of "today" this thursday morning of december 2012. we have a great crowd on rockefeller plaza this morning as willie insists i hold this umbrella. >> i'm holding it for you. >> only on your birthday. >> good morning to everybody out on a windy day in new york city but nice day. and back to talk more about leonardo dicaprio. >> and he bloodied himself and the blood was real and he just

kept going. >> new year's resolutions around the corn information a lot of folks. many people put on the list, lose weight. get in shape. from vegetables to desserts to health trends to get in shape. >> if you're looking to throw a more family friendly new year's eve bash, not really your cup of tea. >> i'm sorry for scowling at you. >> we do have ideas if you want to include the kids when you bring in 2013. >> looks kind of fun with the donut. >> throwing a donut, on board. >> we want to send it first to natalie on the newsdesk and for top stories. >> good morning, everyone. a poufwerful winter storm makin its way across the country has now turned deadly. mike seidel is in cheektowaga, new york.

good morning to you. >> reporter: we had 11 inches of snow so it has ended for now. keep in mind this city averages 8 feet a season but only had 6 inches until late yesterday afternoo afternoon. >> snow, high winds e, dangerous driving conditions hitting the northeast this morning. in new york city where they're still struggling in the afternoon ma aftermath of hurricane sandy. >> it's becoming enough. >> reporter: and residents stock ing up hard hit for supplies and snow reduced visibility and blanket the roads. >> especially greg down hill. >> reporter: in massachusetts, drivers were taking it extra slow. the storm was causing headaches at the nation's airport, over 1700 flights cancelled windy, stranding passengers trying get

home over the christmas holiday. before moving to the northeast, the weather system pounded parts of the northwest dumping over a foot of snow in some areas and spawning 26 tornadoes in the south catches this at a walgr n walgreens in mobile, alabama. and lawmakers were on the scene in dozens of accidents. in arkansas, thousands were left without power after the snow dumped more than 15 inches in this part of the state and they saw the snow ieiest weather in ever. >> the power is out and i don't like it when the power is out. >> i'm from iowa and moved here 30 years ago to get away from this. >> reporter: parts of the jersey shore were hit by hurricane force winds. in brick township, they closed it due to high winds and flooding.

rare december thunder, you may have heard right there in midtown, manhattan. >> we sure did, mike seidel in cheek wag cheekto wag ga, new york. lawmakers are playing a high stakes game of chicken daring the other to let higher spending cuts and taxes kick in. meanwhile, treasury secretary tim geithner is taking measures to keep the u.s. from hitting its borrowing limit on new year's eve. former president h.w. bush is stige the hospital and in intensive care with a guarded fever. he was hospitalized in late november and admitted for a lingering cough and bronchitis. former south african president, nelson mandela has

been returned from hto his home being hospitalized. he had been hospitalized for nearly three weeks, treated for a lung infection and gallstones. the government said mandela will receive top level care at his home. and two bear cubs in the eastern forester, abandoned by their mothers meaning they were too young to take care of themselves. right now, the chief forester is taking care of them and eventually hopes to send them to a rehab center for wild animals. very cute. this turtle just wants attention and went looking for love in all the wrong places. this commercial diver was at first surprised to find the massive turtle hanging on its back and gave him a shove to send him on its way. the lovelorn turtle was not deterred, and going back for more can noodling in thailand.

the diver who posted it write, just another day at the office. not a bad gig at all. now to maria larosa with a check of your weather. >> good morning, everyone. a little misty in new york. you guys are okay with that, all right? we will eventually see this clear out in the northeast but not everywhere. m the blue is heavy storm warnings in new york through new england. gusty winds and expect travel delays and already seeing it in philadelphia. and the outer rondex, coastal main, i-95 although wet is a tough go for anybody heading back from the holidays today. this is additional snowfall, anywhere in that pink area, a foot and half of snow and the >> temperatures starting off

above freezing. temperatures hold steady into the afternoon with increasing winds. that's your weather. willie, back over to you. all right, maria, thanks. now to today's "take 3" we discuss the hot topic of people talking about one thing and one thing only this morning. our take 1. the birth of savannah clark guthrie. >> 30 years ago today. wow! >> you're sticking to that. >> no, no. i'm 41. >> you were born in australia? >> i was. i was born in melbourne,

australia, a couple years, my dad was there on business and i was born there. >> a nice place to be born. >> i've been dying to go there and check it out. when we left, i was 2 years old. >> is your girl hood home a museum with artifacts? >> not to make you feel old -- >> never. >> we would never do that. we thought we'd bring back the top song from 1971? >> gangnam style. >> ♪ joy to the world >> you brought a lot of joy to our world therefore it's an appropriate song. >> on this date in 1991, the last carol burnett show, did you know that? >> no, i didn't. >> and in 1971, the premier of " "knots landing." would you believe me if i said i used to watch that with my mom

zbrnks. >> a gallon of gas was 36 cents. a dozen egg, 53 cents. milk, $1.18. it hasn't really gone up as much surprisingly. >> do you like birthdays at this point? >> i think when you're born two days after christmas, i don't have huge expectations about my birthday. always nice to get older, beats the alternative. it's fun to have a birthday on this show. everybody is so nice. i got a cake. you brought me that miss universe bouquet. >> just needs a crown to go along with it. >> actually, there's a crown in my dressing room. >> we enjoy hearing about the good old days back in the '70s. >> all right. mr. how young are we? >> immensely younger than the both of you. the "new york times" has a new report out 50 people across the country aged 40 or younger, turns out people are focusing on credit score. >> when they're dating.

>> when they're dating. >> it seems to be your credit score. a woman says a man asks about her credit score and texts her later and says i can't see you because of your credit score. >> it's ridiculous! >> i don't know it's a trend. if you're in a relationship, you have to get in the relationship, it is important to know that person's financial history. if you walk down the aisle and end up finding out, you have how much debt! >> i agree, if you're talking marriage or something, maybe that's the time to be transparent about financial issues. >> some people don't want to be bothered. >> but on a first date, don't tell us what it is. would you even know what your credit score is? >> no. >> i have no idea what mine is. >> don't you think that's an excuse. he's not that into you. >> weird when dating becomes a statistical analysis. like nate silver should be setting people up. "take 3" words we will miss

in 2013. reader s asked to vote on word this is a would like deleted. some contender, adorkible. ama amazeballs. >> i don't think i have used any of these. cray. >> fiscal cliff. >> this one can be put to dead. >> gangnam style? >> i like the video, i do. i danced with my nieces over the hypothetical. jelly. what is jelly? sn>> jeling. >> gangnam style. >> and literally metaphorically. you have to explain it, literally? >> it's the most overand incorrectly used words. >> and the other one we're not so meh about is meh. >> totes? >> not into totes? are you a tote person? >> cray cray into totes. >> call me cray-cray. >> what is lo lo?

>> you only live once! get into 2012 volcano. >> and zombie apocalypse? >> zombie apocalypse. >> you guys are amazeball. how about our bonus take, the next gangnam style, coming up with a song to help sell his fish in a london market and turned into a video and now the top 40. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that's not exactly a homemade video. it's a bollywood inspired dance and has 6.9 million views on youtube in less than two weeks. we're just being told this morning he plans to release the track in the united states. >> he needs to break out some

more dance moves if he wants to beat psy. >> i was appreciating it's a little bit easier. i think i can do swing a fish around and say one pound fish for my lady. >> i don't think it has the gangnam matched. bring it to the united states. >> we love him. >> fish, it sells. >> if there's anything be know, fish sells. coming up next, how does a star like leonardo dicaprio pick those movie roles? more of our conversation with the golden globe nominee right after this. ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system.

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leonardo dicaprio is as busy as he's ever been. over the next year, he stars in three movies including his current release, "django unchained" and plays a villian for the first time in his career, an explosive performance that earned him a golden globe nomination. i asked him about working with director quenton tarantino. >> what is the tarantino experience? >> i was thinking about if i'm a filmmaker some day, what kind of mark am i going to put on film history? when you go into a quentin tarantino set, you are the writer and director and encompassed in everything. >> tarantino's script for "django unchained" gained nearly myth logical status for the violent telling of the story of early american slavery. >> when the screen play came out

and everyone was reading it in hollywood and talking about the subject matter and how far it went, it was the talk of the town, how daring it was and how audacious and hard core it was. >> audacious and hard core don't begin to describe dicaprio's character in "django." calvin candy is a ruthless mississippi plantation owner hanging on desperately to an era whooz end is near. >> you took us to an incredible scene in the dining room where you give the physiological justification for white supremacy. >> sort of explains his scientific viewpoint on race. it's totally de ranged and roulsz and absurd, but it's what he believes in. it's what he has to hold on to because i think part of him was struggling with the idea of what he was doing on a day-to-day basis. >> you suffer an injury in the middle of it, i'm told.

what happened? >> we had wine glasses around. i had to get their attention constantly because, you know, i knew that the dig was up and my hand sort of smashed on one of the really wine glasses. >> you're pounding the table. >> my hand -- and the stem went into my hand. the choice was, i suppose, to either go on and finish my speech or not, and then i noticed blood was pouring everywhere, but it was very interesting to see quentin and jamie's reaction off screen. >> i was going to ask you, what was happening off-camera? >> i think they thought i maybe had some sort of blood rigged. >> oscar, a beer for the man with the beard. >> do you dip in and out of it when you come off the set? are you able to leave that character or do you stay in the whole time, and if so, how does that play out? >> i wouldn't have survived very long if i kept that character when i went home. >> jamie foxx does tell a story

about you walking onto the set one day. >> right. >> he says, leo, what's going on? and you blow right past him. he thinks for a moment, is leo dicaprio blowing me off big time? and then thinks he's in character. >> this man represents the moral decay of the south. for me to get in that mindset and be that character, that's the way i needed to be on set everyday. >> dicaprio tells the story of an actor celebrititive and sparing of the roles he takes. >> what is your philosophy of changing roles in films? >> i want to do as many characters as i can, like a book or watching a movie. when you experience that and it kind of speaks to you and you feel a connection it to, you envision yourself in that role, i don't question it. i just go towards it.

it's something that you can't really explain. i've never questioned that. >> "django unchained" is in theaters now. the great gatsby due out in may and shooting a movie with scorcese in new york. he is a busy man. >> he really is king of the world. i feel like every movie he's in the movie is nominated or he is. >> he does have a golden globe and nominated this time. we'll see. coming up, natalie and i will face off in a travel packing challenge. >> we will get good pointers. we need this. getting ready to pack myself today. >> first, these messages. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] take the special k challenge. lose up to six pounds in two weeks.

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2012, of course, is filled with the pageantry of the olympic games in london, hard fought election and royal baby news. tomorrow and "today," we will take a look back at the biggest headline makers and how we covered them. i'm natalie morales alongside willie geist and maria larosa and honey boo-boo, not so sure. waking you up. meanwhile, ahead, still

making new year's eve plans? a lot of you are. and meanwhile, if you have little ones, you may want to get creative as you bring in the new year. plus, as you pack for a trip, do you struggle to get the necessi necessities to fit? we will compete in a friendly challenge to see who packs the best bag. i think i have had more practice than willie does. >> you never had a friendly challenge. you're competitive. >> i reinforce friendly challenge and mia will show us the way to do it. did you know you can actually get paid to shed those unwanted pounds? we'll tell you about that and hot health trends to watch in the new year. maria has the weather trend. lots to talk about. >> the northeast system impacting and heavy rains. and tomorrow, more showers and thunderstorms across the south. more snow into parts of the ohio

vehic valley and great lakes, not so much like this stiystem but som areas could pick up 3-6 and new york to boston and buffalo and maine. more showers and thunderstorms for the southeast. notice the thunderstorms calming down but sunday pretty cold for a lot of us, the book ends from the west to the northeast n >> the wind will be picking up. there are some flurries out to the north and west. temperatures hold pretty steady >> that's a look at your weather.

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works if it's easy for the parents. the first thing we have them doing is making a craft, a time capsule. what we've been talking about all morning. these are cookie tins. >> you put it in a tin made in john jar? >> they whipped up construction paper. you want to put in anything you remember from the year, your favorite songs and movies. even fabric swatches depending how long you want to put this away for. >> and open it the following year. >> open it for the following year. >> i love that idea! what's happening? oh. it's glued to the table. okay, guys. >> crafts and games, you always want to keep the little ones busy and happy. you know what they're doing? >> they're going bowling. >> they're going bowling with

toilet paper. we're calling it snowballs. >> go ahead. let's see. >> everybody has a toilet papert home. >> give it your best shot. >> it's kid friendly and you can do it even if you're spashally challenged in an apartment. a fun game. kids throw it and rebuild it back up. >> they can do this all night long. believe me, i have seen adults get in on this. >> it's a fun way. you like the idea of a snack station the kids can decorate, too. >> kids love to play with their food. this is the perfect place to do it. it couldn't get any quicker than this. >> these are your two guys? >> these are my two guys and we've been decorating these things. mom and dodd, go online. you have the pretzels and donuts and they can decorate them. >> you guys want to go ahead? get busy. >> you all right?

schwans.com. get some tubes of icing, all deficit colors. >> it's the new year's. a not so healthy snack. >> these are fun snacks. you want the kids to be having fun. >> a lot of sugar to let them stay up until midnight. >> if you let them stay up? or do the fake midnight, 9:00 p.m. >> on the west coast, doing a new york new year's eve, you can still be in bed at 9:00. we can turn those clocks back. >> you like the idea of making them feel like grownups and giving them a punch bowl drink. >> this is simple to do ahead of time. you know the guests come, asking for something different, milk and juice, if you put out fun straws, cranberry juice and ging ginger ale, add sparkling water. and this makes it perfect for the kiddos.

>> bring in the new year. >> bring in the new year. a lot of people bring in spark ling kreidecriesider -- cider, kid's drink. >> good job! you almost got your sister, too! >> everything is about the kids. >> now, you got your brother back. i saw that. getting a little violent here. >> noise maker time. >> this is what we did when i was a kid, had the wooden spoons and pots and pans. everybody come over. >> come on, we'll ring in the new year and count down. everybody grab a pot or lid. >> i'll hold that for you. >> come on here. that one's glued down, too. i have the same problem. >> here you go. hold that. >> you know how to make noise? >> we'll do our countdown.

>> let's countdown to the new year. ready? count down from 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! happy new year! happy new year, maureen. thanks so much. thank you, guys. hope you have a great new year and hope you guys have a fun fun time celebrating, ringing it in. coming up next, getting paid to lose weight. hot health trends to look forward to in 2013. strength and determination are human too. so are dinner dates and birthday cake. introducing the new weight watchers 360 program. built for human nature so you can expect amazing. ♪ on top of the world right now ♪ join for free and expect amazing. because it works.

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new year, new you, is brought to you by kelloggs. >> this morning on new year new you, the health and fitness trends to look for in 2013. a lot of you will make a resolution to lose some weight when that ball drops monday night. this morning, a head start with "today's" nutritionist, joy bauer. good to see you. processed foods will make it a little more simple, is that the idea this year? >> i think what we're going to be seeing in 2013 which ill excite a lot of health conscious

consumers is processed foods will continue to clean up its acts. these are favorite not so healthy brands. you can see the ingredient list, there are 60 items and some are suspect. hydrogenated oil and artificial colors and dyes and some even have nitrate. because of consumer demands, we want more natural foods and we're also looking closely and hard at the ingredient labels. i'm happy to say companies, a lot of these companies as well from breakfast cereals to snack cakes are reformulating to give us simpler, shorter and more natural ingredients. >> does it make them healthier? >> it does. we still have to watch calories but i like the fact we can feel better about the processed items we put in our body even though we should eat less process and more whole. >> you're telling me poptarts are okay in the new year. >> cocoa.

>> cocoa, thanks to new impressive research showing flavin ols in the cocoa been help keep our arteries happy, healthy and elastic. much more than chocolate bars you see premium items. this is a boiling chocolate. we brew coffee beens to make coffee. taste this. this is brewed cocoa, literally. it's potent, bitter, but it's so fun. >> that's good. >> it's a great gift, loaded with flavin ols. >> this is called cocoavia. they tyke these packages a super concentrated extract. you can take this coffee and put it into a smoothie or oatmeal and you heighten the health quotient because you're getting all those great flavinols. >> so far, poptarts and cocoa, i'm totally on board with this

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they won't help you lose weight. i love you get a shot of nutrition with sugar. this is beet eggplant and chocolate sauce. >> i will taste this and want to hear about the popcorn, we only have a few seconds left. >> popcorn is continuing to explode from the fit variety, 40 calories per cup. i love quinn came out with a safe non-toxic version. parmesan flavored. and peanut butter drizzled with dark chocolate and sea salt variety. >> thank you very much. >> i am excited about 2013 from poptarts to popcorn. >> lots of great stuff. >> thanks so much. natalie and i go head to head with who packs the better suitcase. on "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios,

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willie is breaking out into a sweat this morning. the most efficient way to pack for your next trip, some tips. first, you're challenging us to a packing trip? >> a pack-off. >> let me be clear, it's not about beauty. about getting it in and getting it there. >> this little bag -- >> that little bag -- everything on this table came in these two suitcases and we unpacked it. shall we get started? all right. get the clock ready, 3, 2, 1, go! >> these are underwear. >> underwear. >> shoes. natalie is doing some -- i'm trying to find the shoe bag. >> she's in trouble. i came out of the gate very hot. >> very hot. shoe bags. >> i'm not sure what willie's technique is. >> it's not about technique. >> willie, okay --

>> my method is get it there in one piece and worry about it when you arrive. >> what do you do when you get to the hotel. what is this? i wouldn't wear this. i'm not bringing this on the trip. you have to bring this ideological crushed vel svet blazer. >> don't forget the clothes, willie. zip it up. >> i am ready. >> i am ready to go to the airport. natalie, what happened over there? >> i'm doing it neat. you forget, i pack for all my kids, too. >> i'm out of here. >> wow! willie is off to security. he is going to get pulled over. >> willie, what do you do when you get your liquids out for tsa? >> i keep them small so they don't take them. >> you have to take them out. >> you will be that guy that will have your stuff all hanging out at the tsa, like underwear and socks. >> natalie did nice things.

she reads travel&leisure and put shoes in shoe bags. you on the other hand don't mind shoes that are dirty. >> no. why would they be dirty. just to be clear, i won, right? i'm at the airport, natalie is still at home packing. >> who said they were into competition. >> when they pull you over for a full body search, it's your problem. >> my liquids are right on top. >> first thing to pack is- >> the shoes in the bag. >> i gave you shoe bags you chose not to use. you chose to use packing for your underwear. you knew what to do. that's okay. you use the packing cube. this is where all your underwear and delicates go. >> i put stuff in here. >> that's for dirty laundry. >> then the shoes here. i like these colorful shoe bags. >> you roll. so it doesn't wrinkle, right. >> see how little space it takes. put your shoes in the shoe bags. we've got this.

>> i did that. did exactly that. >> look how teeny it gets. >> did i have one of those? i did, didn't i? i didn't know what that was. >> that's a jacket. >> isn't that great? >> another thing is about the number of shoes you take. latent fingerprint the quantity. i have a number of friends who say overdress and underpack. i've got my most bulky shoes on. i have my boots on, another pair of shoes here. then you've got this that goes here and if you have a purple blazer you couldn't figure o out -- >> put it on top. >> so you can throw it on. >> who wins, quickly. >> you know what, i feel like it's not even a tie. you were getting things in the suitcase and his is a mess. >> i'm on the plane, she's home. >> thank you for playing. good job. >> kathie lee and hoda coming up. >> after the local news and weather. >> after the local news and weather.

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