meaning they could not give supervisor ferrell a gift. existing gift rules prohibit restrictive sources for giving gifts, restricted sources are those who are either doing business with the officials department or who have sought to influence the official in the last 12 months. so, obviously if you are lobbying somebody and reported that lobbying contact, you [inaudible]. not to say that this would have been unlawful for supervisor ferrell to solicit these. this is part of the point of this project. there is a loophole here in the law and that is what we're hoping to demonstrate with this review. so, we reviewed documents from april 2015 to june 2018 because those are dates when we have electronic data for behested payment filings and, in that period alone, about three years, we found four instances where supervisor ferrell asked entities or individuals to make behested payments who are lobbying him. and those instances are detailed in the report and we'll go through each of them right now. but you can see who they were and what the dates

will ferrell stars as elf. good family fun with will ferrell as a tender, lovable, comic best. there's great performances in this filament. just saw james con who plays his unlovable dad. also bob newhart. the movie is set in new york city. will ferrell, a life sized elf trying to fit in and find his place in the world. it's a holiday tradition in my house to watch. from today, elf is streaming on amc classic. friends, listen, we're home. enjoy great movies. i'm always going to get a plug for my restaurants. support your local restaurants if you can. as i toss it back, i want to let you know there's more movie picks. the holidays are here in your home. what is your favorite holiday movie? santa, i know him. elf is on my list. it's a long list. the preacher's wife, a christmas story, charlie brown of course. yeah. rudolph too. it's a long list. this is the time like you said to be at home on the couch to watch movies and having a good time with family. >> love it. >> lynn, have a great one. i may see you back here in a week on christmas day. we'll see. have a good one. take care

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meaning they could not give supervisor ferrell a gift. existing gift rules prohibit restrictive sources for giving gifts, restricted sources are those who are either doing business with the officials department or who have sought to influence the official in the last 12 months. so, obviously if you are lobbying somebody and reported that lobbying contact, you [inaudible]. not to say that this would have been unlawful for supervisor ferrell to solicit these. this is part of the point of this project. there is a loophole here in the law and that is what we're hoping to demonstrate with this review. so, we reviewed documents from april 2015 to june 2018 because those are dates when we have electronic data for behested payment filings and, in that period alone, about three years, we found four instances where supervisor ferrell asked entities or individuals to make behested payments who are lobbying him. and those instances are detailed in the report and we'll go through each of them right now. but you can see who they were and what the dates

meaning they could not give supervisor ferrell a gift. existing gift rules prohibit restrictive sources for giving gifts, restricted sources are those who are either doing business with the officials department or who have sought to influence the official in the last 12 months. so, obviously if you are lobbying somebody and reported that lobbying contact, you [inaudible]. not to say that this would have been unlawful for supervisor ferrell to solicit these. this is part of the point of this project. there is a loophole here in the law and that is what we're hoping to demonstrate with this review. so, we reviewed documents from april 2015 to june 2018 because those are dates when we have electronic data for behested payment filings and, in that period alone, about three years, we found four instances where supervisor ferrell asked entities or individuals to make behested payments who are lobbying him. and those instances are detailed in the report and we'll go through each of them right now. but you can see who they were and what the dates

enjoy watching and listening to visitors as much as visitors like looking at them, so watching will ferrell are into the start of december and meteorological winter and it will feel very wintry for the rest of this week. we will see change behind this front, artic air will spread and some showers which will turn increasingly wintry over northern hills through the course of today. windy for much of scotland and northern ireland with gales in the far northwest and a lot of showers, western scotland particularly, where some will be heavy with hail mixed in and increasing snow to the hills. the cold front sinking to the southeast will confine to the southeast, the cloudy with rain but the skies will brighten up later on in a cold air and temperatures in the single digits. heading to wednesday night, showery for snow on the hills in the north and we start to see it with the front being more with the front bringing more organised rain in the parts of england and wales in the night, so here because of the wind, cloud and rain, not as cold as it was further north and snow showers and clear spells.

henning also saying exact song will ferrell. here's the unfortunate part. his whole family. now raul has grandkids as well just in time for the holidays. thank you, doug, for sharing that story with us. i love that. yeah. jingle, jingle. kelly the elf. >>> and now if you are looking -- no. if you are no longer dreaming of a white christmas, the christmas farm in new jersey has just what you need. purple, silver, pink, you name it. they'll do it. the owner spray paints these beauties with a fire-proof latex paint especially made for christmas trees. who knew? he tested the paint at the beginning of the season. so many people stopped to take pictures, and he knew he was onto something special. a new tradition was born. his green trees cost $8 a foot. he adds on $3 per foot for any painted tree. john tells us he just got requests for orange and lime green to be added to the offerings, george. let ali know. >> to each his own. >> john can do it. >> that's true. >> thank you. thank you. >>> and finally, guys, i really want to share this with you on this christma

spread christmas cheer ♪ ♪ is singing loud for all to hear ♪ and donating to the elf reunion with will ferrells and take the senate from mitch mcconnell's cold hands. >> laura,, this is tragic to watch. we have no common ground left in america. we don't have it in sports. we don't have it in music. now we can't even enjoy old beloved films because the actors decided to politicize those. i call this disunion reunions. because the actors are hurting themselves. because they are separating the audience from the performances we have all gron attached to, movies we watch arounde the year. i guess they are urging the audience. because they disagree or might disagree with the sacker over his poll -- actor over the politics to tune him out. that is what the political reunions accomplish. they separate the performer from the audience. i think it's a horrible idea. >> laura: thank god dr. seuss isn't alive. otherwise lord knows what characters would show up. there is one upcoming reunion. cultural reunion you do like, i understand. >> well, i like it because it's free of politics. it should be the model

one of the biggest is how to deal with the push by republican senators to pear back the ferrell reserves lending authority. republicans are concerned about continuing with this emergency lending program, believe that it -- under the existing statue it was meant to be wound down and arguing that if it were to continue into the biden administration, it could be used as a slush fund. that's how democrats see it. they see sit necessary to respond to the economic crisis. they're going back and forth over that lauj. pat toomey, the chief sponsor of the language is having discussions with the senate and the bhort leader, democrat chuck schumer will see if they can solve that. if they can come to an agreement on that potentially other pieces could fall into place. this proposal is huge. $900 billion, including direct payments for individuals for $600. it would have $300 a week in jobless benefits. people are seeing those expire in a matter of days. more than $300 billion going to small businessings n, school money and the like. so much is riding on this now but it's time for lawmakers to decide

>> produced by alex and katherine marks, written by mark ferrell.a meditation record right now. >> jimmy: are you really? >> i can contribute something that helps. >> jimmy: what does that mean, a meditation record? you say nothing for 45 minutes? [ laughter ] >> yes, which is very relieving for me. shut it! yes, it's not 45 minutes. it's a really long one. for me i thought, what can i give or serve or support people in doing that is going to help us calm down during pandemic time? meditation record. >> jimmy: meditation record. >> that's almost finished. >> jimmy: wow, interesting. all right. >> i'm going to do a guided one too, where i do a little walk-through. if it's about sleep, insomnia, depression, anxiety, addiction, whatever it is, there's going to be a guided meditation for those who don't really want to do meditation. some people, if you leave us alone with sea lens, all the voices get louder. guided meditation helps. >> jimmy: you've come a long way from terrorizes ex-boyfriends to helping us meditate [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> it's my

our thanks to will ferrell. and santa.se. i'm at the studio. i do not have this on tv. and i -- >> stephen: it's an antique. it's an antique. >> yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ the late late show, oh, oh the late late show, ooh ♪ the late late show, oh, oh the late late show

henning was dressed as buddy the elf when greeting his father at the airport, singing the song will ferrell'ss biological dad in that film. henning said his father probably thought he was a lunatic, since he hadn't seen the movie but still said that the meeting went very well. that is adorable and we wish both of you all of the happiness that that jumping up and down elf seems to be demonstrating. very sweet. >>> still ahead here, we're going to get a live report from nbc's richard engel as the uk begins vaccinating its citizens against the coronavirus. "way too early" is coming right back. ronavirus. "way too early" is coming right back some people have joint pain, plus have high blood pressure. they may not be able to take just anything for pain. that's why doctors recommend tylenol®. it won't raise blood pressure the way that advil® aleve or motrin® sometimes can. for trusted relief, trust tylenol®. what?! ♪ whatever you have at home, knorr sides can turn nutritious veggies into mouthwatering meals. ♪ veggies taste amazing with knorr. secret stops sweat 3x more ♪yo yo yo yo yo yo start you

will ferrell and zoey desch nell reunited for a table read of the holiday classic. ♪ really can't stays the rest of us, had a little bit of trouble syncing up their songs on zoom. it's rough. i don't know. my family's tried it and we failed. this event was billed "elf for georgia," raising money for the georgia democratic party ahead of next month's senate runoff election, supporting democratic candidates jon ossoff and reverend raphael warnock. the event came away with $400,000 in donations by the end of the night. >>> and in keeping with the way that we have to do holiday cheer this year, santa claus made a special visit to one texas children's hospital in pretty unique fashion on friday. look at this. keeping his visit socially distanced, old st. nick and his elves traded in their reindeer for ropes and rappelled down the side of methodist children's hospital to greet patients. the daredevil santa and his helpers waved to patients sitting in front of the hospital bows as they scaled down and across the building's structure. the hospital teamed up with winco of south texas, a window

it's something and i think donald trump and his own ferrel way figured out.try is divided, picture polarized, if you do a ton of stuff. if you try and fail, if you're bold and ambitious and remake the government and improve people's lives and do everything you possibly can, even if slightly half the country doesn't like it, slightly half the country will be with you and maybe you face no punishment politically whatsoever. maybe the fact of polarization means instead of being careful and small and compromised in the middle, maybe the fact of polarization means you just do what you think is best and let the chips fall where they may. the case for a biden blitz ahead. a biden blitz ahead. did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liquid formula coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. while the leading competitor does nothing to kill the bacteria, pepto® diarrhea gets to the source, killing the b

. >>> and trending this morning for all of you cotton-headed -- >> will ferrell got back into character from "elf." take a look. ♪ >> anytime you have a 6'4" man in an elf suit it's funny. they got together virtually to re-enact scenes from the movie. they did it for the georgia run-off election and benefiting the candidates. take a listen to this. ♪ really can't stay it's cold outside ♪ >> the group raised more than $400,000 during the fund-raiser. >>> moments that are so 2020. take a look at this. it shows people sliding on their feet struggling to walk downhill and uphill due to glazed ice covering the streets in ukraine's capital. the icy roads caused over 100 car accidents. over 400 sweepers were deployed to remove the ice. this looks like a mess. >> looks like a typical winter on the east coast in some places. >> it does. that can be dangerous. it's funny -- >> funny but it's all fun until someone breaks a hip. >> from california to the bay area i'm sitting here going glazed streets, is that krispy kreme, a new thing? >> if only. >> okay, kari, we are getting to rain but the tempe

. >> you know the other guy who is always in will ferrell movies, sorry, i apologize the only reason we bring this up is not to scare people, just to sort of educate people and say it's great w50er not -- we're not saying it's bad that people open these accounts and got into the stock market just be aware of what you're doing please don't at me or do the boomer thing but i think nine out of ten people again think palantear is a lord of the ring reference instead of a data company headquartersed out of california and does extraordinary things with the government and other contracts. that's problematic when things going up there's a sense of knowing what you're doing prior to getting in. a little knowledge goes a long way in my opinion. >> one top strategic comparing to another your of -- euphoric time on wall street, 2000, great to have you with us. you heard the traders making the same parallels but you say this time is different, really? >> yeah my word of the year is summary of all of theirs and i would say it's retail. okay there's no question about the fact that the retail invest

>> kenny, he even did the song that ferrell sang in the movie.>> he hadn't seen "elf" but he gave his son a big hug. you have to think, my son has an interesting sense of humor. there's something very sweet about this to me even though it's a little jarring. it's very sweet. >> i can only imagine being the father. >> meeting -- >> so they had been talking on zoom so they had some idea what the other one looked like. communicating on zoom. to see each other face to face that's how you decide to do it. he was adopted by amazing parents he said but he always wanted to know his father, who his real father was. after he met his dad he said his father gained a son and became a grandfather. he is the first of his father's children to become a parent. story that's just beginning there. >> happy ending. >> nice. >>> one nashville couple is harnessing the generosity of their massive social media following to leave huge tips for strangers. videographer lexie burke and austin burke captured the moment they surprised people with tips of at least $500. the cou

todd: will ferrell was born and raised up in the north pole. it will hilaria is from boston.elve into the details of the story it's fascinating. only it more fascinating. only claim to spanish heritage is her family having a vacation home in spain. she was born to american parents from the northeast from boston and her family lineage as researched by many now falling down the rabbit hole goes back to america to it founding. what her claim is to spanish heritage is an absolute mystery. taken on, griff, the transportation of spanish culture. she has put on an accent. dropped the h from her name. changed her name from hillary to hilaria. give you an example of what i can what i'm talking about. this is fascinating. this is from "the today show" in 2015. reminder, born and raised in boston, native english speaker and i give you this from 2015. are. >>y will we have tomatoes, we have many cucumber? >> how do you say cucumber, griff? >> listen, i have been to spain and to my knowledge, i didn't see any heritage plaque to hilaria i would be spending the remaining days with hilaria b