>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. that is called xs and os are from a terrific singer, and we can't pronounce the first name whether it is ellie or --

>> and we have a terrific show, project" and "the and funny man adam pally. or a-dam-pally. called "a real hoot." >> what are you drinki over there, adam? >> i am drinking out of season rose and in an out of date kitchen. >> okay. it is not out of date if it is my stuff. >> and we have come fortable stuff that is perfect for your kids to celebrate at care of those people who take care of your kids all year long, and we will show a little gift to show

>> and now thshgs , this is the yule log that is not real, but it is one lik a log that burns. >> and pbs has had it for years. >> yes. >> and there is something soothing ing soothinging about it. >> and there i e is nick offerman sipping whiskey while he is sits in front of the fire. okay. so, it is the glamour don't clearly. ? and if you want a more g-rated one, and there is nothing wrong with that one, you will try the hoy yule log on hall mark, a dog and cat hangs out by the fireplace. >> and they t ther and thing sit there, and things happen. but isn't that soothing? let's all just look for a minute. >> i like that. the cat is going to be making a move, and the -- they make a move.

and it is endless and perfect. >> i have heard a rumor, hoda, can day. >> i thought that everyday was. >> it is for you shgs , but it is out to enjoy a good cookie. >> and regular chocolate chip, and toll house white chip cook is can. amel caramel. >> small or big? >> go for it, hoda. >> pecan turtle delight. and gingerbread. i can guess that is is the one i got. i thought that you gave up sweets? >> i didn't want to. hmm, this is good. i think that is salted caramel. >> you would know. >> no, i wouldn't. >> you are eating it.

are eating it. >> well, there is lots of other stuff in there. >> try this one. >> okay. adam sandler, and you know how he did the hanukkah song. >> yes are. >> and so funny, and hanukkah begins sunday evening, and so adam sandler decided to add another verse and he day ebuts it at carnegie hall, because that is right where it belonged. here we go. enjoy the kugel and don't be mad at jake gill len hall and adam levine wears a yam rogen >> he is so good. >> i am so ap pi for him happy.

into time square and you saw a giant light switch. okay. this group wanted to inspire some fun, and so they installed a giant light switch at the park. take a look at what happened. >> wow! >> oh, that is great. >> oh, my gosh. >> and look, hoda. nobody is offended. isn't that nice. >> columbus circle? >> over in new york. >> oh, by me. >> downtown. >> oh, i don't live there. >> you live in battery park, don't you? >> somewhere. >> and that is called crank it forward. and that is one of the folks who let us get allowed in one of their pranks. >> it involve d d a 14-year-old boy noah jay who always wanted to become a singer, and they don't have a lot.

so the folks at prank it forward flew him in here, and he had fans and a entourage and a got another surprise. take a look. >> it is hoda are from the "today" show, and i got to hear you sing, and we thought that it would be an awesome idea to how about that? your hotel is paid for, and you get to come to the "today" show and i get to meet you in new york. >> you are going to new york to "today show." hi, noah. i am so flad that you arer here. are you noah's mom? are you excited? >> yes. >> and would you like to meet meghan trainor? >> yes. >>. it's all about that bass

>> a super star. >> he is so cute. >> can i just give a shout out to this young man who is standing there on the side, and his name is noah. angeles who has come to visit us, and just are remember the name noah, because we have a feeling that later on in his life, he is going to be someone that you are going to be listening to. >> thank you. >> and sweet kid. great kid. and he got a year of vocal lessons. >> and he has a beautiful voice. he sang late bit for us. and it is tryday friday, and do you like your brows, hoda? >> i like the way sonya does them. >> well, we have donna adorable, and it is a brand-new -- oh, my god. >> oh! >> mine. i know i look so good. >> you have a different -- you are -- >> why are the lips -- if you

sgll w we like to be bold here at nbc news. basically what you do is to put the brow wax which the brow wax i i like because it makes it high. >> why blue lips? >> because it is tryday friday. and you put different colors. >> it is a powder? >> yes, and mary put it on with a brush. they have different neon colors. >> i think that adam think s s it is hot. >> careful. >> i'm floored with the look. it is great. >> and by the way. you are in the eyeline and you have not taken the eye off of donna. brows. to be hurt. >> and we not as bad as in your new movie.

>> and winky luxe. >> you are adorable, donna. >> and i have to say this "may the odds forever be in ur your favor." >> from the "hunger games." >> okay. you are going to love this, after being away on biz fonser a week, man thought that he should bring home a gift for his wife. so he stopped at a department how about some per feem, and the lady behind the counter showed him a bottle costing $50. that is a little bit much. how about this, said the woman, it is about $30. and too much said the man. the frustrated clerk said, this is only $15. and no said the man who is very unpleasant.

like to see something really cheap, do you hear me. and so she handed him a mirror. >> i still got it. >> and in case you missed it, we show d showed you this photo box and asked you the post your photos to pop sugar and we would send you the survival kit for the holidays. >> it has an indentation for your thumb. >> and the box is filled with >> and this is a few, but there are four others on the website >> is a that a bronzer? >> it is a blush bronzer beautiful. and then a texturing spray by orbay. hoda lives by that one. >> and that is the texturing one that gives you more lift. >> and this is a beautiful

>> the whole thing is worth $150, but you are getting it for $75 and limited ed ed ed ed shipping and handling. and we have shown you four, and four more surprises in there. >> and you can two the pop sugar today or go the klg.com and you can find it there. >> and click a picture with you and your package and maybe we will show you -- >> hey shgs , adam, have you ever taken a picture of you with your package? >> yes, and i have done that, but it is usually to send to the boss. >> that is smart, adam. >> are you feeling a little misty? >> well, i have had something in my eye all day, could you help, jerry? thank you. >> thank you, and thank you. >> okay. >> all right. so the yulelog is big behind us. this is good. >> and correction. this s is the happy yule log. >> the happy yule log.

>> say it again. >> the happy yulelog by hall mark, and that is because the

but that's been a big question all along. was she the radical influence in his loif. something changed for him and going overseas and marrying them is a dramatic change in itself. >> it's a big development. pete williams, thank you, you're going to keep working on this story. follow nbcnews.com and lester holt will have complete coverage on "nightly news." we'll return most of you to your regularly scheduled program. this has been an nbc news

we have been having a little fun with him this morning. >> yes. >> but adam pally has been tickling our funny show as the cult favorite on the show "happy ending." that is a real show. and now, latest as the apprentice on "mindy project." and now he is mixing comedy and

he is playing a guy who has to keep his boss's mistress from running away. >> and he will do whatever it takes even if it means being sprayed with pepper spray. >> i will have to wear two eye patches to work. >> nobody wears two eye patches. >> well, it is corny. >> why did you rub your eyes -- >> i can't feel -- >> did it work? >> does it look bad? >> let's do this. >> does it look bad? does it look really bad? >> are you both out of your gourds. who is the actress? >> that is the beautiful and talented rosa salazar. >> i have not heard of her before before, but she is quite the slut. >> oh, yes. >> and she took a fistful of sleeping pills. >> am i righter or wrong? >> i think that in talking to you in the brief time that we are knowing each othis, you are having trouble from distinguishing the movie from

>> the actress, the character, the movie. and everybody knows that. >> well, i would not call the character slutty, but i would call the kashg character uninhibited. >> so you had a thing with her and your boss did? >> yes. i play like this video coordinator at a big football school, and i two to the banquet and go home with a young butte beautiful girl. >> who is quite i ininneeb

inin -- drunk. >> yes. >> and when did you meet "mindy project"? sh >> well, nobody watched it, and so she offer med a job and i wanted to do it. so it was great. >> and you v have a comedy background? >> yes, i do. >> and underground? >> at the operation brigade. >> so many people come through there. >> yes, it is a factory for great people. they are built there [ laughter ] >> and it is super, and it is really supportive, and all we v have to do so give like 30% of our total earnings there, and then you move up levels. right now i'm like at a feet. and it is great from there >> and how do you choose the project, because this is a small movie. >> yes, the movie is small, and made for less than a tesla, and

me on to talk about a movie that is so small, but it struck a chord with people at the film festival, but you pick a project as if on the first time reading it if you don't want to put it down. and -- >> or you can sense that you can bring something special to it. >> yes shgs , and the other factor is money. [ laughter ] >> i knew i loved him. "night owl" is in select theaters and on demand today. >> today. >> thank you so much. >> good to see you. you are so funny. >> and also, a happily married guy with two kids. >> yes, 3 and 4. >> a fat babies. >> yes, and we will be right back. does mom know you keep mac and cheese in here? ok, this is isn't for eating. i collect these, too. so, toys you can't play with, and mac and cheese you can't eat? this is a room of lies.

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>> 11:45 on this friday morning, and we're following breaking news in boston, atlantic avenue is what we're looking at. news of a suspicious package, and we have seen police officers out there, and if you take a look here on the bottom half of the screen, we just passed it. and there was a robot, they removed a suspicious package and take it into this wooded area. you can't see it too clearly, but the trees, this is the financial district in the seaport area, and this is creating a lot of road closures, and right now live on the scene, john, what can you tell us? >> napsi, good morning, and atlantic avenue is closed. let me give you an idea of

we're going to zoom into a white suv with a flatbed truck behind it. this is just adjacent to the coast guard headquarters in boston, and also to james hook lobster, a landmark here in boston. and right behind that white suv, that's where somebody had placed a suitcase. somebody had called in and caused suspicious, and then the bomb squad showed up. through the trees, you can see a bomb technician right there, walking across the street, and he's one of the people trying to examine this suitcase, to see if it was left there innocently or if it was something suspicious, perhaps an improvised explosive device. let's go to sky seven and show you the scene, and at one point, a robot picked up the suitcase, picked it up gingerly. it picked up the suitcase and took it across the avenue and to rose kennedy green bay.

and at some point they may want to explode it. they don't know at this point. nothing official from the police, here in. so here in downtown cross being, we're seeing an air choked with traffic, and the bridge on seaport village is closed. and you can see it's closed to traffic. heavily armed police here, the swat team is here with automatic weapons, and we saw school children trying to get by, just a sign of the times here in boston. the kids walking by, and the police with automatic weapons and ordering them to seek another route and get across the street. so nancy, back to you, obviously a tense scene, and we don't know what this is at this point. >> you mentioned several buildings in that area, the coast guard headquarters, and you have j hook lobster, and at this point, have there been any

i know that there are so many office buildings as well. >> you know, that's a really good question, nancy. i have not seen any people outside of a building. it looks to me that there have been no evacuations to this point. certainly the streets are blocked off. and the police are here. [ explosion ] looks like they just might have blown up the suitcase. i'm assuming that was a controlled explosion, but that was -- the police are even smiling. that kind of shook everybody up. right there, a big boom. >> reporter: to put it in perspective, john, we just saw it right here, the wooded area where they took the suitcase, is that the rose kennedy green way right there? >> yes, it is, in the old days, it was an expressway, an elevated highway.

now become the rose kennedy green way, and as you see, that's where they had the explosion. >> the officers had a smile when the explosion happened. and what's their mood right now after the explosion? >> well, i can tell you that everybody jumped a little bit. we have an officer guarding right here in front of us, and he just sort of -- he just sort of jump a little bit and moved a little bit. so he certainly is a little bit on edge. >> sure, absolutely. it's it's startling. >> we're going to wait to see, nancy, whether this was a controlled explosion, or whether it was something that might have blown up inside of the suitcase. i can tell you that the controlled explosions that i've seen didn't sound that loud in the house, that was quite a

>> and a lot of people are entering now as well. >> i would say so. traffic flows, and people wonder >> anchor: jonathan, i don't know if you can understand, but the robot is moving closer to the device now, so we may be happened. and that was as you mentioned a controlled explosion or not. we have sheryl standing by with to. and sheryl, you're on the phone with us, and i know that you have a lot of sources in this area, and what can you tell us? me. a man walked up to this homeland security suv and left a bomb there, and ran away quickly. a machine was brought in to x-ray what was in the box, and they saw what they thought was a power cord and pyre. now, that doesn't necessarily mean that it was a bomb or anything like that. >> it could have been a fake device, it could have been wired

but because of all of things going on in california, taking no chance, they had a controlled exploration so they actually blew up that device. and at this point, they will now go in and examine it to see if it's a real device, or whether thing. but they have already put out a picture of the man seen leaving the scene. so the police have a good look of who that is, a white male, and that's all of the information that we have. it was a controlled explosion, and the man walked and up left a box right here at the homeland security van and walked away quickly. it showed a power source with wires, but we don't know if that was a bomb or some kind of a all. this was a controlled explosion, so they blew up this device, and

look at this and see if there was something to this, or if it was nothing at all. >> and the greater information for us, sheryl, because i believe that you probably saw and heard this along as we did with the viewsers, we heard the explosion live here on television, and john hall there on the scene, and he told us a little bit. and we were not anticipating it at that moment. we have someone walking up to the package right now, sheryl, and if you know anyone, or if your sources have been able to give you information, do you know what else they will do as this bomb squad member walks up to the device and what they're looking for, and what the events may be as we're watching it on live tv. >> whether or not this is a real or fake device, and after they blew it up. the other thing that they're doing is they are looking for the man that has the package, and the surveillance photo

all of the police in the area, so it looks as though they have an idea of this person, and they have a photo of who this person is, and they're actively looking for him. and they will look at all of the evidence to see whether or not this was some type of fake device that someone left there, or not a device at all. or whether in fact it was real. but all of that is going to take some time for them to look at it. the bomb squad is very meticulous about what they do, and the type of evidence that will help them determine what type of device this may have been, we want to be careful about this at this point. >> and sheryl, as you said, this was a controlled explosion that we saw live on 7 news moments ago as the crews approached that package.

think will look at that device. they say that it's suspicious, and some type of a device inside of t. >> and as you mentioned, sheryl, on that note, how common it is to have that whenever there's a suspicious package. and when we see things about suspicious packages commonly, do you think that there's heightened security around this incident because of the events the past week? >> yes, absolutely. to acknowledge that, and all of that is still being investigated. and they ask all law enforcement, and citizens to

they think are suspicious entering. because at this point in time, we're seeing a lot of incidents, and no one wants to take any

>> you know, we have seen just recently, in california, there is no rhyme or reason to what targets may or may not be chosen. if, in fact, it has anything to do with that. you know, out of an abundance of caution, if you see this obviously appeared to be suspicious. the manner in which the suspicious. this is not a situation where, you know, police are going to take any of this lightly. they are going to pursue everything that they need to to make sure that people are safe. >> there is a lot of people in this area, another area where there is office buildings. we are being told at this point no one has been

police have this under control in terms of the controlled explosion. they have many, many police officers, bomb squads, swat teams, all different types of people qualified to be handling this type of situation. if you are just joining us, it doesn't appear there are any evacuations necessary or anything like. that we are not getting any word like that from officials. but that area of the road, of course, is closed down. if you want to pass that information along to anyone, or if you plan to be in that area, atlantic avenue, closed right now. and again, if you are just joining us, a suspicious package found outside an area near an s.u.v. of homeland... a homeland security s.u.v. taken away from that area. and then a controlled explosion done. that is what you are looking at. sky 7 is over the scene right now. we have been speaking with cheryl fiandaca over the phone. her source is confirming that that was a controlled explosion. we also have jonathan hall for us on the scene. he was there as the explosion happened, nancy. even he sort of shook a little bit as we heard the explosion happen.

weren'ture if that s a