both now facing possible time behind bars. this morning how investigators caught up with them. not backing down. on the heels o othe documentary accusing peyeyn manning of doping the reporter who made the allegations joins us live as the nfl says it's reviewing the controversial claim. and aloha oops. a man flies a drone too close to the presidential motorcade in hawaii forcing the secret service to spring into action, today, tuesday, december 29th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this i i"today" with matt lauer and savannnn guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie along with carson daly in for matt.t. any scarier words than winter mix? >> if you thought winter wasn't

>> and with a vengeance. >> and anybody outside gets a ste of that. the northeast is seeing a dangerous storm. it's brought snow, flooding and tornadoes to the midwest and south, and now we're aut to get it. we'll geto al's forecast and the misery being caused at the airports in a morning. let's start with nbc's ron mott in the thick of it up in massachusetts. ron, good morning, what's it like there. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. light snow falling at the momeme. this is going to be the start of what people think is going to be a big winter of snowfall here, so it's coming dn, and it's going to be coming down all day. this morning, the northeast and new england getting hit with the snow and s set 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 travav. in missouri, major flooding and

claiming at least ten lives, the going tough to say the least. >> it has been a very difficult several days, and this threat is clearly not over. >> reporter: next door, a school bus was swept away in floodwaters in illinois. emergency responders rescuing all the teenagers aboard. a state of emergency in oklahoma after freezing rain, ice and sleet left nearly 200,000 without popor. >> we're doing okay. it could be worse. you know, at least we didn't get hit by the tornadoes like they did down in the dallas area, so, you know, you have to count your blessings. >> reporter: and in texas a better look emerged at the devastation of at least nine tornadoes that killed 11 people and in garland, udora barnes is picking up the pieces after riding out saturday's tornado in her bathroom. >> all the damagagis just unbelievable. it's heartbreaking, you know. you've been here so long, so to lose, i mean, practically everything, is just -- it's the stuff you see on tv. you don't think it's going to happen to you. >> reporter: elsewhere around the state record snow. lubbock saw blizzard conditions,

roads, the mayor declaring a ate 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, ththhope is that this is not the start of what we saw last season. set an all-time record for snowfall, more than 110 inches. guys, just to put this into perspective, the average owfall in boston is s st 43.5 inches. that was a lot of snow, so here we are. it's winter. back to you. >> wow, hopefully not a start of that kind of season again, ron. thank you very much. >> and al's here with some good news hopefully. how long is thisoing to last? >> can we keep ron mott up for a sec. you can hear, hi, ron, you can hear that bouncing. you're getting some sleet right now, right? >> reporter: yeah, it's a little wet mix, a we're expecting it may be to tutu over later in the m mning so the morning commute is going to be a little slick here. just out getting the streets cleared off for the folks heading into downtown today. >> in fact, we're going to get some radar verification of that. thank you, ron, so much.

you can see the areas of pink. look at the temperatures, boston 34, and you can see the pink. that's the icy mix. it's pushing on up. the snow is moving to the north, and you're getting that icy mix coming in. that blue line is the freezing line. neneyork city at 40 and d bany at 29 so we're looking at snow there. right now 37 million people in the path of winter weather. scranton, albany, hartford, boston, burlington and portland all being affected by this. so for today that wintry mix will start to push to the north. staying snow up into central and northern new england so dangerous travel, low visibility, and look at the snowfall totals. upwards of a fooooor more in parts of northern and central new england, but here's what we're really concerned about, the icing. look at this, from utica, new york, all the way into central maine. we're looking at upwards of a tenth of an inch. that's where you lose traction. a quarter of an inch though in parts of massachusetts and on into new hampshire so we're going to be looking at some big problems as far as the roads are concerned right ononnto this evening for parts of new england. it's going to be a real mess, and when we come back a little

river flooding on the mississippi which unheard of this time of the year. >> you mentioned the roads. there's also the skies, and we ve the second straight morning flight cancellations and delays tied to these storms. they are mounting this morning. nbc's kristen dahlgren is at laguardia airport here in new york along with my mother who is awaiting takeoff this morning. kristen, good morning. give us some good news. >> reporter: good morning. i'll say hi to her, yeah. this is not how you want to start the morning for your mom or for anyone out here. already cancellations and delays. nationwide, we're already looking at 659 cancellations, 374 delays, and that's where we're starting. the most delayed flights in laguardia along with atlanta and detroit. the most cancelled flits so far this morning are at newark, chicago and dallas. think about it. it's like a domino effect so what happens in a place like dallas or chicago, definitely doesn't stay there. the weather has really thrown a wrench into the enenre system.

weather, we saw 5,100 delays, saw almost 3,000 cancellations nationwide. all those people on cancelled flights still have to get where they are going so expect another very, very busy day as this storm moves east. savannah? >> all right, kristen, thank you very much. meantime, the manhunt for a texas teenager who used a controversial affluenza defense to avoid prison t)me for a dely drunk driving crash is over. ethan coucucwas detained in mexico last night. nbc's gabe gutierrez has that story. what can you tell us. >> reporter: carson, good morning. the so-called affluea teen and his mother had been on the run for several weeks. now the district attorney's office here confirming overnight that the pair is in mexican custody. this morning the search for affluenza teen ethan couch a his mother tonya is over. memecan officials say the pair was picked up by immigration authorities around 6:00 p.m. monday in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. couch's hair apparently dyed black. two weeks ago the fbi and u.s.

international manhunt offering a reward after the 18-year-old failed to check in with his probation officer in ft. worth, texas. >> it's our number one priority right now for our task force. >> reporter: couch's case drew worldwide attention after he killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. >> we need ambulances. it's bad. we flipped and, oh, god. >> reporter: his blood-alcohol content threretimes the legal limit. during sentencing his attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. a judge gave him ten years probation, sparking widespread anger. kevin mcconnell's then 12-year-old son lucas was seriously injured in the crash. >> i think he was never taught that actions have consequences other than the easiest way out. >> reporter: earlier this month cell phone video of this party surfaced on social media. a spokesperson for the tarrant@ county district attorney said

there. alcohol use would violate his probation although couch is not seen drinking g the video. >> i think that was the e igger of what forced him to run. i think they ran because that video was released and the fear at he would now finay be loed up. >> reporter: local sheriff here had previously said that couch faced upupo ten years in prison for violating his probation. now he could be in even bigger trouble, and his mother could also face charges, and we've reached out t their attorneys. so far we've n n heard back, and right now it's unclear when they might be extradited back here to the u.s. savannah? >> all right, gabe, thank you very much. we turn n w to politics, the presidential race where donald trump is launching new attacks against fellow candidates and the largest newspaper in a key battleground state. we'll talk to mr. trump live in just a moment. first, let's go to nbc's hallie jackson on the trail this morning. hallie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning,

so far this campai donald trump has spent the least amount of money of any republican candidate, but that's about to change. trump now announcing he'll start spending big in january, taking no chances, he says, ahead. iowa caucuses. it's just one of the highlights with trump back on the campaign trail for the first time in a week. in person after a long christmas break -- >> all i could do was tweet. >> reporter: and in his element donald trump letting loose on chris christie. >> you know, the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. they say why isn't he running new jersey. >> reporter: on hillary clinton. >> what she did with the e-mails is criminal. >> reporter: and without mentioning clinton's husband at his rally overnight trump is hitting him hard on twitter after news the former president will campaign next week in new hampshire wrwring bill clinton was terrible, failed badly and was called a racist when he hit the trail for his wife in 2008. clinton's campaign insisting now she won't t bullied or distracted by attacks trump throws at her and former

will challenge trump. under fire for what clinton has called his penchcht 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" but it's the front of a different publication that has trump fid up after a new hampshire paper ripped him as crude blow hard comparing him to the bully biff froro"back to the future." >> sit down! >> reporter: the paper, which endorsed christie, quickly called out by trump. >> because you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. >> reporter: along with the publisher. >> he's a low life, i'm telling you. >> reporter: and while republican rival jeb bush looks ready to mix it up. >> donald, i'll take you on one-on-one in a debate any time any place, you name it, and i'll do it. >> reporter: it's trump still leading in new hampshire, by double digits, now remindidi supporters to vote but fumbling to remember when. >> it's so important that on february 8th, 9th, what you

there. and on february 9th, you get in and vote. >>eporter: donald trump loves talking about his poll numbers, but there's one poll he hasn't mentioned yet. a new one from gallup showing him in second place for title of most admired man in the worl tied w wh pope francis. savannah, number one on that list, by the way, president obama. >> hallie jackson, you just teed up mr. trump quite well. he's on the phone. mr. trump, good morning. good to talk to you as always. >> good morning. >> let me start with the latest tweet you have talking about bill clinton. you say he had failed badly in the 2008 campaign when he acted as a surrogate for his wife, and you added he w called a racist i know y choose your words carefully. are you yourself calling him a racist? >> no, he was called that by the obama campaign. he was called it loud and clear. he was extremely insulted. >> why did you put it in your tweet if you don't believe it?

i didn't say it. i didn't call him a racist. >> you circulate it had to 5.4 million followers so that would suggest you approve of it. >> all i said is what they said, savannah. that's what they said, called him a racist. don't believe he is s racist, if you want to know the truth but they called him a racist. it was a miserable campaign. they did very poorly, and they are bringing him out again. he's bng wheeled out, and we're going to see what happens, but frankly he did very, very poorly. he was not good for her, and obviously she lost to obama, and that was the end of that, but they brought him how the before. >> you also said that he has -- this is a different tweet, quote, a terrible record of women abuse, and i wondered if you could get specific about that. what do you mean and what are you referring to in particular? >> well, if you look at the different situations, of course, we can name many of them, i can get you a list and i'll have it sent to your office in two seconds. but there were certainly a lot of abuse of women, and you lk at whether it's monica lewinsky or paula jones or many of them, and -- and that certainly will be fair game, certainly if they

that will be`fair game. >> you mentioned monica lewinsky. are you saying an alleged extra marital affair, that, of course, he's now admitted, is that fair -- >> it's not alleged. i don't think that's alleged. >> he's admitted it. >> well, if he's admitted ititou don't have to use the word alleged. >> right, exactly. are you saying an extramarital affair by bill clinton is fair game and something that you think should be talking ababt 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 hlary 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, which she started about a week ago, talking about oh, he mentioned and, you know, the whole thing, playing up the won's card very, very rongly, and if she's going to play that game and if he's going to be out there campaigning, then he's certainly fair game, and i think just about everybody agrees with me on that. this is a person who, you knowow he's g gng to be out, and i like the fact that he's campaigning

he failed in 2008. he failed really badly. he frankly did a very poor job in campaigning, if you want to know the truth, and perhaps he'll do well or perhaps he'll do poorly, but if she's going to play the woman card it's all fair game. >> you mentioned the monica lewinsky issue. in 2008 on cnn you called the e effort to impeach bill clinton for that nonsense and totally unimportant. do you still feel that way, or have you had a change of heart? >> well, you know, i tell this to everybody. i got along as a what they -- i'm dubbed as a world class businessman, which frankly that's whahai am, and i got along with everybody. i got along with the clintons. i got along with the republicans, the democrats, the liberals, the conservatives. that was my obligation. ss a businessman i had to get along with everybody, and i'll be able to do that as president. i'll be able to bring people together, but i got along with the clintons and got along with everybody virtually because that was when i needed approvals,

washington, i i ways got what i wanted, and that's because i was able to get along with everybody, so -- >> you got along, but did you secretly not feel that way about them? >> let me just tell you. when i was a businessman, i had an obligation to myself, my family, my company to get along with everybody and i did that probably better than most. >> all right. mr. trump, i'm out of time. we'll have to leave it there. hope to talk to you again soon. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. in other news this morning, police arrested two people overnight suspected of planning rror attacks in belgium on new year's eve. the arrests came after a series of raids in brussels and other locations. searches turned up military-style training unorms and isis propaganda material but no weapons or explosives. prosecutors say the alleged targets were symbolic locations in belgium and say the investigation was not tied to the paris terror attacks in november. now to the story we told you about at the top of the show, president barack obama's motorcade was ststped briefly on monday after a arone was spotted flying above its route in hawaii. the secret service says the operator was completely unaware

was in t t area and immediately grounded that recreational craft after being confronted by the agents. you can see there's the man with the drone. he sat on the bench next to him. there's the drone right there. no charges have been fileded the prprident was on his way back to his vacation home after a round of golf. >> all right. let's get back to the weather. mr. roker? >> that's right. still got a lot of stuff to talk about as we show you currently, again, we're watching this stormrm system making its way up into the northeast and new england. we've got wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast, and we'll be looking at another system coming up. we'll detail that comingngp in the next half hour. more rain and snow moving into the pacific northwest. windy and sunny down in southern california. that's what's going on around the country.

next 30 seconds.at weather. a few snow showers will track through today and tomorrow with mainly dry ather for the beginniig of the new year. highs will drop from the 20s today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing back into the mid 20s for the weekend. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to >> 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

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the death toll over the last week caused by tornadoes, floods and slippery rds has climbed tot least 43 people in 7 states. monday alone more than 6,600 flights were cancelled or delayed nationwide. the manhunt is over for the texas teenager who used the so-called affluenza defense to get probation for a deadly d dnk driving accident. 18-year-old ethan couch and his mother were detained in mexico last night more than two weeks after cch failed to show for a meeting with his probation ficer. > and two people have been arrested in belgium for allegedly planning terror attacks. one of the targets, the city's main squaren new year's eve. andndhe growing controversy surrounding nfl star peyton manning and the shocking allegations that he received human growth hormone while recovering from a neck injury in 20. we'll talkxclusively to thth rererter 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

>> r rorter: 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 ally, his on-field rival patriots quarterbackckom 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 jajaera 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

in 2011. the h hmones allegedly mailedd 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 recanting the statements made in a documentary, statements made by hidden cameme. 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 d phone call 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.

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 t one report charlie sly sent a letter to al jazeera saying that his original statements were made while he 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? >> thanks so much. let's turn to deborah davies, the reporter behind the exposy. good morning, good to see you. >> what an explosive documentary

recanted and the clinic fouer on the other hand you have a drug that it is actually illegal to prescribe to a patient for

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 to prescribe it. >> that sounds like a documentary that's an indictctnt agaiait 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 t tt 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

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 manning. >> deborah davies, thanks for being here. >> thank you very much. >> let's get a check of the weather now with a a >> all righty. thanks very much. we've been talking about this flooding, and we could be seeing record-setting flooding, especially in lhe midwest. we've got some in florida, in the southeast, going to get itself together in the northeast. 38 million people at risk, atlanta, asheville, chicago, st. louis, t tsa, little rock all under r e gun. we'll start with the southeast, and we've got one area of rain, storms lingering in the panhandle and then second system will be developing and bringing in another round of

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 look at this in mississippi, major flood stages on thursday, crest at 34.8 feet and close to the record levev of 49.6. that could go on for days. that's a look at your weather. at weather. a few snow showers will ack through today and tomorrow with mainly dry weather for the beginning of the new year. highs will drop from the 20s today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing back into the mid 20s for the

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it's 8:0:0 on "today." coming up, oprah gets candid. >> inside every overweight woman is a womom she k kws she can be. >> the media mogul opens up in a revealing new campaign for weight watchers, but will her personal message about keeping off the weight pay off for the company? then you winterize your

tips on how to stay healthy as the weather gets colder. and a rare treat. meet the grateful young boy who is overjoyed by a delicious gift. >> and i'm not going ta share this. >> todada tuesday, december 29th, 2015. >> happy new yearr from louisvillele kentucky. >> here from south carolina to celebrate the new year. >> i'm celebrating my 40th birthday on the "today" show. >> celebrating s s years ago in new york. >> good morning, al. people think i'm your twin. >> al, make the rain go away! >> good morning, everybody. it's 8:00 on "today," december 29th.h.

i just waved so wildly to someone my r rn just f fw off thth plaza. coming up this morning, want better skin? who doesn't? want to erase those dark circumstance many under your es, sure. this morning buzzfeed's list of best beauty products of 2015. >> i have been waiting for this list to come out. >> i brought my shopping bag. are you. >> what took so long. bring it. i have it inside andore on our "today food" last hurrah series. we're going to carb load up. wait until you see this recipe. stove top mac & cheese that your entire family will love. >> it smells delicious. first a check. morning's top story, good morning. >> 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, natatae, good morning.

worcester this morning. usually the first snowfall. season is cause for celebration, but this one is going to be muted because of thi deadly path the system carved outs it made its way across the country arriving here in the northeast overnight. we saw the devastating deadly tornadoesown in texas. there were floods in missouri. upwards of4 people killed over the weekend here in those two states alone, and as we get the morning commute off here in this region, it could be a bit of a white-knuckler, especially in places getting frozen rain which, of course, can lead to black ice and the dangerous driving conditions. now, fortunate lit accumulations aren't expected to be all that great. we could see upwards of a foot further n nth into new england, up in northern maine especially, but this snow may be only around a day or two in the worcester area, expecting a little bit of a warmup into tomorrow and thursday. natalie. >> stay warm in worcester, mass, thanks. the search for so the called affluenza teen is over this morning. 18-year-old ethan couch and his

monday in mexico. thth had been on the run for almost three weeks after the teen failed to check in with his texas probation officer. coh 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. a@search is under way in central oklahoma for country singer craig strickland, the lead singer with the group backyard anthem. he and a friend didn't return from a duck hunting trip. the friend's body has been found and the search effort has been hampered by bad weather. new developments in a story we first brought you last week about a boy squat leader mauled by a bear in frontntf a group of his scouts. now the harrowing 911 calls have been released revealing the actions of some surprising calm, cool and collected young boys. >> 911,where's the emergency? >> my scout master went into a cave and a bear is in the cave with him.

from one of tee young boy scouts after their scout leader confronts a black bear while on a hike. >> is he like he can't get out because of where the bear, is or is he too injured to get out? >> i think the bear's on top of him. >> from inside the cave the 52-year-old suggested them to get food to get the bear away. >> they were hiking off a trail in slitrock, new jersey and to help the rescuers find them, they said do you want us to make a signal fire. >> yes, start a fire. >> they called for help. >> 911, where's the emergency? >> slitrock reservoir. blue trail. i was mauld by a beer. where are you bleeding. >> let arm, left leg, neck and head. >> authorities assured the boys that searchers were in the area. >> guys, on three,e, evevyone's going to yell hello, can you

>> can you hear us? >> i see the helicopter. i see the helicopter! >> he sees the helicopter. >> we'll make it out o o this alive.e. i love you guys. >> the scout master was airlifted to an area hospital and his injuries none life-threatening. because the scout leader was unaware of a bear into the cavav intruded into the bear state and the department of environmental protection has spared the bear's life but great thinking by those young boys. some anxious moments above the ground in alalrta, canada, when a chair lift carrying skiers and snowboarders broke down at sunshine village ski resort so one by one more than 100 people hadad 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

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. now to a new add that has 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. nbc'c' stephanie gosk is here with that. good morning. >> 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 iswasted. >> call it the gospel of oprah win friday.

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? let's do this together. >> reporter: when oprah nounced 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 onene 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

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. >> reporter: successful or not, for oprah this pitch is personal. >> every time i tried and fafaed, every time i tried again and every time i tried again has brought me to thisost 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. youuan expectto 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

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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. they ultimately don't. >> a little sparkling cider. >> i stay up but by 12:01 i'm asleep. >> we're in l.a. for the rosos 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

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 upup remember that?t? better to do it higher than lower because you look skinnier. >> i'm writing this down. >> higher hand lower. >> absolutely true. >> went on describing thehe selfie 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 takes selfies with animals,s, which h fun and look how c ce 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. >> oh, my gosh. >> excuse me. i've justeen 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 iss video of anthony. de 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. >> ll, it's very special for me. >> that's great. >> i love him.

>> 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. a list of the most pirated shows, at number three "the big bang they're," the show in its ninth season withh 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 xt, fromillions of downloads to billions of dollars

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 androm "the martian" to "interstellar" and "titan ae" those could all cost up to $500 billion. a total sum of allll the movies put together it would have cost over $900 billion. >> did they count "goodwill huntinin" 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?

>> it is "come together." playing right now. what a great song. let's go to our favorite beatles 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 >> you l le that. >> 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 toldd i guess paul wrote it for julian lennon, for john lennon's son. >> dylan, "lucy in the sky with diamamds." >> y y know what that means, don't you? i just like the beat.

to make sure youou 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 weathth 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 northern suburbs of new york city, snow into england hand 11 in bangor and b bton 36 degrees. providence 34, so there's still some frozen precip there. south of new york city it's all rain, so as fars 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 hampshihi and we're watching this very closely. central new york state asat weather. a few snow showers will track through today anddomorrow with mminly dry weather for the beginning of the new year.

today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing baccinto the mid 20s for the weekend. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to >> and that's your latest weatatr. carson. >> all right, al, thank you ver much. now to our special winter tune-up series. we took care of youou 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 gotinter sports, what kind of injuries? >> everybody is hitting the slopes so be that as it may, skiing-based injuries and, snowboboding-based injuriessnd people are not taking the proper

>> 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 helel prepare thehe 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 shol hand go for it. a good technique to keep your body safe. >> besides sports injuries people do get injured a lot with shoveling, and shoveling - >> whe do you s it? >> and basically shoveling --- peopop 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 m m t-12. >> h h a little higher. >> in a snowmobiling accident and my back gets terrible. let me take the shovel. >> l%t me e. >> 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

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'tant 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 but very, very important with the right technique. >> what about just getting the snowblower, a little extra 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.

our model alexears 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 terproof, wind resistant and protects you 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.

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 gege. >> got in, it carson. >> thanks so much. dr. scott weiss, we appreciate it. over to savannah. >> 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

.weather interfered with the presidential campaigning in iowa yesterday. we'll have to see how today goes. republican candidate marco rubio has a very busy schedule in the state today -- including stops in clinton, sioux city -- and a town hall at the waterloo center for the arts this afternoon. chris christie had to cancel an event in dduque yesterday. today, he's scheduled to be in muscatine, iowa city and cedar rapids. also in muscatine today -- bernie sanders. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. a few snow showers will track through today and tomorrow with mainly dry weather for the beginning of the new year. highs will drop from the 20s today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing back into the mid 20s for the weekend. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for

let's do it. thank you. welcome back to "today." tuesday morning, december 29, 2015.

>> 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 the kitchen this morning. 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.

>> 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 new year's eve day, snow 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 daat weather. a few snow showers will track through today and tomorrow with mainly dry weather for the beginning of the new year. highs will drop from the 20s today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing back into the mid 20s

weekend. >> hand that's your latest weather. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thank you so much. well, as we wrap up 2015 the 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.

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. >> if you're warm undertone, 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.

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. moving on to mascara. 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. >> so this trish mcevoi is jet black. it's perfect if you have, you know, thinner or shorter lashes.

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 scenario. >> 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 arush on the other side so you brush. >> brush it out. >> it looks supernatural. you can use them together.

>> 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. >> so you don't feel greasy. i like that. >> yeah. this hour glass palette, i know dim isn't 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

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? he will explain. but first, this is "today" on nbc. america is not just electing a president, we're also electing a commander in chief. that choice matters. because strengthening the economy, making healthcare more affordable, raising incomes. all of that depends on us being both secure at home and leading the world. i will get up every single day d do whatever it takes to make sure our country is safe and strong.

all right. we're back now at all right. we're back now at 8:40 with famed actor alan alda lending a lping hand 20 science. >> sheinelle jones is here. >> the resof 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. >> reporter: big ideas, even

when it comes down to understanding what everything actually means evenhese scientists admit most can't figure out what they're saying. >> i do a lot of jargon. like i'll talk about mechanical properties. >> i think the perception of sciences are people who are really, really smart but kind of isolated in their everyone wod. >> 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 the alaalda center for communicating science. there students enroll in acting and improvisation classes, an unusual approach with the clear goal -- help current and future scientists explain the importance of their)work in a way that everyday people can

>> all right. >> reporter: so who's taking this cour? >> physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers. we'r'r trying to teach scientists how to get across the beauty of science, to talk about the big picture. >> close to 600 students at the suny campus have cpleted it. and other students have signed up from dartmouth. >> the bigst thing i learned was the ideahat communicating something to somebody requires you to understand where they're coming from.m. >> 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 g into your channel and communicatatwith you on that channel. that's what we train people to do. >> reporter: we should note supporters of the program stress if scienensts can develop this communicicion skill, it can hehe them with raising money for research. people are more likely to give if they understand where their

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 i 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 affair, w whave new ways to ring in 2016. but first, this is "today" on nbc. announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able

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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 kididwhy 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 authorrf the new

hello, kids, good to have you here as well. this is a great idea, kimberly, because you have new year's evev broken d dn 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. get the grown-ups and the kids 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 pladoh 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.

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. >> what would you like in your 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

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. >> ntastic. soso this is a fun way to show their personality. they can make it crazy and wild. a beautiful design. whatever they want to do. i have glitter peps. lots of things. if you put them out in a cute way it feels more festive. i like you've g gting 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?

>> nice to have you here. did you premake the cookies? >> we did. but you can get the kids to make their own cookies. >> introduce some sugar. trying to hold them out. >> 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. >> looks like homework. >> it does look like homework but it's more fun. get them thinking about the memories from 2015. the best parts. 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 harar 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 pie of papar 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

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. use washy tape and folding itt over and using scissors and they can -- she's stirring the berries here. let them get involold 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 helpf 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 needd to do it. >> this is a good idea. for more on these and other kid

cing up, delicious twist mac and cheese to serve at your party, but first, this is "today" on nbc. in the middle of a time when senior poverty is increasing. republicans and some democrats came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the sosoency of social security

i'm bernie sanders, and i appre this message. we're back we're back. 8:52. hello. we are so excited. we have been smelling this all day. lo at you right behind me. >> i can't wait. >> i can't either.

kick in. 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. >> w wll check in with you in a moment. >> this is cheesalicious. >> tell us what the ingredients. >> 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. youu 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 e instructions on the box. this is the easy part.

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 auce, it makes a roux. that's going to make that creamy, cheesy -- >> yeah, you can't just throw cheese on top. it's milk thickened with flour and butter. >> this is s t 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. youuan use regular yellow mustard, smoked spanish paprika. >> i like that. this is the fancy pot right here. this ithe roux with the spices.

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. >> but you can use any cheese you want? >> yeah. >> if you don't have kids you can get the fancy cheeses. >> i like to use the leftovers from the cheese -- >> fancy cheese.e. >> >>. >> so we have that nice and thick. once it's incorporated -- it's not yet, but we'll pretend. get the pasta in ththe 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 off bread. >> are the toppings for the mac and cheese? >> good segue. we are getting to that, al. the toppings.

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? >> we have butter, olive oil and 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

thank you so much. charter bus crash in hicago. polilie say the burlrlngton trailways bus crashed into a sign on an interstate. the woman -- nicole underwood -- from des moines -- was taken to the hospital -- where he died. she was 21 years old. thehebus wawa traveling from omaha to chicago. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. a few snow showers will track throuu today and tomorrow with mainly dry weaaher for the

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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 t tt and more coming upup right nono >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "tod's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie

studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, december 29th, 2015. al along with natalie, dylan and tamron i off and our friend john cenen back a a he picked this. >> new year's around the corner and ray charles is timeless. >> "mess around." >>the big bold and savory was segment. we were makeing a casserole, birks bold and savorynd sound lime john cena big, bold and savory. >> from nowown you have a new nickname. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> could be called a lot worse. >> hey, okay. i love this story. last week this scout leader

he and his three scouts were hiking in new jersey. well, scout leader entered a cave where the bear was likely hibernating andhe 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 ve and a bearr is in n e cave with him. >> is he 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. my scout master just suggested that we get food to put theear 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.

>> 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 therer was no panic. they jusus 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 like an eagle scout because of that ability to stata 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 ll. >> 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

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 andnd it was reported on al jazeera and there's timing that apparently reportedly goes back to 2011 when an unid 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 p psonal business. >> manning says that he's never taken any of these substances. he was treated at the guyer institute.

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 spifically the only person named wasshley manning, though the whole report is really about 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'sssume 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 allegingg 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.

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 no state of mind to be making any coherent statements at the time of the video recordings. i was asking you before we came on the air with the wwe policy is on pererrmance enhancing drugs. >> yeah, we have a p.e.d. policy instituted in 2005 and '06, randomly tested all year. all upstars undergoo the tests. we love our sports and want to keep our sports pier and whenever we here someone is trying to gain advanange 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.

positive. they say t ts was senen hehe. that's'shat 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. >hen 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 athlete has to spend the rest of their days either answering questions about something likee that orr trying too 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 thth 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 m me spectacular because it's now a wide-range media story but all the time i'll@ walk into a room.

is, wow, he's big, he must be doing this. >> righgh >> 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 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 to keep your record clean, take 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 fortself. his candor on and off the field certainly speaks f f itstsf and see where this thinggoes. 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 st important selfies of 2015 and we'll take a look at a few of them.

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 allll that a a read the a awer off the prompter. >> that's all right. >> okay. there was a selfie post of sorority girls at adiamondbacks game, seemed to be paying much more attention to emselves. >> no idea what's going on the field. >> love the face she's making. >> that's okay. >> selfies in proses. >>ever ate the chili dog. it was just for the picture. >> we have a a selfie of two canadian guys who rescued a bald eagle and for their reward they were granted the ultimate selfie. nono too many selfies witit 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 o dodge.

now selfie. yes. >> i don't know how i feel about that. >> his wife was i 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. >> i hope that was worth it. >> we've got a space station selfie. >> the gre thing is you can say that's anybody. >> didn't y y do s sething 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 pictctes.

>> 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. >> if i didn't have a harness on, i could have gone over the edge, yes. >> myselfy was actually savannah took the selfie. 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 too her and say hi. >> i didn't even see her. >> right in front of the mimiissippi 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 theady in the picture and i hopefully will get to know what soon is to be man's best friend. >> so cute.

>> and little airport will ensue. >> yeah. > everywhere and doing stutu and it will be instant. >> it's instant bonding, i'm telling you. >> just like yesterday, today is my chance to get to justt -- >> this is becoming ridiculous. >> the wwe smack-down. >> big can of soup bold and savory c 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.

>> they came to me instead of al roker. >> get ripped, the six pack secret. what is the secret? cause you say ever since you were 12. >> check this out. >> how much do you eat? >> here is the secret. just make good decisions with nutrttion and do stuff. like i --- i hate -- we can overthink this all you want. make good decisions with nutrition and do stuff. that's pretty much about it. >> and you'l get ripped and have six pack abs. >> you'll be surprised at the resusus 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 bighands. >> s saking 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?

>> myself and mike o'brien in a closet. >> is that what happened in the seven minutes in heaven, that's thth 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 that into that? >> you know, i think the atmosphehe 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. >>8yeah. >> interesting. >> tell us more during the weather forecast. >> check i i out. >> we'll let al go do the weather and you'll keep talking. >> you never know what you're going to find out.

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 stayy 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 million people in the path of this winter weather. scrantonon albanyny 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 m me imimrtant underneath that we're going to be looking at some ice. we're looking at maybe anywhere from a tenth to an inc to quarter of an inch to half han inch of ice and that's a big problem as f f as the trees, power lines and road travel.at weather. a few snw showers will track through today and tomorrow with mainly dry weather for the beginning of the new year. highs will drop from the 20s

mid teens fo thursday and friday before climbingngback into the mid 20s for the weekend. we'ld be back in 30 minutes, be sure to >> that's your latest weather. still ahead,nality mo gets a chance to sit down with the long island medium for a private reading.

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teresa caputo has been communicating with what she calls spirit for here's. >> i had the opportunity to sit down wh computo for a private roding that lasted alst two hours, and as s u can see it got ry emotioiol. >> 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 sdio to read our crew. >> did thehesa have thatt 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 tltls "long island medium" she's sitting down with celebrities like jim parsons and susan louchy.

and i see all the sheet music. >> oh, my goodnene. >> now witit 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'sore to life than just here in the physical world and more importantly your loved ones are you. >> who passed from the chest, heart, lungs or breast? >> my grandmother, yes. >> she labored myreathing 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 whatt happened becausese 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 chililen. >> y y have two boys.

considered a child and that the souls do grow on the other side. >> i'm sorry. >> did you know what the child was? >> no, no. >> did you think that you knew what the child was? did you think it was a girl? >ust very early and i struggled with pregnancy so. >> then it was my mother-in-law 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 thut she passed instantly. usually when spirit ackckwledges that, but i -- i don't know what happened. it's a thing of where she didn'tt susuer. >> s s didn't die in the car accident. she lived many years. >> she -- she didn't pass

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born with their eyes open. >> don't think it wants anyme. >> 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. >> foror lifelong bonds. parents take great care of the babies. they will guard them. >> 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 areaby southern stingray pups from adventure aquarium. >> look atheir 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 t in a p pl with thth stingrays. >> i know they are agitated. might have been in an accident this morning but they are safe. >> john, get in there. >> i going to take the spectator's seat.

>> 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. >> agh. >> 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 tobrazil. so beautiful, beautiful species. >> what else you got? >> come on over. >> more babes. >> oh, my goodness. >> he loves his animals.

i will hold ononof these. >> take him out. >> it's an angora rabbit. >> oh, my god. >> these are only a 5 weeks old. >> like little fur balls. >> right. so these guys actually just like the other will mature rapidly 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 goodod 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.

>> john, you're going to freak out. put this --- >> s s 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 andnd braveheart is a leopard tortoise, one of the largest tortoise species in the world. >> 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 goododss. >> 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.

temperatures. >> of the habitat thax they are in. >> that's ol. >> c ce 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. >> thaha was good. up next, do you know which romantic classic comedy features a major love -- i'm giving you more. gives you -- what am i saying? we're playing don't drop the ball. it's a new year's trivia game coming up right after this. to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. seriously? we'll give it a 6 for composition. scary. wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window? not zany enough? sometimes the best deals

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in 2016. this morning we're celebrating the best of years gone by with a game we like to call "don't drop the ball." i wasoping you guys would chime in. >> try again. >> and a game we like to call -- >> don't drop the ball! >> yes! we are going to test natalie and al on new yeaeas eve trivia. john john, hope john, hopefully you can get redemption. >> in an ultimate -- >> when harry met sally. >> how well do you know the

cannou finish the words? >> al? will drink -- >> no. for old acquaintance be forgot -- >> no. for you and me -- >> 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

>> hobbit." >> incorrect. >> briget's diars. >> that's right. >> ghost busters. >> which one? >> two. >> that was just for you. >> we have a video clue. > 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 celelrates his birthday on new year's. he won an oscar for playing gandi. >> earnest borgnine.

answers? >> finish the lyryrs to this new year's eve classic tune. it's time to come together, it's up to you, what's your pleasure -- >> okay, john. we all want to do some stuff at'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.

>> that's fantastic. >ake noise. >>ing in the new. >> john cena, thank you so much.

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