good morning. good morning. winter's here. snow and ice slamming the northeast right now making a mess of the morning commute as the deadly storm that hammers other parts of the country moves east and nearly 40 million americans wake up to their first taste of the season. >> breaking overnight, captured, the so-called affluenza teen, detained in mexico along with his mother. his hair died black. both now facing possible time behind bars. this morning how investigators caught up with them. >> not backing down on the heels of a documentary accusing peyton manning of doping, the reporter

us live as the nfl says it is reviewing the controversial claims. >> and aloha oops. a man fly as drone too close to the president in hawaii. >> this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today," alongside carson carson carson, who is in for matt. wool get to al's forecast and the misery being caused at the

let's stock with ron mott. he's in the thick of it in massachusetts. what's it like there. >> reporter: good morning to you. just light snowfall at the moment. it's coming down and it's going to be coming down all day. this morning the northeast and new england getting hit with snow and sleet while millions of americans elsewhere are digging out and drying out from the deadly mess left behind over the past several days. in iowa, whiteout conditions, wind and ice making for treacherous travel. in missouri, major flooding and record breaking rainfall, claiming at least ten lives, the going tough to saturday least. >> it has been a very difficult several days and this threat is is clearly not over. >> next door a school bus was swept away in floodwaters in illinois. emergency responds are rescued all the teen-agers aboard.

after freezing rain, ice and sleet left close to 200,000 without power. >> at least we didn't get hit with the tornadoes like in the dallas area. you have to count your blessing. >> and a devastating look at nine tornadoes that killed at least 11 people. this woman is picking up the pieces after riding out saturday's tornadoes in her bathroom. >> it's heart breaking. you've been here so long. so to lose practically everything is just -- this is the stuff you see on tv. you don't think it's going to happen to you. >> elsewhere around the state, record snow. lubbock saw blizzard conditions. the mayor declaring a state of emergency set to last all week and some areas of new mexico buried under two feet of snow. >> now for folks in and around boston, the hope is this is not the start of what we saw last season.

perspective, the average snowfall in boston is just 43 1/2 inches. that was a lot of snow. >> hopefully it's not a start of that kind of season again, ron. thank you very much. >> and al is here with good news. >> can we keep ron mott up for just a second. up can hear that bouncing, right? you're getting some sleet right now, right? >> reporter: yeah. it's a little wet mix. we're expecting it maybe to turn over later in the morning. so the morning commute's going to be a little slick here. and they're just getting the streets cleared off for the folks heading into downtown today. >> we're going to get some radar verification. look at the temperatures right now, boston 34. that's the icy mix. it's now pushing up. the snow is moving to the north. in blue line is the freezing line. new york city's at 40 but albany at 29 so we're looking at snow there. right now 37 million people are

scranton, albany, hartford, burlington and portland all being affected by this. for today that wintry mix will start to push to the north, staying snow up into central and northern new england. dangerous travel, low visibility. look at the snowfall totals, upwards of a foot or more. but here's what we're really concerned about. from utica, new york, all the way into central maine, we're looking into upwards of 1/10 of an inch, that's where you lose traction. we're going to be looking at big problems as far as the roads are concerned right into this evening for parts of new england. it's going to be a real mess. when we come back, we're talking about major river flooding on the mississippi, which sun heard of this time of year. you. >> mention the roads. there's also the sky. we have for the second straight morning flight cancellations and

they are mounting this morning. christian dahlgren, give us some good news. >> we'll be sure to say hi to your mom out here. she has a lot of company, hundreds of people now waiting for flights to go. this is not how you want to start the morning. already we have 759 cancellations nationwide, 891 delays so far. so really a tough, tough morning. we're seeing delays building in places like where ron is in boston, throughout the new york area and the northeast where we're seeing the weather. still a lot of cancellations and delays in cases like chicago and dallas that saw that awful weather yesterday and through the weekend. it really is a domino effect throughout the entire system and the weather put a wrench in all of it. as of last night there were more than 5,100 delays, almost 3,000 cancellations nationwide. it is going to be a tough day out here for a lot of people,

>> kristen, thank you very much. >> meanwhile, a teen-ager who use an affluenza defense is back in custody. >> good morning. the so-called affluenza teen and he is mother had been on the run for several weeks. the district attorney confirming overnight that the pair is in mexican custody. this morning the search for affluenza teen ethan couch and his mother, tanya, is over. mexican officials say the pair was picked up by immigration authorities around 6 p.m. monday. couch's hair apparently died black. two weeks ago the fbi and u.s. marshals service, offering a

in for his probation we need some ambulances. it's bad. we flipped. >> his blood alcohol content three times the legal limit. during sentencing, his attorney claimed he didn't understand the consequences due to his affluent upbringing. the judge gave him ten years probation, sparking anger. earlier this month cell phone video of this party surfaced on social media. a spokesperson for the district attorney said investigators interviewed witnesses who claimed couch was there. alcohol use would violate his probation, although couch is not seen drinking in the video. >> i think that was the trigger, what forced him to run. i think they ran because that

would now finally be locked up. >> the local sheriff had previously said that couch face ud up to ten years in prison for violating his probation. he could now be in even bigger trouble and his mother could also face charges. right now it remains unclear when they will return. >> we'll go to donald trump live in a moment. first let's go to hally jackson live in new hampshire. >> good morning, savannah. trump is announcing he'll start spending big in january, taking no chances, he says, ahead of the iowa caucuses.

fothe first time in a week. in person after a long christmas break -- >> all i could do was tweet. >> and in his element, donald trump letting loose on chris christie. >> the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. they say why isn't he running new jersey? >> on hillary clinton. >> what she did with the e-mails is criminal. >> and without mentioning clinton's house at his rally, overnight trump hitting him hard on twitter. after news the former president will campaign next week in new hampshire writing bill belichick was terrible, failed badly and clinton's campaign insisting she won't be bullied or distracted by attacks trump throws at her and former president clinton, promising she will challenge trump, under fire for what clinton has called his penchant for sexism. this morning trump's daughter is defending her dad as one of the great advocates for women, on the cover of "town & country."

different publication that has trump fired up after a new hampshire paper ripped him as a crude blow hard, comparing him to the bully bif, from "back to the future." >> the paper quickly called out by trump. and the publisher. i'll take you on one own one in a debate, any time, anyplace. i'll do it. >> it's reminding people to vote but fumbling when. >> it so important on february 8th, 9th -- what you should do on february 8th, stand there. and on february 9th, you get in and vote. >> donald trump loves talking about his poll numbers but

mentioned yesterday, a new one from gullallup, showing him as second most admired person in the world, tied with the pope. >> let me start with this latest tweet that you have. talking about bill clinton, you said he had failed badly in the 2008 campaign when he acted as a surrogate for his wife and you added he was called a racist. ism know you choose your word carefully. are you yourself calling him a racist? >> no, he was called that by the obama campaign. he was called it loud and clear. >> why did you put it in your tweet when you don't believe it? >> they said it. i didn't say it. >> but you circulated it to 5 the 4 million followers. that would suggest you approved

>> that's all they said. i don't believe he was a he did very, very poorly, he was not good for her and obviously she lost to obama but they brought him out before. >> what are you referring to in particular? >> if you look at the different situations, of course we can name many of them. you can get you a list and have it sent to your office in two seconds. there was certainly a lot of abuse of women, you look at whether it monica lewinsky or paula jones, many of them. certainly if they play the woman's card with respect to me, that will be fair game. >> you mentioned monica lewinsky. are you saying an alleged extra marital affair that he has now admitted. >> it's not alleged. >> no, he's admitted it.

have to use the word alleged. >> exactly. so are you saying an extra marital affair by bill clinton is fair game, something that you think should be in the campaign? >> what i'm saying is very simple. if she is going to play the woman card because i'll do more for women than hillary clinton is going to do for women, including the safety of our country, which is good for everybody. but if she's going to play -- talking about a week ago, oh, he mentioned -- playing up the woman's card very, very strongly. if he's. >> mike: i like the fact that hoose campaigning for her. he failed in 2008. he frankly did at that very poor

but if she's going to in 2008 you called the efforto imesh do you still feel that way or have you had a change of heart? >> i tell this to everybody. i'm dubbed as a world class businessman, which frankly that's what i am. and i got along with everybody. i got along with the clintons, i got along with the republicans, the liberals be as a businessman, i have to get along with everybody and i'll be able to do that. but i got along with the clintons and everybody virt. >> did you secretly not feel that way about them? >> no, let me tell you. when i was a businessman, i had

than most. >> we're out of time. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. >> police arrested two people overnight suspected of planning terror attacks on belgium on new year's eve. the arrest came after a series of raids in brussels and other locations. no weapons or explosives, prosecutors say the alleged targets were symbolic locations in brussels. >> now to the story we told you about at the top of the show, president obama's motorcade was stopped briefly after a drone was shown flying above his route in hawaii. the operator was. >> you can see there's the man with the drone. there's the drone right there. no charges have been filed. the president was on his way back to his vacation home after a round of golf.

mr. roker? >> i still have a lot of stuff to talk about. we show you currently again we're watching this storm system make its way to the northeast in new england. we have wet weather and we're going to look at another system coming up. we'll detail that coming up in the next half hour. more rain and snow. we'll get you a look at your

seconds. >> that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al, thank you. coming up, the nfl launching a review of the stunning doping allegations against nfl star peyton manning. this morning the reporter behind that bombshell documentary speaks out live. and a pregnant news anchor passes out live on the air. what she's saying about that frightening moment and how she's

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18-year-old ethan couch and his mother were detained in mexico last night more than two weeks after couch failed to show for a meeting with his probation officer. and two people have been arrested in belgium for allegedly planning terror attacks. one of the targets, the city's main square on new year's eve. and the growing controversy surrounding nfl star peyton manning and the shocking allegations that he received human growth hormone while recovering from a neck injury in 2011. we'll talk exclusively to the reporter behind the al jazeera documentary in just a moment but first let's turn to "today's" national correspondent craig melvin who has the latest and has been following this case. >> reporter: good morning to you. peyton manning insists he never took banned substances while at the guyer institute but overnight a new audio tape released by al jazeera is calling into questions one of the statements made by the clinic's founder. this morning peyton manning is finding support from an unlikely

patriots quarterback tom brady. >> he's been one of the best players to ever play the game. nobody has more respect for peyton than i do. >> reporter: still, fighting back against allegations on al jazeera that he used hormone growth hormen in 2011 telling nbc sports he'll likely sue. >> it's completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage. >> reporter: monday manning retained former white house spokesman and current crisis manager ari fleisher to help control the growing controversy. fleisher says they are reviewing al jazeera's reporting, weighing a decision to take legal action after the network aired a documentary alleging the quarterback received shipments of hgh from the guyer institute in 2011. the hormones allegedly mailed to his wife. >> nothing has ever been sent to her that my wife has used or i ever taken. i have my treatments that i do and she may hers and that's her business. >> reporter: the source of the allegations charlie sly is

a documentary, statements made by hidden camera. the institute's founder says charlie began working at the clinic in 2013 two years after manning sought treatment for a neck injury, but overnight al jazeera released a phone call made to the institute last month apparently confirming sly started as an intern in 2011. >> the start date we have, where we signed for him was 10-17 of '11. for years peyton manning has been an icon, hosting "saturday night live." >> only directv -- >> reporter: and appearing in commercials for directv, gatorade and papa john's pizza. according to "forbes" manning earned $27 million last year. now one of the game's greatest quarterbacks finds himself playing defense, trying to protect his name and legacy. this morning the nfl says it is now reviewing the matter. according to one report charlie sly sent a letter to al jazeera saying that his original

was mourning the death of his fiancee. sly claims he was badgered into talking and was, quote in, no state of mind to be making any coherent statement. guys? >> thanksmuo .you. >> what an explosive documentary

recanted and the clinic founder on the other hand you have a drug that it is actually illegal to prescribe to a patient for anything other than one of three incredibly serious illnesses, so if growth hormone is being sent to ashley manning over what period, in what quantities and for what purposes don't reveal your medical condition, that's very private, but confirm that you do not suffer from one of the things for which it's legal

>> that sounds like a documentary that's an indictment against ashley manning. >> no. >> it doesn't seem to put any case against peyton manning if that's all it is. >> this is an hour long documentary about doping in sport. within that documentary there is a very short section at the end. it's a section that everyone has picked up on, but what that section follows a very long journey charting our investigation into banned substances, one of which is growth hormone. >> two quick things. let's assume that hgh was sent to mrs. manning. aside from the recanted statement of charlie, do you have specific evidence that peyton manning himself has ever taken hgh? >> we have not said that in the program. >> you're not even alleging peyton manning took these substances? >> the only allegation in the program from charlie sly is that growth hormone was sent repeatedly from the guyer to ashley manning in florida. >> so it sounds like your documentary doesn't have any evidence against peyton manning. >> we're not making the allegation against peyton

>> deborah davies, thanks for being here. >> thank you very much. >> let's get a check of the weather now with al. >> all righty. thanks very much. we've been talking about this flooding, and we could be seeing record-setting flooding, especially in the midwest. we've got some in florida, in the southeast, goi to get itself together in the northeast. 38 million people at risk, atlanta, asheville, chicago, st. louis, tulsa, little rock all under the gun. we'll start with the southeast, and we've got one area of rain, storms lingering in the panhandle and then a second system will be developing and bringing in another round of rain so a lot of flooding on top of already saturated soil, and here in the midwest, along the mississippi river, 445 river gauges above flood stage. look at this, possible record crest in chester, illinois and cape girardeau on friday and

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kim: hi, there. 7:56 on this tuesday morning. we have an active crime investigation. dana: there was a murder. a man was shot inside that car, where he later died. that car has california license plates. police do not have a suspect identified. we believe the murder is still on the loose. kim: we saw the investigators on the car all bundled up for a good reason. kelly: temperatures in the 30's, upper 30's and some low 40's in henderson. el dorado, 39. the temperatures not expected to improve a whole lot.

50's on new year's eve day. chilly day. a good day to stay inside. tom: lots of people here on the southbound 15. let's go over to the east leg of the 95. we are generally in good shape for travel time. southbound 15 is the slow one. dana: thank you for that. kim: how they're not see that? he is like mine work husband. dana: she dresses me every day. kim: tom is taking us back in time 30 years to when preparations were underway in 1986. that was when the big celebration was on fremont street.

new year's eve celebra snoeths. it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, open ra gets candid. instead every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be. the media mogul opens up in a revealing new campaign for weight watchers. but what her personal message about keeping off the weight pay off for the company? then you winterize your homes and cars. what about your body? tips on how to stay healthy if the weather gets colder. and a rare treat. the boy overjoyed.

>> happy new year from louisville, kentucky. >> here from south carolina, to celebrate the new year. >> celebrating my 40th birthday on the "today" show. together in new york. >> good morning, al. people think i'm your twin. >> al, make the rain go away! >> how are you? >> 8:00 on today. december 29th. it's a tuesday morning. someone. my ring just flew off -- wait, here. >> coming up this morning. what better skin? who doesn't. really. want to erase those dark circles under your eyes? beauty products of 2015.

>> i'm bringing my shopping bag. >> for so long. >> have it inside. plus on the way more from our "today's" food hurrah series. we're going to carve -- we're going to have carbs -- >> without -- >> we're talking mac and cheese that your entire family is going to love. >> i was just up there, it smells delicious. but first let's get a check of the top stories, natalie's inside. good morning. >> hey guys, good morning to you. almost 40 million americans are getting a big taste of winter this morning with warnings and advisories in effect from the midwest to new england. nbc's ron mott is in worcester, massachusetts. ron, good morning. >> hey, natalie, good morning. beautiful scene here in worcester this morning. usually the first snowfall of the season is cause for celebration. but this one is going to be muted because of this deadly path this system carved out as it's made its way across the country arriving here overnight in the northeast and new england. of course, over the weekend, we saw those devastating deadly tornadoes down in texas. there were floods in missouri. upwards of 24 people killed over

states alone. as we get the morning commute off here in this region it could be a bit of a white knuckler in places getting freezing rain which could lead to black ice and dangerous driving conditions. fortunately accumulations aren't expected to be all that great. we could see upwards of a foot further north to new england up in northern maine, especially but those snow may only be around a day or two here in the worcester area. expecting a little bit of a warm-up into the 40s tomorrow and thursday. natalie? >> stay warm, ron mott in worcester, mass, thanks. the search for the so-called affluenza teen is over this morning. 18-year-old ethan couch and his mother were taken into custody monday in mexico. they'd been on the run for almost three weeks after the teen failed to check in with his texas probation officer. couch got ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident after his attorney claimed the teen didn't understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing.

central oklahoma for a country singer craig strickland. the lead singer with the group backroad anthem, strickland and a friend failed to return sunday from duck hunting on a lake. the friend's body was later found. the search effort has been hampered by bad weather. new developments in a story we first brought you last week about a boy scout leader mauled by a bear in front of his group of scouts. now the narrowing 911 calls have been released revealing the actions of some surprisingly calm, cool and collected young boys. >> 911, where's is the emergency? >> my scout master went in a cave and a bear is in the cave with him. >> reporter: an urgent 911 call from one of three young boy scouts after their scout leader confronts a black bear while on a hike. >> is like he can't get out because of where the bear is or is he too injured to get out? >> i think the bear is on top of him. >> reporter: from inside the cave, 52-year-old christopher tells the scouts to try and lure the bear away. >> my scout master just suggested that we get food to

>> reporter: authorities say he and his scouts were hiking off a trail near the split rock reservoir in northern new jersey. to try and help rescuers find them, the scouts came up with an idea. >> do you want us to make a signal fire? would that be helpful? >> yeah, if you guys could start a fire. >> reporter: meanwhile he managed to free himself from the bear and called for help. >> 911, where's the emergency? >> splitrock reservoir, blue trail. i was mauled by a bear. >> where are you blieding, your leg, larm? >> left arm, left leg, neck, and head. >> reporter: authorities assured the boys that searchers were in the area. >> guys, on three, everyone's going to yell hello, can you hear us? can you hear us? >> i see the helicopter. i see the helicopter! >> all right. >> we'll make it out of this alive. i love you guys. >> reporter: he was airlifted to an area hospital. his injuries are said to be non-life-threatening. well because the scout leader unaware that there was a bear in the cave intruded into the bear's space the department of

spared the bear's life. but great thinking by those young boys. some anxious moments above thbove the ground in alberta, canada, when a chair lift carrying skiers and snowboarders broke down at sunshine village ski resort so one by one more than 100 people had to rappel down to the ground from 30 feet up in the air. some were stanned for more than an hour. and it was batman to the rescue last night in san antonio when a bat got inside the at&t center just before the spurs/timberwolves game. the spurs mascot, a very wiley coyote wearing a batman shirt then flew into action, and as you see here saved the day. >> wow. >> with nothing but net right there. you see how he got there, congratulations. >> eventually. >> all right, natalie, thanks. perfect.

oprah fans feeling empowered. >> using her star power to make a pitch for weight watchers and when it comes to branding no one quite has the pull that oprah has. with that. >> good morning. that's for sure. oprah says she's never been paid to endorse anything, but this is actually a first. she told weight watchers she had to try out their famous points system first, and after losing 15 pounds she was in. >> nothing you've ever been through is wasted. >> call it the gospel of oprah win friday. inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be. >> reporter: billionaire media mogul is now a spokesperson for weight watchers. >> hey, oprah. >> reporter: but this is no typical celebrity endorsement. this is oprah. >> i feel that way and i know millions of other people feel that way. are you ready?

>> reporter: when oprah announced her 10% ownership stake in weight watchers last october, it sent the stock up 105%, more than doubling her $40 million investment in a single day. >> i have lost as of this morning, as of this morning, 67in pounds. >> reporter: winfrey's own roller coaster struggle with weight played how the publicly for years. >> i am one of those people who has dieted and gained and dieted and gained. >> reporter: now weight watchers is hoping that oprah brand will reinvigorate its flagging business. companies lucky enough to become one of oprah's favorite things saw their sales skyrocket. the oprah book club land unknown titles on the best-seller list. but is the oprah effect as powerful as it once was? >> no one builds other brands better than oprah winfrey. she can help rebuild re-brand weight watchers in a way no other celebrity could.

for oprah this pitch is personal. >> every time i tried and failed, every time i tried again and every time i tried again has brought me to this most powerful moment. >> reporter: with oprah on board, weight watchers says it's going to expand its mission beyond just weight loss to include happier, healthier limping the ad campaign has already launched in the uk. you can expect to see it here early 2016, guys. >> weight watchers believers. >> yeah. >> exactly. i think she will be quite a powerful spokesperson. >> for sure. >> stephanie, thank you. coming up, we'll do trending and we'll tell you the keys to the perfect selfie. plus, we'll introduce you to a guy who seems to have mastered that already. from skiing to snow removal herman cain the right ways to

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time for "trending. ing"trending." who besides carson when has to is going to stay up new year's eve. >> the kids want to so i have to. >> thanks for watching. >> i'll record it and watch the next morning. >> the hoda and kathie lee count down the new year. >> great program lined up for you folks. >> that's right, that's right. >> we'll watch, carson. >> i think hey lot of people who have little kids kind of wish that they didn't have to stay up until mid negotiate and netflix has come to their rescue releasing a number of countdown videos, five minutes long and the videos are meant as a way to trick the kids into going to bed early. in a survey run by netflix, they found 41% of parents would jump at chance to put their kids to bed before midnight on new year's eve. it tricks them that it's already midnight. >> i like having my kids trying to stay up to midnight. if i can get them to do it, it's fun.

>> a little sparkling cider. >> i stay up but by 12:01 i'm asleep. >> we're in l.a. for the rose parade and we count it at 9:00 p.m. >> that's even better. >> pretty wild. >> that's cheating. >> the short content netflix video idea though is a good idea in general for kids. >> yeah. what was the other one? >> truncated version ss. >> let's move on. jeb bush was at campaign stop and the former governor took a moment to educate people on taking selfies. >> young people do it better than older people, we'll do a little training class. it's cooler to do it diagonally rather than straight up, remember that? better to do it higher than lower because you look skinnier. >> i'm writing this down. >> higher hand lower. >> absolutely true.

as the 11th amendment as the bill of rights and that he takes great joy in the selfie. >> it's true. will it's the new autograph. >> out on the plaza. there's different age groups. i'm like it's crooked. >> so i learned last week from the young people i was hanging out with. >> the young people. >> the young people, now it's cool to just show half of your face, not your whole face. >> that makes you look thinner, too. >> good point, counsellor. >> taking on the subject of of selfies, take a look at these. the man in the photo is alan dixon originally from ireland and travels all over the world and takes selfies with animals, which is fun and look how cute they are. >> until one attacks. >> way to bring us down. look halt that. is that a kangaroo. >> that looks like a llama. >> these are great. >> these have gone viral. thousands of likes. they did not just happen though. he sometimes spends hours with the animal before approaching it for a picture.

>> excuse me. i've just been watching you watching me wondering if you want to take a selfie. >> lock at that. >> adorable. >> cute. while christmas is over the gift-unwrapping videos keep coming. this is a video of anthony. made a simple request from santa for christmas, and he got his wish. take a look. >> and my own a1 steak sauce. >> yeah. >> you really like a1. >> i'm not going to share this. >> that's yours. >> well, it's very special for me. >> that's great. >> i love him. >> sign him up for a commercial, a1. >> future bloody mary maker right there. >> key ingredient. >> the way i feel about guacamole. now to pirated tv and the beatles song everybody is streaming. carson, let's do "pop start." >> data compiled by public bit torn trackers, it's science, go with it.

shows, at number three "the big bang they're," the show in its ninth season with an estimated 4.4 million downloads, pirateded. coming in at two, amc's "the walking dead" with 6.9 million downloads but not even those combined to beat this year's winner for the fourth year in a row. the show with the most illegal downloads is hbo's "game of thrones." the show has been number one since the second season, an estimated 14.4 million downloads of the season five finale this year. there you go. >> illegal. >> yes, illegal, al. up next, from millions of downloads to billions of dollars for fun, artificial intelligence researcher decided to analyze all of matt damon's movies in which the actor's character needed rescue, quite a few of them, 1989 "saving private ryan request" a search party for a single soldier would have cost around $100,000 and from "the

"titan ae" those could all cost up to $500 billion. a total sum of all the movies put together it would have cost over $900 billion. >> did they count "goodwill hunting?" because he needed emotional rescue. >> we'll get into that in "pop start" tomorrow. finally last week we brought you the news the entire beatles library would be available to stream not only in the u.s. and the world can agree on what the favorite beatles song is and any guess? >> "let it be" maybe. >> it is "come together." playing right now. what a great song. let's go to our favorite beatles songs. al, starting with you. >> "with a little help from my friends," ringo starr on the lead will. >> that's a good one. >> carson. >> i went with "revolution." you say you want a revolution

>> i went for -- not surprise, a little more slow and depressing, "something in the way she moves,". >> love that that's beautiful. >> kind of like singer/songwritery. >> how but, nat? >> i went with "hey, jude >> just love the message. >> very inspiring. >> you explained it to me earlier. >> well, i was wrong in how i explained it. i was told i guess paul wrote it for julian lennon, for john lennon's son. >> dylan, "lucy in the sky with diamonds." >> you know what that means, don't you? i just like the beat. >> like a '70s kid so i wanted to make sure you know the whole back story. >> yeah, i heard a few things about that. >> there's your "pop start." >> al, a check of the weather. >> a whole new generation getting into the beatles. the weather that we've been watching this system make its way up through new york and on into new england. we've got some freezing precipitation on up to the

city, snow into england hand 11 in bangor and boston 36 degrees. providence 34, so there's still some frozen precip there. south of new york city it's all rain, so as far as the snowfall is concerned, upwards of a foot or more in maine and on into northern new england. the big concern is going to be ice. power lines could be coming down, especially northern massachusetts. central new hampshire and we're

central new york state as >> and that's your latest weather. carson. >> all right, al, thank you very much. now to our special winter tune-up series. we took care of your home monday. today we're focusing on how to take care of your bodies as temperatures dr. dr. scott weiss is a here. we've got winter sports, what kind of injuries? >> everybody is hitting the slopes so be that as it may, skiing-based injuries and, snowboarding-based injuries and people are not taking the proper time to warm up. >> what should we do? >> got to stretch, a little bit before, a little bit after and a ten-minute warmup does a good job and helps prepare the body for exercise. >> interwither weather, not great. especially here in the east. snow is coming. >> absolutely. >> you'll be removing a lot of snow. >> like me i grab my shovel hand go for it. a good technique to keep your

>> besides sports injuries people do get injured a lot with shoveling, and shoveling -- >> where do you see it? >> and basically shoveling -- people get injured sometimes in the low back and spine. not shoveling properly some of these discs that you see here can actually bulge and touch some of the nerves. >> i fractured my t-12. >> had a little higher. >> in a snowmobiling accident and my back gets terrible. let me take the shovel. >> let me see. >> tell me how i should be. >> i would normally go up here but i feel like i should have a deeper bend. >> this is an ergonomic shovel show this takes 20% of the lean off your back. >> the shovel you purchase is important. >> the same price as any other shovel. you were doing it right, bend with the niece and lift with your body and legs. you don't want to the flex and rotate at the same time. that's how you jam the back up. as were you doing, it do that nice bend, lift with your legs and dump it out towards the side

the right technique. >> what about just getting the spending cash. >> nothing wrong with that, keep your body upright. >> what's the technique there? >> hold hot coffee and walk and push. >> exactly. >> let's move on. exercise this time of the year, people, you know, maybe they don't want to get in the car to go to the gym, it's cold out. what are some things we can do? >> there shouldn't be a barrier to exercise outside in the cold weather whatsoever. i so if you dress properly you can run outside. >> how many layers should we wear? >> what we like to see is making sure you cover the head. >> oh, wow, hello. >> got a model here. our model alex wears the hat which covers his head and ears. it's really important. when you look at his core, we have three layers. we have a wicking layer which is kind of the first layer to get rid of moisture and an insulation layer which is what i like, fleece and finally an outer shell and the shell is great because it's waterproof,

against the elements. as we work our way down, wearing leggings, wisking away sweat. the shoes are good. are they waterproof. >> they should be. >> you're not going to make a personal record in these shoes. they have a thicker grip and heel count and no doubt that will protect you from all the elements. >> it's okay to go outside and run in the wintry mix. >> should not be a barrier. the temperature should not be a barrier to exercise if with the proper gear. >> how do you feel? >> i've been wearing it all morning and it's warm. you want to run around a little bit. >> we can talk about that technique. >> might be a little knee injury there. >> must be busy this time of year from all the injuries. >> slip and falls, shoveling injuries and people being more active and with all that in mind we stay pretty busy. >> be active and get out and ski and warm up before you ski, shovel snow but get the right shovel, right technique. you can run but get the right gear. >> got in, it carson. >> thanks so much. dr. scott weiss, we appreciate it.

>> thank you so much. coming up we'll have the top beauty products of 2015. we've got our guest from f-buzzfeed. you've got a lot of good products.

. kim: 8:26 on this tuesday morning. dana: a local mosque was attacked with bacdon. pork is for bidden in islam. metro is investigating as a possible hate rcrime. looks like a goatee with long sideburns. they still don't have a name to go with this face. if you have any information,

kim: i noticed he put the bacon in his mouth. grab the sweater at the very least. kelly: it is going to be another chilly day. it is still pretty cold. primm, below freezing. boulder city, 41 degrees. expected highs today, only 48 today in the valley. 50's on thursday. 30 degrees for the overnight low for new year's. tom: we have an accident on 15. you do see the jamp up up. we take you back to the spaghetti bowl. for travel time, most of them are ok. southbound 15 is where it is slow. dana: thank you. we cannot wait for tom hawley's

kim: he is taking us back all

the cel tuesday morning, december 29, 2015. how you doing? >> dylan is greeting her fans. looks good. good selfie technique right there. dylan dreyer, come on down. >> i didn't know we were back on. >> resolve to eat better in 2016, all this week we're getting in a few last hurrahs in

a mouth watering recipe for mac and cheese. >> and monkey bread. >> do you know that dylan claims she never had homemade mac and cheese. >> no. >> you're missing out. >> i always had kraft out of the box. >> get ready for a when harry met sally moment. >> we'll have what she's having. >> yes. grab your shopping bag because we're revealing the buzzfeed's best beauty products of the year. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> can you hold this, natalie? we have found my twin. what's your name? >> mike. >> where are you from? >> california. rockland. >> so do you get mistaken for me? >> quite a bit. it's amazing. >> poor guy. you're much better looking. you have a bigger melon than i do. >> i do! >> all right. let's show you what we have going on. mike, you can step right in. in

western new york. looking good. chilly in the plains. for new year's eve night, fairly decent weather throughout much of the country. a few scattered showers and snow showers around northern new england. then new year's day, some wet >> hand that's your latest weather. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thank you so much.

folks over at buzzfeed have put together a list of the year's best beauty products. we have the health and the beauty editor. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know i love the segments. i put everything in my pocket as we go. so we're starting with lipstick and you have found the perfect red lipstick. >> i have. so 2015 is all matte lipstick. we have found mac cosmetics. you want to match your undertones in your skin. >> how do you know? >> you put silver or gold jewelry up to arm. if your look best with silver you have cool undertones. if you look best with gold, it's warm undertones. this is best for a cool undertone. >> i'm going to put this on. >> do it without a mirror. >> i can. >> that's skill. >> perfect. >> news and local news i used to do my makeup.

this wouldn't be for you. this undertones are more orange. >> you have wet and wild, looks like a lip gloss. >> yeah. this is a stain. this is a little touch of something for you. so it looks like a stain but it feels like a balm on. so it's -- try it on your arm. >> it's nice. wet and wild is a good price. >> just over $2. >> i like that. >> we should do lincolnp contours. >> this is a lip pencil. you can put this over whatever lipstick you're wearing, it will make it matte. >> really? >> yeah. go ahead. >> let me tell it out. >> perfect. >> then actually -- >> it makes the stain all red. >> you can get a tissue and wipe that off. >> okay. mascaras.

this dior is super fancy, it's purple. >> whoa. >> it's not a crazy purple though. if the light catches it, you can tell it's purple. you will get tons of compliments from people. it's amazing. >> if you do purple mascara, do the rest of your makeup neutral? >> yeah. go with the browns and the taupes so it's not too much. but it's a nice, subtle look. then there's another mascara. >> i like your thinking. this is good. black. it's perfect if you have, you know, thinner or shorter lashes. if you want to amp up the size. you can get into the crevices and into the corner. >> like that. >> it's water resistant, but not waterproof. if you're outside and walking around in winter, the wind is coming at your face and you're tearing up it's not going to smudge or run down your face or anything. >> you can tear up nonstop. >> exactly. >> like the light crying

>> okay. i'm going too slow, so i have to speed it up. how about brows? >> this is a poe maid and you brush up on your eyebrows and fills them out. the other thing for brows that you can use is this anastasia beverly hills pencil. one side is a pencil so you can do shaping. if you want to do a higher arch or need to fill in somebody you tweezed too much. then there's a brush on the other side so you brush. >> brush it out. >> it looks supernatural. you can use them together. >> let's do the lightning round. >> so this bright concealing elixir, it reflects light so you don't have dark circles and it works on fine lines and wrinkles. this has spf 50 in it, but it melts in your skin.

i like that. >> yeah. this hour glass palette, i know dim isn'that exciting but basically if you put it anywhere on your face that the light naturally hits, it acts as a highlighter. it's like an instagram filter in real life. you can put it anywhere the natural light will hit like the top of your forehead, center of your nose. it's instant strobing. take one of those too. >> seems like a good spot. >> then the last one is this bare minerals cream. like a light cream. put it on with your fingers, you can run out the door. it doesn't look like you're wearing makeup. >> this is one of my favorite segments. thank you. i'll take anything and just bill the "today" show. coming up next, why is oscar nominee alan alda teaching the fine art of improv to budding artists?

nbc. all right. we're back now at all right. we're back now at 8:40 with famed actor alan alda lending a helping hand 20 science. >> sheinelle jones is here. >> the rest of us find things too complicated and boring and now actors are turning to acting classes to help them become better communicators. think science and it probably sounds like this. >> we see a magnification of the dna fragments in this band. bigger words. when it comes down to understanding what everything actually means even these scientists admit most can't figure out what they're saying. >> i do a lot of jargon. like i'll talk about mechanical >> i think the perception of

really, really smart but kind of isolated in their everyone world. >> reporter: but actor alan alda is trying to change that. >> it's not so easy to understand what quantum physics is about. and the tendency of the people who have been studying it all their lives is to speak in the terms that they understand. >> reporter: in 2009, he helped launched tla sciencenroll in acting and improvisation classes, an unusual approach with the clear goal -- help current and future scientists explain the importance their work in a way that everyday people can understand it. >> all right. >> reporter: so who's taking this course? >> physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers. we're trying to teach scientists how to get across the beauty of science, to talk about the big picture. >> close to 600 students at the

and other students have signed up from dartmouth. >> the bigst thing i learned was the idea that communicating something to somebody requires you to understand where they're coming from. >> it's like a broadcast. if you're tuned into a certain station and that's the only station you're going to get information on, i better get into your channel and communicate with you on that channel. that's what we train people to do. >> reporter: we should note supporters of the program stress if scientists can develop this communication skill, it can help them with raising money for research. people are more likely to give if they understand where their money is going. i think this program is fantastic. my husband is a computer guy. and there were times he talks about the projects, and he's like, you're not listening to me. no, i'm listening. but i think it's a win. >> very cool. thank you. coming up next, want to make your new year's eve a family

nbc. and we are back at 8:45 this morning on "today." hassle free holiday, turning new year's eve into a child's playground. if you have kids why not avoid the cost of a baby-sitter and host a party fun for all ages. here to show us how is kimberly shlayingal whitman. she is the author of the new book "monograms for home." hello, kids, good to have you here as well. this is a great idea, kimberly, because you have new year's eve broken down into the hours. >> yes. >> within each hour is a craft and some sort of a food. >> that's right. so we want to keep it moving, keep the kids, you know a little bit out of trouble and entertained. just like the grown-ups.

involved every hour. giving them something precious. like the acts in a play. >> very smart to compartmentalize it for kids. let's walk people at home through it. it's 8:00 p.m. what have we got? >> so we have some play-doh for the kids. they can add glitter to it to give it some sparkle for new year's. you have to add tons of glitter. so it's going to get a little bit -- >> messy. >> glittery everywhere. messy and glittery are two different things. you can make homemade play-doh. that's right. you're doing a great job. keep kneading it in there. it will be so beautiful by the time she's done kneading it together. at the same time, give them something savory to snack on. >> why not start with popcorn bars? >> yeah. we have used leftover wrapping paper to make the cones. then you can add whatever toppings. >> what's your name? >> elizabeth.

popcorn? >> m&m's. >> for the grown-ups, we have dill and rock salt. salt and pepper. things like that. some skittles in there too. raisins, apricots. we have pretzels. anyway, that's a fun way -- >> that's cool. >> you can make the serving cones out of wrapping paper. >> okay. 8:00. we move closer to the midnight hour, but not there yet. what's the objective in the 9:00 p.m. hour? >> we'll prepare them for the big celebration. so now they're going to be decorating party hats. so we have basic party hats. >> that's fun. >> instead of using glue and mess, i have sticker -- >> some bling here. you can put on them. >> look at -- >> you're doing a great job. >> fantastic. so ts is a fun way to show their personality. they can make it crazy and wild. a beautiful design.

i have glitter peps. lots of things. if you put them out in a cute way it feels more festive. i like you've getting in on the action. >> this is great. i have three kids at home. we grew up with our parents bailing on us. like maybe make a pizza, watch mtv, that's it. but to have this much thought in it it's awesome. not expensive or crazy. >> and putting thought into things makes the night move more smoothly. so here with the cookies, it's 9:00 now, he's added all the numbers. he's helping me make the cookies. >> what's your name, young man? >> argin. >> nice to have you here. did you prems?th >> we did. but you can get the kids to make their own cookies. >> introduce some sugar. trying to hold tt. ou you want to keep them up. but not go too wild. >> what's at 10:00? >> we want to calm them down. find them a seat.

>> it does look like homework but it's more fun.n. get them thinking about the memories from 2015. the bes also making some resolutions and goals for 2016. >> what did you write for 2015? skate board. you learned skateboard at camp, right? very cool. going to harry potter. >> she wants to be better at math. now, the trick is to guide them a little bit by asking them questions. giving them a blank piece of paper and saying, write down your resolutions is hard for children. >> simple answers. you're making pizzas? >> but the trick is we have black eyed peas in with the pesto for good luck. you're supposed to do it on the 1st. >> now it's 11:00. >> we're getting there. so we'll make them busy making stir sticks so when they make their mocktail which is theirs when they set it down.

over and using scissors and they can -- she's stirring the berries here. let them get involved what's inside of the drink. have fun with it. >> natural sugar at the end to hold them out. is everybody going to stay up until midnight and new year's eve? going to try. with the help of the cookies, a meal, arts and craft. >> you can do the countdown if you feel like they're fading. countdown to 11:00. to 10:00. whatever time you need to do it. >> this is a good idea. for more on these and other kid friendly ideas, go to today.com/parents. coming up, a delicious twist

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we're ba we're back. 8:52. hello. we areck look at you right behind me. >> i can't wait. >> i can't eick ier we have a chef with some great comfort food recipes to try. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to say the mystery theater bunch is downstairs tasting -- >> yes. >> there they are. >> hi, guys. >> we'll check in with you in a moment. >> this is cheesalicious.

>> so mac and cheese, we have some pasta, milk, mustard powder, two kinds of cheese and we have fun toppings too. bacon and onion. >> what's this? >> butter nut squash. >> interesting. put that in your mac and cheese. carson knows what he's doing. >> no, i don't. i need the help. >> so we'll start off by making the pasta. we're just using some elbow noodles. you can use any kind of small pasta. penne or whatever. get some salt in there. really important to make that nice and salty. you know, follow the instructions on the box. this is the easy part. all pretty easy. then we start our cheese sauce. a basic white sauce is our base. i have some butter in here already. i'm going to add some flour. so -- >> regular flour. >> why the flour? >> what this is going to do it's going to thicken the sauce, it makes a roux.

creamy, cheesy -- >> yeah, you can't just throw cheese on top. it's milk thickened with flour and butter. >> this is not a diet recipe. >> no. no. that's for next week. >> the last hurrah. >> it is. >> so you get that going. that'll start to thicken up. like a pudding texture almost. then with spice it up with -- i have the cayenne, dry mustard powder that adds take. you can use regular yellow mustard, smoked spanish paprika. >> i th is the fancy pot right here. this is the roux with the spices. >> exactly. this is your base. so then once this all thickens up we get our cheese in here. we have two kinds of cheese. i'm using the cheddar because it's a classic. it gives it that creamy meltiness meltiness. >> and the kids like it. >> yeah. and the parmesan.

>> yeah. >> if you don't have kids you can get the fancy cheeses. >> i like to use the leftovers from the cheese -- >> fancy cheese. >> >>. >> so we have that nice and thick. once it's incorporated -- it's not yet, but we'll pretend. we get the pasta in there too. >> add the pass to the sauce? >> yeah. >> should we do a check-in with the gang downstairs. dylan never had homemade mac and cheese. >> i have been eating the mac and cheese with the side of bread. >> are the toppings for the mac and cheese? >> good segue. we are getting to that, al. the toppings. >> look at the toppings. so here's the finish. beautiful creamy mac and cheese. it's stove pot so you serve it right away. people can eat out of their own bowl. diy. >> we have to get to the monkey bread. >> we're not going to run out of time. >> maybe we are. >> running out of time?

herbs. >> don't listen to him. keep going. >> you know you're on the air, carson? >> eggs, lots of herbs. we're mixing up the base for the monkey bread. whip up the egg. >> don't freak out, but we have ten seconds. >> that mac and cheese is unbelievable. thank you so much. kim: hi, there. dana: almost a year ago. it is someone going into an suv and biting a one-year-old child.

dana: it is tough to make out. somebody said, "there is an infant in that car." she was inside and bitten by that police dog. the officer did not know when he let the dog loose. the problem is they thought the father was involved in some sort of a robbery attempt. he was not. henderson paid $13,000 for the child's medical bills. if not for the journal, we would not see the video right now. kim: what a story. right now we're talking about the weather. kelly: it is still going to be chilly. temperatures are on the rise. we're above freezing. in many locations 42 degrees in henderson.

plenty of sunshine and light wind this afternoon. toward the new year's holiday, new year's eve, 50 degrees. 30 by new year's morning. kim: talking about new year's eve.

all of us who live this morning on "today's take," natalie gets an emotional reading from the long island medium, and selfie center. which famous trio took the most important selfie of the year and back for more. golden savory wrestling superstar john cena co-hosts again. all that and more coming up right now. >> 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" on this tuesday morning, december 29th, 2015. al along with natalie, dylan and tamron is off and our friend john cena back and he picked

>> new year's around the corner and ray charles is timeless. >> "mess around." >>the big bold and savory was from yesterday's cooking segment. we were makeing a casserole, birks bold and savory and sounds like john cena, big, bold and savory. >> from now on you have a new nickname. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> could be called a lot worse. >> i know i have been. >> hey, okay. i love this story. last week this scout leader attacked by a b,ack bear while he and his three scouts were hiking in new jersey. well, scout leader entered a cave where the bear was likely hibernating and the scouts called 911, and these kids are so impressive. >> unbelievable. >> take a listen to this. >> 911. where's the emergency? >> my scout master went into a cave and a bear is in the cave with him.

because of where the bear, is or is he too injured to get out? >> i think the bear is on top of him. my scout master just suggested that we get food to put the bear out. do you want us to make a signal fire? >> if you guys can start a fire. >> 911, where's the emergency? >> splitrock reservoir, blue trail. i was mauled by a bear. >> where are you bleeding, your leg, arm? >> left arm, left leg, neck and head. >> guys, on three, everyone's gonna yell hello, can you hear us. >> can you hear us? i see the helicopter. i see the helicopter. >> all right. he sees the helicopter. >> we'll make it out of this alive. you love you guys. >> wow. >> that's so unbelievable. >> they deserve a badge of honor. >> totally. >> for being able to be so cool, calm and collected and calling 911. >> and i think that right there is what saved his life because there waso panic. they just knew what needed to be done and execute it had. >> true scouts through and through. >> scouts through and through, like academies like west point, they often look for qualities

that ability to stay calm and collected. >> were you ever a scout? >> didn't make it all the way to eg. it was extremely difficult. i kind of fell off with the knot-tying stuff. quite early. >> can you make a fire with a stick? >> i can make a fire. it involves gasoline. >> i think most us can do that with gasoline. >> yeah. >> a match. >> if you will. >> taking two stones together doesn't work. >> if you had gasoline. >> absolutely. >> speaking of under fire, pouring gasoline on the fire this, morning we had the reporter on from al jazeera who reported on this story, as you know. there's been these reports that have linked pain to using performance enhancing drugs, specifically human growth hormone and it was reported on

that apparently reportedly goes back to 2011 when an unpaid intern charlie sly made claims that shipments were made to peyton's wife ashley manning. peyton manning has vehemently denied all of these. >> nothing has been said to her or have i ever taken, absolutely not. she may have her personal business. >> manning says that he's never taken any of these substances. he was treated at the guyer institute. he had a lot of surgery and recovery time so he stays the story is completely fabricated. interesting though that the interview with carson this morning, the al jazeera reporter now says the documentary is never really pointing the finger at peyton, instead saying specifically the only person named was ashley manning, though

athletes using performance enhancing drugs. so i think it can be inferred by that reporting that that's what people are going to make the connection. >> but if you listen to the interview, it sounds like she's walking it back. >> backtracking a little bit. >> take a listen. >> two quick things. let's assume that it was sent to mrs. manning. aside from the recanted statement of charlie do you have specific evidence that peyton manning himself has ever taken hgh? >> we've not said that in the program. >> you're not even alleging peyton manning took the substances? >> the only allegation in the program from charlie lie is that growth hormone was sent repeatedly from the guyer to ashley manning in florida. >> so it sounds like your documentary doesn't have any evidence against peyton manning. >> we're not making the allegation against peyton manning. >> well, meantime, the intern charlie sly has also recanted and according to one report sly claims that he was badgered into talking, these videos that were made of him talking and was in

time of the video recordings. i was asking you before we came is on performance enhancing drugs. >> yeah, we have a p.e.d. policy instituted in 2005 and '06, randomly tested all year. all upstars undergo the tests. we love our sports and want to keep our sports pier and whenever we here someone is trying to gain advantage which is why they are performance enhancing drugs it becomes a wildfire and in this documentary you basically have a giant door of speculation that has been opened. >> right. >> you have nothing proof positive. they say this was sent here. that's what we know. you can link all the dots if you want and you can come to all these speculation conclusions if you want. >> right. >> but it is just that. >> but it's very damaging though. >> absolutely, sure. >> when you make those kinds of allegations. >> here's the thing about that, once those allegations are made you can't take them back and the

their days either answering questions about something like that or trying to prove their innocence in many cases. >> a lot of times it puts that doubt in people's minds, whether it's proven or not, and it seems unfair. >> and you heard him get most choked up -- when peyton was asked the question, what about kids who look up to you? it's unfair for his name to get associated with this if it is just an allegation and now kids are questioning and putting together his name with hgh, and it's just not fair for a role model. >> the peyton manning question is a little bit more spectacular because it's now a wide-range media story but all the time i'll walk into a room. the first thing everyone says is, wow, he's big, he must be doing this. >> right. >> there's -- it's just a very, very difficult thing because as you said we have a lot of families and kids and you want to be that role model and i worked hard. started lifting weights when i was 12 years old. haven't stopped since, 38 and 39 in april. one of the things that the best can you do is, know you're going

every drug test, pass every drug test and do the best you can do to spread the good word of those people who follow you and peyton manning's performance certainly speaks for itself. his candor on and off the field certainly speaks for itself and see where this thing goes. right now i don't think it's anything more than speculation. >> great perspective. okay. >> speaking of that, let's go to a selfie perspective. >> okay there you go. buzzfeed. >> okay. >> that took a turn. >> thank you, guys, like i said, the check has been cashed, posted the 20 most important selfies of 2015 and we'll take a look at a few of them. trio of kim, kanye and hillary clinton. attended a fund-raiser for hillary in l.a. >> we're supposed to guess. >> that made it a little easier. >> because i -- i did so bad on the pop culture stuff yesterday i had to gain my points back right now. i saw through all that and read the answer off the prompter. >> that's all right.

there was a selfie post of sorority girls at a diamondbacks game, seemed to be paying much more attention to themselves. >> no idea what's going on the field. >> love the face she's making. >> that's okay. >> selfies in proses. >> never ate the chili dog. it was just for the picture. >> we have a selfie of two canadian guys who rescued a bald eagle and for their reward they were granted the ultimate selfie. not too many selfies with a bald eagle. >> that's a selfie you take in two seconds and let go. >> selfie you may want to take in two seconds and get out of dodge. my wife is giving birth right now selfie. yes. >> i don't know how i feel about that. >> his wife was in labor with their daughter eva. >> if i was the wife, i think that's a little perturbed. >> the guy is smiling and the lady not so much.

>> we've got a space station selfie. >> the great thing is you can say that's anybody. >> didn't you do something like that once. >> i did do the photos when you did the charlie chaplin. >> great selfie and great view as well. >> al, you gave us a selfie as well. >> that's right. my family, my son nick went to slope away camp for the first time this summer. >> that's a great family photo. >> a great moment. >> king of selfie. >> and so nice to see you chose the one with your family. >> al is always very good. learned to take more self which is my family. >> otherwise you're in the pictures. >> i'm always the one. >> my favorite, of course, earlier this year, i had the opportunity to climb up on top of the st. louis arch. >> wow, that's crazy. >> you don't see quite the perspective but that down there, yeah, that's the mississippi river. >> if you kept sliding would you slide right back down to the ground.

on, i could have gone over the edge, yes. >> myselfy was actually savannah took the selfie. we were so excited that adele was here, she's in the background, you can see her all the way back there, too nervous to go up to her and say hi. >> i didn't even see her. >> right in front of the mississippi river. >> as far away as you can get. >> there,isn't a selfie of me but a selfie nicole took. his name is winston, he's 8 weeks old, so cute and i love the lady in the picture and i hopefully will get to know what soon is to be man's best friend. >> so cute. >> so cute. >> and little airport will ensue. >> yeah. >> everywhere and doing stuff and it will be instant. >> it's instant bonding, i'm telling you. >> just like yesterday, today is my chance to get to just smack-down.

savory can of soup. >> smack-down moving to usa? >> yes, it is. >> and it's had a home on usa for a long time and now usa is giving us a chance to air smack-downs. >> starts february 2nd. >> big and exciting for all the wwe fans. i'll be there and everybody can check it out. >> oh, that looks big, bold and savory. >> look at the hair. >> that's crazy. >> oh, my gosh. >> and there's more. >> there is more. >> you were also on the cover of january's "muscle & fitness" magazine. >> i was the second choice. >> they came to me instead of al roke >> get ripped, the six pack secret. what is the secret? because you say ever since you were 12. >> check this out. >> how much do you eat? >> here is the secret. just make good decisions with nutrition and do stuff. like i -- i hate -- we can

make good decisions with nutrition and do stuff. that's pretty much about it. >> and you'll get ripped and have six pack abs. >> you'll be surprised at the results you get. make good choices and do stuff. >> my dad asked me yesterday, are his hands huge, like do you just sit there and lift weights with your hands. >> very, very large. >> hugely embarrassing thing. >> go ahead. >> crush me. >> excuse me. >> you know what they say about big hands. >> speaking of seven minutes in heaven, you also did this,. >> that was a great transition. >> you also did that. >> you remember that when you were little. >> what was that? >> "snl's" mike o'brien, a web series. >> myself and mike o'brien in a closet. >> is that what hnen the seven minutes in heaven, that's that game. >> he went for broke right there and had to apologize because he might have stepped over his boundaries a little bit. >> you're not tha into that?

atmosphere was wrong, you know. we were in a closet. >> the lights were on. >> that you canning about hats and then he figured that was the right time to make his move. he was wrong. >> the lights were on. usual lit game is played with the lights off. >> never heard of the game. >> really. >> classic high school game. >> yeah. >> i think -- i don't think i ever really played in. >> i never played. >> remember spin the bottle. >> got to pick who you got to go into the closet with. >> that was my first time, it was memorable. >> yeah. >> interesting. >> tell us more during the weather forecast. >> check it out. >> we'll let al go do the weather and you'll keep talking. >> you never know what you're going to find out. i like t.all righty. we've been watching this system make its way to the north up into northern new england. this blue line, that's where the freezing line is. 43 in new york city, but you go to hartford, it's 34 and 31 in albany and bangor 11 so it's going to stay snow there. rest of this though, the pink to purple, that's freezing precipitation, and then as we make our way, you can see 37

this winter weather. scranton, albany, hartford, boston, burlington and portland. this will be pushing up into the north. we're basically in new england looking at about 6 to 12 inches of snow or more, but even more important underneath that we're going to be looking at some ice. we're looking at maybe anywhere from a tenth to an inch to quarter of an inch to half han inch of ice and that's a big problem as far as the trees,

>> that's your latest weather. still ahead,nality mo gets a chance to sit down with the long island medium for a private reading. she knew you were come. you wouldn't believe w to the woman in the mid-90's showstopper... you're right.

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>> did she pass from an illness? >> since she was 4 years old theresa caputo has been connecting people with their loved ones who have died. >> what do you have in your car that you carry in memory of your dad? >> oh, my god. >> over the years she has stopped by our studio to read our crew. >> did theresa have that right? >> absolutely does. >> and our producers, too. >> did you just get the chills or like the goose about. . know that that was your father's soul. >> and this year on tlc's "long island medium" she's sitting down with celebrities like jim parsons and susan louchy. >> had me lift up the piano seat and i see all the sheet music. >> oh, my goodness. >> now with some trepidation and a bit of skepticism it's my turn for a private reading with theresa in my office. >> what i do is able to give the people the peace in knowing that there's more to life than just here in the physical world and more importantly your loved ones are you.

>> my grandmother, yes. >> she labored my breathing which means she passed from the heart, lungs or breast but then she showed me the watching of the breasts, so do you recall that? >> i wasn't there, no, i don't know what happened because she was in brazil. >> that's fine. >> so i -- i don't know what -- who had the miscarriage or the termination? >> i've had had a miscarriage. >> that's fine. >> know that souls that didn't even get the opportunity to walk here in the physical world because they told me you have three children. >> you have two boys. >> so the soul that was lost is considered a child and that the souls do grow on the other side. >> i'm sorry. >> did you know whathe child was? >> no, no. >> did you think that you knew what the child was? did you think it was a girl? >> just very early and i struggled with pregnancy so.

who seemed to be coming through. >> i was just ejected from a car. >> my mother-in-law was ejected from a car. >> okay. >> so know that your mother-in-law is acknowledging that she passed instantly. usually when spirit acknowledges that, but i -- i don't know what happened. it's a thing of where she didn't suffer. >> she didn't die in the car accident. she lived many years. >> she -- she didn't pass away -- i mean, she lived until her late 70s, but yeah, i mean, she lived a good long life. >> that's fine. >> but she had early onset alzheimer's for the last 17 years. >> my father-in-law believes that the accident could have added to the head trauma. >> she also wants to talk about her teeth. >> mm-hmm.

beautiful teeth. she just is smiling and i see this beautiful, beautiful smile, so i don't know if there was an issue with her teeth in the end. just acknowledging that she has a beautiful smile. >> i think she always said that she has a beautiful smile. >> perfect. >> and she says please tell my son that i know how he would sit and hold my hand and how i remember that last day that i saw him when he kissed me good-bye and said i'll see you later and he said he loved me. she says please tell my son i love him more. >> that's a tough one, as you saw. jane didn't like restrictions. not in life. and not when it came to watching her calories. why settle on taste? jane thought. that's why jane loves light & fit greek nonfat yogurt. bursting with rich creamy awesomeness and 12 grams of protein. all for 80 calories.

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dana: those who is really, we are to talk about a murder that have valley about eight hourthis happened in the parking lot of 24 hour fitness. police show up to the scene and found that a man was in his car shot to death. the car does have a life -- california license plate on it in the murder is still oif you have any information, please call crimestoppers. kim: also developing, the weather at a lot of people are wondering what to expect as we head into the holidays. kelly: it is definitely chilly. we are looking at sunshine, but highs today are above normal.

rockland today is looking at 56 degrees. the valley, 40 degrees with mostly sunny skies. tonight, we dropped down to 30 degrees. we are back to the 50's for new year's eve during the day. new year's day itself on friday, 48. a good day to stay inside. we have hockey and football. dana: hockey and football. back in the day, 30 years ago, the strip wasn't anything on new year's eve, it was all downtownthat is before they added a canopy on fremont street one tom hawley cracks open the video vote unless they morning. he takes us back three decades to show us how the party went down on fremont street. kim: tomorrow morning when you work, how to party like a local beard we will check in with the editor of -- she will come on live on the program to talk

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taking a look at the headlines, flying is likely to be a challenge again today in much of the u.s. because of winter weather. already more than 1,600 flights have been cancelled or delayed with most of the problems in the mid west and the northeast. the ripple effect could have a ripple effect on passengers coast to coast. there's more concern over hoverboards. the consumer products safety commission is investigating at least 22 reports of, hoverboard fires in 17 states. the latest incident happened on monday when a hoverboard caught fire at a mall outside houston possibly because the batteries overheating. several harls in the u.s. have banned hoverboards in checked luggage or carry-ones because of those fire concerns. netflix is offering parents some help on new year's eve. it has launched a new set of on-demand countdowns so that parents can let their kids ring

there are six different countdowns including ones with care bears and inspector gadget. heavy traffic is the norm in california's bay area, but it's not often that the backup is being caused by this, a huge elephant seal. apparently the seal was trying to cross a busy highway in sonoma county. highway patrol officers responded along with officials from u.s. fish and wildlife and the marine mammal center and eventually they were able to

let's get a check of the weather >> and that is your latest weather. countdown for 2016 is on. if you're looking for simple and satisfying appetizers to keep your company munching we've got you covered. justin chapel is host of "food & wine"'s and is here with great tips. >> great to be here. >> we always love having you. cheese. >> cheese. >> always popular. >> we're make cheese crisps out of parmesana reggiano cheese so what we're going to do is i have a block, cut it into half inch squares, like this. if they fall apart like that it's even better because it's less work. cut it into cute little squares and pop these on a microwave safe plate hand this is genius. >> pop this in the microwave for about 30 seconds. >> okay. and while that goes we'll move on to the next thing and we'll come back to that. >> because this is gluten-free.

>> always a better upside right. >> saltine crackers. >> making diy herb crackers. so what we've done is taking melted butter and just spreading it on using everyday saltine crackers. i'll go ahead and do that. >> sprinkle some herbs on here. >> any herbs you want. >> i tend to like dried oregano, dried thyme, do crushed red pepper. want to get really crazy take the chicken bouillon cubes and sprinkle them on top. >> i hear the microwave. >> make sure it's not hot. >> and check that out. >> they get nice and flat like that, coop them up and put them on a drying rack and you get these awesome little crackers. crispy and serve them with salami, other cheese. >> and we're still doing this. >> yeah. after you brush your butter and sprinkle the herbs pop them in the offense 350, ten minutes and you get these awesome lightly brown crackers. >> sprinkle a little sea salt on them maybe. >> even better.

this fabulous shrimp plate. >> this, my friend, is the best way to serve of shrimp cocktail at a parliament check this out. i filled the pan with water and froze it till it's firm and take it out, just like that and put it right on a platter, and put your shrimp around it and cocktail sauce in the middle. >> genius. >> if you use a metal pan, that's fine. pop it in hot water and flip it out on to a plate. now, everybody loves pizza. >> sure. >> but this is mini pizza so what we've done is we have recall flour tortillas, cut them out in a circle and brush them with baking oil and bake them at 350 until they are nice and brown and nice little crisps and delicious as is and to make them better, top them with sauce. why don't you sprinkle some cheese and taken a little cutter

>> look at little mini pepperonis. >> and bake them again until the cheese melts and check that out. >> is it good? >> you are a mad genius. unbelievable. justin, thank you so much. that's fantastic. >> thanks for having me. >> how do you top this, with baby animals? that's right. baby animals. if that's not enough to bring you back, i don't know what it is. >> come on. >> look at how cute. the flu virus hits big. with aches, chills, and fever, there's no such thing as a little flu. and it needs a big solution: an antiviral. so when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up the ante with antiviral tamiflu. prescription tamiflu is an antiviral that attacks the flu virus at its source and helps stop it from spreading in the body. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people two weeks of age and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days.

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so cute. this morning on call of the wild it's almost time to growl to 2016. >> here to ring in the new year a little early with adorable baby animals is wildlife expert and biologist corbin maxie. >> good morning. >> i'm in love with this little guy already until you told me he's a rodent. >> so many people think it's a cross between a rabbit and deer. it's actually a rodent, from central and southern argentina. give her the bottle. only 3-weeks-old. >> do i have to burp, it too? >> 3 weeks old and mature rapidly. born with their eyes open. >> don't think it wants anymore. >> it can get, the large ones 35 pounds, 18 to 35 pounds. >> so cute. >> hand this is cool, you guys. one of the -- this includes human, one of the only mammals that is monogamous. >> they mate for life. >> form lifelong bonds. parents take great care of the

>> adorable. >> they are super, super neat. >> i love you even more. you have very cute. >> there you go. >> okay. what do we have next? >> what's next? >> okay. i've been waiting for this. these are baby southern stingray pups from adventure aquarium. >> look at their eyes. >> visitors can do this. >> dig in. >> no, no, no, no. i've done this. i have a thing with stingray. went to the camden aquarium and got in a pool with the stingrays. >> i know they are agitated. might have been in an accident this morning but they are safe. >> john, get in there. >> i'm going to take the spectator's seat. >> let's go. >> all right. >> isn't that cool. >> feels so stingray darby. >> slimy. >> only 2 months old. they give birth to like miniature adults. come on, natalie. >> don't make me do it.

>> stingray. >> come out like miniature adults. they get very big. the female 16 feet and up to like 200 pounds so that's huge >> wow. >> and also i want to point this out. their ven on mouse barbs have been removed. >> before you pointed this thing at me. >> only used as a last defense mechanism. >> just do the stingray shuffle. >> what is the stingray shuffle? >> shuffle your feet. found from new jersey all the way down to brazil. so beautiful, beautiful species. >> what else you got? >> come on over. >> more babes. >> oh, my goodness. >> he loves his animals. >> these are cute. i will hold one of these. >> take him out. >> it's an angora rabbit. >> oh, my god. >> thesere a 5 weeks >> like little fur balls. >> right. so these guys actually just like

and a female doe rabbit will have seven or eight litters a year and could have like 100. >> you guys have kids, don't you? >> i have dogs, a dog and a dat so i'm good. they have been domesticated for a very long time, right? >> 400 years. >> actually why domesticated in turkey in the french royalty. look at that face. >> adorable. >> you can't even see the eyes there. need to be groomed on a regular basis. >> if you take them home make sure to get them groomed on a weekly basis. >> basically get the fur off, right? >> rabbits, rodent, what else you got? >> one more. >> got one more. >> look at this. >> hold on, hold hon. >> i'll trade you. >> john, you're going to freak out. put this -- >> so tiny. look at this. put this in your hand, dude. >> all righty. >> see how big his hand is. look at that. make sure it doesn't fall. this is braveheart and braveheart is a leopard tortoise, one of the largest

>> there's the little body. >> this is his food. >> how big will he get in. >> they will life over 100 years and basically get like nearly three feet and weigh over 100 pounds. >> do they ever stop growing? >> they don't. >> don't go off the table braveheart. hold, hold. >> and what are you doing? >> oh, my goodness. >> like what -- >> tortoise and the hare race. >> he's winning with, just like the book. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh, my goodness. >> really quickly. the sex of the offspring is determined by the temperature. females are produced at higher temperatures and males at lower temperatures. >> of the habitat that they are in. >> that's cool. >> come on. >> i can't harbor a pet for another 100 years. >> thank you. >> al, dylan, what do you have coming up? >> john cena, well played. >> that was good. >> up next, do you know which

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we are going to test natalie and al on new year's eve trivia. john john, hope john, hopefully you can get redemption. >> in an ultimate -- >> when harry met sally. >> how well do you know the words to the classic "auld lange signe"? can you finish the words? >> al? will drink -- >> no. for old acquaintance be forgot -- >> no.

>> will take a cup of kindness next. >> everybody's slurring their words by then anyway. in real life this superstar couple got married on new year's eve in 1997. he was 90s sitcom royalty and she fell in love with the nutty professor. >> jada pinket smith and will smith. >> right. this is based on new year's day and ends on new year's eve. >> hobbit." >> incorrect. >> briget's diaries. >> that's right. >> ghost busters. >> which one? >> two. >> that was just for you.

>> this 1949's song is performed on youtube and it went viral in 2011. >> "what are you doing christmas eve"? >> how many points does al have right now? >> like three. but who's counting? >> question number seven, this distinguished actor celebrates his birthday on new year's. he won an oscar for playing gandi. >> earnest borgnine. >> where do you get these answers? >> finish the lyrics to this new year's eve classss tune. it's time to come together, it's up to you, what's your pleasure --

we all want to do some stuff that's weird >> new year's eve. >> the brat back decides to rob five five stores -- >> "ocean's 11." >> yes! >> ooh, i have your prize.

>> it's a really happy new year's guys. >> happy new year, everybody. >> that's fantastic. >> make noise. >> ring in the new.

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