coast st threat. a massive storm system set to reeep across the country. evacuations orded in fire ravaged calirnia overnight. the midwest bracing for blizzard-like conditions. severe weather expected from the south to the northeast. tens severe weather from the south to the northeast. al is trackingl. it al not off the table. president trump suggesting he could pardon her former campaign chairman paul manafort as we m leare about how the president answered some tough questions from the special countel. live at th house. paying therice. dick's sporting goods facing a sales slump. why they are standing y their decision this morning.

all that, plus cbs bombshell. disturbingew allegations against the network's disgraced former chief. did les moonves scheme to silence an accuser? troubling results from new headlight tests. what you need to know before you hit the road. and it's official. ♪ >> the rockefeller center christmas tr shining bright after a star-studded celebration kicking off the holiday season. today thursday, novemb9, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller center. >> welcome to today on this thursday morning. thank you for joing us. look at us outside.

>> i know. we cannot get enough of this beautiful tree. >> it was a spectacar moment when they turned those lights on. oh, we could watch it a million times. wasn't the music incredible? >> it was incredible. it was a gre nht. people had so much fun. so the season begins and the weather, too, to match with it. >> that is our top story this morning. the weather set it impact tens of millions from california. al is inside. >> everybody just aout coast coast going to be affected by this. we have heavy rain moving into californh this storm system. heavy rain and we are talkingre about to five inches possible for the burn scar areas in california. at means we are going to be talking about possible mudslides and debris flows. iday as the system moves east 16 million people at risk. we have an enhancedisk for severe weather, tornado threat

through the night. we are looking for heavy snow developing to th north of this system. winter storm watches from minnesota and on into montana. saturday tnu system con east bringing a risk ormidsection o sf the country, t million people at risk. we are lookivy at hnow through the upper midwest, heavy wet snow and gusty winds for tht midw as well. strong rains. i mean, we are talking three to five inches of rain through the panhandle of florida. also looking at one to traee inches o through the mid-mississippi river valley. six to nine inches snow with blizzard-like conditions in the upper midwest. guys, this one is going to be a big weather mak coast to coast. >> all right. al, thank you. also this m ning preside trump is refusing to rule out a presidential pardon for his number form paul manafort and that t is n only

development. kristin welker has the details. >> reporter: good morning. president trump leaves later today fhe high stakes g20 fonomic summit in argentina. it's a chance him to pivot to foreign policy. looming large, the russia investigation which is marching forward. now president trump, as you say, mayling the possibility he pardon his eattled forme campaign president trump telling the "new york post" it was never b discussed, i wouldn't take it off the table. the comments coming amid newsman for the's lawyer briefed the president's legal team about the russia probe. rudy giuliani telling nbc news manafort's attorney notified of us things of that are relevant to us and he has not discussed anything unrelated to us. >> this cooperation with the

trump lawyers simply shows how scared, literally petrified, both manafortmp and tru are about this investigation. >> reporter: president trump has come to manafort's dense in the past. it comes after a plea agreement between the special counsel and manafort collapsed a prosecutorsusing him of repeatedly lying to vestigators even after pleading guilty, which manafort denies overnight "the wall street journal" reporting his business dealings and contacts with a rmer associate in ukraine citing people platform with the manner. thetaontent of the sments don't appear to be central to mueller's russia investigation. asnt for presi trump, questions om special counsel robert mueller two sources familiar with theatter tell nbc news the president told mueller he was not tolut beforehand a that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting.

those sources say mr. trump wrote his former campaign advisor roger stone did not tell him in advance that wikileaks planned to release emails about the clinton campaign stolen from democrats. while the sources wouldn't elaborate onther questions, they say mueller's questions were related to russian interference in 2016 and the president's answers were consistent with his public statements offeredo the best of his recollection. >> you mentionedhe president hitting the road for the g20 economic summit and russia looming large >> reporter: yes. president trump will spend 48 hours on the ground i argenti and he will not be able to escape the russia story. one of the most highly anticipated ents he is expected to meet with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the summit in saturday. it will be the most in depth

talks since their summit in helsinki. one key issue, russia's recent aggression towards ukraine. e president scolded russia over the incident and threatened to cancel t talks. but russia expects the talks to happen. we will be tracking it closely when mr. trump leaves later this morning. >>n.hank you, kris also this morning, nancy pelosi clear the first hurdle toward return as speak of the house. she secured the democratic nomination. do some defections -- correspondent kasie hunt has that story. >>od morning. eporter: good morning to you. nancy pelosi has been saying all along sheas the vot to become the next speaker of the houshi she cleared hurdle. she has another test in january as some of her members are clamoring for fresh faces to lead theoc dtic party. meet the new boss. >> it was so inspiring to hearm

colleagues place my name in nomination once again for speaker of the house. >>eporter: same as the old boss. this morningel nancyi one step closer to taking back the gavel in the house when democrats reclaim the majority next year. >> we are in the majority. the 35 new democratic women elected in the massive be wave, a familiar target for republicans from the president. >> can you imagine speaker of the house, nancy pelosi? i don't think so. to the pundits. >> reporter: big part of the problem for her is the exaggeration. >> reporter: while many of thet new democc members campaigned against her. >> won't suprt nancy pelosi. >> reporter: in wednesday's meeting pelosi won 203 votes. for manyig a that democrats

voted back in charge to change things are struggling to find their identity in the trump era. so far the loudest voice coming from the old guard. >> i am hopeful that onuesday we are going to cut through the lies and the noise and the nonsense. >> reporter: president obama campaigning before the midterms. >> i am having enormous difficulty understanding this white house funoeioning riftiden contemplating a 2020 run. >> at some point t emperor has no clothes. >> reporter: and even bill and hillary clinton now appearing a speaking tour together. >> i still have rezbret evegret day. thonsequences for this and the pain that was caused was enormous. >> reporter: days after a bombshell docuserieshe put spotlight back on the lewinsky scandal. >> we have been dissected,ho psalyzed, cut up and down,

but it's been the most interesting thing you can possibly imagine. it's still interesting to me evy day. >> reporter: but it is pelosi, of course, who is on track to lead the democratic party as theyru investigate president next year. the president actually tweeted cy pelosi,t for n which confused some observers. but pelosi for herart says she doesn't want or need the president's help. >> kasie hunt, capitol hill, thanks. with the holiday shopping season in full swing the popular sportingds ghain dix sporting good is taking a hit. kristen dahlgren has the story this mtening. >> rep good morning. yeah, this time of year so important to retailers and many wonderg if it will be a happy holiday here at dick's as we get word that sales are down. this morning a sports retail

giant feeling the effects of its strong gunol picy. alhe wall street journal" reporting that s alt dick's sporting goods are down nine months after the chain rolled out tougher restrictions on firearm purchases. the report highlighting weak earnings from the compa's hunting and electronics department citing a conference call between executives and analysts. sales online and in store reportedly fell3.9%. in february, dick's announcedld they wo longer sell guns to buyers under 21 and they would end the sale of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. they weren't alone. walmart and fred meyer stores followed suit. also haltingun and ammo sales to customers younger than 2 those actiones in the wake of one of the countriy's darkest days. a shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school took 17 lives andved as the catalyst for the change.

>> if all our government and president can do is send thoughts andrars, it's time for victims to be the change n that weeed to see. >> when weke lat those kids and we saw the grief that they were going through and how these kids organized to have their voices heard, we talked amongst ourselved and if these kids can be brave enough to do this, we should be brave enough to make a standou elves. >> reporter: for dick's the parkland attack hit closer to home. they revealed they had sold a firearm to the shooter, though not one used in the >> we followed the rules. we did w exactly whatwere supposed to do and he was ableu to b a gun from us. >> reporter: a comny deeply impacted by a devastating a tragedy payirice for taking a stand. we reached out to dick's for comment and didn't hear out. gun sales are down industryde that does usually happen in

republican administrations when people aren't as worried about efgunm. the company is also o focusingn other sectors othe sporting goods market and they are confident about the future, guys. >> thank you. craig joins us wit big story. >> good morning to you. that's right. an explosive new twist tied to sex assault allegations against former cbs chief l moonves. new saacons. >> reporter: a new report from "the new york times" details text messages, phone calls andc ersations between les moonves about the alleged sexual assault of an actre 20 years ago. it suggests if he was in the completely forthcoming in an internal cbs investigation he could walk away without a big severance. bobby phillips breaking herut silence a an alleged sexual

assault at the hands of former cbs chairman les moonves more than twoecades ago. in a new report from "the new york times," phillips recalls a 1995 incident she says took place in a meeting in moonves's office. at the time he wasresident of warner bros. television. monday vez exposed himself to her saying, be my girlfriend and i'll put you on any show. she says h h then grabb by he neck, pushed her to her knees and forced her to permx a se act. they were interrupted by a phone call. phillips manager tells "the times" that days after the incident his client told him that moonves violateder but didn't go into detail. in a statement to "the times," moonves says i strongly believe that the sexual encounter with mi phillips more than 20 years ago was consensual.

over the past year dower says he and moonv have exchanged hundreds of text messages reviewed by "the times" but not independently verified by nbc news. >> moonves readily agrees early on in the exchanges, it's the sense that he is desperate to keepro her fm talking. b >> reporter: t her silence, dower told the times moonves offered her acting jobs which she turnedow according to the article, it's that detail that led to moonves' exitrom cbs. >> it's not going to say the cover-up isheorse than crime because what happened is really bad, but it's going to make it difficult for him to collect his severence, is the cover-up effort. >> reporter: dower told nbc news, i don't likeliers.re that ptty much sums it up. after learning moonves denied

assaulting her in a conversation with dower last year, she wrote in a facebook message, i am feeling anger thatnv m is not sorry and is calling me a liar, basically, adding, i will not be made a victim again. that $120 million payout hangs on theo investigation i moonves' conduct during his 20 years at the company. in a text message, m allegedly wrote, if bobby talks, i'm finished. cbs andhillips are declining comment on the story. we reach out to moonves' reps but did not hear back. back to you. >> miguel, thank you. to troubling findings from new tests on the effectiveness of headlights that all drivers need to know about as nbc's joe fryer explains. good mornin g >> reported morning. when the insurance institute for highway safeua started evng headlights in 2016, only two out of the 95 vehicles tested got the highest rating of good. this year, altbeugh there has

some improvement, half of the vehicles earned marginal or poor ratings. across the country half of all car crash fatalities occur at night and 25% happen on unlit roads. now the insurance institute for highway safety is revisiting what it says is a big source of the problem. headlights. >> half of the models we tested on' have adequate headlights that provide enough visibility for the driver. >> reporter: according to thehe report difference between good and poor rated headlights could mean life or death. at 65 miles per hour good headlights show pedestrians at 140 feet and the deer at 220 feet. in contrast with poor headlights, you'd have to be driving 40 miles an hour to have enough time to avoid a crash. but safety is not standard. good rated headlights re not required by law and are often only available when bundledo i luxury packages that raise prices by thousands of dollars. consumers shouldn't have to pay

extra for good rated headlights. it shod b a standard feature for all consumers. >> reporter: of the 424 headlight versions tested by the insurance institute, 67% earned a marginal or poor rating and only the genesis g 90 and lexus gs are available. toyota and lexus offer the most vehicles with good or acceptable headlindt ratings popular vehicles like the new ford f-150 and chevy silverado only offer poor rated headlights. chevy declined nbc news's request for comment. ford i goihas not commented the insurance institute recommends test driving vehicles at night to see how the headlights perform or go to the website to see the ratings. ratings for 2019 vehicles will be out in december. back to you guys. >> thank you. mr. roker is here. the weather was pretty nice last

night. >> not too bad. we have had downpours, last night was if you are out in california, a flood threat especially northern and central california. heavy snow through the sierra. showers in the gulf. snow around the u.p. of michigan. y winds through new england and sunshine along the mid-atlantic states. with he will get l to youral forecast in the next 30 seconds. goo morning.

skies are mostly clear. it is a cold start to your thursday. temperature 32 freezing cold degrees in washington. northwest winds up a little bit. so wind chills are in the mid-20s around wind chills in the upper teens and low 20s for the outlying suburbs. upper teens through the shenandoah valley. so your forecast for todaye to ra likely tomorrow. mid-40s. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you. coming up, justiceenied. a multimillion a with high powered questions giving a sweetheart deal in a troubling sex abuse case. and the clinic inside a walmart giving new meaning to retail therapy. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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three, two, one. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's a pretty tree. we are back. last night's tree lighting, the ree in l christmas washington set aglow down in the nation's pital. >> ours is lit up. speaking of big events, we have a he show tomorrow. we have tom hanks. we have bono d andly parton. can you imagine? it's going to be a great day. >> yes. let's start with a check of toy'seadlines. new details this morning about president trump's written answers to qstions from special counsel robert mueller. two sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news the president told mueller he was

not told beforehand about the infamous 2016 trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. they also say that president trump wroto that roger did not tell him in advance that wikileaks planned to release emails about the clintonmp aign. meanwhile, president trump fueling speculdtion he c pardon hisca formempaign chairman paul manafort telling the "new rk post," quote, it discussed but i wouldn't take it off the table. stunning allegations from adult fm star stormy daniels about her embattled lawyer michael avenatti. she says avenatti sued president trump for defaming her against her wishes. hee also alleges he launched new crowd funding campaign, a n one, without her permission. she has not decided what to d about her legal representation moving forward. in a statement avenatti said he is stormy's biggest cempion. i h personally sacrificed an

enormous amount of money, time, and energy because ive in her. a massive storm system set to impact tens of millions of people in carefornia. the is especially great in areas where the wildfires have stripped out the veestation. someents are evacuating their homes again. others spent last night filling sandbags to try toroct their property. that same storm system is expected to bring heavy snow across the plains in the midwest and a lot of rain to parts of the south andt. e al will be along in a couple of minutes with the forecast. now to thatbs bll report shining new light on a controversial plea deal. it was given to a we will think florida man with connections to presidents trump and clint and prince andrew accused of sexually abusing dozens of underaged girls. nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest. this is really disturbing. >> it really is. a year long investigation, the miami herald says it located 60 women who say they were molested

or sexuay assaulted by jeffrey epstein, several telling their stories publicly for the first time. one says this is about justice not just for them, but other women who aren't olympic athletes or hollywood stars. this i video of jeffrey epstein's home taken by investigators during a search of his mansion. he was involved with 40 underage girls, some of whom he had sex with aording to court filings obtained by nbc news. several accusers speaking out for the first time to the miami herald. >> i was 16. >> i was 16. >> i started going to him when i was like 14, 15. >> 14, turningor 15. >> rr: a report from the palm beach police department says the girls were promised money in exchange for massages and a female who recruited young teens for the tycoon said the >>re you do, the more you get paid. e laid down in his towel on

his stomach and he was just talking to people on t phone. when he flipped over, that's when he said, okay, you can go ahead and take off your shirt and pants. reporter: the accounts include accusations from increadecent exposure to inappropriate behavior to rape. the girls say they were lured by the cash. n my mother was drugs at the time and she couldn't provide for me and i was pretty much homeless. >> reporter: former palm beach police chief m'd ryder said the girls didn't know each other. >> we believed this would end up in a prosecution that would incarcerate mr. epstein for the rest of his life. >> reporter: they had a 53-page indictment ready to go. but epstein, a hedge fund manager who famously palled around with donald trump, president trump, and prince andrew never faced charges.

instead, a plea deal was struck. he pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution a. >> he arranged it so he got wk release which meant he had a l valet and a driver to pick him up at the jail and drive him to an office. >> reporter: the former u.s. attorney who approved the deala alexder acosta is president trump's secretary of labor. a labor department spokesperson tells nbc news that the u.s. efattorney's office dded the deal across three d administrations and point that secretary acosta was asked about the plea deal during his confirmation hearing last year. >> prossionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone registered generally and that guarantees other outcomes is a

good thing. >> reporter: the former palm beach police chief disagrees. >> i think almost the entire system failed epthem. >> rorter: the 2008 agreement protects epsin and anyone who worked with him from federal charges. he is a registered sex offender but can travel t freely homes in new york, florida, and the caribbean. alleged victims are now fighting to get epstein's t dealown out emboldened by the #metoo movement. they want their stories heard. >> such shocking allegations and the fact that even when he wass in p he was free to go. now we are wondering does he have anything to say? >> he has been silent. you know, monday is going to be a big day for him and these victims. a number of them will be in court for a civil trial between epstein and a lawyer for the y will be ablet to testify and tell their stories. it's the first time any of them will havead a chance to tell their story in court. >> just to hear fromhem the allegations are so disturbing and then so many questio about

this sweetheart plea deal that he got from a prosecutor. >> and these women coming forward now. we will have to look at it in the context of the #metoo movement. iami herald spending a lot of time and resources and a year dicated to the investigation. story. blockbuster >> thank you. we are going to switch gears, head over to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> temperatures changing. upper-level low in california. we have got the jet stream up to the north. wet's going to be where start to see that severe weather. here in the northeast and midwest we are looking at normal.ures way below syracuse today 34, cincinnati 39, haevenotte 7 degrees below average at 53 degrees. tomorrow boston you are only at 36 new york's 44, rocheste degrees. what we will see is temperatures start to mode a bit by sbsunday. pittgh at 59. new york city 63 degrees. leigh 73. boston you'll see temperatures

up into the mid-50s. here's what's happening in yr ne of the woods. good morning.am i'm storm meteorologist chuck bell. high clouds moving in today. they are not rain makers. it will bery today but cold. that northwest wind nowhere near as strongrd as yes but strongug e northwest ten miles an hour. temperatures 32. the windchill 24. wind chills are colder in parts of the shenandoah valley. you need yr winte coat today. hourly temperatures up into the upper 30s and low 40s for time. afternoon high near 45 degrees. cloudy skies and sprinkles like likely tomorrow. at 8:00 we will have the latest onhe coast to coast storm effecting much of the country. still ahead, a heartbroken couple speaking out with a powerful message. they are warning all families about the social media stunt that claimed the le of their son. and then an inside look at the newest hit on broadway. the cher show. we are here for it. also, hugh jackman, we know

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>> reporter: a boston-based company called beacon healthti ops runs the clinic and is leasing space inside the walmart store. their goal is to offer services to people in rural communities who might otherwise not get care. >> we will have a service provid there, a licensed clinician who is able to reach out to you, do an assessment, determine what services you might need. >> reporter: and while they don't write you prescriptions on site,hey do offer full therapy sessions in the clinic charging $140 for the first assessment and $110 for each session after that, offering a sliding fee scale for people without now the question, will people go? >> i am always at walmart. why not? >> walmart is trying to go so big, it's kind of a little bit much. >> reporter: critics say these clinics are really just a band-aid for a much larger problem.in >> adding ae provider in texas is going to doothing to address the larger issue of lack

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fans off their feet. today thursday, november 29th, 2018. ♪ >> a trip to the plaza. woo! >> from michigan. >> friends trip from iowa. woo! >>gh heritage hi school. >> texas. >> girls trip from cramento, california. >> from florida, baby it's cold outside! ha welcome back to "today." we love t our crowd is here. its the first crowd, daytime crowd getting to witness the tree all lit up. good morning, everybody. good looking tree right there. a lot tohi get to t morning. the news at 8:00. the president unleashing a fresher over the russia investigation this morning and he is ruling outarn --

i should to rule out, say, a pardon for a key figure in the probe, his former campaign chairman paul manafort. kristen welker joins us with the latest. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump departs washington ftoday for argentina for the highmitakes g20 s his focus will be on foreign policy but it will be impossible leave behind the russia investigation. ouernight the president dangling, as y say, the possibility of pardoning paul manafort. e president telling the "new york post," quote, it was never discussed but i wouldn't take it off the table. now, it comes pfter aa agreement between the special counsel and manafor collapsed with prosecutors accusing manafort repeatedly lying to investigators. the president is up and tweeting about it thisorng. one tweet reviving his line of attack that the investigation is a, quote, illegal joseph mccarthy style witch hunt. in another asking, did you ever

see annvestigation more i search of a crime? as for the g20 summit, president strump expected to meet with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines. it will be the first in-depth talks between the two since they met in helsinki. california democrat nancy pelosi is a major step closer ti reng the house speaker's job. democrats voted 203-32 wednesday to nominate pelosi for the post. she had lt held it in 2011. she needs to win over a dozen party hold-outs in january. a small group of democrats have been calling for new, younger leadership, but they ha yet to produce a challenger. the department of veterans affairs will not reimburse veterans whose gi bill benefits were underpaid. on wednesday the agency told congressional staffers it cout make retroactive payments without auditing millions of previous games. the v.a. says doing tha would

delay future claims. some veterans enrolled in school have told nbc news they are struggling financially because of a way in the way their housing allowance is calculated. the t.a. blamed underpayments on computer issues. tomorrow our exclusive interview with tom hanks. we are working with the elizabeth dole foundation to support those who care for our wounded veterans. me will talk to mr. hanks about that. eaded to d.c. a little bit later this morning. we will have the story and the o interview tom on "today." and in the meantime, a holiday showdown inersey has people wondering is there too much -- is too much christmas spirit? a house is turned into a dazzling spectacle. 70,000 lights. some town officials say the crowds and the traffic are a dangerous nuisance, so they are demanding he pay the town 2,000 bucks a night for security and on top of that $750 a night so that a s ttle bus can bring

people to the display. he started an online ndraiser, but says his show will go on this weekend even if he has to foot that bill. >> wow. he is committed to christmas spirit there. how about a little morning boost. here we go. pope francis made a little boy's day and taughts a lesson about the meaning of freedom. during the pope's weekly audience at the vatican a boy walked up on stage and stole the spotligh he sort of wandered around curiously until his mom pulled m away. when francis pulled the microphone he said the boys hearing and speech impaired and told the crowd the boy has hink heng that made me is free and it made me think, am i so free before god? the pope prayed allowoud for th boy and the audience joined him. beautiful moment. ahead this morning, new music from the legendary dolly parton to get you ready for her live performance right here lumorrow. carson is outside with our man of the morning.

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their 15-year-old son's life. >>en nbcr national correspondent kate snow is here with that. >> good morning. brian mullan's parents say he loved soccer, animals, always had a smile. like a lot of kids today he lived on social media, communicating with friends rough snapchat. it was a stunt he was taping that led to his death in september on long island if new yorkri they are sha his story hoping noamtherily will face the horrible news >> our mission now is to save lives. >> reporter: a disturbing video posted on snapchat. matt and janice mullen want other parents and kids to watch and learn. >> we didn't know about car surfing. when you talk to kids they are like, oh yeah, i know about that that. >> rter: their 15-year-old son ryan wasar c surfing, clinging to the roof of an uber. he and two oth h teens been drinking and papd an uber driver $40 toet them surf. when ryan fell off the roof he covered his face appearing to be in pain. his parents sayhat's the

driver trying to lift him from behind. >> he was dazed. they were a mile away from the emergency room. it would have been easy to get that dical attention and did not happen. >> reporter: authorities say instead the uber driver took the boys to a friend house for a sleepover, but ryan never woke up. he had suffered a traumatic brain injury. >> we are gutted. we have ginormous holes in our hearts. what people don't see is that we have a grief that comes out of timere and hits you at a during the day. >> the enormity of realizing what forever means is when you stop and think about the things that will be missed. the aduations, the weddings, the babies. >> reporter:arryan's pts turning their grief to activism. they want rideshare drivers held to a higher standart and tau the laws of the road. re>> maybe if the is a few of the drivers across the countryng that are goi to follow the rules and maybe just make the right choice next time somebody won't have to suffer like we do. daniel doctor hima -- daniel

chima pled guilty toel a fy manslaughter charge. we were unable to reach his attorney. in a statementr u said words cannot describe how deeply troubled we are by this incides. our thoug are with the rider's family during this difficult time. janice and matt wan think twice about doing dangerous stunts just to get likes on social media. >> it has to stop. it's out of control. >> hug your kid a tell them to make a smart choice. >> overnight snapchat told us our hearts go to out to those affected by this tragic accident. no snap or video is more important than your own safety and the safety of others. >> you know, parents think they are doing the right thing saying their kid should take uber, a safer way to getome. i wonder if they are rethinking that. >> in my town, like so manyot rs and the parents, the thought they were doing the right thing, take an uber if you are drinking, don't drive. they want drivers to be

credentialed now from uber. it is worth noting that uber's policy says riders must be 18 years old to have an uber account anduest rides. anyone under 18 has to be an adult. >> the other side of the story is that parents never want to think that their kid is something that would something like car surf when the truth is you have to talk to your kids. im i must have said it to my 16-year-old five last night. please, don't do this. and if you do something stupid and get hurt, call me. call 911 you are not in trouble. because if the hospital. him to >> and all that social media pressure to try to getho likes. understand how important that is. it seems to mean everything to teenagers. >> and the line in the sand. like the drake challenge. my feelings. that's a car moving slowly and dancing. too. at's dangerous, >> thank you. >> courageous parents. let's shift gears. al has a check of thweather. >> a coast to coast storm that

will be causing problems. it's making its way into california. as this develops it will be bringing snow on the northern side of it. severe storms to the south through the gulf. strong winds and snow into the midwest tomorrow, saturday i should say. sunday this pushes into theh northeast weavy rain, gusty winds, snow for the western great lakes. u can s we have got heavy rain through florida, also into the mid-mississippi and ohio river valleys. one to three inches. look at the snowfall especially the dakotas on int nebraska. parts of minnesota and iowa where we're talking four to six inches, some areas could pick up to a foot in some isolated circumstances. that's what's going on around the country. yours what's happening in neck of the woods. good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s now. this afternoon the upper 30s by lunchtime andowo-mid 40s for highs. plenty of sunshine for the first part of the d c. a few moruds later on. tomorrow a lot of cloudt over.

not a rain expected tomorrow. could have sprinkles mround. saturdning should be cloudy but rain free. saturday afternoon and night looks rathe rainy and much milder sunday afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. this is exciting! carsons here. hugh jackman, are you joining for "popstart"? >> yeah. >> i am normally watching. i thought time to step up. >> you are "popstart." ye a bnnncement.f gossip.t wen. starting with the tree we were all a part of last night, a great job. theree officially here in rock center is lit. i mean that in bothit aeral way and the cool way. bu first we will be hearing a lot of christmas music nonstop and that includes this songm mariah carey, "all i want for christmas." in a video she posted online we

see her teaching her children the backup vocals. ♪ ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ ♪ >> is that your favorite? >> and she just made another t$80,000. >>re you go. kids be looking good. next, carey hart made a parenting call. pink pink and carrie have til en together. the other day shared a photo of them eating i think at a b right there. carey wrote, dinner with these two knuckleheads while mamas. wo i was too tired to cook. bar food. they didn't seem to mind. he got a bunch of positive comments, people thanking h

for keeping it real. pub owners agreeing that pub food i't the best. and friday a new film starring jennifer aniston with the moose irv dolly parton. decides to shake up the pageant scene by entering the competition. it's based on a book inspired by dolly's song. she jumped on board to do the sic. in the released video we see dolly performing aew version of the classic "jolene" for this movie ♪ jolene, jolene, jolene ♪ i'm begging of you please don't take my man ♪ ♪jolene, jolene, jolene ♪ please don't take him just because you can ♪ >> great sounding song there. dolly parton is going to be

doing that live, as we mentioned, in studio tomorrow. >> she is doing "jolene"? >> i don't know. i don't want to say that. >> but she will be here tomorrow to do that. >> right. >> there you go. that's your "popstart." di ton for soccer players tonter big matches holding the hands of children. that proved to be a ltle bit too much for a manchester united player.ch each player mg up with the kid. keep your eye on the end of the line. he realizes, where's my buddy? where is my littleuy? midfielder looking out frantically for the bo aimlessly there in the background. he won the game. that's all that matters. he scored that last-minute goal that advanced his team to the last stages. >> thank you. now to the man we have been waiting for. one of the nicest men in hollywood, you know him from

wolverine, "the greatest sshowman," the list goe on and on. >> you can catch him in the frontrunner. a lot of people talking about that vie. he is a hit on broadway, wenning a tony for his role a boy from oz. you ask, what can hugh do next? there can't be something you have not done, but? >> it's not wolverine the mus musical. >> not yet. >> y have a special announcement? >> i am dpoing a big arena tour. this is dream com true. i have done it in australia. now i am going around the world. cities all overamerica. we are going to europe. we are going to the u.k. back to australia. >> you're a rock star. >> i am singing, dancing, telling stories. >> this is aone-man show? >> yeah, with aboute a 26-pi orchestra and 30 singers and dancers and all of that. it is sort of like i am on the back nine of my life now. this is about the front nine. the best parts of the front nine. i'm going to sing stuff from greatest show man, stuff i have done on broadway, stuff idi

oned for that i didn't get cast for. >> stories throughout it? >> yeah. i love going to a concert when i feel something happens that night that could only happen that night. >> yes. >> so i try to keep it loose i have special guests. i'm just going to have a party. >> you are lying like big reins, like the garden. >> nicolas maduro. >> i kyow. >> how dmake it feel intimate? >> i think whether it's 300 people, 3,000 or 13,000, you have to -- it has to feel like a celebration and you have to connect. i always -- first thing i do when i walk out on stage i do this because i look at my wif i look in my wife's eyes and that grounds me and then i treat whethe you're at the backr the front, this is a night that sothing can only happen there. >> how do you pick the songs? >> i do my forite songs. it's really self-indulgent and you'll all sit through it. i try to do a hugeie v.

obviously, greatest show man. i want to do les mis. it's a mixed bag. i'm in traini. >> you are? >> what does that mean? >> tuesday 10 to 6 dancing. >> you're kidding? >> no. >> we were asking someone about their vocal exercises. >> i sing every day. >> you do? do you have like an aerobics voice thing going? >>. >> well, always in theu shower. have to sing sinatra. no, i start with this. and then, all right, shut up, dad! i'm like, what? ♪ why is it so annoying ♪ it's 6:30 in the morning > you also have another announcement to make? >> what? >> next week?

>> what? >> oh, yes, thank you. >> nobody knows what craig is ht now. about r >> i am doing a duet with dolly parton tomorrow. she doesn't know that yet. >> exextly. >> but tuesday morning i am going to perform in the plaza. this is a bucket listn like literally bucket lists of bucket lists. i amoing to sing two songs, one from greatest show man, one from les mis. i have dancers, you are welcome to join. >> we are there. >> you want to come to >>hearsal? >> yes. we're there. >> how much does your wife have to do with the things you pick for the show? i know you count on her for advice and all that start ort o stuff. >>thing. by the way, it's her birthday tomorrow. >> happy birthday!y. >> happy birth >> what do you do to celebrate with her? >> the first thing i do is cook her breakfast, her favorite. ♪ here is your breakfast >> without the singing. hotcbyes.

sorry, if i just outed you on yr favorite breakfast. then we are going out with the kids, the four of us later. then there is a bunch of surprises during the sday. cute. >> which could be code for i haven't worked it out yet. but it's not. >> very few like hollywood type relationships last as you and deborah have. people wonder what is it? why dyou think you have lasted as long as you have? >> we are honest with each other. we talk about everything. deb had a few rules when we she said we won't spend more than two weeks apart. we don't go to bed on a crossword. sometimes it's 3:00 in the morning bere be go to sleep. be yourself. even the bits you don't love. the bits you arear essed about or things you did wrong. if you are in a situation where you can beouelf and be honest, that's a good start. and if you marry thees se funniest, most beautiful in the world, that's a good thing. y >> every tim talk about

her, your eyes light up. >> you know her. she is the greatest. >> she really is. >> really is the greatest. and when you say a hollywood couple, i think it helps tha we were together before that. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> soe have beenn this unbelievable journey, places we never thought we'd go to. we have done it together. we have friends that are famous. if you become famous and you are out dating, that's difficult. >>. >> does the family travel with you. >> we are doing it in the suspicious package. i told you this is all about me. the kids are like, i want a job, like a paying job. so they are going twork. >> how old are they now? >> 18 and 13. >> the 18-year-old can work legally. >> 100%. >> yeah.nk hugh, t you. congratulations. i can't wait. >> and tomorrow when you do that duet -- no. ♪ jolene, jolene, >> that's not easy to sing at

8:00 in the morning. >> especially if you can't sing. at least you can sing. thank you, hugh. see you onan tuesday. by the way, check it out. youan c google hugh jackman and find out about the tour, information onur website, too, if you want tickets. exciting. ahead behind the scenes of broadway's biggest musical "the cher show" plus "steals & deals" for the guys in your life. coming up.

this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning. :26 on this thursday, november 29th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's start with a look at the roads. melissa molett has your first4 traffic. >> good morning. quiet right now. northbound route 1 after telegraph with a crash blocking all northbound lanes. southbound 270 before west montgomery a crash blocking the rit lane there. northbound 27 at montgomery village a work zone to 10:00 a.m. causing delays. glen echo near clara barton a crash off the roadway, iceth reportede. >> thank you. a check on your forecast when we come back. stay with us here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers,

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grning everybody. it's thursday morning. so you're already starting to think about the weekend i'm sure. both saturday and sunday, saturday looks a little rainy. temperatures in t low 50s. most of the rain saturday in the afternoon and evening hours. sunday most of the rai will be early. sunday afternoon we should clear

out. today as you go out toor wind chills in the 20s and chilly all afternoon. >> thank you. you canatet thet news and weather anytime. just open the nbc washington app.

it is 8:30 on a butiful thursday morning here, november e 2018. can y'all see them? they helped us last night as we hit the tree. pen tonics is giving us donations for our holiday toy drive. they are going to perform for u. savannah left early for thatin rview with tom hanks. we will have that for you tomorrow. wdmeantime, how about a c moment? >> we'd love one. >> you got one? >> i think i do. i'm looking for joey and carol. joey and carol. joey and carol. oh, there they are. okay. hey! there you are. >> we are from upstate, south

carolina near warford. >> i went to school away from there. >> my daughter watched you there. >> thanks for coming. who are these two? >> my sweet bies caroline and jackson. if you can get us on tv, you will save me a lot of money because that's all they want for christmas is to see me and aunt carol on "the today show." >> i think j wet saved you a lot of money. there you go. thanks for coming. merry christmas to you. christmas gift granted. all right. >> very nice. >> coming up, we have got a behind-the-scenes look at one of the hottest tickets on broadway. "the cher show." it is so hot, cher has come to see. to herse it's like, what? it's like her looking in a mirror. crazy. more holiday "steals & deals." we covered theids. we covered the ladies. this morning it's all about the boys. >> it's about time. >> meanwhile, in the third hour we will take a walk on the wild

side. nduere weengo join a us this studio. i don't think sonny is going to like it. >> before the cats, the top dog y, so a puppy with a purpose and his guide dog foundation passed a huge milnntone. so guided a blindfolded olivia through a 25-minute route in upper manhaan proving h has a solid understanding of the fundamentals of gui dog work from stopping at curbs and dealing with the distractions that you imagine new york city has to offer. give him a big round of applause. way to go, sonny! >> and olia back there. >> such a great job. it was harrowing in new york. >> i could himagine. possesses all those great leadership and fundamental skills. >> the trust. >> awesome. >> all right. mr. roker, a check of the weather for us? >> absolutely. let's look ahead to the weekend. friday a weaker storm in the pacific northwest. mountain snows through the

rockies. severe wet through the ler mississippi river valley. saturday heavy rain in the upper mississippi river valley. heavy know through the central plains and rockies. sunday, sunday, sunshine returns to thewest, no showers still around the four corners and a swath of snow from montana all the way to the u.p. of michigan. that's w at's going onround the country. ng in yourt's happe neck of the woods. good morning everybody. right here at home in the washingt area temperatures are still just around the freezing mark. upper 20s to aroungr 30 s in most areas. 33 balmy degrees at national airport. tu will be a cold day today. eventually tempes will climb into the low and mid-40s later in the afternoon. high today about 45 degrees. tomorrow a mostly cloudy day ane a chor a couple of sprinkles of rain around tomorrow. not anything heavy. heavier rain saturday afternoon and saturday night. >> and that is your latest weather. don't forget you can take us with you wherever you go.

justo to today's sirius xm channel 1 08 and listerin your ca at work, at shome. >> tha my favorite al roker move. > when it comes to living legends doesn't get much bigger than cher. w her story a songs are taking center stage. there is a new musical and sheinelle jones, you lucky dog, you've got to go. >> it was quite the spectacle. good morning to you guys. many of you grew up with she is one of the most recognizable icons in the world. she has pretty much done it all. her life story is told through g music in oneiant broadway production. s >> reporter: it' flashy and fabulous and so much fun. >> a thrilling ride. gi >> reporter: i six decades of cher packed into a two-hour explosion of hits. >> there are groups of people who are literally on their feet

like they are at a concert living their btlives. they are leaving their troubles at the door. >> i think it's because the dience has invested in the story of cher. they have seen the roller coaster of her life. >> reporter: it's a cr trifecta with micah ladiamond and stephanie j. block playing eras of the superstar. we call it cher-apy bneause it is woman, but she gets to talk to her younger selves in a way like as we would do if you that?why did you do what did we learn from that. >> reporter: you have the real women watching you a people in the audience watching the women whom they adore? >> we are trying to honor her and celebrate her a be interpreters of her story and her spirit and heart and bring that to leif life on stage. >> g i knows a girl has beey, shou can do it. >> reporter: on that stage they look, talk, sing, and even move like cherse h. >> do you just pull up youtube

and start watching videos? how do you become cher? >> i did start with that. >> reporr: really? >> yeah. overwhelming how much footage there is of her. >> you don't get that every time to be able toho watch you are playing. ce through my cher v crest white strips. i am not kidding. i was bleaching my teeth andad g my lines and i started saying everything like this. and my husband goes, you found it. i was like what? oh my god, i sound like cher. ♪ is this how it will end >> reporter: the musical journey revisiey t players and you bet that includes sonny bono. >> he used toe hav that long lob thing with the undertuck. that's this guy here. when we do "i got you babe" it has to sound like him. he is from the midwest and he has a weird california and southern drawl to him. >> reporter: cher is never in the ow, but shes a producer.

she was active and involved in the storytelling with this? >> very much so. >> our writer actually spent a few weeks with every day. that's how the script was written. >> reporter: she has made a few surprise audience appearances. and she wouldn't be cher without those extraordinary gowns. it's a sequins spectacle of ilor created by famed designer bob mackie whos even portrayed in the u show. re there from the beginning? >> i have known her for over 50 ars. she looks still amazing. she is just amazing. there wasn't anything she didn't look good in. >> reporter: was there anything she wouldn't wear? >> no, she has an amazing charisma and presence. >> reporter: what's most alluring about cher transcends the glitz and glam peona. >> she takes her work very seriously but she doesn't take life seriously. she is funny and wittytnd j smart and open. ♪

>> reporter: it's a story about becoming strongenough. >> cher gave me the gift of a confidence that i did not hav before. it's been a freedom that i have just found in my 40s playing this exquisite creature that i don't think i will ever shed. >> it's like a concert.sh "the che" musical officially opens next monday, december 3rd. i can relate t to what woman were talking about. i had a chance to interview cher with the cast of "mama mia." some celebritiesre so iconic that even though they are busy, teir schedules are hectic, when sheks to you, she is all in. >> yeah, that's cool. >> reporter: she is all in. you're like, you gett. so authentically. >> can you imagine those three

playing cher looking out in the audience and seeing cher? >> no. d that has happened several times now. you know what? she is a tough cookie. if she didn't like them, she would be there. she likes those ladies. they are fantastic. >> the crest white strip story is great. c ging up, holidayts for the guys for the men in your life who say they don't need anything. well, jill is about to prove them wrong. >> take notes. >> "steals & deals." first, this is "today" on nbc. d

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>> three-time grammy winners peatonix helped us usher in the season last night at the tree lighting. they are back. they are goio sing a new song, christmas is here. guys, y'all look good with no sleep. i got t say. how was last night? i mean, was that the first time you have been f there the actual tree lighting? tell us about the magic. >> oh, yeah, so it was on our bucket list to see it.e we have don that show before but never seen it light up. >> we had the best view ever. it was so cool. >> it's the new album. awesome for many reaso. youollaborated with kelly clarkson on one of these snogs. did you she was fan? how did you come to find that out? >> we went on tour with her. we are friends with her. >> sweater weather, with why did you pick that song?

>> we like christmas soongs. >> songs. here they are about sweater weather, pentatonix. ♪ all i am is a man ♪ i want the world in my hands ♪ i hate the beach ♪ but ita in california with my toes in♪he sand se the sleeves of my sweater ♪ ♪ let's have an adventure ♪ head in the clouds but my av y's centered ♪ ♪ touch my neck and i'll touch yours ♪ ♪ you in those little high waisted shorts, oh ♪ ♪ she knows what i think about ♪ and what i tnk about ♪ one love, two mouths ♪ one love, one house ♪ no shirt, no blouse ♪ just us, you find out

♪ nothing that i wouldn't wanna tell you about no ♪ ♪ because it's too cold whoa ♪ for you here and now ♪ to so let me hold window ♪ ♪ both your hands in the holes of my sweater ♪ ♪ oh, oh, the holes of my sweater ♪ ♪ ooh-ooh, the holes in mysw ter ♪ ♪ i just take your breath away ♪ i don't mind if there's not much to say ♪ ♪ sometimes the silence guides ♪r minds to ♪ so move to a place so far away ♪ ♪ the goosebumps start to raise ♪ ♪ the minut that my left hand meets your waist ♪ ♪ and then i watch your face ♪ putry fin on your tongue ♪ 'cause i love the tastia ♪ coming down ♪

♪ one love, two mouths ♪ one love, one house ♪ no shirt, no blouse ♪ just us, you find out ♪ nothing i wouldn't tell you about ♪ ♪ no you because it's too cold for you here ♪ ♪ and now whoa hold your hands in the holes of my sweater ♪ ♪ oh for you here and now so let me ♪ ♪ both your hands the holes of my sweater ♪ the holes of my sweater ♪ i think about one love

♪ it's what i think about ♪ what i think about ♪ you here now ♪ so let me hold ♪ both your hands in the holes of my sweater ♪ ♪ because it's too cold whoa ♪ for you here and now so let me ♪ ♪ whoa both yourands in the holes of sweer ♪ >> yes! why you have three gram i thinks. that is awesome. pick up their album "christmas is here" it is out now. see them on pentatonix a not so silent night on december0th. congrats, y'all, on all your success.n we are back i moment, but first this is "today" on nbc. y".

woo! >> love pentatonix. >> that's going to do it for us this morning. in the third hour of "today," the newest addition to the cast of "the marvelous mrs. maisel." >> and gift ideas for the hardest people to shop for. a we are talkiut your spouses and your parents. tod?pe you guys have a great, thursday. awesome thursday. >> first, your local n

this is a news4 today news break. >>:5is your time on this thursday, november 29, 2018. good morning. i'm eun yang. we want to start about a loo at the roads with melissa molett and your first4 traffic. what are you seeing? >> still has a problem northbound route 1 telegraph. shut down in the northbound ch westbound 250 after 202 lanes. a crash there. 270 at montgomery

village avenue, take a look at this. northbound and southbound ja red. northboudwork taking out two lanes. that lasts until 10:00 a.m. >> thank you. we will take a break now. we will check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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still cold outside. temperatures just now getting above freezing around the d.c. metro area. ohourly temperatures tody getting up into the low and mid 40s for highs today. oudy skies tomorrow with sprinkles of light rain. most of the rain over the weekend comes late saturday. >> all right, chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. have a great day.

live from studio 6 a, this is "today." >> good morning, everyone. and welcome. i'm dylan here with al, carson and a special guest appearance by sirid daly. >> i feelut of place. where's my spatula?to >> a lot morffer than cooking. >> now it's time for meet the dalys. we he food questions and strong opinions about that one. first, are you tired? >> no,