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roads and shutting down a major highway. we spoke with the benton chief of police rocky king and he tells us the majority of the damage is near the akoe. he told us there are at least a few fatalities. he could not confirm the number. but he said this community looks like a disaster zone. >> al, how is the forecast looking for those people? >> well, it's goi ng to on be tough. in fact, we have new tornado watches out for that region once again. this was a very vigorous sy we were telling you how the atmosphere was juiced up yesterday. the tornado and wind damage reports, 74 of them. the line stretches 550 miles. and right now, we have tornado watches stretching for much of louisiana including nowhere else, all the way upntagain. and we' thunderstorm warnings up into parts of the carolinas. now, look at this. today we have a risk of strong storms stretching 10 million people under a severe risk from new orleans all the way on into western north carolina.

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it feels leak a transom. >> $5 for the mirror. >> tin tiles. why do you love them? >> i would like to point out, if anybody watched brothers take new orleans last week, i won, all because of the tin tiles. so again, way back in the day, if you go into cool restaurants, you'll notice they putin tiles back in. >> a lot on the ceiling. >> exactly. that's where you normally see them. they come new like this. but like it to look aged. you can take it a this, and then work with it like a grinder or saw and give it that original look. >> or if you want something more slick, you can have it, paint it black, solid, elegant. use it for wainscoting. >> how much tile? >> you can get one that are plastic, which are less. but nobody will know if it is up on the ceiling. u can work it, no way to screw

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id you get the squirrel out? >> it was going in behind book shelves, flying under the sofa. we thought as kids this was the greatest thing ever. jonathan wanted to keep it. >> it was jumping from like the cabinets and my mom was freaking out. >> did a moose get in there too? >> this is canada. you've got moose coming through there and we don't have a very big igloo, right? it was crazy. >> i like pranking jonathan so that was my inspiration. rooms. >> that's your new show. >> we're in new orleans. we've been going to new orleans for years. it was only three and a half to four feet this alligator that i put in his home. >> only? it's an alligator. >> i hear this rustling in the closet. i turn around and there's an alligator. i'm thinking because i've done projects where we find raccoons

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love that my family and i share along with you. it has been such a complete pleasure to support you in this time. so i want to wish everyone a happy, healthy holiday season. >> i love her. i'm going to follow the obamas ! around and offer to do their christmas trees every year. >> they have a house now outside the d.c. area so maybe you won't turn them down for that. >> 1200 wreaths,hristmas trees. this year a new addition, 56 lego houses. >> that's cool. >> one for each state and territory. >> before you go to weather, what is garland? >> kind of roping. >> like a long skinny christmas tree that wraps around a bannister. >> so it's the green thing. >> people always make it out of popcorn. >> but it's always the beads. >> okay. things you need to know.

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>> heating things up. jennifer nelttles and ricky schroeder. >> i do that same move when i come back to the construction site. >> his girlfriend is like go shower first, go shower. >> how are you? >> obviously you're back, "christmas of many colors." i'm excited. i saw the first project but dolly wasn't in the first project but she's in this one here. without giving anything away, what can you tell us about? >> first of all, cameo appearance as the painted lady. if you know anything about dolly's store e, s shares that the painted lady is the woman in town after whom she fashions her style even today. she plays a part in part of the miracles of the show too. >> incredible too. there were so many kids involved in the show as well and they always say it's always a little leery working with kids and twin brothers, but what was it like having so man kids?f?? goodness great having their energy, but

kids -- there was nine of them running around. wading cats. >> so they were all different ages a.:?snd all into different i would just ge them sugar and?6 would just be b to go bring candy because i wanted to be popular so here's sglcandy. >> so you wanted them on your side. >> they can deal with them later when they're miserable, but right now they need sugar. >> you were a child actor as well. were you able to give them s advice when they were on set with you? >> olivia is such a hard-working young girl. &,?=i got to get pretty close w her. i just got to be friends with her and let her know that she needs to ask for things when she needs things. she needs to speak up. if she needs a?v?= break, if sh needs a drink, if she needs rest, she needs to learn to find her voice. >> she's a sweetheart, she absolutely is. i did a christmas movie and i shot in the middle of the summer, hot, and you have to wear coats and thick coats.

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because you don't want to color block. you want a mix of print and texture. >> this is exact same as the home space so i love it. >> festive and the pants, even though it's cold, you have to suffer. your ankles have to be cold. get some leg warmers after you're done with the party. this looks hot. thank you. >> last but not least we have two very stylish brothers giving us a little style. here with a collared blazer and printed sweater. so this is our version here. so i love this colored blazer here, a little corduroy e. macy's. and that sweater from forever 21, under $30. this is the way gentlemen do style for december. >> that's the pretty christmas sweater if i've ever seen them. ugly christmas sweaters, and pretty christmas sweaters. >> that looks so nice. would you guys look that? >> that's based off your look. >> can i just take this from you now. oh, after, after. >> we're going to get you guys into a room. thank you so much. great looks, i love it. al, let's get a check of the forecast since we're now dressed for the weather. >> that's right. we've got some severe weather to

the gulf coast. severe storms especially down there. snow back through the rockies and the plains. high surf advisories in southern california. for tonight's tree lighting rockefeller center starting at 7:00 on nbc stations and nbc at 8:00, 59 degrees, showers and thunderstorms possible. and then as you can see we've got more drier weather coming into the east. mountain snows out west. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the wood up next, must be christmas

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you can too. ? ? >> announcer: the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> it's the group made up of incredible artists who have a list of hits between them. first kevin glenn, mark mcgrath of course, lisa love gave us 90 hits. >> also "american idol" finalist constantine marules, sam hollander over here, 20 top 40 hits. they put their talents together to create an album called ?

? it's the greatest holiday ? ? good will and peace on earth ? ? finally they don't seem so far away ?

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>> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. thank you so much. i feel like it's christmas now. they're going to stick around, guys. more with kathie lee and hoda. get the shirt, celebrate christmas. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

under way. if you can't be here to donate in person, you can donate online all thanks to our partner, the nice folks at amazon.com. lori richter is public relations manager there. good to see you. >> good to see you too, al. >> you guys have always been terrific for us. why is it so important for you guys to be part of this? >> despite the best intentions, sometimes it can be hard to find the time to give back to those in need during the busy holiday season. so we're making it really easy for people all across the

from the comfort of their own home. just go to amazon.com/today. add as many items that you want, complete the checkout and we'll get your items to charity. >> what else you donating? >> 250 of these fire hd tablets. this is the kids edition so it's perfect for children. we're donating 250 of them to charity. >> that is so nice. thank you so much, lori, we really appreciate it. you'll make somebody's christmas very merry and bright. to all the folks at we'll have surprise celebrity guests on the plaza to help collect toys in our 8:30 half hour. you can bring a special gift or donate online at our friends amazon.com/today. website has all the details. we'd like to thank tiny and

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