi, including western tennessee. this is where we could see long track tornadoes later on today so a big area of concern later on this afternoon. now, as far as we go for christmas eve, we're looking still to break record high temperatures. the warmest christmas eve ever on report. the old record in boston was 61. we should hit 69.

record and we should hit 72 and in washington, d.c. the old record 66 degrees set back in 1982. >> that's your latest forecast. >> congratulations on finding panda. >> right there when you see it. took me a little bit of time. >> coming up next, do in the arrive empty-handed.

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dana: tom: we are just a few minutes -- days from christmas and presidential candidate bernie sanders is coming to north las vegas after the hothe vermont senator is scheduling -- event surface 6:30 when the doors open at 5:00. tickets are not required but admission is on a first-come, first serve aces. the nevada caucus is on february 20. the third state to hold the caucus. the question is whether people can listen to bernie sanders without thinking of larry david? kelly: that's true. the temperatures will warm up a little bit in time for that as well.

58 degrees is the expe of 60 and in las vegas a high of 57 degrees. partly sunny skies with the wind kicking up tomorrow aftethe storm system lucent tomorrow night. we will see a chance of rain and mountain snow. could we see a flight or two in the valley? yes. in the outskirts a very slight chance of it. not expecting anything to stick or cause slick roadways. we are expecting skies to clear out christmas day. it will be chilly with a high of 40 degrees. with the wind it will feel a lot colder. in the weekend morning lows below freezing and highs only in the 40's saturday and sunday. tom: we are thinking about christmas day right now. with the festivities comes the food. we will talk to a las vegas fire chief live in studio to remind us what to keep in mind as that he approaches. you definitely want to keep it safe. we will have more on that at noon.

taking a look at the headlines. expect plenty of company did you still need to travel to your holiday destination. aaa says a record 100 million americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more this season. that's largely due to the cheapest gas in six years with regular unleaded, if you can believe, averaging under $2 a gallon. airfares for the top 40 domestic routes also lower this year and amtrak is luring new customers by allowing pets. thank goodness. a reason to think twice before you buy one of the tiny turtles as a gift. small turtles can carry salmonella bacteria on their skin and shells. researchers say there have been eight large outbreaks of salmonella in recent years. most of the cases involve young children who have handled the turtles. there's a federal ban on selling turtles less than 4 inches long but there's still a market for them. just in time for christmas, santa has an extra gift for music lovers. the beatles will join music

apple music and spotify on thursday unlike artists like taylor swift won't allow free songs on versions of those sites. the beatles will be available to everyone. merry christmas. and a christmas present came early for a seventh gradener long island, new york. grace hernandez couldn't hold in excitement when her big brother surprised her at school. justin hernandez has been station the with the u.s. army in south korea went march and went straight to from the airport to see his sister and joseph gets to stay home for two weeks and that's never long enough and certainly they appreciate it and a great sacrifice that's made by all of these men and women who serve this country and their families as well. so we salute all of you and your families. that is so beautiful to see, and we're going to pass it off. here we go. >> tagging in. >> boom. >> dylan's up. >> and looking at weather across the country for upcoming holiday. today is a huge travel day, and we're going to see a lot of troubles, especially down through the south and western

with very strong storms later today. tornadoes are possible, too. in the northeast delays because of fog and also rain. on christmas eve it's going tonight warmest christmas eve we've ever had ever on record. temperatures in washington, d.c. getting into the upper 70s. new york will be in the lower 70s and then on christmas day we're still staying in the 60s and 70s and still looking at

and storms and some strong >> quick costume change. that's your latest forecast. wondering why i'm dressed like this and you have bows over your neck because i'm secretly trying to take over the show, a new game sweeping the nation, called bah humbug, bah being the key word. i have christmas masks and the bow goes over your mouth in case everyone was wondering. when she's humming you two guess and when you're humming you two guess. >> i think we've got it the. >> those are the rules. >> is this a game played in america's homes? >> it should be. >> don't look. >> okay. >> and then you -- >> okay.

>> this is so stupid. >> is this to humiliate us on the end of year show. >> okay, okay. >> jane. i'm going to call it "chestnuts roasting". >> called "the christmas song." >> i left out run of the rules. >> you have to sing the song when you get it. chestnuts roasting on a open fire jack frost nipping at your nose >> she's going -- >> like a jack in the box on that seat. >> and don't forget the bow. >> i'm not cheating. >> stop cheating. >> willie 's the bow. >> i've got to see it. >> oh, gosh. >> two, three, four.

it's christmas time in new york city a few other cities, too >> okay. jane is the champion of the game. >> you can't sing. >> it's -- it's what america has been clamoring for. okay. on. rocking around the christmas tree rocking around the christmas tree have a happy holiday >> go, jane. he doesn't know the words >> all right. >> tamron. really. >> you thotd we were all here. >> another opportunity for jane to sing. >> tiebreaker.

okay. easy. >> they are all easy. they are christmas songs. >> take it, take it, take it. you go, take it on home we wish you a merry christmas, we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year good tidings -- >> in the christmas spirit. >> you win. >> the >> can you sing us to break? >> sing us to break. >> a copy of "a muppet christmas." >> the starring whoopi goldberg. >> good fun. >> coming up next while we sing ourselves out of here, last-minute holiday style for the whole tamale. dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh or the hills we go, laughing all the way

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we're on. the lights are lit and the gifts are wrapped and what are you going to wear to the party? is heading out to a party or staying and opening presents by the fire, if you know what i mean, we've got festive fashion ideas that the whole family will love. >> isn't it nice when the best friend in the world appears next two and our style editor at today.com. full disclosure, if you've not gone to today.com to see the fashion blog, emily kills it. >> thank you. >> showing you how to rock the fashions without spending a ton of cash. >> follow us on facebook. a ton of information especially for the holidays, these are some of my inspirations and ideas. add a piece or two to your closet. >> okay. >> kind of shop your own cross. >> okay. good to shop your own cross

>> such a classic kind of holiday theme and print. >> yeah. >> but you can really have fun with it and make it funky, too, and don't be afraid to mix it around. >> brook is wearing an amazing skirt. >> i love that it's plaid. >> can change from that gold. >> it's like a two-for. >> mix something dressy with a casual plaid. >> and is really rocking it. gerard is wearing a shirt for less than their 0 and wear it with a knit tie and keeps it young and fresh and doesn't feel too staged. >> i like seeing the casual -- the cotton shirt with the tie. i like seeing young men in ties. don't see that that often. the time to dress up, the holiday season, why not. >> and rick is wearing an actual polka dot tie with the plaid so the chick is to make sure that the patterns, one is much bigger than the other. otherwise feel free to mix them. >> look great.

bill nye, the science guy, a dead ringer, both are handsome. >> thank you, guys. >> the next trend is monochrome. >> monochrome. >> yeah. >> so feel to just wear one color all together. it actually looks super chic and kind of cohesive. >> we'll start with daniel. she's wearing this amazing sweater. had like light and air we perforated holes and really wear this year round. >> who are the shoes by? >> mishka. >> so pretty and elegant. >> oh, my gosh. >> with the sweater it dresses down a little bit. >> yosef, burgundy on burgundy. amazing, and the shirt and attire from two separate places. >> our "men's health" star. >> and he's been getting marriage proposals. >> and the plum color is gorgeous. >> looks great on him. >> and then we have the purple jumpsuit.

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rock 'n' roll hall of famer, the great darlene love is in the house. >> we're so excited. >> many know her from her traditional holiday appearances on david letterman's show that she did for 28 years, her story told in the academy award winning documentary "20 feet from stardom" and her latest album is called "introducing darlene love" and here to sing one of her classics. >> so great to have you other. >> so good to be back. >> merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas now. >> introducing darlene love, explain the title aittle bit because a lot of fans feel like we met her a long time ago. >> you have to do something different, but the truth is he wanted people that haven't seen me in the last 30 years that mother and fathers are now bringing their children and now

trying to kwacht teenagers and the 20-year-olds. >> a new generation of fans. >> so lucky to be introduced to be darlene love. >> what are you singing for us today? >> i'm going to sing -- >> what am i singing? >> marshmallow world." >> just do what i do on stage every night. it's a marshmallow world in the win the when the snow comes to cover the ground it's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day

those are marshmallow clouds being friendly in the arms of the evergreen trees and the sun is red like a pumpkin's head it's shining so your nose won't freeze world is your snowball, see how it grows that's how it ghost whenever it snows the world is your snowball just for a song get out and roll it along a yum-yummy world made for sweet hearts take a walk with your favorite girl it's a sugar date, what if spring is late in winter it's a marshmallow world

it world is a snowball, see had you it grows that's how it goes whenever it snows the world is your snowball just for a long get out and roll it along it's a yum-yummy world made for sweet hearts take a walk with your favorite girl it's a sugar date, what if spring is late in the winter it's a marshmallow world it's in winter it's a marshmallow world in winter it's a marshmallow world >> yeah! >> darlene love.

>> "it's a marshmallow world." >> introducing darlene love and you are on tour finishing up right now, is that right? >> i will be at bb king's tonight. >> okay. >> and i finish my month of christmas tour at bb king. >> congratulations on a great run. >> darlene love, pick up the al budgets, ladies and gentlemen. thank you all very much.

>> thank you. >> oh, my. with jane. >> merry christmas! >> look at that the. >> the i think so.

>> the and i had tom: good morning. kim and dana wagner have the day off. client tom hawley filling in. a metro police officer is ok after that officer was involved in a crash with another woman. police say it happened just after 1:00 a.m. at smoke ranch road and buffalo drive on the west side of the valley. officials say the officer and the woman were taken to local hospitals. the officer has been released. police say the woman suffered nonlife threatening injuries. they do not believe she was driving impaired. we are heading into the holiday weekend. a lot of people are concerned about how they will pull it off in terms of dress. what we have to look over to? kelly: you will be the cold weather gear.

holiday shopping, i would get some gloves and hats for the stockings. people will be eating that into the weekend. today not bad. mesquite, 56 degrees. boulder city, 57. laughlin, 62 degrees today. las vegas is looking at a high of 57 degrees. partly sunny skies and warmer tomorrow. 59, breezy conditions. we are expecting a chance of rain and mountain snow and maybe a flake or two in the valley early friday morning. nothing will stick. no white christmas unless are heading up to mount charleston. breezy conditions persist throughout christmas day and saturday. whether the temperatur48 on christmas day. bundle up. it stays chilly through the weekend. tom: it's a good time to ask, heavy finished wrapping your christmas gifts or had he started rubbing those christmas gifts?

we will have those stories and more throughout the morning and we will have a look at the weather and all the latest news. that is coming up in just a little while right here on news