>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. everybody. november cyber mop. hope you had a really fabulous and blessed thanksgiving with your friends and family. it is all about shopping, it seems to me today. >> so was friday. so was saturday. when saturday was small town -- small business saturday. you're right. what the heck is tomorrow? >> tuesday. cyber tuesday.

wednesday. look who's with us today i our? kitchen! > >> he's got an eggplant something. off ?

black friday? i'm not. >> i didn't. >> no, no, i didn't. we'll show you how to make some extra money for all your gift shopping without leave your house. and our favorite things are later. >> oh, my gosh. you had tons of family and fun stuff. we had family and friends from michigan and florida that came to stay with us for a few days. i don't like to play s. we just played games. we had such a good time and it was a nice mix of our traditions with theirs. they have everything on thanksgiving. they have the thanksgiving turkey but they also have a ham and a tenderloin. >> they like it do it big. >> very midwest. do it all! so we did it all. of course cotes and cass were home. that's all i care about. i might as well say my favorite thing right now. because that was part of the

years and he's always been good to me. good to me. iit on the air to regis. the next day i got a basket this big from harvey. i've never met him before saying, i'm so sorry you hated " so did my mother.

was an unbelievable one. years ago. but does it stand out. >> you had like movie palooza. >> and cody got me hooked on "the crown." i've never binge watched anything. i was bleerary-eyed. it is all about queen elizabeth and prince philip. i kept saying how much of this is based on truth. wow! the intrigues of court and the crown.

lease let that be before i die. >> every time you go, it is different. yeah, you're going to have grandchildren. by the way, congratulations are in order for kathigifford. >> why? >> how many followers do you have on twitter right now? >> i guess -- a million. thank you, everybody. >> where is the confetti! >> what does that mean? >> it means lots of people are paying attention to your tweets! be careful. >> my friend pkyle michael mille you -- you did it without one nude picture. i would have lost followers if i'd have done a?-picture. we need a great story today. tell this one, hoda woman. >> we need to give a shout out to thisuy in illinois, a guy named jim ford. he's been a for more than 20 ars. repossess cars.

jim found out t?"his couple was sinking deeper into debt and that was because they had to pay $3,500, they received $17,000 in donations from more than 400 people. here's what jim did. jim repaired and detailed the buick, he delivered the cash and a thanksgiving turkey to the kiplings. stan said it was like hitting the lottery and patty says there are very good people out there. >> there are. there are. >> there are beautiful, wonderful people.

i couldt tak meone's things. i'd go broke. >> just keep it. we lost a good friend. i've known her many, many years. you meet when you went out to

when johnny carson took off one time. >> congratulations. just so you know here, just three days before her death, she was in the audience at "dancing." favorite thing. imanticipate dying to see "lion." can i tell you what it is the time of year for? these are called satsumas. i'm just going to tell you omeo them. zach, please comit, too. zach has never turned down everything. >>?uc so true.

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the "star wars" story came out over the weekend. people are flipping out. the first time a stand-alone movie of "star wars," coming out 16th of december. about three weeks away. all new characters with the exception of darth vader who makes an appearance is. i'm excited about the new droid you see in this trailer, and really reminds me of 3 cpo. that vibe. >> i was that for halloween this and people expecting about $130 million opening. >> how would this compare to the last "star wars" movie? >> not the business of the last one that was mammoth and part of the overall main -- >> had harrison and it had carrie. >> but this is going to be huge. >> talk movies. weekend box office. how did things do? >> "moana" came out thanksgiving weekend, disney animated film. loved it so much.

female character, by the way, not looking for a man or boyfriend. >> saving the world. >> fabulous. >> and it made $81.1 million, if that number holds, the number two thanksgiving opening weekend of all-time behind only "frozen," which made $93 million a few years ago. huge. "fantastic beast" a great weekend made over nows over $150 million. the news unfortunately not all good, first movie in 15 years called . a great old hollywood - >> what happened? >> people didn't care. made $2

you know "star wars" is going to do -- you'd think in seeing -- >> sad. because i want hollywood to make more movs like apply" that are differ and new. >> maybe because brad has not really been 3r0e6789 promoting it. >> true. >> selena gomez made news? >> decided to take time off, deal with health -- panic attacks, sides of lupus. came back on the amas and did her first instagram post. most followed on instagram in the world, by the way. did a post the last couple of days with a great picture of her

needed to take time off. i think people are happy to see her back in a good way. >> she handled it so well. you and i talked about this so many times. young kids get into a situation

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sweet soy. garlic and dill. just put that in. >> garlic and dill. >> kind of glaze that on top of the halibut. this is going to caramelize. that's how you get that golden -- see? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> this is the type of food that i grew up with in sweden. very simple, on the bone, boom. just kind of cook it, with a little bit of butter. >> both sides, do you? >> yeah. normally start with some olive oil and add in the butter and baste it. >> can i glaze that side? >> glaze. come on. >> how many sweetie? >> i would say two teaspoons. >> how long do you cook it? >> four minutes each side. >> four minutes. >> because we cook it on the bone, right? it's going, the fish is going to stay juicier and -- taste. >> oh, my gosh. falls right off the fork. c you, marcus. >> got to getinvolved. >> and -- >> yes! >> wait, wait.

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you can be a mystery shopper this time of year and make money right now. so there's a great app called the field agent app. say you go a homnt store, get a s a shop to be hadh thego take ten pictures of this display and make $4. re to go? you take pictures? >> tell you where to go, what to do, take pictures. also sign up for northforkrear search. on to go to that are legit ways to do mystery shopping to make money right now. right this minute. it's fun, too. >> oops! >> the ladies fell over. they were fighting before we came out. >> veronica? >> this is becoming a toy tester. >> yes. >> lots of companies want your opinion for toys. she wasn't staying up earlier today. they kept on tackling each other.

blocks, playskool and test their toys. get free toys and give your opinion. >> you get the toy to keep? >> toy to keep, yes. >> they want your kids to test them? >> kids to test them. test them and package them back up and -- >> wow! pretty good. >> yeah. >> and -- >> gift cards. do you have any, like, little gift cards laying around? >> yes. >> that you don't use. >> what do you do with them? >> this is shrlike a $1 gift cad those you don't want to use, store you don't like, trade them in for cash at websites like giftcardgranny, and raise.com, trade them in for money and use that cash to buy chris mitt presents. >> expired? >> if they're expired -- >> no. >> expired gift cards? >> a way of -- >> we can do it. >> catalogs. sign up for catalogs.

sign up for the catalogs. easily find them -- >> what is under here? >> oh! drugs. good. >> this one. okay, so, a lot of stores give you gift cards if you switch your prescription from store to store. you want to switch prescriptions you good get a $20 gift card. they want your business. you switch your stuff, get free money just for that. >> wow! >> last, not least, become a -- >> cranberries!

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how excited are we? kicking off our 23rd annual toy drive, spreading holiday cheer and giving to kids across the country. collected 2.5 million toys for kids this year. >> just started! over the past two decades we've collected over 430 million dollars worth of we are giving a generous donation from -- drum roll, please -- >> all: hashtoy trucks! >> general manager, how are you? you're back. >> i'm back. >> so glad. this is a brig treat for everybody every year. >> yeah. a holty tradition over 50 years and giving back is part of that

year. happy to do it again this year. >> this guy saddle t he? >> two for the price of one. >> yes. s-toy truck and dragster. lights and sounds and really when you pull it back, let it go. >> showed you us the other day on the air,yes. how many are you giving? >> 5,000 this year. >> fantastic. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> enjoy. fun to see kids play. >> with old-fashioned toys. >> thanks so much. >> thank you again. starting this thursday, celebrity in the plaza. come down in person or donate on amazon.com/ed it, details go to our website, hodaandkathielee.com. and tomorrow, lauren graham and kelly bishop.

we're following developments out of columbus, ohio where 10 people are in the hospital after a suspect drove into a group of pedestrians on purpose. the third loss in just 18 months fth patrol. today, the person police say is responsible for the latest death, is in court. also, a look at some of the

this is 9 news. >> good afternoon. we continue to follow a developing story out of columbus, ohio.