good morning. done deal. the house gives late-night approval to the massive tax cut bill clearing the way for president obama to sign it into law today. it will mean more money in your possibility, but will it give the overall economy a much-needed lift? house arrest. julian assange released on bail. he has a curfew and must wear an electronic monitor, but can also use the internet. will he start leaking sensitive documents again? this morning we'll talk to him live. and so long, larry king

signs off of his nightly talk show after 25 years. but he's not hanging up those famous suspenders for good today, friday, december 17, famous suspenders for good today, friday, december 17, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on a friday morning. >> an early christmas present for millions of americans who will not see a tax increase as of january 1. >> 277-148 after hours of debate and one failed bid by liberal democrats to change the way estates are taxed. critics point out the bill will add almost a trillion dollars to the deficit. we're going to have the latest from washington straight ahead. also ahead, almost to years after she was nearly killed by a

friend's pet chimpanzee, charla nash returned to the hospital she was taken to after that attack. a little later on in the show, we'll look back at some of the fun times we have had here on "today" during the past year. we're going to begin with wikileaks, julian assange waking up this morning under house arrest. >> reporter: this is the 100, we should say 600-acre estate. it is ten bedrooms, roughly three hours outside london where julian assange will be staying for the next few weeks. he went from being one of the most wanted men in the world to one of its least likely house guests. this rural part of england may be one of the few places where assange is not a household name. >> julian assange, he's been in

the newspapers lately. >> yes. >> and he wi. >> reporter: thursday night he triumphantly stepped out of a british courthouse, confident and upbeat. >> it's great to smell the fresh air of london again. >> reporter: he thanked his supporterins and denied allegations that led to his arrest last week. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter. >> reporter: in court the judge raised his bail requirements to $370,000 and added more restrictive conditions, including a curfew, daily visits to police and electronic monitoring so authorities can track his movements. by night fall, assange was relaxing by his mother's side. >> every politician should spend some time in solitary

confinement. actually some of them should spend a lot of time. >> reporter: and this morning, mr. assange tells me that he does not yet have the electronic monitoring tag that will be placed on him. one of the bail requirements. he's allowed to go to the police station between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. this community is so small, those are the only hours the police station will be open. >> reporte >> peter, thank you very much. julian assange joins us live now. good morning to you. >> merry christmas. >> good morning to you. this is a major legal victory for you, you have been released on bail but not without restrictions as peter just mentioned. you've got a curfew, you have to report to the police on a daily basis, you will have to wear an electronic monitoring device, you said yesterday, if justice is not an outcome, at least it's not dead yet. your response to the events in the last 24 hours?

>> it's very nice to be out in the sun, in snow and amongst good and courageous friends. we should remember that this is not the beginning of the end, rather it is merely the end of the beginning. we hear credible reports today in the guardian newspaper concerning what we heard yesterday, that there is something like an espionage indictment, made secretly against me in the united states. >> actually what i think you're referring to is that prosecutors are trying to figure out if in addition to receiving leaked documents perhaps from private first class bradley manning, you also supplied private manning with software that he loaded into a computer that allowed him to receive those classified documents. did you do that? >> i have no information about what you're referring to. we don't know what the grounds of that investigation is.

in fact, like the swedish investigation, the whole damned thing is kept secret. we saw three court cases here and every single one of those, the argument that no evidence whatsoever was needed to be presented to the court to extradite me for hearings in sweden, were secret, a gag ordered was attempted to be placed upon my swedish attorney and the requested conditions for my extradition to sweden was that i would be held incommunicado. something is very wrong with that situation and something is wrong in the united states that such an investigation against me and in effect my organization and indeed now we have received serious calls from the "new york times" as well, that all that is to be conducted in secret. >> let's move on to the personal situation with the charges being leveled against you in sweden by these two women in separate

incidents. they claim that you are guilty of rape and molestation and illegal coercion. this is going to boil down or is this going to boil down to a very high stakes case of he said/she said? and if so, why are you confident that you'll be able to prevail? >> it is an incredible allegation of rape and in the beginning, double rape reported around the world. in fact, according to google, if you look on the internet, my name is mentioned in one-tenth of dimensions of rape. so this has been a very successful smear campaign so far. but i think it's -- its days are numbered and people are starting to wonder, is what is claimed really true and if it is true, where is the evidence? why has no evidence been provided even to me and my defense attorneys?

>> you have declared your innocence in this case and it raises a very obvious question, if you believe that you are innocent and you can prove that, why fight extradition to sweden? why not go back and answer the questions? >> i stayed for nearly 40 days in sweden. the matter was dropped entirely within 24 hours after the charge was made. subsequently, pushed by a politician to another prosecutor, not the senior prosecutor in stockholm, again, i spent time there to clear my name. received permission to leave the country for my work and did so. i came to the uk back and forth, registered my name with authorities here in case there was an issue. when there was an issue, we went in within nine hours of being called. it is not the case that i or any other person should have to fly off to foreign states without

the provision of any evidence whatsoever. that is simply not acceptable to me and it should not be acceptable to any person. >> let me move on back to the subject of wikileaks and the documents you have released and the documents you promised to release. now that you're free on bail, you do have access to the internet, mr. assange, do you plan to accelerate your plans to release further documents? >> as we have seen wikileaks is a robust organization, during my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a victorian prison, we continued to release, our media partners continued to write stories and just said, i see in the guardian, our prime british media partner, india is accused of systemic use of torture. nearly 1,200 cases of torture in kashmir. important revelations from this

material continue to come out. we have approximately 200,000 cables into 250,000. >> julian assange, i thank you for joining us this morning. >> you're welcome. >> obviously he remains very defiant here. >> defiant to the charges in sweden and determined to continue his work with wikileaks. obviously come people consider him a hero, a journalist and a hero. other people consider him a villain who's put the national security of this country in jeopardy. and it depends on your perspective on it. >> much to follow on this story. . now to washington and that massive tax package approved by congress late last night. kelly o'donnell has the details. >> reporter: there was a talk marathon with some house democrats saying they have received phone calls from the president urging them to get it done and just before midnight, they did. so everyone's tax rates stay the same, unemployment benefit

checks keep coming and $858 billion gets added to the deficit. a done deal. >> on this vote, the yays are 272, the nays are 148. the motion is adopted. >> reporter: but getting there was uglier than expected. after hours of delay, house liberals came up withary own changes to the president's tax cut compromise. >> to the house amendment, to the senate amendment, with the amendment adopted in the committee as a whole. >> reporter: that gave liberals a way to prove they fought against some tax breaks for the wealthy. >> there's nothing in this bill that's sanity. it's insanity. we fixed this debt by closing this tax loophole, shame on you. >> reporter: democrats blasted the size and costs of a more than $1 trillion bill to keep the government open for business. >> members on this side of the

aisle increasingly felt concerned about the way we do business. >> reporter: frustrated democrats were forced to scrap the bill and kill $8 billion of earmarked pet projects. >> i'm a little confused about some of the righteous indignation coming from the republican side of the aisle. >> republicans derailed the bill even though many of them had requested earmarks themselves. >> guess who has earmarks in there? the minority leader. >> reporter: illinois's mark kirk in an unusual display interrupted john mccain to celebrate. >> did we just win? >> this may be a seminole moment in the recent history of the united states senate. because for the first time since i have been here, we stood up and said enough, stop. >> reporter: democrats were taken aback. >> who wins, who loses? the american people are losing

every day we have this bickering that's going on. >> reporter: they will put together a package that will keep the government's bills paid for the next couple of months and the senate will be working this weekend to consider the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with russia and things like immigration reform and the attempt to repeal the don't ask, don't tell military policy. >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. massachusetts democratic senator john kerry is also on capitol hill this morning. and he joins us now. senator, it's nice to see you, good morning. good morning, senator kerry, how are you? >> i'm great, matt, nice to see you. >> you too. let's talk about this tax cut deal that was voted on in the house last night. so much talk about compromise, who wins, who loses. ? your gut, is this the best deal that you could have gotten? >> as for who wins, i think the american people win for the short-term. i think it will depend on what the congress is capable of doing

next year. we're running behind every country in the world that's industrialized or industrializing. we have an enormous challenge to get our deficit under control and create jobs. if all we do is this tax bill and we don't invest in america and begin to make long-term plans as to how to deal with the structural deficit, we're in trouble. so this is step one. >> you talk about the deficit and jobs, i mean this is going to cost $850 billion, that gets tacked right on to the deficit. the justification for it seems to be it will fuel the economy and produce jobs. we have had some big plans to create jobs in the last couple of years, is it going to work? >> it's not the solution to america's problems, but at this particular moment, facing the economic challenges that we do, this is, i think a good plan. the key is the long-term. this plan is not good for the long-term. does it add to the deficit in

the short-term? yes. but it will have, i'm convinced, a positive impact in the short-term on the economy. the key now are the follow on steps that we need to take. $600 billion is going to be invested in the next 20 years in new energy projects, green energy around the world. 90% of that investment right now is going to be outside the united states. what we need to do is join that revolution and others. you saw the test scores out of singapore and out of china the other day, shanghai. you know, the united states is falling behind in science and math, engineering. we need to really gear up over the course of this next year. i'm convinced president obama will lay out a major agenda that will challenge people on the right and the left to step up and find compromise. in order to get the country moving. >> let me get your response real quickly on one last topic before i let you go. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the

senate is going to start debate on that, your republican colleague john kyle of arizona said that democrats are trying to jam this through before the holiday break. but this does involve nuclear weapons, our national security and the future security of the world. is it really smart to rush this or squeeze this in before a holiday break? >> first of all, we're not rushing it in and we're not squeezing it in. the original s.t.a.r.t. treaty which took place when the soviet union fell in 1992 was far more complicated, a far bigger cut, far for dramatic at the time. it took the senate five days total to do that and while it did it it did free up for other bills at the same time. the s.t.a.r.t. treaty took two days. the moscow treaty took two days. we have been working on this treaty since last year in june. we have 60 senators or more who have taken part in briefings, they have been part of this process, we have been on this bill now, this is will be the third day today.

there's no question we can do our job, as one general said, we got 150,000 troops in harm's way over christmas. they're doing their job, the united states senate needs to do its job. we can get this done. >> senator john kerry. senator, happy holidays, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you very much. quick programming note, vice president joe biden will be david gregory's exclusive guest this sunday on "meet the press." >> ann curry is back at the news desk after feeling a bit under the weather. >> good morning you guys and good morning to all of you. and in the news this morning, counter terrorism units are on alert for suspicious behavior this holiday season. although they say there are no specific threats to the united states at this time. insurgents in iraq claim al qaeda is planning attacks in the united states and europe. in a rare move on thursday t food and drug administration

revoked it's approval for a cancer treatment. the breast cancer drug avastin does not outweigh risks to patients. >> reporter: europe is definitely in focus again, there's some concern about ireland that's shaking investors a little bit. meanwhile investors are really looking forward to the last two weeks here on wall street to close out the year and they're hoping for a santa claus rally. there are some economic numbers out there that are encouraging people to think that maybe perhaps we might be turning the corner. although those jobless numbers continue to persist. technology also in focus today and oracle and rim reported good numbers after the bell. and the king has left his throne, last night late night interviewer larry king gave up his microphone after 25 years.

>> when i started 25 years ago in a little studio in washington, d.c., i never thought it would last this long or come to this. i don't know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you. and instead of goodbye, how about so long. >> his star included a serenade from tony benefit and a declaration of larry king day from governor schwarzenegger of california. it is now 19 past, let's go back to matt and meredith. that's sweet. >> my sincere congratulations to larry king. >> hello,hello, mr. roker. >> hello. our friends out west, they're going to get in on all the winter action here. the pineapple express, the

moisture streaming out of the pacific, right smack dab into california. los angeles into san francisco, it's going to spread even further north later today. we have got winter storm warnings, winter storm watches, from california all the way into the rockies, we're talking about anywhere from three to seven inches of rain, three to seven inches of rain between friday and sunday. snowfall amounts, some areas picking up five feet o >> not nearly as dramatic, but pivotal on the to the side. -- a little on the chilly said the high today should be in the low 30's, just above freezing. ab

>> and that's your latest weather. the brave security guard who opened fire at the school board gunman.

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's check on the morning commute with kim dacey. >> we of a bad situation i-95 southbound. we will have a live look at that situation. policed traffic southbound.

they were temporarily holding it because of the accident. very heavy there. rubbernecking goes on to the accident there. switching over to the life of the side of the beltway, not looking better here. outer loop a very slow. otherwise, a water main break on highland avenue, closed between pratt and bank street. only one lane in each direction getting by. a crash at eastern boulevard between market and what would drive. another question pulaski highway and crescent street. another water main break. crash on north i-95 and mountain road. seven i-95 between franklin boulevard and 140. washington boulevard and parcher street, accident at lexington and brady. leave extra time this morning. john, over to you.

>> a quick look at the radar, a mix of sunshine. the radar sites are dry here. not even to garrett county. with a chilly here this morning. 23 at the airport. scattered clouds and the forecast today. a lot of sunshine. unseasonably cold, though. >> thank you for joining us. check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic

♪ you and me baby we're stuck like glue ♪ it's friday, december 17, 2010. christmas is one week away. we're going to show you some of the ways we made fools of ourselves in 2010. not enough time to show you all the ways. also ahead, a behind the scenes peek at the fun i had shooting a very, very small part for the new movie "gulliver's trave

travels." charla nash the connecticut woman who was viciously attacked by a friend's pet chimpanzee goes back to the hospital that saved her life. let's go back to that florida school board shoot-out caught on tape last week. in a moment we'll talk to the security chief who brought down the gunman. but mark potter is in panama city, florida with the latest. mark, good morning. >> reporter: members of the school board say they are convinced that mike jones saved their lives and they and the members of the community here say that no matter what mike says, he really is their hero. at a news conference in panama city, school board security chief mike jones tried to convince everyone he's not a hero, but no one bought it. >> i'm just glad they're all here and alive. i'm not a hero, folks, i just done my job. >> yes, you are. [ applause ]

>> leave, you may leave, you may leave. >> reporter: on tuesday when clay duke threatened the school board with a handgun, mark jones was on the scene. jones wounded duke who then shot and killed himself. jones thought he was too late fearing duke had killed superintendent bill husfelt. but it turned out he was right on time. >> when he came out from behind that desk, i crieded just like i am now. but just to see him, it was like seeing a newborn baby for the first time. >> reporter: mike jones is no stranger to panama city. for more than two decades, he's been known as salvage santa, providing gifts for needy children at christmas time.

>> what a giving community, i love them. >> reporter: and love is returned. school board member ginger littleton who used her purse in an unsuccessful attempt to -- even remembbecca duke called hi hero. >> i know you were just doing what you were trained to do and i'm sorry that god had to choose you to do that because you are a kind, sweet, generous man, with all the things you do at christmas time. >> reporter: mike expressed his concern for the gunman's family saying his heart goes out to them. meredith? >> mark potter, thank you very much. and we're going to get a check of the weather from al right now. >> all righty, thank you very much, meredith, and we have got

all of our friends out here. wow, this is a huge crowd checking us out today. yeah. whoa. man. let's check your weather and see what's going on. we are talking about the potential of a big, big storm, sunday morning, it's off the carolina coast, moves up the coast and brings snow from washington, d.c. to boston. but if it moves closer to shore, we could be talking about heavy snow from washington, d.c., new york city, boston on into new england. it's still too early to tell what track this thing's going to take, if it moves further out, we're not going to see any snow in new york city, maybe a little light snow in boston. you can check the weather channel over the weekend, see what's going on, but in the meantime, we're talking about a lot of rain today down in the southeast, as this storm system develops. and out west, heavy rain, a lot of snow, winds up in the pacific

northwest. lake-effect snow continues in the eastern great lakes, syracuse will pick up another four to six inches of snow today, sunny skies through the central plains. >> a mixture of sunshine and clouds this morning, snow activity to the north of us. temperatures coming to the 20's. eventually we make it into the >> don't forget to check your weather any i'm on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. sunday night, football night in america. oh, man. the packers, taking on the

patriots in gillette stadium. the last ten times it snowed in new england, the patriots came out victorious. out of the last three games, they scored like 140 points, to 15 for their opponents. this is going to be a big one. cloudy and cold, temperatures mid to upper 20s, on sunday night, football night in america. meredith, patriots playing. meredith. after that shoot-out at the florida school board meeting, earlier this morning we spoke to security chief mike jones and his wife. we asked mike how he feels after it happened. >> my heart took off and just wouldn't slow down for some reason. >> i can imagine why. >> being in that room right now where you exchanged gun fire with clay duke, i guess there

were 14 shots fired, most of the bullet holes have been covered up at this point, there is one that is still showing. how are you feeling emotionally? >> well, this morning i'm a lot better. i think it helped a lot yesterday, i did like 25 interviews yesterday and every time i see mr. husfelt, i lose it. so i'm glad he's not here this morning. every time i see him i start crying. >> he is the superintendent and when clay duke lifted his gun that first time, he was shooting at the superintendent. that is when you entered the room. i want to take you back to that moment if i could, mike. you weren't even supposed to be at the county headquarters, the school district headquarters on that day. you were supposed to be on vacation. you went there because there was an item on the agenda you thought they might want to talk to you about. and within five minutes you were involved in this gun fire. what made you think, i have to

get in that room. >> when i looked in that door, i saw him square his back to me and aiming his weapon. i didn't open the door hardly at all. i heard the first gunshot so i snatched the door open and i couldn't wait any longer. >> at that point did you think that the superintendent was dead? >> yes, ma'am. >> so when he stood up, that's when you say you lost it? >> right. when i went down the aisle and took the gun out of mr. duke's hand and threw it over to the side and was kind of like, everything just went blank, i couldn't hear anything. i was just like in a wind tunnel or something and all of a sudden, the superintendent and franklin harrison the school board attorney came up and i lost it right then. i could not believe they were alive. that man was two feet from him when he pulled the trigger.

>> mike, this is something that you said, 20 years on the police force before you became a security guard. never had fired your gun at anyone and it has weighed heavily on you since. i know that you sought counsel from your preacher to get right with god. the first thing that came to your mind is what is the community going to think of me? what were you worried about? >> you know, taking a life from someone, and i'm known as salvage santa and this jolly nice guy, and known in the church. i didn't want my fellow parishioners feeling bad about what i had done. taking a life is a very serious thing and there's not very many people in this lifetime that can say they have done that and i'm not proud of it. i just did my job, done what i was trained to do and thank god that all that kicked in when this happened.

>> you know, karleen, members of the community are calling mike a hero whether he likes it or not. is that how you feel about him this morning? >> absolutely. he didn't have to go in that room. he could have waited until all the other police officers showed up as backup. he couldn't. he's got a big heart. he always feels like he's responsible for the world and that's his nature and it didn't surprise me at all that he ran into that building, into that room. >> you know, mike, you are obviously considered a hero by the members of the community, but you're also known for the things that you do every day as salvage santa to help the needy kids in your area. we did contact schwinn, they want to donate $100,000 worth of bicycles. how has this changed your life? >> 500 bikes?5.

how has this changed your life? >> 500 bike0. how has this changed your life? >> 500 bike0. e salvation army and we still ? have 400 or 500 kids still on the angel tree. i asked for some help for them as well. wow, this is awesome. >> we wish you -- >> you don't have to say a thing. we want to say thank you for joining us tonight. and i know the school board wants to say thank you for all your efforts as well. merry christmas to you both. >> thank you for having us. up next kate middleton's lunch date with the royal family.

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meet the future in-laws anywhere, but imagine meeting the entire extended family. aunts, uncles, cousins who also happen to be dukes, duchesss, princes and princesses and the party's being thrown by your fiance's grandmother, the queen of england. kate middleton isn't officially a member of the royal family yet, but an invitation to the queen's annual christmas lunch ---both kate and william attended the annual gathering at buckingham palace on thursday. >> this is the first time she met the entire royal family in one place at the same time and royal experts say it had to be an extremely daunting experience. >> and kate has only met the queen once before. >> the whole notion that kate and the queen have had lunches together or cups of tea by themselves is not true. really kate has had very little

interaction with the queen because the queen stays busy. >> reporter: kate is smiling from ear to ear, perhaps a sign that everyone went well, perhaps a sign that the future princess was relieved it was over. >> there's so much that the go wrong, so the fact that she emerged from this meeting with a smile from ear to ear is an indication of how it went. >> it is quite a stuffing environment. the royals at christmas is a very regimented, what is the day before christmas eve and the day itself is run like clock work with precision. >> reporter: but this year, prince william, a rescue pilot for the royal air force will be on duty at his air base in wales. convenient for kate who will get to spend the day with her family. once a princess, there will be no escaping a royal christmas. the palace has been asked for

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get this, a new 3-d movie, "gi "gulliver's travels" comes out on christmas day. they called in a little known actress by the name of meredith viera to play a liliputian. imagine our surprise. it wasn't until i went to the cannes film festival in may that i realized what a great actor meredith had become. to be working with the giants of the motion picture industry was pretty impressive. even if it meant playing one of the little people. but our meredith made the most of her two-day shoot. she got to develop her own character. >> not a tramp, but the friendly girl. >> display her extraordinary

talent. >> we'll miss you. >> what if this is really huge? would you be anastasia? >> yes. >> and even spent quality time with her co-stars. >> i have also found it works just to get naked. that's how i made it. these are pictures that i have liked for a long time and i just put them up. they inspire me. i don't know why i did that. >> anding th inthen it was time to work. her one line consisted of just two words. but meredith gave it her all and in the end it really paid off. i cannot wait to see the finished product. >> well, you want to wait a little bit.

they cut my scene. >> no! >> i'm not in the movie. >> the director's cut? >> but you're not in the movie? >> that wasn't even the end. if i was in that movie, it was by far the best scene of the movie. >> they cut it? >> they had two scenes that sort of screamed ending so they cut out mine. >> that happened to kevin costner once and he had a big career. so now you have potentially good karma coming. >> in truth, rob letterman and jack black called me and told me. they said the same thing, a lot of famous people have been cut from movies. >> but you got a call from jack black? >> and i got a call from my lawyer. so it's all going to be fine. >> and then it turns ugly. >> it was funny how. . >> you were a friendly town

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. it is selling a glock 56. let's check on morning commute with kim dacey. >> we have a bad situation on northbound j.f.x. approaching coldspring lane. accident there is blocking two of lansing causing quite a backup. -- two left lanes and causing quite a backup. i let down to between pratt and bank, and north and collington ave.

795 between franklin boulevard and 140. another was a big break on sought and york and ridgely road. southbound harrisburg expressway at padonia road. we will give you life looks outside the west side of the beltway. barry, very slow. expect major delays from 795 to edmondson ave. switching over to 95 and 100, the accident southbound has cleared. there is an accident northbound and the left lane. it may be holding traffic southbound 95. it will cause you major delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have a mixture of sunshine and clouds. the radar is not showing any snow. this little strike here is the sun.

to the west there are some snow showers this morning. chilly out there. broadwater is showing a rise -- barometer is showing a rise in a protest today. >> we will have another live update at 8:25.

i knew if i lived long enough, my dreams would come true and they have. >> hey! 8:00 now on a friday monk, it's the 17th day of december, 2010. beautifully chilly morning here in the northeast, perfect for the holiday season. we have got a huge crowd gathered. and we have got the fun highlights of this year.

coming up, we're going to stroll down memory lane. >> we have had a lot of the fun over the year and we're going to show you some of the highlights. . >> that's natalie. >> we have got a lot of that coming up. but before we get to that, let's go inside, ann curry, back from being a little under the weather, she's at the news desk with the headlines. in the news this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange appeared on this program this morning and called for the rape and document release investigations against him to be conducted in the open. >> something is wrong in the united states that such an investigation against me and in effect my organization and indeed now i have received serious calls against the "new

york times" as well that this is being done in secret. this afternoon president obama will sign a massive bipartisan tax bill approved by the house overnight. it extends tax cuts and jobless benefits and including a new cut in social security taxes. meantime, senate democratic leader walked away last night from a $1.3 billion spending plan that includes $8 million in earmarks. a new public education campaign with advice on surviving a nuclear attack. they urge people not to flee, instead to seek shelter indoors. actress julie andrews says her husband blake edwards will be missed beyond words. edwards wrote, produced and directed 50 films. he won lifetime achievement awards from both the writers guild and the movie academy. he died monday of complications from pneumonia, he is now 88

years old. let's go back outside for a check of the weather with al. >> they just got engaged, congratulations. what's your name? >> rachel and tyler. >> you're not going to get anymore words in. let's check your weather and see what's happening, for today, pick city, pocatello, idaho. the rest of the country, we have got a lot of wet weather working its way into the pacific northwest and central california. some areas picking up up to 10 inches of rain. lake-effect snow eastern great lakes. more wet weather, that low pressure works its way up the coast, we're looking at showers in northern florida into southern >> temperatures climbing into the 20's this morning. weather disturbance to our north producing snow showers.

a basically dry day to day. a basically dry day to day. >> that's your latest weather. a look back at this year and all the fun we had, right after this. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ male announcer ] for tim and richard smucker, giving a gift of their delicious jam always made the holidays just a little bit sweeter. we forgot to put our names on them! richard, i think they'll know who it's from. ♪ thank you, boys. you're welcome. you're welcome. [ male announcer ] happy holidays

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i wonder what it could be?! hi. chili's tonight? do i know you? yeah. your mother's brother went to summer camp with my uncle's friend's accountant. we're practically family. jason? who? my mom's brother's accountant. yeah. that guy is a maniac. okay. i love jason. isn't he a riot? chili's $20 dinner for two. all you need is somebody to go with. share one appetizer, choose two entrees. now with crispy fried shrimp. just $20 for two at chili's. back now at 8:07, as "today" celebrates 2010, the cold weather around the holidays can mean only one thing. >> it's time for our annual look

back at the good times we have had in the past year. ♪ hello ♪ good morning ♪ hello ♪ good morning ♪ hello ♪ america right about now you're turning your lights down ♪ ♪ hello ♪ good morning >> very nice. >> i miss you. >> i missed you too. >> you are the epitome of aging gracefully. >> thank you very much. >> if we were to get involved in

a paint ball competition the four of us, who do you think would win? >> ann. >> why do you say that so quickly? >> she can take you on. >> they're real and they're spectacular. >> yes, they are. >> that's the point. >> i'm not going to get into the "american idol" story and speculate about who's going to replace those judges, but just note, meredith is not here. meredith takes one day off and she doesn't waste any time getting to the couch. you say the side of the package is very important? >> it actually is important because the trick some of thesethese retailers will use is to shrink the size of the packe. >> i'm sorry. something struck me as funny. >> do you have a load in your pants? no. >> we're going to end this madness.

>> it's tuesday or booze day, wednesday to you, it's wines day here. >> why do you continue to mock our show? >> have you seen your show? >> we talked to sting when we were walking out. he is so sexy. >> hoda. >> no. it was embarrassing. >> hoda had to change her spanx if you know what i mean. ♪ wave your hands in the air like you don't care ♪ ♪ we're going to party like it's the end of the world. you know it doesn't matter as long as we got each other ♪

♪ cut it up match it up cut it up ♪ ♪ it ain't the end of the world ♪ >> our producer for the day is meredith vieira. what do you want us to do? >> i want you to snap it up. >> the happiest of happy hours, whooo! >> the gang's all here. ♪ i want a ticket to a place called canada ♪ >> kevin, and i should say for the record, yay! ♪ >> and i'm holding in my hand a

piece of olympic history. >> who's wearing these pants? >> golfers. >> there's a snowball with your name on it, lauer. ♪ >> hey, al, i can see what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> i like this. >> the eye of the wind. ♪ ♪ so much beauty in the world ♪ all together now ♪ there is beauty in the world ♪

>> it is an unbelievable scene here, it's impossible to have a dry eye. >> don't forget, everybody, do what you can to lend a hand today. ♪ ♪ unforgettable ♪ don't stop ♪ the party don't stop ♪ no one can tell me that i'm doing wrong ♪

♪ you're pulling through it ♪ i want to do it ♪ ♪ sing it, new york >> we talked to these folks because they potentially had the best dancers so i know who that will take. >> too bad they call them the bush tax cuts. maybe they would have a better chance of being extended if they were the lauer tax cuts. ♪

>> who do you think took longer to do their hair this morning, robert downy jr. or the situation? >> let's see them again. >> just ahead, i knew if i lived long enough, my dreams would come true and they have. anthony, i want a commitment from you that you're not going to mess around. >> you're hot. >> i knew you guys were drunk. ♪ >> all right, let me bring out our last model. >> oh, there you are. >> oh, no! ♪

>> thank you, new york. thank you! ♪ >> would it bother you if i did this? >> absolutely. >> i have been staring at that for the entire segment. >> that's my favorite. >> oh, no, we have a fire. ♪ >> are we loving that? >> not really. ♪ you and me baby we're stuck like glue ♪ ♪ stuck like glue ♪ you and me baby we're stuck

like glue ♪ ♪ oh, oh, >> this is a special no makeup zone edition of "today." >> here it is. this is us. >> this is the real me. i'm scaring little children at home right now. ♪ ♪ check it out ♪ check it out >> that is so cool, natalie, bob marley called and said he wanted his hat back. >> if left to my own devices, that is what i look like. >> you look different. >> i knew i should have taken the train. ♪

>> i know you guys never make mistakes, but we do here. >> you're right, mr. roker. it's amazing. >> natalie morales. >> now here's brian williams with what's coming up tonight. >> we're back. i'm sorry. let's go inside, ann curry is standing by with a -- no we did that already. >> what's coming up? >> it's your line! >> off the air. >>. ♪ when i see your face >> you have children ages 13 to 18. why did you stop? >> i stopped because i was caught on the couch necking with

my boyfriend. >> the shorelines here that have now been oiled. >> taking one for the team, swallowing a bug for breakfast there, mark. ♪ >> that's not funny. here's the billboard. right in front of our hotel. and take a look at that, who'sa liliputian with the parted red hair? that is our own investmeredith ruling cannes. ♪ i don't need anything but you

♪ ♪ we will we will rock you ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ travel down the road and back again ♪ >> me, a drink with jam and bread ♪ ♪ that will bring us back to doe ♪ >> this will go down as one of the strangest things we have ever done. ♪ ♪ going to go all night ♪ we're going to light it up ♪ like it's dyno mite >> do your co-workers get on your nerves? what are you implying? >> nothing about you, it's matt lauer i'm thinking about. ♪ note

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>> boy, that was fantastic. >> a lot of good times there. >> we had fun. >> we had a lot of fun. >> erica gets to keep her job. >> she prodeuce uproproduces fo. >> not bad. >> nice job.

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share your favorite books with your favorite people. and watch in amazement as your children's stories come to life. books, magazines, newspapers, and children's books, all at your fingertips. nookcolor by barnes and noble. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check on the morning commute with kim dacey. >> northbound j.f.x., crashed approaching cold spring with two right lanes blocked. disabled vehicle i-95 southbound at caton avenue blocking the right lane. tidwell water main breaks. when the north and collington ave. just past the beltway, this

blocking the right lane there. water main break blocking 1 lane. harrisburg expressway and padonia road, and a part of an accident owings mills and ballfield road. disabled truck slows the web to york road from the outer loop to the beltway. delays of the west side. 21 minutes on the outer loop. going to take you 19 minutes across the top. the beltway on the south side, 19 minutes. major delays. the outer loop here, you can see is falling from 705 to edmondson. -- the hundred 95 to edmondson. you are good seat slow traffic jam always sought out from caton avenue -- the way someone from caton avenue to 100. >> sunshine is out and we do

have a scattering of clouds. a couple of flurries north of hagerstown near york. it is 24 degrees right now. the barometer is rising. we will see a few scattered clouds today. we will only be in the 30's for highs. >> another update

8:30 on this friday morning, the 17th day of december, 2010. and this is two-time oscar winner kevin spacey collecting toys for our 17th annual toy drive. he was nominated for a golden

global for one of his movies. we'll talk about that when he catch up. the woman who was attacked by a friend's pet chimpanzee, recently she had a reunion with the medical team that saved her life. we'll show you that reunion coming up. on a different note. who doesn't like a christmas tree? what do you think of christmas trees made by the skyler family? jenna bush hager is here and she's going to have a fantastic dish that celebrates america's melting pot. let's bring in the manager of -- good morning, happy holidays to you. you've done this for us in the past. love this. tell me what's new this year. >> we have got new, since al

wasn't here last year, let me just share one thing with you. you can see they have the laser operating in the plaza. and in the studio, you guys are featured in the lobby there in the studio. >> and there's meredith as a liliputian. >> and there's an ice rink and the tree here at rockefeller center over on this side and then we have radio city music hall which we have added new this year. >> that's great. >> and a the nutcracker christmas. >> do you have that on an lcd screen? >> technology has come to railroads. you can download pictures from the camera or you can see the camera's getting a good shot of that. and we have got santa and the

reindeer. he's right up there. >> this is so cool. >> this is always cool. >> it's great, we enjoy bringing this to you guys and to all the folks because railroad and christmas go together. they have for many, many years and it's a great way to bring the family together. >> now you have lionel train stores? >> yes, we do have lionel train stores. >> the folks at lionel train hooking us up this holiday. >> let's get the weather. >> let's check your weather, shall we? our weekend ahead, saturday we

have got snow showers in the eastern great lakes, heavy rain up and down the west coast with heavy snows inland, mild in florida, but there will be heavy rain. sunday, we're keeping an eye on a possible nor'easter that could bring heavy snow to the northeast. a lot of heavy snow in the rockies. the cascade mountain region will >> a mixture of sunshine and clouds this morning, snow activity to the north of us. temperatures coming to the 20's. eventually we make it into the >> and that's your latest weather. can we do something on a personal note? we could like to offer our

condolences to the friends and family members to a guy named bill donovan who was a graphic artist for 19 years. he died this week of cancer. he was 58 years old. he was a guy that always left us smiling. he loved surfing, motorcycles and most of all he loved his wife and his daughter. he will be missed and our condolences again to the donovan family. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

we are back at 8:37. it has been nearly two years since charla nash was viciously mauled by a friend's chimpanzee. she survived due to the staff of stanford hospital. >> thank you for coming, it

means a lot to us. >> charla is a patient that this hospital will never forget. with her brother by her side and the trauma surgeon who helped save her life, she walked the hallways of a place few thought she would leave alive. 22 months ago she was rushed her clinging to life after a brutal attack she does not remember to this day. >> he's killing my friend? >> who's killing your friend? >> my chimpanzee. >> your chimpanzee is killing your sfrend? >> hurry up, please? >> the medical staff who saved charla nash's wife. >> we have our staff and our nurses here. they want to introduce themselves. >> i'm sue evans, i was in the e.r. the night you came in. >> i didn't get a hug.

>> it was charla's chance to personally thank the team that refused to give up on her. >> i just wondered what made you think i could make it through this? >> the second i met brianna, we all knew that's what got you through this. because you had something to live for and work for. it's amazing where you have come. >> they all came out to greet a very special patient. >> hi, i'm debbie mullins. i was a surgical tech, but i was there for you. >> thank you for your help. >> you're welcome. >> if it wasn't for these people here, i wouldn't be standing here. you all did a great job, thank you. merry christmas to everyone.

>> aftshe now lives in an assis living center outside of boston. she's hoping to be a candidate for face and hands transplant. attorneys for charla nash are taking steps to sue the state of connecticut for $150 million saying the state failed to prevent the attack on charla. a $2 million lawsuit has been filed against the estate of charla herold. >> if we don't have a stettalment within the next six months, we should have a trial. >> she traveled to stanford for a special day with a special group of people. >> the work they had to do to keep me alive, i really appreciate everyone. it was nice. >> a reunion at christmas time with a team that refused to give up on charla nash, for a nurse who cared for her, a patient she

will admire forever. >> my three days with her, i'm going to remember for the rest of my life. it was obviously it was an accident that doesn't happen, but also with her strength and, you know, i walked in that room and she made it through the e.r., she made it through surgery, she made it to us, she made it out of here. it's just so amazing that, you know, i'll never forget that. >> people at the hospital say that charla is now working on improving her strength so she can be a candidate for a facial transplant and a hand transplant. up next, two-time oscar winner kevin spacey, but first this is "today" on nbc.

two-time academy award winner kevin spacey has made his mark playing some very complex characters. he's at it once again in his latest film about the rise and fall of jack abramoff. you were a little surprised? >> i was a little surprised. i'm very honored and grateful for it because we'll talk about my director in a minute that he directed me to this performance. so for me, it feels like a tribute to george and his work and our friendship. but also the movie only opens today. so i'm very grateful that the members of the hollywood foreign press watched their screenings. >> when they see kevin spacey attached to a movie, they go find these screeners, they like you a lot and want to know what you're involved with. >> i am very fortunate to be nominated many times over the years.

>> you say your director drew you to this. basically it was a posting on a facebook wall that you would be great in this role. >> i don't think the managers were doing their job. but at a certain point, there was i think some dispute about who some of the producers wanted to have play this part. and journal wrote on his facebook page that i would be a good candidate. so we got in touch and george flew over to london. and we spent the day together. and we found that we had this fascination and at times frustration with the american political system. and this story was ripe for storytelling. >> i'm glad you're leading me in that direction. there are people saying jack abramoff. how do you sum it up. >> you don't have to know jack

abramoff who served a prison term, and it's about the improper prities in the lobbying industry and what the film tries expose, although it's a very funny film and we have tried to make it very entertaining is the hypocrisy that exists to this day with respect to so much power and money invading the political process. >> was that a fly by to check out his mannerisms and his voice, or did you just want to pick his brain a little bit? >> it was both. i wanted to have a chance to meet the man. i didn't do any research prior to going and seeing him. because a lot of people made a lot of opinions about him and he was sort of really vilified in the media. and my job is not to play a sort of one note villainous character, but try to understand, with some degree of empathy put yourself in someone else's shoes and see how did these insufficients happen.

>> he was at the premier, i understand? >> his kids were there. >> did they like the film? >> they liked the film. i think parts of it are painful to watch, but i played him as a fully rounded human being. >> when hi saw him, was he happy that -- >> i think he was disappointed mostly that it wasn't george clooney playing it. >> the director, you mentioned earlier, george higenlooper passed away while promoting this film. what a tragedy. >> a little more than a month ago. it's been incredibly strange to go out and launching this movie without george by my side. he used to giggle off camera as we were doing scenes, i would have to say, george, shut up, we're doing scenes.

he was exuberant and he loved politics. he was at a rally when he passed away. but his cousin won the election and i thought that was a pretty good sign. since he didn't run a negative campaign, it was hopeful. >> i mentioned that you just got a golden globe nomination for this and i also wanted to mention that your production company was behind "social network" which received six nominations. this has been a big year for you. >> i am enormously proud of my partner who went to the academy awards as my assistant and now he might be going -- it's an incredible story, number one. but the book that the film is based on, we got incredibly lucky that sony pictures generally doesn't do movies about people talking in rooms. it's a story about relationships and david fisher did an

extraordinary job and we're incredibly proud of it. >> i know you're doing a lot more theater of t. you're going to do richard ii? >> and for the holidays, you head back to your new hometown of london? >> i do. >> which is great. enjoy them. congratulations on "casino jack" and it opens today in new york and los angeles. we're back with more this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] safeway talks gift ideas.

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back now at 8:50 with our special series, education nation "today." a very special encounter for the five kids that appear in the documentary. here's nbc's education correspondent rehema ellis. >> reporter: the struggle for a good education in america comes to life in the film that showcases children's dreams. >> i want to be a nurse. >> i want to be a doctor. >>. >> reporter: and dpis appointment. in waiting for superman t five kids help turn up the heat in the national debate about education reform. >> people are getting engaged again on this issue. people are connecting to it through these kids. >> let's see if you can do this whole interview without smiling, okay? >> reporter: now these kids are connected to a world you could

never imagine. they were cover kids on parade, and they got an invite to a world famous house. >> tell me all the different feelings you're feeling. >> nervous, happy, excited, all these -- but like unexplainable. >> reporter: no surprise, the filmmaker made a minimovie about the children's special visit, a visit he says happened because of a chance encounter. >> a friend of mine came up and said i want to meet bianca. he said i want to meet her. i said this gentleman works at the white house. she said you work at the white house? i want to meet the president. >> what do you say to him? >> do you want to play basketball? >> what are you going to say to him? >> if i don't pass out? >> hey, how are you guys? good to see you. >> i'm excited. >> for what? >> for today.

>> you can't let other people tell you what to do. >> i got to meet the president. >> thank you, francisco. >> five kids, dazzled by where a movie has taken them and what they have done for a cause. for "today," rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> and during our education nation initiative back in september, american express pledged to do their part to benefit education in this country, they are honoring that this morning with the online nonprofit donorschoose.org. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> this is one big check for a million dollars. with all the charities out there, what made you decide to put the money towards donors choose.

>> we are so proud to present this donation to donors choose. this program is supporting the lives of students and teachers. plus we know that our community is really passionate about the great work that charles and hiss team at donors choose are doing. so on behalf of american express, i'm very pleased to present you with this check. >> thank you so, so much. this is incredible. >> what does this money mean to this organization? >> this amazing gift means that 70,000 kids in 2,500 classrooms across america are going to get the books t art supplies, the microscopes the field trips that they need to learn when their teachers' project are brought to life. >> you log on and decide what you want to do with education, and you can do it. >> anybody with even $5 to give can be an education fi

philanthropi philanthropist. >> we're back after your local news.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. baltimore county police have arrested a man accused of trying to assault a boy inside a bathroom at a middle school. a staff member heard the boys yelling at 8:30 thursday morning. a school resource officer detained the alleg

>> let's take a look at the forecast with john collins. >> a mix of sunshine and clouds, high temperatures and the 20's. these clouds are streaking across the area. it is not a big, heavy overcast. i don't think this will be an issue today. after a west, a new storm is developing in the plains. by the end of the weekend. at the beginning of the weekend, we are in good shape, although temperatures well below normal

sunshine, west to northwest winds. unseasonably cold. a few areas in the upper 30's. above freezing would be an accomplishment today. seven-day forecast, at saturday looks fine. it looks like a fair with a day during the daylight hours. by saturday night into sunday, sunshine on the plains and into the east coast, potential for snow. i have about 32 degrees. another is no chance on tuesday and wednesday. >> we will have another update at 9:25. [ female announcer ] pillsbury holiday cookies. in just three ingredients. start with cookie dough. add sugar. then hershey's kisses milk chocolates. [ son giggles ] [ female announcer ] fun. easy. [ child ] wow. [ female announcer ] at pillsbury.com. with cinnabon cinnamon

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