but it looks like the rain may linger a little bit. get ready for the umbrellas the next two days. then breezy, cool, and dry by thursday. >> hoping for the best for wednesday. the people will still be out. bring those umbrellas. the "today" show coming up next. >> that's what's happening today in new york. good morning. breaking overnight. solemn ceremony. president obama lays a single white rose outside the paris theater where 89 people died in that terror attack. security extraordinary with more than 150 world leaders in the city for a historic conference on climate change. environmental activists already clashing with police. due in court. the shooting suspect who killed three people and injured nine others at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado facing a

this morning we're learning more about the alleged gunman's unusual life as relatives of the victims speak out. >> he took my only brother from me. that's the only brother that i had. scary scene. a bus carrying college students back to school after the thanksgiving holiday overturns in virginia. at least 35 injured. that driver facing reckless driver charges this morning. and ready, set, click. americans expected to spend $3 billion on this cyber monday as amazon shows off what they hope will be the future of getting your packages quicker than ever, today, monday, november 30th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning.

we got through thanksgiving, got through black friday. i may be too tired to click for cyber monday. >> shouldn't have left my christmas list inside your office? >> i can't do it. i'm not able. >> i know. it's a big, big day. online sales are almost eclipsing regular bricks and mortar sales. >> $3 billion. more about that in a little while. let's start on a monday morning with our top story. president obama begins his week in paris attending a landmark conference on climate change. that city, of course, still on edge following those deadly terror attacks. nbc's kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. security here is already very tight with emergency measures in place. just two weeks after the isis attacks here in paris. that is not what brought president obama to france, but it was the first thing on his mind. arriving very early this morning, just after midnight, president obama took advantage of the relative quiet and the empty streets of that early hour to make an unannounced stop at

the scene of the deadliest violence, the bataclan theater where he, the mayor of paris and the president of france all placed flowers at the memorial. already this morning the u.n. climate conference known at cop-21 brought together 150 world leaders and they, too, began by pausing to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks and already today president obama has met with the president of china. while they did talk about climate change, he also urged the chinese leader to do more in the fight against isis. matt, savannah? >> all right. kelly o'donnell in paris for us this morning kelly, thank you. learning more this morning about the alleged gunman at friday's deadly shooting rampage at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado and learning more about his victims as well. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in colorado springs for us. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: robert dear is being held here at county jail on no bond. he will face a judge for first time from this facility later on today.

this as we are learning more about the suspect in what some say are his anti-abortion beliefs which may have been his motive. he lived in deep isolation. robert dear's dilapidated trailer in the middle of nowhere, 65 miles away from the crime scene, even in the small tart of hartsell few knew him. >> just looked like a mountain markings like a dude living off the grid. >> reporter: reportedly a college graduate, dear will previously lived in north carolina in a shack with no electricity, water or sewage system. neighbors say he rarely spoke to anyone and had never been charged with a violent crime. >> he's coming out. he's got the ak. >> reporter: police say on friday dear unloaded a steady relentless volleyy of gunfire at a planned parenthood in colorado springs. the standoff lasted five hours. >> we're getting shot at again, shot at. >> reporter: nine were injured, three killed. >> 221, officer shot.

garrett swasey, a figure skater who trained with nancy kerrigan leaves behind his wife and small children. >> he was willing to do whatever it took to lay down his wife. >> reporter: jennifer markovsky was at planned parenthood with a friend. her father writing, life was too short, my beloved daughter and ke'arre stewart stewart, the father of two young girls, was there with a pregnant girlfriend of a child he'll neve meet. >> he took away my only brother. the only brother i have and he took it away from me the it's hard but i forgive him. >> reporter: planned parenthood executives believe they were targeted because they offer abortion services. security stepped up at some clinics after so much bloodshed. >> it's a tragedy. it's a worldwide tragedy. >> reporter: detectives have not released a motive, but law enforcement forces tell nbc news after the suspect was taken into custody he rambled about

president obama, politics and abortion saying, quote, no mar baby parts. today's court proceeding is procedural, but the d.a. will have ten days to file criminal charges. matt and savannah? >> all right, miguel almaguer, thank you. >> that shooting is pushing the issues of planned parenthood and gun violence back into the forefront of the presidential race as republican front-runner donald trump faces fresh scrutiny over some of the controversial things he's been saying on the campaign trail. nbc's kristen welker has more on that. hi, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. that's right. the 2016 race is intensifying just as this debate surrounding planned parenthood is coming into sharper focus. while all of the democratic candidates responded to the shooting the night it happened condemning the violence and making it clear they stand by planned parenthood, many of the republican candidates waited until sunday to weigh in the. for the gop it's more complicated because their base is largely pro-life so they chose their words carefully.

responding to the shootings of the planned parenthood facility in colorado springs. >> it's obviously a tragedy. nothing justfies this. >> reporter: condemgt attack but stopping short of agreeing with critics, including the executives at planned parenthood who said that fiery anti-abortion rhetoric contributed to this shooting. >> this is so typical of the left to immediately begin demonizing the messenger because they don't agree with the message. >> there is a tremendous group of people that think it's terrible, all of the videos that they have seen, with some of these people from planned parenthood talking about it like you're selling parts to a car. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald trump is also not backing down after repeatedly insisting he saw muslims celebrating in new jersey after 9/11. >> this didn't happen in new jersey. there were plenty of reports, and you're -- >> it did happen in new jersey. chuck, it did happen in new jersey i have hundreds of people that agree with me and by the way, you -- >> reporter: trump also under

fire for seeming to mock "new york times" reporter serge cove lesk who has a genital joint condition after kovaleski challenged trump's claims about 9/11. over the weekend trump again said he wasn't mocking the reporter. >> he's using what he's got to such a horrible degree. i think it's disgraceful, and i think the "new york times" frankly should give me an apology >> reporter: "new york times" isn't apologizing, and trump's rivals aren't buying it. >> he's insulted other reporters, this one he absolutely mocked who was disabled. >> reporter: and some candidates are showing new strengths. ted cruz is now just two points behind trump in iowa and chris christie picked up a key endorsement from the influential "new hampshire union leader." meanwhile ben carson visited jordan this weekend aiming to boost his foreign policy credentials after a series of blurnders, including referring to some syrian refugees as rabid dogs. on sunday carson said the refugees he met weren't

we're talking about the jihadist, the islamic terrorists. >> reporter: meanwhile today, the trump campaign is cancelling what was initially dubbed a news conference to announce the endorsement by about 100 black religious leaders after many announced they have no immediate plans to back him. trump will still meet privately with those leaders and then head back out on the campaign trail as will almost all of the other candidates. matt, savannah. >> all right, kristen welker, kristen thank you very much. >> let's bring in mark halperin, managing editor of bloomber politics. >> good morning. >> stop me if you've heard this,before, donald trump says something that makes his rivals howl, the media howl and his numbers stay solid y.should this be any different? >> his supporters don't care about this. look, we're two months away from iowa, particularly in the iowa caucus states and in new hampshire where they vote in the primary, getting serious about this and the nominee is going to

be donald trump or one of six other people who get hot at end and the way to pass trump is to get hot while trump's flaps start to weigh on the mind of voters. >> we heart same thing over and over again. the other thing we hear over and over again is the establishment in the republican party is panicked over donald trump, and they are going to band together to derail his campaign. hasn't happened so far. what are their options? >> it won't happen. the establish cement worried about christmas and other things and recognize if it's donald trump versus the establishment trume supporters will rally even hard around him. it's not about the establishment. can i tell you who the nominee is going to be, it's going to be trump or the person who gets hot. whoever gets hot, even ted cruz who the establishment of the party doesn't like, if that's the hot person there will be a lot of rallying around that person. >> let's talk about who is hot and who is not. chris christie got a big boost this weekend by getting the endorsement of the "new hampshire union leader," incredible and maybe a life

>> in a crazy cycle where donald trump is the front-runner and all these unorthodox things happening. there's no dead man walking. anyone on the stage can be the nominee. chris christie proves it. alot of people said no chance, not just his endorsement but other things happening with him. he's in this game because he could be the hot candidate. >> real, real quickly. the attack at the planned patient parenthood clinic in colorado. there's no proof that there was a moist on the part of the gunman that was related to any of the rhetoric we're hearing on the campaign trail, but does the attack take the issue of planned parenthood off the table for republican candidates who don't want to be seen or don't want to risk taking advantage of a tragedy or being on the wrong side of a tragedy? >> certainly makes it harder to talk about it in political terms. look, planned parenthood, gun violence, isis, there's so many big serious issues in a presidential campaign that's been like a circus. now we have to see how candidates finesse talking about serious things, even in the context of this race. >> we're going to hold you accountable.

you'll be here with us dozens of times between now and the conventions. say we're driving in the car, the candidates are. which candidate is moving forward and which is stuck in neutral and which canned skate in full reverse? >> two gag farthest fastest ted cruz, senator from texas and chris christie. the ones going forward. jeb bush is stalled. he's in neutral. not going back and donald trump i think right now is in neutral but headed uphill. >> and who is going backwards? >> backwards right now i think is ben carson. he's the one who has got to figure out a way to get a little bit more gas in the tank beyond what he's already done. >> mark, i think we've stretched this metaphor as far as hugely possible. classes cancelled today at university of chicago because of an online threat of gun violence. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has more on that. pete, what can you tell us? >> reporter: matt, good morning. the university says it's responding to some information provided by the fbi that somebody posted a threat of a shooting attack this morning. that threat was said to come

mentioning what the anonymous posting called the campus quad at 10:00 a.m. in response the university cancelled all classes and other activities at the hyde park campus for the entire day. it also urged students who live in campus housing to stay indoor for the day. a public letter from the university of chicago's president robert zimmer says he acted, quote, based on the fbi's assessment of this threat and recent tragic event at other campuses across the country. the university says a visible police presence will be on and around the campus today. the fbi is investigating the source of the online posting, and this morning a law enforcement official says concern is decreasing as agents get a better idea of where this came from. threats like this are a challenge to school officials because they are hard to ignore, hard to ignore something this specific, even though it's very rare for such an act of violence to be preceded by an actual threat. matt? >> pete williams on this story, pete, thank you. now to virginia where a bus

filled with college students heading back to school after the holiday break. natalie is following that story. >> good morning. three dozen passengers on that bus suffered injuries and first responders say it's a miracle only one of them is considered serious. a scary scene as a college bus full of college students overturned in westchester county virginia overnight. at 1:50 p.m. the bus was traveling south on the poe white parkway when it approached a ramp as reportedly high speed, bus flipped on its side. a passing car then hit the overturned bus leaving students in a panic. >> the the bus was driving very, very fast. they had to climb out of the bus. there was a lot of dirt all over her. she said she couldn't move her right arm. she thought she had broken it. they think she may have broken her wrist >> reporter: passengers were all students returning to virginia tech, radford university and the university of virginia after the holiday weekend.

approximately 34 of the busy a 50 passengers were transported to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. one passenger's injuries are being described as serious. >> we decided to call this a mass casualty incident due to the amount of resources that we had to use, and doing that we open up all the area hospital to be able to kind of disperse the patients evenly. >> and virginia state police are still investigating the crash. the driver of the bus has been charged with reckless driving. guys? >> natalie, thank you very much. weather doesn't appear to be a factor in that crash and in other areas across the country though, snow, flooding rains, ice made for a very difficult holiday weekend. al, are they over those storms? >> not even close and we've got at least as we look at maps 12 million people under some sort of winter weather advisory or winter storm warning stretching from oklahoma all the way into wisconsin. we're going to be watching this. the areas in blue. that's where we have winter

storm w s from sioux falls and des moines, minneapolis, be pect to get into that later today. snow and freezing rain for the plains and upper midwest. we could see snowfall rates of up to one inch per hour and then as we get into tonight. minneapolis, you get involved. chicago, ahead. system, you'll see heavy rain and winds and airport delays a problem. tuesday, more snow accumulation for the upper midwest and this thing heads towards the great lakes. here's what we're looking at as far as accumulations. upwards of 8 to 10 inches. minneapolis, you could be close to a foot and also look at heavier snowfall amounts as you get into the u.p. of michigan as well. we'll get to your local forecas one, two, three, four, can i have a little more? five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, i love you sail the ship chop the tree skip the rope look at me all together now all together now

all together now all together now everything nike for everyone. kohl's. . good morning everyone. got sunshine but also harsh windchills on this monday morning. this is what it feels like as you is step outside. feels like 15 in monticello. windchills in the 20s. 22 in white plains. feels like 27 in islip. 35 though in the city. grab that coat. temperatures stuck in the 40s throughout the day today. the clouds are rolling in as we head into the afternoon. showers arrive overnight into tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday both damp but mied milder. savannah? >> all right. a thank you so much. pope francis is calling on christian and muslim factions in central african republics to lay down their weapons and instead arm themselves with peace and forgiveness.

>> the pope spoke from the altar of peace and the violence-racked nation is the last stop on the african tour and told crowds that muslims and christians are brothers and should live as such. only about 15,000 muslims rein that capital after two years sectarian violence. >> got big news in the world of sports this morning. l.a. lakers great kobe bryant revealing on sunday this season will be his last. >> bryant announced his retirement through a letter handed out to fans at sunday's game. the 17-time all-star has helped the lakers win five championships in his 20 seasons in los angeles. bryant says he's at peace with the decision and is excited about life after basketball. >> finally i just had to just accept the fact that i -- that i don't want to do this anymore, you know, and i'm okay with that, and, you know, once i accepted that, then it became time to just let everybody know.

the nba's all-time scoring list behind kareem abdul-jabbar and karl malone. >> all right. from the nba to the nfl where only one team, the carolina panthers, remains unbeaten after the denver broncos knocked off the patriots last night in an overtime thriller. >> c.j. anderson is going to go all the way. >> that's right. denver's c.j. anderson scored on a 48-yard touchdown run in overtime. that gave the broncos the 30-24 win handing the patriots their first loss. equally concerning for pats fans, their star tight end rob gronkowski went out in the fourth quarter with a knee injury. >> uh-oh. >> there are several reports that the injury is not serious. we certainly hope not. >> a lot of people just waking up right now after watching that one. coming up, how did the fbi lose track of an anti-muslim activist after he posted a

and on this cyber monday, you won't believe how people are tracking everything you search for online and what that information is being used for,

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good morning everyone. 7:26. 35 degrees out. it's a monday morning, november 30th. i'm darlene rodriguez. crews are repairing another water main break in hoboken. katherine creag joins us with the very latest. kat? >> reporter: darlene, another week, another water main break in hoboken. let's go to chopper 4. this time it's on monroe street between first and second streets. this happened right before 4:00 this morning. the mayor's office is saying repairs will hopefully be finished by the afternoon at the earliest but this is only a half mile away, less than a half mile away from the water main break that happened last week. that water main break was repaired, as you know, just yesterday. but now the utility company dealing with another one. back to you. >> thanks so much, katherine. let's look at the morning commute. here's lauren scala.

delays in both directions on the 5 train. in addition to that, an accident on the southern state parkway westbound after central avenue. a disabled vehicle westbound on the l.i.e. after exit 51. back to you. >> lauren, thank you. we'll be right back with raphael's forecast. ziefrm good morning everyone. it's winter jacket time. windchills in the teens and 20s. we stay in the 40s. low to mid-40s throughout the day today. sunshine and clouds. chilly and dry on this monday as

mostly cloudy by 6:00. today's high only 46 degrees. take a look at the seven-day forecast. showers arrive tonight into your tuesday. wednesday is soggy as well. it's milder though tomorrow and wednesday. back into the 50s. darlene? >> thanks so much, raphi. coming up on the "today" show, where to find the best online deals on this cyber monday. we'll have another local update in a half an hour.

7:30 now on this monday morning, the 30th of november, 2015. a day that people have been waiting a long time for. we've been drawing attention to men's health and there's going to be a great shavoff out on our plaza and we'll come back and the cameras will take a good long last look at grizzly adams right here. >> the day my kids have been waiting for. >> yours, too? >> i haven't decided what i'm

going to do yet. >> really? >> you may keep the goatee. >> i may keep it. my dad had a goatee and i kind like the look of it. >> okay. put the bashers out of work. you never know. >> wow. >> still got to clean this up. let's take a look at some of the stories making head line. president obama is in paris attending a high-stakes conference on climate change with 150 other world leaders. the president saying all nations share a sense of responsibility to tackle this issue. upon his arrival in paris president obama visited the bataclan concert hall laying a white rows for the victims of the terror attacks there. >> the man accused of killing three people and shooting nine others inside a planned parenthood clinic in colorado is making his first court appearance. 57-year-old robert dear was arrested after a five hour standoff on friday and is being held now without bond. >> at least 35 people were injured, one seriously, when a charter bus overturned on a virginia highway last night. most of the passengers were

college students returning to school after the thanksgiving break. police have charged the driver with reckless driving. another big story today, it's cyber monday and retailers are rolling out a new batch of bargains hoping to get your business today. nbc's olivia sterns is at an amazon fulfillment center in rob bintsville, new jersey. a busy place. good morning to you. what can people expect. >> reporter: good morning to you. it looks like this year is actually a tipping point. for the first time ever americans actually spend more money online than they did in brick and mortar stores over the thanksgiving black friday holiday weekend. according to one survey consumers spent $10.4 billion in physical stores, a lot of money, but 10% less than they did last year. all of the growth was online, 4.5 billion spent on thursday and friday. that a 12% increase over last year. savannah, that's great news for retailers here this cyber monday. predicting $2.7 billion in sales alone today.

that would be a 12% increase over last year. according to the national retail federation, 50% of americans do plan on doing some kind of shopping today, and that's one out of two of us. perhaps you or matt will actually do some shopping. if you do, a few quick tips to fine the digital door busters. first of all, look for flash sales. don't go on once and log off. many retailers rolling out special sales throughout the day every hour or so and be sure to follow stores and brands you like online on social media, on twitter, on instagram and facebook, and don't forget to download their apps. many retailers will be reserving their biggest discounts for the most loyal followers. finally, remember e-commerce is here. not just about traditional delivery anymore. for example, walmart is rolling out all sorts of new options for click and collect where you can shop online and pick something out in the physical store and this is way. just yesterday amazon releasing a brand new video of its new drone delivery service.

air promising you to deliver packages that weigh under five pounds in under 30 month. that's pretty wild, savannah. you could order a "star wars" light saber and have it dropped off on your front poorch. >> i might even order toilet paper. >> going to cloud the sky for toil the et paper, that's great. >> how to find next cyber monday bargains in the next half hour. >> $2.7 billion. >> billion dollars. >> always like to give you the opportunity. >> thank you. >> get a check of the weather from mr. roquer. >> and i've got a laser. come on. anyway, we're looking at more rain, and it's coming from the south. this is ahead of that big snow storm out west. so by this morning we're going to watch this rain move across the southeast. by the afternoon for you folks in d.c. you're going to be seeing that rain coming in. tonight it reaches into the northeast. we could see some localized flooding down through the southeast as well and then as we get on into tuesday showers move

into new england. this rain will be from washington to atlanta and we're also looking at a lot of wet weather. we could be looking at some flash flooding as you get down through tennessee and north carolina and northern georgia. some areas could pick up thanks, al. good morning everyone. feeling that chill on this monday morning. windchills in the teens and 20s north and west of new york city. it feels like 22 in white plains. feels like 15 degrees in monticello. long island not much better. feels like 20s in places like the hamptons. throughout the rest of the day, chilly and dry. sunshine and clouds through the morning into the afternoon. today's high only 46 degrees. definitely want to dress for it today. not as cold overnight. rain moves in. showers in the forecast tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures in the 50s. >> could be looking at some showers early in the day on wednesday, but i think by the tree-lighting time i think we'll be okay. >> fingers crossed. >> all right, al.

thank you very much. to florida and a disturbing story. police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after this picture of a dog wrapped with duct tape appeared on facebook. the post leading to anstant backlash from animal lovers all around the world. here's nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: for dog lovers around the world, the owner of this dog is canine enemy number one this morning. she's katie brown, and she's been in the doghouse since posting this picture of her dog muzzled with duct tape and the caption this is what happens when you don't shut up. now there are howls of protest. >> i don't think anybody let alone an innocent animal should be treated like that. >> reporter: if brown thought the duct tape was a little way to get some peace and quiet in her life she was mistaken. despite pictures of her smiling with her pets and a second post, don't panic, everyone. it was only for a minute but hasn't parked since. point made. katie brown had stepped in it, big time.

dog defenders from every state and nearly a dozen countries weighed in on certainly media. a person who does this is a disgusting human being. i have a whole case of duct tape with your name on it. tens of thousands of animal lovers uninundated authorities with calls and e-mails. so many their server crashed and their switchboard went down, and they were forced to ask for restraint restraint. >> we know it happens, but when you see it it just puts it right in your face and it's too much. >> reporter: relatives say brown has received so many threats she's now scared and in hiding. police say they have information the dog is okay, but still want to seat pooch for themselves to be sure. for "today," kerry sanders, nbc news, miami terrible image. >> horrific. coming up, it never fails. why we always seem to get sick when we're on vacation. >> why does that happen? coming up next on this szish monday, a warning about who may be tracking your online searches and what you can do right now to

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we're back now. 7:41 on a monday morning. more of our ongoing sires "the hacking of america." today we have a warning that's a timely one with tens of millions of people shopping on this cyber monday. >> and you may be surprised to learn how much of your online surfing is being followed, even when you're trying to remain anonymous. nbc's tom costello explains for us. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, every hacking of america story i really do is really an eye-opener and this was no exception. i was amazed to see how much of what we do online is being tracked and documented by third parties who are building databases on all of us, on what we google, where we buy, even the private health concerns we might have. 'tis the season for online holiday shopping, but while use the private setting on your internet browser may keep your gift selections secret from

of other people are still watching. >> people you don't even know. companies you'll never even meet. >> theresa payton spends her days in cyber security. the former white house ceo who runs borderless solutions shows us how many people are watching. we all shop online every day. >> we do, and in this case we'll start off on google search and go to a retailer and look for black boots and end up on macy's and then what happens. >> the trackers look up. what are you looking at, how long are you on the web page, where might you go next? >> reporter: 24 third-party sites have already tracked looking for black boots. >> that's right, and that's just from searching on google and macy's. >> reporter: those third parties are gathering data on us, using it to market to us or selling our web habits as we surf the web, and then we want to check the news of the day and there is the ad. >> they track you, they know you, they know you're searching for boots. >> reporter: 96 third parties are track is us? >> that's right, and that's only after visiting four sites.

>> reporter: 96 third parties after visiting just four sites. >> every swipe of the finger, every mouse click that you do online is going to be collected by these massive data collecting tools on internet and as balled in these databases. >> reporter: more we shop, the more we buy and the more research for restaurant, move time, school districts or real estate questions the more third-party trackers can pinpoint who we are. gender, race, income, likes and dislikes, even where we live. the ip address is actually giving away my address. >> third-party trackers are getting your ip address which can sometimes tell them within a block where you are when you're surfing the net. >> reporter: and here's where it gets more creepy, it holds the questions we google out of concern for ourselves, family members and even friends. emergency loons, cheating spouse, cancer, substance abuse, sdss all in that database and that information is being used by insurance companies setting rates and businesses screening

potential employees. >> this feels like george orwell. feels like "1984." >> you're never anonymous online ant internet never forgets. >> reporter: internet never forgets. what steps should you take to maintain your privacy? consider clearing out your cash and turning off your cookie trackers, but beware that. may mean some websites won't remember you when you return. try using privacy blockers as well. like privacy badger. that stops advertisers and third parties from tracking you on the web. it also shows you how many websites are trying to track you, and if you were to go completely anonymous use a service that masks your ip address by routing your web surfing through proxy servers all over the world. one of thosy is visions is called disconnect.me. there's a lot of those services out there. >> disconnect.me.

>> what did you search this weekend? >> i searched toddler constipation. sorry, but that's what i searched. >> good times. >> the shopping and baby stuff. >> coming up on "pop start," the music star who is spinning for joy over adele. we'll explain that. and coming up next, new foesos of princess charlotte and the social media friendsy. >> look at that [elf] here's one of our best elves, hard at work... [kid] what's back there? [elf] nothing... [santa] touchdown. come on... [elf] santa, the davidson's are here to see our workshop... [santa] oh... well...hello! uh, this is my sleigh! it's how i deliver all the presents by myself! [team member] santa, you got anything else going to albany? [santa] by myself! [santa](muffled noises) [vo] ship with fedex ground at fedex office. it's how the holidays arrive. wait... wait...

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and taken on her phone by her mo m duchess kate, loving it and kate was also responsible for this picture, the first ever shared one of charlotte back in june, just a month after her birth with her big brother and many of them this morning are saying princess charlotte resembles her father, prince william with the big blue eyes. what do you think? >> i see it. >> a little bit of both. >> i think she's a combo. >> kate's eyes are hazel, and the bigger question on everyone's mind that we're googling where did she get the toy that she's playing with that's captivated her attention. here we go, guys. called the spudle muddle puppy. subtle wudle puppy and available online. instead of googling baby constitution, maybe you can get a subtle wudle puppy.

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i'm darlene rodriguez. a water main break in hoboken. that happened hours after repairs were done on another break last week. they hope to have it fixed by the afternoon. the nypd needs your help to find a staten island man with down's syndrome. nestor montero was last seen on brook street yesterday morning. he has brown eyes, short black hair, missing a front tooth. last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue shorts. let's look at the morning commute with lauren scala. >> thanks, darlene. we have delays out there in both directions on the 5. on the roads, we have an accident southbound on the pulaski skyway. the queensboro bridge shutdown -- disabled vehicle on the l.i.e. westbound on lower level before the bqe. another disabled vehicle on the throgs neck bridge headed to queens.

sun, clouds, high 46. tomorrow, showers, 52 as the high. wednesday, rain continues with a high of 56. thursday, cloudy and breezy. 50 degrees. friday sun and clouds, 49. coming up on the "today" show, men take over the plaza and say goodbye to their beards for the end of no shave.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, cyber monday savings. where and when do get the best deals from morning till night? come on get on down, get on down the road >> and then ease on down the road. we go behind the scenes of the all-star cast of the "wiz" live as they prepare to bring the broadway class take your living room. >> i hear you're really getting into your character with your method acting. >> i've been sleeping in the lion exhibit over at central park zoo and also the bronx zoo.

and hair today, gone tomorrow. we'll wrap up our no shave "today" campaign to bring awareness to men's health by saying good-bye to the beards live on the plaza, today, monday, november 30th, 2015. >> we came 16 hours to be on the "today" show. >> hello, new york city. >> hello, tennessee. we made it on "today"! >> here for my 13th birthday from mississippi. >> celebrating my 14th birthday from chicago. >> celebrating fabulous 50 on the "today" show. >> we're back now 8:00 on a monday morning. it's the 30th day of november, 2015.

we'll have a big post-holiday crowd out on the plaza and kind of a chilly morning, but it looks pretty in new york. we've got snow complaint. >> this is a big morning. moment of silence for matt and al's facial hair. it won't be here much longer. our no-shave november today brain wrapping up this monday. a lot of guys joined the men of "today" and grew beards to raise awareness for men's health issue. >> to end things in style we have bashers from the art of shaving here. >> yes. >> and they will shave off all the facial here and even tracked down carson who is in los angeles. >> yeah. >> it's time. >> oh, man. >> that is serious. >> look at, that guys. >> wow. >> look at that. it was for a good cause, but i'm ready for this to go. >> carson, al is waffling here. he may keep his. >> the goatee, right? >> the goatee. >> i think you did that one year, matt. >> i did it last year. >> are you going completely clean.

carson, all off. >> it is all going today, matt. >> i think the fumanchu. >> the good for bashers out here in 30 degrees shaking. that's not good. natalie is standing by with the headlines. natalie, good morning. >> good morning once again. president obama joined 150 world leaders to open the u.n. climate change talks in paris this morning with a moment of silence for the victims of the recent terror attacks. earlier he visited bataclan theater, scene of the deadliest violence there. at climate talks, the president held a side meeting with china's leader. the two countries are the leading producers of harmful greenhouse gas emissions. a court appearance today for the man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others friday at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs. 57-year-old robert lewis dear will appear by video link from the county jail.

planned parenthood officials believe they were targeted because they provide abortion services. law enforcement sources tell us that after dear was taken into custody, he rambled about president obama, politics and abortion. there's a manhunt this morning for a suspect accused of making what some say are violent threats against a muslim organization in upstate new york. nbc's craig melvin joins us now with more. craig? >> reporter: natalie, good morning. form matter reason who is being questioned by the fbi has reportedly stopped talking to investigators. his comments could be viewed as threatening to muslims. they were also deemed serious enough to alert local officials who now have no idea where he is. this morning police in new york state are on the lookout for this man 32-year-old ron ritzheimer for what could be comments against muslims. he posted a profanity-filled video on facebook.

before he's seen brandishing a pistol. a former marine says we're driving all the way to new york to see the blank at the islamic post who called me a blank terrorist. part of his anger apparently aimed at the group muslims of america near hancock, new york. the group's newspaper, "the islamic post" as labeled him a quote, an american taliban, the moniker given to those the organization dubs at right wing extremeists. >> we are vocal and advocating for ourselves. we are advocating for all of the muslims and the non-muslims in this country who believe that what he's doing and those like him are doing is wrong. >> reporter: he goes on to rail against president obama's support for syrian refugees and calls on americans to arm themselves. >> i'm urging all americans across the u.s., everywhere in public, start carrying a long rifle with you, everywhere. don't be a victim in your own country! >> reporter: in may he organized a protest at a phoenix mosque

openly carry firearms at the event at the time, even appearing on cnn. >> true islamist terrorism, the ones out committing these atrocities and following the book as it's written. >> reporter: fbi officials had been tracking him but lost contact with him in pennsylvania. this is not first time muslim residents near hancock have felt threatened. earlier this year robert doggert, a one-time congressional candidate from tennessee was arrested for targeting the group. >> there have been death threat letters, postings on websites indicating our families and communes are not safe, so this is not something that's unique, but it is alarming. >> reporter: that video that was post on facebook was taken down after a short time. in september he was investigated by the u.s. capitol police after he released another video saying he would arrest debby stab gnaw of michigan because she vote for the iranian nuclear deal. >> craig melvin following that story for us, thank you.

beatles you may not think of mexico but that's where hundreds of people tried to establish a record for the largest gathering of fans dressed as members of the fab four. their outin its reflected the variety of looks the beatles experimented with over the year. the head count will be sent to the guinness book of world records to see if they will let it be. i think they should. matt? >> this morning it's all about cyber monday, expected to be even bigger than black friday. an estimated $3 billion in sales. where are the best bargains? jean chatzky is here with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. >> is cyber monday about value or volume? >> it's both. bigger than black friday in volume, but the values are different than black friday. >> why is it different in. >> different things are coming on sale. black friday is known for technology and cyber summoned known for softer goods, talking about clothing and shoes and

>> your homework assignment was fined us the best deals. where are they? >> target, 15% off everything. you've got to useled coupon code cyber 15, and that's important. anything you buy look for a coupon code as well. kohl's, 17 different pairs of shoes for $17. regular price on those as high as $90. sears, a five-quart mixer under the sears kenmore brand marked down to 169. again, use the code you can get it even cheaper. >> here's the big thing today. on a day like today all of these savings don't matter if you pay for shipping. >> right. >> and you say free shipping is a must. >> you do not have to pay for shipping. importantly free shipping day which is the last day at which you can order things and still expect to get them for crust mass december 18-9-but right now you have to anational enough in

have to crass a certain volume line. you get the program and you sign up for that. >> looks like amazon has free shipping. >> and to get the great deals, how do you know if my price is the best price? >> the our suggestion is use price trackers, apps, extensions to your broirs. put them on the computer and they tell you when the price is best, what the historic prices are so camel camel camel funny name. that one tracks amazon and price zombie tracks 100 different retailers, and what -- my last one, slickdeals.net. >> all right. used to be if you bought something today and closer to the holiday the price got lower. you were out of luck but not some credit card companies are jumping in. they will help you get the money back so you don't have to say, hey. the price fell.

and chase on their freedom and sapphire cards has a program and discover card has a program. if you buy something, you have to go online and register it. it doesn't automatically ham? every year we to cyber monday segments and follow them on identity theft tuesday segments which means you have to be careful. >> don't transact on public wi-fi. only use sites that you know and really careful watching your own transaction history. you get a fraud alert from your credit card company or notice in mail, call your credit card cap. don't be a victim. >> thanks. if you would like a holiday tip from jean, check outed savings call tar from today.com. up next, it is inevitable? the reason why you seem to always get sick when you go on vacation. we'll talk about that, and flying cars already on the roads. not quite. we'll tell you what causes these

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we're back. it's 8:14 and time for "trending." ever notice you get sixth minute you go on vacation. ever happen to you? >> all the time. >> why is that? >> even on the weekend. it's called leisure sickness, matt. >> yes. >> not leisure suit. leisure sickness, and there's -- it's really no definitive explanation as to why it happens but now there's a leading theory. here it is. during the workweek your immune system goes into overdrive battling all your stress and the minute you take a break your immune system takes one, too,

sore throat or the stuffy nose. experts said best way to avoid getting sick this holiday season, wah, wah, get a flu shot. >> do you have to make that noise? . >> the same old advice. >> it's not flying in airplanes with a lot of other sick people. >> that could be one thing. but ever notice on the weekend you start to feel sick that. happens to she. >> yeah. >> there's one mystery solved. >> okay. >> ready for another mystery solved? >> sure. >> after a strange video made the rounds on facebook. the video shows an intersection in china where cars appear to levitate off the ground. >> crazy. >> force so strong one of the advance is even tossed on to its side so what happened here. >> a magnet. >> hard to see in the video, but there is a cable on the ground stretching across the street. the cable got caught on that streetsweeper on the right which culled the cable tight and acted like a tripwire. >> so weird. >> that made the cars seem like they were lev stating.

>> that's how david copperfield does it. >> the street sweeper. >> now i see -- just kidding. don't. a couple from san diego wanted to get the baby's first photo with santa. nobody told the baby. he fell asleep while waiting and he got something better. santa playing along with zeke. >> i thought santa and next day zeke's parents come back, hoping to get a photo while he was awake, guess what, no dice. he's sleeping again. >> he's pranking them. >> i know. >> thanksgiving, it's a hoot. >> exactly. >> santa's great looking. >> he is great look. fantastic. >> that's what you meant? >> that's what i meant. >> and in case you missed it over the weekend, how about this for a selfie. a pair of brothers from canada were hunting and managed to get an amazing photo with a bald eagle. they were hunting in ontario when they spotted the bird caught in a hunting trap.

it took some wort but the brothers were able to treat eagle sending it on its way but not until they got that incredible selfie. now, my opinion, this is a great selfie, but if you're doing the slide, here we are with the eagle and here's the next one, the paramedics trying to sew my ear back on. that could have gone really badly. >> i know. >> look at eagle's face. >> yeah. >> let me take a selfie. >> the next to the eagle. >> and now to the superstar helping adele celebrate your record success and the moment she did not see. i'm ot sure you wanted to see them from our holiday music video with leanne rhymes. throats "pop start." >> starting off with the latest news from ideal, hats fastest selling al lumb in u.s. history with more than 3.3 million copies sold and guess who is

adele, britney spears. hello from the other side i must have called a thousand times >> that's a little britney in slow mo post-ing this video saying i could dance to this song a million times. can't cans that well. >> that song is impossible to get it out your head. >> it's on every radio states and every time you do what, you sing? >> hello. >> do you put the blond wig on. >> and now to some celebrity mile stoents make news. first, mary kate olsen married her boyfriend owe life year, is aky over the weekend. they have been together since 2012. condwrats to them. had a very intimate wedding and also one of our favorites, anne hathaway, she and her husband are expecting their first child and speaking of babies. this one had me obsessed. "law & order" ice-t is a new

dad and he and his wife coco welcome chanel. chanel already has her instagram account at a few days old and she has now 88,000 followers. >> wow. >> what is she tweeting? >> wah, wah. >> and finally wait until you see this. remember we showed you the holiday song leann rimes wrote just for us. yes, we have to. called "tailed is christmas." put it on your play list and really got into things and here's proof that some of the outtakes, never seen before, take a look. down in your pockets you've got something that goes jingle, jingle >> oh, my gosh. >> willie, willie real into it. >> al doing a little "pulp fiction." and i know we're waiting for

>> the looks look she broke a tooth right there. >> and there's our breakout into freestyle dancing. leanne will be here tomorrow to perform that song, and, again, like adele, we're looking for 3.3 million records. >> not happening. >> sent around a little e-mail last week saying do you want to get back in and reprice your roles and sing it with her. you should have read the responses. that's not happening. >> glad we had more outtakes because when america saw that they thought where can i get more of that. >> exactly. >> didn't want to see that. >> all right. tamron, thank you very much. by the way, welcome. >> thank you. >> i just showed up out of nowhere. >> how about a check of the weather. >> it's been so warm for the month of november, we've had some records investment a lot of places with top five warmest novembers ever. minneapolis 42, 42 average for green bay. pittsburgh 49 and new york 53. that's the warmest november ever in new york and pittsburgh. second warmest cleveland and

third warmest is minneapolis and even down in florida it's been awfully toasty. at all that's 70 degrees and 79 in miami and orlando having its second warmest november already. same in mime, and look at this. it stays out west colder than average. warmer than average here in the eve. as we get into the mid-week period, the cold air shifts into the midwest but look at how much warmer it gets here in the east and then finally by this weekend we've got warm air on both ends of the coast with cool air in the central plains but we could be seeing records set this weekend especially h peele a thanks, al. good morning, everyone. it is not the warmth but the cold out there this morning. these are your current windchills, sussex, 19 degrees. 20s in westchester and fairfield. now, much better across long island. the cold stays with us throughout the day today. chilly mixture of sunshine and clouds. it becomes mostly cloudy this evening.

it is dry on this monday. that changes tonight. showers move in overnight tonight into tuesday. tomorrow, damp but milder with temperatures in the 50s. >> and that's your late wetter. >> i'm not sure this is a compliment. what's with this guy out there with. a sign. matt, you smell like beef and cheese. >> how did he know? >> that's his buddy. >> they can smell through the window. >> i did have a burger yesterday. >> all right. al, thank you. it's that time of year that millions of high school seniors and their families begin navigating the difficult college decision-making process. >> and the first family say among them with daughter malia getting set to head to college. >> reporter: decision day is inching closer for america's most popular high school senior. malia obama graduates high school this spring, and like many seniors 17-year-old's first daughter is currently on the college tour. the first daughter has visited

more that be a dozen schools, including some of the nation's best, like harvard, stanford and brown where pictures of the first daughter's visit went viral, forcing the student newspaper to pen an editorial titled "sorry, malia obama. ." >> i know finding the best school for you is a tough process. malia is going through it right now. you guys are juggling deadlines and applications. >> you said that's the all-time favorite? >> reporter: president obama has joked about the process before when speaking to other high school students. >> starting to think about colleges and all that. >> mm-hmm. >> yeah. >> having to take all those tests. malia is going through this. >> yeah. >> yeah. getting enough sleep? >> yeah. >> okay, good. >> reporter: while first lady also fielded questions on the topic from teenagers. >> when considering colleges, how do you know which one is the best choice for you? >> we are talking about this in my house hold every night, every night. and, you know, there's really no

magic formula. i mean, it is a very individual decision. >> reporter: an individual decision that could find malia obama shunning the ivy league universities her parents attended like princeton and columbia for nyu. malia obama is interested in film making. >> i don't want to break up with adam. >> reporter: and turning on shows like "girls." >> do you need help. >> reporter: and has visited the highly tout the fine arts school at nyu, alma matter of acclaimed directors spike lee and martin scorcese. for "today," stephanie gosk, nbc news. >> how time passes. >> i know. she's grown up so fast. >> coming attraction for you. coming up, we'll go behinltd stars of the star-studded cast of "the wiz" live. >> and our great shave-off on the plaza to wrap up no-shave

good morning. i'm darlene rodriguez. we have breaking news. a two-alarm fire near the frog neck bridge. >> reporter: the fire appears to be under control but not before escalating to a second alarm. live pictures over the campus of suny maritime college to the base of the frogs neck bridge. it broke out at 7:30 on the second floor of this dormitory. no injuries have been reported. you can see some extensive damage to at least the second and third floors. of course, we will continue to keep you up to date, live in chopper 4. i'm kai simonsen. let's take a look at the morning commute. lauren scala. we have delays on 5 trains and 6 trains.

watch out for an accident on 684 southbound. heavy delays on the taconic southbound. back to you, darlene. checking the weather very quickly. chilly, increasing clouds, high of 46. tonight, light rain. 52 is height. coming up on the "today" show, emmy nominated actress, cheryl hines, tells us about her new movie "christmas eve." i'll look good enough to eat. [ gasps ] oh no... samsung ultra hdtv

and welcome back to "today." it's 8:30 on a monday morning. final day of november. november 30th, 2015. and we are beginning our 22nd annual toy drive and there's collector possible saget. bring your unwrapped toy for families in need and want to get a great toy drive going this year. >> needs a bag.

>> one of the funniest human beings on the plan. >> oh, my gosh. >> that is not all that's going on on the plaza today. we're getting ready to shave off our beards, some of us, after a successful no shave "today" campaign shining the spotlight on some very important and serious men's health issues. take a look right now. the chairs are occupied. teachers here from matter. they are also passionate about the cause. up. >> all right. looking forward to that. also ahead, queen latt far, mary j. blige, ne-yo, david allen grier and shanice williams are giving us a behind-the-scenes peek of "the wiz" live and it's going to be really good. going to be great. >> looking forward to. >> first say hello to back saget who has returned to the theater to star in the tony nominated production. good to see you. >> i miss you when i'm with you. >> i just start laughing every time i see him. here's a question for you, mr. saget, sir. how does a jewish kid from norfolk, virginia, end up

starring on broadway as a priest? >> as a lutheran pastor. >> yes. >> how does this happen? >> it's a lot of studying. i did -- >> acting. >> and i took a vow of sell because. i didn't take it but everyone said no. and i'm doing eight shows a week so it's like hannukah. i don't know. but it's hand to god and i'm there until january 3rd with this amazing tony-nominated cast and i want you all to come to it. >> i'm ming. >> all of you as well except kids. everybody. >> a little warning label there. so many people excited about "fuller house," the reunion. how is that going? >> pretty good. candace cameron bure is taking place of my character called taney danner used to be and is raising the three sons with kimmy beginler and stephanie in the house. we're the legacy task and it

kevin spacey told me they should call it "fuller house of cards." >> there was a wedding weekend. were you invited? >> i was not invited. very happy and i sent a moz to have teske. >> you did. >> as a lutheran minister. >> marry kate got married. >> she did, she did, and i'm very happy. love her very much, and i hope that they are happy. >> yeah. >> you guys know everything that's going on more than i do. >> we're reeling it off here. >> speaking of gets in the crowd. do some of your standup. >> look at the time. >> i know. >> no, no, i'm not going to. i just think it would be -- it's the aristocats that people want to see. >> "hands to god" running through december 0th. >> mr. roker, the weather. >> we've got week ahead and snow

making its way through the plains in the early part of week. mid-atlantic states wet weather and rain along the pacific northwest coast. mid-week pete, wet along the east coast and snowy and west in the west coast and then the latter part of the week eastern two-third. country looking spectacular. that's what's good morning, everyone. waking up to a wintry feel out there. these are your current windchills. it feels like teens and 20s for the most part. 16 in monticello, 24 in white plains. it feels like 30, a little better but not much for you in morristown. chilly but bright. the clouds roll in. dry today with a high of only 46. we have some showers moving in overnight tonight into your tuesday. tomorrow is showery on and off. milder with temps in the 50s.

weather any time you need it online at weather.com and at weather channel. thank you, al. there's a lot of action in the amazon facility this morning as online shopping is in full swing as part of our season of kindness campaign. "today" is working with our partner amazon smile allowing you to give back to your favorite charity every time you buy so here's how it works. pretty simple. type in smile.amazon.com, choose a charity and .5% of your purchase price will go to that charity. the merchandisers are saying you won't notice a deference other than the contribute could put a smile on somebody's face. pretty coat and easy to do and we want to make sure you help someone smile this holiday season as you're smiling as well.

a #sharekindnesswithus and we would love to see you smile. matt? >> thank you very. the time day of november. that means no shave "today" is coming to a close. all month long the men of "today" along with guys all across america, including some right here, have grown out their facial hair to raise awareness for men's health issue. >> now it's time for the big shave-off with help of our friends from the art of shaving. as you can see we're ready here the it's a bicoastal shave. carson is out in the chair in l.a. and while we get started here's a look back at month so far. >> we're in november now. >> yes. >> time for our annual no shave "today" campaign. the beards are back. all month long the scruffy look has been in all in an effort to raise awareness of issues related to men's health. we've met some incredible people this november like the hill family of chicago. eight siblings who started the charity no shave november to honor their late father.

cancer research this month. knowledge is power when it comes to health, and we showed the you some cutting edge programs. i got a full body scan. it maps out your muscle and bone structure, highlighting any secret problem areas. and willie played some mind games. >> cotton ball, pickle, song, laundry soap, solar panel. that's all i've got. >> working on his memory and learning techniques for better brain health. this year no shave "today" went coast to coast as al took his stubble to all 50 states during roker thon-2- >> we're ready to go, baby. >> the great even got in on the action, muhammad ali tweeting us i'm too pretty for this competition. many of you sent us your pictures and video using the the #noshavetoday. >> my razor recently sent me a note saying it missed me. >> some grew their beards to honor others. >> i'm taking part in no shave november in remembrance of my father. >> others are cancer survivors.

>> i've beat this thing three times now. >> no shave has become a force of nature. found on faces all over. we've been proud to take part celebrating men's health with you in this shagiest month of all. >> they are going to need a chainsaw to cut carson's beard off. i can tell you that. we're joined by some of the guys who shared their pictures and their video and their stories with us online. thank you, guys. and nice job. some are already clean shaven and we want to say thanks to the guys at art of shaving. thanks for helping us with this and you'll take it all over? >> all coming off. >> the full monty. >> did you talk to your family. >> lobbied for one month. if you give me a month, i can get a full beard and she said absolutely in the. >> al, your gametime decision. >> i'm going to keep the goatee in honor of my dad. >> i'm going clean shaven and

reserve the right to grow it back in spurts over the next couple of months. let's get going with this, guys. and we have been trying to raise awareness of men's health issues and we've been gratified by the. a support we've gotten from all over the country. guys telling us who they are growing their beard for and hopefully a lot of people going out and getting some of the tests they should have gotten before this. >> carson, how are you doing? >> doing good. steve gonzalez here at the l.a. barber taking good care of me. i'm amazed how many people in my life liked it. like siri loved it. so why are you taking it off? >> that's a good point? i'm not sure. >> what did the kids think of it, carson? >> you know, they were mix the. jackson liked it. my daughter, freaked her out. thrilled to see me tonight with a clean fair, but you know what? i explained to them it was for a

>> leila thought i looked like a bum. dad, you look like a bum because it came in pretty gray. >> by the way, guys, one our middle east hoe profile participant, the greatest, muhammad ali, has been sending us pictures all month long, including the latest one after a full month of growing his beard, and the rumor has it that the he likes it and wants to keep it and his much better half lanni, his wife, is not having any of it so he wants to take it off. so, champ, good luck with that. >> that's one fight he may not win. >> that's right, exactly. >> what are you trimming first before the shave cream? >> yeah. >> how about this view, by the way, guys? >> yeah. >> this is worst view ever of the three of us. >> oh, no, there are worse views. >> all right, guys, listen, we'll fet this done. thanks again for all the folks

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that's a live shot of our guys getting their beards trimmed. carson is already done. >> already has 5:00 shadow. >> yeah. i shaved and it already grew up. >> exactly. >> we'll check in with our fellows in just a minute, with you meantime 0 years after "wiz" took broadway by storm earning seven tony awards a star-studded cast is ready to bring it live to us in our living room. natalie got to meet cast. >> "wiz live" follows the successful productions of "the

and got a sneak peek with some. actors who will make the magic happen. how is everybody feeling? feeling nervous jitters right now. the queen? >> what? i'm excited and they are vows. and i'm thrilled. i loved working with these wonderful actors and musicians and performers, and -- and this dog. >> yeah. >> this dog. >> mostly that dog. >> so you wanted to meet wizard. >> it's so amazing. and mary, i understand you have an incredible scene-stealing performance. gonna bring me something i can use don't ever bring me nothing new >> my whole reason for wanting to be ebilene is my business person. don't bring me no bad news

i'm going to make it happen. >> ne-yo, you play tin man. >> yes. the costume is amazing. >> the costume definitely helps with the feeling of the tin man because you can't really move in it top of. very live. ed movement in there. >> all right. david, you've done it all and now you get to be the cowardly lion. do you bring the coward in cowardly? >> i'm so naturally brave and that's what the ladies tell me. >> that's not encouraging. your laugh is not encouraging. >> i'm laughing with you. >> okay, so it is a stretch. >> i hear you're really getting into your character. >> i told ne i've been sleeping in the lion exhibit over at the central park zoo. and also the bronx zoo, and hung out with siegfried and roy and tigers trying to get ahead of

>> the shanice, you're dorothy and you're going to own, it right? >> yes. of a place where there's love overflowing >> shanice, i'm wondering how much your life is going to thank change because of this. >> i'm wondering that same question. >> are you like dorothy clicking your heels right now? >> i'm just takingering one step at a time right now. i'm doing "wiz live" and i'll never be able to do that again so i'm enjoying it. brand new day >> this is an anniversary year of "the wiz" as well and 40 years since the broadway production so it's a big event, a big deal. do you remember when you watched it for the first time as a little girl and what that felt like? >> honestly, one of the first of just a couple broadway plays that my mom took me to as a child and watching it all happen and unfold in front of me and watching stephanie mills was the

most incredible thing i had ever seen, and it sort of is what -- why i'm here today. seeing them do that, especially people of color that look like me, i knew that it was possible for this to actually happen so that's kind of where it all clicked in my mind. >> the african-american community, we real take ownership in "the wiz," but it's a universal story, you understand. everybody is going to love this musical. >> it's beautiful that something can just transcend from generation to generation to generation and have such an encouraging mess average and the message is you have what you need already to make it in this world. ease on down, ease on down the road >> would i love to be home watching it on december 3rd and we'll be here making it happen for the world to say and i really feel honored, and i'm definitely going to go hard at it the to make sure that everybody feels the thrill of watching "the wiz" the way i felt it. that's the job i have. ease on down the road snoed

snoed. >> as you see, such a star-studded incredible cast. it's going to be a huge hit. really excited about this one. >> i can't wait for my nieces to see it. tried to show them the original t.stands the test of time, but when you're 9 you want a little edge and i here that this has a contemporary modern day. >> they have added some new songs as well and some big hits and ne-yo has a song and mary j. blige has a song, too. >> everyone is getting a little something new this year. you're going to love it. see "the wiz live" thursday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here hon nbc. >> looking forward to it. coming up, tomato sauce three ways. time-saving recipes for the hectic holiday season, burks

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that will come in hand they time of year. kicking things off, mark by theman, the founder and co-founder of the vegan meal delivery service purple carrot and the author of the brand new back "mark bittman's kitchen matrix." >> good morning, matt. >> a little time crunch on the shave so we're half done. almost there. >> it's a good look. >> works for you very well. what is the matrix part of the book that you're doing? you contort your body in slow motion while you're cooking? >> that was the original idea but since i couldn't achieve that what i did was like make cooking simple instead. >> all right. so you're making three simple versions of the tomato sauce. >> this is basically what you can do with canned tomatoes which are, you know, an incredible winter staple. one of our most important, and this is all the ingredients. this is if you make a basic tomato sauce, make it with cheese, with seafood obviously. this is kind of a puttanesca,

any kind of herbs, airmatic vegetables, meat, of course, basil and chili. >> all right. >> this is your absolute baseic. >> onions sauteing in a panel. you're using canned tomatoes. >> why canned better than fresh tomatoes? >> canned tomatoes are grown usually in california. they are picked when ripe in the summer and they are canned. fresh tomatoes this time of year no idea where they are coming from. >> to the onions what are we adding in. >> we're adding chopped tomatoes and you can buy whole tomatoes in a can and can also buy dice the tomatoes in a can. salt and pepper, onions cooked in olive oil, that is it. >> thank you. >> got it. >> that's the basic. an oniony tomato sauce. >> and this with butter is off limits, great with olive oil. totally simple and freight forward. doesn't get much better actually. >> for you want to change the kick a bit you can take the onions out and go with garlic. >> yeah. >> and you can use as much

led easiest thing to do is to feel by just crushing it lightly and then you take your crushed gloves and any bits that remain. >> crushing them releases the flavor. >> i like to leave them whole because they take great that way and they will cook long enough so you leave them in the oil simmering, the parsley is going to go at end. >> i know you love something to do. >> i just want to participate. >> well, if we pretend that these are brown, you can add the tomatoes but we have to pretend they are brown because you want the garlic to cook a little bit. as much red pepper as you want and with parsley over beautiful acorn squash. >> great vegetarian versions of the tomato sauce. >> even vegan. >> and start with the on i don't understand and add ground beef or pork or veal or a mixture and you have a meat sauce, same thing, in go the tomatoes.

all of these are 15, 20 minutes start to finish. >> guys, have you been testing them downstairs. which one is your favorite had. >> the squash actually is our favorite. >> has a little spiciness to it. >> it does, we like it. >> has some kick. >> three thumbs up there. >> is that good? >> bet they are going to say thumbs up for your book, too. mark, congratulations. happy holidays. always fun to have you here. find these repieces and more on our website today.com/food. we're back in a moment and we'll

what do you like before or after? >> before. >> okay, wait. >> before and after. >> camera three. >> is this before. >> walk around all day. >> i changed my mind in the middle. >> now, you can't do that now. >> got to finish that up.

>> "sesame street" c 8:57. 35 cold degrees out on this monday morning. it is november 30th. i'm darlene rodriguez. the nation deal al debate over syrian refugees starts today. they adopted a resolution to relocate the family in patterson, new jersey. they will work to provide shelter and sustenance. governor christie has written a letter to president obama saying he opposes the idea. sun, clouds, high of 46. tonight, light rain, 43 degrees.

tomorrow, showers on and off. 52 is the high. wednesday, high of 56. thursday, cloudy as well. just ahead on the "today" show, how to keep your christmas tree looking good all day long.

this morning on today's take" sheryl hines takes us along on her christmas adventure and we can't curb her enthusiasm and circumdreams out on the plaza and everything you need to know about finding and caring for a fresh christmas tree and next. from nbc news, this is natalie morales, willie gave the and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today" on a

monday morning. it's november the 30th, 2015. nice crowd outside on a chilly day in new york city. i'm willie along with natalie and tamron. al left a little bit early this morning. tell us about this jam. >> this is my jim, "hit the quan." over the weekend you gather with your family and every new line dance that the younger kids know that the older people at table don't know. >> were you dabing? >> i was dabbing. >> yes, we dab the, of course. i'm not going to teach you how to quan but my nephew did. the college kids come home and know all the dances. kind of like the whip-nae-nae. get one of your kids to teach you how to quan because i think i heard this and "hello" by adele. quit the quan, "hello." hit the quan, "hello." >> mash-up for sure.

learn the dab and the quan by new years. >> what's the dab? >> it's cam newton. google it. >> cam newton. >> atlanta. >> from atlanta, a whole story, yeah. >> you just showed me an amazing picture of your bird. we've not all cbs each other. >> speaking of atlanta. >> how was your thanksgiving? what did you do? >> well, we had a great thanksgiving. went home to texas. a lot of rain, deadly weather in fact in our part of country. nevertheless had a chance to spend time with my family. >> look at the pictures. >> we went to see "frosty the snowman," me and my family. -ins my niece naughty and nice. >> cute. >> says so much about them and my favorite picture of the holiday because this is the humbling thing. i slept in the middle, right there in the middle and nothing tells you that you're home than being in your old childhood room squeezed in between, but did i make my turkey. i got -- we went to see "creed." >> that's supposed to be great.

>> fantastic. >> you must see this movie. >> five-minute fight scene that is all shot in one scene. >> yeah. >> sylvester stallone, going to go on record. got to the win the oscar. >> that good? >> oh, really. >> sylvester stallone, i remember crying after seeing "rocky" in the second grade and here i am fast forward years later. he was -- michael b. jordan, of course, the young star, but sylvester stallone, that's my prediction. he upset what the oscars when "roque" came out and maybe it's his time now. retribution. >> i can't give too much away. please go see this. i have no vested interest. >> people say stallone should be nominated. >> brilliant and what it it is for philadelphia and family and everything. here's the turkey. can i please show my turkey. >> that's my bird. i did that based on our recipe that we made on the show the other day. >> the color, the shine. >> which recipe? because we did lots. >> it was the recipe we did the

last day with the salt and pepper on the outside and brush it with olive oil and i did a ham. sorry. >> look at you. >> that's my ham. by a maple bourbon glaze in honor of you. >> thank you for the bourbon. >> yes. >> you had lots of bourbon glazed as well. >> what about you? >> so long ago. 25 people at our house, 25-pound bird to go with it, but it was kind pot luck so everybody brought things. >> so a pound of bird per person. >> kind of what they tell you. >> that's a big bird though. i got home and panicked for a minute that it wouldn't fit in the oven and thank god it did but it was great, family friends, people you love under one roof, the best. >> you said in the car ride on the way back to new york you asked the family about the beard. did you see willie. >> the beard's gone. just got shaved on the plaza. >> i'm really missing it. >> this is the clean cut willie. we're, you know, the darkness is still in the soul. >> we like the dirty willie.

>> the car ride home last night i turned to my wife christina and i said i'm thinking maybe one more month. let me take this to the end of the year, just float the trial balloon and she said absolutely not. don't come home with that thing. game over. game over so there you go. back to this. >> what did you guys do, nat? >> we went to some friend's house and had a great thanksgiving, always better when you just get to be the guest, right? >> you got to be the guest. >> we showed up with lots -- >> a case of wine. >> right. >> and drank half of it in. >> we started at 3:00 and by 7:30 it's like i've to the to go to bed. >> you're a lot of fun. >> time to go to bed. >> we worked that morning so we were up early. >> i had a crew up drinking, too, and hi to work the next morning and i just did the irish good-bye. >> what is that? >> that's when you leave without telling anyone. you've got to learn the irish good-bye. >> hoda does it. irish good-bye.

>> slip out, work the whole night, slip out. >> did you do any shopping, cyber monday? >> is that a trick question, natalie? >> not even a little. >> tamron did. >> i have but i told willie earlier, and i do all my clothes shopping almost exclusively online and i woke up this morning annoyed by the number of e-mails -- it was the first time in forever that i can think of that i got anxiety from just e-mail after e-mail on the sales. >> it doesn't stop. >> and it started like thursday. started wednesday. like can you shop cyber monday now on thursday. >> right. >> thanksgiving thursday. >> and the conspiracy person in me, i never shopped at that store and how did they get my e-mail? >> and then i gave in. >> as part of the whole cyber monday thing amazon released video of its new drone service you've been hearing so much about that will drop off packages up to five pounds in customers' backyards and they haven't set a start date when the this is going to happen. all sort of theoretical for the time being but it's definitely

something they say is coming in the very near future. >> all good from someone falls from the sky. her dog rips it apart. >> we need that had. >> that's kind of amazing though if it works. >> it is. >> and robot delivers things to your house. >> i have to admit, i have an amazon addiction. we laugh because i order like the basics, toilet paper, prime membership, free shipping and i'm on it. you know, the sports world rocked this morning. kobe bryant arguably one of the top ten. >> top three. >> four. >> ten. >> ten. >> i'm going to give you ten, top ten greatest players. >> yeah. >> but not three. >> no, not three. anyway kobe after 20 years as an l.a. laker announced that he is retiring. he posted a poem on the players' tribute website titled "dear basketball. "i love the title of that, makes me think of the movie "loving basketball" and a portion, you gave a 6-year-old boy his laker

for it, but i can't love you obsessively for much longer. this season is all i have throat give. my heart can take the pounding. my mind can handle the grind, but my body knows it's time to say goodbye. one the most beautifully worded good-byes to anything. that was awesome and explained a little more at last night's post-game press conference. take a listen. >> just accept the fact that i -- i don't want to do this anymore, you know, and i'm okay with that, and, you know, once i accepted that and then it became time to just let everybody know. >> he's got two beautiful daughters, you know, and now they are getting into the teen years and he started -- how old was he? >> he was 17 when he -- i'll never forget that. how is a 17-year-old going to compete at this level and it only took him about two years, he made the all-star game and he idolized michael jordan his own life, walks like michael and talks like michael and plays like michael and at his position

close as you can possibly come. >> great way to go out, own the day you retire. come out with your own post and say doing it way. >> one of the all-time greats. >> real quickly, guys. you know, it's the holiday season when you get all the holiday-themed candies and chocolates. come on in, jerry. >> hi, jerry. >> thanks, jerry. >> i love these, by the way. >> you love these. >> do you see anything wrong with the shape, okay, because a lot of people take issue. >> christmas trees. >> two different sizes because you'll notice if you open the little smaller size, what's supposed to be a christmas tree. >> that's not a tree at all. >> it's a blob. >> it's a blob, that's it. one person -- >> the fabled blob tree. truly the most majestic of foliage. well, religiousy's tweeted to one customer this is not perfect experience we're going for but please send us a note so we can help. the larger tree size, let's see if they improve on the blob. >> yeah. >> much better.

>> come on. >> it's upside down. >> focused on the wrong things. >> focused on the wrong thing. >> just teeth. >> tastes delicious, hershey said it's important to remember that these products are not solid chocolate made in moltz which would have a more solid and a soft center. >> why respond to this? i'm not discrediting the tweet. we love you for a reason, not for the shape but taste. >> can't you put peanut butter and chock lalt in molds. >> who cares, it's delicious. >> that's not a tree though. we all agree. >> i don't care. and i'm going to eat another one. >> me, too. >> and take some for the road. >> dylan, you've got a special guest with weather. the best absolute special guest to do the weather today. we have the gang from "sesame street." here. we've got grover and big board. guys, how are you doing?

how are you, dylan? >> i'm doing great. what is the special occasion? so lucky to have you here. >> today starts "sesame street's" everyday heros club. >> and anybody can join. all have you to do is be nice to somebody. >> be nice to an animal. >> or the environment and just this morning i said hello to an oak tree. >> hand that counts at kind, right? >> sure. >> didn't say hello back, but he did dark. >> in the whole season of kindness i scoured the country just to find the nicest places across the country. >> oh, yeah. >> and i think i found some here, loveland, pretty nice. >> happy camp, grover, can you pint to maybe welcome. >> friends, yeah. >> what do you guys like better, do you like snow or rain? >> well, we like sunny days. >> sunny days are better. >> well, we do have some snow and sunny days. look at this town, friendship up in maine >> that's nice there. >> going to be a very nice day.

helping me do the weather and we have another friend here, elmo, right? elmo is going to toss to the local forecast. >> hello there. come on, let's see good morning. cold start to your workweek. sunshine fades behind clouds as the day goes on. it stays chilly and dry. 46 degrees below average on this monday. overnight tonight, watching rain moving in. not nearly as chilly. much milder weather and then we are back to the 50s tomorrow. showers, umbrella time tuesday. throughout the day with the on and off showers. still soggy on wednesday. >> oh, look at this. hi, cookie monster. >> this is amazing. >> good morning. >> tell us more about the everyday hero club. do you have to do big huge things, or can you do -- >>? >> no, no, no. >> it's all about the small acts of kindness. >> like a hug.

>> can we have a hug. >> oh, yeah. >> you get a badge. >> a badge. >> a badge for hugs. >> elmo gets a badge. >> here's a badge. >> we all take a badge. >> here's a badge for you at home for holidays. >> can i get one. >> okay. >> you can be a part of the club, too, if you go to sesamestreetheros.com. >> well done, elmo. >> can i squeeze in. >> here we go. >> and, guys, being nice makes you guys feel nice, too, right? >> you know, my kids rarely are interested in what i do for a living but this morning i'm a hero because i'm on tv with you guys and we're going to join the club. >> you guys make us all so happy. >> sesamehero.org. hang out for a while. >> good morning. coming up next, it was the night before christmas and

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university of phoenix, count your relevant work and college experience as credits toward your degree. learn more at phoenix.edu. actor cheryl hines probably best known for putting up with larry david as a decade on the tv hit show "curb your enthusiasm". >> and now she's getting into the holiday spirit with her new film "christmas eve." cheryl plays dawna trumpet player who find herself stuck in a freight elevator with her orchestra. >> and you're a musician with one way to pats time, of course. take a look. >> i can't wait to see this. christmas eve will find me

i'll be home for christmas if only in my dreams >> very nice, cheryl. very nice. >> bringing it home. bringing it home. >> thanks, guys. >> that's what would happen if you were stuck in an elevator for hours with an orchestra, right? >> sooner or later you're going to sing. >> and attack each other and blame each other. >> we did do that. you know what's sad about that -- >> this is smoetsd upposed to be fun. >> lots of sadness. >> i'm not a good singer. >> you sounded good. >> well, for a reason. >> bus when we were shooting it the director mitch davis, the nicest guy, very thoughtful man shade we're going to -- this will just take a second and get in the studio and you'll sing

and he said, cheryl, i'm sure you're better than you think you are. i'm going to give it my best and then you tell me, and the other -- the other actors somehow, you know, know how to sing and they are really good at it, and, you know, there's singing at the top of their lungs and i'm like -- christmas eve >> and then later mitch the director said if it's all right with you i think we'll bring somebody in. i said i begged you to do that from the fing, but they didn't want to get anybody who sounded too good. >> right, right. >> you're like me i'm one of those people who can't sing, too. >> you can do that. >> no, i can't. >> she's not discouraged. she keeps singing. >> the same thing i did when i did the movie "rv" and i had to

i'll do eye best and then you tell me what you want mow to do so i sang it and -- >> that's what happens? >> it's following you. >> we find all these clips. that's amazing. >> i'm going to sing it to the very best of my ability and then you tell me what you want to do and i close my eyes and barry was surating next to me and i sang at top of my lungs and i look over and he's crying, like tears crying. >> of joy from your voice. >> of joyce. >> i like you in both cases, you have captive audiences, in an rv and an elevator. they can't go anywhere. >> which is what i must do. >> that's the the trick of what you have to do. >> just talking about in bulgaria where there owes no elevators or new york or los angeles. what's a bulgarian experience like?

>> well, everybody is nice. ey work very hard. they work hard nor bulgaria. >> can you explain why it was chosen? >> the film is about six different elevators that get stuck on new year's eve in new york city so i guess it's -- it looked more cheaper. >> christmassy. >> inside the elevator. >> yeah. >> and i think it's for financial reasons that seem to work. >> okay. >> bulgaria for new york. >> really funny. wherever you shot it, it's funny. >> well, cheryl, thank you. you can sing for us any time, but if you want to sing us out to break. >> i told you. >> they are tears of joy. crying tears of joy, cheryl. >> "christmas eve" will be available on demand this friday.

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taking a look at headlines, president obama and 150 other world leaders opened the u.n. climate change talks in paris this morning with the goal of gases. earlier the president paid a solemn visit to the memorial at concert-goers were killed during ago. black friday may not be as busy as it used to be, but shoppers still hit the stores in droves this holiday weekend. the national retail federation says nearly 52% of consumers shot online or in stores thursday morning and retailers

have even higher expectations for today, cyber monday. according to wallet hub groupon has the highest overall discount rate at an average of 62%. it says jewelry is the most discounted category and computers, phones and video games are the least discounted at 28%. only one team, the carolina panthers remains unbeaten after another exciting day of nfl football. that's because the denver broncos knocked off the new england patriots sunday night in an overtime thriller. denver's c.j. anderson scored on a 48-yard run in overtime to give the broncos a 0-24 win, perhaps equally concerning for patriots fans their star tight end rob gronkowski went out with a knee injury, though there are several reports the injury is not serious. well, movie-goers still had an an tight for the "hunger games" at the box office this weekend. "mockingjay part 2" was the big winner once again taking in another $52 million over the past three days.

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and then by late in the week the eastern half to eastern two-thirds of the country we'll see lots of sunshine but another pacific storm will bring snow and also some rain to the good morning, everyone. a bit of a wintry feel on this monday morning. wind chilts in windchills in the 20s. chilly, dry, high, 46. clouds increasing as we head into the afternoon. clouds will need rain overnight tonight. light showers moving in. low of 43. not nearly as chilly. warm enough for plain old rain. everyone gets mild, soggy but milder tuesday and wednesday. showers both days with temps in the 50s. >> that's your latest forecast. guys. >> dylan, thanks very much. now that thanksgiving is over time to trim the tree. if you're shopping for a fresh one this year. you've got what you need to know. jason cameron here with diy

tips. looking good with the santa hat. >> thanks. >> starts with the tree stand. >> these are two really good examples. this is the dinner tree genie and this is great because it holds a gallon of water and has a water indicator which pops up and you use your foot and clamp it down which is really cool. >> any size tree. >> 7 foot high tree, about 6 inch diameter. good for that and this is the omega. this has a 30-year span on the leg which is great. this holds a ten-foot tree. these just clamp in and really strong and holds a gallon of water so it's a great tree stand. >> so much easier than lying under the tree trying to crank that thing in. >> exactly. >> you should be watering it constantly, right? ? what people don't realize, when you cut a tree down more than half its weight is water. give it a lot of water. water is crucial it make sure it stays hydrated. >> the most popular trees are douglas fir. >> it's my favorite tree. it's a very popular christmas tree, one of the top ones in the united states.

it or not it can grow and live 250 years and live to 1,000 years and grow 250 feet tall. good needle retention, good branches and it's really good symmetry and a great lumber tree. a lot of lumber that you find when you go to build something is douglas fir. >> that's your favorite. >> how much do you ask them to cut off the bottom in. >> make a fresh cut on bottom before you put it in the stand so it absorbs more water so 2 inches off the bottom, make a nice fresh person lick-cut. >> fraser fir. >> i think i got a phraser yesterday. >> got a free already. >> fraser first are great trees, great symmetry and people like this one a lot because of its symmetry and color. branch res strong and good needle retention. unlike the douglas it's a real fir. >> the blue spruce, a little different look. >> very sturdy. one of the strongest branches, so if you've got heavy aronments, the colorado blue spruce is a great tree for that. great color.

good symmetry and also the state tree of colorado and utah. >> colorado and utah. >> okay. all right. and over here you've got -- >> this is the cypress. >> it's really nice because you can see that it's soft. very soft and what's great about this because it's not a pine or a fir, it's not in those families, doesn't produce sap so if somebody has a sap allergy, an excellent nice looking tree. >> does it hold ornaments well? >> got to go light with the ornaments, lights and tinsel and stuff with that but somebody for allergies a great alternative. >> a pretty look. >> and a great tree for landscaping. >> a white pine. >> the white pink, believe it or not, the white pine, smell this real quick. you don't really smell anything, do you? >> no. it's not very fragrant. the nice thing about the white pine if someone is allergic to a more aromatic species they don't get off a lot of fragrance. good symmetry and it's really soft. >> a lot of times you want to add something to the water for the tree and you've got some mad scientists here.

>> that's really important, talking about the hydration. one important thing is to make sure you don't put your tree around any heat sources. make sure to use l.e.d. lights and not lies that are hot. miracle grow for christmas trees and add it into the water. it will help with the hydration or make your own. weird that we have bleach here. what you do is a splash of bleach, two cups of the like corn syrup and a gallon of water. mix that together and the bleach will kill the fungus or any bacteria. >> weird combination. >> and like a sugar and helps with the food and really helps and keeping your tree is hydrated is so important. >> good tips. always good to see you. >> merry christmas. >> happy holidays. coming up next, hip hop artist rev-run taking he and his

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