this morning on "today's today," the grammy nomination ares in. how much for taylor and did your favorite star? and jeffrey tambor on a ground breaking success and shaq is back making christmas wishes come true for kids around the country coming up next. from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

cheer hear the words of the cheer from everywhere filling the air oh, how they come, raising the sound people sing songs with the cheer of christmas merry, merry, merry, merry christmas merry caroling ding, dong, ding, dong >> very nice, very thighs. >> wonderful. >> this is "today" on a monday morning. it's december 7th and we're being treated to a special live morning jam from straight no chaser singing "carol of the bells." gentlemen, thank you very much. >> they will be back with a performance and we'll chat with them a little later. >> every morning in december? >> okay. >> the month of december, our house band. >> yeah. >> we'll need a much bigger couch. >> and a bigger set. >> that was hot. >> i like that.

>> the problem is now we need a live morning jam every day so whatever the jam is we need that artist here singing in. christmas. booking it. >> brings is here, he'll do the >> okay. >> we've got some grammy nominations just off the press. >> speaking of great music, hot off the presses. just announced the nominees for the 5th grammy awards, here you go. kendrick lamar leading the way >> the best. the best. >> taylor swift also and the nominations. record of the year. >> here we go. >> "really love," d'angelo and the vanguards. >> if you've not heard that song, hot. >> "uptown funk" heard that over and over. >> so food. sheeran. >> "blank space" taylor space and "can't feel my face" by the weekend.

>> i think "can't feel my face" the weekend. so many hits. >> i was going to said weekend. >> i'm going to go with "uptown funk." that song is incredible. >> i just feel like "the weekend" is new and different. >> what's the criteria? is it the most reesenent our mind or the best? >> i think that's the best. >> the best. >> the arrangement of "uptown funk," that the was killer. >> i don't know how you pick with that. >> how about weekend. >> sompingt year nominations. >> "all right" kendrick lamar. "blake space," taylor swift, "girl crush" by little big town. >> all right. >> and "see you again" by whiz chalifa and "thinking out loud." >> i'm going with kendrick lamar. >> i'm going to throw in "girl crush" the biggest country song of the we are. >> and the wiz khalifa song. >> yeah. >> every time i can cry, just, boom. that song is beautiful. >> album.

color" by alabama shake, to "pimp a butterfly" and "traveler" by chris stapleton, "1989" by taylor swift and kind of hard to beat that and "beauty weekend. >> got to win something. >> her album though, i have to say from top to bottom. >> every single one. >> you don't have to skip a song and you don't see that often. we're so conditioned. year. >> sometimes they go darkiors. shake? >> someone not on every say. >> alabama shake would be that? >> or chris stapleton, cleaned up at the cmas. >> and clearly his star is beginning to rise right now. awards show, by the way, on february 15th. >> when you go to itunes and download all of it. >> if you haven't already got these songs. >> and important to point out, if you had the reaction i did which said "hello," adele.

year's grammys. >> next year will be the year of adele. >> she will sweep it clean. >> came out two months after the deadline. >> and let's talk a little politics here and national security and everything else president obama addressed last night in primetime. he made an address from the oval office, only third time he's done that as p.this in the wake of last week's mass shooting in sbeerndio and a few weeks after paris. country. >> this was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people. now, here at home we have to work together to address the challenge. there are several steps that congress should take right away. to begin with, congress should act to make sure no one on a no fly list is able to buy a gun. what could possibly be the argument for allowing a terror

it's a matter of national security? >> he began his speech by laying out what his plan to defeat isis is because the criticism of shim there is no plan or if there is one it's not working so he went point by point. obviously not going to satisfy everyone but he wanted to explain he says that there is a plan in place and that he believes at least it's working and then as you saw there he wanted to detail a couple of things that could be done in this country to shop mass shootings and stop terrorism here. >> didn't announce a new plan but did to your plan also mention intensifying was already in pce and that's been a part of some of the response from the gop regarding if this strategy is not working what else can be done and the president's i guess improvement of the plan is the strikes and what's happening? >> certainly a lot of people this morning, the gop candidates, saying, you know, we need to hear more than just tough words. i mean what, realtiy is taking place here? donald trump, if you were watching any of his twitter feed

the entire speech saying is that all there is? we need a new president, fast. ted cruz tweeting if i'm elected department i'll direct the department of defense to destroy isis and marco rubio told fox news people are scared not just because of the attacks but because of the growing sense that we have a president completely overwhelmed by them. i think overall though people listening to this speech just felt like obviously a speech isn't going to do it, you know. you need to have more than, that and i think, you know, even though there's an action plan in place a lot of people are saying that's been in place so what more is happening? >> and they also expect when you take to the oval office which is a huge deal that there will be something new introduced or something monumental, sort of a laying out of the status quo for >> interesting. >> also interesting, the cover of the "new york times," the editorial page, anyway for the first time since 1920 "the times" focused on the call for

country, so in part they put it this way. it is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that people can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill with brutal speed and efficiency. opponents of gun control are saying that determined killers obtained weapons, illegally in places like france, england and norway that have strict gun laws. yes, they did, but at least those countries are trying. the united states is not. and this morning "daily news" printed a cover he have we cynicism, you might say, but by the numbers this is an interesting eric erickson, he is a conservative blogger. >> right. >> red state. we're showing you what he did. he actually took the editorial and fired his weapon, and you can see the bullet holes in the paper and he called on his supporters, his readers of "red state" to do the very same. that one response to the "times" editorial and there is it is. following sandy hook by the numbers, that happened in tweefshlgs okay.

apparently the record was broken for firearm background checks. that's the first stable in the purchase, of course, for a firearm. that is the record that still stands. a similar thing happened after san bernardino, so what they are saying here by the numbers is that after these incidents, yes, you have part of the country who has the gun debate and have others who feel the response is to arm up. >> right. >> and the thing that stephanie gosk went to a gun shop near where the san bernardino massacre happened and the guy was like basically, the manufacturers or whatever are going to be happy with his sales because his store was pretty much sold out. one in three americans already own guns, and they are somewhere around 310 million guns i think, states. >> yeah. >> it's interesting to see after an incident like san bernardino, people have different points of view on it. for some people it's terrorism

control and for some people the answer is mental health. the answer is probably a combination of all things. people go to their corner and you are going to arm up and feel a sense that isis is coming for you. >> and some of the numbers though with the gun purchases. people fearing that perhaps because there may be some legislation there they better buy everything now before the laws change. >> load up, literally. you know what's so interesting and this is a stat that i feel is ignored so often is that even members of the nra when they are polled would like to see what is often referred to as common sense gun reform, some kind of tightening of background checks. that is poll that came out after new town, and it's been cited as well, so when people instantly assume that if you're a member of the nra that you're

that's not true according to the polls. >> right. now that maybe true to the case of politicians who often pander on both sides to what they think constituents want to hear. >> yes. >> but the polling shows there is an appetite even for those who are members of the nra to make some common sense changes. >> i think when you take a look at some of the weapons in this case that were used, assault rifles and you think about, you know, secondality amendment was at a time when people were using very slow gunpowder guns, i mean, regular guns. we're not talking assault rifles, it's a very different kind of gun that we're dealing with these days so people often ask that question like why are we -- why do you need to arm yourself with the teeth with those kinds of weapons necessarily? >> because they would say it's their constitutional trying do so. >> but others who say the second amendment was applying to militias, that the whole gamut of the conversation is not applicable to your point about

of protection of the second amendment. >> the yeah. >> all right. let's head over to dylan who is in this morning with al with a look at weather. hey, dylan. >> good morning, guys. we've got a classic el nino setup. storm after storm coming in off of the pacific ocean here and a jet stream way high up in the atmosphere running 200 miles per hour and the storms get caught up and come right onshore and every single day we'll see some very heavy rain somewhere in the pacific north west. today it's mainly across the west coast of oregon and tomorrow it moves up into washington. 5 to 9 inches of rain possible with very >> jeremy: good morning. another mild day with >> good morning. another mild day with a mix of clouds and sunshine. very little wind out there as well. temps between 53 and 58. boston, 54. south coast middle numbers. cooler tomorrow, with temperatures only in the lower 40s. boston tomorrow, 42, and plymouth, 45. and that's where we should be

30s and 40s on wednesday, and isolated showers back into the 50s. >> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> thanks, dylan. see you in just a bit. coming cup, a big year for jeffrey tambor. >> love him. >> won the golden globe and an emmy playing a transgender in the ground breaking series oh, here comes nancy. in that designer dress! and with a thicker,

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>> mentioned being favorite guest and not to mention a handsome saufn gun. jeffrey tambor is funny. >> and now jeffrey who is won the emmy and golden globe as role of a transgender on the hit amazon series "transparent". >> and this week his life decisions does not get any easier for family members. >> we just want to thank you both for coming. you look great. >> let me get the car, mom. see mom. >> oh, really. you want to see mom? >> don't you dare, mort. you will let that person get off the planet without knowing about this, can you do that? could you do something for >> wow. >> jeffrey is with us. >> thank you.

you have received all of these awards, but we called it right before this show. >> you did. >> was made, you know, launched out. we thought -- we saw the dvd. and just knew it was brilliant. >> thank you. >> phenomenal. what's it been like for you? >> it's been terrific, transformative. as i say, it's -- i -- i deserve the luckiest guy in the room award, and in the only has it changed my life but it's given me one of the great, great responsibilities i've ever had. >> it's -- it's nice. >> such an interesting part about it when you receive all these awards and you go right to the social responsibility and talk about the lgbt community and you really have become an icon there. >> icon is -- >> they turn to you. >> we were just at white house. >> yes. >> and we were there for the champions for change day, and that was a huge honor where they honored nine artists on the lbgt

show there and were on a panel with the danish girl and i remember walking through the white house saying would i like my mom and dad to have seen this. it's huge. >> wow. >> it's just huge, and i'm very grateful. >> you must have so many people so proud of you in your life for this row. i mean, we're all so proud of you. >> i'm proud of you. i watch you guys every morning. >> i know you have some questions for us. >> because you are such a loyal fan viewer. >> i'm -- i just want to know what's with all the eating? every time -- every time i click in someone has something in their mouth. >> that didn't sound right, jeffrey. >> we don't eat breakfast here. >> that's one. >> we often get up so early so we figure we eat around 4:30 in quick. by 9:00. >> have a world renowned chef upstairs and cooking dinner. can you come and hang out. for example, if i want french

it might magically appear. >> okay. would i like some french toast. >> we'll work on it. >> what happened? >> worked much better in the rehearsal. >> complicated. >> so nice -- >> a head's up. >> thank al for showing up. that was great. >> that's where your french toast is the, with al. >> and i'm also -- i want to say something. i would just like to honor hollywoodlawn who passed away. she was one of the great transgender artists and she was there at invention of the wheel. >> wow. >> and i just wanted to -- to honor her today. >> and we honor you. >> you do. >> we do. >> one of our favorite around here. >> are we invited to willie's for dinner? >> i'm a neighbor and have lived there for two years. >> i keep putting notes in your mailbox and you never respond. >> that's going to get creepy. >> very versatile.

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r us so i put my mind together. >> a thinkinger. >> me and my boys got a toys are u.s. truck and bought the toys and shack-a-klaus was created 20 years ago. mom, thank you, i love you. >> and your dad is part of reason you do all of this. gave you a gift one time? >> he gave me an autographed dr. j basketball because, you know, a couple of christmases i didn't get anything. we had sisters and, you know, used to come in and treat me like a man and said, listen, summon kind of tight this year. let me take care your sisters first and i'll get you later. >> oh. >> while they were out there hoping presents i was in my room crying, and thene came in with that autographed dr. j basketball. >> and that smile. >> you forget at that the point. >> the best gift ever. >> we love shack-a-klaus and wondered watching your show with charles and e.j. and kenny we

wearing any pants. >> no pant zone. >> charles and gen-y like to play. >> look ought. >> where are you pants? >> charles and kenny stole them? >> you had no spare pant in your dressing room? >> no. >> there was a report. >> your legs. >> talk about doing that all the time, but you actually did it. >> oh, my gosh. >> they stole my pant and they set them on fire. >> willie, it's a remap. the last time were you here. willie dunked on you. >> five seconds. >> willie dunked on you. >> should we put a jelly bean on the top? purple? absolutely. [singing] on the third day of christmas my true love sent to me.

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and set fitne was in second place and the boxing film "creed" was in third. dylan in for al with a check of theto. looking at the week ahead, temperatures will be well above average for most of the country,

with a pacific storm making its way onshore every day this week for the pacific northwest. california, washington and oregon and by the end of the week, mountain snow. we'll see showers start to take hold through the ohio and tennessee river valley, making their way up into new england by the time we get into the end of the week. but as for temperatures, we start off very warm through the plains, northern plains, mild up and down the east coast. midweek, the temperatures continue and warm until late in the week where the 10th west pulls off a bit but approaching 60 degrees in the northeast t >> jeremy: good morning. another mild day with a mix of clouds and sunshine. >> good morning. another mild day with a mix of clouds and sunshine. very little wind out there as well. temps between 53 and 58. boston, later today 56. south coast middle numbers. cooler tomorrow, with temperatures only in the lower 40s. boston tomorrow, 42, and plymouth, 45. 40s, that's where we should be for december. 30s and 40s on wednesday, and isolated showers back into

and that's your latest forecast. natalie? >> all right, thanks, dylan. this morning on "today foods," stress-free entertaining all week long. we help you plan the perfect party menu and today is appetizers for an open holiday house. >> two great ways to use filo dough and candy bacon. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. here's the deal. i was down on the green room trying to see what dress you were going to wear. and i saw natalie. >> the florals here. >> a floral pattern. >> whatever works for you, buddy. >> yeah. thanks. love you too, buddy. >> confidence! >> so here we go, guys. phylo. >> yes. >> drink that and see what you say after that.

brie cheese, dough, hot sauce, ginger, oranges, salt, pepper, butter and cranberries. here's the deal, guys. natalie, come over here to my right. >> okay. so we're going to wrap the brie cheese in the phylo? >> please. >> it can be hard to work with. what's the key to keeping it moist? >> here's the key to keeping it moist. you have to use a damp paper towel. here's the deal with phylo, whatever you want to call it. it will actually dry out. what you want to do is take a damp paper towel and keep it moist so you can take a layer. paper towels. same thing. you'll do the top layer and natalie the bottom layer. >> butter the whole thing? >> the whole thing. take butter like it's, i don't know -- a salon. >> a butter salon. >> do the whole thing. we're going to make layers. this is the thing, natalie. you rip it, break it, that's completely fine. so butter it, and then you take

and each time you're going to -- >> keep buttering. >> exactly. butter, butter, butter. >> it's have i gentle. >> an artisan like myself. >> okay. >> confident man this morning. >> excuse me. >> so natalie, now we've got two layers here. we're going to take this bottom here, and take this big old wheel of brie cheese. >> butter and cheese. >> there is nothing wrong with this. then i make cranberry sauce, a cranberry chutney. take it just like so. >> so from the hot sauce. >> and then the shot of liquor that willie drank. we take this and put it on top here. >> do it. >> wrap it like a present. >> yes. just like that. >> turn it with the butter. >> seriously. why do we -- >> because you're so good, willie. >> now we take this, put the whole thing around, you bake it -- we fight every time we're on. okay. so 375, about 20 minutes. natalie, check this out.

this is insane. >> all right. >> all right. so the cool thing about this, this can set out room temperature, the longer it sits, the better it gets. >> really good. >> come around this way, guys. so this phylo dough, what you do is now take -- >> i'm confused! is it feel-o or file-o. somebody on the internet. >> so now take prosciutto, and roll the prosciutto with the as par dwus gus. we use phylo again and roll it in parmesan cheese. and take a pizza cutter and just like this. butter it just like this again. now, natalie, willie, roll this. just like so, guys. >> that's so cool. >> i'm from california. all right. last but not least, you bake

temperature is great. >> check this out. rosemary, brown sugar, black pepper. room temperature is best. >> i think al is cursing himself for not being here today. >> good to see you, buddy. go to today.com/food. up next, an a capella group is back.

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screen marvel film "iron man 2". >> and now he's trying to uncover sacred artifacts but on a limited budget. >> we bring more artifacts here. >> like a hole land in the good old usa, where it should be, not over there. >> i believe i have a lead on skull. >> good morning. >> hey, hey, good morning you. >> know already it's a comedy. >> it's a comedy. >> going to be laugh out loud funny. >> your character is sort of the anti-indiana jones, is that right? >> a biblical archaeologist and he's looking for all kind of stuff, you know, the skull and it's funny. it's a funny movie. danny mcbride and leslie bibb. oscar-nominated amy ryan and jane clement is hilarious. will forte, a very funny movie. >> awesome cast v.to get to the bottom. >> yeah. >> the beard, is that real? >> the beard is real. >> the hair, you know. >> yeah. >> you have to ask jerry about the hair.

>> need an archaeologist to dig around. >> talking about "napoleon dynamite." >> and you sort of feel that quirkiness, if that's the word right, of "napoleon dynamite." >> i think it's a real funny movie and people who are religious will think it's funny and bill maher will think it's funny. >> that's a range. >> it makes fun of fundamentalism and has a redemption pro-faith kind thing at end. quite a range. >> thanks. >> from the indy films, to you know, big blockbusters. how do you pick what you want to do? >> i think it's a very personal, emotional kind of response to material and you just kind of, you know, either you like it or you don't, you know. >> yeah. >> one for you and one for them. >> you can say sometimes that works. sometimes that bites you on the butt, but, yeah. >> well, this movie is a total blast. people are going to love it. >> thanks. >> it's very, very funny. >> congratulations.

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