thrilled. so happy, that is how prince harry and his new fiance meghan mark the announcement of their engaging and the upcoming royal wedding. frustration for riders waiting in long lines this morning. the closure forcing metro riders on busses and how long it will last. and you saw there was cold this morning, but now we're going to see unseasonably mild temperatures returning to the afternoon forecast. i'll show you how long that will last coming up. news 4 midday starts now. good morning, everyone. i'm molette green. >> i'm eun yang.

news from across the pond. >> we've been waiting. >> yes! get the countdown started. another royal wedding is on the way and this time an american will be joining the royal family. after months of speculation, we learned that prince harry has popped the question to his girlfriend meghan markle. let's get the latest now from nbc's kelly cobiella in london. >> reporter: well, after all of the speculation of the past couple of days will prince harry pop the question? when will it happen? how will it happen? turns out he already had. the palace announcing this morning that prince harry asked his girlfriend american actress meghan markle to marry him in london earlier this month. we don't have details beyond that other than the two will have a spring wedding some time next year. >> how are you guys feeling? >> thrilled. >> thrilled. >> meghan,

>> later today they'll have a sitdown interview where we're hoping to learn more about the proposal and their big plans. we do know that they'll be living here at kensington palace in harry's nottingham cottage where he has lived in the past few years. >> where can we get the white coat? we have questions. >> i want to know what her dress will look like? i think it will not be as traditional as what kate chose. so many questions. it will be beautiful no matter what. >> because we know you can never get enough of the royals, we have much more information inside the nbc washington app. >> you can read more about why the third time is the charm for prince harry, and you can check everything out by searching royal romance. now to the weather. the sun is out and the dump temperature's on the rise and feeling good out there. meteorologist sheena parveen. it is just the start of a mild week? let's hope. >> oh, yes, it is. if

temperatures to come back, we have them for you already and the normal high is 53 degrees this time of the year. right now we're at 56. so expect us to be near 60 this afternoon and sunshine will help to warm things up throughout the day today. a good-looking forecast to start off the week. temperatures mid-50s now and expect the upper 50s to top out and we start dropping through the overnight hour, but not only today will be unseasonably mild and we're talking about low 60s later on this week and i would say mid to low 60s before we get chilly into the weekend. i'll show you that and the weekend forecast coming up in just a beat. >> thank you. it's a story we told you about before. allegations of sexual misconduct inside massage envy franchises. it's happening in d.c. and new allegations are popping up across the country. dozens of customers have accused massage therapists of sexual misconduct. this was a report cited in buzzfeed, lawsuits and

massagenry is accuse of mishandling or ignoring complaints of more than 180 cases. nbc news has not confirmed all of the allegations. the company said in a statement that even one incident is not acceptable. violence in the district. two separate shootings and one deadly broke out over the weekend. one person was killed and another person hurt on southwest saturday and one man was shot early yesterday morning in the heart of dupont circle and we start with that shooting in dupont circle. >> news 4's justin finch is live with what happened and who police are looking for right now. justin? >> reporter: hi there, eun, molette. dupont circle has a much more different vibe during the daytime than it does when all this happened. we're talking about the overnight hours of sunday morning when a man in a car and a man on a street got into such a heated argument that it ended with a bullet.

partner shows how for several hours sunday morning main roads leading immediately to dupont circle were shut down as d.c. police canvassed for leads and searched the area looking for a man who opened fire and fled. >> reporter: the witness tells police that the victim was a front passenger in his car and they were traveling northbound here after 1:00 a.m. on the 1300 block of connecticut avenue and he had the window rolled down. and along the way, the witness says that victim got into an argument with the man standing outside. the argument got heated and then that man got out a gun and shot once through the windshield striking that victim in the eye. >> the witness called 911 for help and medics got victim to the hospital. he was conscious and breathing at the time. >> and at this point we know that victim is a man from sterling, virginia. as for thatus

he is still out there. police have not caught up to him yet and he is described as a hispanic man wearing a white shirt and police believe he got away from this area in a black or dark-colored sedan. we're live in dupont circle. i'm justin finch. back to you. a husband is in mourning after his wife and 2-year-old son were found dead inside a home in landover. police believe the woman killed her son before taking her own life. police found the bodies of you song and joseph wang this weekend. the family moved out of a house in glen burnie and police are still trying to find out a motive. take a look at the repairs on the red line means fewer trains and fewer places to board. >> it's incredible. trains are not running between silver spring and fort totten

weeks. >> adam tuss is at the silver spring station. looking at those lines and knowing it will be that way for two weeks, pretty tough for commuters. >> reporter: 100%. the sign out here lets you know what you need to know. no rail service between silver spring and the fort totten. >> a sleeping 2-month-old baby is a beautiful thing. >> especially when the baby sleeps through this. >> this is what the line to catch a shuttle bus outside the silver spring station looked like during the morning rush. >> think it's a nightmare. >> the baby belongs to melissa lubman. she's trying to get to woodman from silver spring and was caught off guard by the closure and she has another bus and two more trains to catch. >> i didn't know it would be outside today and usually it's on the metro, off the

with many riders. >> give me a break? >> reporter: why? >> i come to these things and it's not well advertised what they're doing. >> i don't like it at all. >> it's inconvenient and they should have did it better. >> reporter: others are keeping a sense of humor. >> i thought the bus was to atlantic city. >> reporter: they're making major fixes to the rails and the closures are expected to last until december 10th. >> reporter: and you're taking a look at the line right now. obviously, things have calmed down quite a bit. metro announced this closure and there was plenty of warning. as for why this wasn't all taken care of, metro says this is being done to avoid another safe track. back to you. >> oh, boy. seeing all those people in line and a woman with a baby. >> that is tough. >> live in silver spring for us. thank you.

chopper 4 flew over a car carrier that overturned near college park. it happened on the ramp to i-95 northbound before 7:00 a.m. and then one of the cars fell over the embankment and burst into flames and started a brushfire. another one was stuck on the guardrail. the ramp was shut down for more than an hour and it caused delays for most of the morning commute. >> and lawmakers, they're getting back to business this week. >> among the things they'll be dealing with the allegations of sexual misconduct by lawmakers. >> and senator al franken will be more among those facing allegations. >> and the rush to get out of the way of the volcano that could erupt at any moment.

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♪go your own way get your first prescription free at anoro.com. an ominous twist to bali's picture-perfect setting. a volcano eruption is forcing mass evacuations and major problems for tourists trying to get off the island resort. miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: this morning a massive volcano on indonesia's resort island of bali, spewing huge ash clouds and stranding tens of thousands. mount agung erupted sunday and is now sending white andra

than 9,000 feet above the crater. the national agency for disaster management issuing a level 4 alert today indicating the potential for another large eruption forcing residents within a 6.2-mile radius to evacuate and grounding all air travel. >> we have gotten no information because the gate to the check-in has been closed indefinitely. so we don't know what the plan. >> reporter: dormant since the early 1960s mount agung has been spewing ash with increasing intensity since last tuesday, but experts say heightened seismic activity is indicating the volcano is shifting and could blow at any moment. regular rain in the area has created a series of volcanic mud flows. water and volcanic debris flowing down the island known for its beaches and lush green

airports say more than 400 flights were canceled stranding more than 60,000 travelers. american derek dushane an actor of los angeles said he traveled to bali to celebrate his birthday and could now be stuck there for days. >> people come here for honeymoons, weddings, you know, party, just relaxing and it was a really happy moment to go to a really stressful place and now the airline said the earliest anybody will be getting out is on friday. >> reporter: an exotic resort destination now bracing for nature's fury. >> that was miguel almaguer reporting. he also says there are roughly 100,000 people living in the area under the current evacuation order. pope francis arrived in myanmar early this morning and many are waiting to see if the pope will recognize the rohingya people during his trip. myanmar's catholic church has urged pope francis not to

recognized minority, but the rohingya people have been subject to what the united nations call ethnic cleansing. the schedule ends in dhaka, bangladesh on saturday. it still has not certified those results. our news porters in in wtop report there could be more issues with it. the department of elections has discovered that at least 147 people in stafford county and fredericksburg now voted in the wrong race. an investigation into what happened has been under bay. on capitol hill minnesota senator al franken is back at work today. he spoke out for the first time on sunday following the sexual misconduct allegations. meanwhile, michigan congressman john conyers says he is stepping down from leadership. tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill including reaction from fellow

>> reporter: congressman john conyers says he's stepping down as top democrat on the judiciary committee while colleagues investigate alleged sexual harassment. in a statement he denies it and questions claims, quote, raised by documents reportedly paid for by a partisan alt-right blogger. >> do you believe john conyers -- >> i don't know who they are. do you? they have not come forward. >> senator franken is back at the capitol for the first time since admitting sexual misconduct. in this interview with cbs affiliate wcco. >> i've let people down. i've let the people of minnesota down. i've let my friends and staff and supporters down, my family down. i've especially let down the people who have seen me as a champion for women. >> reporter: meantime, president trump is tweeting support for roymo

moore's democratic opponent would be bad. >> if you think winning for roy moore will be easy for the republican matter you're mistaken. >> nine women accuse moore of sexual misconduct. one was 14 at the time. he denies it. >> reporter: that alabama senate race is just over in two weeks. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. sexual assault allegations against actor kevin spacey forced the show "the house of cards" to be put on hold, but the crew behind the netflix series will be paid. "the baltimore sun" say 300 cast and crew will receive paychecks through next friday. the show is filmed in the baltimore area and has been on hiatus since october. spacey has been fired. former "glee" star nigha rivera has been charged with domestic

>> she spent thanksgiving weekend with her family actor ryan dorsey's family. >> rivera struck him on the head and bottom lip saturday night while on a walk with their son. rivera was taken into custody, but later released. the u.s. navy will now be requiring recruits to pass a 1.5-mile running test before they start boot camp. the virginia pilot reports more than 70% of recruits fail to pass their first physical test during week one of boot camp and navy officials feel that takes away from time for other tasks. men will have more than 16 minutes to complete the task. women will have more than 18 minutes. >> there is a new miss universe this morning. >> i missed the show. >> it was late for our schedules. >> absolutely. miss south africa demi-leigh nel-peters was crowned in vegas. here is a look at the crowning moment. >> the new miss universe is --

>> and i like her bun, you know? the pageant's website says the 22-year-old recently graduated from northwest university and miss usa cara mccullough who was also miss d.c. made the top ten so congratulations to her. job well done. >> very good. >> the end of the year awards are starting to be handed out. see what dictionary.com declares the word of the year. >> that's pretty cool. after the break, a look inside the white house. christmas has arrived in style.

so have you heard of the word complicit a lot this year? well, dictionary.com just announced it is 2017's word of the year. the website says there was a 300% increase -- >> wow. >> in the number of people that looked up its definition compared to 20 cane. there were a number of occasions and there was an snl sketch where scarlett johansson playing ivanka trump in the fragrance ad and ivanka trump used the word in an interview. >> we'll have to start using the word more, maybe. >> the capitol christmas tree has made its arrival and it was truck individual of the way from the national forest in montana. it has been on the road all month and made

cities and was recycled. the tree lighting will happen on december 9th. look at it! it's gigantic. >> i love seeing it roll in. it has a story to tell. all right. we're getting our first look at the white house all decked out for the holidays. this week's theme is called time-honored tradition. it's a nod to 200 years of christmas traditions at the white house. there is the gold star, family tree that is dedicated to service members and their families and the china room displays china from president reagan's term. the first lady says she is excited to be spending her first christmas in the white house with president trump and their son barron. beautiful. always beautiful decorations inside the white house. a beautiful time of year. >> it does have a lot of history. a gorgeous time of the year. the activities and the tree-lighting

>> you looked very pretty in your purple. >> thank you. >> once i eat my thanksgiving i'm ready to go. bring on christmas! >> that's usually the case. thanksgiving and we all think about the tree after that. >> my tree is up. >> already? >> i do the first saturday in december. >> oh, okay. >> i went to look for one the other day and i couldn't find one. >> are you going to chop your own tree down? >> no, are you crazy? i would chop it down if i went to a christmas tree farm. don't laugh, molette. my goodness. >> did you chop your tree down? >> no, i took it out of the box. >> probably dust on it, too. >> i didn't see any out there and it's okay. i'm going to keep looking. anyway, if you're doing that maybe -- or this week if you're looking for a christmas tree where the temperatures will be milder than normal to do that

weather to strap a tree on top of your car and drive it home, we're not looking at a big rabe chance. the weekend is looking pretty good if you do plan on doing that this week and the weekend weather is looking chilly. in the district, the normal high is 53 and we're going to keep rising this afternoon and it's 54 in leesburg and 53 in clinton and 49 in quantico and gaithersburg. if you're exercising for the rest of the day today, by noon we're looking at the mid to upper 50s and 4:00 p.m. topping out to 58 degrees and numbers will drop off once the sun sets. we are dry around most of the northeast and locally for any holiday travel going on today, but as far as the rest of this week it's concerned. i mentioned a small rain chance, but aside from that our temperatures will stay above normal for this time of year. the normal high is 53 and the small rain chance will move after we reached the mildest day this week which will be wednesday wit

more clouds moving and a chance of very slight showers and the cold front is moving through and the temperatures drop back after the low 50s for friday and a chilly weekend forecast. i'll show you that forecast coming up in just a bit, guys. >> can i say that i did post a picture of my tree with my daughter. sheena, go to my facebook page. >> is it because you covered it with a stencil? >> no. we're all going to buy trees this weekend, right? >> it is time for monday, too. >> maybe you can get one on sale. >> maybe. why the online shopping day could be the biggest ever and many of those cyber monday deals will be arriving at front porches across our area in a matter of days. a look at how to protect those purchases from the thieves out there. plus stinky business. the case that had police searching this trash truck this moning. r

you're watching news 4 midday. >> today you'll be able to score some of the best sales of the holiday season. it is cyber monday and the online deals are very well under way. americans are expected to spend $6.6 billion in one day. that would set the record for the biggest online shopping day in u.s. history. it

though, if you don't buy today. >> wow. good tip. >> when you're shopping online you can add items to your cart and walk away from your computer and give yourself a day to think about it and some retailers will actually send you a coupon to try to get you to complete the transaction. >> tricky, right? so if you can wait maybe you'll get an extra coupon. some of the best discounts will be on electronics and clothing and the shopping won't just be on your computer at work. more than half of the online sales during black friday were on cell phones and tablets. we have more tips if you search cyber monday if you search on the nbc washington app. >> i have so much work to do. >> we still have time. it's not over. many of us plan to save money on those online holiday gifts. >> absolutely. >> in the stores and online. i do both. >> you have to mix it up. but what do you do?

sure those presents that get delivered are delivered safely to your house or wherever you have them delivered. nbc's chris clackum has some tips. >> reporter: porch pirates are sailing through neighborhoods across the country this holiday season and being pretty brazen about it like the thief who stole from michael garrison in phoenix. >> so i go and review my camera and sure enough, ups delivered at 1:28, three packages and at 1:34 the gentleman takes away three packages. >> garrison had security cameras, but police say often that's not enough. >> we see good videos and we see very clear videos nowadays, but we also still have to identify that person. >> reporter: because the holidays are the busiest, the delivery services are beefing up security like the post office offering tracking and e-mail images of what's on its way. >> it could not be easier. you simply register and you start

immediately. >> consumer experts though say the best cure might be prevention. having the package delivered to some place other than your front porch. >> it allows you to authorize to have packages delivered with a neighbor or a different location of your choosing or choose to customize when packages are delivered. >> nicholas leon at consumer reports says ups, fedex and the post office offer options like these, but if they don't work call your credit card company. >> if your package is stolen you do have options. credit card company it is like american express offer up to $1,000 to recoup the loss and recoup the spirit of the holidays that for most is being delivered. chris clackum, nbc news. this next story is one you have to see to believe. you are looking at philadelphia firefighters actually digging through trash and debris to find a man. police initially said the man ad

when it was emptied this morning, but a roll call at the facility rolled that out. the man could have been asleep in the dumpster or wound up in the truck before it drove into the secured facility grounds. that man is listed in critical condition. this country's biggest to be company began running new ads and they're telling the public that their products can kill. this comes after more than a decade of fighting the courts. nbc's steve patterson has details. smoking kilos average 300 americans every day. >> they're short and stark. >> no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. >> this week these ads are hitting newspapers across the country. >> there is no safe cigarette. >> all directly addressing the negative impacts of smoking. all cigarettes cause cancer, lung disease, heart attacks and

>> the ads are paid for by the tobacco companies themselves part of the order and the industry coming clean for the first time ever about the health effects of smoking. >> it's the end result of a justice department racketeering lawsuit stemming back to 1999 claiming the companies lied. >> it has been a campaign designed to preserve their enormous profits whatever the cost. >> come to where the flavor is, come to marlboro country. >> in 2006 the federal judge said defendants have publicly denied, distorted and minimized. a decade of appeals tied up the action. >> we really hope that this will help people and save lives. >> the ads are ordered to run for at least a year. >> when you smoke, the nicotine actually changes the brain. that's why quitting is so hard. >> a court-ordered course direction decades in the making now airing in millions of

angeles. today redskins players and friends are remembering shawnea taylor. it was ten years ago when the safety was murdered during a home invasion in south florida. tonight on news 4 carol maloney hears about his teammate's final conversations with taylor. >> he was telling me how blessed and lucky testifies have a boy and he had a little girl. >> he was going his way of being sean and being different. he was a different guy, but in a good way. >>. >> santana moss and clinton portis opened up about taylor's death and how his death changed their lives and that's coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00. >> many are saying ten years have gone by. >> and what he could have been and what he meant to the community. a sad loss. >> one, then

>> it's incredible. >> meet the parents of three who are now expecting triplets. i said a prayer when i saw them on the "today" show. >> how about temperatures in the 60s? how does that sound to you? sheena lets us know what days we n expect the milder wecaat dear suspicious snackers, it's time for you to pick up your big spoon and try new hood cottage cheese. it's a whole world of smooth, sweet and savory flavors, packed with satisfying protein. yours truly, always good. always hood.

a waldorf couple is about to double the number of kids they had just like that. nia and robert tolbert have three son, a 6-year-old and 2-year-old twins. adorable. soon, mom won't be outnumbered by the boys. she's pregnant with three girls. the tolberts were on "today" this morning talking about how they found out they had triplets on the way. >> she said yes, there's two, ani

i went to the restroom and came back. i came back from the restroom and she said let's do one more sonogram just to confirm everything and in that sonogram she was, like, no, wait. there's another baby. there's three babies. i said can you make sure there's not four. >> the short story is i passed out. >> oh, my goodness. >> how are they going to do this? >> robert says he thought his wife had let him a fitbit as a gift. instead, it was a note and three onesies telling him the news. a note and three onesies. >> they asked the couple how will you manage? they said you know what? we're having a positive attitude. we think this is a blessing. they have three boys and now three girls and it's the perfect family if you ask me. three babies and one, just a lot of work. >> they'll need a lot of support from family and friends. >> they're going to get it. they're adorable. >> that dad, i just wonder -- >> he probably had an out of bodyer

>> and she went to the bathroom and came back and said there's one more. >> i better not leave again. >> i'm not complaining about the two that i have. >> congratulations to them. that's what we should be saying. what a wonderful gift. they'll have a lot of fun. >> it will be big group outings. how do you travel? with a minivan or two. >> if you need to fly somewhere, and bye-bye to flying. get in the car, everybody. it is a lot. >> good luck to them. we'll have nice weather and we'll be above normal. chilly morning and afternoon temperatures will, in fact, get into the 60s this week. today we're mirroring 60 degrees through much of the area and we're looking at nice weather across the region. right now 56 degrees right now in the district and a little bit of a breeze, but look at all of this sunshine we have out there. it will just be a beautiful day today, and even as we go into tomorrow and the n

normal until friday and we cool back down. it's 52, dulles 49, gaithersburg and quantico still at 49 and fredericksburg has warmed up to 57. chelsea needs a home and you can adopt her at animal rescue. 58 is where we'll be topping out. up through new england we're looking at nice, dry conditions if you're doing traveling after the holidays, of course, and unseasonably mild as we go through yesterday afternoon and we have a cold front that will move through thursday and maybe a few showers and this big area of high pressure and it cools us down for the week and for saturday and sunday, with highs in the low 50s. we'll be back around normal, but nice and dry across your weekend, guys. okay. good weather to put up the decorations outside and the holiday lights and all of that. holiday cheer on tv. the special planned to put you into the spirit of the season.

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beloved hits and you can see jennifer hudson and j-hud will take the stage with them for a few minutes and they're kicking off their holiday tour this week and their d.c. appearance already sold out on. >> i'm not surprised. i have to dvr that because i'll watch that show. the holidays involve a lot of eating, too. you can enjoy a good meal and give back this season. a local company, two local companies, pizza di paradiso are partnering to make a better crust. joining us now is the chef and owner is the chef and owner of pizzeria paradiso. welcome. >> thank you. >> tell us about the special crust and how you will help the community with it. >> this is the seventh year and we've been partnering with d.c. and we make a donation to bread for the city and there are two aspects of it. the day before thanksgiving we

bread that we donated to bread for the city to give out to their clients. >> okay. >> and since friday, the day after thanksgiving we have on our menu a special dough which uses spent grain which is this right here that we get from d.c. brow, and it's what's left over after they brew their beer. so here it is in the beer as it's being brewed. >> they give us the leftovers and how do you make the pizza dough with it? we have the fixings for it right now and it's basically a whole wheat and white flour crust that we add spent grain to, and you can see it here in the crust. >> it also brings flavor and there is nuttiness and there is some residual benefit to it because it's grain. it's -- it's -- it's a mixture

so they -- we pick it up from d.c. brow and we use it and what we do is we have a special promotion where we sell the 9-inch pizza crust. people pay an extra $2 for that crust during this month between thanksgiving and christmas. it's dollar 2 for the small pizza and $3 for the large and all of that extra money is donated to bread for the city at christmas time. that's such a great initiative to partner with d.c. brow. >> because you're recycling. >> we're repurposing something that is a waste, a byproduct of the brewing process. >> are there other things that would be better with this type of crust? >> it's nutty. it's earthy, so, i mean, the

with this dough, and so i have it is bosco which has one for the menu and it's a very earthy, woodsy kind of flavors and this one hasses qaa roll and broccoli rabe and chili sauces and it goes with the spent grain. >> you've been around for more than 25 years and that's saying a lot in d.c., especially with the new restaurants that come and go. what's the secret to your success as i eat your delicious pizza. >> i'm not sure what the success is, but this kind of thing feeds into it. we are a community. we now have four pizzeria paradiso restaurants and this is how we reach out into the larger community and create more than a restaurant. >> i don't need an excuse to eat

supports the cause and i feel like i'm doing something healthy by eating this. >> ruth gratner, thanks so much for joining us. >> bon appetit. >> molette, you have to try this pizza with me. >> you know me. it smells delicious in here. up inconext we'll talk to t one

♪ ♪ ♪ >> now this looks so much fun. gwen stefani is getting us in the holiday spirit with a new album and an hour-long special on nbc. >> gwen, joins us now with more on both. i love you, and you are one busy lady these days besides singing, you have a new album, new nbc special, appearances, on the "today" show, "the tonight show" and macy's thanksgiving parade. how do you keep up with this? >> it's crazy. i just flew in from oklahoma doing the whole thanksgiving family. we had 30 people that flew out. we had so much fun, incredible time, and i'm just enjoying it. i wanted to make a christmas ridiculous for so, so long and as a songwriter, to be able to be part of people's, you know, memories at christmas time

christmas time is a gift. so here we are. this is it. this is it. so i'm enjoying it. >> i love christmas music, holiday music just puts you in the mood. >> you have kids, we have kids it sets everything off. what's your favorite part about the album, song or what have you? >> for me my favorite part of making the album is the album. writing a christmas song is another level. there's -- you're in this little, like, snow globe, you know what i'm saying? you have the freedom to just have fun. like, there's no judgment. there's no -- you can just have fun and i had a fun time making the record and writing the record. >> make shelton also participated in the special and he was part of the whole process. what was that like to work with him and what was your reaction to him being named this year's sexiest man alive by "people"

distracting now that he's the sexiest man alive. it's hard, but no, i think, honestly, he was really a big part of this ridiculous becauecs the one that told me to work with busby who is the songwriter and he pointed me in the right direction and i was, like, will i make a reggae? ska? >> the no doubt days? >> exactly. he was, like, you know, we have to make it like classic punk, like a phil specter and so once blake heard about that he got inspired and he's the one that sent me, you make it feel like christmas which was the beginning of this song. he sent me a voice text and he said i was thinking of this record and i kind of came up with this little part and i don't know if it's any good. and i thought dude, that sounds like a hit. it makes me so frustrated.

into a duet so he is on the record and we ended up being on the christmas special with me, as well. it was a fun project. my favorite thing i've ever done, probably. >> gwen stefani, thank you so much for stopping by and congrat on all your success. >> thanks for having me. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. happy holidays. the special will air on nbc 4 december 12th. write that down. >> i love her so much. that was very fun. >> she looks so beautiful, too. >> i know. even with an emphasis on going green in our country, most of what we throw out still goes in oceans and landfills. >> yeah, but one company is proving how everything we throw out can be recycled. nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent ann thompson has more on that. >> reporter: on the shores was maryland's masonville cove, a littered landscape. >> i found within the past hour. >> more than

end up in the ocean each year. >> this plastic pollution will be processed into pellets to become shampoo bottles, the brain child of terra cycle, a new jersey company recycling items once thought to be non-recyclable. cigarette filters become ashtrays. bakery wrappers, pencil cases and the coffee capsules turned into new products. >> is there anything you can't recycle? >> everything is recyclable and it's a question of economics and providing the systems and excitement for people to do it. >> we first met tom in 2008. >> put a little bit of heat and pressure and make a fabric. since then efforts to 21 countries. anybody can buy terracycle's collection boxes. procter & gamble and l'oreal pay terracycle to make the unusable usable again. >> what are we walking on? >> this is old wine corks and

flip-flops and they're for playgrounds. >> and this picnic bench? >> this is 100% used juice pouches. >> today americans only recycle about a third of their waste. terracycle's design lab is working on ways to get it to do more. >> you put your bottle or can in the bin and it gives you a compliment. >> if every time you do it, yeah, high five! >> in the business of finding solutions for pollution, making sure opportunities don't go to waste. ann thompson, nbc news, trenton, new jersey. well, we're looking at a really nice afternoon. already seeing the sunshine outside and seeing temperatures climbing and we'll be around 58. tomorrow we start in the 30s. sunny and 60s, before we get colder this weekend, ladies? >> looks good. >> pizza and gwen stefani and 60-degree weather from sheena. a winning day been. >>t'

>> we'll see you tomorrow morning

♪ we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >> oh, there they are. i think you've heard by now. it's official, harry and meghan are engaged after dating a little more than the year. the queen is delighted. and my flame-haired fox hound finally did it. cue the music. >> you hear that sound? it's hearts breaking everywhere. harry is the most popular royal. how much do we love him? known as the party prince. he's the guy that kind of took his time growing up into the fine young man that he