oss. yes for less. good mog. states of emergency. chaos from that massive winter storm that swept across the nation and blanketed the south in rec breaking snow and ice. >> everything has really come to a standstill. >> four people killed. o hundredsf thousands without power. airports brought to a standstill. millions waking up to a messy monday morning commuve. and al is ng it all. under the gun. what the president is saying after prosecutors implicate him for crimes during e 2016 camp allegations have that have his rils smelling blood. >> he may be facing the real prospect of jail time. heated clashes. violence between protesters and rages in paris for third-straight weekend.

the french president s to dress the growing crisis in an emergency speech to the nation tonight. we're ere, live. all that, plus, "today" exclusive. we'll reveal the finalists for "time's" person of the year. touching reunion. a wildfire evacuee returns home one month later to find her beloved dog still standing guard. >> things are right again.nt anastic finishes. >> the pass is caught, uc deflection, toown, win. >> the dallas cowboys use a tipped pass to beat the eagles. while, down in florida -- andhis will end it. brady pat tri>>ots.he >> touchdown, kenyan drake, a miracle. >> what they're calling the miracle in miami, today, monday, december 10th, 2018.

>> from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" a monday morning. what a weekeor our friends in the south. >> no kidding. i had travel plans this weekend. those got canceled. a lot of people are feeling this. we're goingo get t that powerful storm that lef a cross country mess in its wake. >> parts o a the south digging out from more than a foot of snow. let's start with miguel almaguer. he's in north carolg.a this morn >> reporter: hi, savannah. over the weekend, the storm turned deadly. a massive tree fell and hit a driverbelow. and streets across the region look like this. want to show you a live picture from our dro here. it's not just the sno here across this region, it's also

l of the ice beneath all of the snow. that's caused thousands of accidents. back here on the ground, we can tell you that south has seen snow before. but rare ly do they see a storm just like this. this morning, the frozen fallout from a msive winter storm. impacting residentsacrosshe southeast, not accustomed to this kind of winter blast. >> i with us kias kind of prepa. not quite for this much snow. >> reporter: states of emergency in virginia and north carolina. treacherous conditions bringing roads to a standstill. >> i stopped for the light and got stuck immedir:ely. >> repororth carolina's governor calling in the national guard to help those stand edran the snow. thewhiteout conditions triggering blackouts. power companieseporting outages affecting00,000,

across georgia, north carolina, south carolina and virginia. over 1,700 cancellations. over 1,300 at north carolina airports >> north carolina is in the cold, icy grip of a mammoth winter storm. >> reporter: residents of carolina shocked at the speed and severity of the storm. >> we get a lot of snow here but not this much at once. it's a lot of snow. >> reporter: in greensboro, one of the hardest hit areas,oad crews are overwhelmed. authorities are urging people to stay home after nearly 20 inches of snow fell in some areas. >> aliow our p service workers to get the roads plowed and to get to the people who really need to be rescued.ep >>ter: here's another live look from our drone here. the mayor in this city says the city is not going to get up to its feet until about 10:00 a.m.,

because the roads are so dangerous. here on the ground there's several inches of snow in many areas. many people will be forced to dig out of situations like this when they can. it will be a treachero the roads all across this region. guys, back to you. thank you. al is tracking where the storm has been and where it' good morning. >> good morning. thank you for getting your first weather from us. 13 million people from winter weather advisories. the storm is moving out. snow back throughll knox asheville, up into southern virginia and parts o north carolina. still seeing icy conditions. this will move out and leaving another inch or so. thereill be another deep freeze. whatever is on the ground, it's going to freeze. we have another system coming. another what's going on? we had a developin el nino. above-average temperatures ross the equator and that strengthens the pacific j that makes for an active storm track

across the sout here comes another storm. this one comes in tuesday, bringing heavy snow and rain for the northeast. gusty wind and rain for the coast. as we move through the week, it dive the south, getting caught in the tropil jet. then, on thursday, milder temperatures and snow, and we may see flooding for south carolina and north carolina and virginia. the difference with this one is, we got warm air in place. that means more severe weather possible. friday and saturday, look for airport delays from atlanta to the northeast, hea rain and flooding. three weeks, three coast-to-coasters and we're not ne yet. >> right in time for the holidays, too. al, thank you. this morning, the president could be facing new legal and political peril, accusations and court documents implicate the president in fsony crime and that has some democrats, again, raising the prospect of impeachment.

we'll start with kristen welker. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: this morning,tr presidenp on defense, after tweeting overnight that his administration has accomplished more than any other u.s. administration in its first two, not even, years of existence. the claim follows court filings released friday by special counsel robert mueller and prosecutorrk in new in them, the new york prosecutors say president trump directed his former attorney, michael cohen, to commit two feloni. illegal hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels and karen mcdougal to keep affairs quiet. president trump was pressed about those accusations over the weekend. >> no. >> reporter: but democrats are seizing on the revelations and

the potential peril for the president. >> phesident has now stepped into the same territory that ultimately led to presidentni xon resigning the office. >> there'sothing inhe constitution thatbi pro the president from being indicted. >> reporter: the incoming chair of the house intelligence da committee, schiff, says the president's legal troubles could eventually intensifntensify. >> he cld be theirst president to face the prospect of jail time. >> reporter: while some republicans stood by the president, others werecr ical. >> no one is more important than our country or held bo tabove t low. >> reporter: there's the alleged contacts with russia. in a separate filing, mueller's team says in september of 2015, cohen conferred with individual 1, the president, aut contacting the russian government, before reachgeg out to gnterest in a meeting between trump and vladimir putin. that meeting never happened. but thels filings say, as

discussions about trump towerow mo gained steam in november 2015, cohen spoke with a russian national who promised campaign political synergy and synergy on a government level. r his part, president trump has consistently insisted. >> there was no collusion whatsoever. >> a big personnel announcement, as well, kristen. chief of staff john kelly is sang he will be gone we tby the end of the year. who will replace him? >> reporter: nick ayers was the president's first pick. bu ayers has long planned to return to his home in georgia with his family and t couldn't he two-yearommitment that the president requested. among the names getting buzz, congressman mark meadows. he's chair of the house freedom cauc caucus. nick mulvaney. and matthew whitakeryo ll recognize his name.

he's the acting attorney general. for his part, president trump tweeted he will make the decision soon. >> kristen welker at theushite thank you. james comey is escalating a president s with t after the release of comey's closed door testimony wit lawmakers on capitol hill. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has oat part the story. >> reporter: good morning to you. the most recent round of back and forth waset off when james comey was called beforegr cs last week. his testimony triggering a tweet storm from president trump. now, comey is responding, suggesting donald trump could be in legal trouble and making clear what he thinks votabs should do t it. stepping into the spoight after coming under fire, former fbi director james o comey, stage in new york overnight, responding to president trump. >> the president reacted to your -- >> he's finished reading the 253 pages? >> well -- >> reporter: with nicolle wallace, comey took on that

tweet storm, in which the president accused him, without evidence, of lying to congress friday, during more than six urs behind close doors. quote, leaking james comey must have set a record for who lied to congressnhe most one day. >> we have to remind ourselves the president of the united states of america is publicly announcing that people are committing crimes, they should be inva jail, p citizens. that's not okay. and if we become numb to it, w risk surrendering the norm. >> reporter: president trump blasting what comey tolus the judiciary committee in closed door testimony, with that 253-page transcript released publicly over the weekend. in it, comey discussed how the fbi in late july of , 20ened counterintelligence investigations of four americans, to see if they were working in any way with the russians to influence our elections. at least some of those people weressociated with the trump campaign, comey said, but clarified the president himself

was not one of them. since then, t investigation into russian interference has led to the guilty pleas or convictions of five former members of donald trump's orbit, including his naort-lived onal security adviser, michael flynn, and his former el attorney, mic cohen. >> is the president of the united states right now an unindicted coconspirat-conspira. >> i don't know. if not there, he's close. >> reporter: if he was not president, he would be in jeopardy of being charged in the investigation, an investigation that comey is confident in. he told the house committee, i would bet my life that bob mueller will do things the right way. comey making no secret of his heading perspective into 2020. >> all of us should use every breath we have to make sure that the lying stops, on 20th, 2021. >> reporter: the president has aniedegations of collusion. as for president trump's attacks on comey,he former fbi

director says a prosecutor could see those as an attempt to try to mess with the witness during an on criminal matter. hoda, savannah, back to you. >> thank you. we're going to bring in craig for a major story overseas. >> good morning to you. that's right. the growing crisis in france. the nation marred by violent protests, for a third-straight weekend. the country's president, preparing to address then situation a nationwide address tonight. nbc's chief global correspondent s ll neely is in paris. he's following tory. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. from the famous champs-elysees, which on saturday was a battleground between police and protesters. today, france's presidentes wil ad the nation on tv and try to solve this crisis that's put s credibility and his leadership in danger. cleaning up the mess, after another violent weekend in paris. 0,000 protesters on the streets, paris in lockdown, a

police crackdown, a thousand arrests. r france's president macron, a political mess he can't clean up so quickly. he met union leadershis morning. but none of if protesters, the yellow s, who turned paris into a battleground. they took on riot police satuay, even after the president scrapped the gas tanks that ignited the protests. that didn't wo. they see him as the president of the rich and they want him out. it's the start of a revolution? >> yes. >> mr. macron is finished. >> reporter: he won't resign. and riot police were determined to smother this protest in clds of tear gas. they canroontain thiswd but they can't stop their anger.

most people support the aim of the protests, the lower taxes, but not the violence. >> people want to befree. they want to live versus survive. >> reporter: president trump apnared to gloat macron's problems, tweeting, protes and riots all over france, chanting, we want trump. love france. there's no way they were chanting that, the french minister denied it. it is a nation on-edge. its president's next step is critical. so, the president will address the nation on tv tonight. millions here are finding it difficult to make ends meet.so he's under pressure to acknowledge that. bu give too much and his credibility will be shot. either way, protesters say they will be backse here on t streets next weekend. guys, back to you. >> bill neely for us in paris.

thank you. we move to this year's heisman winner, university of oklahoma quarterback, kyler murray. sarday night, it was tarnished when comments he made as a teenager resurfaced. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the perfect night for kyler murray. but hours after being votede collfootball's best player, he was forced to apologize, after old tweets came back to haunt him. owstar quarterback is playing defense. hours after etching his name into college football lore. >> the 20an heism trophy is award toyler murray. >> reporter: oteahoma quarrback kyler murray's saturday to remember quickly turned sour, after tweets he posted as a teenager, containing offensive language, resurfaced. according to multiple reports, some of murray's posts contained

homophobic slurs. the tweets were deleted after he hoisted the awd. and the 21-year-old responded online, writing, i apologize for the tweetshathat come to light tonight when i was 14 and 15. i used a poof choice o words. i did notntend to single out an individual or group. >> murray trying t scamper out with plenty of run in front of him. >> reporter: murray is the latest public figure to have to apologize for past behavior on social media. >> i gotet a lter that said, apologizer for tweets of old. >> repter: old tweets and comedy routines poking fun at gay people cast kevin hart a shot at hosting the >> talking about the tweets in 2009 and 2010. that is thepast. >> reporter: a short time later hart did apologize and announced he was stepping down from the high-profile gig. now, comedicncannon is speaking out, showing support

for his friend, hart, by posting old o tweets frther comedians, including chelsea handler, sarah silverman and amy schumer. tweeting, i wonder if there's backlash kre. e eshgs not the first athlete to face controversy over past tweets, either. >> reporter: the most valuable during the final four. he had tweeted out some profane lyrics. and josh allen, a college quarterback that on the night of the draft, some of his racist language in tweets he was forced to apologize. threminder that the tweets exist. e's people looking for them, as well. >> also, it begsio the que not to diminish what was said or tweeted. but it begs the question, at what age -- ta>> i cly would not want to be judged by what came out of my mouth at age 14 or 15. >> thanks, stephanie. back.. roker is

he has the rest of the >> good morning. some filtered sunshine through southern cnia into southwest. plenty of sunshine through the plains. temperatures on the cool side. the chill continues down through the southeast. we have partly sunny skies developing in the northeast and around thengland area and into the ohio and mississippi river valley being nice andlm that's what's going on around the country. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning.

i'm meteorologist chuck bell.es temperatre below freezing in most areas and windchills are in the upper teens to around 20 degrees. current temperature i31 fredericksburg with quite a bit of snow down there. get the latest school closings and delays on our washington nbc apps. possibly some closings tomorrow as we have a serious refreeze coming up night. dry weather the rest of the week until friday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. coming up, elon musk opening up in a rare interview. what he is saying about his public highs and lows, including rumors about his drug use. and the remarkable reunion story of a woman and her dtes afr the devastating wildfires afr the devastating wildfires foed her to leave them behi

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across most of the area this morning. even some teens for current temperatures in the shenandoah valley. it will be a mostly sunny dayy. to it's not going to be terribly warm. everyone will be above freezing so lot of snow and slush on the roads will be able to melt away but it will refreeze tonight into tomorrow morning as oncegain we'll be below freezing. on news 4 at 5:00, while t you're trackin best holiday deals. stores are tracking you. >> susan hogan is telling you a about deal that can impact you. up next your traffic.

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back, now, 7:30 on thi monday morning, the 10th of december, 2018. you don't see that every day. the south is blanketed insnow. that's how it looks right now in greensboro, north carolina. a lot of folks digging out. >> it looks pretty from afar. when you'reown init, trying to commute, it's a toughy. that's where we start on this monday. parts of the southeast are digging out of a foot of snow this morning. georgia, virginia and the carolinas got the worst of it. some areas saw 20 inches of snow. about 00,0400,000 homes without power this morninre hu of flights were canceled. the north carolina national guard had been activated to help wisp the se. the storm is moving out to sea.

but frigid temperakeres will the snow around for a while. growing number ar democrats e dialing up pehment talk and some are suggesting the president could be indicted once fice.aves prosecutors for the first time tied the president to a federal crime, illegal hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels and playmate karen mcdougal. the president has denied both affas. now, the top democrat on the house judiciary committee says it's unclear if that alone could justify congress launching impeachment proceeds. > let'salk football. did you see the crazy finish at the dolphins/patriots game? it's the play eveone will be talking about it today. they're calling it the miami miracle. the dolphins were down just fivs poin kenny annehill throws to stills. then, it's this game of iepaway. and ends up in the hands of kenyan drake. >> touchdown. oh, kenyan drake.

>> stop . drake manages to dodge and weave a weaves all the way down for a touchdown. pulled off a stunner. >> pats fans are recovering. cowboys/eagles, inda overti. k prescott finds amari cooper. cooper gets in for the score. theys cowboo it in overtime, -23. mike feldman. >> i know. it was a darday in our household. congratulations, cowboys. now, to an eyebrow-raising, new interview with elon musk. he is opening up about his a compan what he calls an abusive childhood.ga , good morning. >> reporter: there's been a far-ranging reaction to that "60 minutes" interview. elon musk, not holdingback.

like the rocket built by spacex, 2018 has been filled with highs for elon musk a spectacular failures, too. >> there's people that say the company cannot survive without you. >> i don't think that's true. >> and there's people who say the company cannot survive with u. >> ha, ha. that's hilarious. i didn't want to adhereom to ceo template. >> reporter: musk, not holding back on "60 minutes," when asked about his use of social media. >> twitter is a war zone. anybody jum in the war ne, you're in the arena. >> reporter: he tweeted, considering taking tesla public. that blind sided investors and trgered a lawsuit from t sec, that musk settled for $40 million, agreeing to step down as tesla's ceo and have his tweets monitored by his board. >> i do not respect the f.s.e.c.

>> i do not smoke pot. as anyone who watched that podcast could tell, i have no idea how to smoke pot. >> reporter:de also tal about what he called an abusive childhood and abusivefather. >> my father has serious issues. >> reporter: when asked aut being bullied in school. >> i was almost beaten tat if you call that bullied. >> reporter: elon's mother told maria shriver about his struggles. >> he was always brillannt. but brapri brilliant is not alw practical to other people. >> he's some of the words written about you. >> sure. there's a lot of words. >> just over thi summer. erratic. unable. reckless. operatic. >> i'm justeing me. certainly, under insaned stress an crazy hours, my system would have failed if i was truly a

wreck. >> reporter: as the year comes to an end, tesla is, profit after coming close to a breakin. po >> we're losing $50 million a week. we're running out of money. >> reporter: musk also saying a model 3version of the could arrive by next year. maybe. >> punk wactuality is not my st street. any idea, gadi? >> they built a tent in a parking lot. now, they are suggesting that they would be buying somehe of four general motors plants that are closing soon. all of this with a new model of tesla coming out next year. that's going to be the model y. that's uyeeiled next . >> an interesting guy. >> thank u. al, let's get a check of the weather. all right. we're going to check a quick look and show you. we have snow

is going to refreeze again. today charleston's at 46. raleigh at 36 degrees. nashville at 41.ta ahassee, 14 degrees below average at 53 degrees. hose temperatures stay well below average from tuscaloosa, jacksonville up inti mond. the good news is we're going to start to see a bit of a warm-up. by friday, baltimore is 4 is. lapt will bep to 55 degrees. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. ing.good mo your monday morning temperatures are below freezing in most of the area. 25 in manassas. 27 inesburg. 26 in prince george's county. your planner for today, plenty of sunshine. temperatures far enough above freezing where areashat did get the snow yesterday should have quite a bit of melting today but tere will a

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this morning on "in-depth today," a heartwarming reunion in the wake of the devastating wildfires that wiped out an entire. to >> jenna is here with that. we're happy to see your face after a hard week. >> i like com tg back you all. it's a good place to work. thousands of resents were forced to leave everything behind, even their beloved pets.

oat's what happened andrea, who escaped without her two dogs. but weeks later,he when thought all hope was lost, a miracle. for residents of paradise, california, fast-moving flames were terrifying. as andreaes ped, she called out for her dogs, brothers madison a miguel. the sheppard mixes who live outside were nowhere to be found. she had no choice but to leave them behind. >> it was the worst feeling in the world. it was like, you he to choose. the whole time, i was thinking, what is going to happen to thoss i felt so horrible leaving them. >> reporter: with her home burned to the ground and the area shut down to evacuees, andrea couldn't get back in to search for madison and miguel. then, a ray of hope. she got a call om an animal rescue volunteer that was leaving her dogs food andwater. >> if they're there, they won't go hungry. >> reporter: it wasn'thntil a moater that andrea was let back on to her property and

received a miracle. there was madison, sitting next to her burned out home, waiting for her to return. >> ahere is higher power, it's like a sigh of relief. it was like, an affirmation that these dogs are survivors. >> they don't see it as ashes. they see it as their home. and those dogs protect her flock. and these pple are their flock. they love those people. >> reporter: then, more good news. andrea's secondg, miguel, was found by volunteers and reunited with his brother.y >> tere wagging their tails. so happy to see them together. things are right again. >> all right. what a good boy. >> reporter: andrea knows paradise will recover and homes can be rebuilt. but nothing can ever replace the love of a ret, always t when you need it the most. animal shelters say they have more than 1,000 pets displaced by the fir and they'reoing all they can to reunite them

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7:56 is your time on this moay, december 10, 2018. good morning to you. this is a liveheook at snow along i-81 in harrisonburg, virginia. there areum ar of schoolcl osings. look for the full list in the nbc washington app. let's check o your forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. what are you seeing? >> we'll see a lot of meltings

for places that did get snow. southern maryland, 5 to 6 inches of snow. over 4 inches in fredericksburg and 10 inches in charlottesville. 21 inches in winter resort. there's your ten-day forecast. we'll be dry until fwhen it rains. >> thank you. we'll take a break and check your traffic when we come back.

a look at your first 4 traffic. bladensburg aftertadi umed vehicle. and right now 66 looking okay, just a tad slow. right now back to the "today" show.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, winter wipeout. the lates on the deadly snowstorm that slammed the south, with virginia andca nort rolina declaring states of emergency. treacherous conditions leaving people s arandednd hundreds of people without power. where is the storm headed next? al has the latest forecast. yo> plus, it's about that "time." ur first look at the short list for "time's" person of the year. who made the cut? we'll announce the finalist live. they came and they santacon-quered. watch what happens when andy cohen joins the party. today, december 1th, 2018.

>> to our fellow nurses at holy crosshospital, in silver spring, maryland, happy holidays. >> triplets from texas. >> turn 50 on "today." twins from georgia turning 60. >> caitlin's 30th birthday is -- >> >> from washington state -- >> and the florida panhandle. >> we're here for girls' trip. >> from texas and kentucky. >> we're lit. >> what else? boom. >> those are hoda's people out there. good morning, everybody. happy to have you along with us on a cd monday morning. >> thatwd undeterred by the temperatures. >> our crowd is very hearty. to your new at 8:00. riving is risky, flights are grounded, power is out, after a winter storm has powered through the southeast. let's get to miguel almaguer in

hard-hit north carolina this morning. >> reporter: you can see the crews o trying to clear the sidewalks. people will be trying to traverse their way out o their homes later today. i say that as light snow comes down now. buat the problem on this afternoon is going to be the icy roads. we have our drone up. you may be able to see the roads. it is difficult to see that ice. there is certainly a layer of ice that is covering the roads out here. there's more than a thousand accidents up and down this region, all across the weekend. we know that four people were killed in this storm. that number the change a authorities make their way across to homes in the area. tens of thousands lost power. the north carolina guard was out early yesterday and later on overnight here, trying to get stranded motorists who simply could not get out of their cars. thn were stuck o freeways and side roads. they're loong at more of those conditions. i can tell you on the ground,

while it's certainly cold, the conditions, the big worry is going to be ice. the sleet and snow and ice that covers so many of theets, that's going to make roads treacherous across the region. >> going to be tough morning. miguel, thank you. >> hey, guys, so we still have 13 million people under winter weather advisories. it is still coming down, although from asheville to roanoke, we still have rain and ice. that will move out, maybe another inch ofnow possible. we have snore storm coming. why all these storms? we have above el nino across the pacific equator which is making for strger pacific jet which grabs these storms and them through the south. another storm coming in tomorrow through the pacific northwest. heavy rain, gusty winds. snow for the mountains andes th it do the south, gets caught up in that pacific jet. by thursday, it's bringing heavy rain, possible thunderstorms,

severe weather, melting snow could cause more melting snow. gusty winds, heavy rain, flooding. look fay airport d over the weekend. another travel weekend from atlanta all the way into the northeast. atlanta all the northeast.the craig? >> al, thank you. president trump is fighting back against the speci counsel's latest revelations implicating him in campaign-related crimes. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest on the fallout. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump isn defense today. he is up and tweeting, insisting, quote, there was nol ion, and again, calling the russia investigation a witch hunt. the fierye words c after the court filings released friday. in them, new york prosecutors say president trump directed his former attorney, michaen, to commit two felonies. illegalush money payments to sto stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, to stay quiet about affairs. mr. trump has denied those

affairs a any wrongdoing. the court filings detail actions between cohen and russian nationals, including one russian, who promised a, quote, inner ji wi synergy with the campaign. most repglicans are standy the president. this comes as president trump y,nounced his chief of staff, john ke is leaving by the first of the year. among the names getting buzzed to replace him, mark meadows, chair of the house freedom caucus, and nick mulvaney, who serves as the budget director. >> kristen, thank you. the president of france has calledmergency meeting. protests and rioting shut down paris for a third-straight weekend. so-called yellow vest demonstrators took to the streets. more than 1,000 people were arrested when smaller groups clashed with police. the unrest was triggered by i unrest the fuel tax that's been delayed. the protesters are demanding that president macron reinstate

the wealth tax he abolished. he willre a the nation for the first time tonight since this began. parents were stunned this weekend to learn that two of the none nuns are accused of embezzling. the principle and a teaer took $500,000 over the years. they allegedly spent it on travel and cino gambling. both nuns retired earlier this year. the diocese says i wants to handle the matter internally and does not plan to press crimil charges. we need a "boost" now. >> i got you covered. we brought you a lot of military homecomings. a lot of them involved complicated setups and surprises. sometimes, simpler may be better. daddy. daddy. my daddy's home. i missed you. i missed you, daddy. i missed you.

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year. speculation buildg overho it might be or the group it might be. >> check out the results from the online readers poll. the top three, bts. >> really? >> yeah. and planet earth. and then, c the thaie divers. >> those are good guesses. thise morning, have a look at e actual short list from "time" magazine. "time's" decision is who hasth d biggest impact on the world for better or forworse. these are the ten choices for kw "time's" person of the year. >> president trump, "time's" person of the year in 2016. separated families. that heated . last year's person of the year, vladimir putin, on the list once again. >> robert mueller, the specials russiaco investigation. ryan coogler.

christin blazy forsey accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wn they were teenagers. >> and jamal khashoggi. march for our lives activists, thew movement that g out of a shooting at a parkland, florida, high school. and south korea's president, moonjae-in. and then, last but not least, the duchess ofsu ex, meghan markle. >> if "today" show producers were voting, it would be meghan rerkle. >> i i think the wedding was a moment to step away and get wrapped up in a love story. >> she would be the feel-good choice of the year. >> that's where my mind was at. >> would you like to make this decision? can you imagine? >> iould nominate al roker. that would be my nomination.. absolute >> very odd.

>> national treasure. >> very od >> we should point out putin was 2007, not las >> he's on the list. it's interesting. whether someone was consequential. i think there's goodnd cons there. >> when do we find out? >> tomorrow. >> i'm glad you aske ay will reveal it first, right d owre exclusive, tomorrow morning. >> exciting. all right. let's move on to "pop have a fun "pop start" for you on this monday. first up, steve harvey, the comedian sat around with ellen and opened up about being a grandparent. oddly enough, he hasn't enjoy it as much as he thought he would. >> i'm not as happy as mostar grandparents >> what? >> i don't really get it. [ laughter ] i really don't. here ce the grandkids. i go, damn. >> i thought you did lge hav grandkids because you have them for a short time and then they go away. >> yeah. but see?

my wife is really into the grandparent thing. she lets them stay over at the house. and i told her, that's not how this is supposed to work. that's little ezra. he broke the tie. now, it's three boys and three girls. >> t adorable. how old is he? >> i have no idea. >> to see harvey's full "ellen"ew, tune into the show later today. >> i don't believe that. >> you see the smile on his face. up next, more details have been revealed from priyanka chopra and nick two ceremonies western wedding and a hindu one. the wedding cake was so long, that they used a eord-like kno cut it. >> did they register at crate & barrel? hat the cake? >> it's supposed to look like

where they had their first wedding ceremony. >> that's not the >> there's the cake. >> that looks much more edible. >> wow. she lookedbeautiful. look at that dress. >> the pictures from this wedding are stning. a finally, much to many new yorkers' dismay, this weekend was santacon event in the city. people dress in b theirest and go to bars around town. andy cohen was no exception. >> this is outch my k window. his is the beginning of santacon there's four santas on this roof. this can't end well. oh, my god. atey're multiplying. look. re they doing? justou standing ? they're playing quarters? looks like ameeting. they're playing beer pong and just got invited to the party. they sent me the address. do i go?

this is meta, but i'm sure the guys on the left areatching e last insta story where i said that the party is over. e? k now, id of want to go. we came to the party. this is the party. cheers, everybody. a shot of tequila. >> you know what the moral of the story is? every friend w once a stranger. l >>e it. >> the story does not end there. andy ended up invitinf some his new friends to the clubhouse. three of the partygoers stepped in as theartenders on "watch what happens live" last night. i guess they're friends now. >> almost sounds like he was narrating the honey badger story. do you have a click? >> i do.

that catchy tune, you know it. baby shark. it's taken over the. intern and now, it's taking over a neighborhood. take a look at this texas family's elaborate lights display. ♪ ♪ ♪ baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ ♪ mommy shark doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪ >> nothing says christmas more than "baby shark." you can only hear the music if u tune into a certain channel on the radio. so, they're not blasting all over the neighborhood. >> i love it even more. that's really impressive.

>> yes. al, what you got? >> i can still hear it. >> it's in my head. ♪ weather shark >> there we go. we're looking at another storm system coming into the pacific northwest tomorrow. meantihr, sunshinegh the southwest into southern california. plenty of. sunshine from the plains down to texas. more icy conditions for our friends in thecarolinas. sunshine here in the northeast new england, the ohio river valley looking prettgood, too. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> and good morning, everybody. n is a mostly clear sky over d.c. right. it's cold, though. temperatures are only in the 20s and 30s for most, even still some mid and upper teens in the shenandoah pulley. your heavy coat on. it's a cold one today. we'll have a fair amount of n sunshine laterhe day. afternoon highs today mostly in eze low 40s. another hard f tonight, so any of that snow that melts today, keep in mind that it could be aery slippery start on your tuesday morning as well.

>> and that'sr latest weather. guys? >> all right, al, thank you. guys? >> al, thank you. t now, a recent study that will have you paying a lot more attention to your steps. >> new research suggests that walking up four flights of stairs in under a minute may help you predict your risk of fatal heart disease or maybe cancer. dr. oz is the host of the dr. oz show. scis is ating. something as simple as climbing the stairs can be an indicator?r >> mtice for heart surgery, would walk my patients upstairs to see if they were fit enough for heartat surgery. ardiologists did was put people through these stress tests. how much exercise does it take to be fit? and people bro it down. people that were the most fit, had half the chance of dying of cancer. and had a third of the chance o dying of heart disease. it's a big deal. how do you translate that tore

life? the stair test converts it. that's what you did this morning. >> how fast you can climb four ights of stairs? >> can you climb four flights of stairs withoutstopping? and can you do it in under a minute? ideally, you should do it in 50 seconds. craig, you broke the world indoor record. >> i don't think that's true. i did i in 28 seconds. >> were you breathy doing it? >> not really. not really that breathy.at oes that tell us? am i going to live to be 85 now? >> it means youf chance getting cancer and of dying of heart disease and for u, probably, mental problems, anxiety,dementia, alzheimer's, the incidence goes down if you're physicallyfit. i'll come back to that in a second. hoda, you had savannah in your rear-view mirror the whole time. >> me? >> yes. there you are. >> why are we shooting it like that? let's get to t headlines.

why was that necessary? >> oh. >> you also did it in 28 seconds. >> 28.5. yeah. but was kin of -- i do -- the one exercise i do is t stair climber. that's my one go-to. >> you're good at it. >> you a all superb. although, savannah, 30 seconds. >> i just want to say. first of all, i felt sorry for our camera guyho was walking up backwards. you see how i was trying to go slow for him. and right here, i run into one of the mbers of the crew with a plate of cold cuts. i had to let him by the door. s itwed me down. i'm not bitter or upset about it. rematch. >> here'ey the question. could you get up without stopping? you did. did. 50 seconds, you for the rest of america, here's the challenge. the government had guidelines pushed out for exercise. 80% of americans aren't getting enough activity that they would do well on tests like this.nc

you know that physical activities correlate with the ben fits, what should folks do? it's a key question. do the stairtest. go out and find four flights of strs. 50 steps, 55 in that range. run them. can. as fast as you don't fall. don't get hurt. if you can do the test well, you're doing e aughivity in your day-to-day life. otherwise, follow the new u.s. governmentti regus, 2 1/2 hours a physical activity a week. >> i get the correlation between the stair test and hrt health, but the correlation between the stair test and cancer. explain that to me. >> you're revving you body and it forces your immune system to be reactive. everyone who hear my voice right now has cancer. tle there's one or two l cancer cells that your immune system will find and kill. ifmm youre system is weakened, it misses a couple of the cancer cells and they can be ahead ofyou. by being fit, you're telling the imne system, protect me.

you're telling your brain, to defend your body. >> stairs are different. i do work out and i try to go up the stairs a i'm winded. what does that mean? are we doing the wrongse exer >> stairs are unique in a couple of ways. they're rigorous activity. you look at b places ine zones, they do daily rigorous activity, climbing a mountain, moving up a hiladder,s that force you to move up against gravity. gravity is hereor a number of reasons. if we didn't have that activity in our lives, we wouldn't be fit. we need about two activities a week that require weight. you need two things a day whenhi you lift som heavier with your body. do the stair test. if you don't do well, call a doctor. or talk to somebody about it because you should be able to do

well. get the 30 minutes of being breathy, 40 o minutes everyer day. 40 minutes, you're going to do something that makes you do heavy breathing. u can talk but not sing. >> 30 minutes in the gym, weights or cardio? >> 25 minutes of cardio but 5 minutes of it could be fast but i do it as interval training. 5 minutesf cardio, one minute of situps and go back and run again. i'm proud of all of you, by the way. >> tnk you, dr. oz. you can catch more of him on "the dr. oz show." comin

good morning, everybody. 8:26 on this monday, december 10th. let's get to melissa with your first 4 traffic. >> good morning. taking a look, inner loop before the american legion idge, crash. upper marlboro northbound, pennsylvania, left lane blocked. alexandria southbound, mt. vernon memorial highway, right lane block there. we'll get a check of your forecast whether we come hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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gd morning. our city camera view shows partly to mostly cloudy sky. not too many shadows yet but the clouds will gradually thin out and we'll be back to sunshine later in the day. it's colder, 20 to around 30 degrees. highs up around 43 degrees at the most even colder if you look out the window and see snow on the

ground, probablng to hold in the upper 30s today. a lot of melting during the day but tonight hard refreeze is expected. >> chuck, thank you. you can get the latest news aat r in the nbc washington app.

8:30 on this monday morning, decemb 10th, 2018. another cold one. but this crowd is awesome. >> hi, guys. >> we have the scott br ahers, plaza.onathan, on the they're collecting gifts for our toy drive. >> thanks, guys. >> the scott brothers are>>here. such a good crowd. >> hi, guys. >> this crowd is so energized. >> so many people here. i love it. >> got the "crowd moment"?

>> i got the "crowd moment" for you. i am looking for colby and terra, from denver. how are you doing? >> we're fabulous. >> you're here onca on. how many kids at home? >> four. >> yofour. sure? >> we have something to tell our family. >> oh. >> we planned for four. god laughed and said one more. so, this is your big announcement. >> it is. this is it these are our four kids.ax eden, tatum and cove. >> number five will be just as cute congratulations. >> so fun. >> savannah, you have to turn around and take a selfie with this sign. my husband got up ear-ly yes. >> hi. >> you have to get it. >> great job. no pressure. selfie under pressure. you did great. so nice to meet you.

>> just ahead, geteady tos. tech the ha our friends from consumer reports are here fwith gifts at every price point. something we're launching really cool this weme. f your favorite hgtv stars areh stopping by w creative ideas for sprucing up your home this season. that's the onlyeason we let the scott brothers in. plus, a unique way to deal with holiday stress. sound healers are about to put on a concert unlike any other that we have had in our istudi. >> can't wait for that. first, a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to u by target. expect more. pay less. >> and there's a sign over here. there's a birthday. the birthday girls over here. where are these birthday girls? where are they? >> right here.

debbie and tara. >> you came all the way to say hi. happy birthday. very nice. let's check your weather and see what we've got. starting with ctoday, thell continues in the southeast. sunshine through the plains. we are looking at some rain moving in the pacific esnort tomorrow that storm system eventually is going to make its way croscountry but in the meantime bring heavy rain and snow in the pacific northwest. turning milder throughout the rest of the country withme cr weather. that's what's going on in the u.s. here's what's happening in your ck of the ods. >> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuckbell. still have some clouds overhead essential the washington area and points sout that's where the cloud cover is. getting sunshine across northern maryland and shenandoah valley. teens in the shenandoah. upper 20s and low 30s around town. afternoon highs in the low 40s for most of the area.

it will be dry until friday when it rains. >> look. we have >> we've got the divas. you're 30. you're 50. you're 70. oeshl oh, no. let's go back inside. >> now to today's hassle-free holiday. with j christmt 15 days away, we have high-tech gear and gadgets for everyone on your shopping list. shoppers projected to spend $100 billion on tech items this holiday sxoen that's just in the united states alone. here with great ideas for every price range, consumer reports elliott, always good have youay >> happy hol ot weiler, thank yo being here. happy holidays to you, sir. the best deals, should we shop now or wai closer to the 25th? >> it's a crap shoot. if you have something on your list thatou you want,ant to make sure it's shipped in time and in-stock, shop now. see if they have a price

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we'rek with the start of something special. "hgtv holiday on today." we've teamed up with tv stars to decorate your home for the holidays. we have festive ideas using things you may have onhand. and we're sta ding off withw and jonathan scott, hgtv's wildly popular scottbrothers. good morning. >> good morning. >> are you in the holiday spirit? >> we are. before we do any holiday diy, is to sing our favorite christmas songs. ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ joy to the world ♪ it's beginning to look >> if you have a s tightce and don't have room for a tree, we have tree alternativ you. >> these are stickers for the wall. e they going to ruin my walls?

>> if you want to behi fancy, is a decal. you can usually stick it on and take it off. >>here do youind these? >> you can g them on a craft store. you can ship them online. i love doing this o a kids wall. just a cool way to s things up but not have the needles or the dressing of a tree. >> it's fun for kids and colorful to get them involved. come along the way over h also, this is something we used to do when we were kids. we grew up on a ranch. we would go out in the back 40 icks.et >> and whack each other with them. >> youal can put them on the and with some ribbon and youe done. >> if you're a contractor and you have a ladder around, che out the ladder christmas tree. >> jonathan just sitsere posing on it. oh. >> you have to get to the butt shot. >>. ye >> just a ladder and threw some

lights and garland. >> it's the idea of having the "a" frame and the christmas tree shape. i love doing unique things that maybe use stuff from lying around the house. >> jonathan,he contractor unique thing. jonathan took pvc pipe. >> this looks hard to pull off. >> you te different sizes of pipe. it's about having -- there's a-at ame and you can mix and match. we have it over here. >> i love that you can create any shape you want. you can do a chrisnas tree. you o this round and like a wreath. you glue the pieces together. you can build any shape you want. and you can glue the balls inside. you can pe a lit present in there. you can put something for the kids. it's something unique. i le takin projects and creating a little weekend thing with the kids at home. >> you can get t pipes at home depot or something like this? yeah. it comes in links. >> cut it down, sand ait down ad

stick it on the wall. everyone always has leftover ornaments. and they don't use all of them on the christmas tree. how about, create some decorations around the house with your ornaments. >> okay. this was cute. >> you go to a garage sale. often i will use bdhouses with plants in there. you can take any of the vases and remove the plants and fill them with ornaments. >> that's fun. it works for a vase or avase, as you say. >> east coast or west coast. >> exactly. not a cat toy. just so you know. >> what is it? >> just another diy project. you can throw it together to make a unique little tree.av we other options that we will show you down here. >> this is literally just drilling holes in dowels and wrapping twine around it. >> it's adorable. >> how about an old frame? an old window frame that you have painted out.

you just use thumb tacks and have string and twine,e hang s ornaments and initials. >> the funny thing, too, is this is a project that you can take on at home easily in a weekend. if you don'tappen to have an old window frame lying around, you can gethese for like a buck if you go to the habitat anrestore, you usually find atra gage sales and stuff. things like this that makes for a great ornament. f> old chalkboard. a lot people like to have a chalkboard for their kids. >> i love displaying the cards. you get them and you don't know what to do with them. it's nice to hanup them >> you can actually just draw the pattern down here that's the shape of the christmas tree. use a little twine and string. we used to hang them throuhe doorways you walk through. we used to hang string and we put the cards along there.ar it was to get to. >> if your friends give you ugly greeting cards. get new friends or supplement it

with pictures. in love pri off pictures of family members or cool messages that i see. cut them out of magazines. it doesn't have to just be cards. >> you put that on a charlie -rown tree. >> it's a tomatohis is your frame for that. just wrapped with garland. >>s that a hula-hoop? >> it's a ring, like what you would find on a yobarrel. can do a hula-hoop. it has the beayf a dream catcher but all of the photographs of your family on there. >> and string lights, we wrap this around the frame. hanging trees and cards a ornaments, whatever you want. at the end of the day, this is s simple, k love to be involved over the holidays. if you display what you cante crith your kids, it means a world of difference. you see how crafty you can be. >> you know what? you need activities with ki

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they are co-founders. this is just sound and vibrations and it soothes and calms you? >> exactly. music has been used for thousandsrsf y as restorative modality. sound meditation is the same tool. we're trying to get you to aat of deep relaxation. >> we have people laying down here. >> i may snuggle with them for u . some of our pages and from our plaza. what are they going to feel here? >> what the sounds are designed to do is cancel out the mind chatter and bring you to peace. not only does our events bring you inner peace but peace in the un community also. >> you're the gong guy. >> that's what they say. >> not like "the gong show," that we remember from the '70s. is there something about these sort -- it's music but there's sounds that illicit a certain piec >> yeah. all of the sounds thacome off

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