good morning. breaking overnight. copycat fears. u.s. counter-terror officials issue warnings to local law enforcement agencies to anyone who might be scouting soft targets to attack while at white house the french president meets with president obama this morning. what france is asking for in the ght against isis, and will they get. not down. turkey says it had no choice but to fire on a russian jet it says was violating its airspace issuing multiple warnings before taking aim. the two pilots parachuting to the ground, but russian officials have yet to make contact. doubling down.

only one who saw thousands of people cheering in new jersey on 9/11. >> i start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. >> is there any evidence to support trump's claim? and holiday rush. thanksgiving travelers hitting the highways and heading to the airports in droves. the drewing storm that could disrupt the plans of millions of americans, today, tuesday, november 24, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lawer and sgautry live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning seems like we say this every day, but what a busy morning we've got. >> certainly is. >> and we've got breaking news at top this morning. a russian fighter jet crashed, turkey claiming it shot down that warplane after repeated warnings saying that the plane

let's get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent rich engel in istanbul this morning. richard, what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: good morning, savannah, turkey says it acted legitimately when a then unidentified aircraft violated its airspace, did not heed warnings. kremlin, however, is disputing that claim and calls this incident they serious. russia's defense ministry says its jet which turned into a fireball when it was shot down this morning was inside syrian airspace, its location confirmed by its instruments. the jet's two pilots appear to have ejected bailing out before the plane impacted. helicopters could be seen searching for the pilots. russia blamed ground fire which attacked the jet on a mission in syria near the turkish border, but turkey said two of its u.s. made f-16s like these shot down a jet after it illegally entered turkish airspace. a statement from the fishingish president's office claimed the

jet was warned ten times over five minutes. russia has dramatically increased its air strikes in syria it says against isis after a bomb destroyed a russian passenger jet over egypt nearly a month ago. isis is new in the crosshairs the russia, the u.s. and france, all three air forces targeting the group in syria but with little coordination. a video circulating online which is still yet to be confirmed by nbc news . group. the rebels claim that he died before hitting the ground. this has major implications. it is the first time in recent memory that a nato country, and turkey is a nato country, shot down a russian plane. nato has called for an extraordinary meeting today. engel, thank you. another story we're following, a new bulletin from u.s. security officials revealing new information about

terror attacks on paris and a warning to local police departments here in the u.s. to be mindful of potential copycat attacks. we have complete coverage beginning with nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. andrea, what can you tell us? >> good morning, matt, that is right. overnight top counterterrorism u.s. officials warned local law enforcement around the country about the new details of the paris attacks to help prevent a copycat attack here at home. at the same time, the state department is the alerting u.s. travelers to be very careful, i especially careful overseas. a new bulletin reportedly issued by the fbi, the homeland security department and the national counterterrorism center warns u.s. law enforcement to review active shooter scenarios, warning thaek extremists could seek to replicate the effects of the paris attacks using similar weapons and tactics, although on a smaller scale. sent to more than 18,000 agencies across the country, the

document asked them to be on the lookout for suspicious people conducting surveillance on soft targets in the u.s. an bulletin analyzes the reesens paris attacks, acknowledging the terrorists used a cell phone with maps of the concert venue and encrypted apps and rented three cars in belgium before moving to a safe house in paris despite warnings that home grown extremists could seek to immick these strategies plots like parris more likely to happen overseas because of geography and societal factors. just as some travelers are leaving for europe and other foreign destinations, a second bulletin from the state department says they should exercise vigilance when in public places use transportation. be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds and crowd places. exercise particular caution this holiday season and at holiday festivals or events. the travel alert cites multiple attacks in paris, mali, nigeria and turkey and the bombing of the russian passenger plane, and it says there is a continuing

threat from unaffiliated persons planning attacks inspired by major terrorist organizations. in other words, copycats and lone wolves. homeland security says that there is no evidence of an attack pending here in the u.s., but officials offer no such assurances for what might happen overseas now that isis has shown can attack in the heart of europe. matt and savannah. >> and i yeah, thank you very much. shaun henry is a former executive assistant director for the fbi. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. are these official versions of what americans are thinking anyway? >> i think that's right. you know, we hear about this fbi bulletin that went out to local law enforcement yesterday. it really doesn't say much more than what we've opinion talking about over the last week but it's very form a. it's the fbi making sure they are clearly communicating to local law enforcement that we're looking at people doing reconnaissance,

tactically trained and better be training local law enforcement for active shooters but a we want to be able to ensure they can respond quickly should there be an incident here domestically. >> and lest there be any doubt, shawn, they are telling local officials to look out for soft targets, not even military installations and tourists attractions. in paris it was a cafe on a friday night. >> what we saw in paris really changes the dynamic what have we've seen for terrorist organizations in years gone by. i think what's chrisically important here for local law enforcement to know and trying to get out information that there are millions and millions of people who have to be eyes and years. local law enforcement can't cover every cafe, every event. people need to step up and be aware and by putting this report out it really helps to focus the american public. they have been watching the media, and they see what happens in paris, but this going out officially like this really says

don't be afraid, but make sure you're advising law enforcement if you see anything that could be unusual so that they can be responsive. >> all right. shawn henry, thank you very much. >> there was also the warning, of course, to the woorldwide travelers from this country as well. president obama meantime facing increased pressure to up the u.s. campaign against isis, and that is on full display the white house today. president obama will meet with french president francois hollande. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at white house covering the meeting. peter, good morning. what do you expect. >> reporter: good morning, presidents obama and hollande will stand in solidarity here this morning, but president obama has largely resisted calls that he change or even significantly ramp up his strategy against isis. today the french are likely to push for a stronger u.s. military commitment here. that may mean more special forces on the ground to help identify isis targets, greater intel gathering and lesser

which could mean lesser casualties in syria. this is the same did a that president hoped announced france is at war with isis the president said it was a setback. despite pressure and a lot of it from former allies and even former advisers to be more aggressive, the white house officials insist the u.s. is more than pulling its own weight. the french also want the u.s. to back efforts to bring russia into what they call a single terrorists. that's not likely to happen. hollande wasn't even stay the night before he head to moscow vladimir putin. >> thanks, let's turn to mark halperin, managing editor of bloomberg politics. >> good morning. >> here we see hollande doing some version of shuttle diplomacy meeting with the president here and going on to meet with president putin. what is he trying to put together here, sand he likely to be successful? >> he wants more intelligence

sharing and wants the russians to stop focusing on fighting the rebels and fighting isis and there wants there to be kind of a greater sense of coalition, but there's not much difference between u.s. and france as some people would think. the u.s. would like russia involved on good terms and would work. that's the most important thing and why the president is trying to be low key. wants diplomacy to work to get isis full force. >> if hollande asks the president for more robust ground presence, special forces, special operations troops and the president says no, here comes hollande with the attacks mind. his side. what aren't optics going to look that? >> it would look horrible but talking to a senior administration official i don't think the united states think the france will ask for that, special operations but not a large number of ground troops. not capability unless the u.s. is willing to lead a capability the french know it can't happen

iraq is always in his mind as an example of how america shouldn't operate in that region. >> talked about substance and let's talk about the style because the president's remarks after paris were widely panned even by some of his allies because of the tone, because felt he came across at defensive and more passionate about his political critics than what had happened in france. now he has this press conference by his side. is it a chance for kind of a rhetorical do-over and does the necessary? >> the president feels like he cannot set a bad example. again, the iraq example is in his mind. he's not a guy who wants to pound the table and says we're going to get these guys. we'll help them down across the world. he thinks it's count productive. he thinks it's low key. he doesn't want the united states to be the enemy of the region. there'sin presentation bill clinton uses, it's better to be wrong and strong and right than

he's right. doesn't fear being perceived as weak if he feels he's making the >> what are the folks saying about the criticism, not from the republicans running for president, but from democrats like leon panetta and dianne feinstein and hillary clinton. >> go back to forget what we say, watch what we do. intelligence is more important than style criticism of what the president does. the president believes that if he says things that are loud and violent and aggressive it's counterproductive and he doesn't want this pop theial campaign to be dominated by what he considers dangerous demagoguery that will hurt america around the world. >> agreed it will feed right into isis' hands. republican presidential front-runner donald trump is standing by his claim that he saw muslims in new jersey cheering the world trade center attacks. nbc ehallie jackson has the latest on that story. hallie, what do you have. >> reporter: this morning donald

trump is doubling down on those comments, some of his most controversial ones yet, even in the face of fact checks. if you thought trump would back down, think again. donald trump delivers a tirade overnight in his own defense. >> i saw people getting together and in fairly large numbers celebrating as the world trade center was coming down. i saw them on television, and i read about it on the internet. >> reporter: his claim, that thousands of muslims in new jersey cheered 9/11 has been denounced and widely discredited by multiple independent fact checkers. trump standing by it. >> i start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. >> reporter: republican front-runner not apologizing but ben carson is, backtracking after first saying he also saw american muslims celebrating 9/11. >> i think that was an inappropriate response.

>> did you see that happening on 9/11? >> i saw the film of it, yes. >> in new jersey? >> yes. >> reporter: now though carson's campaign says he does not stand by those statement and was thinking instead of celebrations in the middle east, not new jersey. >> i did see the film. i don't know where they were, but i did see a film of muslims celebrating. >> list distancing himself from trump marco rubio. at what the point do you feel like you and the rest of your competitors have to call him out on that? >> it's not true and plenty of fact checks. if all i did was respond to everything donald trump said that isn't true i wouldn't be able to run my campaign. >> reporter: rubio, meanwhile, will begin airing his first broadcast ad in key early states. here's an exclusive first look t.focuses on his father and his family story, a way to introduce himself to voters in iowa and new hampshire as rubio hopes to take the top spot in the polls from trump. a new one out this morning, matt and savannah, shows trump still leading in iowa, though ted cruz is coming on strong. guys.

meantime, the thanksgiving travel rush heating up today. millions. americans will hit the roads and head to the airport so what do you need to know if you're heading out. >> we'll be your travel headquarters over the next few days, and we'll start with mr. roker. what are you watching is. >> seventh year in a row an increase in travel more than 50 miles from home, so people are in a mood to travel. let's show you what we're talking about. first of all, as far as that travel is concerned, 46.9 million people will be traveling this year and 89% will be driving and it will be kind of interesting. we're watching three trouble spots over thanksgiving. especially thanksgiving day. chicago, denver, dallas. let's start off in denver as we go to the maps and show you exactly what we're talking about. first let's look at shim o'hair airport. look at this, already, at 6:00 a.m. central time, 7:00 a.m. eastern time, it is packed and it's just going to get worse. this is tuesday. can you imagine what this is going to look like tomorrow.

at. denver is going to be our first about. light snow, freezing drizzle by thursday. delays in the air due to visibility and dangerous road conditions. now we're going to move down to dallas where heavy rain. another three inches. they will have the rainiest year ever. rain with thunderstorms. delays between these storms and on the road gusty wind and heavy rain. going to be a problem there, and we head up to chicago. another big hub. rain with a flood threat. because of the snow on the ground, warming temperatures and heavy rain. they will have problems and delays in the air due to visibility and we'll have roads that are slick with some flooding, guys, so, again, big problems going to continue right on through thanksgiving day. the good news is friday into the weekend looking much better.

we're going to get a >> jeremy: good morning. mostly sunny skies. another cold day with temperatures in the low to middle 40s. a normal high is 49. this afternoon boston around 44, framingham 42. nashua at 43. traveling today, anywhere in new england mostly sunny skies. dry roads. and then you move out of new england. temperatures do warm down through the middle atlantic states. mid-50s. more sunshine tomorrow. still cool. upper 40s. clouds. but warmer by thursday. mid-50s. >> and that's your latest savannah? >> all right, al. thank you. there's some new reaction this morning over the concussion

happened in the nfl came on sunday and natalie has been following that this week. what's going on? >> rams head coach jeff fisher address ed ed the issue yesterday. will nfl says their concussion protocol wasn't followed sunday and they want to know why. the league is now investigating why both team trainers and independent injury spotters called atcs allowed rams quarterback case keepium to continue playing after this brutal hit. >> oh, boy. you can see him go down and hit the back of the head on the turf. >> he was only diagnosed with a concussion after the game. i didn't see it from my vantage point. >> rams coach jeff fisher monday promised to investigate how the system broke down but would not blame the spotters or his trainers. >> our head train er er did go on the field and he got out there

questioned case and case said he felt okay. >> sports pundits on espn were nowhere near as kind. >> this failed on every single level. it was actually disgraceful. i watched it live. it was horrifying to watch. it really was. >> the nfl has had a concussion protocol in place since late 2011, even expanding the role of the interpent spotters beginning this season, giving them the power to stop the game if there is clear visual evidence of the player displaying obvious signs of disorientation or is clearly unstable and is attempting to remain in the game and not be attended to by the club's medical staff. the 27-year-old struggled to get up, even flopping back down after a teammate tried to pull him up immediately. >> to see a hit like that and to see him get up and be so obviously in distress, how anybody could have left him in the game was just, you know, it's just awful. >> fisher said keenum feels much bert and will play this weekend

if the quarterback passes the remaining steps in the league's concussion protocol. the players' union says they are reviewing the concussion protocol in the keenum hit and as for the league they say they will reinforce the need to ensure that the injuries are properly identified and addressed. there was a minute left in regulation in the game, tied at the time and perhaps that's what went into that decision that he stay out on the field. >> the spotter shouldn't care about the game situation or score. they are supposed to get a player out of a bad situation. >> very true. coming cup, the alleged gunman who opened fire on a good samaritan in new orleans. he's behind bars and why did police also arrest his girlfriends? >> and then in "rossen reports," staying safe when heading out for the holidays. the mistake many make when

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nbc's kerry sanders has this story. hi, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. the alleged gunman is in the jail behind me here. his arrest affidavit is expected to be finalized later this morning, the charges expected to be robbery, kidnapping and attempted first-degree murder, and if he's convicted on that attempted murder charge here in louisiana, he faces life in prison. >> this morning the man police say shot a helpless unarmed good samaritan in this chilling video is in jail. 21-year-old euric cain, allegedly the cold blooded gunman when fired at tulane medical student peter gold was taken into custody when new orleans police and federal marshals raided the house where he was hiding. >> i couldn't are proud of the fact that we not only caught him quickly, but it was done without incident and no one got hurt. >> reporter: not a shot fired. >> not a shot fired. >> reporter: also under arrest alleged gunman's 17-year-old girlfriend nictoria washington, the two found in the house together.

wasn't at scene of the shooting, she's being charged as an accessory. according to authorities, cain made a full confession, admitting he was the one seen dragging a woman down the street and police say he told them he was the one who turns his gun on peter gold, shooting him once in the stomach and trying to shoot him a second, even a third time but the gun jams, likely sparing gold's life. >> it was a chilling video even for those of us hardened from seeing a lot of this stuff. >> reporter: look like he was going to kill him. >> no question. the guy who did this is a cold-blooded killer and i would call it domestic terrorism. >> reporter: tulane university issued a statementing that i the new orleans police and the u.s. marshals service for their swift action here, and they went on to say that peter gold to them is worth marveling at because of his courage and his character. matt? >> kerry sanders on this story, kerry, thank you very much.

check of the weather from al. >> and we look at what's happening right now in the west. heavy rain moving into northern california. snow making its way through the cascades and the inner mountain regions. we already have winter watches, advisories and warnings stretching all the way into the rockies and the the central and western plains. look at this snow. it comes in today into the west, mountain west snow. good news, we'll be looking at a decent amount of? for the cascades and the sierras. wednesday it moves into the rockies and look for delays around salt lake city tomorrow. then as we get into thursday the storm reaches the central u.s. from san antonio up into dallas, minneapolis looking at snow and chicago heavier rain and on friday more heavy thunderstorms down through southern texas, icing conditions through oklahoma on into kansas and more wet weather into chicago so there's probably going to be

airport delays and travel problems, even as we get into >> jeremy: good morning. mostly sunny skies. temperatures in the low to middle 40s. a normal high is 49. framingham 42. nashua at 43. traveling today, anywhere in new england mostly sunny skies. dry roads. and then you move out of new england. temperatures do warm down through the middle atlantic states. mid-50s. more sunshine tomorrow. upper 40s. and for thanksgiving, a lot of clouds. but warmer by thursday. >> get your weather any time. go to weather channel on cable and weather.com online. matt? >> thanks, al. just ahead, is it worth it? what some drug stores will give you if you share your private health information. and a warning before you hit the road this thanksgiving. >> hi, good morning. i'm jeff rossen. coming up. we've all driven behind something like this hauling mattress or something else on

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will this come loose and it happens a lot because people aren't tying it down correctly. this morning dangerous moments caught on tape and how to protect your family. >> just weeks ago chaos on a new jersey highway. this mattress flying off a car sending drivers swerving this. truck tips over and explodes, and it happens all the time. wood planks, broken glass, degree coming loose and flying through the air. >> there it goes. >> reporter: crashing into your car at highway speeds. >> it happened within a split second. i didn't have any time to react. >> reporter: abby mathias could have been killed this summer when a large piece of plywood fell out of the truck in front of her on the highway. >> i saw it fly up, and next thing i knew i was feeling the shower of glass and my ears were ringing because it had gone through my windshield. >> reporter: an these accidents

government report the numbers are growing. nearly 500 people killed every year. 11,000 more injured when debris barrels through the air. why does this keep happening? people do. take a mattress, you load it up on your suv, okay. the big box stores give out free twine for strapping it down. >> twine, just like this. >> this is not strong enough to hold a mattress on an suv at >> reporter: when the stores give this to you, you're thinking it's the store, must be safe. >> to show us, these highway troopers tie down the mattress with that twine. i think we're good into right now i'm standing on an away donned runway at a regional airport working with the washington state patrol. this is my producer linds who will get into the suv with the mattress and get up to highway speeds at 50, 60 miles per hour

off with the twine and i'll be behind the chase case with the trooper to see what it looks like and how scary it is if it does fly off. okay. here we go. i'm stepping on at all. common situation. >> somebody transporting a mattress on their car. >> 20, 30, 40, and going 45, there it goes. >> comes right off. >> it flew off that car, like a missile flying through the air. watch that again. the twine literally snaps. the air catches the mattress flipping it up and sending it airborne in seconds. >> the object flying off the car, you either hit that or hit the other vietnam in the other lane. >> reporter: what should we use? >> ratchet snaps. for less than 20 bucks pig this up in a big box star. >> reporter: how does it work? >> partially strapped down, feed

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all right. tamron is in for carson in the original room this morning and social media buzzing over a dress this morning. what is it this time in. >> it is so funny, guys, how things go viral. so it is all about the dress. no, savannah, not that dress. i know you wanted to discuss this. >> still gold and white. >> the gold and white and blue and black. >> it's this dress that everyone is talking about. here's the back story. weather anchor spotted this look, 22.99 on amazon and share her great find in a facebook back for meteorologists, and

then this happened. all across the country meteorologists showed up wearing this dress. this is actually a collage of many of the women who wore this on air. >> i have it. >> well, that's the word on the street, and more pictures continue to pour in via facebook. you see it here. fox carolina's nicole pepe writes this is hilarious and, yes, i have two colors. wral amy willment says i'm not afraid to say i'm a bargain hunter. by the way, the dress still available on amazon for the low price, but it may not arrive until january which is okay, guys, because these colors are seasonal, and if you're wondering, here's moy theory why everyone loves it, the darts here, savannah and natalie. >> slimming. >> very flattering on pretty much every body type, so also with the black panels on the side it gives you a nice little hour glass figure. so, does this dress look good on

everyone is the question. >> that's comedy. >> especially with the slenderizing darts. >> your waist is so thin. >> i love that he's got a little decollete showing there. >> needed the original room to get to that. >> that was a long way to go, and it paid off big. >> that was requested. >> okay, tamron. thank you very much. >> all makes sense now. >> coming up, creative diys. savannah loves it. >> from two of our favorite, the

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, dough for your data. why some drug stores are offering deep discount for your personal information, but is that a good idea? plus, the property brothers. hgtv stars drew and jonathan scott join us with a preview of their latest renovation project and show us some easy diy ideas to spruce up your space. and girls night out. the inside scoop on adele's big evening with fellow stars jennifer lawrence and emma stone

2015. >> shout-out to all the girls pack at hotel. this is your wake-up girl. we're on today! >> good morning, kentucky. >> all the way from north louisiana to be on the "today" show. >> debby and denny just married from buoy, maryland! 8:00 now on this tuesday morning. it's the 24th of november, 2015. and now it's starting to feel like the holidays. we have a huge crowd on our plaza this morning. people getting ready for thanksgiving. we got the parade this week. we got the tree lighting next week and got the crowd out here so good morning. >> man, we've got lots of people who are going to be in the parade, lots of people from all

over the country. we love this time of year, you know what it is? >> what? >> day two of our big tie preview for 2015. >> wow. >> this morning we're getting into toys for elementary school kids, and as you can see we've got some experts on hand. >> a few testers there. first to natalie with a check of the top stories this morning. good morning again. >> good morning. u.s. counterterrorism officials have issued a new bull to local police agencies urging them to review their training for active shooter incidents coming on the heels of a worldwide travel alert from americans from the state department t.cites the increase attacks overseas, and it says attacks by major terrorist groups and lone wolves are likely to continue. travelers are urged to be vigilant in public places and to avoid large crowds. nato is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the russian warplane that was shot down overnight. nato member turkey said its

fighter jets downed the plane which was unidentified at the time because it had violated turkish airspace. it says the aircraft ignored repeated warnings. however, russia denied that the plane violated turkish airspace while carrying out military operations in neighboring syria. it called the incident very serious. the new england patriots paid tribute monday night before their games against the bills to massachusetts native and lifelong fan ezra schwartz. the 18-year-old had been studying in israel. he was volunteering in the west bank thursday, delivering food to israeli soldiers when he was killed in what israel called a palestinian terror shooting. >> at this time we would like to hon or honor ezra schwartz and the hundreds of victims like him with a moment of silence. ezra's family says even while he was overseas they watched patriots games together over the

internet. space travel for ordinary people may be one stop closer. amazon ceo jeff bezos said his origin space company completed a second test flight on monday. he told me this morning that space tourism may be a lot closer than you think. >> it could be just a couple of years from w. one of the great things about this vehicle is we get to fly it autonomously t.flies itself, so it's kind of like a flying robot and goes up and down without any pilots on board so we can test it and test it and test it without putting humans at risk and when we're really confident we'll spring you and other passengers up into space. >> the test flights have been unmanned. bezos says his reusable rocket would eventually be able to carry six people just beyond the earth's atmosphere. a family's day at beach in florida turned frightening this weekend when dozens of sharkd whipped up the water in a feeding frenzy. tyla whitlow says her four kids

them. they got to the shore safely and whitlow even recorded one of the encounter and her boy said it was better than seeing sharks at the movie. at shore looking at sharks, >> thanks very much. how much is your private health information worth to you? >> one major drug store train hope you'll raid it for extra savings but is that worth it? here's nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: from the grocery for to the department for, our buying habits are being tracked. now the nation's largest pharmacy wants to take it a step further. walgreens is launching a new smartphone app called connect, connecting your health data to their servers. once you download the app here's how it works. you get points based on how much health information you share. take your blood pressure, for example. if you are to manually enter your blood pressure right now, you would get 20 points. if you were to link this though

to a monitor like a smart watch that automatically sends that information to wall green's points. those points then get you discounts. you would use in. >> yeah, definitely. if you're going to get rewards to save money at walgreens and i'm already going there just to stay healthy, why wouldn't i >> reporter: walgreens markets service as a way to set health goals and track your progress but didn't respond to the interview request about the fine print which says the company can store the data to build a profile and combine it with data from other companies to target you with custom ads and deals. do you worry about what happens to that information? >> not until you just said that actually. >> reporter: didn't even think about it. >> think about a place like a drug store, they also have your purchase history, drug history and when you have drug history you know quite a lot about someone's medical diagnosis. >> reporter: medical information that can be target for cyber criminals. experts say medical records are

black market than credit cards. walgreens' biggest rival cvs asks you to sign a hipaa authorization to join its rewards program but in a statement to nbc news the company says it only tracks the number of prescriptions you fill, not the types of medication. when deciding what health information you should share, consumer advocates say it's important to answer three key questions from a company's privacy policy. how is your data shared? who has access to it? and what kind of security measures are in place to protect your data? questions to help you decide whether sharing your info for discounts is worth the price. for "today," blake mccoy, nbc news, los angeles. >> kind of a slippery slope there. >> yeah, it is. >> absolutely. coming up on "trending," we'll talk about a new survey that deals with the most important things you can teach your children. >> might be some surprises in there. plus, adele's busy evening here in new york as she prepares for a live performance right here on "today."

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clean in a new survey. 85%ed a night gifting themselves. >> absolutely. >> another 67% spent more on themselves. >> guilty, guilt. >> than on other people. >> or they kept a gift they originally intended to give someone else. >> i've done all of those. >> i'm so guilty. >> i haven't done that one. >> it's the sales. they are everywhere, so it's two for me, one for you. >> it's also you tend to go shop for other people in stores that you like. >> yes. >> for things that you like so you say, wait a second, i might have that for the holidays as well. >> it happened yesterday and a 30% sale, the only thing i could do is buy something for myself. >> vale needs louboutin shoes. >> they don't go on sale, okay? the next story really shows people can be selfless as well and think of others. this is being shared widely across web this morning. it's all based on a sign that a restaurant in detroit posted in its window. check it out. this will make us all feel better. the sign says george's thanksgiving day dinner, if

with us for free all day. if you're homeless or poor george says he'll women you into his restaurant on thanksgiving, no questions asked. he's been doing it for years? that's spectacular. >> why thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, people do things like that all the time. really cool. all right. let me show you a list. it shows some character interest rates. which of these do you think is most important to teach your kids? honesty, kindness, strong work ethic, courage, leadership and toughness. important. >> kindness. >> i think honesty because it breeds after everything else. i think once you're honest. >> honesty begets kindness. >> i would say kindness but the survey results were a little bit surprising. >> according to survey monkey, we did this, all right. it says that most people say honesty. 43%. 29% said kindness, a strong work ethic finished third followed by courage, leadership and toughness. by the way, 7% said something else. >> what?

>> can we pick all of the above? >> yeah, i mean. it's not like if you teach honesty you can't teach the other. >> but kindness is super important. >> absolutely. lets us turn to tamron. has an all adele edition of "pop start." >> in the spirit of kindness i have something for you, adele. it's an all-adele "pop start." >> i like that. >> you seem surprised. "pop fix the "is the other one i do but i'm all popped out. counting down to adele's big performance here on "today." just 24 hours left. got the countdown clock. last night on "the tonight show" adele debuted another new song this one called "water under the bridge" and here you go. don't pretend that you don't want me i love you water under the bridge

if you're going to let me down, let me down gently don't pretend that you don't want me it's all water under the bridge >> now everyone is dancing at home. that song's amazing, and talking to jimmy adele showed a different side revealing a story behind a moment you may have missed at the end of per performance on "snl." made a little funny face at the end. here's the explanation. >> i had no idea i was still being filmed. i got home and my friends from england sent me a vine of me going. >> that's so good. it's fantastic. >> i've got to say, the album is great, obviously getting crazy good reviews. >> indeed. adele thought the show had cut away when she made that infamous meme her friend and after fallon hit town with some friends, you want to know who, jennifer lawrence and emma stone, a picture of the ladies going out for some mexican fold, i'm told,

way, speaking of jennifer lawrence, "entertainment weekly" has just named her itsents tan earth of year. the mag zane says the 25-year-old actress is discovering her own power and done playing games. haraj haraji wenson. there you have it. that's your adele "top start." >> this went out for mexican food but didn't call. >> they called us, but unfortunately it went straight to voice mail. >> must have called a thousand times. >> i'll play you my voice mail one time. mr. roker, how about the weather. >> all right. again, it's all about thanksgiving. let's take a look. watching three areas that are probably going to be the trouble spots on thanksgiving. let's start off right now. denver international airport, this is one of our possible hub delays, morning freeding drizzle and heavy snow at times and limited visibilities.

let's move to dallas. chance. thunderstorms and heavy rain, possible ground stops and, of course, i-35 is going to be a mess as well. and then we move up to chicago, and you're going to be looking for trouble along i-39. chicago international, afternoon heavy thunderstorms, low visibility and some localized flooding and i-80 may have pr >> jeremy: good morning. mostly sunny skies. another cold day with temperatures in the low to middle 40s. a normal high is 49. this afternoon boston around 44, framingham 42. nashua at 43. traveling today, anywhere in new england mostly sunny skies. dry roads. and then you move out of new england. temperatures do warm down through the middle atlantic states. mid-50s. more sunshine tomorrow. still cool. upper 40s. and for thanksgiving, a lot of clouds. but warmer by thursday. >> that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, all, thank you.

more of our toying around. working with toyportfolio.com and parent and kids have been reviewing 36 of the season's hottest toys. here's the criteria. how easy was it to get it out of box? that's big. the clarity of directions, the ease of assembly. was the listed age range appropriate, and most importantly was it fun? was ten gageing? stephanie oppenheim co-founder of toyportfolio.com brought along some little reviewers who are adorable. >> good morning. >> this is the inflatable remote-controlled minions. >> can we agree minions are cool. >> they are cooler when you can make them move. >> i think this is pretty awesome. >> so these are really cute and very novelty item of the year. >> but it only got a 67. >> so the reason they lost so many points is that they didn't come with an air pump or a patch kit so parents really naelt for the money there should be, if you didn't have your own air pump. >> the company, we reached out and said most consumers had told them they didn't need a pump so

they lowered the price and that was the reason for that. >> let's go over here, zoomer kitty, a 16. >> here's the deal. people who love cats and people who don't like cats so much. it's true also for bikes. we flew in lisa and ella from oklahoma because they love zoomer kitty. >> you guys like this. why? >> i felt it was such an interactive toy and responded to her touch and actions. >> and brad and max have a different story, why? >> zoom a kitty seemed to have purred constantly which is extremely irritating. on the other hand, i think we've decide we're not a cat family. >> so there you go. >> by the way, we reached out to spinmaster and they said as kids grow and mature we understand they need different toys and sometimes dad's ears are sensitive for zoomer kitty. what do we have here? >> star wars legos number one request from this age right here. we are dylan and henry. >> this got a 90, the "star wars."

>> got a very high score. parents love it because the instructions are clear and feel that their kids are having an educational experience while they are building satiable relations, fine motor skills. the kids love them because they have all of these moving parts on the build, in particular this. generation of lego builders love the mini figs, going after the mini figs and this is from the new movie, super, super popular. >> does it come with good directions? the directions are wonderful. again, for this type of set, you want to start smaller with the younger builder which is a great point. grandparents often get the big box. want your kids to be building like these guys are doing right here. >> tell me about this, the project mc squared doll and got an 82. >> the people who brought us the bratz do the and toned down their look and now they are all about science. i love that it's a multi-cultural collection of dolls. each one comes with an easy-to-do science kit so you can do a volcanic eruption or

lights up, your own glue stick. hi compliments from this from brothers who also want to do the sisters. >> kind of a combo fashion and science and function. >> they didn't love the fact, very hard to get dolls out of the packaging, be careful not to cut hair off when you're getting the doll out. >> packaging is my waterloo all the time. puzzle. >> this got a 94. >> this is so low tech and yet it got the entire score of the toy series we did for three days. >> why? >> puzzles are a wonderful project kids do on their own and builds a sense of confidence when they put the puzzle together and a great parent-child toy to do together. cell phones go down, working on a puzzle. under $0. one of the less expensive toys this season and we also recommend bring beinging a game home for the holiday, building memories rather than any particular toy.

>> and pieces you won't lose and babe its won't check on them. and final hi? >> classic toys hot wheel. if you have a child in the hot wheel zone this is the ultimate. >> it got a 78. >> kind of hard to put it together so if you're not handy, leave some time and that's true of most of the toys we looked at this year. putting toys stogt no easy task. sometimes you need a power drill. you have to leave a certain time allotted for putting toys together so you're not super cranky. >> manage your own expectations about what it's going to take. >> kid testers, two perfect scores. they love it because it has a place to display all the cars that they collect and ramps. >> like a parking garage. >> exactly. >> thank you so much. kids, good job. by the way, another round of toys to review tomorrow on "today." >> what age? >> tweens. >> trick e tweens? let's move over to savannah. the "today" parenting team

is a place for people to come together and have conversations about everyday celebrations and the challenges of being a parent. all this morant team members have been sharing tips on how to the community. heard. lisa says parents should lead by example and jay is suggesting taking educational trips, expose being your children to different lifestyles. ime wrote teach kids to serve rather than be served. show them the positive impact they can have. and by the way, in case you don't know this, you can add your voice to the mix if to today.com/parentingteam and click the join now community to be become a part of the amazing community. a lot will be shared hand we'll be high liking some of the best ideas onhine and, of course, on our show. over to matt. >> thank you. i'll take it. here with the property brothers. they have a great new project they are taking on, and they have a fan here. >> trio.

>> he's third brother. >> really. >> are they part of a country music singing trio? >> did you know they are into country music? >> what's your favorite?

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we're back now. 8:30 on a tuesday morning. it's 249dth day of november, 2015, and you would think it's a holiday right now because we've got a massive crowd, including the property brothers out on the plaza and just in case you

a big star will stop by to entertain our holiday crowd though inside the studio we're talking about the amazingly talented adele. >> i plan to do some stalking. i'm a huge fan. >> by the way, can we do one thing. had some fun with the young lady who has the sign right here. what's your name? >> hally. >> who is nasty? >> it's my aunt. >> what's your name? >> her real name is have that'sa and we call her nasty. >> nice lady. >> you said hi to nasty and it's good to have her here. >> so it's not al. >> no. >> he's our nasty. >> it was very revealing who thought the sign was for them. >> we all did. >> by the way, we've got the property brothers out on our plaza this morning, and coming up they are telling us that they are country stars but first al is doing a little shopping out

>> yes, he is. >> so this weekend is small business saturday. it's a reminder to shop at local stores that make our communities great, so we invited some small business owners to set up shops like steve's urban lumber. you make cutting boards. >> i do. what are these made from? >> they are from repurposed trees. i collect trees from people's yards and i just -- i mill them and turn them into cutting boards. >> fantastic. honey. this is great. this guy actually makes honey -- he's got hives on roofs all across new york city. >> yes, sir, even queens where you're from. >> i've got some queen's honey. nothing, honey, thank you very much. >> andrew, appreciate that. designs. what's your name? >> shirley. >> where are you located?

>> long island city new york. >> kind of left shark. nepal. >> it's beautiful. >> by the local crafts women. >> and this is naturally susan. you must be susan. >> i'm susan in new york city. >> what are you makeing? products. >> lavender, that smells nice. i'll spray my camera man jimmy, he smells much better now. >> all refreshed now. >> so fresh, all right. let's comb over here to dick, you're located in brooklyn. >> what's your name? >> chuck. >> these are beautiful. >> have a small shop in brooklyn where a lot of small shops are and great place to come and shop small. >> is the garden gnome for salele? >> he is. >> fantastic. >> and i like the name of this place, cafe grumpy. hi, how are you? what's your name? >> carolyn. >> have a cup of coffee for you. >> located in brooklyn. >> yes. >> don't forget, shop small and it's small business saturday this saturday, okay. right after thanksgiving.

thank you, guys, for coming down. that's what's going on around the >> jeremy: good morning. mostly sunny skies. another cold day with temperatures in the low to middle 40s. a normal high is 49. this afternoon boston around 44, framingham 42. nashua at 43. traveling today, anywhere in new england mostly sunny skies. dry roads. and then you move out of new england. temperatures do warm down through the middle atlantic states. mid-50s. more sunshine tomorrow. still cool. upper 40s. and for thanksgiving, a lot of clouds. but warmer by thursday. >> hold on. let me spray dave auerbach, too. he smells lovely. guys. >> all right. a thank you so much. now to our ongoing series thanks and giving t.focuses on the life saving work atst jude's children's research hospital. >> and this morning a teenager

here's nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: ally allen can't happening. >> this one is actually one of my favorites that i love? a rack of designer gowns to choose from. >> that is beautiful. >> reporter: gorgeous perfect dress. >> yeah. >> reporter: and an invitation to wear them on country music's biggest night from one of its brightest new stars, kelsey bellerini. >> i wanted to ask you since you've had to miss out on stuff maybe if you would be my date to the cmas. >> reporter: killsy is nominated for two awards and wants ally by her side. >> i was not expecting that at all so i started crying just of happiness. i love you. >> so glad you're coming. >> reporter: friendship was born at st. jude's children's hospital where kelsey was appearing alongside other country starts and mistook ally who had hair at the time for another musician.

>> kind of prior to figure out what she sings and all of a sudden she's like, yeah, i'm almost done with radiation for my brain tumor, and i was like oh, you're a patient. i had no idea. >> reporter: something clicked. they both felt it. >> we were like best friends immediately. sorry. i don't know why i'm crying right now. >> reporter: it's been a tough road for the 17-year-old. a dancer, she was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago after forgetting her routine moments before a performance. >> ally's type of cancer is a humor called an epindimoma and they are quite rare, tended to have headaches, moments of forgetfulness which turned out in hindsight to likely be seizures. after treatment at st. jude it appeared she had beaten her disease until july. a devastating diagnosis of a second more aggressive brain cancer, but doctors at st. jude are not giving up.

they are getting ally ready for a tough round of chemo. days like this are a good form of medicine. what's your game plan for today? >> kelsea and i are going to walk out there, just happy, excited to be there. >> reporter: ally won't just be attending the show, with makeup and styling by kelsea's team. >> oh, my gosh. those look so good. >> reporter: they will walk the red carpet side by side. >> i'm just so excited to just see her on the red carpet feeling like a superstar. >> reporter: finally the big event, photographed and interviewed, a night neither young woman will forget. >> this is amazing. it's nothing i've ever experienced before. i feel super girly and glammed. i'm so happy going to love me boy, help me like you mean it >> reporter: a rising star and the new friend she says inspires her.

for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news, nashville. >> ally allen is with us here along with marlo thom, the national outreach director for st. jude children's research hospital. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you doing al? >> i'm doing great. >> red carpet was fun? >> yes, it was the best night of my life. >> what was this thing with justin justin timberlake. >> the last day of my radiation at st. jude justin timberlake was taking a tour at st. jude and i just happened to be there. >> we see a little duet going on there. >> reunited at the cmas so we sang "reunited." >> that's fantastic. marlo, obviously the work that st. jude has done means everything for something like ally. >> what's exciting about this. we changed the paradigm at st. jude. several years ago we took a very brave and bold step. we dared to take children who had a recurrent disease like she has and give it a second round

that's never been done before so what that has really done now is given her a chance she never would have had before. >> i think what's important to note not only are you doing this ground breaking work at st. jude but other hospitals then take these advances and use them as well. >> absolutely. >> we share this worldwide just the way we share all of our breakthroughs. >> ally, you look great. >> thank you so much. >> look like you're having the time your life. >> thank you. >> great to have you here. >> thank you. by the way, catch marlo starring in the off broadway play "clever little lies" because marlo is the busiest woman ever. >> doing double duty every day. coming up, the property brothers are making themselves at home in our studio and they have brought along some quick and easy diy projects. >> and up next works needs to download the latest hits. kmt back of the record store. i'll tell you about that, but first this is "today" on nbc. where the holidays were about people again.

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welcome back. we've stepped outside to our small business saturday shops as we help promote local businesses and "today's" erica hill is here to introduce us to a shop in california which is hitting off the right motors. >> that's exactly what you could say. good morning to you. turns out the music stores and vinyl heading the way of the eight track are exactly exaggerated and that's very good news for the city of long beach. there's more than just nostalgia in these stacks of vinyl. >> there is a ritual to cleaning the record and putting it on and hearing the needle drop and being an active participant. it's a much better experience. >> thousands of albums, new and old, keeping this small business turning for more than two decades. >> what's allowed you to survive and even thrive as we've seen some of those big box retailers go under?

engaging more than just a place to buy stuff. >> fingerprint, a staple in long beach, california, is one of 28 million mom and pop shops across the country. businesses that employ more than half of all working americans and help drive local economies. >> there really wasn't much in this neighborhood. we've seen, you know, a lot of other people coming around us. i think it has had a ripple effect that's been kind of cool. >> small business owners come in and believe in a community and hire people and people in turn support them back. >> owner rand foster credits his success with putting the community first. >> it's not the chain coffee house or the big box or, you know, retail store, but the funky store that you go in and you never really know what you're going to find. >> at fingerprints those surprises include in-store performances from big names. >> lou read did one of his final public appearances here. we've had jack johnson, john lee hooker, foo fighters.

>> and up-and-coming artists like cory dane whose dreams of making music started here. >> i think fingerprint afforded me a platform to get music to people before anyone else did. >> while business hasn't always been easy over the past 23 years foster says it's all worth it. is this your dream come true? >> i think 15-year-old me would be kind of blown away by what 50-year-old me gets to do. i think it's pretty much a dream come true. >> so rand foster's fingerprints is a huge part of the community in long beach but also a family affair so he and his wife run it. they started the shop together and his son works there as well and met his son on the day they were there. >> i lost record shop. so glad to see it doing well. >> a great vibe to go into that store and that's the way he designed it, where people can just kind of sit and relax. >> part of a community, cool. erica, thank you. let's bring in this conversation maria who is director of the small business association. meet every year this time. >> i love it. >> small business is the engine

of america. >> never been more important than today to support main street small businesses. the mom and pops are driving our economy creating majority of jobs and when you shop there you get something unique and special and you have 68 sent on the community. so i urge everybody to join the movement and support small. look at enthusiasm we have. >> we love it. small businesses add such community. let's also talk about restaurants because people might think of the little shops or boutiques, but supporting local restaurants also a huge part of this. >> that's right. >> when you shop small you'll get business owner that knows a lot about their product and in the evening they went that day and supported the local restaurants, the locally owned restaurants that attract people, that are conveners and you create a sense of community and you have a special unique experience in this place, special recipes so i enjoyed shop small saturday here in new york and this year i'm going out to california as well so i'm delighted you featured our long beach business. >> always good to have you here.

we'll remind you small business saturday is this coming saturday. >> the go to sba.gov to learn more how to grow and scale their business. >> thank you so much. coming up next, what's got the property brothers singing for joy? nbc. with looking at something old, like this... and saying, "really?" so capital one built something new where you can unwind with free wi-fi and banking advice, without all the mumbo jumbo. free checking accounts. no minimums, fees or gimmicks. and a top-rated banking app that lets you handle your financial needs... right here. that's banking reimagined.

we're back now. 8:48 with two of our favorites, drew and john than scott star of hgtv's "the property brothers" and tackling a new project renovating a sprawling ranch for their new show "property good morning. >> good morning. >> you hear this song? >> that sounds like a hit. that's adele's new song. >> who is singing that? >> that's actually both of us. we wrote and recorded two songs for this series because we grew up on a ranch and every weekend we were around the camp fire. >> country music stars now. >> we're trying.

>> country pop. >> a little edgy. >> equal talent or normal where one of you covers for the other. >> i like to think that i'm the >> yes. >> and he's bigger than me. >> bigger ego and bigger hair. >> talk about the project. this one takes some real doing. >> this was crazy. this is an old family friend's ranch, a ranch my dad worked on up in the rocky mountains back in the '50s and so we went back to the old family friends and decided to come and give it a complete makeover. >> how big is this place? >> 2,400 acres and a real working ranch and this is where they filmed "legend of the fall" and "lonesome dove" and "broke bark mountain." sgt guest house was a part of this. >> my dad's friend scotty passed awaive cancer and was there every family holiday and doing a renovation that has those kind of memories mean something even more. >> and transforming the guest house, an old rundown place that the cowboy that worked the ranch lived and we transformed it and it looks like a suite.

>> let's move over here and talk about some things that people can do at home. table. >> people watch a show like this and ranch, even if you live in the city you can have a little bit of country in your home so what i -- we actually went out to the back property and just took down some of the trees lying on the ground and chopped them. as's as cleaning up a larger log and taking smaller ones and attaching them to make a stump. >> if you live in the city and like this look, where would you suggest people go to get that stump. >> westchester. westchester. >> lots of places can you get fallen trees or what not. the main thing with this just sand it down. you have to actually let it sit and dry out for about a month and sand it down, sand it and seal it. >> don't want to introduce any bugs in your house so make sure it dries up properly. >> seal the top and bottom and lay it on its side. >> and it's a side table and one

it over and it's an extra seat if you're entertaining. >> pull up a stump. >> talk about the wagon wheel here. >> wagon wheel, a little bit big of a project, but i love the idea of just mixing and matching things and maybe making a piece of wall decker. get them at vint damage shops. >> somebody that wants a style that's a little more rustic. >> throw something like this. we have a plywood backing on it, you can stain that as well. did that with some of the belt buckles, rodeo champions, family friends that we worked, took all of their belts and wall mount it had. >> mix it up with leather in behind. >> and if you're more advanced, where do you get the clock kit. >> any craft store. by the perfectly. popped out all the gear from the middle and stuck the clock in. >> jonathan has moved on from taking old crates into something, moved on to wagon wheel. >> somewhere there's a wagon not

>> put this up on blocks out west. >> how long is this going to take? >> not this, the whole ranch. >> we just finished the ranch reno and it premiers tomorrow so the big excitement, of course, is our song is released today on itunes. people can get those tomorrow is the premiere of the show. >> have everyone at hgtv is all excited because now they think they have inhouse country stars, excited, november 25th, going to be a good show, all about family and friends. >> do you play the ukulele. >> no, but i play a mean harmonica. >> if it all goes well you'll be out on the plaza? >> thanks very much. back with kathie lee and head ark. "property brothers at home on the ranch" tomorrow night hgtv. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. wow, that is good delicious introducing milkwise original with 46% fewer calories, 33% less sugar, and 50% more

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arrow but i do now. roy enterline is 100 years old today, and he loves john wayne movies. he collects and watches them. russell stevens from conway, south carolina. loves sausage biscuits, jimmy dean would like him. happy birthday. 100 years old today. that's it for here. we love you and now back to new york. >> love you, too, willard. thank you. coming up next hour. >> mary lu henner. >> love to talk to you. >> and desserts. >> tuesday trends, last-minute desserts that will blow away your family and friends. >> i thought that was fashion? >> no, everything. >> we had beef jerky once.

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