good morning. breaking overnight, off the job. officer darren wilson resigns from the ferguson, missouri police department. wilson was cleared in the shooting death of michael brown. says he doesn't want to put officers or residents at risk. we're live with the latest. ray rice's wife claiming roger goodell knew from the start what happened in that elevator. >> so when the commissioner of the nfl roger goodell says ray was ambiguous and the nfl says it was starkly different sequence of events, is the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he's telling the truth. >> this morning, more from janay

rice. finally free, an incredible turn of events for an american couple held overseas accused in the death of their daughter. overnight they were released on their way home. fall from grace, the lead singer of the popular 90s band creed says he's now broke. in a series of rants, scott stapp says it's not his fault. how did he go from millions to penniless? we have that on "today" november 30, 2014. and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm craig melvin. lest per enjoys his extended

weekt. >> nice to have you with with us. not sure if lester traveling today. if he is, he's one of tens of millions hitting the road, rails, skies coming home. see those dots there? those planes are the flights just in the northeast right now. you can imagine how many other flights around the country when all said and done, nearly 2.5 million people will be flying home on this lovely sunday. >> weather wise we're not dealing with the storm we had on wednesday when thanksgiving started off. looks good minus rain in california. weather will not add to problems. >> looks like wood. >> good deal. >> folks will get home. >> yes. be nice to fellow travelers. everything will be fine. >> we'll get more on the forecast in a moment. we start with today's top story, the resignation of police officer darren wilson. he's responsible for the shooting death of michael brown.

he stepped down say ago he hopes his resignation brings calm to ferguson. >> craig good morning. darren wilson avoided prosecution last week when a grand jury decided not to charge him in brown's death. his resignation comes with another high profile grand jury case expected here in new york shortly. >> darren wilson no longer a member of the ferguson police department this morning. in a resignation letter released last night, wilson wrote, i have been told my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the city of ferguson at risk which is a circumstance i cannot allow. it was my hope to continue to police work, but the safety of other police officers and community are of pair mount importance to me. it's my hope my resignation allows the community to heal. the attorney representing the family of michael brown, the teen shot to death by wilson,

made a statement saying wilson made a personal decision in his best interest given the circumstances. some local residents are unimpressed. >> the way i feel, he should be behind bars. >> this comes with the grand jury deciding whether to indict a police officer for arresting a man using a choke hold owe, a confrontation caught on tape. >> i was minding my business officer. please leave me alone. >> when eric gardener was stopped by police on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. his final moments, the 43-year-old's last word would become a rallying cry. >> we don't know what the outcome is, but we're praying. we're still praying because through all this, we know god

has the last word. >> the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide caused in part by the choke hold. the officer says the death was more a result of his poor health. the grand jury decision could ignite protests here. detectives are sent to prepare for possible confrontations. >> thank you. we are learning more about the circumstances surrounding ray rice's suspension from the nfl. in her exclusive interview with matt lauer, his wife janay opens up after the video was surfaced of him attacking her in an elevator. kristen has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. rice's' former teams raven as take on the charger this is afternoon afternoon in baltimore where fans will have strong reaction for the decision to reinstate the former running

back. there's questions about rice's future and renewed scrutiny of nfl commissioner goodell. >> fresh reaction from baltimore fans afteran arbitrator reinstated ray rice who's currently without an nfl team. >> i think everyone should be given at least a second chance. >> it was awful. he could have killed her. >> i'm glad he's back. hope he gets picked up by a good team. >> in an exclusive interview, janay rice is shedding light on the a new deal. goodell initially suspend d rice two months but then after the video surfaced he suspended him indefinitely. goodell justified it saying rice was ambiguous in the original meeting. >> was ray ambiguous? >> not in any way. i feel if they wanted to know more details they would have asked. there were no further questions.

it's been consistent with everything he's been saying since february. >> when the commissioner goodell says ray was ambiguous and nfl says it was starkly different sequence of events, is the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he's telling the the truth. i know for a fact that ray told the honest truth that he's been telling since february. >> you think the league and commissioner covered their butts? >> they did what they had to do for themselves. >> she was complimentary saying he did what he felt was fair. the commissioner is facing renewed calls to step down. >> he's running the nfl which makes a ton of money. i don't think he's going to be going anywhere any time soon. >> reporter: now we asked nfl officials if they had reaction to janay rice's comments about

goodell so far they have though the responded. the nfl general council sent a memo to club owners and presidents which reads in part a, quote, no part of judge jones's decision questions the commissioner's honesty or integrity nor his good faith. the memo states the nfl revised policies in the wake of the rice incident to make the guidelines clearer. erica, back to you. >> kristen, thank you. watch more of matt's exclusive interview with ray and janay rice tomorrow on "today." now to an incredible reunion four years in the making. a young boy is safe with his mother this morning. police say he was kept captive in his father's house four years. kerry sanders is outside the georgia home where he was being held. >> reporter: police believe they're investigating what started as a custody battle and

led to a kidnapping four years ago. in the home over my shoulder, they found an area with a false wall. behind that wall, a 13-year-old boy. >> it was an emotional reunion filled with tears and grateful prayers. a mother tightly hugging her son, a 13-year-old she has not seen in four years. police say they were called to this house in jones burrow, jorng george late friday night for a welfare check on a child. when officers arrived, several denied knowing anything but gave them permission to search. >> they didn't locate a child and left the premises. >> around 2:00 in the morning, police got another call, this time while still at the house. the boy called his mother to say he was kept behind a false wall. >> from all indications, it appears the child was being hidden. the neighbor says her son was

friends with the boy. >> if there was any issues, i honestly did not -- he didn't show it. maybe he was too scared to say anything. i don't know. >> another neighbor says he never saw anything that was suspicious. >> it's right under our nose. we could have done something if we had known. he was never in diss stress didn't seem like. >> the boy's father gregory and stepmother samantha have been charged with obstruction, false imprisonment and cruelty to children. >> reporter: the couple was unavailable for comment. they're still jailed. they are expected to be before a judge later today where they could actually face additional charges. craig? >> kerry sanders in georgia. thank you. shanel is following a story where an appeals court overturned a ruling of an

american couple. >> yes. good morning. the los angeles couple headed to the airport after the conviction was overturned a few hours ago. matthew and grace were sentenced to three years in prison found guilty of child endangerment following the 8-year-old's death last year. prosecutors said the child, adopted from africa, died after being denied food and locked in her room. the parents say she had an eating disorder often seen in children of similar backgrounds. the family was in cut tar on work assignment and forgbidden o leave. the u.s. government lobbied on their behalf. the search and rescue team will be back out looking the for the missing ohio state football player. saturday, fans observed a moment of a silence for the senior last seen wednesday after sending his mother a text apologizing for the effect concussions had on his head. the coast guard is investigating what caused a fishing boat to sink off the coast of oregon injuring three

people. five were pull ed from the dark and cold pacific waters saturday in a dramatic rescue. three were taken by helicopter, while two more were rescued by boat after issues this may day call. >> do you have a life raft on board over? >> yes roger. i have a life raft. i'm 75 feet in length and it's though the looking good. >> the pilot of a small plane walked away after making a crash landing on a connecticut street saturday. the aircraft apparently lost control and slammed onto a street used for bus traffic. fortunately no one was hurt. soccer star david deck ham and his son were shake aen up after a car accident north of london saturday. they were reportedly saved by air bags in beckham's a audi and walked away uninjured as did the passengers in the other car. frightening moments at a basketball court in new york. a referee was whacked in the face by a player's elbow sending

him crashing onto the court. the game was stopped. the crowd went silent before the ref was taken to the hospital. finally, did thanksgiving cook black friday? early numbers show friday sales slipped with more retailers offering disz counts thursday evening. those sales jumped 24% compared to last year. so, now i hear it's time to get ready for cyber monday. this year, tablets and your phones are expected to surpass desk shoing. people will be shopping with these everywhere they go. >> it's just so easy. >> i've been known to do a little myself. thanks. >> dylan, what's our shopping weather? >> shopping weather and travel weather looks okay. there's not a lot going on. totally different from wednesday when we kicked off the thanksgiving weekend. we have rain near san francisco. look at the country now. things are okay at the major hubs. moisture coming in on shore.

heaviest rain north of san francisco and mountain snow. could be moderate delays that way. dry in new york, win can i did in denver, dry in dallas. early clouds and then we'll see improveme improvements. will be a few light showers from houston to great lakes. they will be light and not cause many problems on the roads. fog could be an issue >> hi, i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. you are going to notice a difference in our temperatures. we are going to warm above average. temperatures range between 51 and 55 degrees. cloudy and milder. ten to 15 miles per hour. breezy as we head into the afternoon. 59 degrees and a to-degree drop moves in heading into tuesday with the chance of showers early

tuesday morning and wednesday. wilson has resigned. could he face federal charges? chuck todd is moderator of meet the press. nice to see you. good morning. >> good morning erica. >> in hours after the decision was announced, the president came out, spoke and called for call. there seems to be pressure as protests continue to go along. is there pressure on the president this week in washington. if so, what would that look like? >> the only more in this case would be what you referred to at the beginning. the justice department pursues civil rights investigation into the incident itself in ferguson or perhaps an investigation into the grand jury process. that would be it. you know, the president in his remarks also said the process needs to be respected. i thought that was a small

signal basically him saying you know what, we are not going to continue to go down this road. we are not going to undermine the grand jury process that took place in ferguson. >> this has sparked a lot of debate in the country about race relations where things stand under the president say of president obama. i know this is something you're tackling today on meet the press. >> we are. we have a panel diversed on this idea because it's amazing six years into the historic presidency like president obama, first african-american president, elected to presidency that both whites and african-americans don't believe race relations are better now than they were ten years ago. the question is why is that? there's certainly some supporters of the president that believe on issues of race at this point in his presidency, he gets stuck between a rock and hard place. no matter what he does. if he speaks out he gets criticized bipolarizing. if he doesn't, he gets

criticized by african-americans that he's not leading on the issue. it's certainly an issue an incident like this happens. we always say we'll have the big tough conversation and then sweep it under the rug as fast as we can. >> we'll look forward to that conversation on meet the press. before we let you go, on a lighter note, the president and first daughters, three of many doing christmas shopping this weekend. they were in a bookstore. they came upon your book. i want to take a listen to what they had to say. >> oh chuck todd. let's see what chuck has to say. the stranger, barack obama. >> it might be coming out a little fast. sad. >> he's so sad. >> so before everybody gets up in arms here, they weren't

calling your book sad, maybe the cover. >> i think it was the picture. why did he look so sad in the picture? i don't know. i'm sure my publisher says thank you to the president. >> probably. >> any publicity is good publicity. i look forward to him reading the book. look forward to the conversation i have with him after. >> it makes a fine holiday gift for anybody looking. >> a stocking stuffer. absolutely. >> send your check to erica. >> we appreciate it. thanks. just ahead on "today." classless. we'll tell you why one staffer is apologizing for what she said about the obama girls. that's right after thi ♪ when hollywood's premiere jewelry designer, neil lane, creates a ring for today's biggest stars... ...he designs it to look fabulous from every angle. and for his collection at kay jewelers... ...he does the exact. same. thing. yes! neil lane bridal. uniquely beautiful hand-crafted rings at kay, the number one jewelry store in america. my collection is vintage inspired...

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social media is all about it after the online post and subsequent apology after making a accident about the president's daughters. >> shanel is following this from the orange room. >> the representatives director in a facebook post friday criticized the obama girls appearance at the turkey ceremony party. here's what she wrote, dear sasha and malia, i get you're in the awful teen years. she went on to say they looked like they were dressed like they were going to a bar. hours later, an apology. after hours of prayer, talking to my parents and reading comments online, i can see how clearly that my comments were hurtful. she says i'd like to apologize

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"nbc 10 news" starts now. >> good morning. i'm rosemary conners. it's squusjust a few minutes be 8:30. let's get a check of the forecast from brittney shipp. a lot warmer today than yesterday. >> you'll notice the difference as soon as you step outside. we are going to see temperatures in the mid 50s as we head into the afternoon. there's a live look at the poconos. that's going to be an active spot for today. 43 degrees in philadelphia. 40 in mount holly. 48 degrees in wildwood. pushing into the rest of your afternoon, expect temperatures to warm above average in the mid 50s as we head into your 4:00 hour. by 8:00 p.m., 49 degrees and cool. >> thank you, brittney. now to some breaking news into nbc 10. the discovery of a body in philadelphia. police told us just homes ago that someone found the body of a man along webster street in cobb's creek. we're still gathering some more information on this breaking story. we do have a crew on the way to the scene. as soon as we get more info, we

will pass it along to you. be sure to stay with nbc 10 and nbc10.com for updates. new from overnight, philadelphia police are investigating this crash in germantown that sent one person to the hospital. investigators say a sedan slammed into a parked car at wayne avenue and west walnut lane. the victim was a passenger in the sedan. it's not clear what caused the crash. i'm rosemary conners. now back to the "today" show. brittney and i will see you at 9:00 for a full hour and a half of news.

we are back to sunday morning, november 30, 2014. >> this is crazy. nice, quiet year. >> nice to have so many on the plaza on this sunday. give us a scream. happy crowd. >> we're going to see a little more of the crowd in a moment. we've got to get you caught up on the morning's headlines. darren wilson no longer works for the ferguson, missouri police department after resigning saturday saying he didn't want to put the community and police department at risk. he was not charged by the grand jury in brown's death. a 13-year-old boy is back with his mom this morning after

he was allegedly held captive four years by his father and stepmother who had been keeping him behind a fake wall. they're now in jail. and a couple who had an appeals court overturn their ruling and allow them to return to the u.s. this morning. why is the lead singer of creed claiming he has no money and homeless? we'll look at the rant he posted on facebook about why he's under attack. this is crazy. americans consume more than 80 pounds of sugar a year. that is in so many much we don't even realize. that was just for one meal. it is a staggering number. it turns out some could have a true addiction to sweets. we'll tell you what one group is doing to help people break that

habit. how would you like to shop this holiday season and support charities? we'll tell you how to do both. we're thrilled to have edward norton in studio 1a live. you may know him from his movies. he's going to tell us why we should all a consider giving back this tuesday. we'll talk to him in a bit. before we get to, that you have a quick check of the forecast. >> we do. i have kids behind you. all these kids want for christmas this year is to be on the "today" show. i'm going to help with that. now you immediate to come up with toys for the top of your list. let's check the weather a across the country. most of our travel spots out in the west. we've got rain and a lot of it moving from san francisco down to la. r much needed rain. keep in mind that could lead to mudslides tuesday and wednesday.

then you head east. talking about a cold snap. 6 degrees in bismark. minneapolis 8 monday, 10 green bay. st. louis it will drop down to 34 degrees. we're looking at our warmest temperatures up and down the east coast. it's a nice morning in new york city. temperatures in the southeast top out in 70s. mountain snow through the rockies and r i'm brittney shipp. as we head to the rest of today, you're going to notice a difference in our temperatures. we're going to warm above average. temperatures range between 51 and 55 degrees. cloudy and milder. wind speeds out of the southwest. 10 to 15 miles per hour. breezy as we head into the afternoon. even warmer for your monday. a 20-degree drop moves in heading into tuesday, with a chance of showers early tuesday morning and wednesday. and that's your latest forecast.

erica? >> turning now to the fall from grace for creed singer scott stapp. in a series of online post, he says he's broke and putting blame on a number of different places. jacob has more. ♪ >> anyone with a radio at the turn of the century knew the rock band creed and the song "with arms wide open." the group became one of the best selling artists of their time. then lead singer scott stapp found success on his own. his latest album released just last year. soldout concerts and platinum records aren't always enough. >> what's up guys? scott here. there's been a couple of weeks i've had to sleep in my truck. i had no money, though the even for gas or food. >> speaking from a florida holiday inn last week, he says he didn't lose everything, it

was stolen. >> right now i'm under some kind of previcious attack. >> in three videos posted to facebook and since deleted, he blames banks, irs and record companies. >> i've reached out to secret service, to fbi, all of which just completely ignore me. >> scott stapp's facebook video is disturbing. he sounds like a man who is out of touch with reality. >> the videos come a month after a stapp's wife filed for divorce. stapp says he's fighting rumors he's a heavy drugging user. >> i'm going to expose and going to fight every single individual that is responsible for this. >> we reached out to stapp and a business manager and have not heard back. the rock star once worth $30 million now crying out for help. >> i'm not asking for you to feel sorry for me. >> for today, jacob rascon, nbc

news. if you love sweets, you know sometimes it can be hard to stop eating them. for some people that makes sense. there's growing evidence sugar can actually become addiction. there's help out there. maria shriver has more on the treatment program helping people kick their need for sweets. >> this is sobriety for sandy len ordonard leonard. lots of high profile and low sugar foods. >> you came here and found out you're a sugar a addict? >> a teacher from tennessee, she just graduated from one of the universities for people hooked on sugar. >> little debbies were my best friend. >> she began binging on tweets to cope with anxiety over work

and her son leaving for college. >> i would hide them places in my home, in my car. >> when you ate or eat sugar, do you get a high from it like a person gets a high from a drug? >> yes. when i would finish the sugar, it would last an hour. i was needing some more. >> she's not alone. among middle aged women, one in 12 suffers from a food addiction. experts say hormonal changes on top of work and family stress lead many to sooth themselves with sugar. while not recognized as an official disorder, research suggests, sugar binging can disrupt reward centers in the brain and cause same withdrawals as illegal drugs. >> the effect of sugar is to cause changes that literally keep you a addicted. >> in her best selling booking "the hunger fix "the doctor offers a science based recovery diet for sugar addicts.

now taught at nation's largest group of residential treatment centers. >> i don't want her to relapse. we've got to feed her delicious, satisfying food that will kill carb cravings. that marvelous combination of pro teen and fiber. >> this little debbie, how do you feel looking at it? >> i don't feel anything. i'm more interested this the dish over there. >> this is why we say the brain is plastic. we can teach it new ways to perceive all of this. >> after a month of therapy, sandy has redesigned her diet and uses exercise to sooth herself rather than sweets. >> i still get my fix on healthy things instead of processed sugar that were in the foods i was eating. >> her recovery is one bite at a time. >> makes a lot of sense. >> there are times you finish dinner and it's not complete without something sweet. >> and the other way maybe our

taste buds have grown for it. you read the labels for things for kids. the amount of sugar in yogurt, they're probably better off eating a candy bar. >> thank you aunt dylan. one man says he is responsible for the friendly fire death of pat tillman and responsible for the friendly fire death of pat tillman and ♪ responsible for the friendly fire death of pat tillman and ♪ ♪

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back now on this sunday morning with the story of two men that became elite army rangers inspired to fight for their country after the september 11 attacks. their faith eventually collided in afghanistan. one died and was celebrated as an american hero. the other who you're about to meet will carry the burden of a tragic fate that would turn his life inside out. >> what i could barely make out was humani infigure. >> he's telling about the night in afghanistan he believes he

shot and killed a fellow soldier. >> what made you fire? >> we had been coming out of an enemy after bush coupled with the fact we had no knowledge of friendly in the area. >> friendly fire has always been a part of fire. few cases have grabbed the headlines like the 2004 shooting of nfl player turned army ranger pat tillman. now stephen elliott is making headlines of his own stepping from the shadows to say he thinks he shot tillman. >> in my mind you're not considering even the possibility that if there's muzzle flashes, if there's human figures or shapes adjacent, they have to be bad guys. there couldn't be good guys. he and another soldier fired. >> pat tillman was killed of one of two weapons, one of which the caliber you were firing. where does that lead you in terms what happened and whether

you ultimately took his life? >> that forensic knowledge hasn't changed my sense of responsibility for my portion of the tragedy. >> the road leading up to his painful admission was littered with his unraveling emotional state. >> if i didn't drink, i couldn't sleep. reliving scenes of war in the form of a nightmare was common. >> in the midst of it, he got married. >> honestly i didn't understand the true depth of what he went through million recently. >> only when elliott recognized ptsd was tearing him apart. he and his wife decided to share his story for the sake of of suffering vets. >> they're not unique at all with respect to a lot of trauma people are trying to work through.

>> he soon found a way to reach out to other traumatized vets as their advocate in this washington courtroom. >> truth is you've earned a lot of credit with the courts. >> veteran's court is a diversion program for criminal defendants with conditions related to military service. presides judge brent buckley asked elliott to help. >> i thought it would be helpful for folks to hear his story. here's somebody who's made a real success of their life in the face of those experiences. >> this was to help other veterans. was it helpful to you? >> the biggest benefit, it cures you on some level of the myth of isolation. >> as he journeys along his road to healing and redemption, elliott accepts what happened will always be a part of him, but he says it won't define him. >> there were ultimately two shooters aiming where pat

tillman was. if someone came out with evidence saying low and behold it was the other guy's bullet, not yours, would that change anything? >> no. i still fired there and made that choice. all of us felt responsibility. if that was the case, i wouldn't want -- >> take your time. >> if that was the case, i wouldn't want trevor to bear that burden by himself. >> you were both firing in that a same location. >> yeah. >> stephen elliott told lester he's in the process of writing a book. proceeds go to help veterans in need, a cause very near and dear to his heart. just ahead, armstrong is

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mario's top three. how about shopping and giving at the same time? mario armstrong is today's digital lifestyle correspondent. he has that and more this morning. let's start with the watch. this is a martian watch. >> this is the name of the brand. this is the notifier watch. $79 on amazon. it connects blue tooth to your phone. it has l.e.d. display. it gets read out, caller id, text messages, calendar alerts, all that without you reaching for your phone. >> and the cost? >> $79. >> and the app. good shop is the app. this is an app that is free that allows you to give back while you actually shop. what you do is go onto the app, download it. then you choose the organizations you want some of your transactions to be donate add

ed to. when you choose the store. choose your cause. once you choose the cause say the wounded warrior project which is what a i chose, then it would show up. any time you do a transaction, a percentage will go to the wounded warrior project. i can choose different stores. if i chose foot locker, i get a 3% donation off what i was going to buy any way to that particular organization. they have coupon codes and everything. doesn't make sense to shop without using something like this to give back. >> our last one this morning is one very near and dear to your heart. >> the never settle club. this is an online community of positivity. it's about helping people reach their goals through other members. everybody is all in to help people go after their dreams and passions with help and support to do that. >> you showed up with your posse

this morning. >> we have a huge posse. this is 2,000 members from across the country. we just kicked off this summer. >> how do you help them? >> video lessons, homework, action plans and zbiguides. it's motivation so you canning live the life you're supposed to live. we're going to recruit you next. >> let's send over to dylan with today's plaza friend of the day. >> thanks craig. speaking of the never settle club, we brought in a family who's a member. this is rachel from madison, connecticut. take it away. >> still to come on today, actor edward norton live in studio 1a to talk to you about you can give back in a major way tuesday. first, these

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back on a sunday joined by edward norton on the couch. he's joining us to talk about something he's passionate about. as as the founder of the website, you've put a lot out to the "today" show. edward is here to tell us about that. nice to have you with us. in reaction to the craziness of the thanksgiving night and black friday and cyber monday, you are continuing what has been started over the last couple of years, giving tuesday. what is giving tuesday? >> giving tuesday was a brilliant response to the whole idea of kind of the commercial shopping frenzy. it basically said the holiday season in addition to being the shopping season is also sort of the giving season. it's when a lot of people

reflect on causes they want to support, a lot of best organizations many the world using the end of the year and holidays as their big end of the year drive. what clever people with 92y and foundation did was come up with giving tuesday after thanksgiving as a rallying point for organizations to say let's kick off the charitable season. it was very successful. they came to us at crowd rise because we focus on kind of creative leverage for people and activism and organizations. what we all came up with together for this giving tuesday was the idea of giving tower which was -- we felt people liked the idea of seeing in a fun way what the impact of their giving is. we worked with this reality company to make it so that any person that donates on giving tuesday can see their donation as a brick in the giving tower.

>> we have this app here. i'm going to put a dollar on the table. i'm going to try to work on this. this is a shot. each of these boxes is someone that has donated. >> your face is on there? >> there's non profit organizations involved. anybody that donates gets a brick in the giving tower. it is actually right now taller than the pyramid of giza. >> sometimes you're at home and feel you want to give but you think, where does my money really go? you can actually see it. >> it's like a rallying point or a movement. it's also -- a lot of organizations -- we have big partners like the red cross and u.n. foundation. lots of amazing small say organizations really rely on the end of the year. >> crowd rise, quickly.

>> crowd rise was the flat form we started facebook of philanthropy. it allows people to set up charities for organizations, friends in crisis, medical expenses and thing this is like that. >> giving tuesday last year you saw a rise of 90% from 2012. >> we think we can double it. check it out at crowd rise.com/giving tower. download the app. >> thanks for coming in. >> we didn't get to talk about your movie. first time we've had edward norton. >> we'll come back to that. >> we'll hold you to that. we've got you on cam weather. >> thanks so much for watching this morning. don't forget to watch meet the press. talking about whether the president is under pressure to do more after the ferguson protests. >> nice to have you with

"nbc 10 news" starts now. >> this morning, a family holds out hope as the search continues in philadelphia for a missing college student. he disappeared after a night out with friends. we're live with an update on what police are doing today to find him. amtrak has extra trains in service and the airport is brace for what will be the busiest travel day of the year as throngs of people head home after the thanksgiving holiday. as we take a live look over center city, we're expecting dry conditions today. we'll also get a brief break from the cold, just in time to do some holiday decorating. good morning. i'm rosemary conners. this is "nbc 10 news today." it's 9:00 on this sunday.