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compared to what terrorists are doing. >> they don't use waterboarding over there. they use chopping off people's heads. >> as a new poll, a national poll, shows him holding on to a double-digit lead. intense manhunt. new orleans police identify the gunman in this chilling video. a medical student shot in the stomach for stepping in to help a woman being attacked. >> we know who you are, and you need to know that we are going to find you. >> this morning the all-out search for the suspect. and concussion controversy. the st. louis rams quarterback hits his head hard on the turf and appears dazed as he struggles to get up, so why didn't anyone check on him, and why was he left in the game? questions facing his coaches and the nfl today, monday, november 23rd, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

welcome to "today" on a monday morning, the start of a holiday week, and i have to say a lot of jitters in this country and around the world. >> unfortunately, that's a part of these holidays. sometimes the nerves get ratcheted up especially in light of what's happened overseas. >> new round of raids overnight in belg as police hunt for the alleged paris attacker salah abdeslam, but so far he has managed to evade them. we're going to talk to secretary kerry in just a moment, but first nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely is in you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. brussels hasn't seen so many armored vehicles and troops on its streets since world war ii. the terror threat level here couldn't be higher, 22 raids overnight in this city and in a city of charloix but the isis militant, the man they are looking for, is still free. the heart of brussels, normally packed with tourists and

commuters, now filled with armed police and troops. warning that an attack might be imminent, they moved in overnight to half a dozen districts. police here have been told to prepare for an anti-terror operation. this city is still on high alert. there were 22 raids in all, 16 people arrested. their main target was the belgium isis militant, salah abdeslam one the of the paris attackers who fled to the brussels area. they didn't get him. they fear he might have an explosive suicide belt. the man who drove him here said he had been wearing a thick jacket. his brother went on belgium tv to say he believed salah had pulled out of the paris attacks at the last minute. it's not my hope, he says. it's my belief. salah is clever. brussels is in lockdown for a third down. children aware of the terror threat. >> they are afraid. children, they are crying. >> more aware of the danger than normally you.

french president visited the concert hall, scene of the deadliest attack, with britain's prime minister. the american band that were playing that night, eagles of death metal, have spoken for the first time in an interview about the fans who were killed. >> the killers were able to get in and kill every one of them except for a kid hiding under my jacket. people were playing dead and were so scared. a great reason why so many were killed is because so many people wouldn't leave their friends. >> the band and two cities today still reeling from the attacks. headquarters of nato. stay home. it's also the virtual capital of the european union, but it's also a city from where hundreds of fighters have left a fight for isis in syria so they have good reason here to be worried savannah, matt? >> all right, bill neely in thanks so much.

>> an worries here, too. there's heightened security concerns as we ent they are thanksgiving week. police departments across the country making sure they are prepared just in case. nbc's stephanie gosk is in times square in new york city this morning. stephanie, good morning. >> hey, good morning, savannah there. may be some americans feeling a bit rattled as they get ready to travel for the holiday, but here in new york city they want -- law enforcement want to settle those nerves and also show that they aren't taking any chances. they invited the media to a mock active shooter, a drill, not that unlike the attack in paris, a chance for the police to prove that they are ready. an active shooter in a closed new york city subway, a scary thought, but this is just a drill. the nypd does a similar exercise for the media every year, but after the attacks in paris, this time there was a new twist. the shooter er er with a suicide vest the drill comes days before the

macy's thanksgiving day parade with an expected crowd of over 3.5 million. >> in new york city we are at this time very well prepared and continually improving that preparedness. but the idea is to get in and minimize the greatest degree possible the casualties. >> reporter: across the country many are feeling on edge. a statement claiming to be from the hacker group anonymous warned there may be a rash of isis attacks on sunday. >> whoa man. >> reporter: including at a wrestling event at phillips arena in atlanta. the group later denied releasing any information about a plot. the said there was no credible threat. fear in the sky as well with two international flights grounded in canada over the weekend. explosives were not found on either plane. and a southwest plane from indianapolis to l.a. was diverted to kansas city after the airline says several passengers exhibited suspicious behavior. >> i was really scared. i didn't know what was happening. it was just kind of a rough experience i guess >> reporter: unruly passengers

were questioned and then later released. on sunday president obama addressed possible growing fear in the u.s. while insisting isis will be destroyed. >> we do not succumb to fear. that's -- that's the primary power that these terrorists have over us. >> reporter: later this week, president obama will be meeting with french president francois hollande to talk about the international fight against terrorists, but here at home authorities are facing this evolving challenge and all the anxieties that go along with t.savannah? >> stephanie gosk, thank you so much. secretary of state john kerry is with us exclusive from abu dhabi. mr. secretary, good morning. let me ask you about the security situation here in the united states. administration officials have said there's no specific credible threat. on the other hand, officials in paris likely would have said the same thing the day before those attacks. how confident are you in assuring the american public that there isn't a threat that is imminent?

we don't have a specific threat stream or specific evidence in front of us, but there is always, as we've said to people for years, the threat of some actor, some lone wolf person, someone who slipped through. that's the world we're living in today, and we understand that. ever since 9/11 many experts across the united states, without regard to political party or to elections, have consistently said to us it's probably not a question of if. it's a question of when. >> well, let's talk -- >> now, we have every single effort being made by homeland security, by the fbi, by interpol, by intelligence communities to exchanging information, and people are working hard at this, and we have averted many different plots against the united states. >> let's talk about this strategy against isis. in recent days isis has managed to pull off attacks in paris, in

beirut and brought down a russian jetliner. by definition, doesn't that just show that u.s. policy is not working, that there needs to be a better strategy? >> what it shows is that isil has not yet been defeated, and we understand that. regrettably for four years this war in syria has been going on and people have been traveling from all over the world to the amazement of many people, but they have been traveling even from the united states to go fight in syria. so some people have returned to their homelands, and they have been taught the trade craft of terror regrettably, so, no. we've only had the coalition against daesh for one year now. we put that coalition together a year ago when daesh started to move through the region. >> but mr. secretary -- >> and the fact is that during that period of time about -- let me just finish -- about 25% of

controlled has been ten away from them. leadership has been eliminate the from the battlefield. whole towns and communities have been eliminated. the answer is no, it has to be picked up. the pace has to be picked up and more needs to be done, and everybody understands that. >> you know, picked up territory in other countries, they have expanded into other countries during this time that we've been fighting them. the president talks about his critics popping off and saying they have a better idea, but he's getting criticism from former members of his administration, leon panetta, the former cia director and defense secretary, hillary clinton, his former secretary of state, a top counterterrorism official in his administration michael vickers as well as dianne feinstein who is now the intel chair of the senate saying it's not sufficient. it's not enough, and it's not happening fast enough.

i just said to you i don't think fast enough. we're escalating our steps. the president even in the last weeks before paris took place made major decisions to put additional people on the grounds, special forces and took additional steps, some of which i can't talk about on the line here, but he has already been taking additional steps. now, yes, isil has brought in people in other countries. it hasn't expanded by moving to those other countries. it has taken terrorists who already exist in those other countries and they have pledged loyalty to daesh. that's different, and we know there are people who are terrorists in libya, in yemen, in afghanistan and other places. what daesh has succeeded in doing is attracting them because of what they have been doing on the ground in syria and in iraq,

attacking them in syria and iraq, and i am convinced that will increase even more so in the days ahead. as i said to you, a year ago there was no coalition against daesh. >> in a word, sir, is isis gaining strength? >> i believe isis is going to be defeat the. isis is not ten feet tall. i have absolute confidence that as we increase what we are doing today, as there is more now. here. arabians. everybody. there is a united front, and i am absolutely convinced that daesh will be defeated and there will be increased steps taken in order to do so, and what we need to do is not succumb to fear.

people need to not panic. there is a strategy in place growing by the day, and i have no doubt whatsoever that with the help of all the nations that are united against daesh they are going to be defeated, and we're going to do everything in our power to hasten that journey. >> secretary of state john kerry, thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we should mention when secretary kerry says daesh, same as isil, same as isis, different names for the same thing. >> another term, exactly. >> interesting to hear what he had to say. the paris attacks are changing the conversation on the campaign trail where donald trump is stirring up another controversy, and this morning new poll numbers show he has a sizable lead in the republican race. nbc national correspondent peter alexander has more on this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt, more evidence this morning that republican voters want change over experience. for the fourth straight month they believe donald trump is the man for the job.

the billionaire businessman viewed as the candidate best able to handle the economy, immigration and now the threat of terrorism, too. in the wake of the paris attacks, donald trump is only getting stronger, defiantly vowing to crack down on syrian refugees and american muslims. >> i don't want to close mosqueses. i want to surfail mosques. i want mosques surveilled >> reporter: heated rhetoric underscoring anti-islamic sentiments nationwide. a dozen protesters, some armed and masked lining up outside a texas mosque this weekend. trump, the gop front-runner, maintaining his ten-point lead over ben carson, according to a new national poll. marco rubio, the only other candidate in double digits, but as trump remains strong, once again controversy has followed. trump calling for a database of syrian refugees. >> we have no idea who these people are. when the syrian refugees are going to start pouring into this country. we don't know if it's isis or a trojan horse. >> and trump wouldn't rule out a

u.s. and candidate john kasich said that's unacceptable successfully flat out reject the idea we have them register. >> reporter: and he suggested we bring back water bush boarding. >> water boarding is peanut compared to what they do to us. >> reporter: and defending his you be substantiate the claim, he saw thousands and thousands of people celebrating the destruction of the win twirs. >> they were cheering as the world trade center came down. >> reporter: police and city officials say there's no evidence that ever occurred. donald trump has stirred up another controversy by re-tweeting a racially charged image that compares black on black murders to police killings. a couple problems here. the figures are not acura. they overstate the number of homicides committed by blacks, and the government agency that's listed there at the bottom, well, it's not actually an

agency that anyone can say exists. matt and savannah. >> peter alexander on this story. peter, thank you very much. >> as we mentioned, this is a holiday week. nearly 42 million people expected to travel in the coming days so al, you're on. what's the weather going to be? >> one half of the country looking pretty good, the other half not so much. let show you what we got this past weekend. we told you about a big snow storm coming out of the west, and it blanketed the midwest and the upper midwest at well. chicago picking upwards of 20 inches of snow in the suburbs and more is on the way. before we get to that, look at all this cold air. there's some 29 million people under some sort of a frost or freeze watch or advisory. 0s as you get into the great lakes. even as far south as atlanta. 31 right now. 33 in mobile. tallahassee at 40 degrees. look at watches and warnings now stretching across from texas all the way to the southeast. that's going to continue through the morning hours. you can see temperatures well below normal for this time of the year, and we ear also going

to see a warmup coming in. but the big travel troubles will west. big snow storm for salt lake city. there. you'll be looking at accumulating snow, and that continues into wednesday night. and very quickly, thursday, if you're not where you need to be, you'll have problems, dallas, heavy thunderstorms and denver accumulating snow. both big hubs, and that's going to mean big travel problems. we're going to get to your local >> jeremy: good morning.

blustery and cold with a mix of clouds and sunshine through the day. temperatures this morning in the upper 30s. this afternoon upper 30s an low 40s. but the winds will make it feel like the low to mid-30s the interday. patriots tonight taking on the bills down at gillette. it will be a cold night. wind will fade away during tailgate. temperatures at kickoff in the upper 20s. and for tomorrow, lots of sunshine. not as windy. still cold. wednesday mostly sunny skies. for the week, great traveling weather. no storms and a >> that's your latest weather. you and i were talking last week, i'm going with just a >> wow. >> 60 degrees for the parade. >> that's going to be nice. >> a lot of marchers love that, too. >> oh, yeah. thanks. >> fashion forecast as well from all right. now to the end of an era in racing. jeff gordon, one of the most popular drivers in nascar history, wrapped up his legendary career last night. hoda was his grand marshal of that final race and look at you. >> i didn't want to mess up my line. drivers, start your engines.

there was a lot of pressure on that. gordon started the race with a chance to win nascar's season championship. one of four drivers in contention for the sprint cup, but no matter who won all day was about jeff gordon. fans and a lot of fellow drivers celebrating his hall of fame career. how do you feel? >> i feel amazing. >> you feel all right? >> this is the best day of my life. other than my kids being born. >> really? how is it going to feel when you cross the finish line? >> it's going to feel great if i'm first. >> start your engines! four-time sprint cup champion and three-time daytona 500 and 990 first place finishes, jeff gordon long ago secured his place in racing history, but he never slowed down. >> yeah, baby. >> even two decades after his first championship, gordon found himself back in contention for the sprint cup. >> a great restart for jeff gordon. to the bottom of the track and to the front of the field! >> on sunday gordon briefly held

kyle busch took the checkered flag and the sprint cup championship. >> kind of weird. i don't know exactly how to take in this moment. excited. i'm a lot of things, but most of all i'm just proud. >> gordon's all-men good looks and clean cut image change the the face of nascar helping the sport move from its moon shine roots to madison avenue. when gordon first started owl fans of old-school drivers like dale earnhardt loved to root against the dapper young driver. but by the end, he had become a hero to a new generation of drivers, and the sport's top crossover star. >> to beat guys like this one right here, mr. four-time. >> now as gordon's number 24 crosses the line for the last time, he walks away from nascar on his terms, near the top of his game and most important of side. >> this is a heck of a career, great way to go out. it wasn't the championship but

i'm just so excited, happy and proud, especially having them here with me. >> wow. >> sure was a great way to go out. gordon is stepping away from driving full time he isn't ruling getting back behind the wheel for certain individual races and also dipped his toe, you guys, into the world of broadcasting. >> yeah. >> and i've got to say. >> gate. >> i love all the drivers, show up on stage holding the kids right before the race and just a great family atmosphere. it was cool. >> do it for us, one more time. >> drivers, start -- >> all right. >> and you've got a checkered flag that you're wearing. >> oh, you're right. >> hoda, thank you so much. still to come this morning, a disturbing crime to tell you about, and it was caught on camera. a medical student in new orleans shot as he was trying to help a woman being attacked. well, police are vowing to track down that shooter. we're going to be living with the massive manhunt this morning. and on a special "rossen reports," how do enjoy all your favorite thanksgiving favorites without overindulging. the simple tricks to carve calories out of your holiday but first on a monday morning,

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7:30 now on this mound morning, november 23rd, 2015 and every holiday cheer. don't have to wait until thursday. a special sneak peek at the macy's thanksgiving day parade live on our plaza coming up in the next half hour. >> nice sweater. welcome back, everyone. let talk about some of the stories making headlines right now. authorities in belgium detained 21 people and at least 22 raid overnight. the arrests are tied to what's been described as a serious and imminent paris-style attack that's prompted the country's

>> one of the last northern right rhinos in the world has died in the san diego zoo safari park. the 41-year-old female's health deteriorated after she suffered an infection and only three are left at at sanctuary in injured. >> and 16 people were injured last night when two groups started shooting at each at a playground in new orleans. a large crowd was gathering to record a music video at the time. the gunmen fled the scene before the police arrived. and now to another shooting in new orleans making headlines across the country. police launching an intense search this morning for the suspect seen in a chilling surveillance video appearing to shoot a tulane university medical student. the victim, a good samaritan, who had stepped to help a woman in danger. nbc's kerry sanders is following this story. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, savannah. peter gold remains in the hospital at tulane medical center, the same hospital where he's usually studying to be a doctor.

he's still listed in guarded condition. meantime, the authorities say that they now believe they have identified the man who shot him point blank in the stomach, and this morning there is a citywide manhunt for that gunman. police now have a suspect they are hunting in the vicious shooting of a fourth-year tulane medical student. they say the man with the gun seen in this security video is 21-year-old euric cain, and authorities have a message for him. >> we know who you are, and you need to know that we are going to find snow some say it's a miracle the victim peter gold is alive this morning. the fourth-year med student seen here stopping his car to help a woman he saw being dragged by an armed man early friday morning. the attacker turns his gun on the good samaritan demanding money, police say. gold says he doesn't have any. >> eyewitnesses state that they heard a man yelling out don't, i

and then they heard a pop. gentleman shot one time in the stomach. >> reporter: aiming at gold lying wounded on the ground the attacker appears to pull the trigger again and again, but his gun jams and the shooter flees. >> i would stayed in my car or stayed in my building, got on the cell phone and dialed 911. >> reporter: gold's friends say they are not surprised by hisselfless act, many on social hero calling him a hero. after police found the getaway car sunday they connect it had to euric cain could already has a lengthy record. cain faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping and armed robbery and police say there's no question he will be caught. >> someone knows who he is. someone knows where he is hiding. >> reporter: one person who is undoubtedly thankful that this good samaritan came along is the woman you see in the video being dragged. she is currently being treated,

release her name or say what she's being treated for. meantime, peter gold's family has released a statement saying that peter continues to improve. savannah, matt? >> kerry sanders, thank you very much. shocking. >> luck that that gun jammed. three times he tried to kill him and it's awful. >> yeah. the nfl and coaches of the st. louis rams are facing questions this morning about what appeared to be a concussion on the field. natalie has that story. natalie in. shocking. the quarterback case keenum's head hit the ground hard during one of the final plays, and to those who were watching it, it looks like he was walking around and playing with a concussion. the hit came with just about a minute to go in sunday's game between the st. louis rams and the baltimore ravens. the teams locked in a tie when the rams quarterback case keenum gets sacked. you can see his head hitting hard against the turf. >> as keenum was wrapped up. >> keenum grabbed his head

immediately before struggling to get up and teammate garrett reynolds tries to help him. >> keenum slow to get up. >> two plays later keenum fumbles the ball before being sacked again. keenum gets up and once again stays in the game. many watching were shocked that no team coach or doctor came out to check on keenum. some on twitter are saying a woozy case keenum is picked up by lineman and stays in game. nobody cares. keenum is still in the game how? why do we have concussion protocol then? the ravens beat the rams on a last-second field goal. >> it's good! >> after the game keenum was diagnosed with a concussion. it comes as the nfl set new rules in place this season to take on concussions. spotters now have the power to stop the game to remove players who may have suffered a concussion. even hollywood is weighing in on the nfl concussion scandal.

has ever seen. repetitive head trauma. >> reporter: "concussion" stars will smith as the forensic path gist who fought against efforts to investigate brain damage suffered by professional football players. the nfl was reached out for a statement and we've not heard about. a lot of people will be talking about that all day. when you see the shot of case keenum going down and hit his head and can't even get up on his own two feet. >> can't put the two arms together to push himself up off the turf. >> and all the spectators are so attuned to this issue and writing about it. natalie, thank you. a check of the weather now from mr. rocker. >> big storm coming into the pacific northwest. let's show you what we're looking at, and this will have a big img pact as we get into the middle of the week. powerful cold front coming onshore into the pass nick midwest. today we'll be looking at mountain snow and rain and then as we move into tomorrow the rain reaches california, the great basin. good news is this is going to be

dumping a ton of snow in the sierra and that will help the snow pack but it's also going to impact travel, and as we move into thursday, watch out. severe weather from oklahoma all the way down into texas and the big problem is going to be into the midwest. chicago. there's going to be heavy melting and heavy rain. they could be looking at flooding problems as we get into thanksgiving day and beyond. now, as we look here into the west, 12 to 18 inches of snow along the sierra. that is really good news for that area and the snow pack and the drought in california. that's what's going on around >> jeremy: good morning. blustery and cold with a mix of clouds and sunshine through the day. temperatures this morning in the upper 30s. this afternoon upper 30s an low 40s. but the winds will make it feel like the low to mid-30s the interday. patriots tonight taking on the bills down at gillette. it will be a cold night. wind will fade away during tailgate. temperatures at kickoff in the upper 20s. and for tomorrow, lots of sunshine. not as windy. still cold. wednesday mostly sunny skies.

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back now at 7:42. this morning on "rossen reports" we're kicking off a special thanksgiving week series to make easier. >> we're going to start with the all-important meal. simple tricks to keeping your eating under control. you know what you need? jeff rossen with a calorie counter and a hidden camera on your table. >> figure out a hidden camera for anything and this is just further proof of that, and it's thanksgiving. it is the great holiday. we're supposed to splurge and binge on that big meal, something we look forward to every year and what if there's a way to fool yourself into enjoying all the same foods and somehow eat ing ing avoiding all the calories. last thanksgiving i showed you how size matters when it comes to your plates and this morning we're running a new experiment

on a new family with all new tricks. >> how are you? >> good to see you. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: we're throwing an early holiday feast for the clendenny family. >> this is really good. >> reporter: and serving all the classics, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese. >> cheers. >> reporter: they think we're here doing a general story about thanksgiving, but what they don't know, this is really a test. >> turkey and ham, we go. >> reporter: we're secretly weighing all the food and nutrition nutritionist carrie glassman is counting all the bites. >> reporter: breaking it up into n two separate groups, group one is over here, all the food on the table easy within reach and group number two is right through the holway over here at this table and can you notice there's no food on this table and that's because they are going to have to get up and serve themselves buffet style right through here and notice

something else. we've put out all the healthy foods as the first course. all the greens. experts say this group, group number two, will eat a lot less with these little tricks. let's see. >> i'm so hungry. let's eat. >> reporter: we send them in and right await if you have fet group is piling on the roasted vegetables and salad. >> everything looks delicious. >> reporter: they are getting full on the healthy stuff. >> i love broccoli rabe. >> reporter: by the time the main course comes out, the meats and starches, all the calorie busting dishes they don't take much, but just look what's happening in the other room where all the food is right there on the table. they are piling on the fatty stuff, digging deep into the mashed potatoes. >> anybody need gravy? >> reporter: heaping spoonfuls of mac and cheese. not many takers on the greens. how is it going, guys? >> good. you guys eating up?

group eating family style, going to town, carb central, loading up because it's right in front of them. >> reporter: and here's another trick. the kind of wine you serve makes a difference. we only put white wine on their only red. >> when you pour white wine you often pour more because there's no contrast with the glass and you pour with a heavier hand. cut back this thanksgiving go for the reds over whites. >> reporter: and we gave them different color plates. the group in here eating on white. the buffet group using blue. >> blue is traditionally an unappetizing color. when we eat on blue plates or dine in a blue room research has even shown that we eat less. >> reporter: when everyone is finally finished and we add up the totals we bring both groups together for the big reveal. we've been doing a secret food test on you behind your backs. >> what kind of deception is this? >> reporter: we broke this down by calories, the buffet group

over here, you had 9,218 calories, but hang on, the group over here, and you served yourselves right on the table, 14,632 calories. you guys had 59% more food than the buffet group. >> no way. >> where's alcohol in the thanksgiving? >> reporter: we're getting that. the buffet group had only two bottles of wine. my friends over here in the group that had the food on the table and drinks on the table. you guys kicked almost six bottles of wine. >> all right! >> reporter: tricks you can use this thanksgiving, courtesy of the clendenny family. >> the most important thing is that the family is together. >> reporter: happy thanksgiving! and it is not just for thanksgiving. our experts say you can use these tricks year round. don't have family over but maybe do the buffet thing and blue plates.

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turkey day. >> oh, my gosh. >> this is amazing. >> i'm sorry. absolutely mesmerized. we're watching the stompers, bringing their moves from new orleans and their fashion, i might add. >> wow. >> that was very wrong. >> amazing. >> part of parade on thursday. >> i could watch them all day long. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's a lot going on. >> the shorts are even tighter when you're up close like we are. >> this is about function waiting to happen. >> like you and me in the '80s. >> this is awesome. >> we love it. >> allotted more of our sneak peek from the parade coming up, and don't forget the macy's thanksgiving day parade thursday morning 9:00 a.m. right here on nbc. >> this is the best. how could we keep our eyes off of this? >> i'm done.

my favorite act in the whole >> all right. we've got a lot more of the parade sneak peek coming up, but, first, let's go inside. natalie's got a check of all the natalie? >> all right, good morning to you all once again. at least 21 terror suspects have been rounded up during overnight raids across belgium. however, paris massacre suspect salah abdeslam is still managing to elude police. belgium's capital of brussels third day because officials believe an attack there is imminent. nato is even telling staff members at its brussels headquarters to work from home. president obama says americans should not be intimidated by isis threats on social media. he said sunday that they can't beat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us into being afraid. meantime, law enforcement remains on high alert. new york city police preparing for that macy's parade crowds. conducting a subway terror drill on sunday and there's an

abundance of caution at airports. a southwest flight was diverted because of suspicious behavior by unruly passengers who were later questioned and released. and in an exclusive interview earlier on "today" secretary of state john kerry told savannah the u.s. is escalating its battle against isis, even though there's no evidence of a specific threat. >> there is always, as we've said to people for years, the threat of some actors, some lone wolf person, someone who slipped through. that's the world we're living in today and we understand that. >> secretary kerry is in abu dhabi for discussions on regional security focusing on syria. a teenager was arrested overnight in the murder of a pregnant pastor's wife in indianapolis. police say 18-year-old larry taylor shot amanda blackburn during a home invasion while her husband was at the gym. their 15-month-old son was in his crib at the time but was not harmed. officials have determined

chicago's iconic john hancock center saturday was caused by a candle burning in a bedroom on the 50th floor. five people, including a chicago police officer, were injured. meantime, nearly 42 million people expected to travel this thanksgiving weekend and snow and frigid temperatures are already causing problems in parts of the country. nbc's john yang is at o'hare's international airport in john, good morning. >> good morning, natalie, things not too bad here at o'hare right now and across the country, the faa reporting no major weather delays. airlines are hoping it will hold this through the week and not have a repeat of this weekend when winter storms cause cancellation and delays by the hundreds. this will be the busiest thanksgiving travel week since 2008 and the great recession, that's according to the aaa and airline industry. they say they think things will stay normal. do expect heightened security in

the wake of the pair its attacks. airlines say if you're traveling through one of their big hubs and you're checking a bag, get to the airport two and a half hours before flight time. natalie. >> good advice. john yang in chicago for us. thanks so much, john. let's turn it over to matt. >> thanks very much. our friends at "consumer reports" are releasing their annual naughty and nice list, a look at policies of high-profile companies and how they impact shoppers. ed to marks is "consumer reports" senior project editor. todd, happy holidays. >> thank you, matt. >> for some apparently. list. companies who will be very happy about this, and you start off right. let's take a look. >> yeah, yeah. i mean one of the big problems with air travel has to do with if you're a frequent flyer. southwest had more frequent flyer seat availability than any other big airline, and, you know, around 12 million seats were available for frequent flyers. usually they have the blackout date and what not so they were

>> they get on the nice list. >> yes. >> target here, a lot of price-matching policies. you like them. >> they did the triple crown this year. they really enhanced the number of their policies. first, they improved their price match policy to include online competitors like amazon as well as warehouse clubs and reduced the minimum required purchase to get free shipping to $25, and they also basically allowed or enhanced your time period to get a price adjustment of 14 days. >> terrific. >> gets them the nice stamp here. >> doc martens gets the nice stamp and have a lifetime guarantee. >> this shoes guaranteed for life and if they wear out they will replace the eyelets, the soles, the welts, the stitching, you name it and if they can't fix, it they will replace them for your life phil. >> nice stamp. >> we're going to get to the naughty list now and i want to make the point right now. just backbecause a company lands on your naughty list does not

mean it's a bad company. >> this is not a judgment of a company on a whole. it's a specific policy practice or corporate behavior. >> let's look at allegiant air. what did they do to warrant the naughty list? >> sometimes the problem with low, low cost carriers is they nickel and dime you with fees and allegiant charges you up to $8 if you want to use your a million fees, but baggage fees, for example, k be as much as $75 for your first and second checked bag. >> we reached out to aliegeant, but unbundling airfare prices they give passengers the choice to pay for what they want and never charge them for what they don't use, that from aliege ant. let's go on to whole foods. what happens? >> whole foods, a great food known for its social responsibility got actually caught twice overcharging customers, that they had the incorrect weights listed on the label and that raised the price of a package from anywhere between 80 cents to as much or $15.

two separate investigations, one in new york and out in california. >> we contacted wheel foods and said they are proud of their pricing. if an item is found to be mispriced they will refund the money and give it to the customer for free and volkswagen in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. not surprising to find them in the naughty list. >> they were sound circumventing emissions control by install software that allowed vehicles to emit 40 times the allowable limit of nitrogen oxides, way beyond the epa max. >> we contact them and said they wanted to assure customers that these models of their automobiles are safe to drive and they are working to develop a remedy. >> we hope so. >> naughty and nice. todd marks, and thanks for the folks at "consumer reports.." >> thank you. up next, get ready to smile. how this adorable little guy handled the case of the hiccups while he was singing the national anthem. plus, the performances, outfits, the kiss, the highlights and

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we're back at 8:14 time for "trend willing." >> controversial topic to begin with, the push to ditch something you may have in your pocket right now. pennies. you guys carry them? >> i try to eliminate them. >> do you have them in your purse? >> no. >> if someone gives you change, you do what with the pen? >> throw it in the bottom of my purse. >> it's in the bottom of my bag. >> one person who thinks the penny is a waste of money hbo host john oliver. on his show sunday night he said the u.s. should follow other countries and get rid of it, pointing out that to make one penny, actually make it, costs 1.7 cents. he also cited a 2002 galup poll where 2% of people admitted they actually throw againies in the trash. >> i've done that. >> yes. >> you have done that? >> i have. >> on twitter we asked you people that question. should we stop making the pen? 15% said no. keep it. 45% said yes, get rid of it. >> do they know it costs more to make it? >> probably not. >> where do you come down on this?

>> i don't think we should. >> retailers have to adjust their prices then. >> i think it's a good way to teach your kids that every penny counts. >> right. >> add your pennies up. >> start with the pennies and nickels, dimes. >> start nickel and diming. >> now to the 7-year-old boy who proved no matter what happens the show must go on. get a load of this video. the little boy's name is ethan performing australia's national anthem at a baseball game. big moment. but he got the hiccups. but he kept going. take a look. >> oh. >> oh. [ hiccup ] >> way to go. >> we love you. he finished the whole song. some of the players, you might

notice, are kind of hiding their giggles behind their caps. it's really cute, but good old ethan. >> that's adorable. >> what you don't see in the video, then they all high five him, even the umpires get in on the act. we know the holidays can be stressful but over the weekend the folks at "snl" came up with a brilliant way to keep the peace at your thanksgiving table. >> we're talking about -- [ all talking at once ] hello from the other side i must have called a thousand times >> adele apparently is the one thing that everyone can agree on. it's a good time to remember adele will perform for us live in the studio on wednesday morning. have you seen the statistics on her sales. >> oh, my gosh. >> my gosh. >> 2.5 million. >> broke all the record, right in the. >> unreal in one week. >> that's amazing. now to the kiss that everybody is talking about and

the stars who finally tied the knot over the weekend. tamron's got the "pop start." >> a lot to talk about from the weekend starting with the american music awards, and it was a good night for one direction. the guys took the night's top prize, artist of the year for the second year in a row. the guys also winning favorite duo or group pop rock and even they may have been upstaged by the show's host. this is mesmerizing. jennifer lopez kicked off an incredible perform arranges a medley of the songs of the year, the biggest songs of this year. every dance that you've ever wanted to do at a holiday party, she did every move, changed costumes more times since diana ross hosted the grammys, flashback moment. if you didn't see the open, one of the best things i've ever seen on a music television show, >> wow. >> other big moments, meghan trainor and charlie puth and

right after the song, well, as the song said, let's get it on, enjoying a long kiss that kept going after the show went to commercial. >> okay. >> this morning meghan and they are just friends and charlie says, you know, when he put the song together he really wanted people at end of the song to spontaneously make out so they were in the spirit of the song and another friend of ours closing the shot justin bieber turned the water works to perform three of his latest hits. by the way, his song "where are you now" also won an award, and like adele his new album burning up the charts as well so that's pretty good. finally away from the awards show, sofia vergara and joe manganiello waking up this morning as the most beautiful couple you can ever imagine. the couple tied the knot on sunday in palm beach, florida. among stars in attendance reese witherspoon and as well as sofia's "modern family" co-stars. the party started long before

the wedding. at the rehearsal joe serenaded sofia along with guns & roses. her dress again just absolutely perfection and we talk about whether kids should be invited to a wedding. i love it, they had like infanchts and children, like bucking the trend of making you leave your kid at home. >> family affair. >> i loved it, cute. >> lots in "pop start" this morning. let's get a check of the weather. >> talking thanksgiving. let's check it out. we'll start now out west and for today that's where the big storm system is making its way into portland, rain, mountain snows. it will continue through monday night and then as we move on into tuesday, we have this system pushing its way further south, so san francisco gets involved, and that's going to be a big problem as far as rain and wind, possible delays there. as we move into wednesday. big, big travel day, and we're going to be looking at a hub,

rain a problem for you and looking at accumulating snow and finally wednesday, here's where the big problems generate. dallas and also denver. snow for denver, heavy rain for dallas and high winds. there's going to be big delays both in denver and in dallas and probably chicago as well. so pack your patience along with that luggage. >> jeremy: good morning. blustery and cold with a mix of clouds and sunshine through the day. temperatures this morning in the upper 30s. this afternoon upper 30s an low 40s. but the winds will make it feel like the low to mid-30s the interday. patriots tonight taking on the bills down at gillette. it will be a cold night. wind will fade away during tailgate. temperatures at kickoff in the upper 20s. and for tomorrow, lots of sunshine. not as windy. still cold. wednesday mostly sunny skies. for the week, great traveling weather. no storms and a >> and that's your latest

weather. savannah? >> thanks, al. now to today's month long series today's hassle-free toll day and this week it's all about toys, games and gadgets topping many wish lists of course so we worked closely with toyportfolio.com for an ambitious review. for the past several months toyportfolio.com conducted an extensive nationwide survey looking at 36 different toys. for each toy five families tried it out with all 50 states participating. the criteria, how easy was it to get the toy out of the box? clarity of direction, ease of assembly, appropriate age range and most importantly was the toy fun and engaging for the kids? we've at allied the scores, and now the results are in. stephanie oppenheim from toyportfolio.com is with us now. >> good morning. >> a with cuteness alert, lots

>> bright beatz got a score of two. >> perfect toy for her age. 1 years old and has a touch sensitive top so it's lots of things for her to make it happen, cause and effect. parents loved, it 6-month-olds loved the toy. 22-month-old tester, on the other hand, kind of was past it, and that's one of the things we heard from parents. that the age ranges were too broad. >> okay. >> maybe for a younger child. >> for sitting up babies and younger toddlers, and i think easy is enjoying. we lost our plane down there. this is a perfect toy. this is froggy -- >> you like it, okay, great. >> this is froggy and his -- you have the froggy down there and propeller plane. this is a perfect toy for babies, if you're looking for a 1-year-old. >> yeah. >> this is the right target. it's oversized. there are no small parts here or chunky pieces. makes a little bit of sound. and whistles. >> that's cute. >> that got an 81. it did well.

>> lost some points from an older child. >> this is mega blocks building block scooping wannon. >> this does toy does everything older toddlers love it to do, moves back and forth and lost points from our parent tester because it is supposed to scoop up the blocks which scoops only in one direction which parents felt like it should work in both ways like a vacuum cleaner and thought the -- there should be more blocks in the set and lost some points for that but our toddlers really love playing with it. >> elmo is back and bigger and better than ever. >> he got a 90. >> he wouldn't day actually. and he has two different modes and the reason he won this year, hi, elmo. >> really soft. >> and the parents like the fact it plays game, plays a mean game green light. >> that's cute.

elmo wanted elmo not to speak so you have to know your child. >> okay. >> now this is the wonder ball of playhouse from step 2 and such a difference of opinion that we flew in samantha from kansas city. >> it got a 78, but -- it's a little controversial, so samantha, did you like it or not like if? >> we weren't a big fan of it. she's a little short so she has a hard time getting it up there so if they had a way to adjust it or make an extra hole there that would be great. >> there you go. >> there we go. >> brian, you guys liked it in. >> yeah. we loved it. she's learned a lot about colors with all the different colored balls and can play inside with her friends. >> kids this age love having settings, settings that are, you know, for their age group. >> yes. >> it's scaled to them. if you're to the handy with a power drill find a family friend who will put it together. >> the company said they were disappointed one of the children

didn't enjoy it but the balls skills. >> this is one of my favorite toys, designed & bright, light builder. >> stephanie, thank you. >> more toys tomorrow.

>> this is 7news now. >> reporter: good morning, erchl. it is 8:27. j.r. is standing by with a check of the forecast. >> erin: temps in the mid-30s. boston 36. worcester 31. mostly sunny skies. windy, cold. wind chills in the teens and 220s. norwood feels like 30. worcester feels like 19. mostly sunny skies today and again tomorrow. thanksgiving warming up. upper 50s and low 60s by friday. >> all right. sounds good. our top stories. fire breaking out at an animal shelter in packton. right new looks like only a handful of cats and dogs survived. dozens of others were killed. firefighters say the building was come letly engulfed when they got on scene. the family of a two-year-old from hamilton who was allegedly abducted by her former baby

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american marching band from macy's, a sneak peek of the thanksgiving day parade. doing it all morning long. they sound good. getting ready for the big show on thursday morning. we're so excited. >> i love the bands. they blow us -- we sit for the parade sometimes. they blow us away with their sound. >> for us it's like this. >> yeah, exactly. your thanksgiving turkey. get this. we've done turkeys all different ways over the years. how about cooking one in a pillow case. >> yes. that. delicious. >> don't forget, our "today" food team is searching for the best cook toys showcase in our holiday cookie swap. so head to today.com/food and tell us who makes the best ones in your state and then watch all next month for the recipes. also. we're kicking off our annual toy drive next week. it's our 22nd annual spirit of giving across the country. coming down to the plaza bring

an unwrapped toy with you, and if you can't be here contribute any time at amazon.com/today. >> look forward to it all year long and let's head inside to tamron. >> good morning, everyone. throughout the holiday season we're celebrating acts of kindness, big or small. something as simple as opening a door or writing a note can change sun's day for the better, look at that. in a new poll online we conducted with survey monkey and 70% said they would rather have a nice boss than a 10% raise, and when it comes to community, look at this number. 82% say friendly neighbors are much more important than nice homes so this morning as you're enjoying your breakfast, share a kind message with someone. it can be in person, on the phone or even on social media. use the #sharekindness.

i'll send a sweet message to all our "today" show viewers. let's do it together as we send it over to al. >> thanks so much. a lot of people doing traveling this weekend. we can't stress enough some of the weather that will be affecting your traveling so let's show you what's going on for thanksgiving travel. we'll start off with wednesday. big travel day. snow out in the rockies. probably big delays around november. let's move to thanksgiving day itself. a lot of people traveling on thanksgiving. dallas will see problem. chicago heavy rain and minneapolis look for snow. sunshine along the east coast. should be near 60 degrees here in new york and then another big travel day friday. rain from new england, chicago, all the way down into dallas where we're looking for more heavy thunderstorms pushing down into houston. look for plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest with >> jeremy: good morning. blustery and cold with a mix of clouds and sunshine through the day. temperatures this morning in the upper 30s. this afternoon upper 30s an low 40s. but the winds will make it feel like the low to mid-30s the interday.

patriots tonight taking on the bills down at gillette. it will be a cold night. wind will fade away during tailgate. temperatures at kickoff in the upper 20s. and for tomorrow, lots of sunshine. not as windy. still cold. wednesday mostly sunny skies. for the week, great traveling weather. no storms and a >> that's your latest weather. look who we have here coming on here getting ready for his second season of -- >> what's the forecast for space right now? >> cold. >> if you imagine making a rotisserie for people and then you can find the right temperature so you don't overheat or overcold on either side. >> and the pesky breathing. >> ignoring the fact that you would suffocate. other than that. mars is 100 degrees below zero.

yeah, there's -- venus would vaporize you. stay on earth, for now. >> matt and savannah, stop whining about the weather. >> exactly right. things are pretty good here now that we thank about it. al, neil, thank you very much. all morning long we've turned the plaza into a test run of sorts for macy's big thanksgiving day parade. >> and we're about to see an elite group hand picked from across the country. take it away. have yourself a merry little merry christmas let your heart be light from now on the troubles will be out of sight so have yourself a merry little christmas make the yuletide gay from now on your troubles will be miles away >> spirit of america, sights and sounds and the executive

kiper, vice president of the macy's parade studio. you all are looking relaxed and happy. what's coming up this year? >> amazing parade, four new balloons and seven brand new floats. john and his team have been working overtime, amazing dancers, incredible inflatables, 11 marching bands. we'll have a great parade. >> john, you were there with dylan last week. were you kind of going around the workshop there. just what stands out to you in terms of what's really new? >> what's really new i think are all of the great floats that you saw on the wonderful "today" show with dylan, thank you very much and four new balloons, dino the dinosaur and brand new ronald mcdonald, scrap chasing the acorn all down the parade route. will he catch it? >> no. >> and only one character is not happy in this year's parade. >> who is that? >> red, the angry bird. >> of course. we'll see if we can change that by the time you get to herald square. >> a great event and can't wait

we're owed it. >> 60 degrees by the afternoon. catch the macy's thanksgiving day parade, starts at 9:00 a.m. right here on nbc. >> coming up next, talk with a man who makes science cool, neil my name is 208 ridge road. and i've... seen things. like the sock rampage of 2010. the sleep eating of 2012. and the babysitter makeout of 2014. gross. but now with nest cam, these guys can check in 24/7. so they can see the crazy things i see. hey ya little thief! did he have thumbs? nest. welcome to

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shop small this saturday. 8:39. we're back with a cosmic rock resume. neil de grasse tyson is the director of the haden planetarium at the national museum of history and best selling author and with the emmy-nominated star talk on the national geographic channel. neil, always good to see you. >> thanks for having me back. >> pleasure. >> i love what you've done with the place. >> you're not at your office, but we wanted to make you feel at home. >> this is not your traditional late night talk show. you interview former presidents,

celebrities, rock stars. what's the common thread it. >> the common thread is everyone has a little bit of geek in them and i'm there to find it and celebrate that fact. i think many people who are in the fan base of the guest might not even know that fact. >> one of the things that you do you is like to have a comedian on the panel in some place. why is laughter important when you're teaching the lessons of science. >> i mean, i've been a professor for most of my life and find that people remember things best when they life or at a minimum when they smile and i thought in constructing the show that if i had a comedian as a professional stand-up comedian, not the kind to do heard the one about -- not that kind of comedian, the kind of comedian who observed culture enlightening about it, so i have a professional comedian who is my co-host and i see them as a levity valve and put it together with the gravity valve and i'm

the valves to make sure we hit the right level every time. >> as we're sitting here surrounded by the cosmos talk to us about the year that the cosmos have had. pluto downgraded and liquid water on mars. >> that's good. >> what's the headline that stood out most to you in. >> we've been after that liquid water for decades? had all this tantalizing evidence on its surface that there was once water and where did the water go because it's bone dry today and the best hypothesis was that it sunk down in and became a permafrost and out of the side of the cliff face you see liquid water oozing out the side. >> are we alone? >> i mean, in the universe? >> yeah. >> are you alone in the universe? >> not likely are we alone. given the size of the universe and how old the universe is. >> it was announced in the last

year that 2,000 more planets to add to our catalog of star systems. >> and you know the most popular question for you is. is there any different having sex in space? >> oh, that one. >> if you're weightless in space, yeah, you need a lot of straps and things to hold things down because -- no, no, you learn newton's laws of motion firsthand when that happens, and there's a lot of recoiling, and then i figured some people might have straps anyway, you know. >> so we've all heard of the mile high club, the million mile high club is a little more -- you. >> need some tools and apparatus for that. >> i've been a fan of yours for years and years. you make science fun and you help us learn. >> 20 years ago. i have to look at my records on that. thanks for your interest in the universe. >> catch star talk sunday nights on the national grow graphic channel.

>> up next marlo thomas kicks off our season of thanks and giving.

8:45 now. back with our annual tradition thanks and giving where we highlight the remarkable work and this morning marlo thomas opens up about how her father danny thomas started it all. >> here we go. >> my father founding st. jude's children's research hospital is a very personal story. he was a child of immigrant lebanese people. they had no money, and they grew up in a neighborhood where nobody went to the doctor. children in the neighborhood died of -- of appendicitis and influenza, and i think he care ed that all through his life. >> he was a struggling young comedian without any money and

first baby was about to be born, me. and he -- he needed $50 to get me and my mother out of the hospital, and he went to mass that sunday, and the sermon was about st. jude. patron of the hopeless cases and he thought who could be more hopeful than me, so he took sench his $10 out of his wallet and put it in the basket and a little prayer we made was dear st. jude, i need ten times this hospital. if you will help me and give me a sign i'm going in the right direction, some day i'll be able to do a shrine and next day he got a phone call to play a singing toothbrush on the radio, and the pay was $75. that was his sign. and then something else happened that really changed things for him. he read in the paper about an african-american 8-year-old boy who was hit by a car in mississippi and he died because no emergency room in mississippi would take him. my father started to form the

hospital so that every child of every race and religion would have an equal chance at first class care. he put it in memphis which is the hub of the south, st. jude became the first fully integrated hospital in the you he wanted to create a place where no family would have to pay for travel, or food or housing or treatment. my mother's idea was to build a hospital to help children with hopeless diseases, but this wonderful progressive doctor said to him if you really want to help children, don't just build a hospital, danny, build a research center and a treatment center under one roof. >> i never thought i would live to see st. jude hospital built. >> when it started, it was only 100,000 square feet, and today it's 3 million square feet. my father told my sister and power and me that after he was gone st. jude would not be our burden to carry and i think we were relieved because it looked like a lot of look. three months after my daughter

died i went to st. jude and i was emotional going out and i went inside, a party going on and all these little kids were running around and having a wonderful time and i said whose bird day is it? it's not a birthday party. it's an off chemo party. you don't need chemo anymore >> and i just started to cry. i've never seen anything like this. all these children deriving strength from one child's turn for the better and their parent standing by with tears in their eye because they felt that this child did and maybe their child would, too. it was a turn point for me and i knew right then that i would be involved. >> marlo thomas is with us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> if your father could see it now. >> well, it's amazing, that's a wonderful story about how we started, but just this past wednesday we treated the first child ever with our proton beam with the smallest proton ever created on the planet at

st. jude. means we can target cancer and not kill any of the good healthy tissue around it, and the other great thing is our genome project. every child that comes to st. jude has its genome mapped so we can treat that cancer and defeat that cancer and, therefore, any child who gets that cansler also have that same treatment. this is what's happening now. very exciting. you've been there. >> known each other for a long time. there's always something you say to people. come see it. >> yes. >> and it's amazing when you go through there how your view changes. >> you know, i was thinking as i watched this, in 1962 when my father opened the hospital, he would walk through those walls and almost every child would die, and now his daughter, 52 years later, almost every child that i meet in those halls will have the chance to live. what can be better than that? >> and there's no better advocate than you, marlo. thank you so much. up next, we're going to do a little cooking prior to the thanksgiving holiday.

cooking the turkey in this segment, burks first, this is "today" on nbc. it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring down drug prices. i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. i'm not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare

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earlier this year we visited elizabeth at her farms in oxford, mississippi to learn about southern farm-to-table cooking. with us today cooking her creative version of a classic roast turkey. elizabeth elizabeth, good morning. >> good to see you. >> i'm intrigue the y.with reusing a pillow case. >> the turk woe get so brown before it was really done so she wrapped it in a pillow case and 50 years ago in the mississippi delta you wouldn't run to the williams sonoma to grab a cheese cloth and she's very innovative. >> you'll show us how to do safely so nothing catches on fire. >> we have our 100% could the fob pillow case, chicken broth, wine, flour, butter, bits and bacon and the beautiful selection of herbs. i'm going to start buttering this turkey, and we're even, you know, go in between the skin and the breast meat which makes it

salt and pepper. if you don't season this bird ahead of time then you've missed the boat. >> this is the time to do it. >> generous. >> hit it. >> go crazy. >> absolutely. >> while you're doing that. >> i'm going to go ahead and stuff this. i've got onions and lemons here, use any heir matic that you like. >> okay. >> completely up to you. >> and just salt and pepper right here. >> this is pillow case you're talking about and i know people get a little squirrely when we case. >> i'm thinking fire. >> going to do a lot of things that will help this proses. >> and could you use cheese cloth if that's more your speed. >> i'm not saying don't go to the bed and get the pillow case you've been sleeping on, clearance 100% cotton pillow case and we're going to keep it very, very moist. >> what's the bacon doing? >> wonderful bacon, allen benton is my good friend and makes it in tennessee and it's smokey and it is delicious. >> yum. >> i don't know but, but butter

and bacon are very on my gratitude list. >> absolutely. >> and since that's what we're talking about with thanksgiving we're going to out boast of them. >> use this side. >> if you're going to eat, it we're going to season it. >> wrap it tight ly ly. >> i take my seasoning very seriously. >> absolutely, you should. this makes all the difference in the worth. >> you pour the broth and i'll do the red wine. you want a gravy. this is going to be the base for our gravy adding parsley and thyme. >> speaking of time, we have one minute so i want to make sure we get all the scoop here. >> this is 500 degrees for 0 minutes. >> yes. >> and then -- that's fine. >> and then we'll cut it down. >> to 300, let's pull it out. >> team, downstairs, how does it taste? >> so moist. >> unbelievable. >> really good. >> can you taste the pillow case technique? >> no. >> so here we are.

we'll remove this, and then we're going to unwrap it, and flip it. >> this i got to see. >> savannah, if you don't mind getting on this side. >> it's hot as the hinges of hell so you have to be really careful. >> if you don't mind pulling the pillow case on to the sheet. like a family team building activity. >> there we are. look at that the. >> flipped it right over. >> so now we're going to take this, it's a little bit messy but it's worth it. >> okay. >> this goes back into our oven. >> okay. >> let's pull that out from under there and we're just going to brown it. >> i'm out of town. our res see on today.com. elizabeth, thank you. >> savannah, thank you.

as you saw, to gather family and friends and good meals and great food and even better when you can make your meals on a budget. we asked for some of your holiday favorites. look what we got. amy tweeted in corn casserole and sweet potatoes casserole and pumpkin bread cooking and nancy weitz brussel sprouts with apples and pecans and to find ways to save money on recipes like this, check out our 0 days of meals and deals. head to today.com/food for more. no pillow case required, but if you've got one, that's fine, too. we're back after your local ne the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun.

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