from nbc news, this is "today", with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> finally, a song i like. who is this, hoda woman? >> you know who this is? it happens to be in the kitchen! >> i don't know why they put me into the kitchen, but i'm into it. i'm acting right now.

and andy was in the parade, the macy's parade. and tonight is the night of the 83rd lighting of the rockefeller christmas tree. >> yeah! it's amazing. are you going to be there? >> we know that the christmas are we! >> we live for this day. >> i love you. both of you. >> before he gets ready for the big celebration, he's going to play "who knew" with us. >> she's got eight kids. kate gosselin. we're going to check in with her. winners. >> and then it's wines day wednesday. so kath and i are going to get uncorked. so we are ready to get involved. >> yes.

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to end up doing for foster care children, because so many people fall in love with a baby. but this little girl's 3 1/2 years old. and often times they run out of people interested in getting a child that far along. mom. already they're bonding so well. >> louie spearheaded the whole thing, her son. >> she says there's pink and glitter in the house mixed with lay fwoes. >> and the photographer who took the picture happens to be her boyfriend. >> sounds like she's got love on a lot of levels right now. >> nobody deserves more, that's great. >> what else is happening? >> amy poehler and tina fey have something they do, they got glammed up for glamour. they have a new movie coming out. >> same day as "star wars," by

>> well, well, well, that's going to be difficult. >> you know what, that's called niche opportunity. >> that looks like the brady bunch house. was that on purpose? >> and i just saw jim brolin. >> that outside shot, anyone who grew up watching the brady bunch, you never forget the outside shot of that house. >> did you see james brolin in there? he ses a he's a fine man >> something weird happened on "the voice." you have ever been on stage or having a conversation and it happens to me -- >> happened to me 20 times on the show monday. >> you blink, your whole brain stops. sometimes i'm in the middle of even talking to you. and as i'm talking i can't remember what i'm talking about. >> i see it when she zones out. just out. usually because i'm boring her to death. but other times, sometimes --

this young girl on the voice so adorable, she was in the bottom two, so she had -- >> for the third time in a row. >> and she had to sing to try to save herself. and something happened with the lyrics, trying to remember the lyrics. anyway take a listen. hmm, hmm, hmm, you wait a second sort of like you do you like to >> she seemed a little flufl he there. >> not bad at all. >> he was plugging his ears. >> we've all done that. you?

and then you're like oh, crap. i thought she did fine. you were setting that up to be like a terrible, terrible thing. >> we couldn't show all of it, but i guess -- >> kind of like, hmm, hmm, hmm. >> she hummed herself out. >> here's what happened at the very end. because while you're watching it, it was kind of hard. you knew the crowd was pulling for you. look how she finished. this is good. >> bring it home. take a breath look in the mirror at yourself do you like you because i like you ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh [cheers and applause] >> that is corinne in a familiar spot here, third week in a row. singing. stick around.

>> ooh. >> but he try she tried. >> i did the national anthem one time at a clippers/lakers game, and this is the way it was. oh, say can -- home of the brave and sat dow and like what just happened. >> you know, in those auditoriums. >> there was a lot of twitter chat, cool, guys. >> there's a weird echo in stadium. if you're not ready for that, everything you sang comes back at you and throws you. one time i was, there's a song that is one of the hardest things to sing, called "not getting married today." it just goes on like that. and it's so long. >> what happened. >> and i was taking over for carol burnett.

i got to do it faster than carol, right? closing night, i got it, i did it every night. and you never supposed to look at who's at the audience. and the final night i get to the second audience, and there's donald trump sitting there going -- >> and what did you do? >> i went, can you believe my closing night, and there's donald trump, and then i remembered. it's the worse thing you can do. i'm not carol burnett. it went. no idea. >> i'll tell you, worse than that is just having been on the dancing show, "dancing with the stars," if you forget a word and you're a musician, you can kind of hmm, hmm, hmm, if you forget a line and you're a dancer it goes -- [ laughter ] >> i want to give a congratulations. last night i went to an event. >> of course you did.

an event, there's a woman whom i love, susanna freed, and we have a guest here tonight, a great group of women, shanel leek was named the national honoree. she's the founder of this extraordinary group celebrates, helps young kids in homeless shelters celebrate their birthdays. >> that's a great idea. >> what you do is incredible. you were beautiful last night. they had a great, great, wonderful turnout. and if you ever feel like one person can't do a difference, just google l'oreal woman of worth and you will realize that you can do it. >> yesterday was giving tuesday. >> that's an awesome, awesome group. congratulations. >> thank you. >> speaking of giving back. this is a cool story. mark zuckerberg and his wife

>> look at the love. >> and they marked another milestone. they decided to donate 99% of their facebook shares. >> it leaves them with a little change, though. they need something to live on, hoda. >> and anyway, they're calling this is the chan/zuckerberg initiative. and they're going to try to do all kinds of good things with that money. >> he had already signed a buffett agreement where he pledged to give half of his money away either during his lifetime or afterward, but now they're planning to leave behind a better world for little max and others. >> good news for little leah still. she's battling stage four neuroblastoma. devon announced on instagram

evidence of disease. this little girl was give and 50/50 chance of survival, and she's passed that up, baby, because she's tough. >> and good for the children's hospital. did you see her hair's growing back? >> she's cute. this is what you need to know before your next appointment after this. this episode of "today all night", is sponsored in part by one a day mens and womens. womens. americans. we try to live healthy. but many of us don't know there are nutrients that can help support our metabolism.

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when the show first hit the air waves in 2007, the gosselins were one of the most watched families on tv. and now they're back.

after the birth of their sextuplets. >> they're back again with new family adventures. >> at the top of the beat, just having come down the stairs were maddie, carolyn and marley and three teenage boys, and she goes, is that who i think it is in because they stopped and were talking, and i was, like, i can't deal with it. that moment is etched in my mind forever, because i was like, this is not okay with me. >> this is not okay. >> yeah. >> good luck with that. >> the kids are 11 and 15? >> yeah. >> before you blink. >> how do you deal with that? >> same way when they were babies. one day at a time, one hour at a time. >> but you can't control them and change diapers. >> why don't they tell you that? >> what are some of the issues you're dealing with when it comes to the kids? >> well, you know, teenagers,

thing is scary and get ready. you know, there's bursts of it, they're good girls, but they know everything. they now tell me how to dress, what i may and may not wear, even in terms of dating. the only advice, they've never gone on a date, not even sure how they know. and -- >> it's a female thing. >> and i foe know nothing, and things are not that way anymore, mom. >> is there one that just goes, oh, no, oh, no. >> mainly maddie. i have no idea where it came from. they all have strong opinions. i don't know where they got it. >> you have nothing to do with >> not from me. department. >> yeah. >> how has that gone. you've gone out on some dates, yeah? >> a date. >> and how does it go? >> you'll have to fine out. >> it didn't go as expected. >> there are twists and turns,

oh, you're going to put a date on tv? kind of my life is on tv. so it's kind of, it was like a test to anyone. you kind of have to be comfortable with cameras, whatever. >> and they have to sign a release even, they have to agree to it even before it happens, right in. >> yes, and it didn't even -- there's some real interesting turns and twists here. it was a blind date, which i always have had a rule like i don't have time to date, so i can't really give that time when in the first five minutes, i could be like, so i could be at home in bed. you know, time management. so i agreed. so -- >> we'll wait and see what happened. >> it, what kind of a guy are you looking for? >> well, i mean, right off the bat, somebody that can withstand the chaos and the noise in my house.

running and screaming, pulling their hair out. and many people, a lot of people can't withstand all the movement in our house, so -- >> what about a guy of your dreams if he had eight children? >> you know, i have to say that probably then would immediately eliminate him. >> maybe he's got it down, and he could be of help. >> well, he'd have to be quite amazing. >> you can catch new episodes of kate plus 8 starting next tuesday night on tlc. and we've got the only makeup products you're ever going to need. >> and it's good, it's

it's wines day wednesday. we an re about to play our trivia game called "who knew", and we

famous christmas trees. kathie lee is ready to hand out $100 to those who get the questions right of the those who don't, get a fabulous cd. >> consolation prize? >> yes. andy grammer is with me. he's going to sing tonight. what are you singing? >> "little drummer boy." >> each of our contestants are going to receive his new album. >> look at the two elves i found from shelby, north carolina. it's amazing how elves just show up. how many lights will decorate this year's rockefeller center christmas tree? >> 30 thousand! >> you ladies know your stuff. >> a lot of lights. 78 feet tall is the tree. in that's going

>> that's going to be a fun place to sing. get your rain poncho out. >> where are you from? >> pittsburgh. >> in the 1946 movie, "it's a wonderful life" what does the bell mean? >> angel gets its wings. >> and nailed it. that guy. >> what do you know about this? >> i don't know much about it except the woman who plays zuzu didn't see the movie until like 20 years later. >> no. just pieces of it. >> a lovely lady from upstate new york.

if the fates allow so hang a shining star >> make the yuletide? [ buzzer ] >> oh, that was a disaster. >> but you know i'm giving it to them because they couldn't hear anything. >> can they hear us now? >> hey, kath, can they hear us now? no. this is interesting. >> over to you, kath. >> where are you from? >> lake charles, louisiana. >> the holiday of festivus was on seinfeld as a replacement to christmas.

>> it was a happy celebration, what was the correct answer? >> an aluminum pole. apparently, you can buy them on line. >> exactly, on amazon. >> we have time for another one. >> of the following will ferrell films, which does not feature a christmas tree being turned on its side. >> c! >> she's right! >> red leather, yellow leather. >> so anchorman. >> in stepbrothers, they sleepwalk, i guess -- >> are you reading your notes? >> is that bad? >> i couldn't decide whether it one. >> by the way, we're so excited because you're going to be performing tonight. don't forget to tune in to the

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it's job where you drink wine for a living. uncorked follows six on their way to pass the most difficult exams in the world. only 200 people have passed in its history. >> it's aspiring master sommelier.

mysterious to a lot of people. foolish. >> we don't want to be scary. but really we're here to just, we love wine, we want you to love wine. >> there are some wine snobs in the world. >> they make you feel that way. >> you're going to help us. >> we're going to exercises, we're not going to ask you questions. one of them is blind tasting. you have this wine in front of you. you're going to taste it. you're going to write down things that you think about the wine. >> oh, this is so easy. >> you can take the wine with you. >> no, thank you, i brief -- believe it's so much yawn blanc.

it's one of the two i don't like. i know what i like. >> here's mine. it might be a -- >> do you want me to show you how it's done? crisp, clean, apply. >> i don't agree with that. >> how did we do? >> you did great. it is sauf known blanc. a lot of times, a lot of citrus, grapefruit zest, we call that it varye tal. >> this is service. you're both going to take trays. you're going to take them put them over there, put the glasses on the table, open those bottles

>> are you seriously doing it like that? i will too. >> perhaps there's restaurant experience that she's engaged in. so put it down carefully. so now we're basically going to -- >> do we take them off? >> exactly. >> i'll get that out of your way. >> thank you. >> oh, uncork it? >> yeah. >> oh, gosh. >> mine is screw top, it's easier. >> in a restaurant, i do it for you. but you have to get it open. and we're going to tamp it. >> this is so much work, so much unnecessary work. >> this how you pour it? >> yes. >> you'd have half a glass down now if it was my stuff. do we have to take it off and let you sniff it? >> i'm already done. >> no, you have to pour.

>> i'm doing it from the side slowly. >> we want a decanter with four glass. >> you don't dump it, hoda. >> i know how to do it. one. >> where's our little towel? >> i know, we need service ets. >> no dripping on the side, hoda, woman. >> decanters aren't easy to use. >> i love them because they're so pretty. >> indeed. which way are we going here? >> that's not pretty. >> it's hard to tell from the angle over there. >> i'm going to add a little more. >> you're double-dipping over there. exactly. >> oh, we got to go? thank you. thank you so much.

>> take this seriously. >> on the esquire network. but first, this is "today", on nbc. >> it's so much better without a cork.

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