good morning. taking sides. critics and supporters of donald trump's controversial proposal to ban muslims from entering the country line up. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly it's not what this country stands for. >> it's morally reprehensible. it runs counter to the constitution, and has consequences for our national security. >> who is cutting off people's heads and bombing buildings and bombing airplanes who is is it, not the christians.

>> and how will that dominate campaign and will it help or plans. and the fbi looking into claims that one of the san bernardino shooters syed farook discussed staging a similar attack back in 2012 as investigators trace his past to radicalization. explosion. another hover board burst into flames, this time at a mall. the device flaring up a second time after being extinguished so what should you do if your kids have them on your holiday list? and what will it be, putin, trump, caitlyn all on "time's" short list of person of the year and we're revealing it to you exclusively today, today, wednesday, december 9th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza.

welcome to a "today" on a wednesday morning. the folks at "time" magazine gave us their short list for person of the year on monday and had a chance to pull it over along with our viewers. >> a lot of people have been guessing. shall we say, the choice is going to be a bit of a surprise. i think you're right about that. we'll reveal it later on in the program. start on a wednesday morning though and once again our top story is donald trump and the reaction to his call to mar muss limits from entering the u.s. the republican presidential front-runner receiving everything from praise for his idea to demands that he drop out of the race. we'll get into all of it, the fallout, the impact on the election, what it says about the mood of voters. let's start with nbc national correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. the republican party now has as big a donald trump problem as it's ever had. time and again his controversial comments only solidifying his base of support, and despite a lot of criticism, none of his opponents are willing to say they wouldn't support him if he becomes the nominee.

touting a new poll that shows nearly 70% of his supporters would bolt with him if he left independent. after his most provocative comments yet, donald trump standing firm insisting he's not a bigot on abc news. >> not at all, probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> reporter: trump defending his proposed ban of muslims entering the u.s., organizing it would be short term. >> i have people that i have tremendous relationships with. they are muslim, and, barbara, they agree with me 100%. >> reporter: still, the backlash from leading republicans has been swift and overwhelming, jeb bush hammering trump. >> i reject out of hand that he is going tonight nominee. >> reporter: a spokesman for former president george w. bush saying he wouldn't give oxygen to trump's bluster. house speaker paul ryan. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly it's not what this country stands for. >> reporter: ted cruz hoping to

not to criticize his rival. >> i commend donald trump forever standing up and focusing america's attention on the need to secure our borders. >> reporter: for the grand ole party, an urgent dilemma, fail to stand up to trump and risk long-term damage to the party or confront trump and risk his running as an independent despite his past promise he wouldn't. >> i have signed the pledge. >> reporter: a trump third-party bid would likely gift wrap the white house for hillary clinton. many of trump's supporters unfazed by the controversy. >> i think it's a very fearful time in our country right now, and dev niv in italy to keep the bad ones out would be great. >> who is cutting off people's heads? who is bombing airplanes? it's not christians. it's not the jewish. it's not the buddhists. it's the muslims. you got that on camera, sport? >> reporter: democrats aren't holding back. white house aides arguing trump's comments disqualify him

as a carnival barker. >> the vacuous slowingianiering the fake hair. >> reporter: even philadelphia's mayor resorting to profanity. >> he's a [ bleep ]. he has no idea what he's talking >> reporter: new hampshire voters go to the polls exactly two months from today, and a new poll taken just before his proposed ban shows trump is now only 20 points ahead of his closest competitor, that's marco rubio, but be very clear. this is something to watch. this race remains fluid. 56% of voters in that state are still trying to decide who they should support. matt and savannah. >> all right, peter alexander. peter, thanks so much. meantime, national security officials are voice their own concern saying trump's plan could make the u.s. a bigger target for terror groups like isis. nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on that. and i yeah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. donald trump has been polling around 30% with republican voters since july, but his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. would isolate more than a quarter of the world's

security experts say it's now gone beyond simply a campaign applause line and grown into a threat to u.s. safety and america's image around the world. >> this is a grave mistake. >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton calling donald trump's latest campaign platform a peril to national security. >> at a time when america should be doing everything we can to lead the fight to defeat isis and other radical jihadists, donald trump is playing right into their hands. >> reporter: and she's far from alone. current homeland security chief jeh johnson called trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. irresponsible, teague it hurts efforts to keep americans safe. >> working with the muslim away. not vilifying them. not driving them into the shadows is absolutely critical

>> reporter: danger centers around how it could match propaganda and could turn trump's comments into a recruiting tool. >> and donald trump is putting american lives at risk and putting american service men as risk and american diplomats at risk. >> reporter: and veterans, like this american congresswoman, herself an air force pilot. >> we've got many americans that are of the muslim faith that are peaceful and are serving our country and are a part of our society. >> reporter: at least 5,800 muslims currently served in the nation's armed forces, the plan seemingly ignoring their sacrifices along with most of interpreters and intelligence officers. add to that critical allies from the more than 16 predominantly muslim countries in the u.s. coalition to fight isis. >> every single poll nationally -- >> reporter: experts say trump's comments also threaten efforts of local agencies like the nypd. authorities tell nbc news more than 50 planned terror attacks

tips from the muslim community. trump's comments prompted worldwide condemnation and rare criticism from foreign leaders like britain's david cameron who never speaks out about politics in other countries, but for them trump has indeed gone too far. savannah and matt? >> all right, andrea mitchell are thank you very much. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet press." good to see you. >> good morning. >> in another election cycle you might hear the comments coming from donald trump and write them off as coming from a fringe canned day. donald trump is not a fringe candidate. the republican front-runner and has 30% of the support depending on the polling and who are people supporting him? >> folks not traditional primary voters, traditional republican voters, not participated in the party and anxious and upset. on the socioeconomic scale not doing so well. folks that feel in the economic recovery they have been left

immigration thing, attack china, and, yes, they feel insecure so this muslim stuff is going to do nothing to shake those supporters. >> lets me go back to the first thing you said. they are not typical republican voters. isn't that the bottom line question. if they show up and actually vote, trump wins? the polls demonstrate that. if they don't, if they are just telling poll sterckx yeah, i like trump and they don't vote you have a different story. >> you do, but you have to give trump this. they are showing up to the rallies. he is getting thousands it, hock? marco rubio and ted cruz gets hundreds, sometimes 10s. he gets thousands and if you're showing up for that, you're more than likely show up to vote. i think trump can't expand beyond that 30 and if you can't get beyond that 30 you can't win the nomination. he's created his own lane, conservatives and evangelicals and establishment business wing of the party. he's creating a work class wing of the party and that's just another lane. it's a third lane.

>> you're not sure about these people here. does he have the right number of people in the right states to win the nomination? >> no. bottom line no. he's got a good chunk of support to get 30% in any state he goes, that i believe. it isn't really differ that much and if the field is crowded early, that's enough to win iowa, enough to win new hampshire and enough to win south carolina, but when it's two or three candidate and the you've got to get to the 50% plus one at some point then that's where he's going to run into trouble. >> in your mind is the idea of an independent run by donald trump still alive, the possibility pledge not withstanding? >> anything with trump is a live possibility. at this point that's what republican party leaders is sphereful of which is why they didn't go after him but i think something was very instructive yesterday. the republican party said we're going to fight the trump nomination for as long as it takes which means as long as trump is in this race, that means this thing is going to be a fight all the way to convention. if they can convince trump to get out suddenly you'll start

return. >> all right. chuck, good to have you here, thanks. >> thank you, chuck. related news from capitol hill. the u.s. house has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would tighten controls on who can enter the country without a vice a. as it is the visa waiver program allows citizens of 38 countries to travel to the u.s. without first obtaining a vita and now anybody who has been in syria, iraq or iran or sudan in the previous five years would have to obtain a visa in order to get into the state, that is if this measure becomes law. countries in the visa waiver program would be required to share information on extremists with the u.s. the senate has already drawn up similar legislation. i want to talk about the shooting in san bernardino that is a driving force behind donald trump's proposal we've talked about already this morning. as investigators pore through the background of the shooters, we're now learning that gunman syed farook may have plotted a separate attack back in 2012. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in san bernardino. miguel, good morning to you.

>> reporter: matt, good morning. now exactly one week since the shooting, the gunman's parents have been put on a terror watch list just as a precaution, this as investigators are looking into the money, planning and support of this crime which may go back quite some time. >> we have several down in a conference room. >> reporter: three years before syed farook helped kill 14 and wound 21 fbi investigators have now been told the gunman may have talked about staging an attack in california, says a senior law enforcement official. killed by police with his wife tashfeen malik, the claim can't be verified, but it may bolster a growing assumption farook was radicalized long before he met and married malik. we know the pair practiced at for years. the weapons were obtained from

relative by marriage, converted to islam and attend the the gunman's mosque. he's being questioned but is not a suspected. >> enrique was i guess liked by a lot of people. he fit in perfectly >> reporter: fbi on the money trail. syed farook took out a loan two weeks before his killing spree. the $28,500 deposit came too late to finance the massacre. the money, say counterterror officials, may have been for their baby and grandmother to use after the bloodshed. from their home investigators have a trove of documents, but cell phones were destroyed, critical data could be encrypted. >> these individuals who don't leave a digital footprint are extremely difficult for law enforcement to track or even be aware of. >> reporter: it's not just physical evidence that investigators are looking for. they want to know if the gunman had any accomplices were. they helped coordinate and plot

savannah, matt? >> miguel almaguer in san bernardino, thanks. breaking news overnight tied to the tear ior attack in paris. the third man who attacked the bataclan concert hall has now been identified. french officials say fouad agood left his home in eastern france in 2013 and traveled to syria, but he returned to france a few months later. all of the paris attackers have been identified so far. they were french or belgian. 130 people died in the paris massacre on november 13th, and all three bataclan attackers were killed during that rampage. now to boston and the newest health care linked to chipotle. officials believe they know what caused dozens of people who aid at this same restaurant to get sick. natalie is here with more on that. natalie, good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning. the number of cases have actually skyrocketed. early tests are now pointing to the envirus and not e. coli as the culprit, but either way it's another shot to the chain's image. this morning things seemed to be

officials at boston college say the number of sick students is growing from 30 on monday to 80 on tuesday. all of them falling ill after eating at a nearby chipotle restaurant. >> sounds like people are kind of getting sick on their own until they realize it's a huge group of people and they all came into health services. a lot bigger than we all thought it was >> reporter: cause, initial testing suggests the norovirus which can cause stomach pain, fever and vomiting. the virus is highly contagious and can come from contact or eating contaminated food. boston officials have cited this restaurant with multiple violations including keeping meated a an incorrect temperature and allowing sick employees to come to work. >> they did not follow protocol. >> reporter: in a statement chipotle says the safety and well-being of our customers is always our highest priority so our restaurant at chief land

closed while we work with local health officials to investigate a number of illnesses among boston college students. fast food chain is still reeling from a nationwide e. coli outbreak. there are no related cases of e. coli in massachusetts, but 47 people have been affected in at least six other states. the recent health scares have sent chipotle shares tumbling, down nearly 19% this year. as popular fast food chain struggles to stay ahead of health scares and headlines. most people who contract the norovirus do feel better within two or three days. in the annual report though chipotle acknowledged concerns about food borne illnesses saying we may be at a higher risk of some competitors due to our use of fresh produce and meat rather than frozen and reliance on employees cooking with traditional methods rather than automation. so we'll see where this goes from here.

bad couple of months. >> bad couple of months for them, for sure. >> turn now to chicago where mayor rahm emanuel has called a special city council meeting to address the growing crisis in the city's police department. mayor emanuel is set to deliver a speech on police accountability following the relieves video that shows 17-year-old laquan mcdonald being shot by a police officer 16 times. critics say the city was slow to release that tape and slow to seek charges against the officer. jason van dyke is now charged with first-degree murder. let's go to china now where hazardous smog is smothering the city of beijing again today. the chinese capital has launched its first red alert for pollution, closing schools, suspending work at factories and keeping half of the city's vehicles off the streets. most of the smog is blamed on coal-fired power plants, along with vehicle and construction to the factory work.

the renewable energy of wrap wind and some of the images we saw when we were there for the olympics and some of the buildings completely shrouded now in that smoke. >> unfortunately have not changed. >> now back to the dramatic video we showed you at the top of the show. a mom near seattle had to be evacuated after one of the popular hover boards burst into flames. >> as you can see it was caught on camera. the smoke triggered the fire alarm and forced officials to temporarily evacuate. this is the latest in the string of hover boards catching fire. >> pretty scary to watch. >> exactly right. >> how is that going? >> mommy is getting a fire extinguisher. >> mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> that's right, we've been talking about the pacific northwest and take a look at video, port land oregon. you can see mudslides now causing big problems. look at that the coming down the hill like that covering this road completely and more of the

in fact, as you go into western washington state you can see heavy rain moving through the area, and there's more on the way. so here's today's storm make its way in. another big storm making its way in on thursday for tomorrow, but this system right now is bringing that rain and the good news is if you look at rainfall and snowfall, this is now going to start to finally move south and get the sierra involved which is very important for the snow pack. the rain returns, the snow as far south as sierra. here's what we're looking at rainfall wimpts look at how he have et rain is from the pacific northwest into northern california. southwestern oregon and northwestern california, could see seven inches of rain but here's the good news. look at sierra. could be upwards of three to four feet of snow in some areas and that's great for the snow pack helping to alleviate some

we're going to get to your >> jeremy: good morning. there. a few peeks of sun, but in the as much wind as yesterday. seasonal temp, 43 to 48. and for tomorrow, morning clouds. there may be a passing sprinkle tomorrow morning and then some sun in the afternoon. look at the temps tomorrow, heading for the upper 50s tomorrow. today boston around 47. bedford at 46. and then tomorrow with that afternoon sunshine, the city 58. nashua 55. even warmer on friday. low 60s. much the same on saturday. >> that's your latest weather.

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the conditions here in downtown boston. j.r., what a nice day for december really. >> sarah:>> jeremy: yes. right now close to 40 degrees. the city at 39. bedford at 33. norwood 34. much less wind compared to yesterday. temps this afternoon upper 40s. still a fair amount of clouds, but a few peeks of sunshine through the day. decent day. >> christa: all right, thank you, j.r. now to your headlines. boston police are investigating an early morning shooting that happened in the sound end. one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but so far police have not said if any arrests have been made. and quincy police are searching for a second suspect in a violent home invasion. investigators say two men broke into the house and tied up a pregnant woman. the woman's 16 year old stayed upstairs and was able to call 911. neither of them was hurt. police were able to arrest one of the suspects who tried to run away, and he's due in court coming up later on today. we'll send you back to the "today show" in new york after this short break, and we'll see you back here on-the-job training for president does not work.

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7:30 now on this wednesday morning, the 9th of december, 2015. a great crowd out on our plaza. holiday crowd enjoying the scene and the tree in the background. back inside studio 1a. a look at stories making news. law enforcement sources tell nbc news that the san bernardino shooter syed farook may have discussed staging an attack in california as early as 2012. that would have been long before he met his wife. >> fallout growing over donald trump's controversial plan to ban muslims from entering the

behind his proposal. several mayors who oppose the idea claim they are ban trump from their cities. >> and a number of boston college students suffering from stomach problems after eating at a number of chipotle restaurants has jumped to at least 80. health officials believe the problems are due it a norovirus not to the e. coli scare out west last month. >> and more on the war being waged by and against isis, using twitter and facebook to spread its message and can tech companies do more to shut them down? >> earlier this week google's executive director talked about targeting terrorists online. without this type of leadership from government, from citizens, from tech companies, the internet could become a vehicle for fust dissing a gracious of poorly built societies and the empowerment of people with the wrong voices. >> tom costello covers cyber security and good morning to you.

this is not an easy challenge. as you know some of the biggest phone-makers have made it nearly impossible to hack into a phone and social media sites have privacy concerns about trolling through billions of messages, but there's increasing talk in washington about potentially new laws that would force tech companies to do more in the fight against terrorism. it may be the closest thing isis has to an international command and control room. >> tomorrow it will be washington. >> reporter: youtube, facebook, twitter, what's, that instagram? social media provides the means for propaganda and communication and the oxygen for a terror movement. now growing calls for the tech world to help shut isis out. space. >> just as we have to destroy their would-be caliphate, we have to deny them online space. >> you are not muslims. you are terrorist. >> reporter: now a group of hackers called anonymous who have attacked the u.s. government in the past have

calling on the world to joint cyber war this friday. >> we want to retaliate not with violence but with our intelligence about hacking. we will disrupt your systems. >> reporter: anonymous claims to have already helped close thousands of isis accounts and hundreds of websites, but it's a grind. once one twitter account is closed isis simply opens another, and even the best intelligence agencies struggle to penetrate private isis communications. >> they do plot online but it's so difficult to access the encrypted platforms it's almost impossible for law enforcement. >> reporter: reluctant to help government spy agencies social media sites try to police themselves. facebook tells nbc news it works around the clock to remove any content that praise or supports trifrm. same message from twitter. violent threats and protomotion of terrorism deserve no place on twitter. youtube says it removed 14

>> we have literally dozens and dozens of police officers on scene. >> reporter: but following the attacks in california and paris, congress is now considering new laws that would force tech companies to do more. the author of "isis, state of terror," j.m. berger. >> it's not possible to drive these guys completely off social media but it would be possible to drive their presence down to an almost negligible level. >> reporter: that's challenge, youtube telling nbc news it will and does take swift action against terrorist content, but many phone and tech companies have privacy concerns about helping any government agency monitor communications or tap into cell phones, especially as they try to fend off criminal hackers and importantly anti-terror units don't necessarily want to remove all of that terror content because they actually use it to monitor terror activities. guys, back to you. >> all right, tom costello, interesting subject. thank you very much. mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> all right. waiting for some record warmth. >> yeah. >> we're talking about 80%, 90%

normal and it's going to continue. that jet stream way up to the north and so that cold air is banked up into canada. look at what we see for today. 12 degrees above normal in cleveland and 53 in new york city. that's eight degrees above normal and st. louis will see a high of 61. that doesn't seem that warm but that's what we should see in march and by this weekend a wide swath of record highs. indianapolis getting up to 65 on saturday and 75 in charlotte, new york city seeing a high of 61 and jackson getting up to 81 degrees on saturday, and it lasts right on into sunday as well. that's what's going on >> jeremy: good morning. for the day, a lot of clouds out there. a few peeks of sun, but in the as much wind as yesterday. seasonal temp, 43 to 48. and for tomorrow, morning clouds. there may be a passing sprinkle tomorrow morning and then some sun in the afternoon. look at the temps tomorrow, heading for the upper 50s tomorrow. today boston around 47. bedford at 46. and then tomorrow with that afternoon sunshine, the city 58.

even warmer on friday. low 60s. much the same on saturday. >> and that's your late weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thanks. now to what could be the secret behind "mona lisa's" smile. after a decade of study a french scientist saw a second image beneath da vinci's masterpiece. keir simmons has more on this surprising discovery. kooerks good morning. tell us about it. >> reporter: hey, good morning. that french scientist says in the second hidden image there is no famous smile and she looks to the side meaning mona lei seas's world renowned gaze that polls you wherever you are in the woman is not there. >> reporter: hidden behind the mona lisa's mysterious smile is another painting, it claims and may be more, a secret she has kept for 500 years, unlocked by a french engineer using modern science called reflective light technology to look beneath

the pore trade behind the painting looks similar to the manitoba lisa minus some similar differences and her iconic smile seems to be mission and one suggests there could be three paintings, paintings. the man who discovered add to doubts over who she was. like the plot from "the da vinci code" in the dan brown book messages were hidden in the mona lisa and the revelations are controversial. some folks already say they are a work of fiction claiming what's been discovered are just traces from the process of painting while the world famous louvre museum in paris where the mona lisa hangs has refused to comment. which you may think just makes it all the more mysterious. and how many millions of us must have stood in front of the mona lisa never knowing there was something we weren't seeing. the death tailed claims will be

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made the decision already. >> yes, we did. >> that's night. >> trying to build some suspense. >>the just churning our wheels. let's start with number five. iran's president hassan rouhani. obviously been a big year. >> big year for him. >> with the nuclear deal. >> brokered the new jersey deal and represents a gamble by the west that he represents a new political calculus in iran. >> these aren't from number of votes received or anything like this, just a list you created. at number four you went with black lives matter activists. >> really involved from an organic protest movement to an organized national political movement. they drove police chiefs and college presidents from office and they are holding candidates to account. really seen a major change in the way they operate this year. >> all right. number three, going out on a limb and say this will be a shocker because people thought donald trump would be your person of the year. you put him at number three, why? >> all year long he has been saying things that were kind of disqualifying. lost count how many times so here's the test.

can live to play another day then he writes the new rules. we're now going to find out if he is as good at winning votes as he is as news cycles and in the months to come he may well position himself, will be here a year from now. in the history of the person of the year never named a presidential candidate as person of the year. of course, i heard allotted from beshds' people and ben carson. >> and from his people. >> and from him. he said i say there's no way they give it to me. they can't, mentally they can't, can't do it, even if i deserve it they can't do it. >> if he thinks he deserves has the whole next year to let the voters decide that. >> at number two. this is the one that i will tell you that our viewers thought would be the person of the year. >> abu bakr al baghdadi, the leader of isis, who this year went from building a regional power to building a transnational terrorist franchise, and the expansion of its ambition and its operating

>> what kind of a decision would it have been for "time" magazine to name him person of the year? would it have been impossible? >> nothing is impossible. we have named great villains in the past. adolf hitler was person of the year, but in his case it also is worth bearing in mind that in many ways this is a year in which he has lost ground literally, and his power is partly in opportunism. he did not invent middle east anarchy and did not invent the internet. he has just taken great advantage of both of them. >> didn't invent terror either. >> let's do number one, drum roll, please. >> it's chancellor angela merkel. >> chancellor angela merkel is our 2015 person of the year, and in a year where world leaders were tested all through the year, no one was tested the way she was. over and over again, the threat to the european peace and security really fell to her, first the economic crisis this summer, the refugee cries thinks fall and now the return of terrorism in europe, and she has stepped up in a way that was

she's been a very long serving leader, longest serving in the west and controls the world's fourth largest economy, but this year she really was tested in how she would respond to some of the most difficult challenges that any sleerd facing in the world. >> angela merkel "time's "person of the year. they are telling me donald trump is on line two. nancy gibbs. >> by the way, only the fourth woman to have a solo cover. >> and i suspect that is likely to be changing in years to come as well. >> thanks for always doing this with you. we enjoy it. congrats. the person of the year issue hits newsstands on friday. >> coming up, see this clever video that one of our viewers made for us. >> and a little later on porptsart, which was your favorite, the top music video of the year according to youtube, morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh! hey buddy, what' s up? this is what it can be like to have shingles. oh, man. a painful, blistering rash. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you.

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matt, your early christmas present. so yesterday, as savannah called it, a rare slip of the tongue during an interview with maya rudolph on tuesday. heavily featuring our own matt lauer created a huge sensation on the internet. lighting things up. take a look at moment. >> so rumor has it you got the offer to do this movie by text mail? >> text mail. >> text message, sorry. >> the kids are calling it text mail. i was just text mailing. >> i read in an e-message that brinda was not a very good person. >> i hereby smoke signal. >> call me or just text mail. >> made a very rare slip of the tongue. >> text mail as opposed to text messages. the good thing about it i'm sure i won't hear about it on that twitter thing. >> that twitter thing all over that flub. take a look, matt. here's some of the things our

matt lauer leaks new tech on on #today show breaking news and glen created a six-second vine dedicated to your greatness. take a look. there you are. i can watch that over and over. >> glen, you are good. >> glen has it done. look at you. >> looks like he's from "south park. ". >> the looks like "the simpsons." >> glen garcia has a future in animation. >> and sara if text mailing is wrong i tonight want to be right? messages? >> it was a text message. i combined the two, erroneously. and we love it.

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. >> this is 7news now. >> christa: good morning, everybody. three minutes before 8:00 a.m. i'm christa delcamp with you with your headlines, but fairs fairs -- first a check of the forecast with jeremy reiner. >> jeremy: right now boston 30 degrees. beverly 36. a lot of clouds. a few peeks of sunshine throughout the day. not as windy as yesterday. temps by between 43 and 48. for tomorrow morn, clouds, a few sprinkles, milder tomorrow afternoon. upper 50s tomorrow. >> christa: the principal of swampscott has been placed on administrative leave. parents received a letter yesterday informing them of the school's decision, but it didn't explain why.

the school will now be run by the assistant principal. the department of transportation and the mbta control board with plans to meet today to talk about the proposed green line extension project. right now the cost overrun on the project is estimated at $1 billion. and leaders are set to look at the estimate an talk about their options going forward. and now back to the "today show" after this quick break.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the social network's year in review. a look at most talked about stories in 2015 courtesy of facebook's cheryl sanberg. good-bye plus size and hello curves. the change in the fashion industry that's set to have a big impact on how women describe their bodies. and like mother, like daughter. melissa rivers like you've never seen her before. we'll fill you in on her cameo in jennifer lawrence's new

december 9th, 2015. >> good morning. we're on "today." >> mother-daughter trip. >> all the way from california! >> all the way from washington. go hawks. >> here from south carolina. >> go, tigers. >> i need a job! >> we're back now 8:00 on a wednesday morning. 2015. you know the crowds are getting bigger and bigger and seeing more santa hats. the holiday getting closer and everybody in a good mood and we welcome them to rockefeller plaza. >> just ahead, we've got jill martin. back-to-back "steals & deals" and stocking stuffers for every member of your family, get this, under 20 bucks. wow.

do around here. santa? >> it's a secret! >> let's get a check of the top natalie? the rift between donald trump and the republican party is growing wider this morning over trump's latest comments about muslims. nbc's peter alexander is live in washington. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is standing firm about his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. saying he has no regrets saying we have to do the right thing and insisting he's not a bigot. in his words i'm the worst thing that's ever happened to isis. still, the backlash, as you noted has really only grown with most of all of his republican rivals piling on against this plan. party leaders from house speaker paul ryan to rnc head reince priebus. they have condemned it as well and so far nobody are willing to say they wouldn't support trump if he becomes the nominee. republicans in a tight spot with real concerns that trump could just leave the party and run as an independent and that that

house to hillary clinton. trump even dangling that idea of a third-party bid in a tweet. he did so tuesday, touting a poll that shows nearly 70% of his supporters would still support him. natalie. >> the peter alexander in washington, thank you. the fbi is investigating whether one of the shooters in last week's san bernardino office party massacre had been planning an earlier terrorist attack. nbc news has learned that syed farook hey have talked about striking a different target in 2012. that would bolster the emerging theory that he was radicalized before he met his wife and accomplice tashfeen malik. officials say the couple spent a year plotting the san bernardino shooting. the fbi is questioning relatives and looking into financial preparations for routes made to finance the attack. french officials have identified the third terrorist who died while attacking the bataclan concert hall in paris

23-year-old fouad mohammed-aggad was from the french city of strasbourg and like the others had traveled to syria in 2013 to join the islamic state. the new information means that all of the paris suspects identified so far were either french or belgian and all were french native speakers. the co-founder of the northface outdoor company died tuesday while kayaking and suffered severe hypothermia after his kayak overturned in 39-degree water. he was a passionate conservationist who spent generously on environmental causes. douglas tompkins was 72 years old. and on a lighter note, princess diana' favorite tiara looked as dazzling as ever when her daughter-in-law kate the duchess of cambridge wore it for the very first time tuesday night. the diamond and pearl cambridge tiara was a wedding gift -- to kate from queen elizabeth. duchess kate wore it to the annual holiday reception for

back over to you guys. looks stunning as always. >> always stunning. >> wears it well. >> well, now to a change in the world of fashion to have a big impact on how women feel about themselves. that's the hope. >> look who is here. hoda is here to explain it. >> hi, kids. how are you guys. a call to action led by a group of young models. they want to do away with the label plus size from the runway and beyond in favor of the body positive curve. >> size, meet shape and plus size meet curve. two small swaps that are having a big impact for women around the nation. in the professional modeling world, these are the bodies we often see on the runway, sizes ranging from 0 to 6. models above size 8 are typically labeled plus size despite fact that the average woman is a size 14. >> years of being sent to a different part of a department store, different store, making them feel different is what has

size. inaccurate. i'm not plus size. i've never been plus size. >> reporter: don't call model jordan woods plus size. she, like many in the industry, now prefer curve model. >> the curvy woman is beautiful. when you think of curves, think of power >> reporter: 18-year-old whose best friends include kylie jenner and jaden smith has already gained over half a million instagram followers. >> there should be some light brought to sizing, to help uplift the girl that think that she's too big or things that she's too skinny or think that she's different than everyone else because, really, sizing doesn't matter. it's about being happy with the way you look >> reporter: body positive change is taking social media by storm and retailers are hopping

>> plus is equal. >> reporter: lane bryant's plus is equal campaign. >> everybody deserves to be celebrated. >> reporter: and to drop the plus organization are trying to revolutionize the way people perceive women's bodies n.october online retailer mod cloth eliminated the designation plus size from its website. >> as the movement grows and this becomes more vocal on social immediate yeah think retailers will start to listen to it. >> reporter: whether your runway is a catwalk or the sidewalk, it may being time to embrace the curves and leave plus size a thing of the past. and jordan hopes to inspire others with her message and although she does refer to herself as a curve model, she did ask why can't a model just be called a model. >> i agree. >> and i think in solidarity, girls, we should raise our right hands. >> yes. >> and go like this. >> bat wings. >> oh, my gosh. >> we all have issues. it doesn't matter, and i think curvy is hot >> you don't even really have bat wings.

>> you can't see them. >> that's why i'm wearing. >> we'll have a bat wing off. we will. >> having no real vested in this, i think curve is a better word, i really do, absolutely. >> curve sounds like that. >> and if a size 8 is plus size we have a problem. i mean, that's ridiculous. >> i'm a 10 so we do have a problem. >> we asked people on today.com, 81% prefer the term curve to plus size. it's better. hoda, thank you. >> meet you with a measuring tape after the segment. >> all righty. up next, we'll show you a gadget someone has created to help with performance anxiety at a urinal. >> yikes. >> no calling attention. >> and the best of 2015 on pops theart. the top music videos of the year. >> and facebook's sheryl sand i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

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>> maybe it was in a text mail. >> i -- >> i have one word response. if al texts me something, sure. i never put a period but if i write a full i out of habit put a period. >> i don't get the indiana is seer. if you say fine it could seem fine. >> if you do an exclamation point. >> i'm big on an exclamation point. >> you're big on emojis. >> we all should. >> oh, my goodness. >> good segue. staying on the topic of emotions. many people think men have a hard time opening up and women cry more and who knows if that's true but men online are revealing some of the top things that will make them cry. here's a look at the pop answers. seeing their own fathers cry. >> wow. >> watching videos of soldiers coming home. >> yes. check on that. arguing with their wives, interesting. >> i could see that. >> if your wife starts to crime. receiving hugs from their kids

that's cute and, of course, getting kicked in the -- in the sensitive area. >> in your modicoms. >> memorial day parade to veterans day parade all the way down to -- >> the the notebook." >> last event that made me cry, derek jeter walking back out to shortstop on his last day at yankee stadium and bowing down or kneeling down at that position. buckets. >> i thought we were putting the tree up and ornaments and the thinking about my patients. >> sweet. >> i like that it's okay, too, for cries to cry. >> absolutely. >> the old stigma is gone. >> threat go, guys. >> how about this up. talk about a transition. >> oh, boy. >> anyone here uncomfortable -- i'm looking at you folks at home, i should be looking at you. anyone uncomfortable about using a public restroom? >> no, no. all? >> what am i doing? what's the performance? >> some men get a little stage

public restroom especially when they use the urinal and now it's privy-pee. >> this has got to be a joke. >> fold the cape up and when you go to a restroom you unfold it others. attention to you. >> going to get arrested after putting that on. >> i like this part. the device is still a prototype. how much more development does this need? >> it's like the snuggie. >> hello, i've got to use the john. >> you walk into a restaurant, restroom, three urinals. >> i go to the one on the end? are you? don't go to the middle one. >> let me ask you a question because then if you go to the middle one someone walks in they you. >> let me ask you this. you walk in and you're at work

closely with at urinal which i think urinals is craze, i don't know how you guys do it. >> we stand up and we go. >> but can you go in front of someone you know? >> could you go next to each other is. >> in a heartbeat. >> we don't talk. >> best one ever was early on on the "today" show, president nixon next to me. >> next to you. >> wow sglmd remember what the nickname was. >> not going to do the joke, not going to do it. >> that's an incredible conversation. >> i think we're missing out. >> no. >> come on. >> i don't think we're missing out. >> urinal envy. >> let's move on. >> "pop start," melissa rivers playing her mom in a new move, right? >> a tuchg role for melissa rivers playing her mother joan and "people" magazine has the first photos from the set of "joy." melissa has a small cameo playing her mom during her mom's

transformation into her mother overwhelming and even stopped looking in the mirror, but melissa said it was a wonderful experience. by the way, "joy" hit theaters christmas day. quite incredible there. meefntd popular music videos of the year, according to youtube, you ready, count it down in. third place "love me like you do" from ellie golding got 809 million vumpts finishing second with 872 million, "sugar" by maroon five and topping the list, a sentimental favorite that will make men and women cry, "see you again" with wiz khalifa honoring the late "fast and furious" star paul walker. up to 1.2 billion views. one other note. youtube says we spent the equivalent of 37 years watching top ten videos. i say we because it would take all of us for that number. >> collectively all the hours spent watching the videos. >> just the top ten videos. >> wow.

>> this year. >> i'm surprised "hello" wasn't on there. >> probably not yet. >> this is the millions but not that. >> number seven, i'm told. >> mr. roker. >> you know what. we've not had very much snow this year and take a look at some. numbers. this was from last year in boston and look at this, two years ago we had an average of 3.3 inches of snow covering 58% of the country. last year not as bad. 17.9% had about 1.2 inches of snow. look at it this year. i mean, we got almost nothing. only 14% of the country has an average of one inch of snow and don't see much getting added to that over >> jeremy: good morning. for the day, a lot of clouds out there. a few peeks of sun, but in the as much wind as yesterday. seasonal temp, 43 to 48. and for tomorrow, morning clouds. there may be a passing sprinkle tomorrow morning and then some sun in the afternoon. look at the temps tomorrow, heading for the upper 50s tomorrow.

bedford at 46. and then tomorrow with that afternoon sunshine, the city 58. nashua 55. even warmer on friday. low 60s. much the same on saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> from tragedies like paris to the presidential race and pop culture, we now share debate and celebrate everything on social media. facebook chief operating officer sheryl sandberg is here. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> this is becoming our annual thing where we say wow all that have happened in one year. i can't believe it. >> facebook is where people come together to share what they care about and this year was a hard year. >> yeah. >> a lot of challenges for the global community and what you see on facebook is people coming together to meet the challenges and to feel less alone and to work towards solutions together. >> and we really see it in this list that facebook compiled of

this is what people were posting most. we'll put the list up. number six, marriage equality. seemed all of a sudden everybody had changed their pre-file picture and had that rainbow and this is one of those community moments where people were getting together around an issue. >> 26 million people use the facebook rainbow filter to change their profile picture to the rainbow to show support, and that's pretty incredible. 6 million americans have already come out on facebook, and what we're seeing now is the number of people coming out is three times what it was a year ago and i think that's because people feel the support. people want to live lives as their authentic self and the best way to do that is with the support of a global sglunt it has been a hard year and lest we forget facebook is a global company and look what's rounding out the list, a lot of global events, the greek debt crisis and the syrian refugee cries and just last month attacks in paris. facebook activated its safety check for that which is

natural disasters but never before for something like this. how did it work and how did it work in a situation like this? >> we activated safety check which allows people to check in and let everyone know that they are safe. over 4 million people did it. 360 million people were notified that their friends in paris were safe and now going forward we'll be using it for natural disasters as well as the unfortunate violent events. i think what you see is that when these things happen people want to know that their friends and family are safe, but they also want to know how they can help and that they want to feel connected that is hopefully the resilience that follows these horrific attacks. >> let's look at number one on the list and i have a feeling it might be number one, too, next year. the presidential election, this is something that everybody wants to talk about and not just voters and the candidates social media. >> one in four americans who are on facebook have commented or like to share something about the presidential elections, and the as you just pointed out it

year. facebook is the new town hall. it's where people can have a real and more authentic and direct relationship with the people who represent them. >> it's the real definition of community when you're talking about politics and policies. but you've got to the let me talk about pop culture. you guys are tracking that, too. >> absolutely. >> the top of it v show is "game of thrones" and top movie not even out yet "star wars." are you a "star wars" geek like i am? >> i'm a complete "star wars" fan and have a son and ought boys and girls are "star wars" fans. it's amazing for a movie not yet come out to be number one already. >> before i let you go, i have to ask how you're doing, doing a difficult year when you unexpectedly lost your husband and you wrote such a moving and beautiful post about grief and love and i remember you telling me you weren't even show if you wanted to fest but the outpouring was so great. what was that like to experience facebook from that perspective? >> you know, i lost my husband,

suddenly and that's a horrible thing to live through and it's also a pretty isolating thing to live through as you try to rebuild and went back to work. no one knows what to say and everyone looks at you like a deer in the heat lights and i wrote this post and wasn't sure if i feast and hit send on the 30-day anniversary of his day which has meaning in the jewish religion and i shared, shared how to talk to me hand how i was feeling and it changed a lot. people knew what to say and people started talking to me more openly and even strangers because i'm not only person who experienced loss this year and previous years. i think loss and then trying to rebuild and resilience, such a huge part of the human condition, and by using and sharing on facebook i felt part of that global community, and as i look to the new year and my children and i have worked so hard to rebuild our lives and find happiness and joy and gratitude again, i think the support of strangers and our

i always love to say i feel even closer to it in a much more and profound way. >> not easy to open your heart but i hope you felt that embrace that so many people felt and cared for you. >> you feel not alone because anything you experience no matter how tragic or devastating, there's many people in the world who have experienced that and there's something universal about the ability to share and connect and to say to someone else it gets better. >> it does. sheryl, it's great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> have a wonderful holiday and hopefully we'll see you next >> thank you. matt. much. jill martin is here with a special "steals & deals" about --

>> this is 7 news now. >> sarah: good wednesday morn, everybody. it's 8:27 as you take a live look over boston. let's send it to jeremy rhiner with a check of your forecast. >> jeremy: sarah, right now a lot of clouds and seasonal. temps upper 30s to around 40. the numbers this afternoon 43 to 48. but not nearly as windy as yesterday. tomorrow morning clouds and a few sprinkles tomorrow morning. and then sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. look at those temps headed to the upper 50s tomorrow. 60s on friday. >> sarah: quincy police are searching for a second suspect in a frightening home invasion. investigators say two men broke into the house and tied up a pregnant woman. her 16-year-old daughter hid in a room upstairs and called 911. neither of them were hurt.

at suspects who tried to run away. he's due in court today. state health officials confirm 80 boston college students have contracted norovirus from eating at the chipotle at cleveland circle. it happened after an employee who was sick came to work. the restaurant is closed this morning and is cooperating with health officials. a car explodes and bursts into a balance of fire on i-93 in canton. flames engulfed the car around 4:30 last night. traffic was backed up for miles. police say no one was hurt. "today in new england" returns at 9:00. we hope to see you then. welcome, to the simply orange tour. this is our plant. these are our workers. and this, is upper management. but what you won't find around here, is any freezing, flavoring, or concentrating.

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4:30 now. it's wednesday morning and december 9th, 2015, good crowd out on the plaza this morning. like to see that. and in their holiday finest. we've got some elves and people giving gifts for our toy truck and always happy to do that. want more information for our toy drive go to today.com. coming up to have a real american hero. sergeant stone who helped thwart the attack on a train in france earlier this year and we'll talk to him exclusively. he's prepared to receive a very well deserved award.

glad to see him here and a special "steals & deals" and jill has dug up bargains of 75% all for great stocking stuffers. >> and let there be light. martha stewart is here with crafty ideas that lend a little glow to your holiday home. >> first, let's swing it over to al. >> and good morning. we've got a series of blackboards up here. folks writing out. we asked people to finish the sentence sharing kindness. okay. sharing kindness is contagious, mothers, daughters, refilling the toilet paper. we like that one, and we've got some over here. kindness is do something nice every day. that's awfully nice and compassion, selfless service to others.

thank you so much for sharing that. we've been asking these folks and you don't have to be on our plaza to help put this in. go online and #sharekindness and tell us what you think you need to do share kindness every day. let's share the weather and see what you've got going on. because of el nino, the chance of a white christmas in washington, d.c. and the last five el ninos, none, zip. don't have a chance. new york city, 16% chance of a one-inch snow depth on an average year and el nino years zip, nothing! forget about it, and you go up to boston, where you would have a 21% chance of having a white christmas. during a strong el nino year, you've got zero, nothing! a lump of coal. that's it. so don't expect, because we're in an el nino year, do not expect a white christmas in those three cities. we'll look at midwest a little bit later

for the day, a lot of clouds out there. a few peeks of sun, but in the as much wind as yesterday. seasonal temp, 43 to 48. and for tomorrow, morning clouds. there may be a passing sprinkle tomorrow morning and then some sun in the afternoon. look at the temps tomorrow, heading for the upper 50s tomorrow. today boston around 47. bedford at 46. and then tomorrow with that afternoon sunshine, the city 58. nashua 55. even warmer on friday. low 60s. much the same on saturday. >> that's your latest weather. don't forget any time you neath need your weather go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. now let's go back inside to matt with a true american hero. >> that's for sure. thank you very much. 2015 has put spencer stone's bravery to the test. first, without hesitation the air force staff sergeant helped to stop a terror attack on a french train back in august. then in october he survived a stabbing in sacramento, california. we'll return to active duty

here in new york to accept the uso's george vanclief military leadership award. he's with us now along with air force secretary debra lee james. secretary james, sergeant, good to have you both here. >> thanks for having us. >> it's been a tough year. >> yes, it has. coming to an end? hopefully. >> go back to france and your heroics along with two friends of yours aboard that train that helped to stop a terror attack. you were injured in the process, although luckily not life-threatening injuries. >> yes, sir. >> recoveri full frethose? >> not fully. still have some work on my thumb, but it's coming along. >> and fast forward, october, sergeant. you're in sacramento outside a club and involved in an altercation. you got stabbed and the injuries from that were a lot more life-threatening. >> they actually called out homicide team originally because they didn't think i would make it. i was in the hospital and six minutes from the ambulance and surgery within 30, 35, so, you

staff enough for saving my life. >> stab wounds to your heart, your lung, your liver. could have easily gone the other way. >> very easily. >> secretary james, spencer is about to receive this award for his heroic action and i don't know if he gets tired of hearing it and we don't get tired of saying it in france on that day, talk about that award. >> we don't get tired of talking aboutterm the united states air force, all so very proud of sergeant stone. what happened on the train that day could have been a catastrophe for many, 78 people, and, you know, when there's something happens and there's sudden danger, most of us the instinct is to flee and to hirng down and to get away from the gunshot of the firing of guns, but spencer stone and his two friends that day, they had the opposite instincts. they went towards the fire, and because of their actions, everybody on that train went home to their families, everyone lived. >> the sergeant, how often do you replay it in your mind? >> every day. >> for sure.

ending the way that it actually ended, or do you allow yourself to think what if? what if i had been a foot to the right or a second later. >> all the time, yeah. >> is it hard? >> not for me. i think it just depends on the person, but there's so many other things that could have gone wrong and in one of them did it would have been a totally different situation and mostly what comes to mind even more, even with the recent attacks in paris, my heart really goes out to france for that. you know, that really brought up, you know, memories >> you bring up paris and secretary james, it seems that the battlefield is changing and members of the armed services, ordinary citizens might be called upon to act to prevent acts of terror and violence in different ways than we have been in the past. >> you're right, matt, the battlefield has become in many ways global, and these things can possible up literally anywhere thanks to the power of

being radicalized. they can get access to information which 20 or 30 years ago simply was not possible. so i think it's a reminder for all of us that we've got to keep up this fight against daesh in the middle east, first and foremost, and also have to take great care here at home. >> and when things happen unexpectedly, it's always nice to have people like sergeant stone on hand to help out people. >> absolutely. >> we really appreciate your heroism. >> thank you, sir. >> great to see you. happy holidays. secretary james, thanks to you as well. >> appreciate it.

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>> this will be great, and this will really help with the last-minute gifts that will arrive in time. >> people should get by the computer because this goes stuff. >> even the producers have fingers like this. >> producers aren't allowed. >> are we spinning it? >> we are spinning it. >> drum roll and spin. >> okay. >> so these are isotoner gloves. retail is $46. for men and women, and they have the smart touch. >> so you can talk on your phone. >> can respond when a text message comes in, faux suede and all different fabrics, the retail $46 and the deem $14. 70% off. >> good. >> great teacher's gift. >> really, really nice. >> shall i spin? i'm just enjoying my role here. >> a nail polish set, retail 39.95. a set of two and a limited edition pouch and i don't know if you can tell. they say really fun things on it, party time.

>> on pouch. it's really like wraps it up if you put it in a stocking. and mire why you. the retail 39.95 and the deal is 11.95, 70 boston off and you can even split up the nail pollish. >> one in two. >> that wouldn't be a bad hostess gift. >> we did that yesterday. >> okay. >> next we have these are super cute. >> the initial key chains. and the retail $45 so 14 carat or rhodium-plated breast implants the deal $13. that's 71% off and what i love about this it's personalized. really looks like you put a lot of thought and every initial we have. >> very, very cute. >> i know somebody who will want these. thomas the train toys, retail $36 to $ $36. each has a head light and each a

each other, have one this year and give them next. always super popular and the retail $16 to $23 and the deal $6 to $9 and up to 63% off. >> it's not a "steals & deals" if we don't have jewel. >> little miss twin stars, retail $66 to 88 and good from babies to teens. >> really. >> finished with crystals, gold-plated so that fred see gal and a global brand, retail 66 to 88 and the deal $20, 77% off. >> nice. you got a lot of deals out of this. >> last but not least. >> who doesn't need a self stick. >> everyone does. >> affordable charger so you get a full charge with the portable charger. >> does matt lauer comes included? >> you get all of us. >> retail 59.99 and the retail

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most of us are still fast asleep. gloucester, massachusetts, famous for its fishing. >> it is 1:54 in the morning. we are in gloucester, mass. my man al is about to come charging down those steps. we are going fishing. what's up, brother? how are you? >> good, good, good. >> we're going to do some fishing. >> you ready? >> yeah. >> he is 49 years old and practically born with sea legs. at 2:31 in the morning he casts off ready to head to his office on the open water. al may be only fishermen on his boat but he's not alone. >> you got a start over there. >> a small group of ship captain, many sicilian immigrants and their sons head out together and around here it's a family business. you've been fishing for 35 years?

well, i started summers when i was 12 and full time after i graduated high school when i was 17. >> reporter: al runs through a pre-dawn check list before setting the net to drag along the ocean floor to catch the fish. you always drop the net right before the sun comes up? >> right. >> reporter: that's at 4:38 aime and alex pekts a quiet morning. half an hour later. >> i don't like what i see here. i think the wire is snarled. shoot. i've got to haul everything back and unsnarl it. that could take hours >> reporter: wires open the net and keep it from tangling. at this moment whole day of fishing is at risk. al works frantically at sun comes up and reels the net back in and resets it. it's 5:34 aime and with only an hour lost we're trolling again. do you think people know how they get their fish? >> probably not. the public gets their fish and

of where it's coming from and try to buy the domestic products over the imported products, you know. quality-wise and, you know, helping out your fellow citizens, it's a win-win. >> reporter: as he works in the wheelhouse at 8:14, there are some familiar faces. at 10:30 al pulls in the day's catch. most fish in this basket, dogfish and before noon he steam into the harbor and al unloads his catch at market. it will be weighed and auctioned off the following day. after al fill lets some great sole for dinner. great looking fish. how will you prepare it? >> bread it and fry it. >> reporter: old school. >> old school. >> reporter: al invited us to the fish fry at home and brought along the old school, his parents, his father frank from sicily and fished for six decades.

isabelle home from work at an insurance company and their son break. how often do you eat in the. >> 24 hours a day. >> reporter: marcus, are we proud of dad? >> absolutely. i mean, being from this town, it fishermen. >> reporter: these days there are fewer fishermen in gloucester. you ever think about getting into the family business? >> i wasn't allowed to. >> the things have been going downhill for a long time. it's not a future for hi. he's too young -- he'll be the last generation i think. >> reporter: as one tradition appears to be ending, another stretches on into the night, but not too late. the following morning, al is up again ready to see what the day holds and what it can bring home from the sea. >> oshie gosh, why there's a

gotten considerably golder and al tells us that this complex quota system has dug into his profits than will be the case until late april when the start of the new fishing season begins will. >> what's amazing he goes out by himself. >> by himself. >> every morning. >> dangerous. >> very dangerous, and his wife worries considerably. every morning, still after 30 years. >> tough job. craig, that was cool. big thank you very much. >> thank you very much. up next, martha stewart is here to help lighten up your holiday season. savannah, you always tell me how crafty you are, wait until you hear some of these ideas. but first, this is "today" on nbc. spend less time chasing sales

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behind the pharmacy counter. k pharmacist for fast, powerful advil cold & sinus. relief doesn't get n this. back now with more our hassle-free holiday. martha stewart is here to make your season bright with great ideas straight from the pages of "martha stewart live." good morning, happy holidays. >> good morning. >> congratulations. >> yeah. >> 25th anniversary. >> indeed. >> of the magazine. >> and it's a strong and beautiful magazine and so full of great ideas, i love it. >> really is. >> we have so many great ideas. >> let there be light here. >> great ideas to bring a little light into the holiday. start with a balln. >> blow up balloons. >> makes it much easier, right. >> and tie it off and have a bowl that's about the right size for each balloon, okay?

>> half and half mixture of glitter and glue. >> put in some nice fine glitter, stir it in and then paint that all over your balloon. >> you take that and dip is in here and paint. >> and do stuff like this, and if you have the time to do it properly like you do it actually looks -- >> once you put the decoupage and glitter on the balloon, uneven pattern, half the balloon dip it into a more tinselly glitter. >> the object is to cover the whole who would be the bottom half of the balloon. >> the bottom half and threat dry. >> overnight maybe? >> that one came off -- see if that will come off by self or break that balloon. >> break that balloon? >> and then you turn it upside down. >> and use it over here as a votive candle holder, a great project for kids and for adults. >> i love that.

>> thoogs are beaute ese are beautiful. >> you see them in hardware stores and home stores. paint entire globe with a mixture of glitter and glue, just paint all over the entire globe, and then sprinkle more glitter on it because the glitter really does make -- this is white glitter. >> and once you've got that all covered, sprinkle it really great. >> and use these little l.e.d. lights inside and look at holder. this is really cutter, biscuit cutter and paint those if you like and just show how this goes right on top. >> that's really great. >> makes a beautiful, beautiful effect on your table. >> dim the lights so we can see that for a second. >> look how pretty that looks, beautiful. >> okay. >> and making a garland. you can see on the front of

it's a string of lights, take a long string and pretty tinsel and if you hold that >> you stretch it out. >> good to have two people doing this. >> and for this the probably better to have the white strand of lights. >> unless you have dark green tinsel. >> and silver glitter, hang some ornaments with a little wire from here and embellish your mantlepieces and it's fire proof. >> do you use garland when you decorate a tree? >> i don't know. i have about 40 trees in my house. old trees, big trees. >> this is so sille and it's great. >> the take a piece of beautiful parchment paper, nice dipped translucent paper. >> want to get crafty.

>> have you used this punch. this is a punch that makes pretty little holes. don't do this on your table. only use a cutting mat, a self-healing cutting mat and make the holes all over it and with tape -- you know when you get flowers from your boyfriend or your girlfriend. >> or your husband. >> yes. >> or your husband. you -- you get these vases and save them. make beautiful cyrindrical.

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