good morning. breaking news. a charter plane crashes in colombia. 81 people on board, including a professional soccer team. this morning, five survivors pulled from the wreckage. tennessee burns. wildfires raging out of control in the great smokey mountains. two resort towns. flames now at the edge of the famous dollywood resort, and this nearby hotel where guests appear to be trapped inside. officials believe arson is to blame. we'll be there live with the la . is he a terrorist? new images emerge behind the attack at ohio state university. 11 people injured.

this morning, the chilling message he left on facebook as investigators search for a motive. palace intrigue. is today the day trump ends the talks about who will be secretary of state? is it david petraeus or mitt romney or rudy guiliani? and has is it all smiles in trump tower. studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." . >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today," tuesday morning. we have breaking news. a plane carrying a brazilian soccer team crashing overnight.

survived. any further rescue operations had to be suspended because of rain in the area. >> it went down on approach carrying this brazilian soccer team that had been living a dream this soccer season. it may have run out of fuel or experiening an electrical problem of some sort just before it crashed. huge proportion, a plane carrying 81 people including a top brazilian soccer team crashed on the approach to colombia. a handful of people appeared to have survived including at least one soccer player who was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries.

rescue operations hampered by severe storms. >> it shows them before going down. telling a colombian journalist the only way to reach the plane was to drive 4x4 backwards in a muddy track. the pilot circled the airport many times and apparently told the control tower of electrical problems on board. one journalist told britain sky news he was surprised the plane was allowed to fly in such bad weather. a facebookid site shows an excited team before the flight prepaing to play in the first leg of a final match in an important south american club competition. play has been suspended. at least 15 journalists also traveling on the plane. it is a fairytale success story. they reached the top flight of brazil's soccer league in 2014 and despite being underdogs they made the big time after quite a few years in the wilderness.

god accompany our athlete, officials, journalist and other guests traveling with our delegation. back to you. >> tom costello with breaking news. thank you. we are following another breaking news this morning. scientology wildfires in tennessee. thousands had to leave their homes and flames are threatening the famous dolly wood resort. brandon is in gatlinburg. regime good morning. thank you. communities in pigeon forge and gatlinburg under a mandatory evacuation this morning because 30 homes and, businesses have been burned to the ground by this fire and officials believe it may have been a case of arson. overnight the attempts to escape a massive wildfire through gatlinburg and pigeon forge,

lava, residents thankful to make it out of their homes alive. >> they let me go back in for a few minutes to get my animals out and get them safely. we're all safe now at my son's and we're fine. >> reporter: while terrified guests were trapped inside a hilton hotel surrounded by flames the fire too dangerous and close for them to leave. these pictures taken by an employee of the hotel showing the fire burning right outside. local officials structure devoured by the flames including an apartment complex. more than 3500 acres burning and the smokey mountain national park has been closed and wind gust s near several popular destinations including dolly wood, the areas a largest theme park. just a week ago dolly releaing

avoid wile fires. >> reporter: a spokesperson for dolly wood said know structures inside the theme park have been damaged. staff and dozens of guests were evacuated from dolly wood's resort as a precaution. national park employees were evacuated, too. >> i've been in federal serves for 25 years and nothing has prepared us for what we have hours. it's been unbelievable. >> that was brandon bates reporting. al, what's the conditions look like down there? >> they've gotten some rain, the first appreciable rain in two months. we're seeing showers and showers push through. bad news is ahead of this front we have pretty strong winds firing up and they will continue. even though the rain is ending fairly quickly, the bad news

the big problem, southwesterly winds sustained 10-20 miles an hour but they'll be gusting 25-30. that will fan those flames and unfortunately some over 50,000 acres are still on fire and no relief in sight. they're really not going to get much help from that rain. >> thank you. >> we are learning more about the man behind a chilling attack that injured 11 people at ohio state university. questions faing investigators is terrorism? nbc, stephanie gosk, has the latest for you. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. classes are set to resume here. it will be a struggle for this campus to get back to normal. students just returned from the thanksgiving holiday ready for the final push of the semester when some found theirselves running for their lives, their attack ear fellow student using

may from columbus state community college. on monday nearing the end of his first semester at ohio state, police say he launched a deliberate attack on his clate calls poured into 911. >> i think it was a terrorist act and he did it purposely running around with a knife taking down people. >> reporter: shortly before the attack, surveillance a relative's car and moments earlier, the jumped a curve and tackling students and when he got out of the knife with a butcher knife. the police officer shot and killed him at the scene. 11 faculty student and staff members were injured. the entire 2,000 acre campus went into lockdown. >> it's not real.

from determining a motive but not ruled out terrorism. officials say artan left a message on his facebook page attacs on muslim is around the world let to a boiling point, i can't take it anymore and it mentions the most controversial cleric anwar al awlaki, killed in 2011. officials say the fled with his family from came to the u.s. through the jfk airport in 2014. he was a lawful permanent u.s. resident. the student newspaper interview artan on his first day at classes. quoting him, if people look at me praying, i don't know what they will think. i don't blame them, it's the media that puts the picture in their heads. >> reporter: his last known

and investigation just beginning. versions will be looking -- ves -- investigatorers will be look going to see if there was any kind of trigger that led him to do this. >> thank you. >> nbc analyst served as national deputy security advisor for combatting terrorism during the george bush administration. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> people are terrorism. let me go through boxes. he goes on facebook and express his anger the way muslims are treated around the world and vows revenge and mentions anwar a awlaki, the cleric that was killed and then carries out what seems to be the playbook of isis? is it terrorism? >> it starts to check all the boxes, as you see. the hallmark in the sense of

and isis has tried too inspire in lone wolf attackers and those that follow their movement. the reference to anwar ail wacky is significant -- awlaki is significant because we have seen those radicalized in the west and methodology tracks with what isis and al qaeda have been calling for, simple attacks, the use of cars and weapons like butcher knives. it looks like the attack in 2013 london where he was run over and decapitated with a butcher knife. this begins to look like the hallmarks of an al qaeda isis inspired attack. investigators will look to see if there are any connections to oversee his direction. >> that's my question. it has the look of a lone wolf attack in the sense some ways it's quite a crude attack. that doesn't mean there wasn't

>> that's right. one of the things an investigator not just in the united states or europe has seen in recent case, even these apparent lone wolf attacks, a bit of a misnomer are not only inspired by isis or al qaeda have a handler or direction coming out of isis and syria and mosul or iraq and some ways they are perpetraing the attack getting direction from forei handlers orwie looking carefully to his communications and network and careful to draw assumptions whether or not he was acting alone or being directed by isis. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. thank you. meantime we will talk politics. this could be a big day at trump tower. the president-elect expected to make more announcements on his cabinet and a second face to face with mitt romney, who could

hallie jackson is at trump tower following developments, good morning. >> reporter: hey there. good morning to you. already a busy morning for the president-elect making an official top post in his administration setting up a busy day with more interviews including one with mitt romney for other big cabinet positions and a busy night where he took aim at twitter and debunking the unsubstantiated aim of voter fraud. todaya health and human services, congressman tom price, the georgia republican who literally wrote the bill to roll back the obamacare act. >> repealing and replaing obamacare. >> reporter: from the atlanta suburbs, the latest pick from a source familiar with the decision. the drama now building with other options for the high profile position of secretary of

talks with the president-elect after meeting donald trump before thanksgiving despite months of railing against his nomination. >> do you still think he's a con artist, sir? >> reporter: never answering that question. >> donald trump is a phony, attack. >> reporter: it had one of his former aides putting him down. >> we don't know if he voted. >> reporter: kellyanne posting this photo with the with reports trump was upset with her remarks about romney. and tennessee senator bob corker who has not openly campaigned for the top state department job unlike long time loyal, i rudy guiliani, considered by some a front-runner for the post. a new contender also interviewg president-elect, retired general, david petraeus. >> very good conversation and we'll see where it goes from here. >> reporter: the appearance of

eyebrows given he pled guilty for mishandling classified information and trump repeatedly attacked hillary clinton about her handling of classified info tweeted she's impressed with petraeus. and the media and voter fraud claims debunked by fact check if you don't, to allege it is very very irresponsible. >> reporter: the president-elect and his team have also been speaking out against a recount initiated by the green party in wisconsin with today being the lead line for that party to pay the $3.5 million expense for the recount in that state, all of it as the party led by jill steinbachs a recount effort in pennsylvania now, too, and may back another in michigan with

>> thank you. schools and offices in cuba will be open a second day as they honor former president fidel castro who died at the age of 80. gathering in revolution square in havana to pay respects to the leader. following his death, cuba declared nine days of morning. there is a procession tomorrow a across the country. a bizarre incident happened at houston's airport. a passenger jumped out of a plane that just landed. the united flight from new orleans just landed and a woman opened the emergency door and jumped out. in this surveillance video you can see her running away from the plane toward the terminal. she was stopped by the police and questioned by the fbi. authorities boarded the plane

nbc news has learned she will not be charged, and at a psychiatric hospital for vi evan. gie that plane when that happened? >> scary moments. >> we had an area yesterday in the gulfcoast. a little juiced up, back again. we have a strong line of storms moving from atlanta down to the panhandle of florida. we have another enhanced tupelo to central louisiana, 14 under warning for a severe storm we won't get rid of the drought. we are talking 1-2 inches of rain stretching from washington d.c. by the next 72 hours. your forecast coming up in the

good morning, everybody. storm chuck bell. cloudy and wet. rain will persist through the lunch hour and tapering back after 3:00 or 4:00. it will be mild in the upper 40s to mid-50s and near 60s. grab your umbrella and raincoat. it won't be cold and more rain tomorrow and early thursday morning. >> that's your latest weather.

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afternoon. rainy and high, 64 degrees. >> thank you. a news update in 25 minutes. >> for now, back to the "today" show after this short break.

?? it is 7:30 on a tuesday morning, november 29th, 2016. in the foreground, that this is world famous rockefeller center chris getting ready for her big moment. is it a her? >> it actually looks like a her. >> okay. tomorrow, we will light that tree in a great show including performances from tony bennett, neil diamond and josh groban. you can watch it at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central.

crash on investigation going down on approach to the international airport, and most of those on board were from a brazilian soccer team. and this suspect, abdul ali ar with a butcher knife. he came to the u.s. back in 2014. shortly before the attack he apparently wrote on facebook he had reached a boiling point and referenced lone wolf attacks. it looks like cyber-monday will go down as the largest online sales number ever. early numbers, $3.4 billion,

sales. what were people buying? lego sets, video game consoles and televisions. and in the abduction of a california mother found alive but badly beaten more than three weeks after she vanished. police search for suspects. gadi is in california. good morning to you. >> reporter: detectives spent several hours speaking with sherry interviews to follow. the sheriff said they're getting more information about her captivity and the sheriff is convinced more than ever she was kidnapped. >> it's important to know why they chose mrs. ca mini. >> reporter: -- papini. we don't know what their motive was to abduct her. it is rather scary.

recovering and spending time with family and now time to tell everything she knew about her abdrs unw ha only been described as hispanic women with a gun. detectives have been working nonstop following up with hundreds of tips. >> it's been a full-court press from day one including a ground search, looking at phone records, looking at her phone that was recovered the first day of the reported as a missing was chained, beaten and left on the side of a california highway 150 miles from her home after going missing more than three weeks. >> we learned she was released by her captor. she was bound with restraints but was able to summon from a -- help from a passing motorist. >> reporter: now that papini is safe, hundreds who tried to help find her the mayor from redding

>> her husband was on the phone, too, very thankful and i'm sure relieved it was over now the healing begins. >> reporter: the mayor was one of the few to have personally spoken to papini since her return. >> we are overwhelmed with joy how supportive everyone has been to help bring us together as a family again. >> reporter: her sister asked for privacy for the family and no >> people are entitled to their opinion. they don't know the facts of the case and what we know within our investigation. other than that, it's pure speculation and their opinion. >> reporter: in the meantime the sheriff is encouraing people to be patient and vigilant. they're planning to interview sherri papini again a little later today. >> thank you. we will shift gears to al.

forecast. >> yes, there is. maybe to wednesday for the tree lighting. we will look at that in a moment. we have showers and thunderstorms fiing up from virginia to the northeast. >> in northern new england. this front push through, some rain heavy at times. could be looking at flooding stretching from new england all the way down to washington, d.c. rainfall amounts, the top 3 inches, we could be looking from 2-4 inches of rain in spots. if you can take the train, do it. flights may be a bit of a problem. we have heavy snow and wind back through the plains. that's what's going on around the country. your neck of the woods. raindrops will be falling on your half the first half to three-quarters of the day and

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underground chernobyl waiting to happen. the government is spending 2 billion dollars a year on waste left behind nuclear weapons and some e sperbts say that effort is going wrong and a lot of lives are in the balance. >> i wake up and use my nebulizer. >> reporter: seth said he never smoked but has effects from smoking, and athletic 34-year-old father of four now debilitated. within hours he started experiening symptoms. >> i started having breating problems and it hasn't gone away since. y i t isun by the department of energy through its contractor, washington river protection solutions, operating a $110 billion clean-up set to last the next 50 56 million gallons of chemical

they are underground but are leaking. there was a vapor leak today not far from here. vapor leaks cauing cancer in the brain and lung damage. this year alone, 61 workers have been exposed. >> i evaluated 29 people from the airy, symptoms range to cognitive and in young people more likely than not, the exposure th >> reporter: we put out a call to former and current workers who believe they were exposed. 21 showed up, we could only fit 11 in our interview. >> i have shaking on the right side of my body. >> i have dementia. >> i've been diagnosed with pretty bad nerve damage. sometimes the pain gets so great i just pass out. >> losing my memory.

>> reporter: can't do stuff with your family? >> nope. the worst part was showing up for work out there and getting paid because they didn't tell us. they weren't forthright in sharing what they know. >> reporter: what the department of energy knows is 24 years worth of expert studies, 19 of them commissioned by the department itself documenting safety problems at the site, including this one from 2014 finding a cauing a link betwee lung damage and criticiing safety practices that gave workers no warning. >> did the department of energy or the contractor tell you the readings for harmful materials were safe? >> yes. >> over and over, we're told daily it's safe. there's nothing to worry about. >> reporter: how does it make you feel they told you it was safe. >> they're a bunch of liars.

but weren't required. how often would they let you wear full protective gear? >> almost never. >> reporter: come washington state officials are now interv tni. >> the federal government has known about it. the fact they have done nothing so far is a scandal. when you think about the risk to our workers and water supply, and people should think about. >> it it's been going on for decades. >> reporter: attorney general bob ferguson is take eager step sing the federal government. i ask the question all the time, how many more workers have to get sick there before they do something about it. that's my question. please ask them. i really want to know. >> reporter: we headed to

an interview with a senior official, mark whitney. >> all the workers referred for medical evaluation have returned to work. >> reporter: we've spoken to workers who have not returned to work and seriously even terminalli is ithe department of energy's position these illnesses are not related to these exposures? >> i wish we had a more complete understanding of those circumstances. a lot of effort has gone on in the last couple of years to strengthen our efforts to deal with issue. >> reporter: this is a medical assessment of a woman named diana. when they say her possible terminal illnesses are a direct result of her exposure here, what do you say to that? >> again, i'm not a medical professional and can't provide a qualified medical opinion. >> reporter: whitney say this year the department of energy invested $50 million in air monitoring. i asked one subcontractor what

>> sorry, i'm not allowed. >> reporter: you're not allowed to say what's in the air? you can't tell me how the air is different here than outside? >> not really. >> reporter: whitney told me the department's measurements have always been within occupational exposure limits. >> reporter: we have readings 2009, mercury 473% above occupational limit, ammonia 473% above occupational limits. why were workers not told? >> i'm not aware what workers were told or no readings, potentially those measurements were taken at the top of a 20 or 40 foot stack where workers would not be. >> reporter: the department's own study found workers at that distance are at risk. >> it's about money. it costs money to keep them safer. >> reporter: chief investigative reporter suza frame says the risk goes beyond workers contaminated raised by a government nuclear board.

don't have a nuclear disaster, you should care about this. >> they want to scoop it under the rug. >> our lives don't matter. it's a business decision. >> what worries me is there are still people walking around, taking these exposures. >> the contractor running this site did reach an agreement with unions to provide air tanks for all workers for now and that do't how -- they don't know exactly how many have gotten sick or died because of exposure. we put that number at 11,000. 11,000. >> she said it's all about money. what kind of money will it take to make that place safe as they continue to try to clean it up? >> it slows down work to have extra protective gear and expert after expert said that's something the contract doesn't

today we hope there will be permanent fixes. >> and fear of an accident. >> this is how they're treating the workers, a lot of people are asking, what's the threat to the rest of us. good story, ronan. appreciate it. coming up, we will shift gears and ask the question. matt, this is for you, a one direction reunion in the works. what it's about this morning. >> crossing my fingers. and the gilmore girls revival. decade. the stars pay a visit to studio 1a. to a few places... ...and those places keep changing every few months. the quicksilver card from capital one doesn't do any of that. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. leave complicated behind.

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this is a "news4 today" newsbreak. >> 7:56 is your time now on this tuesday, november 29th, 2016. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we want to get right to melissa mollet for a first look taet traffic. good morning. >> good morning. a couple problems on the beltway including inner loop at telegraph. after the toll road crash in the right lane after 202, multi-car crash response now on the left shoulder. still has that left shoulder being blocked and before fairfax county parkway crashed in the right lane. >> thank you.

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good morning. cloudy and wet outside. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. steaiest rain in upper parts of maryland and i think we will have pretty steady rain in the washington area between 11:00 this morning and 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. right now, it is outside. temperatures getting up to the near 70s and then we dry out over the weekend. >> thank you.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, growing threat, fast moving wildfires sweep across tennessee foring mandatory evacuation and leaving thousands of tourists at t wood resort in danger. coming up, becoming jackie. academy award winner natalie portman joins us to talk about her new film and oscar buzz surrounding her emotional performance. the girls are back. >> did we order greek and italian food last night sfwlooncht and hot dogs. >> it's a blur. and the gilmore girls to

after all these years, "today," tuesday, november 29th, 2016. >> happy tuesday! >> all the way from lubbock, texas to make his dream come true! >> from arkansas. and colorado! indianapolis! >> howdy, dallas, texas. >> celebraing our 50th anniversary on "today"! >> good morning, everybody. it is 8:00 on "today," tuesday, november 29th. we are seeing a little bit of drizzle before the storm. we say hello to everybody out

we will light that tree behind us tomorrow night. we're excited and it will rain hard. >> if it would only stay warm like this, it's really nice out. >> i have a feeling there may be a window to get the tree lit. >> oh! >> that's where i'm going. >> natalie portman is here and she's going to talk about starring as one of the most iconic movie t century, jacqueline the movie "jackie." >> it was ladies first, this morning, all about the guys. jill martin is back with a new batch of steals&deals to tell you about the perfect affordable gifts. >> s with the news at 8:00. >> i'm stephanie gosk live at ohio state university, you can see students returning to class nearly 24 hours after this

and staff. this morning, we have new details about the suspect's past as well as a post that law enforcement officia say he left on his facebook page just before the attack. overnight, shock and sadness on the campus of ohio state, the pastor breaking down as he led an emotional prayer vigil. late monday, police and agents searched the razak ali ar tan and what purports to be his facebook page. he posted a rant of attacks on muslims worldwide led to a boiling point. i can't take it anymore. a chilling note, by allah, i am willing to kill a billion infidels for a retribution of a single muslim. saying it was posted shortly

campus. >> the guy in the honda civic came out, ran through the crowd and attacked with a knife. >> i think some kind of terrorist attack. the guy ran across through a crowd of students. he did it purposely. >> reporter: 11 people were hospitalized. only artan was killed, shot by university policeman, alan horujiko. this morning, a clear emering graduaing with honors in may with an associate's degree from a community college and went on to ohio state to continue his studies telling a publication, i wanted to pray in the open but i was kind of scared with everhi goin on in the media, going on to say, if people look at me, a muslim praying, i d kat theye ing think, what's going to happen. a somali refugee, artan 11th his

2014 and became a permanent resident in the u.s. he lived briefly in a temporary shelter in dallas before settling in ohio according to records maintained by catholic chars. authorities are still a long way from knowing what motivated artan to attack his fellow students at ohio state. >> reporter: they're looking to see if he was given assistance or direction but not ruling out the possibilityhe personal in his life. a bit of good news this morning. we are told out of the six people admitted at the university hospital, four have been released and two remain in stable condition. >> stephanie, thank you very much. officials in western tennessee are fighting fires raing from gatlinburg. brandon from our affiliate there

coming into gatlinburg this morning. trees down, debris scattered throughout the roads and the wind made it much more difficult for firefighters as the fires began to spread and the rain began to fall and might be giving relief to structures surrounded by fires. wind speeds up to 80 miles an hour through the night making this a very hard fight for those fist 1300 people are in shelters. officials for the smokey mountain national park say they've never seen anything like this in their entire career and not prepared. i'm brandon bates, back to you. >> thank you very much. the plane crash in colombia, 76 people were killed and five survived. they'd been carrying members to

may have run out of fuel or had an electrical problem just before that crash. they were hampered by torrential rains and fierce storms in the area. still to come, what is it like to play jackie kennedy in a movie? we have natalie portman to take on that challenge. what is in that box? we will try out and test out nike's new self-tying shoes. what has jessica revisiting one of the most talked about moments in her career. first, these messages. build their businesses and careers. my name is yasmin belo-osagie and i'm a co-founder at she leads africa. i definitely could not do my job without technology. this windows 10 device, the touchscreen allows you to kind ofinpoint what you're talking about. which makes communication much easier and faster than the old mac that i used to use. you can configure it in so many different ways, it just, i don't know, it feels really cool.

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restaurants? eat alone at restaurants? >> occasionally. >> what if you could go alone to a restaurant and never speak to any, not a host or waiter, no one. there's a restaurant in brooklyn bringing that to life, a raen shop designed to limit your interactions with others. seating chart tells you what's available. you fill out a men you and when the food is ready, the server brings it. you don't actually see his or her their hands come out and bring you your food. >> what is wrong with that? >> part of a popular chain in japan. the first american location of that chain. buzzfeed calls it for introverts. >> i have place like that called "home." >> what do you think? >> depressing. >> conversations with the waitress. >> i want to see the person that

chef that makes my food. >> you want to do a medical scan approing the person. >> it's a little weird. i like the idea of eating alone, but a little chitchat -- >> yeah! >> i know we've all had these moments, you're looking for something or you walk into a room and forget why you went there. have you seen my orange -- this can happen to we think it's senior moment. >> i need my goggles. >> say that again. >> i need my goggles. >> what do you need? >> i need my goggles. >> where are they? >> somewhere. >> aiden, do like this. open your hand and feel that. what are luing for? >> my goggles. >> where are they?

we feel you. >> that happens to me everyday. >> every single time. >> i'm talking to somebody on my cell phone, i can't find my phone. what are you talking to me on. oh, yeah. >> who is this? >> that's the worst. >> i love him. >> by the way, when you grow up and do this, don't feel bad. it happens to all of us. tamron, "popstart." >> guys and girls calls her best thanksgiving ever. last week she got emotional as she received the presidential medal of freedom from president obama. before ellen made it into the white house she panicked when a white house handler asked an important question. >> we're like midway almost there and she turns to me, you have your id, right? i was like, no, i don't. all the honorees are passing me.

id to the white house. this is my id, bruce, this is my id. someone came out and said, you can come in now. i was cauing a fs. then i'm inside. it's amazing because everybody is in there and robert de niro and kareem abdul-jabbar are standing there. i got a picture with them. this is me with robert de niro and kareem abdul-jabbar. >> later, ellen said she had to tom hanks what the manequin challenge is. the full episode airs today. next, one direction and question all their fans want answered. will they ever get back together? they're on a break and doing a project. well, we had one come and sing

horizon? niall said, we would be silly and ridiculous if we didn't. i don't think any needs to worry about us, we are fine. jessica simpson proing she's not afraid to laugh at herself. in 2003 she starred on a resalt show with then husband, nikola shay and we got this classical moment when jessica wasn't quite sure what she was eating. >> is this chicken i have or is this fish? i know it's chicken by the sea? why is it called chicken by the sea or in the sea? >> chicken of the sea is the brand. >> oh. >> so jessica didn't understand that chicken of the sea is just the name of the tuna brand, actually not chicken. now, years later, she's been able to poke fun at herself and reposted with a chicken floating

something using the #chicken of the sea showing she could take the joke then and now. that was viral before we used the term "viral." we have a bonus trending topic. who says dreams never come true. any who watched michael j. fox in the "back to the future" moment wanted one of those two things. and the coming to you just before christmas. here to tell us about how they work, tiffany is here. good morning. we all tried to slip them on. we have a couple of problems over here. >> people with swollen feet now. >> here's a size 11 for you. no shame. what do we do? we put them on. >> you slip them on.

>> listen. >> i think mine was already -- no wonder it was hard to get on, mine was already pre-laced. you can tighten it and loosen it. >> i can't reach my feet. could you do it? >> it feels like a massage. >> describe. they're black and you will love them in january. av anywhere, get up while you're looking. >> can we ask a price? >> they're $720. >> why don't you just hire somebody to lace them for you. >> wow! >> other than being -- actually, they're really cute. >> can you go running in them? are they normal nikes? >> absolutely. we melissaed them in running and training and basketball. we want you to use them and abuse them and tell us what you think of them.

make. fantastic. how do you get them now? >> nike plus app and available december 1st in our soho store and nike clubhouse. >> how tough will these be to get? >> they're in limited quantiti dey in women's 12? >> oh, my god. >> you're in trouble. your next guest is pregnant, too. >> thank you so much! >> okay. >> they float. >> thank you. >> i feel like the jetsons, oh, this is fantastic! if you are in the plains, we have snowy travel to talk about. you can see a low pressure system. it's just spinning and bringing that colder air in and snow. this is great news for the skiers, fantastic with snowfall

elevations more than a foot. the rest of the day around the country, enhanced risk of storms in the south. pacific northwest, gorgeous, sunny skies in los angeles, 67 degrees. a lot of wet weather in the northeast. travel delays from boston and washington, d.c. and maybe even atlanta. that's what's going on around the country, your neck of the woods. raindrops are falling this morning. northern parts of the shenandoah ey chance is in the city. grab the umbrellas and rain coats. you won't need the warm winter gear. we're already at 58 degrees at nationalal airport. and rain likely from lunch hour to 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. more rain coming our way tomorrow with highs near 70. >> that's your latest weather. >> thanks. oscar winner natalie portman

movie "jackie," following the assassination of john f. kennedy both when she was protecting her husband's legacy and her own. >> would you mind getting a message to the funeral guests? >> of course. >> inform them i will work with jack tomorrow, alone if necessary. and tell general degor, if he wishes to ride in an armored car ornk i'm sure the tens of millions of people watching won't either. >> why are you doing this, mrs. kennedy? >> i'm just doing my job. >> natalie portman, welcome back. good to see you. >> thank you. >> we all went to see it and loved it. before i get to the specifics of it, what was it like when you were approached to play one of

knows what she looks like particularly and what she sounded like software, probably more how she looked than she sounded. i don't particularly look like her apart from coloring and, you know, i've never thought of myself as a mimic or anything. it was scary. >> what came first? what did you tackle first? did you tackle the accent and the way she spoke? did you tackle the how did you go about it? >> it all came together quickly. it had been guest stating a long time. then, when it happened it just happened. i started doing everything together. did the hair and makeup and costume melissas and worked on the accent and dialect and the voice. and also reading everything i could find. >> to get the accent, was there a word? you had a lot of tapes you could

she gave of the white house in 1962. was there a word and the way she said it that helped you grasp the accent? >> there was one sentence in the white house tour that my dialect coach, tanya and i, would always laugh about. she would say, i rather love this hall. she says rather very british but hall is super long island where i'm from. such a funny so many articles have been written about jackie kennedy through the course of her public experience. this movie focuses on 7 days, really. >> yeah. >> immediately following the assassination of jfk. it struck me for a large part of the movie, you are wearing the wardrobe, the outfit, not the real one obviously but the outfit she wore in dallas that

what does that do to you as an actress in terms of staying in the character? >> it was really smart of owen as a writer to focus on these days of the assassination. gives you microcosm of what, who she was as a person to see her in this incredibly pressured situation and to see at that moment her husband is killed in her lap and how terrifying and f she had the presence of mind to say i will stay in this because my image is important right now. it's important for people to see what this looks like. they were offering to take off this bloody dress, bloody suit. she said, no, everyone should see what this is. >> i talked to noah about the movie and one thing surprised me and i almost challenged him on it. i always thought the image of camelot had been cemented long

assuing sticks close to the facts he tells me it does, really, she's the one who cemented th ima in those 7 days. >> not only did she cement it, she came up with the term herself, so wild to name yourself as the queen and king of this nation that is not a royal government. not a monarchy. she was the one who came up with camelot and it film is about. >> good news is coming out of your performance there is talk of another oscar. you have been down that road before. you know about expectations, your own and others. how do you keep everything in perspective? >> it is a so flattering, a nice response people are moved by the movie. when you make a movie, all you want is for people to connect to it. it's exciing people are moved and reacting well.

by the way, i mentioned you are pregnant. >> yes. >> you are expecting -- >> in spring. >> in spring. you do have tiny feet, can i just say that, no offense to savannah. >> that doesn't mean they're not swollen. st mutually exclusive. >> always good to see you. cross-examination, you're incredible in this movie. "jackie" opens in select ciies on friday. savannah. >> gilmore girls." the girls and one guy and what it has been like to go back in

this is a "news4 today" newsbreak. >> good morning it's 8:26 on this tuesday november 29th i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa mollet with the first 4 traffic. >> hi. lane and inner loop at the toll lane and m street has flashing traffic light and that is a problem because nobody is there directing traffic. you can imagine how bad that can get. all this rain across the area. 95 northbound okay, but still approaching quantico. >> thank you. a check on your forecast when we

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well, welcome back to "today." if you love gilmore girls, i know exactly what you did this weekend. nine years after the beloved series signed off, gilmore girls, a year in the life began streaming on netflix on friday. fans flocked back to the pop

and a little more grownup but still dealing with love and loss, friday night dinner. >> luke, what do you think about lori's living situation, traipsing around from one couch to another. >> it's fine. i mean, she's grown and she -- did you read her new yorker piece she wrote? i put it on the menu. >> why is everyone treating this like it's a normal right of passage. >> rory is a 32-year-old cge that's not normal. >> they are here. patterson. >> i'm distracted. alexis. where is she? stuck in traffic, i hear. we will see if she shows during the interview. there was so much secrecy about this and anticipation.

did it feel like giing birth at all? >> you would know. it just felt like a relief to talk about it and share it with people. we were so excited when we did it and asked about it so many years to finally have it out there is really fun. >> four 90 minute episodes. if i was the four seasons of the year and a lot of closure and finding out where are they now, what's the reaction been? >> i've gotten nice e-mail and c i'm not a social media person so i don't know what's going on. everybody is like it. i've only seen two and waiting to see the other two. >> you didn't binge watch over the weekend? >> to me, binge watching is one each night. that is huge. that's it. >> take me back. first day, nine years, you go back to the set. who cries? was it you, scott?

like the guy. i had to take a walk around the stars hall to get the character back. >> interesting, it wasn't like flipping on an old pair of jeans that still fit. how did you get into it? >> no. >> how did you get through it? >> i sat in the gazebo and lived through some of our most tender moments and imagiing we're there and having our picnics and kissing situations and went back to this is as good as it will get. >> at the heart of it, it's a moms and daughters story. we see this as the actual passage of time. does that mean the dynamic changes? everybody healed and involved? >> not at the beginning but i do think part of the journey in these four episodes is a journey of healing. we lost our dad and husband respectively and that gives the

later. >> you guys really felt that. he was your partner, tv husband but your partner all those seasons. >> my tv husband, occasionally a drinking buddy and we e-mailed and i loved him. i knew he loved the show. he would have been absolutely thrilled to do this. yeah. >> we're missing him and we're missing alexis. i'm told she's on the phone. alexis, are you >> i'm here. i'm so sorry we have the worst traffic. >> we know. we know. let me talk to you about because everybody was following rory's love life and team dean and #teamjess and team logan. i won't spoil it but do you think everybody will be happy with whatever resolution comes to pass? >> i hope they will be happy and enjoy the journey rory takes in these episodes.

maybe not the type you crave but you get questions answered. >> one of the most interesting things about this series, as i turn back to the cast in the studio, the creator knew from the beginning when she wrote the first episode and knew the last four words she wrote in the final episode. we get those four words and they are -- >> just kidding. i heard we hav a gilmore girls in our show and they felt like the four words introduced new questions. >> i did not know the four words until halfway through the series. i was like, really? huh. it makes sense in terms of the journey of the show. i can understand it does pose a question as well. >> kelly, were you underwhelmed? >> as somebody said, i had to ask alexis, somebody has to tell

huh. >> it is intriguing. >> yeah. >> yeah. what did you think? >> i had submitted some ideas, again, which were sum maily rejected. >> weren't they all luke oriented? >> not at all. i had no agenda. on top of my list was kirk we didn't get that. >> similar to the "sopranos," which left a little bit of question in the air similarly controversial perhaps artistic satisfyin i don know. >> i'm on the edge of my seat. if you haven't binge watched by now, you want to know how does it end. >> one of the things people want to know about the show and pop culture references and zippy

>> i felt it was always such a fun match for me, this language an playing this character, i craved it and felt energized to get to do it again. >> kelly, you seemed to always recognize there was something special about this show. why do you think it has resonate and people still feel so tied to it? >> i've given that a great deal of thought over the years and my position has evolved. i th there's a basic sweetness to this show, goodness. i think so many men didn't watch it at first, "gilmore girls," but the men on the show, they're drawn as sympathetic, working hard, there's no bad guy, no jerks, they'll tryg to make their way. there's just a basic sweetness, not cloying, i always think of that when i see the two women

singing that, i go, nice. nice. >> a real relationship. >> feels good. >> by the way, alexis, i know that traffic on the west side highway. we'll see you for hoda and kathie lee tomorrow. thank you so much for being here. we're so glad to talk to you. gilmore girls, a year in the life is streaming on netflix. real quick, do you think there could be more "gilmore girls," a movie? >> niece feel like movies. cliffhanger, don't you think? >> that's what i'm getting at. sounds like there's an appetite for it. >> by the way, lauren is sticking around. she will co-host our next hour. >> perhaps with alexis. >> thanks, everybody.

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it's this beautiful vivid orange color. that says health a lot of times. >> celebriies like gwyneth paltrow and beyonce embraing the golden spice. searches have doubled making it one of the top trending foods on the internet. >> the boom and juice bars and o onto - >> two years ago you could only buy it in certain stores and now it is in the grocery store and taking off that. >> it's not only intraditional curies but now in menu boards and roasted cauliflower and also juice. >>ite in ingredients not so new but really functional for the body like charcoal and matra and turmeric.

vinegars and sh in cocktails. san francisco brews it in teas. down the street at shake-down the earthy ginger spice can be topping treats from everything from marshmallows to cocktails. >> the reaction is a surprise. >> reporter: it dates back to 500 b.c., to this day it's a central part of ceremonies and ancient medical practice thought to alleviate nasal congest to heal wounds and alleviate the body. >> i think turmeric is the new kale and buzz word across the industry. >> the new kale. >> who knew you were such a spiceolog keris but spiceologist. >>re a lot you don't know.

happening? fire up the smuckers jars! who's on them today. first up, a happy 100th birthday to virginia house from vents, ohio. the secret to longevity, gin and onto ic with a little turmeric every night at 6:00 p.m. >> the new kale. >> from new york, my hometown, one of her favorite memories watching the talented guy from philadelphia, pa, amazing dancer spent time performing at his community theater. 101, from new jersey, rumor has it she makes the new kale. and elizabeth roberts, from new jersey, celebraing 105 years, beautician who spends her days

orville, from chaplin, new york, owned and operated a dairy farm for 50 years. if you know somebody celebraing their 100th anniversary, we want to hear about them. send in a photo. >> . 8:56 is your time this tuesday. good morning. i'm eun yang. we want to check in on your morning commute. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. you can see the rain all over the place this morning. making for a slow commute today. outer loop has a crash blocking the two left lanes this morning,

whitehurst freeway flashing traffic lights, nobody is directing traffic. that is painful and montrose a crash blocking the left lane. >> we'll be right back with your forecast. stay with us. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too! everything for the holidays.

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this morning on "today's take" -- "gilmore girls" and this morning on "today's take," "the gilmore girls" and "rolling stone" reveals the number one album of the get ready coming up right now. from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to a tuesday morning, a little on the damp side, november 29th, 2016. with tamron and writer actress producer, gilmore girl, lauren!

and everything about it. >> you look fantastic and smell good, too, you at home might not know. >> because i'm sitting next to al. the phantom over "gilmore girls" the return, were you prepared for it? >> no. it's still very surpriing and my honor to be in this show again. i'm so relieved people largely seem to be pleased with the reboot opposed to hideously gone. >> the reaction is terrific, four parts, all four seasons, which is so exciting. we have a clip of your character chatting with her daughter, rory, when she moves back home. >> remember to label my boxes because now i know where nothing is, my boots, coats, underwear. >> you have no idea where your underwear is? >> isn't it lame? >> you've been wouldn't your

>> do need to borrow son-in-law underwear? >> i'm looking for my outfit. >> i think any outfit you wear without underwear is going to be your lucky outfit. >> so obsessed with laura-li and so many people named their child after her. >> yes. >> the dialogue is perfect because you have a second book out today called essays. in the show you talk a mile-a-minute. >> that's what the show is known for and something i love about it and i'm a fast talker myself and the show is a collection of essays and what it was like to do the show again and this latest show i thought what an odd thing to get to do in a career. >> did you keep a journal knowing you would want to reveal things? >> the second time i did because

episodes over many years, tried to write about it, the year where my hair looked weird. i kept a little more of diary this time because it was a special time. i was having such big moments all the time and i tried to keep track of them. >> cool because not only did people respond to them and celebriies as well. reece witherspoon -- >> you're not on social media >> i'm on it but vaguely. >> we perused the internet and wasn't hard to find celebriies with a reaction to the show. >> we have the recent witherspoon with cheryl straight who wrote the book, "wild" and referenced the book. reese tweeted her love as well about this. >> my character goes on a big journey that has to do with "wild" kind of funny pop culture thing.

>> are you a camper? is it all for show? >> my boyfriend is very outdoorsy so have learned. one of the lessons in the book is before my card when i was single and some changes that happened being with an outdoorsy person. >> what's one of the things that changed? >> i have fleeces now, assortment of fleece, vests, and specific hiing and why it was encapsulated in having this rer card now. >> i don't know what it is. >> outdoor store with outdoor gear. >> i thought you just went to barney's. >> i've been camping once. it's hard. >> you did the bar bear grill t?

one of those stores is if they made it at the highest level. >> and showing a photo viewing the show. >> a small cameo in know. basically if you were any of my loved ones i wanted you in the show and put in as many people as i could. she never watched the show before and now has watched the whole thing. >> so cool. >> very gratifying, yes. >> jason ritter, your co-star tweeting is so good, funny, moving and good. it's on netflix and we won't say the four words that end the show. it's binging watching it but you have t be careful what you say. will there be any more? kind of a cliffhanger.

show? now we put that to rest and this is the next answer to the questions and we feel proud of what we did answering the questions and on the other hand, it was a joy for us all to do it. some people seem to be asking for more. we'll see. >> it's like probably when you have a baby and people say, when's the next baby, you're married, when's the next thing. that's a good thing in tv. "rolling stone" out with the top album of the year, right? they came out with the top album. we don't know what it is but now i know because it's in the teleprompter. the top album of the year, "lemonade." i guessed that this morning. >> never one to rest on her laurels, beyonc is out with christmas merchandise and sweat shirts on shopbeyonce.com.

sleigh." that's actually beyonce's line? >> this is serious. >> i like it. cute. you know what you're getting. >> here's the thing. my daughter, leila, i is kind of a foody, was talking about this stuff when we went shopping this holiday weekend. she wanted to get this stuff called specula. have you had the cookies you get on the airline. >> are we going to show it now or go to the break? >> we will tease them. >> jerry will bring it in, give it a taste after this. >> this is it. >> i've never heard of it. it's at trader joe's i hear. >> there's other version that's stores. you will want this because it's the next big thing. >> do you have a spoon? >> yes.

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we're back with of we're back. you got up so early, we have this you knew about it. it's made with over 60% gingerbread cookie. that makes it a balanced breakfast. >> delicious. >> whole-grain. >> this is the new nutella, as al says. >> creamy. >> i'm not a big nutella fan. >> how do they estimate 60% ginger cookies.

>> heaven if it's good. >> kind of like a spreadable ginger cookie. >> wow! >> is that good? not bad. different chains have their own version of this. i must say -- folks, need to change the name. speculoos sounds like a medical device. >> maybe it's the belgian term. >> delicious. >> you get them on airlines in america. >> yes. the bis scoff >> i've been saying that. >> it didn't register to me until i said it. caramelized cookies. >> here's a tip, if you have a biscoff, squeeze a little lime on it. >> ooh. >> it tastes like key lime pie. >> making a crust. >> it does make a great crust if you don't have time to make a key lime pie.

delicious. >> another thing to get addicted to. >> i first saw lauren, you got here about 6:30, i think it was? >> what's your normal wake-up time? >> left to my own devices, 8:00 or 9:00. >> see if that tastes like key lime pie. >> i don't know how you do it. >> my bedtime is really late. i usually get to bed at 11:00. i got to bed at midnight and >> i binge sleep on the weekends. >> you couldn't look more rested. i'm not cut out for it. >> the "wall street journal" says if you want your best sleep treat sleep like exercise. how many times do you say i'm going to bet at 9:30. you may be in bed at 9:30. you don't go to sleep until 10:30 because you're reading. answering e-mail, things like that.

>> meaning get into bed and go to sleep see. do it. if you don't have a partner or significant other to hold you accountable, get a frechbd to act like a -- a friend to act like a sleep cop. >> part of it is getting rid of your phone at bed-time, anything that keeps you connected, even a sleep app, what are the chances you will go to something else on your phone. >> this is delicious. >> i can't pajama one them. i'm just making that up. >> squeeze lime on that. like key lime pie in bed. >> thanksgiving day usually is when all the radio stations start playing nonstop christmas music. are you a big holiday music person? >> i love holiday music. >> do you start playing now and have a pandora list? >> i have a playlist because i

stuff. >> classics. >> billboard magazine listed the most downloaded songs in 13 years, number 5 is one of the classi"rocking around the christmas tree". >> didn't it get a rebirth in a movie? >> "home alone." >> mistletoe by justin bieber. >> i'm a huge justin bieber fan. did not know he sang this song. >> what is this? >> this is >> "christmas eve" by sair crai >> who? >> sariago. number two, do you want to build a snowman from the "frozen" show. >> so cute. >> number one, as long as

will never be clipping coupons. "all i want for christmas is you." >> one version of it? >> actually, thoughts on love. >> love it. couldn't love it more. >> not as good as "diehard." >> is "diehard" a christmas film. >> you get the judge's seat today like judge judy but it's not christmas anymore hans grubber falls off the nakatomi tower. >> okay. >> that's me. >> your rem card? >> rei. rem is the rock group. we can all agree on the weather. it's not great for a lot of folks, especially in the east. more wet weather from the

temperatures on the cool side. 50s in the pacific northwest, 70s and 80s and warm in the east, temperatures in the 80s. as you take a look, strong storms in the south. high surf advisories and pacific northwest wind and in the plains and plenty of sunshine through the southwest on into southern california. all right. you tried it. how is the lime? >> it tastes like key lime pie. you >> al, how do you do it. >> you put the lime in the coconut you dri them both up. that's what's happening around the country. >> good morning. i'm chuck bell, cloudy and wet, the heaviest rain in northern and northeast maryland and clouds and rain coming into the mid-afternoon hours for today. keep that in mind. anything but cold.

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figure out if a mammogram is still right for them. >> on a yearly basis for? >> again, no precedent or recommendation. many of the groups including the american cancer society would say yearly, yes. >> laser surgery. they found many people underwent the procedure experienced side effects like double images and glare. i'm from the old school lasers were used to kill people in james bond movies so i won't get one. what does this mean? >> basically, study, headline is not whether or not lasik is effective or safe, the studies over the last couple of decades have shown that it is. the headline is there has not been until now what's called a validated questionnaire doctors can actually give to their patients to follow signs and symptoms following lasik surgery. what was great about this study in fact they showed the vast majority of people did not have a negative outcome.

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we are back with guest we are back with guest co-host lauren graham. one thing they love on the "gilmore girls" isikoff fe whatever comes outside of this coffee pot. lauren, you start out. >> the first one is from ray. lauren, did you take something from "the gilmore girls" set. i was asked this so much i purposely took something that had no meaning to me because i knew i would get asked, a pink flamingo made of tin hanging in my closet. it was decoration for lorelai.

i'll put it in my sentimental. >> this is erica from dallas, lauren, what food can you not live without? that's a good one. >> that cookie cream. >> oh. >> what's yours? >> i like regular sushi. not a fancy person, a classic. >> okay. >> heres a an interesting one, how many cups of coffee did you co >> i don't think it's countable. i drink a lot of coffee, one of the crazy connections i have with my character, probably not healthy but -- >> how many cups? >> six. six a day? >> is that too much? >> not judging. >> tamron. what's your biggest phobia. i think we all know that.

they're scary. >> just like this ornament. >> linda from alabama, if you could change your first name, what would it be? albert's my first name. >> lancelot. >> no, i like that. >> you said today, pablo. >> the director of the new movie, "jackie," >> that's your name from now on. >> pablo lorraine, almost sounds like a cologne. if you could hop on a plane right now, where would you go? >> that's a good one. where would you go? >> i'd like a hawaiian vacation. this has been the big year, i would like to go to the caribbean and lie down on a beach. >> i like that. >> we have to go. do one more? >> the same one. go ahead.

i have big hands. >> this is for you. taylor from new orleans. how many pairs of shoes do you own? >> a girl doesn't tell. i have four. >> four shoe closets? >> this is amassed over the years. i'm 46. >> you never get rid of shoes. >> if i kept a couple shoes from each year of my life, fast math. >> 92 pairs of shoes. if you only 92? clearly, i've kept more than two. up next, twin brothers with one mission. get more shoes. find out if these new jersey teens are inspiing others with kindness to help others after

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able to afford a present. we went to target and bought the gifts and gave it to the charity that distributed it. >> that was really moving and touching at such a young age to know somebody else needs it more than i do. when they were about 6 or 7, they decided they wanted to have their birthdays become charitable donations and they picked the charity and every year we would send out the birthday invitation in lieu of gifts this is t year. >> reporter: over the years such birthday philanthropy included bullet-proof vests for their police department and fire department and helping kids fund pediatric research see. we were thrilled. something you only dream of as a parent. >> reporter: struck with the giing bug, the boys kept looking more ways to give back and one soup kitchen that denied them from volunteering because of their age.

to help and then that crushed our dreams. that was more-or-less the start of our website right there. >> the boys decided they wanted to put together a website for kids at any age to be charitable. >> reporter: at only 14 years old with the help of their digital advisor, they created kidsdogo.c lnc ab three months ago and exceeding our ex exps. >>rh wek together with the center of hope and safety for children victims of violence. >> they said, mom, this is not acceptab wit. >> we wanted everyone to donate to the food drive on our website. >> the turnout was absolutely o ovelmo donations came in today. really amazing what two kids can

raised. we felt this was a big moment for us and felt we helped the center very much. >> they went above and beyond galvanized community support inspiing so many children and famiies to give. >> reporter: in addition to today's drive they have been involved with the american cancer society, susan g. komen, american heart association as well as local causes. >> no organization is too big or too small nor kids that do g and jake, we can truly see the spirit of sharing kindness. >> i think they really emboied the idea of shared kindness. hopefully it's contagious and they seem to get a smile on everyone's face when they're doing it. >> i feel like shared kindness means to help others and give back to your community and help these people less fortunate. >> everyday we want to share kind witness others by making a

>> that is so awesome. for more information on how to help max and jake on their initiative, check out today.com. awesome kids. al is standing by with the weather. >> so neat to see that. today, we are looking at a lot of wet weather in the northeast. >> and winds back through the plains, pnt of sunshine in the northwest and we have pacific advisories and snow and rain move in tomorrow with a plains see more snow. heavy rain from new york all the way down to the southeast causing airport delays with that heavy rain. tomorrow's christmas tree lighting in rockefeller plaza, 9:00 p.m., just about the time we light the tree looking at occasional showers and temperature of 60 degrees. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. breezy and wet outside now.

us throughout the day. keep the umbrella handy. it is mild. temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s and most locations above 60 degrees today even with the rain moving in. mild overnight tonight but dry and more rain comes back in on us for tomorrow. nice and mild still, cooler and drier by the end of the week. >> that is your latest weather, from the country that gave us adele, we have british singing sensation bringing her soulful sound to our studio singing her smash hit, "blow your mind". live after these messages. , don' forget anything! [kid] i won't, dad... [captain rod] happy tuesday morning! captain rod here. it's pretty hairy out on the interstate.traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass.

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the teacher said, okay, sing this note, it was air. he said, maybe next time. i never really got a chance to get a part in the choir which actually might have been a good thing. >> it really is. are you exciing getting this ep out? >> yeah. i'm excited to get the album out and i've been working on it a few years. it's been my baby for a while and i'm ready. >> let's hear your ladies and gentlemen, dubois lipa. dua lipa. ? ? i know it's hot i know we've got something that money can't buy ? ? fighting to fifths biing your lip loing too late in the

? tell me i'm too crazy you can't tame me can't tame me ? ? tell me i have changed but i'm the same me old same me inside ? ? hey if you don't like the way i talk then why am i on your mind ? ? if you don't like the way i rock then finish your glass of wine ? ? we fight and we argue you'll still love me blind ? ? if we don't -- this whole thing up guarante your mind ? ? and tonight i'm alive and ain't a color sign guaranteed i can blow your mind ? ? guaranteed i can blow your mind ? ? yeah i'm so bad best that you've had ? ? i guess you're digging the show ? ? open the door you want some

know ? ? tell me i'm too crazy you can't tame me can't tame me ? ? tell me i have changed but i'm the same me old same me inside ? ? hey if you don't like the way i talk then why am i on your mind ? ? if you don't like the way i rock then finish your glass of wine ? ? we fight and we argue you'll still love me blind ? ? if we don't thing up guaranteed i can blow your mind ? ? and tonight i'm alive ain't a dollar sign ? ? guaranteed i can blow your mind ? ? help me i'm so crazy you can't tame me can't tame me ?

the same me old same me inside ? ? mwah if you don't like the way i talk then why am i on your mind ? ? if you don't like the way i rock then finish your glass of wine ? ? we fight and we argue ? ? you still love me blind ? ? if we don't mess this whole thing up guaranteed i can blow your mind ? ? and tonight i'm alive ain't a blow your mind pwah! ?? >> dua, thank you so much. thank you to your band, terrific as well. we're back in a moment. agine a e holidays are about joy again. where days are filled with magic instead of madness. at t.j. maxx, marshalls and homegoods,

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confidence. >> you're a great role model. >> thank you. >> thank you. this thursday you can donate a toy for a needy child on our plaza and online. our website has all the details for us. we had an awesome co-host today. >> so much fun. thank you for having me. >> you were terrific. after we taste melissaed the speculoos tweeted. you got to do better for breakfast. >> what did you think of "gilmore girls"? that's my question. >> you will be on with kathie lee and hoda. >> and alexis is here.

this is a newsbreak. >> good morning. it's 9:57 this tuesday, november 29th. i'm aaron gilchrist. this oil spot on the potomac river is making its way to the potomac intake. it has placed a boom in the river divert as much of the water as possible. officials say they don't think this is a threat to wildlife or drinking water. sources say whatever the source

to chuck bell. >> we have raindrops and a break south of fredericksburg and moderate in the central part of shenandoah valley that will keep us wet all through the remainder of the afternoon hours. rains likely to taper off after 5:00 or 6:00 this evening. dry for tonight and more rain comes our way tomorrow. it will be nice and mild. >> thank you. today is giing tuesday and we will look helping to raise money nor

a from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> 29th, much more importantly, known as giing tuesday. that is rhythm inside by calum scott. >> we have a great show today. we've been talking about this for months. it has finally arrived. the gilmore series is on. after nine years we find out what changed for three of the