can. >> announcer: from nbc news, from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. ♪ >> we love our wines-day wednesday. >> it's december 28th. >> who is that? >> kenny chesney taking a trip around the sun. barefoot. >> very exciting show we will be playing games with two of the stars of the netflix series, white rabbit. they claim they can control your every move. you will be hooked up to something and they will give you

not do what they say. i heard they wanted you to eat pizza. i said, she can't eat pizza, make sure she has something different. >> i think i saw one with different cheese on it. >> that's it. you will be eating it pretty soon. >> those cocktail liquid calo e calories add up fast. madeleine will tell us which ones to celebrate without ga gaining weight. >> please tell me that's an optical illusion p. they don't know how funny that is at home, do they? we will share two stories about kindness and love. >> we were reading this and s sobbing, how one selfless act could literally change someone's life and yours as well forever. >> beautiful. >> can you name some of the biggest pop culture trends of 2016? we will stroll down memory lane as we play a game of who knew? would you l

to begin? >> i'm ready, hoda woman. >> helping others, that must be one ingredient to success, by author porter gail. >> good for her. >> we have a question for you. do you think you're a good person? >> apparently buzzfeed is the only way you will know. they featured a new quiz and not everybody is happy with the results they're getting. >> amanda is not happy. >> they make you answer four questions so you can do them at home. here, and this will determine if you're a good person. here's the first one. how do you confirm something is okay when you get a text? do you rite o-k, the two letters, word okay? >> how do you express laughter? l lol, or any of these? >> why mile

most often. crying smile, regular smile or open mouthed smile. >> i don't use any of them. i use the one that blows a kiss. that's it. >> that's not on there. >> last question, do you leave voice mails? i do. >> yes or no. >> here are our results we are just learning about now. mine says -- >> you are a good person. they say you recycle, you brush your teeth twice a day and you've written a thank you card. that's true. how does that make you a good person? >> how do they know i brush my teeth. i mean, i do. how do they know? >> buzzfeed knows. >> kathie, you're a good person, too. >> thank the lord. >> amanda was told she wasn't. she was told she can cut across two lanes of traffic to get to her exit and they said amanda should call her mom more and we know for a fact she calls her mom all the time. >> and brings her here for vacati vacations. she had picked okay spelled out, ha-ha for laughing, the open mouth smiling emoji and less

leaving a voice, which makes her a bad person. >> horrible. >> horrible. she's one of the irredeemables. >> we asked buzzfeed what their methodology was, they responded, it's science. >> we love buzzfeed. i'd like to see that science proof. she's a very good person. >> she is. if you guys use emojis, what is your favorite? >> i like the one that blows a kiss, also for okay. okay, good, uh-huh. i like the one with the little halo over it. i really like the wine. >> all righty. what do you like? >> i like the laughing with the tears. something about that, it looks fun. i just clickety-clack, i pick some. coloradoing to the emoji keyboard -- according to the emoji keyboards here are the most popular ones, the kiss mark, when you tap on yo your iphone with your

smiling face with heart-shaped e eyes. >> no. >> nobody likes that one. >> like a perverted cookie. >> heavy heart is another one. what does that even mean? it's half full? >> heavy heart. >> a face throwing a kiss. >> that's the one. >> that's the one you like. the number 1 emoji of all time is smiling face with tears of joy. oh, my god! that's the one i like. >> that's so exciting. so sad. i was actually surprised i even use them. i'm not that type -- it's so not me. sometimes it's just fast. >> we have a new makeup trend. >> don-adorable ♪ i added music to it. >> metallic makeup is the new trend. it's called metal-amorphy sis. 005 by pat mcgraph. >> it's goal, silver, bronze and copper pigments, they call it

metals, iconic illumination. a four-piece kit, $60. you have the lids and cheeks and eyel eyelids. do like it? >> it's cool. comes with a powder and mixing liquid. that's how you make it. >> does it kiss off? >> do you want to try? >> your. okay. >> do i have it on me? >> let's see. a little. no. not really. >> no? >> you look gorgeous. i'm sure our crew agrees. they love their don-adorable. thanks. i hope you have a hot date. you look gorgeous. >> have you ever had family members that come to visit. you love your family and i love your family. we're not talking about them. >> or guests. >> or guests. i've had that.

people leave your house, especially in the summertime, nobody leaves my house. >> salon.com featured a question to get their brother out of the house and eventually brought their father to assisted living and get his childhood home ready to sell. that took time. >> the house needed renovations. do you know how long renovations can take? >> and he asked them to move in because they had been kind to them in the past. when it came to week number three, she was getting ticked. >> you want your home back and your privacy back and your routine. she loves her brother and scared of ruining the relationship and hurting her sister's feelings by kicking her brother out -- broe brother-in-law. you suggest this. >> since they are family, i suggest you don't do anything rash and try to live with each

>> especially since they had shown kindness to her and helped her out financially. it's a way to pay back. you get way back to pay this person. >> how long do you think you should wait? it's been three weeks. >> i had somebody i love very very much and they stayed almost 4 months. there was a reason for it. i kept saying to myself, what a blessing i can do this for this person. it changed their life. they were in a certain is, doesn't matter. yeah, at least i had a place -- it depends how big your home is, too, if they have a place you can get away and have your own space. >> that's one thing. >> that's one thing. >> you do need and exit plan, i will stay at the outside, 6 months. >> then life happens. be kind, see what that gets you. do you keep clothes that don't fit you, hoda woman? >> i do. >> but you don't change much. >> i do. i know there are things in there i don't fit into, i think one

i leave them. >> are they bigger? >> some of my clothes are bigger and some are smaller. the smaller ones you hope one day you will fit in and the bigger ones you have because you know one day you will get in. time will tell. >> i have some size zeros i used to be a long long long long time ago i keep saving because they're like ralph lauren. i'm thinking one day my daughter won't care they're vintage and appreciate them. >> you keep them for her? sn>> i keep them for her. does that count? a survey showed 4 to 5 items of clothing that no longer fit them. they hold onto them with hope springs eternal. >> and you hope you have something to wish for, if i could just get into that dress. >> do you have clothes in your closet that haven't fit you in years? >> we already asked it. >> let us know. show us some on facebook. it would be fun. >> yeah. stand by your small dress that's

>> i look at my wedding dress now and i don't think i could get a thigh into it, you know. >> yeah. >> how do you throw away your wedding gown? never mind. >> it's not so hard. >> for marilyn, it's kind of easy. >> how do you make your kids sma smarter? that's what you want to do. time.com combed through some studies and they found these are the 10 ways to make your kids sma smarter. ready? here they are. >> music lessons. kids involved in music tend to have higher iqs. the dumb jock is a myth, everybody. >> kids like sports, great for them. cheer them on. don't read to your kids. >> read with them. >> sometimes we read and say go to bed. >> sleep deprivation is bad for everybody. missing one hour of sleep turns a sixth grader's brain into that of a fourth grader.

iq is not worth much without discipline. will power is the number one habit for success. >> discipline, i agree with that. >> learning is an active process. yep yep. >> treats can be a good thing but at the right time. >> ruff. >> uh-huh. >> happy kids equal successful kids. >> missy franklin was on the show some weeks back and she said the thing that she loved about swimming wasn't the med medals, wasn't the competition. being in the water. >> she said, it makes me happy. that was it. it makes me happy. >> when she was in the water she felt at home. >> her parents said, when i saw her get in the lights went on and that's when they knew they were doing the right thing. >> peer groups matter. >> definitely and believe in them. >> everybody deserves their very own dream. >> you got it. >> we will give it away, hoda does that a lot -- >> for the complete rules and regulations, hit the

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do it. >> i couldn't do it. there's a perfectly good explanation for this. >> it has to do with these two people, tory and carey, both best known for their roles in the former myth buster show. in just a couple minutes we will conduct a live experiment where they will challenge kathie lee to eat some salad and pizza. >> not all bad. >> but they claimed they'll be able to control my body movem t movements and prevent me from eati eating? we get to that in just a minute. here's a look at tory and kerry's new netflix show where they take on dangerous experime experiments. take a look. >> everything will go perfect or the whole thing will blow up. >> i have the weirdest job. >> me? >> i don't think i'm ready to go down this rabbit hole. >> you crazy kids! >> i sa

no. >> what the heck am i doing here? >> thwe play them on television >> you were hosts on myth bu busters, right, you were reunited. one person not with you? >> grant is not with us. >> nothing happened terrible to him. >> we had an experiment -- >> he stayed home to get engaged to his girlfriend. >> how is this thing different from "mythbusters" what you're doing now? >> it's not a spin-off, a totally different platform. we're doing investigation into different stories. we kind of think of it like you know that moment on the internet you lost an hour of your life and started looking at something cool and led to something else cool and fell down the rabbit hole? >> i don't go there. >> i go down that rabbit hole often? >> we have 10 episodes that will be on netflix. you can binge watch, that's the great thing and each episode will have a different theme. one of the things was

pow powers. i don't know if you guys ever fantasized about being a superhero when you were kids? >> when i was a child. >> i'm guessing not. >> there was a barbie doll and that was it. >> we did. one of the super powers was controlling somebody's mind. >> mind control. >> you're not controlling my mind with this, controlling my body function. >> we're using your mind to control your body. >> you're not even a scientist, you told me that. >> this is true. >> on your hand, you have electrodes on you and you're hooked up to some gizmo and kath has electrodes on her. >> this is right. >> what are you trying to get kathie to do? >> get together and have a quaint dinner. >> we're replicating something we did on white rabbit project. he invited him to a lovely italian dinner and had safety glasses. he had no idea. >> do i put the safety glasses on? >> just in case.

>> don't want to mess up my hair, it's my whole career now. >> a good fashion statement. >> why don't we conduct an experiment. >> your movements will control k kath, is that what it is? >> why don't we have salad? >> let's have salad. >> why don't you dish out your salad. >> your tongs right there if you want to serve yourself up. >> thank you. >> tongs. watch what he does with this right hand. i'm on to you. >> so when we did this on the show -- >> but that's my left -- >> i'm sorry, i love you. >> we do this on the show. we had lots of wine. i hate a mess. >> you're so lucky, he's so much nicer than

>> how delicious does that salad look? >> not that great but go ahead. >> it needs dressing. >> we will blow your mind, everybody. >> thanks so much. we look back at the year's biggest trend. >> playing who knew right after this. >> hodie wants her pizza. >> you're so awesome. >> i got it!

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which celebrity surprise the final five jim nifgymnasts at t olympic games? >> zac efron. >> yes it was! you've got $100! >> yeah. a great moment. >> that was, and hoda -- >> right there in the middle of it. >> orchestrated it getting simone on camera and her crush with zac. >> your name? >> amanda. >> from, rhode island. >> hear it for johnston. facebook released new reactions button including love, has ha and sad and angry. which sass an option, wow, boring or yuck? >> yuck. >> is she right? >> wait. wait, wait! >> uh-huh. >> yuck, will have to wait another day. >> another year or so. released wow, one of the other

someone says my dog dies and you have to press like to acknowledge it. this way they expanded the repertoire. >> makes sense. sensitivity. >> hoda? >> what's your name? >> brad. >> from. >> atlanta, georgia. >> this is big, brad. give him room. might need room. here we go. run-up to the 2016 super bowl carolina quarterback cam newton helped popularize the dad dance move. show me the dab. >> that's a good one. >> show me the dab! >> come on. >> somebody -- somebody -- >> there. give him $100 for that. >> you got it. wow. i don't know the dab. that big thing. >> a big thing. a brave man. wouldn't want to dot it myself either. >> oh, he looks good doing it. >> catching a sneeze, though. >> yeah, yeah. okay. all right. you never know. my husband would be aplombed at that. just appalled. okay, hoda.

good kind. where you from? >> philadelphia, pennsylvania. >> love my betty. >> thank you, who is number one on the forbes highest paid celebrity list? james patterson, taylor swift or lebron james? >> taylor swift. >> she says -- she gets $100! [ cheers ] >> she is one of the hardest working people in the industry. >> she is. >> $170 million. >> kathie lee, i thought it would be you, though. >> oh, honey. i'm not kelly ripa. okay, hoda, go ahead? >> your name, michelle? >> that's your husband? >> yes. >> your husband's birthday. rodney's birthday. give him money for his birthday. became engaged on "the bachelor." don't know. tuned out. what is the name of her spin-off series? ben and lauren take new york, ben and lauren happily ever after or ben and

still here? >> happily ever after. yes! yes! >> all right. yes. that whole series, as you know, is not my favorite thing. >> not your fave rhorite thing. >> i wish everybody all the best in the world but it's hard to watch. >> put a question mark in the beginning. rightly so. >> happy holidays. thank you, everybody, over there. don't pop the champaign just yet. madeleine will get you thinking about all the extra calories you'll be drinking on new year's eve, after this. they don't seem to be having any problem! [ cheers and applause ]

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changes, take or leave it, madeleine. >> and at lex, the bartender is with us. >> the game of "take it or leave it" on clalcohol. smartly indulge don't overdo. based on calories which would you take, which would you leave? >> offer a a beer or wine cooler? >> a regular beer and this is a regular wine cooler. 12 ounces. >> wine with what? >> wine and some other -- >> syrup and something else. >> i would take the beer. >> sweet. >> the beer. >> it's sweet. >> ah -- i'll go with the other to be -- >> no. the beer would be right, because regular beer, not even light beer, about 145. this is over 200. >> really? >> thinking because it's a wine cooler, extra sugar in it. >> never had that. >> drink it slower, because it's fizzy. >> a glass of champaign or a cool glass of white wine? >> yeah, thank you. >> for our -- >> going with the white wine. >> going with the bubbly. >> hoda, you would be right.

>> why don't i care? >> and fizzy, less sugar in champaign and you tend to drink it slower because of the fizz. >> the fizz makes you slow down when drinking it. >> excited about this next one. >> the martini or gin and tonic? >> two gin drinks, both have a jigger. 1.5 ounces. this is a gin and tonic, and this is -- a martini. >> going with the martini. >> i'll go with the other. >> hoda, you're right again. it's that -- >> she's on fire! >> i'm burning up! >> tonic has lots of sugar in t. yes. tonic looks clear. you think -- >> that diet tonic is fantastic. >> it is. >> diet tonic tastes just like it. >> no calories. >> swap it out. sounds very good. >> crunchtime, ladies, mimosa or bloody mary? >> going with the bloody mary. >> i'll go with the mimosa. >> hoda, you are on a roll! >> i never win. >> that -- champaign -- >> i drink .

>> the champaign will lower the calories but a pop of tomato juice as well. about 50 calorie difference. enjoy both. >> have one drink a water in between, then a drink. >> absolutely. >> you need to moderate and you can still enjoy yourself. >> pomegranate sangria. >> no idea. >> or toasty eggnog. >> oh -- >> think about this for a minute. which one is going to -- take it or leave it. >> that looks like to knows more because of the cream and all that. i go with that. >> sangria. >> you the eggnog? >> no. sangria. >> sangria is lower. low calorie bargain. almost 200. eggnog with alcohol has about 300 in this little serving. >> eggnog. >> a killer. >> so thick -- >> one for the entire holiday. >> and it's over. what else? >> spanish coffee? or irish coffee? >> what's the difference? >> madeleine? >> irish coffee has irish whiskey. a spanish coffee has a little bit of

>> i go with irish. >> spanish. >> you would be right. kathie lee is right. irish coffee. just one bit of alcohol in it. it's the whiskey. there's two, a little combo. this is over 200. >> i like kaluha. >> irish or spanish s. that it? >> everyone grab a drink. >> this is good. thank you, that helps. >> the winner -- >> way go go. wait a minute. those are left over from two weeks ago. >> you're giving me old props. >> but it's chocolate that looks like olives. you'll love t. thank you. more take it or leave it new year's drinks to play on our website at klgandhoda.com. coming up, how selfless acts of kindness changed two people's lives forever. coming up, after this. >> no, no. >> what did you do with it all? . i know [goat noise] i stole the other team's mascot for good luck.

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we've been talking about sharing kindness all month, and sometimes you hear a story so moving and inspiring you never forget it. >> yeah. like the one laura sharoft called "invisible thread." detailing her life with a disadvantaged boy. met by chance. >> now a grown man with a family of his own were guests on the show in 2012 and their story brought us both to tears. >> sure did. their story inspired countless others to share theirs with laura and she's compiled many in a new book calmed -- >> both: "angels on earth." >> laura is leer to tell us about two of those stories with her dear friend and ours psychologist dale atkins. you actually met here. >> we did. >> hoda and i were reading the book this morning, and in tears, i couldn't stop crying, but then i couldn't stop reading, too. i was just -- first of all, congratulations. nd

make us happy? makes us happy because we identify and see if they can do it, i can do it and realize that the sadness and all of the things that are difficult in the world that we feel powerless about, we do feel that we have power and can make a difference. that's why. >> one story that both kath and i read, laura. about a young girl who was a teenager, didn't have a lot of mrn and decided to sponsor a child that you see -- >> wanted add sweater, though, remember that? she want add sweater. >> tell us a little about her story. >> she wanted a sweater and was actually looking through "women's day" magazine and came across the ad. to sponsor a child. and she thought, this is what i want to do. >> through the christian children's fund? >> absolutely. and for ten years corresponded with him in guatemala. >> spent $15 a month. hard-earned money. >> she didn't have much money. it was really out of her need she sent t. and really not knowing if this was mg

difference. then when he came to the united states and was going to georgetown university, he was determined to track down this woman. >> find her. >> and to thank her for how she changed his life and helped him achieve his dreams. >> look at him, hoda! >> she saw him as a little 9-year-old in a picture. wrote him letters. he wrote about his life on the farm. afterwards, lost contact. this kid tracked her down and found her. got his doctorate doctor in her honor. >> dedicated, that little $15 a month actually paid for three quarters of his entire -- his education, all the way through becoming a doctor. >> picture that? this is one tiny chapter in the book. as you flip, there's another one and another one. >> i know. >> another one we wanted to talk to you about. >> the other swun the baby-sitter. another sweet story. you know, all of the chapters, i love them all. all unique, all special, but this particular

mary faulkner a real estate agent, young mother came in with an infant child looking for an apartment and also looking forea baby-sitter. mary said she's help her out and she ended up baby-sitting for san tino for four years. then the mother abruptly moved to hawaii, but then when san tino was in kindergarten, could no longer care for him. mary, kind of saved him. brought him back home, and by the time he was in second grade, he was adopted, and he graduated high school in june. >> oh, my gosh. >> he's a whiz with the whucomp. hopes to go to college. she changed his life. >> just a chance. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> it's -- one act of kindness. now, these are wonderfully larpg and life-saving acts of kindness. small acts of kindness also change lives. >> like what? >> giving someone a complement. asking someone if you can buy their groceries for them. ld

saying to someone who's a new co-worker how you can be helpful, make them feel comfortable. talking to somebody at party who lackey as loan and on their own. giving somebody a flower. not complaining. >> not complaining! >> hold the door for somebody getting on an elevator. >> people feel your compassion. what happens is we feel what is known as a helper's high when we help other people because endorphins are released in the brain and the pleasure center ignited when we give, when we read the stories laura has written we feel it's possible to change the world in a positive way. >> it s. if want to feel good, read laura's book. calmed "ankles on earth." beautiful. >> absolutely beautiful. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for all you do, thank you. a living testimony to how kindness can change lives. you, do, dale, need to fit into your lbd for new year's eve? >> first, this is "today" on nbc.

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an answer to this week's diet s.o.s. question. >> joy, how can we help our viewer ileana slim down before new year's? >> this is going to work. next two days three steps. nix the saltshaker an avoid all starchy carbs no rice, pasta bread, two dwas. >> she can do that two days. >> the more water you drink, the more e debloat. you'll be going to the bathroom, and three meals comprised only these three days lean protein and vegetables. when it comes to the protein talking egg whites, pork tenderloin, seafood. vegetables anything goes. raw, steams, roasted, a salad. two days, you will be in that slinky dress looking great! >> you go, joy. >> a

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hello. thanks for joining us. this is "news4 midday." >> let's get a check on the forecast with lauryn ricketts. good morning, lauryn. >> good morning, guys. it's a beautiful day out there today. we made it to 68 degrees yesterday. i don't think we'll quite make it there but at least we have full sunshine out there today. it's a good-looking day. temperatures in the 40s. mid-to upper 40s is where we are. 47 degrees. we have a little wind but all in all it's not too bad. as we continue throughout the day, the temperatures are