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overnight on saturday, but then gets going in north carolina and virginia. sunday this high impact snow event continues. heavy rain in the southeast as the low moves off. a second coastal low develops. hopefully, that stayso the south. the rain and snow lasts into monday. here's what we're lking for. impacts. isolated totals eight to ten in,es of ra four to five inches generally. hourly rainfall rates, two to the inches. icing from texas into the es.olinas, possible out snow throughout the panhandle of texas and into new mexico. the heaviest snow in the carolinas. boone, north carolina a foot and a vihalf. ese, up to a foot. greensboro 10 in roanoke, virginia, four to six inches of airport delays on friday, saturday, and sunday. the roads will be a mess throughout texas on friday into turday. airports will be delayed. saturday the airports again look

at dallas, that will be a delay. atlanta a delay. as we move into the majorwa ro, i-20, i-55, i-40 effected. sunday mostly i the mid nothing like steak in the atlantics states. ight?ng, back with today's food football this is going to be a longdu sunday night on nbc featuring tion event and the ripple the los angeles rams taking on the bears. a cold one w in thedy city, as well. here to keep our stomachs warm,l the g dads mark anderson, events go closuroast to coast fr ryan faye. we should mention that mark, of travel and the roadways, t gam ho texas. course, is our co-executive >> reporter: a flash flood watch will be in effect a few bayous d producer's cousin. >> the birthday boy. >> how do you do? >> a gat picture, by the way. what are we making? >> these are pick aunty steak lk cause dahm particule dramatic f. parts of the south are bracing for a winter weather wall up. snow, ice and rain. tacos. >> is that easy to find? western north carolina could be >> yes. buried in snow. the name is more synonymous with somethingolks there are definitely not accustomed to.

brazilian steakhouse. >> i'm kind of excited. in the i u.s.will be sirloin >> reporter: in winston-salem calf. but you can get it. hardware stores stocking up on lime zest. we have oregano, cumin, salt and shovels and sleds. >> the next three are four days pepper. we will mix it arouil. will be very busy. >> reporter: travelers and we let the steak marinate airlines on highlert. delta, united, southwest and in the rub. >> one to four hours? frontier. th msive storm slogging east >> yeah. the lime is strong. n you don'td a lot of time. after drenchingli southern let it sit out room temperature rnia thursday. firefighters swooping in to save for had 5 minut45 minutes. this man trapped in the raging >> why? floodwaters. in orange county, to the south, >> you want to make sure it gets mud andebris surging down land cooked in the middle. scarred by this summer's holy now sear it on allides for fire, forcing evacuations and about two minutes. we are going to come out to a road closures. >> heavy precipitati over the sheet pan here. the sheet pan, you see we have top of the airport. this rack. >> reporter: in burbank a we filled this beautiful crust.n southwest plane skidded while we don't to steam that crust by sitting it down in its landing on a rain-slicked own juices in the rk. we cook it like this, it's going to be crispy and protect that nrunway. in kounty a surprise crust. d then you put it in the oven, snowstorm shut down a stretch of 325 until it hits 130 degrees, interstate 5 stranding drivers let it sit out for another tenn for hours. >> i wasn't expecting this going s, let it rest, and then to l.a., you know? thisll show you how to cut

>> i have been i bakersfield 31 thing. you see the grain through here. years and never seen snow. we want to cut directly across the grain. >> reporter: local authorities that makes super tender steak. are warning residents that across the grain? driving conditions could be >> yeah, perpendicular. extremely treacherous tonight into tomorrow. hoda andsavannah. we wan to go super thin so they >> gabe, thank you. now to that news about the work well in the tacos. oscars. >> that is beautiful. days after kevin hart was tapped to host thehow he is out. ladies, what's the verdict? >> it's good! miguel almaguer is in los we are making comments. angeles with this story. >> are you cutting it up? miguel, good morning. >> yes, i said we were like >> good morning. not long after he gothe gig mystery science theater. over critics almost immediately he >> that's every day. started blasting the popular >> yes. >> this is also the start -- actor and comedian for old this is way hawken cheese from tweets and comedy routines they say were homophobic. ne he initially refused to exico. cilantro and hot sauce. apologize and tn hours later never forget the hoss sauce. >> let's get to the potatoes. called it quits. kevin hart bowing out of a gig >> we areoing he called the opportunity of a lifetime w mting i havee the potatoes. serv in the 1700s first, i choice to step down from hosting this year's oscars. believe. take two wooden spoons. this is because i do not bant to >> always a russett potato? be a distraction on a night that >> yeah, russett for sure, for

should be celebrated byo many azing talented artists. suwo. put wooden spoons on either i sincerely apologi to the side of the potato so you can make an easy cut. lbgtq community for my don't go all the way through. >> that is a great idea. sensitive words in t past. he added, i'm sorry that i hurt s! >> why do you do that? >> totally, it wasn't me. inople. i'm eg and want to yeah. continue to do so. my goal is to bring people gether, not to tear u apart. it was mark. >> why do dow you do that? that coming shortly after he >> then you don't have it open up like a little -- posted a more defiant video o >> see? >> amazing. >> you knew. >> i didn't know. >> really? >> no, i really learned instagram. >> i just got a call from the academy and that said, kevin, something. >> there you go. >> after that? >> we are going to brush this apologize to the tweetsf old with this oil combination here. or we are going to have to move on and find another host. rlic, ancho chile, cumin and my tweets in 2009. lime juice. we are going to brush these my past. beautiful toes, all right. i am going to put some of this >> reporter: the comedian's on here. change of heart coming three a little s&p, salt and pepper, days ever t 'wasped to host the 2019 oscars followi. following the announcements, mark. >>hat kind of salt do you use? critics pounc condemning several old tweets and comedy i always use kosher. we are going to put them in a routines as homophonec. salt bed. in of those since deleted >> salt bed? >> yes, not aound bath. a salt bed. posts from 2011, hart reportedly all right. wrote, yo, ifon my comes home wa

bake these at 425 for 3 minutes. and tries to play with my >> a question? >> yes, ma'am? daught's dollhouse i'm going >> if the salt is on the bottom, hoo is it getting i the to break it h over head and potato? >> we don't want it to get into say in my voice, stop, that's the potatoes. the essence of the salt. gay. >> one of my biggest fears is my it holds themmam. son growing up and being gay. his is another mexican type of i have nothing against gay cheese this guy has been done. people. but meeing a heterosexual very simply, yep, goor it,ou male, if i can prevent it,ll i can see it's creamy on the inside, crispy on the outside. >> reporter: he tried to explain awesome way to have potatoes, himself in another video on right? >> fantastic. >> a little lime juice. instagram. >> guys, i'm almost 40 years >> mark, ryan, a big thanks to both of you. old. if youon't believe that people you can find these recipes change, grow, evolve as they get today.com/food. older, i don't know what to tell watch sunday night, rams-bears. you. >> reporter: at 39 years old, who do you got? the stand-up comic has become a >> rams. >>ar s. >> coverage starts atn 7 only bankable hollywood star. nbc. we will be back. appearing in a string of first, this is "toy" on nbc. big-time blockbusters. >> good job, you guys. but hosting the oscars brings a new level of scrutiny. usually hosts are criticized for what they say during the acade

awards, but hart wasn't get that chance after exiting stage right. >> so this is hollywood. any talk about who could possibly replace him? >> reporter: well, savannah when they selected hart you would think that they had several candidates to chse from. it's possible one of those candidates could then step up to replacea him. weed out to the academy and to hart. there was no comment overnight. >> thank you. also this morning the search is growing more desperate for a group of marines still missing at sea more than a day after off theanes collide coast of japan. nbc's pentagon correspondent hans h nichols the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. night has fallen off the coast of japan. officials say the seas areopen, they are rough. finding those five marreese ven evens mayor -- marines may requir a miracle. still no sign of those five missing marines. lost in an angry sea after their kc-130 crashed with an f/a-18

fighter jet while refueling almost two days ago. ejected and rescued at sea, but one died yesterday.ll it's s unclear what caused the deadly accident. president donald t yesterday, my thoughts and prayers are with the u.s. marine corps. whatever you need, we are here for you. the crash h tpened inhe dead of night at 2:00 tm. after planes took off from iwakuni collidin during a midair fueling operation. it's a complicated but routine procedure. roses extend the kc-130's wings with a basketg danglin opom the end. f/a-18 fighters off their tanks. first proced in the vietnam era, it's been a dangerous two peter will be back tomorrow years. a this spring a c-130 from the avrning. >> i h ben stiller coming on. >> oh!

>> great conversation. puerto rican national guard lost power after takeoff, slamming >> all right. here is your local news. into the earth outside of savannah, georgia, killing nine. after this latest rash, praise this i for the sacrifice made by u.s. break.s4 today news troops in harm's way. >> 8:56 on this friday, december >> they risk their lives every da to protect this region. 7, 2018. good mning to you. i'm eun yang. sometimes they pay the greatest we want to check on your morning commute with melissa molett andr cost. >> reporter: and there has been your4 traffic. an increasevi inion how is it going out there? accidents. according to military times, the >> beltway outer loop after t fivent rate over the l annapolis road a crash on the years has almost increased some shoulder. we are seeing some delays through thaton sec 40%. esw, guys, if this search and rescue mission bec a 270 southbound pretty light overall for this friday morning as we hit 9:00 a.m. recovery one, they will first notify the famili.. 66, 95 in virginia same thing. >> all rig looking pretty good. thank you, hans. >> thank you. now.we will take a break craig with more the we will check your forecast remembrances honoring the life next. stay with us. of president george h.w. bush. >> good morning a after nearl week of moving tributes theid former prt has been laid to rest in his home state of texas. nbc white house correspondent peter alexander with more on that. >> good morning to you. orge h.w. bush's final resting place is at his presidential

library on the campus of texas a&m university right beside his belove wife barbara and 3-year-old daughter robing it was a fit farewell after a service in houston that was moreolksy than the formalities in washington. he was described by his pastor as a man that we all adored. reporter: george herbert walker bush now at rest after days of tributes at a state funeral, 41 war hero turned world leader was buried. the momentra commed with full military honors and a roaring navy salute. the late president's final journey aboard this presidential funeral train, the first since eisenhower. union pacific 41 painted to resemble air force one. thousands of well-wishers lining the 70-mile route bidding farewell to the president. his flag-draped casket visible

as it passed by. from george w. bush, thank you for making1's last ride so special. earlier at the houston church where george and barbara bush worshiped for a half century, prayer and song from the oak ridge boys. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: and reba mcintire. ♪ my kingdom come ♪ reporter: who made 43 cry with her stirring version of the lord's prayer. friends and family, including grandson george p. bush, paid their final reasons. >> george herbert walker bush is the most gracious, most decent, good morning everybody. sun is out. most humble man i will never it going to b a nice day but know and it's the honor of the chilly. mid-to-upper 30s already. lifetime to share his name. afternyn highs today will o >> reporter: granddaughter f be in the low 40s. sunny and cold foror tw. barbarahting back down. >> he maketh me lie downn that snow chance on a sunday is maybe a dusting for our far green pastures right former southern and southwestern parts of our viewing aa. secretary of state james baker, doesn't look like much of an

41's friend for more than 60 impact from that storm. years, recalling his uniquay in western north carolina or of ending a spirited discussion. southwestern virginia, that's a different sthey. >> he would look at me and say >> get t latest news and baker, if you're so smart, why weathere anytime in c am i president and you're not? washington app. have a great day. >> reporter: remembering him as an incredible human being. >> we rejoice, mr. president, that you are safely tucked in now and through the ages with god's loving as aroun you because our glory, george, was to have had you as our president and as such a friend. >> soany moving remembrances and tributes this week. a chance for all americans to celebrate 41's life and perhaps to pause to reflect on their own. >> hoda said it earlier in the week. there was so much life wisdom packed in theses remembran of live, from studio 6a, this george bush. i hope we all keep it in our is "today." hearts. >> jenna bush hager h a special hour-long tribute to her >> you good? ready? >> i'may shopping.

grandfather. >> good morning, everyone. it's called "a love letter to i'm dylan, with caon, al a gampy." jill martin. it's tomorrow 8 central only you're back. that means we must have gifts to give.>> on nbc. meantime, president trump is yes. expected to announce today he today is a very exciting day. will nominateen state depar spokeswoman heather nauert to be carson, done.d you were not >> i'm not done at all. the nextor u.s. ambasso the >> i'm in the process. i'm getting there. united nations. we're calling today's show gifts if confirmed she would replace nikki haley who announced in so good. that has a lot to do with jill. tober she was stepping down the end of this year. we're going to help you find luert joined the state something for everyone on your departmentt year after list. we have really gd als. spending several years as an i don't know what you do at home. do youit and go through the anchor and crespondent for fox newspaper? how do you news. new controversy involving sexual misconduct allegations at cbs vls the network is still paying out more than $5 million in a settlement whoaid donahueet repeatedly sexuall assaulted her.no this morninger black eye for cbs. the late donahueet created "60

minutes" in 1968. a draftgaf an invesve report, "the new york times" reveals cbs is still paying a settlement to a woman who says hewitt repeatedly sexually a assaulted h destroyed her career, according to the report. the settlemas exceeded $5 million in total, plus annual payments of $75,000 for the rest of her life. according to the paper, the settlement waseached in the 1990s and amended multiple times, including this year. nearly a dece since hewitt's death. jeff fager, who replaced hewitt producer, was ve fired by the network last september for threatening a cbs news rorter looki into allegations about his behaviort the draft realling fegre's firing justified.

fegre has denied some of the allegations. fegre telling the times, in part, this is the first tame i earing some of these allegations about my personal conduct. the report, which will be presented to cbs next week, stems from an independent investigation into cbs launched after the network'smo ceo les ves stepped down amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. earlier this week "the times" obtained a copy of the draft report which also detailed shocking new details about the ousted executive. among them, claims tba employee was on call to sex acts for moonves. the report indicating moonves engagedsn multiple age of serious nonconsensual sexual miscondu involving 17 women, including at least four cbs employees. moonves' lawyering says his client dies having any

nonconsensual sexual relations and he has cooperated a extensivel fully with investigators. cbs declinedo elaborate saying, in part, our work is still in wrogress. anyo disclosed draft information to thes"new york ti did so in violation of their objeligations. we should note we reached out to cbs for comment but have not heard back. al roker is back. >> let's see what we have around the rest of the country. lookg for the rain to end in southern california. beautiful weather rt the pacific est. the chill continues through the plains. looking at sunshine along the imid-atlantic states dowo florida. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. skies are clear. sun just coming up. temperatures in the cold zone, mostly in the 30s now. 37 in washington. 35 fairfax. 33 montgomery county. below freezing now, 31 degrees at joint base andrews. your forecast for friday, look at that. sunshine start to finish. with all the sun it's not going to be a terribly warm day,esigh temperatround 43 degrees. colder over the weekend. that sunday snow chance it well to the south of the d.c. metro area. >> that's your latatt r. >> thank you. and coming up, the growing sexual misconduct allegations against famedcitist neil

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this is a news4oday new >> 7:26 is your time on this friday december 7, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron g nchrist. in ts this morning, a man has life-threatening injuries after being hit by a montgomery county police officer. this happened on georgia avenue near blue ridge avenue around 9:30 in theat w area. montgomery county police say the pedestrian was not in the crosswalk at the time of this crash. georgia avenue is back open this morning. today incharlottesville, jurors will begin deliberating the case of the man accused oin drivg his car into aroup of counter protesters at a uni the rally last year. he is charged with killing heather heyer and injuring many

others. now your morning commute. >> right lane blocked by a crash headed around the beltway towards 50 this morning. alexandria northbound 395 after duke, left lane blocked by a crash. inbound slong youown. and southbound 270 going 22 miles per hour through rockvie, then it ope up and isn't so bad headed southbound. guys. >> thank you. > a check on your forecast is .

thanks. it's like a smart thing. what's the weather? [cowza device] sunny, perfect chicken eating weather. how'd you get in here? [cowza device] it's time for chicken. what's the traffic like? [cowza device] rerouting you to chicken. okay. hey cowza, order pizza. [cowza device] ordering chicken. no, pizza. [cowza device] chicken. moooo okay, chicken it is. it's chick-fil-a catering season. [cowza device] now that's smart. another beautiful morning in the nation's capital. skies are clear. sun just now coming up. it's a cold one though. temperatures mostly in the 30s. 37 in town, 32 frederick, maryland. your planner today, look at all that sunshine. highs today only in the low 40sn and cold again for tomorrow. that little sunday snow chance mainly well south and west of the d.c. area.

chuck, thank you. another local news update coming your way in 25 minutes. >> now, back to "the today show" after this short break. have a great day.

♪ 7:30 on tors fridayng with a view we never get tired of, our rockefeller center christmas tree. beside it another new york city icon. didnow that fao schwarz just opened around the corner? there isg usually a lon line of people there, too. what could be good news if you are looking for bargains just ahead. a>> that's right, at store, actually. and something really fun next week. monday onar "today" w going to reveal the short list for r.times's person of the y the next day, tuesday we will announce exclusive who has been chosen, whether it's a person or group of people. we will find out exclusively right here on tuesday. let's feta check of the headlinesoday.

30 million people are in the path of a dangerous storm system bringing heavy snow, ice, and torrential rain. thursday mandatory evacuation orders in southernalifornia. mud and debris surged doland scarred by wildfires. in burbank a plane skidded off a in-slicked runway. parts of the carolinas could be buried. hardware stores are stocking up on shovels and sleds. al will have everything covered in just a couplef minutes. bombshell overnight in the entertainment world as hart dropped out as host at the academy awards. oldame under fire for tweets and stand-up routines that critics called homophobic. he tweeted i have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's oscars because i don't want to be a distraction orp on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing

te talented artists. immediate word on his replacement. now to that incredible run in last night's football game. everyone is going to be talking about it this morning and for weeks to tecome. the ee texans taking on jacksonville jaguars. taking the ball from his own one yard line. down the sideline, sheds would be sttacklers, f-arming it. >> he might go. 99 yards! the touchdown! >> he dido all the way. 99 yards. it ties the nfl record for longest touchdown run inhe league history. tony dorsett for the cowboys did it back in 1983. >> the way, the texans rollitan night. bet he is watching highlight reels this morning. all right. in other news this rning, another high-profile figure is

under fire over sexual misconduct allegations. t thise celebrity scientist neil degrasse tyson. stephanie gosk with details. >> good morning. at least three women have come forwd with semifinxual miscondu allegations against neil degrasse tyson. the astrophysici astrophysicist host denies allegations of rape while fox and national geographic are investigating. all threedo accusers sa with us to tell us her story. neil degrasse tyson takes complex science and turns it into entertainment. >> this first floating bridglob >> reporter: one of the country's most well known scientist is accused by at least three women o sexual misconduct over the years ranging from inappropriate boavior unwelcome touching to rape. >> i feel better. >> reporter: tchiya amet says she and tyson were friends in the 1980s. both were graduate astronomy

students at the university of texas. there was there amet says tyson raped her. >> he offered mef a glass water which i didn't ask for, by the way. i didn't ask for, but i accepted it. and the next thing i remember is waking -- or coming to naked in his bed and i couldn't >>move. eporter: tyson responded to the accusation in a lengthy facebook post over the weekend writing, it never happened. i remember being intimatenly a few times, all at her apartment, but the chemistry wasn't there so the relationship faded quickly which is not how amet who wrote about her allegations in a 2014 blog post before the era of #metoo. >> i was never intimate with him. >> reporter: indicate len allers oulls "buzzfeed" tyson inappropriatelyed her tattoo of the solar system in

2009. tyson apologized in that facebook post writing in part, well, i don't explicitly remember searching for pluto at the top of her shoulder, it's surely something i would have done in that situation adding, going forward i can surely be more sensitive. another tells "buzzfeed" the 60-year-old made an unwelcome sexual advance in his home, holding her shoulrs and saying at want to hug you so b right now, but i know f i do i'll just want more." tyson confirms h mad a comment but said my intent was to express retrained but agagenuin affection. he says he welcomes the investigation into his behavior being conducted by fox and national geographic tv networks. accusations can damage a reputation and a marriage, he writes. metimes irreversibly. nbc news has not independently

verified the women allegations. we have reefrpd o t reporter wh published i of using her story as a, quote, kind of solicitation bait o to geter women to come forward. >> all right. thank you, stepwinie. w switch gears. al is a busy man today. good morning. >> that's right. a lot of cold air to talk about today. this morning right now it feels like 14 in burlington, 19 in cleveland, 9 in kansas city, asheville feels like 29 degrees. as we move into saturday morning the windchill will feel like 17 in new york city, green bay at we goose egg of zero, st. louis 16 degrees, bangol feel like it's actually 4 degrees below zero, portland's windchill continues single digits, 24 in philadelphia. eau claire, wisconsin, single digits at 3 and louisville will feel like 19 degrees. here's what's happening in your neckf e woods. good morning.

i'm meteorologist chuck bell. at home the sun is shining. a beautiful tay to be outside. temperatures in the mid-230s. plenty of sunshine today. afatrnoon high tempe around 43 degrees. sunny and a little colder tomorrow with highs staying in0 the there is still a chance for a little light mainly well south of the washington area. fredericksburg to culpeper might get a couple of flakes. around the whole city, probably a whole lot of nothing. >> that is your latest weather. coming up, is it time to consider sending your children to video game rehab? the new solution for parents with kids just a little too into "fortnite." e man who found diane keaton's lost wallet is speaking out. what is revealingso about that discovery 50 years in the making. plus, finding forgiveness. the accident that brought these two men together and the power of choosing love over first, are the best deals still to come?

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we are back as carson joins us withep "in today." the holiday shopping and shipping frenzy this morning. >> christmas is a little over two weeks away. if you have presents to buy or all of your psents to buy, don't stress.

kristen dahlgren has done all the hard work for us. >> i am still out there shopping. retailers are no longer jus banking on black friday and they are not satisfied wit luring shoppers with cyber monday deals. in fact, you may not have missed the bestis deals. th year, the savings are spread out. >> reporter: not everyone is into the full contact sport that black friday salesav hbecome. >> we try to avoid that as much as possible. >> reporter: and the mad dash to get the best deals on cyber monday can be overwhelmingso to me. >> i'm here for a day and i will get it all done. >> reporter: so this year, you're in luck. many retailers have extende sales and special offers, speci especially this weekend. bloomingdale's, macy's and target have up to 25% off through sunday while amazon is offering 12 days oea dls. walmart and best buy are both advertising 20 days of deals. the fact of thete mis, while black friday, cyber monday is a very, very big shopping period, more than half of americans still have all s of theirpping

to do. and deals are the best way te entice peonto the stores. this holiday season is alreadyn breaecords with online sales on black friday topping $6 billion and cyber monday salesearly hitting $8 billion. but some of the busiest shopping days are still to come ancome. >> americans think that the deals only get better as the holiday season goes on, and in some cases that can be true. >> reporter: including the second monday in decembernown as green monday for the spike in sales, and the weekend before christmas called panic saturday by some. >> any day is good for shopping. >> reporter: other dates you need to know. your shipping deadl0tes. decemberh is the last day toka ship ps via priority mail. because of the weekend, december 21 is the last chance to ship via fedex or ups for next-day delivery on the 24th. another tip. hold on to your receipts. some retailers price map if they

discount something before christmas. >> what is the stays of your shopping? one gift. >> nothing? >> not one. >> you wait until panic saturday. >> i'm waiting until head explodes sunday. >> al, are you done? >> almost. >> are you? >> i am ahead of the curve this year. >> are you? >> yeah, i got a lot done. >> how about you? >> the best deal for me, i'm a su "the x factor" for free shping. if the put it in my house, i'm done. >> none. lly? >> i don't do a lot anyway. >> you do cards? >> yeah. online. i don't like crowds. it's too much. >> all right. thanks for that, by the way. up next, newn details that wild story about diane keaton's lost wallet. we will hear from the man who found it 50 years later coming up right after this. peppermint mochas for lia.

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tress diane keaton 50 years ago. >> this morning that guy is opening bup his discovery in an abandoned storage locker and the wallet andhe precious memories it holds will soon be back where they belong. >> reporter: memories lost a half a century ago now found. >> that is where you have been all this time? >> reporter: treasure hunter anton didn't think much of this allet he found in an abandon storage unit he found at an auction. >> the pictures are black and white. >> reporter: the face is family, but heouldn't place it. >> clearly, you have no idea who i am. >> reporter: the name on the's driv license, dianne hall. the actor's equityer card a name. diane on. >> it has my name on it, i guess 's mine. >> this is a scene that's in the godfather. >> reporter: he says he reached out tthe oscarsinner with no luck. then keaton saw his story, posting one of the lost childhood photos on instagram saying, can you believe those bangs? keaton also tweeting, this is

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♪ this is a news4 today news break. >> 7:56 is your time on this friday, december 7th20, . good morning to you. i'm eun yang. right now we want to check on your morning commute with melissa molett and your first4 traffic. >> good morning. rockville southbound 270 after shady grove road left side blocked by a crash. patchy with those slowdowns. outer loop after annapolis had a

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good morning. tgif. bright sunshine this morning. temperatures primarily in the 30s. 34 leesburg, 38 in washington, 28 in columbia, marylanat tempes this afternoon will get into the low 40s for a brief time. cold over the weekend with highs in the 30s both saturday and nday. that sunday chance for light snow is mainly well south of the shington area, perhaps coming as far north as fredericburg or culpeper, that's it. another news update this 25 minutes.

it's coming up, let it snow. more than 30 million people from arizona to virginia facing a massive winter storm bringing snow, sleet, f aezing rain and making for a nasty early winter weekend. al has the latest forecast. plus, finding forgiveness. we'll introduce you to two inspiring men who formed a special bond after a devastating accident changed their lives forever. >> he said from the start that he fd me, and just hearing him say those words, it just impajt impacted my life >mpletely. >> and 'tis the season. we've got the ultimate hot list for the holidays.

great gifts for every person on your list. today is friday, december 7th, 2018. ♪ >> hi to our family. >> in alabama. >> from chicago. >> >>hi, dad. family from georgia. >> for my 16th birthday, woo! >> start spreading the news. she turns 50 today. >> friends for 25 years and we are in the city. >> in >> first time on "today." woo! >> okay. the d'waward for best sign. welcome back. it's friday morning. >> tgif. a busy hou s ahead. let'rt with the news at 8:00 and the weather tops it. snow and ice are about to slam parts of the country where that doesn't happen very often. a massive storm is heading east

from california and al is all over it. al, good morning. >> good morning, guys. you talk about california. this is what we were most about. mudslides and debris flow in southern california because of the burn scars. no vegetation to hold in the moisture, boom, there it goes. right n 32 million people under winter weather advisories, winter storm watches and warnings. dallas 17.5 inches of rain so far for the year. san antonio over 8. shreveport over 7. goingain on top of this, to cause massive problems and flooding. coast--coast storm impacts. torrential rain and flooding through sunday anywhere from 8 to 10 inch of rain in parts of texas and louisiana. hourly rainfall rates 2 to 3 inches of rain. icing from texas into the carolinas and virginia. dangerousai freezing the snow, while it's fairly tght, texas and oklahoma, as we make our waythe east, here's where we see the biggest imacts.

early heavy season snowfall boone,ca north lina, a foot and a half, asheville a foot, six to ten ingr nsboro, roanoke, virginia four to six inches of snow. here are the impacts. on friday dallas, san antonio, houston, memphis because of the rain. the roads and icing for amarillo, 35 and i-40, dallas to houston on i-35, and then saturdaygain airports, dallas, oklahoma city, memphis, atlanta gets involved. t roads i-20, i-55, i-40, and on sunday it'sostly in the mid-atlantic states. e,raleigh-durham, charlo atlanta, and orlando. on the roads i-75, i-85 and i-95 jacksonvil to richmond. we will be tracking this all weekend long, guys. >> thank you. comedian kevin hart stunned the entertainment world overnight by dropping out as the newly named host of the academy awards. he apologized to the lbgtq mm ity. miguel almaguer has the latest on this story from l.a.

hey, miguel, goodrning. >> good morning. critics almost immediately startedla blasting the po actor and comedian for old tweets and stand-up routines many found offensive. he initially refused to apologize. now he is out. wrote, i have made the decision to step down from hosting this year's oscars. this is because i doot want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so my amazin talented artists. to therely apologize lbgtq community for my sensitive words from the past. it all comes just three days after the widy popular comedian was chosenos to the oscars. he called it the gig of a lifetimeust as excitement was growing. his old tweets were shared by critics. in one now deleted he quote, yo, if my son triesito play my daughter's dollhouse i'm going to break it ove his head and say stop, that's gay. hart says he has matured and grown. today there is no word who could

replace him. >> thank you. this morning a nationwide recall underway for infant ibuprofen sold at css, walmart and family dollar stores. some contain more of the pain relieving and fever reducing drug than what is liste on the label. there is even a risk of kidney damage in babiesho are sensitive to higher concentrations. the medicine was sold under t n branes family wellness, equate, and cvs health. that's the news. one thing left. >> what is it? >> the boost. >> a holiday stunt inspired by thefe will rrell movie elf has taken off on social media. >> pillow fight. >> firefiger brendan edwards dressed up and he walks up to complete stranger tosses him a pillow. this happens in boston. he challenges them to a pillow fight. it remin people to stop and

have fun during hectic holiday rush. can you imagine? go! >> go for it. >> and people are going for it, too. i love tt. just ahead, are your kids playing a little t much fortnite or maybe carson daly is? maybe they need to go to video game rehab. plus, a remarkable story of forgiveness that struck a chord with me. hopefully, it will inspire you, too. how do men share a friendship in the wake of agonizing heartbreak. ♪ hold them near ♪ the ones you've found found found ♪ ♪ for you know that this is really love ♪ ♪ and your head goes spinning round round round ♪ ♪ 'cause you've found what you've been dreaming of ♪ ♪ but yeah you know that this is really love ♪ whoot!

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today a unique solution to something that is facing a lot ies right now. >> that's right. if you are a parent, or me, t y knt fortnight's season 7

has begun. what do you do if you are a little worried abo all that time that your husband -- i mean kids spend pying the popular game? nbc's joe fryer explains some parents are taking ara dstic step, sending their kids to video game rehab. >> reporter: fortnight plunges plays into a virtual multiplayer world. >> wow! >> reporter: while in the real world the game's creator says more thanli 200 m people have accounts. that's up 60% by june. a n poll finds 61% of teens have played fortnight and about 24% of parents whose kids play express concerns about how much time they play. >> well, this year the drug of choice, as we call it, is fortnight. h >> reporter: runs reset summer camp, a four-week progr th focuses on teen tech addiction. of the 120 kids whoen ad,

60% were playing fortnight excessively. do they realize they are playing too much? >> no. most of the kids say things like i don't have a problem, i don't need to be here. kids are at: when id the camp, is it like a detox? >> yes, absolutely. most kids have been staying up to two,three, four inhe morning. they have terrible eating and sleeping habits. it takes us week to get everybody on the same schedule. >> reporter: the campocuses on all types of technology, not just fortnight. r.j. morris was playing a orvariety of video games three hours a day. >> i did my homework with less bly shouldn i pro have. i didn't focus as well on things i should have. and i just zed out at times. >> reporter: so this year the 14-year-old's family signed him up for reset summer camp. >> the first camp for a computer gaming addiction. i thought, oh, we are always argug about cputer games. >> reporter: with no devices for a month, it focuses on therapy and teaching life skills like

cookg and laundry. >> i have been managing my time with electronics quite a bit better. >> reporter: his family uses a timer to limit h play time. >> i want you to be endheg the game the timer goes off. >> can do. >> reporter: but he still can play. after all, technology is n going away. >> we tell kids we are not oulling you not to game. we are not telling never to be on social media. it's in your world. it's in your life. it's going toe exposo you. so we just want you to use it in a healthy, self-moderated way. >> reporter: for parents worri specifically about fortnight, common sense media recommendsg settimits based on time or the number of rounds they play and learn how to use privacy settings if you are worried about kids talking to strangers. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news los angeles. >> it's soun. so fun. as 9-year-old plays fortnight. like the piece talking about, it's a balance. everything is a balance. my 9-year-old goes to school,

makes his bed first. he has music class. mixed martial arts. >> we ar not worried about your 9-year-old. we are worried about you. >> i host "the today show," "the voice." i should be able to play fortnight until 7:00. >> do you want this? >> piece of cake. >> our parents did the same thing. >> oh, my gosh. in junior high phone time. i was aowed t have one hour. >> how long did you talk? >> if i could, i would sit on the phone for hours. we didn't have call waiting, it was t '80s. my dad is like, i don't understand what are you talking about? do your business and get off the phone. we would be like, what are you gonna wear tomorrow? i don't know. >> oh, yes. >> i feel like emergency break-ins? yes. >> i remember it well. you have "popstart"? >> yes, first, dolly parton has been on a press tour for dumplin'. last night she was joined by

jennifer aniston. they played dolly would or wouldn't. dolly had kind of a hard time ciding. >> chandler was already with monica in the show. so that's out. >> no, no. to be clear, they are all ngle. >> no, they are not. >> we are girlfriends. we wouldn't do that. >> you have to choose one for each. you have to marry one. >> i'm taking joey. >> you marry joey. >> dolly would. yes, she would. >> she would? >> we are not going with them. >> you are going on a cruise with ross and have sex with chandler? >> w not? >> all right. >> okay. >> finally -- >> you got ute of thout of that >> i did. i already di.

>> there you go. dumplings out on netflix tay. up next, six-minute marathon with syannah recen debuted. a new digital series. you ask question as many as you can in six minutes. last week she sat down with jeff goldblum. this week "the marvelous mrs. maisel" star took the we have some of that for you. >> when was the moment you felt like i made it, oras tha moment not come yet? >> i am not sure that moment ever comes. i think you feel like it's come, it's about to end. >> yeah, i think we are all in hadenistic adaptations. >> such good word. what is the degree in rhetoric all about? >> i have a b.a. in b.s. like that >> really quick, you have been asked that before?

>> that's good. >> she is so funny. >> that ishe show. that is the show. >> i said if you have any regrets? she said, this ierview. >> the episode of that, head to last month bryan cranston was telling about his new play called "network." last night al roker here in oan our executive procers found themselves -- there is the play. dyan cranston was wed between them. that was bryan, right? >> yes. >> what was happening? >> that was howard beale. he ys, lete come down amongst you. and he comes down and works his y into our row and sits on the armrest betwe libby and myself, which is not very comfortable. and he was pulling on libby's hair kind of. >> that looks like part of the show. >> yeah. >> how was the show? >> terrific. it's a tour de force

performance. i don't want to give anything o away. >> didke you want to get back into broadway? >> yes. a little different playing old joe as epos joe as opposed to that. broadway your second pro show this year. the weather, sir? oday we are looking for the chill continuing around the great lakes. storm watches up from oklahoma to texas. we will see the rain ending in southern california. a beautiful day in the pacific northwest. mid-atlantic sunshine today. that will be changing as this storm makes its way to the east. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. goodutorning. a bul day outside. seasonably cold under all the sunshine. temperatures mostly in the mid-30s across the area. as you are planning out your friday, plan on sunshine start to finish. sun is down at 4:46 this afternoon. skies clear between now and then but it will be erry, chilly. highs around 43 degrees. highs in the 30s winh sun

tomorrow. very small chance of some light snow well south of washington o sunday ternoon, but nonetheless we are keeping a close eye on that winter storm to the south of us. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. now to more of hoda's going series finding forgiveness. >> the story of two men from atlanta brought together by a heartb aaking tragedy how they handled it may change the way we all think about what matters most. >> you see, we prefer to wait until we feel likevi forging. but if we do that, then our lives are dttated -- >> a the fire department we work 24-hour shifts. that particular day d wen't get hardly any sleep. it was literallyik lthree or four seconds to nod off and to cross the center line and to meet the other car. >> we don't think it's fair. forgeness is a choice, not a feeling. >> i'm supposed to be a helper, an emt, paramedic and fireman

that helps in these trac situations, and here i am, caused this. >> forgiveness makes us victorious. >> reporter: two men of service. one a pastor. the other a rookie firefighter forever bound in tragedy. for them it's hard to believe over a decade has passed. >> iti can s see it. i can still sll it. the horrendous noise and the glass breaking. >> reporter: when the grief counselor approached him in the hospital, eric fitzgerald knew his wife june was gone. leaving their 19-month-old dauger, faith, without a mom >> they are playing on the little hospital bed wit the nurse. of course, she sees me and reaches out. i don't know if she understood, really. wlbut she cra into my lap and went to sleep.

i was thankful because i hd to pretat everything was okay. >> i was at the hospital and a poce officer came in and he said, i don't know if anyone's told you, but june didn't make it. and then he also te,d he said, and by the way, she was seven months pregnant. and baby tthe baby didn't i mak either. >> reporter: eric, you had the opportunity to really say to tho judge, you what? i think this guy deserves some what did you do? >> i remember somebody said this in a sermon. in momen where tragedy happens or even hurt, that there is opportunities to demonstrate grace or to exact vengeance, and i chose to demonstrate grace. >> reporter: the men knew of each other but endured their grief apart uilhe two-year anniversary of june's death.

matt had stopped by the grocery store to buy a condolence card for eric when he spotted him in the parking lot. >> he starts walking out of the grocery a starts walking towards my truck. >> reporter: what do you see in the window? >> he was balling. so i just walked up and hugged him. i mean, what do you say? you know, somreimes things best said with no words. >> reporter: that hug must hav felt like someone just put a pin in two years of haessure? >> t was the biggest relief i ever felt. he said from the start thate forgave me and just hearing him say those twords, it j impacted my life completely. t >> reportey talked for two hours that day, and where you might imagine the relationship would end. >> i said i feel like in my spirit i'm supsed to stay connected to you somehow.

he said i feel the same way. >> we knew it was something special. we just had this instant bond. it's easy to talk to each otherl we just about life, you know. just how we're doing and just moving forward. and he said, don't let this define you. geting with eric, it gave me hope that we areoing to be okay. >> reporter: as the years unfolded strangers became friends and something ev more. i'm witnessing a little bit of a mirae with you two sitting here together. >> there is a bond that we have that's unexplainable. >> he is like a big brother to me. we have a lot of fun together. as weird as it may sound and crazy, but we do. it's unique. >> i can't say this is a beautiful story and it has a great ending.

it doesn't. it's nasty, it'sndeal, it's something i am going to struggle with for the rest of my life. >> reporter: both men view their friendship as a sign from above. another sign, years later eric remarried and was expecting a ild. the baby was born on the same due date as the s h had lost. >> forgiveness is not the offense. >> reporter: eric practices what he preaches and rsed his daughter fai aughter, faith, to choose love over anger. >> next year you play varsity? >> i usually say my mom got in a cart. accid i just don't want people to think matthew is a person because he isn't. he made a mistake. >> i want her to know she is loved. she is not alone. dang it. throughout her whole life i'll be there for her. no matter what.

my aith, you know, holdi kid, it puts a smile on my face. it hurts,ut it's the cards that we wereal de and now it's our story together. it reminds me that there is grace and there's hope and there's good. >> i'm choosing heaven, youkn . and one day, you know, we'll get to all kind of hang out. and so you know, god is a big god. i think that's going to be a great day one day. >> wow. >> it makes you re-evaluate your life, doesn't it? when you think about wt they ve been through and how these two men can become friends. i was thinking, what if they didn't forgive? they would be leading two bken lives, but they chose that path. i still, couldn't quite gy head around it. >> that story this time of year is so impactful.

the litel definition of christian is christ-like. >> i was thinkin it's literally miraculous for that pastor to be forgive. it literally feels like god among us. >> that's what made me feel that way. >> amazing story. thank you for sharing that. still ahead this mornin we have got a two couple of lovely ladies in our they have teamed up for a podcast. they are going to give us a tastearf theting advice they are dishing out. i love it. momal brain. ! plus, our holiday hot list after your local news and weather.

this is a news4 today news break. >> good morning everybody. 8:26 on this friday, december i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get a check on the morning commute with melissa molett and first4 traffic. >> good morning. so the beltway had an earlier problem there outer l 50.ear that has started to clear out of the way. ough that delays t area. now outer loop near college park police activity there b lcking tht lane. rockville 270 after shady grovei th opening up now as well. >> all right. thank ilu. we whave a look at our forecast when we come back. stay with us. you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files

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at giant, it's the little things that make entertaining easy, leaving more time for those closest to you, during the holidays. sunny and cold outside today. winds out of the northst. there won't be much of a warmup, upper 3 and low 40s. sunny and cold tomorrow. any chance for light snow on sundayre well south of the washington area. doesn't look like that winter storm is going to do much around here at all.

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hey, everybody, it is 8:30 on this friday morning. it is december the 7th, 2018. it's a cold one on the plaza. we got s hot folks out here enjoying it. you guys, thank you for spending the day with us. >> hello! you're taking picture and i'm taking pictures. who is doing the intro? guys, we have a great crowd moment this morning. >> this is a great crowd. >> here is a peacock. we are all family. this is the peacock family. okay. hello. are you the peacock family?

e you mrs. pea cook? >> i am. >> are you mr. peacock? >> yes. >> and asd underst it, you ks. e peac >> yes. >> where are you from? is it a peacock farm, pets, or away? >>ar thepets. >> wow. >> from indiana. >> your last name is peacock and you raiseou peacocks ande a fan of the peacock. that's why you're here today? we are at the peacock network today. >> i love it. thank you so much. now you are a part our family, too. thanks for being here. >> savannah, would you ask them if they are proud as peacocks? >> are you proud as peacocks? >> yes. >> well, we are, too. nice to meet y'all. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was awesome. by the way, i got one more right here. i this john. take a look at john. he is deplod. hang on. say hi to hisui wife real q. >> i love it.

>> yes. >> john, he is in qatar. merry christmas. >> we love you, honey. oh! >> merry christmas, john. >> merry christmas. >> service. you for your >> this is the most awesome crowd ever all right. [ cheers ] >> coming up, you guys, the popular new podcast about the ups and downs of motherhood. it is called mom brain. we are so thrilled to he the creators here with us, daphne oz and alaryea baldwin. the d after thato you stillo have holiday sing to do we are about to reveal our first ever today hot list. toys, gadgets, clothes, lots more that will be flying off the shelves the next two weeks. with a cold, snowy weekend on tap for millions, how about

some hot and pirarecipes? >> they should be in that spot. where are the grill dads? >>here a they? >> wait. they are in the control room. >> you know why, guys? it is our co-executive producer tom mazrelli's birthday. he has been in charge of this whole show. sneaking a cake into the conol ro was not an easy task. happy birthday, young man. >> there he is! >> oh, my gosh, you were on "little house on the prairie"? >> it's richie cunningham. oh, my gosh! >> we love you! >> you still have the bowl they used to cut that hair? >> cut it. exactly. a check of the weather >> announcer: this sunday night football weather is brought to yo by verizon. the unlimited plan you need on the network you deserve.

>> all right let's check your weekend weather, see what we've got. starting off with saturday, heavy rain down through the southeast, snowy through the oak/texas panhandle, showers in the pacific northwest. sund, sunday! heavy snow through the carolinas and virginia. wet weather in the stheast. a northwest storm comes onshore. sunshine from the great lakes on into the northeast. sunny skies southwest on into texas. that's what's going on around the country. here's wt's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning.m i'm stam4 meteorologist chuck bell. bright blue skies on this fine december day. temperatur are in the0s. there is not going to be a big warmup coming our wa 3today. we aredegrees now. afternoon high only around 43 deunees. tomorrow and colder still with highs in the 30s. a big snowstorm which will affect wisouthwestern virginia d carolina south of us, probably going to leave us with a couple of flakes in frederickand culpeper.

that's a a rough week, bs that doe matter because we have a great day coming up. the best night of the week. sunday night, football night in america! the rams pushing their way in to soldier field in chicago. clear, cold, 30 degrees. the bear the rams sunda night, football night in america! back to you. all right. it's time to kick back, take off the els, throw on the fuzzy shippers. >> they are the creators and host of a podcast called mom brain, about things mo t deal with is crazy journey we call parenthood. with seven kids between them, all under the age of 5, they know what they are talking about. good morning. >> good mornin

g. >>fuozzmy islippe srs. >> you teamed up for this podcast. how did this come about? >> through play dates. we would have play dates because because phillomena and carme are similar in age. they would be playing and we would be doing this i our fuzzy slippers and talking about all things mom. we thought it would be amazing to create a platformhere we could bring all moms together and brainstorm. >> so mom brain is a real thing. we can attest to it. >> we know that for sure. >> how does that pla in your world? >> when you are growing a baby they areapg the energy from your brain. that's when you seeuc how more forgetful you become. juggling toddlers, as kids get older, you space on things and you rely on the comm tity, a, help you manage your day, and b, to make you feelo good, remind you to have fun and get through the stress a little bit so you can enjoy the beautiful bits. that's what mom brain does for you us. it takes aillage.

we do so much parenting in isolation. how can we create that village online and give it a place to breathe? we have conversations about everything. >> give us ae litsomething. >> how much can we share? >> yeah, seriously. go deep. ng from laneetiong >> okay. >> this literally changed my marriage, by the hway. adam grant on the p podcast. he was our first dad on the podcasam then alan now we are on a dad roll, too. we talked about how to keep a marriage stable. he said so much of the management of home life is about making sure this relationship is good. so instegi of n each other and peppering, gethearage, pick up the kids, they sit down one hour every week and through the annoying stuff so when theyd fone moments the rest of the week they enjoy each other. >> you schedule the logistics so the rest can be the relationship? >> exactly. >> wow.

>> isn't that fun. >> yeah, it is. and i think it's so, like you said, momhood can be isolating n ite to talk about not only parenting techniques, like my kid is having tantrums. >> we do that. >> we do this every day, tha. >> that's all moms do. we go down this rabbit hole. you could be doing it for hours and hours. when we have group dinners we are like on one side othe table. i can't hear itnymore. >> trying to be like a perfect mom. was that part of what you struggled with? >> a perfect mom? >> yeah. >> no, i don't think that exists. but i try to dove my best day. then every day i try to do a little bitat better. the whole thing, that there is no perfection and there is no, you know, ability it right. you have to be okay with not getting it right. >> what is the best mom advice ever. >> you've got to laugh. >> yeah, laughterfu and havin with it. it's even for like entertaining

at the holidays. s you ha have fun. i think happy kids have happy parents to show them how it's done. super stressed out or holding up insane standards you can never meet or missing out to bond with other people in the same life, experience, you did that, too? i feel so much less bad. >> i have some paddles. >> is it a drinkingame? >> no. ay. >> drink tea game. we will do the mom never have i er. all right. never have i ever let my kids go a day orwo without eating a single vegetable. that is called weekends for me. >> that's the only thing i can -- it's the only good thing i can say beuse i do smoothies in the morning. i sneak the veggies in there. >> i sure do. >> all right. never have i ever made cereal or poorn for dinner? >> oh, heck yes. yeah. >> i have never. >> never? >> you're missing out.

. that's what the comments arey abry comes ieand holds toilet paper. it's a problem. why is that their favorite time? love that. >> congratulations on the podcast. yeah, we love seeing you guys. >> thank you zoo hissen -- than. if you want to learn quick ways to impro health and wellsness text ost one small thing to 66866. > coming up next, what are the season's st-have gifts. we are about to reveal the hol hot list. li hot list. hot list.y hot list. .

8:42. this is the very first today's hot list. our editors from today.comco ha ed the internet to find the best most in demand products to

make this season one to remember. here to reveal a few picks is emily share, today.com senior lifestyle editor. good morning. how did you decide? >> we did a lot ofesearch. we started with a list of more than 300 items. we talked to marketing analysts, retailers to see what was flying off the shelves. we looked at gift guides. so we narrowed it downht to e items we know will be big. >> so the fst is, i love it's like vanna white right here, he so it's a nintendo game. >> it's a super sma brothers ult released today. gamers have been counting down waiting for the day. it's availablen the nintendo switch. putcan play it on the go o on n a console and play it the big screen. it'se. finally availabl >> how much does it cost? $60. >> okay. all right. our next is?

hair dorable. >> yeah. if you are looking for -- >> i know a toddler who loves unboxing. that's the exciting part. there are 36 options. they can pull this and reveal which character you get. >> you don't know? >> you don't really know.s this the best selling toy on our website from all the gift guides. >> what do you do with it? >> each little box has its own accessory and you have the toy. the toll and all of her -- youtube channel, everybody. >> gosh. and this was how b much? 13ks? >> yeah. >> not bad. >> i am going to keep going down here. the skrufl luck comes as a matted ball of fuhr. scruff-a-luvs. you dunk it in the water, blow dry it, wash it, love it. and then you adopt the toy at the end. >> he is soft and you clean him

up. >> zblnamazon's top 100 toy lis >> all right. now, fila disrupter shoes? >> yes. this i'9raszeyct and street sal.