we want to hear hoda and jenna. >> starting right. ready?a around there. this is where palestinian supporters began gathering a short time ago with plans to march across the golden gate bridge, and we do not believe this will include stopping traffic. here's a live look at the bridge from near the toll plaza. you can see the traffic moving up smoothly along there, of course dealing with some fog there as well. organizers are calling this protest an interfaith walk. it follows the packed meeting last night at san francisco city hall. that's where supervisors introduced a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the middle east. supervisors did not vote on that resolution last night. >>> a look at that forecast for us. we saw pictures of the golden gate bridge, certainly a foggy start to the day. >> yeah, we're getting clouds ahead of some rain. that will continue to move closer to the north bay in the next couple of hours. by noon we're seeing the north bay covered by showers and light rain moving into the rest of the bay area for early afterno

hoda >> yeah, ryan.ople in congress are vowing to go even further in taking action against some of these colleges >> reporter: yeah, that's right. some republican leaders said these colleges that don't address anti-semitism on their campuses should lose federal funding or even tax exempt status even wealthy donors about to close their college books for the same reason over alleged incidents of anti-semitism and islamophobia last month. hoda >> ryan nobles for us in d.c. ryan, thank you. >>> we turn to politics with the first contest over a month away in iowa. republicans are gearing up for their next debate, but minus donald trump, the overwhelming front runner once again. in the meantime, there's new fall out from former congresswoman liz cheney, a stark warning, happening right here on "today" about the threat of a potential second trump term in her view. nbc senior washington correspondent hallie jackson with the latest. good morning >> good morning. it is set to be the smallest debate stage yet tomor

. >>> and holiday heroes hoda shines a light on a very special school focused on putting othering first. >> what do your shirts say >> and treating the kids there to an unforgettable christmas surprise. >> three, two, one >> today, wednesday, december 13th, 2023. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody welcome to "today. glad to have you with us on a wednesday morning. that was your happy place. >> i have never been happier and their sweatshirts say be the change they're in queens, and i cannot wait to show you this story. >>> tributes pouring in for andre braugher he suddenly passed away after a brief illness, and we will have details and a look back at his life and career a bit later. >>> we start with the latest developments out of the middle east and the comments from president biden over what he calls indiscriminate bombing in gaza. >> it comes amid one of the deadliest days for israeli troops since the war began at least nine soldiers killed during one incident. our chief foreign correspondent, r

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holiday hitmakers hoda and jenna. >> it's an earworm, for sure. >> the only thing is, i think they could have turned your mics up a little louder >> i don't think so. >> did you hear me saying, louder >> we were trying hard to keep it quiet >> it was cute >>> we'll start this half hour with a legal dispute that could further shake up one of tv's most popular shows >> a company owned by the creator of "yellowstone" suing one of his own cast members for trademark infringement and it's all over coffee. >> chloe melas is here with that story. more drama, but not in the show. >> good morning, savannah. the lawsuit was filed by taylor sheridan's ranch and it comes after a rocky last year for his runaway hit series with star kevin costner exiting the show suggesting that he might go to court over how that departure played out >> i'll do what's best for the ranch. >> reporter: a legal battle percolating between the creator of the hit-show "yellowstone ""and one of its own actors. >> everybody ready >> reporter: it was filed b

hi, peater good morning >> reporter: hoda, good morning. what a difference a year makes last year volodymyr zelenskyy with standing ovations but today he faces a very different situation ahead of his meetings on capitol hill before he heads here to the white house. zelenskyy desperate for new aid for his country is being thrust into a bitter domestic political battle ukrainian presiden ukraine's president, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is today preparing to deliver an urgent plea to president biden and congress the time is running out for the u.s. to approve more aid to bolster ukraine's war effort >> ukrainians haven't given up and won't give up. and we hope just as much to be able to count on you >> reporter: zelenskyy's hastily planned u.s. trip at president biden's invitation comes just days after zelenskyy's top aide warned a delay in more military aid could pose what he called a big risk of ukraine losing the war. president biden is pushing congress to pass a nearly $106 billion package that includes roughly $60 billion for

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. good morning, and welcome to "today," and merry christmas >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> we're all here, and we're so happy when you join us on this special day, christmas morning, here we go. >> we're happy to be sharing it with you we have a fun and festive morning on the way including one of our favorite traditions of the season, cardinal timothy dolan. joining us to share his christmas message. it's inspiring for people of any faith celebrating this day >>> plus, a christmas story you probably haven't heard on an american's experience of a old english holiday that helped popularized many of today's beloved traditions. >> it's christmas. we need music. we need a little food. >> yes >> we've got all those festive things, even recipes from the one and only martha stewart. i hope she's making her eggnog it's famous around here, but a lot coming up on that front. >>> let's get a check of the morning's top stories. garr

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the chief of staff of the israeli military overnight said that operations are now beginning in southern gaza, and from what we could hear they are clearly intensifying. the cheech of staff said they will be just as powerful as they have been until now in northern gaza. israeli is now focusing its military campaign in southern gaza, where many hamas leaders and fighters are believed to have fled. israel has dropped leaflets with maps dividing the gaza strip in into a grid and has been telling palestinians to move from one quadrant to another for their safety. but so far, gazans don't seem to understand the maps, don't have internet connections to read the qr code, or simply aren't listening. they complain they've been corralled into the south and are under attack. the biden administration has urged israel to be more precise. a senior u.s. military official tells nbc news he was taken aback by the ferocity of israel's renewed campaign. it's attacked apartment buildings. the united state

hoda? >> all right, molly hunter for us there in london.y, thank you. >>> also this morning negotiations are unfolding in the middle east to reach a new cease fire in israel's war against hamas and the potential release of more hostages in exchange for it. u.s. officials are taking a larger role in those talks. we're hearing from those families of the three hostages who were accidentally killed by israeli forces. nbc's hallie jackson is in tell avooef for us. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning to you. just this morning, hamas says it fired off another barrage of missiles toward tel aviv here. the first time we heard sirens in this area in more than a week. this is a city that has seen -- put pressure on the israeli government to get to some kind of a cease fire and get those hostages home. but a national security officials from the u.s. is appearing to temper expectations suggesting that a deal does not seem imminent at this point. that's as the defense secretary is in the region emphasizing the israeli need to p

hoda?> molly, thank you. >>> we should mention a new nbc news digital documentary takes a closer look at the kidnapping of noah, one of the first faces of the hostage crisis. you can watch it by scanning the qr code on your screen. >>> well, we turn now to the crisis at the u.s. southern border. it is showing no signs of slowing. waves of migrants arriving daily. now some ports of entry are being shut down so authorities can help with the surge. many, many migrants are waiting to be processed. guad, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. you can see the crowds behind me. we're right next to one of the international bridges here in eagle pass where cvp is using this field behind me as a holding area for this large number of migrants arriving. it could be as many as 2,000 or maybe more. the numbers they have seen at the border are breaking new records. this morning the crisis at the border unrelenting, with thousands arriving daily from california to arizona and texas. on tuesday,

>> thank you, hoda. >> thank you, hoda guys, back over to you guys, so sorry again. >> even better nowbecause it is starting to rain a little bit here now. we are going to see the rain get heavier through the day today. and then on saturday f we take you into the new year's outlook, we will see a couple snow showers up across central and northern new england most of the country looks okay sunny and mild on new year's eve. a few snow showers around the great lakes. the east coast looks nice and sunny. chilly through florida midnight as we ring in 2024, snow showers back across the appalachians and then on new year's day, only 20s and 30s across the midwest chicago, 33. cooler temperatures in the 40s looks nice and sunny down across texas. temps in the 60s you're standing really close to me. >> i felt like holding the umbrella just over my head was really not a good look. >>> good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing the rain moving into the north bay now and will continue to move across the rest of the bay area today and it's also going to become very windy goin

hoda? >> gabe, thank you. >>> also this morning, pressure is mounting on israel for a cease-fire in its war against hamas. those calls growing louder over the weekend after three hostages were accidentally shot and killed by israeli forces. nb's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in the region again for us. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. nbc news can confirm that those cease-fire negotiations have resumed with the directors of the cia, israeli mossad meeting with qatari officials, and anger in israel is growing as new details emerge about the friendly fire deaths of those three israeli hostages on friday. the three israeli hostages in gaza made white flags to warn their own army not to shoot, smearing s.o.s. in old food and writing in hebrew, help, three hostages. the israeli military released the images overnight, saying the hostages were nonetheless mistakenly shot by israeli troops. israel's chief of staff told soldiers the friendly fire could have

>> reporter: hoda, good morning.t was an emotional return for that group of americans landing in san antonio, texas, overnight, after being wrongfully detained in venezuela, according to the u.s biden and pres and as part of the prisoner swap deal struck between president biden and president nicolas maduro, venezuela also agreed to arrest and return leonard frances back to the u.s., who had escaped from house arrest in california to venezuela to avoid jail time over his role in one of the worst bribery scandals in u.s. navy history. now, in exchange, the u.s. released maduro ally alex saab, a colombian businessman himself accused of bribery, money laundering, and profiting from starvation, who was awaiting trial in miami on federal charges. and in a statement, president biden vowed to still remain very focused on securing the release of other wrongfully detained americans around the world >> so, monica, is this a larger effort from the white house to try to improve relations with venezuela? >> reporter: exactly and t

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie live from stud and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody. good morning it's friday. thank you so much for joining us boy, what a night for vegas. >> what is what you call a beatdown the raiders did beat the chargers that score 63-21. >> i know. i was like, is that a basketball score? okay, yeah more on that or the highlights or low lights of that game. >>> christmas now just ten days away, and a lot of people are hoping to get some shopping done, maybe go to some parties this weekend but get this, a major storm will impact some people. >> the storm is now on the move. another forming in the gulf. it is set to cause a rain, wind and flooding event. >> airlines are getting ready for record numbers and they're hoping to avoid a repeat of this year's disaster when a major storm left hundreds of thousands of passenger's stranded. >>> we are looking at the gulf, as you guys mentioned. good morning to you. here is what we expect to see, this storm system develop. it will be developing in

hoda >> all right, miguel thank you so much.ver the new book that has put royal family drama and allegations of racism back into the spotlight. molly, good morning. >> reporter: guys, good morning to you straight back in this spotlight. a dutch version of a new game is called "endgame. in that infamous book, the translator is speaking out. >> this morning the fall-out continues over the new royal book promising salacious details about the royal brothers and their families despite the controversy, last night caden will just getting on with it. after the author "endgame" was yanked off shelves following it included the names of the two members involved in a conversation about her unborn baby's skin color, which she alleged back in 2021 >> about how dark your baby is going to be? >> potentially and what that would mean or look like. >> oh. >> the sussex's never mentioned the names. the author said he didn't either but she had letters. but now the british press widely reported the two people in the book allegedly named king charles

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie he and hoda kotb. and hoda kotb. from studio 1a, in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody good morning welcome to "today. we got there important. look at park city, utah. the snow is already falling this it's friday morning. >> a lot of people making plans over the weekend, and the weather is going to be really important. take a look at park city, utah snow is already falling this morning. it is part of a major system set to bring heavy rain, wind, some snow to some areas tens of millions at risk over the next few days. >> and this is coming with just 16 days until christmas. many are hoping to get shopping done this weekend. it might get complicated as far as the weather is concerned. al, good morning >> good morning, guys. good morning to all of you we have this atmospheric river arriving saturday in the pacific northwest. but the low pressure starts to develop. it is developing over utah dumping snow throughout the rockies. this system moves across the rockies. thunderstorms will be developing over the plains this e

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today." it is 7:00 on the west coast. we hope you had a great holiday. savannah and hoda are enjoying the week off. i'm peter alexander around with laura jarrett. hope you had a good christmas. >> it was all good. good food, good gifts. >> your son got what he wanted? >> as it turns out. >>> we turn to the holiday travel rush with millions of americans expected to fly or drive between now and new year's day. it's been a rough stretch for some with that blizzard causing white-out conditions in the plains. some southwest flyers are facing major delays. dylan is going to have a look at the forecast for the week ahead. we start with morgan chesky. >> the airlines are trying their best to keep up with the holiday rush this go-around hiring extra staff trying to avoid what happened to southwest last year that left 2 million passengers stranded. the good news today, things so far so good thanks in large part to more mild wa

my mother, talaat, is mutsaba, and she is mutsaba, and my younger sister , hoda, is 8 years old, andsister, kant, is dying , jarna, and amna's son is safe, may god have mercy on him. wajar and his brother al-thani stayed in the second room , dead , so much fear, so much fear, so much fear, so much fear. my answer is enough, o hada, praise be to god , and praise be to god , if we were talaat , you were afraid of me . aish, alhamdulillah, we were aishin, mr. reza , according to your name, i saw him in a dream last night, he said that he will be found the next day, your man will come, don't worry, if you need anything, we will tell you, i will prepare it for you, come and succeed. our dear ones in tehran municipality provide bus driving and all facilities because this is a place where the same thing has happened before and we have witnessed it. we were in the presence of the people. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, there is no power , no power, but with god, ali al-azeem , water and sweep the street. water and sweep the street . my heart is coming from the jou

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. israeli prime minister netanyahu says that hamas has murdered 20 of the hostages since the october 7th attacks. d that, but they say they have been killed because of the air strikes by israel, and they tell israel not to attemp hamas denies that, but acknowledges that some of the hostages have been killed. it says by israeli air strikes into gaza. and hamas is warning israel not to attempt any rescue operations saying that no hostage would get out alive, except through a deal israel says hamas' grip on power in gaza is being broken. prime minister netanyahu saying hamas is at the beginning of the end. in northern gaza, israeli forces have raised the flag in the main square to show they conquered gaza city. more than 2.3 million people in gaza have fled south, squeezed into a small strip along the egyptian border and facing a humanitarian collapse a senior un official says half of gazans are now starving 91% of households go to bed hungry, according to the world food program. >> overcr

all of us, talaat, sahiin , so my mother, talaat, mutsaba, and mutsawaba , and my younger sister, hoda, omara, eight years old , and our sister, she was washed away. i was very afraid when i left, alhamdulillah al-hassan , i lived a lot, a lot of fear, you remained under my wrath, enough ice cream , o hada, alhamdulillah, and god bless you, if you were a great aunt, you were a great aunt. haja tala alhamdulillah, he passed away. i mean, praise be to god, he passed away, and praise be to god, he was alive until someone is a soft martyr. i remember one night when he was leading to the house of martyr suleimanian, that pure man, rashid, accompanied by his leader , was accompanied by omid in that seal ring. leader. qasim namdar is now a champion. now qasim is a champion. he has become a champion of all time. one qasim soleimani is enough for not only kerman province but also the nation of iran. this is called a quick and easy purchase. with kalanano plan, you can get credit up to 100 million tomans from pak shuma. long in sarai, iran, last price in sarai iranist, by trying to improve step

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning to you. welcome to "today." thank you so much for joining us on this friday morning as we head into the holiday weekend. savannah and hoda getting a head start on the festivities. >> almost there, yes. >> i'll tell you who else is getting a jump start on the festivities. these folks in cooperstown, new york. they understood the assignment. >> what is happening? >> this is our final main street destination. they have been partying for at least an hour so far. >> it's almost 7:00 a.m. >> that's true. >> we have a long morning ahead. >> much more just a little bit later. but let's start with the travel rush. >>> millions of people eager to make it home for christmas. here's the scene inside reagan national airport. today will be one of the busiest of the entire holiday season, expecting to screen roughly two and a half million passengers. >> as for the roads, this is what it looks like right now on interstate 4 in orlando. aa

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hoda in isfahan starts at 9:30 in the morning here in the islamic revolution square . the speaker of this ceremony is hojjat-ul-islam tawisarkani, the representative of wali faqih in the irgc aerospace force . my colleagues cover this event live. and they prepare news reports about this event and send it to you. but if you allow me, i would like to inform you of one point regarding the noh hadda epic in isfahan in 1988, that the elements of the 1988 sedition leaders had opened a special account in isfahan and hoped to achieve something in this city, but the most difficult thing is the blow and the deadliest blow from the people of isfahan. receiving ashura in 2088, after the violations that took place, the people of isfahan came to the streets not on the 9th of december, but on the 8th of december and gathered the elements related to the capitalist system and showed that they are always in defense of the islamic revolution. are leading thank you very much mr. nasiri. dear mr. kaznia, mr. kaznia, hello journalist, in the name of allah , the most merciful , the most merc

savannah and hoda are still off. you, my friend, had so much fun in new york city this week, you lost your voice. >> i woke up feeling barry white this morning. that's what i get, but i feel just fine so i will barrel through. >> as we said, the countdown is on. we have a live look at the iconic ball in times square. >> a million people expected to fill the streets to watch it drop. now just two days away. we're going to get to those preps, the final outlook and the forecast for the big day in just a moment. >>> but first our top story. maine's democratic secretary of state removing donald trump from the state's primary ballot. the u.s. supreme court now poised one way or another to decide whether the former president remains eligible to return to the white house. nbc's ryan nobles join us with all the very latest on this. ryan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. and the secretary of state in maine said her ruling will be set on pause until the court weighs in. that means, just like in colorado, the form

we are in for savannah and hoda today. and if you had to have a fever, the powerball fever is the one to have during the holiday season. nearly $800 million. >> it's wild. >> no promises. good way to start the new year. >> maybe we should go in on it >>> we have a look at the airports in boston, philadelphia, and hartford, connecticut. >> as you can see, frankly, it's just wet. a storm bringing heavy rain and flood threats to the region, on what's expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> and of course, it could have a serious ripple effect across the country, so we have it all covered for you, beginning with dylan. she's in for al today, tracking that storm for us. dylan, good morning. >> good morning, guys. we had some roads closed around here across long island, where the heavy rain is falling right now. we have some heavy rain that will likely create some delays down across florida. but the heaviest of the rain right now, central and eastern long island, most of connecticut, rhode island, central ma

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