this morning on "today's take," cyber mourned. we'll show you the hottest online deals, including a big give-away. then we've got a super soup to warm you right up. and from america's got talent tur grace vanderwaal coming up. welcome to a monday morning, november 28th, 2016. i'm al, along with tamron and good buddy of ours, co-hosting today. fred graham. >> thank you so much.

happy to be here. >> he worked his way to the top fast. >> and does not age. >> i love the title entertainment expert. does that mean when you were like 5 years old you were going around scoring cartoons that you watched? >> were you in my house? always obsessed with music and tv and movies. i was reading "billboard" magazine as a 10-year-old. i knew all the actors nominated. i was a dork. >> to get the fall preview edition of "tv guide." >> for me it was more entertainment weekly. >> one last movie that you had to pick, one -- before the lights go out on this life, what would you watch? >> ooh. i loved "lost in translation." i am a huge bill murray fan. that movie speaks to me.

i can put it on and feel terrific. >> i just learned so much about you just now. >> how was your thanksgiving? >> i had a great thanksgiving. i was up with my family in westchester county in yorktown heights. >> i used to live there. there's my family right there. i feel very lucky that going to my parents' house is something that i look forward to. it just makes me feel very safe and secure. we had 14 people total. >> i love that well orchestrated family photo. my family someone backfliping. >> very symmetrical. very uniform family. >> how was patti labelle's? >> i took the train to philly. i watched you guys on the parade, then went up to philadelphia to visit patti labelle. i brought some pictures. this is me and patti labelle. her dog. super spoiled.

her house near the swimming pool. there were balloons and things just everywhere. then -- that was the setting. you walk in and it is patti labelle's house. but i hadn't seen her yet. she just saunters out like a patti labelle gown thing. then she takes the at her own party and she sings at her own party. >> we all fell in the pool. like goosebumps. i gave her the gift, patti labelle's the most famous cook. what do i take patti labelle for a gift? i had these boots custom made from this french designer. he makes shoes for lenny kravitz and all these rock stars. i took her these thigh-high boots because she had seen them

pair of her own. that's why i'm back at patti labelle's next thanksgiving. as a parting gift she gives you a pie when you leave the house. i was in the car eating the pie. >> because you were in the pie business. >> patty's pie went viral. you worked. >> though it is not work. it is an honor to be part of this holiday tradition. >> yeah. absolutely. >> i mean i grew up watching this. again, as many of i always begged my dad -- >> you were photobombed by spongebob. >> of course my kids have been coming for years. courtney, the oldest, slept in. although she joined us later for dinner. >> lela's hair. is that ombre? >> yes. then we went to dinner at danielle. had a very nice thanksgiving. >> that's a beautiful family.

this old now? >> next year -- next year i will have obviously somebody who's working. i'll have a college freshman and a high school freshman. >> what will you do with all this time? >> oh, bring it! >> you have time for holiday entertainment. >> nick and i went to see "moana" this weekend which was spectacular. >> what's the story line? >> she's a young girl destined to be chief of her environmental catastrophe going on that was caused by maui, voiced by dwayne johnson. she goes on a quest to find him and set things right. >> that is so cute. the movie brought in $81 million over the five-day weekend. >> that's the number two top thanksgiving weekend opening, ever. "frozen," $93 million. it didn't get quite there.

lin-manuel miranda did the music. this is so good that you can actually get into "hamilton." >> the story we were talking earlier, she's obviously in that genre of the disney princess but one that doesn't need a love interest, just goes out -- >> she's doing her own thing. that's the new formula there. there was a study on fact that girls now identify mor princess saving actually the guy or not needing to be saved at all. my nieces who are 7 and 10 are all about this -- it is not a forced down your throat kind of thing. this is a very natural girl and this is what we do. the next big opening, "star wars" rogue one. did you see the trailer? >> tickets are on sale today. hits theaters december 16th.

>> go online, buy your ticket tonight. >> forest whitaker in this thing. there is a new app called atom tickets. you can even preorder your popcorn. >> can you do it now? >> get on it. those are going to sell out. >> is this the official start of the holiday movie season? >> some people say november 1st. some people say thanksgiving week. some people say now. >> what should we be looking for me, right? i love the movie "lion" which is with nicole kidman and dev patel from "slumdog millionaire." it is a powerful story. bring your kleenex. the little boy who anchors the first half of the movie is phenomenal. that's my favorite. but "la la land" comes out in a couple of weeks, a musical with ryan gosling and emma stone. the two of them can sing and can dance. >> ryan sings, too?

>> he started out in the mickey mouse club singing and dancing. this is kind of back to his roots, in a way. i would call this front-runner to win best picture oscar. the other movie is "fences." this is the movie adaptation of another play. viola davis and denzel washington. give her viola davis the best supporting >> i saw denzel's performance on broadway. just unbelievable. >> both of them are incredible. denzel directed it, too, by the way. >> my list is very unusual, i think. i saw "nocturnal animals." it is super dark. it's emotional roller coaster. it is all kinds of levels of not holiday but it is so amazing. it's -- my heart was pounding.

it is an all-star cast. but how you temper this -- every night leading up to christmas i watch "love actually." it's been a ritual. i put it in. i'll pause it. i don't watch the whole film. i just watch it in increments. >> never seen it. >> i can't live like this. >> best christmas movie ever! >> you have to go a long way to top >> i don't think so. but i will watch it. >> your family -- like the opening scene of "love actually," you are at the airport and it reminds you of that moment when you are greeting a loved one. >> we didn't fly. up next, just like the movie, all roads lead to forrest gump? i don't even know what that means. and you never know what you're going to get when tom hanks recreates his famous scene. we'll show you what happens with

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back now with more of "today's take." commercial break learned al roker actually has seen "love actually." >> i actually have. >> and what happened? >> it's okay. >> you did say you may have been in a bad mood. >> maybe i was in a bad mood. >> give it a second chance. >> i've got other movies to watch. >> what's does tom hanks say?

he is unbelievable. tom was on the show. he gets amazing stars and tom hanks was on and proves that he is all that and a box of chocolates. check it out. >> could you do the line from forrest gump where he suddenly discovers how much he likes running? >> i would be happy to do it but you must show the lady with the cue card because people will think that i've actually memorized this. show the lady with the cue card. cut over to her. she? >> there she is. she's there. if i told you, but i could run like the wind blows. from that day on if i was going somewhere, i was running! >> no better. >> he talked about how rita wilson loves his forrest gump tush. >> yes. >> because tom was in terrific shape, not that he's not now but he worked out for this role.

>> he didn't have it memorized because he did have the rap from "big" memorized. he did with it with a fan. he often gives speeches in hollywood and never has notes. very impressive guy. >> that's an interesting factoid about him, too, never has notes. >> we were in britain and staying in britain, with this -- >> this is so strange. >> kellogg's official facebook in the uk and ireland creating a brunch controversy. the recipe suggesting -- >> read it. >> avocado stuffed with feta cheese -- >> and cornflakes. >> obviously a blatant attempt -- >> zach our stage manager -- >> we're actually trying this right now? >> first of all, may i say their corn flakes look different. >> they look the same to me. >> well, okay. this is the big breakfast. first of all here's the first thing. it's dry. it's dry off the top. you can't even cornflakes by the mass with no milk or something. >> i don't think so.

absolutely horrible. >> the problem is nothing really has a great flavor -- like avocado doesn't have a strong flavor. >> feta cheese is like you left cottage cheese out. it's dry. >> it falls apart. >> this is so british. in america we'd have cheese on it. >> avocado toast, little slice of avocado, some garlic. >> and they're so well-known for their food in england, it's surprising. >> that's right. maybe idea if they have food like this. anyway -- >> weather. >> see what we got going on. as you can see, we've got some strong storms today going to be firing up. snow back through the plains. we've got strong storms from chicago all the way down the gulf coast where we have an enhanced risk of strong storms in the lower gulf. staying chilly out west with temperatures anywhere from 250 to 30 degrees below average. warmer than average here in the northeast and gulf coast states. we look for the strong storms

weather down through the gulf, mountain snows in the rockies. beautiful up and down the eastern seaboard. >> that's your latest weather. i did not want the day to get away without remembering our dear, dear friend, florence henderson, who passed away on thanksgiving day. course, we all know her from playing carol brady. but in 1959, her connection with this show was formed.

girl." doing the weather, fashion and other light news segments. and then 40 years later she comes back and co-hosts "later today" which was the precursor to this 9:00 show. she just was wonderful. >> hilarious person. >> just a -- such a delight to be around. she was 82 years young. we will miss her so, so very much. >> one of those perks of the one day you are sitting alongside someone you watched. up next, your one-stop shopping for cyber mourned. we started through the online deals. we've done the work for you because we're friends and that's what's friends do. we'll show you the best deals. plus, one retailer's big give-away. what are they giving away? what are they giving away? i hope that's one of the things. if you suffer from a dry mouth, then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. what are they giving away? i hope that's one of the things. but did you know that the lack of saliva

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we know that. it is officially time to wake up from your turkey induced coma and kick your holiday shopping plan into high gear. >> editorial director of "latina" magazine is here with a round-up of the hottest cyber monday deals. >> good morning, robin. you look beautiful. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. it is a big shopping day but 122 million americans will shop online this year making cyber mourned one of the biggest shopping days of the year which is crazy. we have tons of >> the samsung 65-inch hdtv. >> that's right. this is a 4k tv. it is a smart tv. you can stream music and movies. this one usually retails for $2,200. get it today at walmart.com for $999. walmart.com is having half off their samsung -- >> $999? >> $1,000.

>> how about the kindle. >> this is the biggest deal for kindle all year. this is $50. usually retails for 80. also books, up to 85% off their books. >> this del inspiron. >> it is $179. this is amazing if you want one for your kids or an extra has microsoft so this is also great. >> i have one of these in every room in my home. >> this is the newest thing. this is mini but it is mighty. it is a $50 off but it is -- you can play it in different rooms. has remote control. >> i actually gave those out for christmas last year. now we are up for our home. what are we starting with here? >> these are earth shattering

>> if you have someone a handyman, or a diyer, they are available as sears.com. craftsman. everything they need. it is usually $400. today it is $140. that's over $50 off. >> people love these keurigs. >> keurig is having a site-wide deal. and also free shipping. not only coffee but they have hot cocoa and really awesome. it beats their black friday deal. >> really. you can't go wrong. people love this. moving over slowly. slowly to the kid's part of this. what do you have? >> this is the american girl. just right up street. it is the most iconic doll collection ever. really amazing deal these dolls right here. you get the mini one for only

those are great deals. those are such nice gifts. you can give to a friend. this accessory is a little sleeping tent. isn't it super fun? your dolls can camp out. it is only $42 which is over a 50% discount. >> it is normally $85. >> radio flyer's doing different deals every two hours? >> if you go to radioflyer.com, every two hours they are giving deals. at 10:00 you can get some of the most popular wagons up to 50% for those deals. >> one more behind us. >> radio flyer is giving away five of these tesla s cars. these are the kid replicas of the actual teslas which are amazing. you can go forward if you want. this is augie. >> apparently he's out of gas.

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this morning on "today food," all about soups and stews, perfect meals for this time of career. here with a perfect recipe for italian bean you are here. a great winter dish. >> it's so much easier after thanksgiving. before everybody's so busy. just one pot cooking really easy. we have pinto beans, you can use any kind of beans. >> not a lot of -- >> really, really easy. i wish everyone could smell it. it is so fragrant.

minutes or so. just lightly brown. let that go another three or four minutes. soak the beans at least eight hours. >> could you in a pinch used canned? >> it is on the directions. you could take those beans, put them in cold water, bring them to a boil for two minutes and then let them sit for an hour and it is the same. >> oh. really? >> i learned that from reading the box. >> >> you got your soaked beans. >> i have chicken stock. chicken stock. >> you could use vegetable stock? >> absolutely. there's pancetta inside there as well. or turkey bacon. we let that cook for about 45 minutes or so. we take off about one-quarter of

take out as much rosemary as we can. dice up the pancetta. i'm not going to do this since i like your dress. we just buzz this until it is pureed. you could strain it if you want. you don't have to. then you could put those beans directly back inside. this is what you end up with. >> you drizzle a little olive oil. >> this is amazing. >> a little no cream. >> and a good, crusty bread. i will add some extra virgin olive oil on there. this is to erase the memory of that avocado cornflakes thing. so thank you for that. >> you could double this. would it freeze well? >> very well. this is a great thing to freeze.

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a mesmerizing voice, a mean ukulele. grace vanderwaal, recently crowned champion of "america's got talent" has a great tune called "i don't know my name" which earned her comparisons to taylor swift. >> amazing. now the 12-year-old is about to release her debut ep which is called "perfectly imperfect." and it is out this friday. are on the heels of 13. your birthday is coming up in january. you still feel like a teenager? how are you handling it all? >> honestly, i never went into the seventh grade. i am now home schooled. and like i'm stuck in sixth grade like i can't get it out of my mind. you know? you know when like you have like i have a birthday, you are like oh, hi, i'm 9 -- 10.

myself. i'm a sixth grader. i'm really stuck into it. i can't get into like seventh grade. >> you've got time. >> we're glad you're are which is right here. what are you going to play for us? >> "i don't know my name." ? i don't ? i don't play by the rules of the game so you say i'm just trying just trying ? ? so i heard you are my sister's friend you get along quite nicely ?

changed myself completely ? i don't know my name i don't play by the rules of the game ? so you say i'm just trying just trying ? i went from bland and popular to i made the closest friends i ever have in my lifetime ? i am lost trying to get found ? in an ocean of people please don't ask me any questions there will be a valid answer i'll just

that i don't know my name i don't play by the rules of the game ? so you say i'm just trying just trying ? i now know my name snits i don't play by the rules of the game ? i'm trying ? to find my way ?? >> woo! >> grace vanderwaal. that was wonderful! >> wonderful. >> your lovely mom is right over there. tina. >> i said come on over, mom.

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>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and a fun day monday to you, everybody. november cyber mop. hope you had a really fabulous and blessed thanksgiving with your friends and family. it is all about shopping, it seems to me today. >> so was friday. so was saturday. when saturday was small town -- small business saturday. you're right. what the heck is tomorrow?

>> cyber monday is going to be cyber tuesday and cyber wednesday. >> thank you. look who's with us today in our kitchen! >> he's got an eggplant or something. >> now he's shining up his eggplant. there used to be a word for that. >> all right, marcus. off today's buzz. we teamed up with "people" magazine for our second annual beauty awards. we'll show you today the best hair products from the drugstore. very important. >> why are we showing makeup right now? >> it is all the best-of. this week five chefs are cooking up a dish they say that they would make if i came to their house for dinner.

wine and food festival, always wonderful fun in greenwich. these fantastic were there for it. i just hosted -- moderated a panel with all of them. i asked every one of them -- we know what you do at your restaurants. it is all fantastic and when you make on the "today" show. but if you were invited just personally to come to your house, what would you make for me to represent who you are and what your home is and everybody had such a answer that i said, you guys, let's do that one week. so we put it together. we've got everybody coming all this week. marcus is heading it out. >> i am. i'm super excited. i'm going to do a cocktail, then a little fish. >> darling picture of you and your wife and your little boy in "people" magazine. >> how cute. >> super great thanksgiving for me and my wife. >> awesome. he's so beautiful. what's his name? >> zion.

>>. are you already broke after black friday? i'm not. >> i didn't. >> no, no, i didn't. we'll show you how to make some extra money for all your gift shopping without leave your house. and our favorite things are later. >> oh, my gosh. you had tons of family and fun stuff. we had family and friends from michigan and florida that came to stay i don't like to play games. any kind of games. we just played games. we had such a good time and it was a nice mix of our traditions with theirs. they have everything on thanksgiving. they have the thanksgiving turkey but they also have a ham and a tenderloin. >> they like it do it big. >> very midwest. do it all! so we did it all. of course cotes and cass were home. that's all i care about. i might as well say my favorite thing right now.

weekend. harvey weinstein has been a friend of mine for many, many years and he's always been good to me. good to me. i hated "pulp fiction" so i said it on the air to regis. the next day i got a basket this big from harvey. i've never met him before saying, i'm so sorry you hated "pulp fiction." so did my mother. he said but here are some things that she loved and i hope you will, too. so classy. we've been friends for a long time. he sends me occasionally ones he thinks i'll be moved by. th i right now but is going to go full, full nationwide next week. it's "lion." with dev patel, nicole kidman and rooney mara. it is simply stunning and you'll sob your eyes out. it is so moving. that's all i'll tell you about it. >> love it! you know what else? went to see "allied" yesterday. cody had seen it before, he's my guy. he said, mom, i think you would really like it.

erica. last night, if you've never seen mel gibson's movie "patriot," it was an unbelievable one. years ago. but does it stand out. >> you had like movie palooza. >> and cody got me hooked on "the crown." i've never binge watched anything. i was bleary-eyed. it is all about queen elizabeth and prince philip. i kept saying how much of this is based on truth. wow! the crown. highly, highly, recommend. >> is it on pbo? >> netflix. i think every episode costs like $7 million. you cannot believe the attention to detail. >> on netflix? i'm going to watch that. >> tell about the little show you put on. >> i had my nieces and my mom and my brother and his wife and everybody at my house. we did all the things. it reminds me of how much i love new york when your family's

rockettes. this was just in the hall at 30 rock. tom brokaw and lester holt. random sighting. tom's daughter sara was there and their son. we were at the thanksgiving day parade. the kids kept screaming can you see me, san today? last year santa looked the other way. it was very depressing. this year he yelled and screamed and looked. there's joel. we ended up doing so many things that you do in new york. we had a great thanksgiving meal. >> you've got more room now in your apartment. >> you know what i bought two extra chairs and shoved them in. how about that! >> you're a mathematical genius. >> i couldn't believe -- how awesome it was. >> how about you get a table with a leaf? >> but i never have people over. that's the most people that i'll ever have in my case. >> unless you have a table that expanded. >> maybe. my nieces every morning when we woke up, we would raise the shades and we would all say, good morning, new york.

be the curtain and we were going to do a broadway show. so i got my guitar out. horrible. and we sang and we did this -- they go -- ella kept saying, can anybody see us? i said look at all these windows. some freak is watching us right now. >> wonderful. >> we had such a great time with the whole group. there's -- we went and saw "wicked." we did -- the rockettes -- >> you're the best aunt in the world. >> we went to the park. by the way, the rke you haven't been, please go. look at my video. i just took this. >> which is illegal. >> it is? >> yes. >> well, watch it anyway. >> they do this every year and it never gets old. >> then it went all crazy. >> i love it. it never gets old. you might have seen it 100 times. my niece, i took her ever, every year. my kids, too. then all of a sudden -- they've

do it anymore. then they start having kids. lease let that be before i die. >> every time you go, it is different. yeah, you're going to have grandchildren. by the way, congratulations are in order for kathie lee gifford. >> why? >> how many followers do you have on twitter right now? >> i guess -- a million. thank you, everybody. >> where is the confetti! >> what does that mean? >> it means lots of people are paying attention to your tweets! be careful. >> my friend just tweeted me, i'm so proud of you -- you did it without one nude picture. i would have lost followers if i'd have done a nude picture. we need a great story today. tell this one, hoda woman. >> we need to give a shout out to this guy in illinois, a guy named jim ford. he's been a repo man for more than 20 years. his job is to repossess cars. okay? so he had to repossess one day a 1998 buick. the owners were 82-year-old

70-year-old wife, patty. jim found out this couple was sinking deeper into debt and that was because they had to pay so much for their medications. they only had $30 left until their next social security check. but the kiplings understood that jim had to do a job so he took the car. there they were without their car. so it really bugged jim. a lot. >> i bet he sees everything, too, in his line of work. you know? >> he's probably seen the best and the worst. he decided, you guys, to start a go fund me page. he wanted off that car. not only did they raise that $3,500, they received $17,000 in donations from more than 400 people. here's what jim did. jim repaired and detailed the buick, he delivered the cash and a thanksgiving turkey to the kiplings. stan said it was like hitting the lottery and patty says there are very good people out there. >> there are. there are. >> there are beautiful, wonderful people.

god bless jim. i couldn't do that job. i couldn't take someone's things. i'd go broke. >> just keep it. we lost a good friend. i've known her many, many years. she was one of the first people you meet when you went out to hollywood. florence was everywhere. florence henderson passed away on thanksgiving day. she was still like pinch me, i and be with wonderful people. she was a half-full type person. >> she did everything you could imagine in show biz, including anchoring a whole hour. she did so many wonderful things. most people i remember her from "the brady bunch" and how you really did learn life lessons. it was just so funny you learned about things. your family -- >> you wanted her to be your

ever to host the "tonight show" when johnny carson took off one time. >> congratulations. just so you know here, just three days before her death, she was in the audience at "dancing." which shows you just how -- >> cheering on marcia. >> she didn't like ill. >> they said it was a fast illness. they thought she would be in and come out and just get over it. and she didn't. >> wow. >> her manager told the "los angeles times" that she had not been ill our love to her family. i'm going to do a quick favorite thing. imanticipate dying to see "lion." can i tell you what it is the time of year for? these are called satsumas. i'm just going to tell you because i want someone to try them. zach, please come forward? >> i'll try it, too. zach has never turned down everything. >> so true. just bite it and please do close-ups on each of their

>> that's the emotional face you give when you eat? when i eat, i show it. but they're sugar sweet. it's that time of the year. it you can get setsumas, they are a type of citrus. it is the delicious. it is the time of the year. >> they're delicious. thank you, sweetheart. something new for "star wars" fans. find out what had tinseltown talking in "today's buzz." and more right after this. p

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>> talk "star wars," shall we? >> yes. the new trailer for "rogue 1" the "star wars" story came out over the weekend. people are flipping out. the first time a stand-alone movie of "star wars," coming out 16th of december. about three weeks away. all new characters with the exception of darth vader who makes an appearance is. i'm excited about the new droid you see in this trailer, and really reminds me of 3 that vibe. >> i was that for halloween once. >> yes, she was. >> people will be lining up for this and people expecting about $130 million opening. >> how would this compare to the last "star wars" movie? >> not the business of the last one that was mammoth and part of the overall main -- >> had harrison and it had carrie. >> but this is going to be huge. >> talk movies. weekend box office. how did things do? >> "moana" came out thanksgiving

loved the music. lin-manuel miranda, a great female character, by the way, not looking for a man or boyfriend. >> saving the world. >> fabulous. >> and it made $81.1 million, if that number holds, the number two thanksgiving opening weekend of all-time behind only "frozen," which made $93 million a few years ago. huge. "fantastic beast" a great weekend made over nows over $150 good, because warren beatty, his first movie in 15 years called "rules don't apply." i really liked. a great old hollywood -- >> what happened? >> people didn't care. made $2 million over the weekend. >> in wide release? >> very disappointing. i felt bad. did an interview with warren and annette, the academy appreciated

not. >> he worked very hard for that there's no rhyme or reason -- you know "star wars" is going to do -- you'd think an interest in seeing -- >> sad. because i want hollywood to make more movies like "rules don't apply" that are differ and new. >> how about "allied"? saw that yesterday? >> i liked that. >> i didn't hear good things about it. my son in the film world said, mom, you're going to like it. >> not a huge blockbuster, looking for an old-fashioned hollywood m w romance and some intrigue, can't go wrong with that. >> maybe because brad has not really been 3r0e6789 promoting it. >> true. >> selena gomez made news? >> decided to take time off, deal with health -- panic attacks, sides of lupus. came back on the amas and did her first instagram post. most followed on instagram in the world, by the way.

and her fans talking about what a rough year it's been and she needed to take time off. i think people are happy to see her back in a good way. >> she handled it so well. you and i talked about this so many times. young kids get into a situation like that. take a break. go back and get in tough with yourself. she's a deeply spiritual girl and you can see he's healing. >> when she made the speech at the amas, i was a fan before, after seeing courage. >> got a great reputation. >> you can go now. you're a sweetheart. come see us again. all right. about to surprise or fan of the week. could be you, but maybe not. >> unlikely. then, never, ever have a bad hair day again. putting the best hair products to the test, coming up, right to the test, coming up, right after anyone with type 2 diabetes to the test, coming up, right after knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could

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machine on. can you do that? >> yes, i can. i would like to. on. >> perfect. you can cook! >> we've got it. >> that's all? >> turning into puree and then add in a little bit of spinach. this is so delicious. we have spinach -- with our beautiful -- puree. >> eggplant puree. >> this could be a hummus dip, use for chicken. use it with fish. >> you're adding the spinach to it? >> absolutely. we're going do that. look at that, you lit s chef. come on, come on! >> okay. >> so mark murphy. >> mark murphy is coming. >> alex. >> and michele mishon. >> and evelyn. >> look how you just flip it like that. >> exactly. it's my job. i'm a chef. i should be able to do that. >> you cook it um like that. >> yes. >> that's chef 101. isn't it? >> boom! and halibut on the bone. >> looks so good! >> if people don't like fish,

we're going to do a little glaze. olive oil and a little bit of sweet soy. garlic and dill. just put that in. >> garlic and dill. >> kind of glaze that on top of the halibut. this is going to caramelize. that's how you get that golden -- see? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> this is the type of food that i grew up with in sweden. very simple, on the bone, boom. just kind of cook it, with a little bit of butter. >> both sides, do you? >> yeah. normally start with some olive oil and add in the butter and baste it. >> can i glaze that come on. >> how many on each side, sweetie? >> i would say two teaspoons. >> how long do you cook it? >> four minutes each side. >> four minutes. >> because we cook it on the bone, right? it's going, the fish is going to stay juicier and -- taste. >> oh, my gosh. falls right off the fork. >> come on. >> get outta town! >> not you, marcus. >> got to get involved. >> and -- >> yes! >> wait, wait. >> wait a minute! >> wait a minute.

>> how good is this? >> there you go. and then you have the eggplant underneath. right? >> it's crazy good. >> hold on. >> healthy! >> a perfect dish and not that complicated. >> you're going to have it -- >> oh -- >> in my restaurant. marcus, in national harbor, opening at mgm. >> marcus, delicious! this is truly delicious. to get these recipes go to today.com/food. need extra cash for the long list of presents? >> gift of more money without

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share tips with you. >> hi. >> people love it when you come on, concrete advice. >> exactly. i've done it all myself. these are all things to do to make money now. >> do it! >> make thez bucks. >> first one is a phone. >> cell phone. >> weird. >> what you want to do, take surveys at home on your couch while you're drinking wine or watching tv or whatever you're doing at night. a swagbox.com is great website, app to go to. take surv online doing cyber monday shopping. >> they want your feedback? >> you get points. trade them in for gift cards. >> cash, turns out to be buying power. >> right. getting out of debt a few years ago, only way, got $550 to spend for christmas that year. >> a blessing. >> inboxdollars.com. >> great. >> wonderful's. >> wow.

>> a neck tie. >> okay. >> this is mystery shopping. okay? you can be a mystery shopper this time of year and make money right now. so there's a great app called the field agent app. say you go a home improvement store, get a notificati, there's a shop to be had through the app. go take ten pictures of this display and make $4. >> wait. they tell you where to go? you take pictures? >> tell you where to go, what to do, take pictures. also search. on my website i have a websites to go to that are legit ways to do mystery shopping to make money right now. right this minute. it's fun, too. >> oops! >> the ladies fell over. they were fighting before we came out. >> veronica? >> this is becoming a toy tester. >> yes. >> lots of companies want your opinion for toys. she wasn't staying up earlier

toy testers, step 2, mega blocks, playskool and test their toys. get free toys and give your opinion. >> you get the toy to keep? >> toy to keep, yes. >> they want your kids to test them? >> kids to test them. test them and package them back up and -- >> wow! pretty good. >> yeah. >> and -- >> gift cards. do you have any, like, little gift cards laying around? >> yes. >> that you don't use. >> what do you do with them? >> laying around. those you don't want to use, store you don't like, trade them in for cash at websites like giftcardgranny, and raise.com, trade them in for money and use that cash to buy chris mitt presents. >> expired? >> if they're expired -- >> no. >> expired gift cards? >> a way of -- >> we can do it. >> catalogs. sign up for catalogs.

purchases. get free stuff all the time. sign up for the catalogs. easily find them -- >> what is under here? >> oh! drugs. good. >> this one. okay, so, a lot of stores give you gift cards if you switch your prescription from store to store. you want to switch prescriptions you good get a $20 gift card. they want your business. you switch your stuff, get free money just for that. >> wow! >> last, not least, become a -- >> become an amazon reviewer. this is a baggy stand, as an example. amazon buying program. >> not a secret any more. >> it's not. invite-only program. if you give a lot of -- buy a lot of things at amazon and write those reviews they invite you to be a part of this program and give you free stuff all the time. >> test out their things? >> exactly. >> fantastic! >> all great things. way to go. >> thank you. what is hiding behind the curtain this year? >> we're kicking off a special

kid favorite, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> what is it?

how excited are we? kicking off our 23rd annual toy drive, spreading holiday cheer and giving to kids across the country. collected 2.5 million toys for kids this year. >> just started! over the past two decades we've dollars worth of gifts and today we are giving a generous donation from -- drum roll, please -- >> all: hashtoy trucks! >> general manager, how are you? you're back. >> i'm back. >> so glad. this is a brig treat for everybody every year. >> yeah. a holty tradition over 50 years and giving back is part of that tradition and something we've gn doing for decades. >> always the hess family way

very generous people. >> yes, thank you. donate thousands of trucks every year. happy to do it again this year. >> this guy saddle new. isn't he? >> two for the price of one. >> yes. s-toy truck and dragster. lights and sounds and really when you pull it back, let it go. >> showed you us the other day on the air, yes. >> how many are you giving? >> 5,000 this year. >> fantastic. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> enjoy. fun to see kids play. >> with old-fashioned toys. >> thanks so much. >> thank youai celebrity elves collecting toys in the plaza. come down in person or donate on amazon.com/ed it, details go to our website, hodaandkathielee.com. and tomorrow, lauren graham and kelly bishop.

next on live at noon-- active shooter. classes cancelled at the ohio state university after a violent encounter. the terrifying message students received as officials put the campus on lock-down. then - rules for the recount. elections officials met this morning in madison. how they plan to re-tally nearly 3- million to happen tomorrow before anyone starts counting. and cold rain. not a real pretty monday. meteorologist brian gotter tells us when the wet weather moves out... and the nicest day this week... if you still have to put up some holiday decorations. i'm vince

now at noon -- university on alert-- at least eight people taken to the hospital following a shooting on the ohio state campus. one suspect is reported to be dead. a shelter in place order has been lifted and classes at o-s-u cancelled.an alert was issued for an active shooter on campus shortly before 10 a-m local time. the alert said