. >>> and the mariah khari classic celebrating 30 years of spreading holiday cheer. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. >>> official reassurances to the public have only for hard answers about unexplained nightly sightings in the skies over new jersey and now several other states. and now dozens of new reports coming in overnight, including some the from high profile figures, while widely presumed to be drones, the mysterious craft have so far displayed no malicious intent. and their presence have seemed to be generating the level of alarm in washington many think is warranted. but that is changing. lawmakers feeling the heat from worried constituents are becoming increasingly vocal in demanding answers about what they were seeing and who is controlling the objects. and now tonight even president-elect trump is weighing in, saying the public has the right to know what's going on. our erin mclaughlin has the latest. >> first drone of the night, just getting home from work. >> reporter: tonight, as the mysterious sightings spread from

at the end of he day mariah carey is wrismous, right? >> why is it a timeless song?artists have covered the saupg, and it's even found its way onto the silver screen. who can forget the movie "love actually," and this beloved scene? the singer now celebrating with a christmastime tour, it's the gift that keeps on giving. never losing its allure. emilie ikeda, nbc news, new york. >>> well, i know what we'll all be singing later on tonight. that's "nightly news" for this friday. thank you for watching, everyone. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. . nbc bay area news tonight. not just the rain. there are other potentially dangerous cditions as we head toward the weekend. vianey is with us with our updated forecast here and in the sierra. also, more fallout

mariah's eternal classic suffering a big drop in listenership.he holly jolly poll is saying. no way. ♪♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis, and are at high risk for fracture, you can do more than just slow bone loss. you can build new bone in 12 months with evenity®. evenity® is proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. she said the evenity® she's taking builds new bone. builds new bone! evenity® can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from a heart problem. tell your doctor if you have had a heart attack or stroke. do not take evenity® if you have low blood calcium or are allergic to it, as serious events have occurred with evenity®. signs include rash, hives, swelling of the face or throat, which may cause difficulty in swallowing or breathing, muscle spasms or cramps, numbness, or tingling. tell your doctor about severe jaw bone problems, as they have been reported with evenity®. report hip, groin, or thigh pain. unusual thigh bone fractures have occurred with evenity®. building bone? we dig it. want stronger bones? a

[laughter] >> mariah carey. let's talk about this.try needs a constructive conversation because the song is everywhere. i'm interested to hear your opinion and i'll give you mine. i have a proposal for regulation but what you think? >> i got in trouble on another program. [laughter] i am sleigh mariah carey, i grew up with it, it is what it is and everybody else tries to come in. kelly clarkson brought lesser but this was big and ironic before kelly clarkson was big literally and figuratively. [laughter] >> so you are saying the kid stays in the picture? >> this is what i think we need to do. i think it needs regulated in terms of the window. we have hunting season, we need like three weeks all i want for christmas is you because it comes on like labor day and it's played outside on calves and everywhere you go for six months, it's overkill but we didn't get rid of it, put that base away. [laughter] >> life-threatening amounts of money but didn't look at me the way you just did. [laughter] like guys who just had names. >> i've been pu

at the end of he day mariah carey is wrismous, right? >> why is it a timeless song?artists have covered the saupg, and it's even found its way onto the silver screen. who can forget the movie "love actually," and this beloved scene? the singer now celebrating with a christmastime tour, it's the gift that keeps on giving. never losing its allure. emilie ikeda, nbc news, new york. >>> well, i know what we'll all be singing later on tonight. that's "nightly news" for this friday. thk you for watching, everyone. i'm lester holt. ♪♪ out of all the reindeer ♪ ♪ you know ♪ ♪ you're the mastermind ♪ ♪ run, run, rudolph ♪ ♪ randolph's not too far ♪ ♪ behind ♪ ♪ run, run, rudolph ♪ ♪ santa's got to make it ♪ ♪ to town ♪ ♪ randolph, he can hurry ♪e can♪ ♪ and away went rudolph ♪ ♪ whizzin' like ♪ ♪ a merry go round ♪ yeah! ♪ said santa to a boy child ♪ ♪ what have you ♪ ♪ been longing for? ♪ ♪ all i want for christmas ♪ ♪ is a rock and roll ♪ ♪ electric guitar ♪ ♪ and then away went rudolph ♪ ♪ whizzin' like ♪ ♪ a shootin' star ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ hey! ♪ run, run, rudolph ♪ ♪ santa's go

it includes a 24-page photo booklet of mariah's famous christmas photos and a mariah carey christmasg gift ideas. >> gio: all right. >> janai: all right. >> gio: we love janai's singing, but do we? do we? >> whit: great harmony with mariah carey. >> janai: thank you. >> gio: the fbi now joining the nationwide manhunt for the suspect behind the assassination of unitedhealthcare's ceo brian thompson. overnight, new york city police finding this backpack, they say, belongs to the suspect and the fbi offering a $50,000 reward. >> janai: also right now, a motion to impeach south korean president yoon suk the move threw his country into chaos. in a televised address yoon apologizing saying he said actions stemmed from the urgency he felt as president but caused anxiety and inconvenience to the public. >> whit: chrysler recalling 300,000 ram pickups because the braking system could fail and affects 2017 and 2018 ram models. owners should return to the dealer for a fix that's free of charge. fiat chrysler says it is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the issue. >> gio: and pri

>> steve: mariah. >> audience: mariah. >> jimmy: no, not mariah. >> the kelces. >> jimmy: not the kelceselces on that list? i'm afraid of the kelces. >> steve: oh, you don't want that. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no. number one, michael buble. >> steve: oh, of course. [ audience oohs ] >> jimmy: number two is us. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] oh, yeah, yeah! >> jimmy: boing! number three, mariah carey. [ cheers ] number four, bing crosby. >> steve: whoa, "white christmas." >> jimmy: number five, charlie brown. >> steve: oh. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: it's a great list to be on. i'm so honored and happy and proud. thanks to everyone who picked up the album. [ cheers and applause ] it's all originals. all comedy. make you laugh, make you happy. guys, be sure to stay here all week long. we've got the stars from the new movie, "wied," coming the show. i got to see it on thursday. it's unbelievable. it's giant. it's a spectacle. it's -- you have to go see it in theaters. and ariana grande and cynthia erivo are fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow, jeff goldblum will be here. >> st

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. >>> well, mariah carey say she may not want a lot for christmas, but she has 30 years of royaltiesr one firm. a law firm has taken it upon themselves to find out how much "all i want for christmas" has made since its debut in 1994. the holiday staple generates $3.4 million a year, or 103 million in total. while there is no figuring how much carey will find under the christmas tree, industry experts all agree it's a lot. we hear ate lot. >> all i want for christmas is a little smidge of mariah carey's pay czech, a tiny piece. >>> party city is set to close all stores after the holidays. >>> and how about a billion dollars in your stocking this ntuetoroonacotga milli jkp coins gw. but then i thought mom's osteoporosis might keep us stuck on the couch. no way. ♪♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis, and are at high risk for fracture, you can do more than just slow bone loss. you can build new bone in 12 months with evenity®. evenity® is proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. she said the evenity® she's taking builds new bone. builds new bone! evenity® can increase ris

how much money has mariah carey made from her hit christm song? all ias and gather with family, but for some, a fight for their health has trumped the holiday. and that's who. south bay firefighters were responding to. today we're talking about children spending their holiday in the hospital. nbc bay area's ian cull was there as first responders entered a different kind of call at south bay hospital. ian, take us through. what happened? yeah, it was a lot of fun. would you tell this is the second straight year that santa clara county firefighters have partnered with holly medical center to make the holidays a little brighter. for some kids spending time in the hospital. the deliveries are made around ten this morning, and the firefighters brought in dozens of toys that were collected at fire stations in recent weeks. one of the recipients is ralston. he was actually rescued by firefighters from a different agency over a week ago from a house fire in ben lomond. and while he's hoping to go home for the holidays, the family says the presence certain

mondays are mariah mondays.s releasased a lisof the best albums of 2024. we obviously don't have time for all 100, but let's start with five. starting with billie eilish, dropping in may, her album "hit me hard and soft" lands in the fifth spot and features hits like "lunch" and "birds of a feather." and then sabrina carpenter, of course back in warmer days she won the song of the summer with that hit "espresso" from her "short and sweet" album, which features viral tracks like "taste" and "incidents." moving on to mj lenderman, "rolling stone" says this singer's sad sack rock relates to the likes of neal young. and paul westerberg. are you guys familiar with that one? >> not at all. >> here we go, cowboy carter. >> next up, beyoncÉ. "cowboy carter" made it to the top of the country music charts with collaborations alongside dolly parton and post malone. willie nelson. are you guys ready for number one. >> tortured poets department? >> nope. >> what? >> listen to this. ♪ >> yeah. i'm actually with you, savannah.

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making the list is this mariah carey classic.you should not listen to when behind the wheel. >> you know, even beyond christmas, i feel like i have some questionable music tastes. should i be listening to it behind the wheel? >> what just takes over? we are not going to be the fun police. then listen to mariah carey. listen to your favorite songs. >> good morning everyone. it is december 23rd. >> yes. and we have to talk about this forecast because we have rain, fog, mist, drizzle this morning. >> we're tracking some low visibility too. let's take you to san jose. this is one of the areas. the south bay is looking pretty good. it's quiet out there right now. it's mild this morning. we're at 59 degrees with overcast skies, but watch as we flip our camera to sfo. you are looking live at sfo. you can barely if you look very, very closely right there. you can barely make out some of the lights from the taxiways this morning. so there are some areas dealing with low visibility this morning at sfo. right now we're down to less than a h

close, there were only three million copies - were only three million copies separating wham and mariahe ended up as number two, so bucking the trend of people streaming christmas songs and listening to heartbreak ballads — i'm guessing wars listening to heartbreak ballads - i'm guessin— listening to heartbreak ballads - i'm guessin favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 ears favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since — favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it _ favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first _ favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came - favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came out, | 40 years since it first came out, they were celebrating the anniversary this year with a big documentary on bbc to which you can catch on iplayer, and they put out and not dust a lot of vinyl and cds, including vinyl physical copies of songs count more towards the numbers, so they are counted more heavily wade. mas numbers, so they are counted more heavily wade-— heavily wade. was ad'usted armament heavily wade

their eldest daughter, mariah, was in college and living at home.e gone. so i called the high school. and i said, well, i need these two students. and they said, they never showed up. are you freaking out yourself at this point? oh, by that point, i'm terrified. natalie morales: mariah jumped in the car with her then-boyfriend, now husband, ross. mariah: we drove every route that my dad had ever taken me to get to school. so you were driving around. what are you looking for, ross? anything that looked like their van. anything that looked like their van that possibly could have been in an accident, where there might have been an accident. natalie morales: but of course, there was no accident. the two teenagers who'd been with their dad in the van were down at the station in interrogation rooms. melody was 14. and i was just very, very confused and afraid and on the verge of tears. and i had zero insight as to what could possibly be happening. and sitting there for how-- how long? hours. a few different people kept coming in to get my information, ask

and i'm listening to all i want for christmas by mariah carey. >> oh yeah.t playing it in october, thank goodness. >> no no no, that's that's hallmark that starts it. yeah. so what i watch it. all right i'm going to roll a video. oh. since you're probably not into music. oh, stop. speaking of christmas danger, check out this video of a woman getting run over by a deer, literally at a turkey trot in new york. oh my god. talking about die hard. >> oh my goodness, she's just out trying to work off all the turkey and mashed potatoes. and the deer is like, wow, that's me. wait, can i can i say one thing? >> you just said one thing. >> no. okay, a second thing. >> another thing. yeah. >> the most disturbing song. like, if you're driving santa baby comes on. yeah, i mean, just slip a sable under the tree for me. have you listened to those lyrics? i don't know what a sable is. it's a car. >> it's not a mercury. >> how do you fit that under a tree? >> it's a it's a it's the way she says it. guys. it's the way she says it. yeah. i mean, if you're driving, you're liste

beyonce set to perform live mariah carey also bringing some christmas cheer. frankly, all netflix wants netflix wants for christmas, though, is for these broadcasts to be glitch free. cnn entertainment correspondent elizabeth wagmeister joining us with all of those details, there is a lot at stake here. after that tyson fight debacle, as we know. so where does netflix stand in terms of confidence that this thing is going to stream smoothly? >> first of all, happy holidays, danny and erica. >> merry christmas, happy hanukkah. so erica, i'm like you, i am probably tuning in for beyonce more than the game, but my husband and my household is tuning in for the game, and that is exactly what netflix is trying to deliver on here. they're trying to make an event out of these two games on christmas day, and this will be the first of a three year deal that netflix has inked with the nfl, where they are on that confidence level. while there's certainly a lot riding on the nfl on christmas, so let's hope it's glitch free. but let's take a look at what they're at least hop

mariah carey tiene [habla en inglÉs] >> es asÍ. la misma mariah carey es colaboradora.Úsica] lo que todos queremos de navidad es paz, uniÓn y salud. ese es el significado de las fiestas, pero tambiÉn es mÚsica. [mÚsica] todos no sabemos la canciÓn, verdad? cÓmo? [ cantan] [risas] [mÚsica] despuÉs de bailar y cantar aquÍ tambiÉn podemos disfrutar de un menÚ de comidas y bebidas que llevan por nombre las letras de las canciones de mariah carey. >> bueno. por favor, venga. aquÍ no sÓlo tenemos mÚsica, tenemos decoraciÓn chula tenemos cÓcteles fenomenales y comida. >> las reservaciones estÁn abiertas hasta el dÍa 29 de diciembre cuando el bar navideÑo cierra sus puertas hasta la prÓxima temporada. la entrada es de $22. cada reservaciÓn ofrece 90 minutos de este espectacular rincÓn navideÑo en nueva york, pero sin estas por la gran manzana el bar tambiÉn estÁ en dallas, nashville chicago. buen provecho. >>usted tambiÉn. muchas gracias. [mÚsica] estÁn buenÍsimas. [mÚsica] karla: hay esta. irÍan? jessica: yo irÍa para hacer un reel para poner en instagram. jomari: esta es una

. >> rihanna approached the alleged queen of christmas mariah carey for a signature.autograph. >> sharpy. >> wow, this is iconic. >> mariah carey [bleep] >> i guess that's not all rihanna wanted for christmas. there was something a little extra there. this is a christmas show. don't show your body parts for signature at a christmas show. my god. >> raymond, are they outside in the bright sunshine? what is going on? rihanna condition god bless her. >> that's the barclay arena. >> i have got to share this with you. the president and first lady. children's hospital a lovely gesture. one of the kids was snagged by biden, and he did what so many voters did. he rejected him, ran away, and later threw things at him. merry christmas. >> a wink of his eye, twin of his head he had nothing to whistle and away they all flew like the downs of a thistle. >> raymond: it would have been funnier described it. leave with you a bit of holiday cheer. at least he didn't sniff him. that's the holiday. >> hey that's a super maga mega maga trumper person. is he a little maga, i know it. take

it's mariah carey in times swear.e will be packed in, apparently in the pouring rain, but they will not care, i'm sure of that. let's begin this final day of 2024 with a look at how the markets have done throughout the year. good morning, lauren simonetti. lauren: happy new year's eve. ashley: yes, happy new year's eve. despite the selloff recently, we have seen quite the rally this year. lauren: an a.i.-fueled rally. the nasdaq is up 30% this year. six of the seven popular mag seven stocks posting gains much bigger than that. nvidia up 178% this year. if you take a look at the broader market as you can see there, it's up about 24%, and it is higher by over 20% for the past two years. can we do it again in year number three? the dow higher by 13% this year. yes, those gains are being overshadowed by this stalled santa claus rally. investors are growing cautious that trump 2.0 could mean higher yields. but trump's first term, ashley, great for investors. when you look at what's called the s&p total return index which i

mariah carey will have a taped performance of "all i want for christmas is you."trip to pittsburgh to watch her boyfriend, travis kelce. >>> coming up, the special way that santa is bonding with kids in a calmer, more mindful setting this christmas. paxlovid is an oral treatment for adults with mild-to-moderate covid-19 and a high-risk factor for it becoming severe. it does not prevent covid-19. my symptoms are mild now, but i'm not risking it. if it's covid, paxlovid. paxlovid must be taken within the first five days of symptoms, and helps stop the virus from multiplying in your body. taking paxlovid with certain medicines can lead to serious or life-threatening side effects or affect how it or other medicines work, including hormonal birth control. it's critical to tell your doctor about all the medicines you take because certain tests or changes in their dosage may be needed. tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver problems, hiv-1, are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeed. don't take paxlovid if you're allergic to nirmatrelvir, ritonavir, or any of it

i mean i love mariah carey so much for that song i can listen to any month a bit of the year. >> tyrusstmas by mariah carey. >> they started playing get in october. >> thank goodness. >> tyrus: that is hallmarked. so what? i watch it. so let me roll the video since you find that into music. >> oh stop it. >> tyrus: speaking of christmas danger check out this video of a woman getting run over by a deer. literally at a tÜrkiye trot within a new york. talking about dry -- die hard. >> she is trying to work up all the turkey and mashed potatoes. and the deer was like no. >> can i say one thing. >> tyrus: you just had one thing. say the thing again. >> the most disturbing? if you were driving in santa fe becomes on the? i mean slip the staple under the tree for me. if you listen to those lyrics? >> tyrus: i do not know what sable is. >> it is the way she says it. the way she says it. if you were driving and listening to that it is like ♪ ♪ santa baby ♪ ♪ >> tyrus: i'm sorry, one more time? one more time. >> ♪ ♪ santa baby ♪ ♪ >> christmas comes early. >> sorry. i'm distracted. >> tyrus: can

mariah carey's christmas hit is now her biggest hit ever. the song is number one. again this week on the billboard hot 100. the 17th time. it's topped the chart. surpassing her hit one sweet day. all i want for christmas is you is now the 3rd biggest hit in billboard chart history behind only lil nas x's old town road and should bucees a bar song tipsy. both which spent 19 weeks number one. and speaking of the holidays, we still got another one to come after hanukkah and christmas are over. of course, it's new year's time. >> what were your home for your new year's eve countdown right here on kron. 4. the countdown to 2025. win every time zone with our host grant lotus and justine waltman. we'll be featuring local music artists, national music artists. it all starts here at 09:00pm on kron 4. >> all right. still ahead, the next hour. >> police need your help. they're trying to find this assault suspect. we'll break down what police have double so far. we're keeping our eyes on the skies and roads as you head to your festivities. and it's definitely not a white chri

while superstar mariah carey returned to las vegas for a new residency at dolby live at park mgm. -♪the delight of her monsters. -you can't feel the 60-foot flames from home that we could feel at the show, but it'll be close. -madonna made history when she played the biggest standalone show ever to 1.6 million fans in rio de janeiro. -♪ nothing really matters ♪ love is all we need -while janet jackson's together again tour was the biggest of her career. -missy elliott hit the stage with her first ever headlining tour, out of this world: the missy elliott experience. -and in the spring, no doubt reunited after nine years to rock out at coachella. -it was literally like -- it was like riding a bike, but like an e-bike. -you know what i'm saying? like, it was like next level. -also in 2024, fellow legends mary j. blige and cher were inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame. -it was easier getting divorced from two men than it was to get into the hollywood -- i mean, the rock & roll hall of fame. -coming up, the music, movies and television shows headed our way in 2025. -stick around.

featured on netflix with a special presentation by the one and only beyonce at half—time and also mariahme festivities as well. so the nfl in the nba will be going head—to—head on christmas day, so pick your choice, the nfl, nba, if not both.— so pick your choice, the nfl, nba, if not both. how was the nba, if not both. how was the nba feeling — nba, if not both. how was the nba feeling about _ nba, if not both. how was the nba feeling about that? - nba feeling about that? traditionally as you say that christmas to themselves. thanks giving for the nfl. now that's not the case, and attracting huge audiences and the gap for the nba is getting bigger. i can't imagine them being solely on board with wanting to share a day with the nfl. if you go back and look at thanks giving, the nba started to implement games on thanksgiving when normally that is the nfl day for a slate of games and sports. so with the nba ratings being down, i can't imagine them being great, so they will have to figure out a way to be able to engage audiences much better here in the us when it comes to the nba, especiall

so how much money has mariah carey made from the hit tune? the estite fromma there. terry right now. he loves i do love, i do love the song. almost all of us know it. and every year during the holidays, many of you might ponder the mystery. just how much mey does the queen of christmas make off her hit song? all i want for christmas is you? spotify announced this month mariah carey's anthem became the first holiday song to surpass 2 billion streams. wow. carey's music contracts aren't public, so experts experts can only guess at how much she's made on the song since its debut in 199494. well, one music industry law firm put a number on it, saying it's likely the song has made $103 million in the last 30 years. what is that every year? what'd you say? about 3 million. 3 million? some 3 million per. it's not bad. that's why she's having such a merry christmas. all right, well, it is the end of the line for the holiday steam trains in the berkeley hills. tilden park offers weekend steam train rides throughout the year, but in december, it kicks things into high gear for

mariah carey is on the special. [ cheers and applause ] the one and only. >> steve: dame christmas. > and only mariah carey is on -- ll cool j's on it. [ cheers and applause ] we have dolly parton, meghan trainor. >> steve: oh! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: the greatest. "weird al" yankovic is on our special. [ cheers and applause ] "weird al" -- "weird al" and i do -- we do a polka because, well, i wanted to write a new year's eve song. and so i wanted to write -- i go, "what's -- they're all so sad and depressing." >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i go, "there's never anything happy on new year's eve." and it should be happy. >> steve: should be peppy, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah, so i go, "what's the genre where you just have to smile?" and that's polka. [ light laughter ] so i wrote the song and asked "weird al" if he would play the accordion on it. and he's like, "yeah." and he's one of my idols. and he goes, "yeah." he goes, "i'll actually -- i'll write it with you." i go, "what?" so he wrote it with me. then he goes, "are you going to get a band to play on this?" i go, "yeah, of course."

it doesn't belong to mariah. ooh, ooh. >> good morning everyone. was obsessed with that when i saw it this morning. >> what is it? >> what is it? you have to wait to see it. let's do a check on the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hey, reggie. amanda, good morning to you. level one system this morning. already spreading some pretty good rain up in the north bay, santa rosa and guerneville. and this is a cold front that's going to quickly sweep through the bay area throughout your morning commute. the heaviest rain here right now from guerneville to jenner and occidental taking you over to calistoga and saint helena. a little bit lighter, but this all will sink to the south and much of marin county through about six 7:00 will be wet. the rest of us is going to take a while. 8:00 in san francisco and the east bay. rainfall amounts about a 10th to three quarters of an inch, a lingering chance throughout the afternoon. breezy winds along the coast. so from 7:00 to 11:00, the rain increases, and then the second half of the day is dry. 44 in oak

>> the expert on mariah. she has recorded something that will play earlier in the game. >> maybe an introduction. >> what am i supposed to do? just be sitting around all day and just watching 1 million games until divas show up? >> kind of. okay. got it. >> now i have i have christmas to celebrate. >> okay. we can do it in the morning. great. just lay on your couch. yes, i have netflix on. there you go. this morning, let's get to santa cruz. it's lovely right now, along the coast as that sun gets up here. a beautiful sunrise right now. for a lot of us, we are not dealing with widespread fog. we have a couple of problem spots in the north bay around santa rosa. one in the east bay around concord where visibility is a bit lower. but for a lot of us this morning, it's a lot better than yesterday. 40s right now, for the most part, as we get you out the door here on our thursday. so looking at the morning planner, it's all about chilly temperatures for the next several hours. we'll keep it in the 40s through about

mariah carey, all i want for christmas is you, just turned 30.oliday hit has made mariah carey the only artist in history to top the billboard top 100 chart across four decades. i guess you can call it the gift that keeps on giving. ♪ >> from the fifirst noteo the unmistakable high note. ♪ mariah carey's "all i want for christmas is you" is instantly recognizable. singing her way into holiday history, now in the song's 30th year. >> i love the lyrics, and i like the, like, melody. >> it just became the first seasonal song to break 2 billion streams on spotify, and is already the only one to go certified diamond. ♪5 million in annual royalties for the queen of christmas. ♪ it's time ♪ >> reporter: a title she fully embraces, from her christmastime tour to her upcoming performance on nfl christmas game day. but even carey didn't expect the >> translated into big bucks, song's meteoric success when she released it at 25 years old, nervous it was too early in her career for christmas music. >> i wanted it to be like, you know, make people happy and m

with a performance from mariah carey and a halftime show by beyonce. thrown in for good measure.l games are part of a three-year deal with the league. they are a test for the streaming giant as it struggled with live events in the past. >> we are to longer live. but we are here. >> reporter: "love is blind" reunion delayed for more than an hour. then there was last month's boxing match between mike tyson and jake paul. >> there's the jab. >> reporter: netflix called it the most streamed event ever, peaking at 65 million streams. netflix usually accounts for 11% of internet traffic in north america. that surged to 39% for one provider on fight night. it was glitchy. are you worried about technical streaming difficulties when it comes to nfl on christmas day on a streaming platform for the first time? >> glitchy is a generous way of describing it. >> reporter: patrick krakes. >> it's solvable. >> reporter: netflix said it made adjustments. industry sources confirm to nbc news that major internet service providers are giving netflix extra capacity for the games. more netflix events

the games will also feature performances by mariah carey and beyonce.'s elizabeth wagmeister has the details 16 carriages driving away with star power so big i don't want. >> a lot for christmas. >> on a holiday so beloved. what a day for some football baby who netflix's first foray into the nfl might just be called the second super bowl. >> anytime a game is on in our household, we're around the tv and i think a lot of people feel the same way, so it's a very interesting proposition that netflix is bringing to the table this christmas. >> we all get our wish. >> mariah carey opens each of the two netflix christmas games. i just want to roll my own with a recorded version of her holiday mega-hit, all i want for christmas is you. >> can you hear me? >> then a touchdown for netflix as beyonce performs a live halftime show during the second game between the texans and ravens in her hometown of houston. >> netflix did a really smart thing in getting arguably a bigger name than kendrick lamar, who is headlining the super bowl halftime show to headline the ne

his story will be told by close friends, including mariah carey and dionne warwick, and through rarely archive footage. here's a little preview. that's your time. >> i feel like making dreams come true. oh baby. >> i used to sing background vocals for roberta flack on the road, and roberta sometimes would have interviews, and sometimes she'd be unable to show up at soundchecks, so i would sing her songs for her in soundchecks to test her microphone and love to you. >> i feel like making love to you. that's the time. >> what happened is that one day she had come back to the theater and i was singing, and she came over to me and she said, you know, you're getting a little too comfortable sitting on the stool in the background singing oohs and ahs. >> i really want you to make your own statement and make your own record, you know? and she, in effect, fired me. >> joining us now to discuss is cnn entertainment reporter lisa respers. france. lisa, always good to have you. so you have already seen the film. what did you think? what are your thoughts? >> i loved it, rachel, for so many years,

that song is now officially mariah carey's biggest hit ever. it's number one again this week on the billboard hot 100 list. and overall, all i want for christmas is now the 3rd biggest hit in the chart. history. >> definitely a catchy line. that wraps up kron. 4 news at 6. >> streaming kron for news on your tv for free with caught. it's available for download on it's available for download on apple tv. roku, fire tv, - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i don't have that kinda cash. - ugh, i know. but you can get financial help now through covered california. it's totally affordable. you'd be surprised. they've got this calculator thing that shows how much you'll pay. - for real? - yeah! what are you doing not having health insurance, man? - hey, i know, i know... - here, let me show you... - we all have questions. covered california has answers and can find a health plan that's right for you. covered california. this way to health insurance. and can find a health plan that's right for you

this is mariah carey is signing my. >> i guess that's not all rihanna wanted for christmas. there was something a little extra there. please. this is a christmas show. don't show your body parts for signature at a christmas show. my gosh, raymond, my thing is, are they outside in the in the bright sunshine? >> what's going on with rihanna? barclays arena condition god bless her. >> yeah. no, that's the barclays arena. she's in an arena. finally. laura, i got to share this with you. this just broke. the president and first lady brought some holiday cheer to children's hospital. a lovely gesture, but one of the kids was snagged by biden. and he did what so many voters did. he rejected him, ran away, and later threw things at him. merry christmas, a wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know i had nothing to get a whistle. >> and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. >> but i heard him. >> it would have been funnier if it played when i described it. but we'll let you. we'll leave you with that bit of holiday cheer. at least he didn't sniff him. i watc

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>> reporter: with a performance from mariah carey and a halftime show by beyonce.sure. netflix' first nfl games are part of a three-year deal with the league. they're a key test for the streaming giant, as it has struggled with live events in the past. >> we are no longer live, but we are now finally here. >> reporter: the love is blind reunion last year delayed for more than an hour for many viewers. the company blamed a technical bug. then there was last month's boxing match between mike tyson and jake paul. >> there's the jab. and tyson coming in. >> reporter: netflix called it the most-streamed sporting event ever, peaking at 65 million simultaneous streams. according to network intelligence company sand vine, netflix usually accounts for 11% internet traffic in north america. but that surged to 39% for one provider on fight night. it was a little glitchy. are you worried about technical streaming difficulties here when it comes here on nfl on christmas day? on a streaming platform for the first time? >> glitchy is a generous way of describing it. >> reporter:

it christmas, you know, the birthday of mariah carey? i want a secretary who's not invading countries because he's passed out in the situation room covered in his own piss. >> ronny: yeah, but when he's not passed out, he'll be a big problem. like drunk people get mad! >> yeah, but it's easi to distract a drunk person. if he's like, 'm mad at france. let's go to war with france!" 'll just say, "or let's go to karaoke!" half an hour later, we're in koreatown singing "pink pony club." well, he's straight, so it'll be "lose yourself but you get it. eternal peace. let me explain it to you visually. the more drunk someone is, the more peaceful they become. it goe war in iraq, "who's iraq?," omg, i love iraq so much, let's adopt a dog! >> ronny: aren't you worried that a raging alcoholic will ha access to the nuclear codes? >> no. do you know how hard it to enter a code when you're drunk? he'll be pokin' away with his fingies and halfway through, realize he's just playing candy crush on his phone. >> ronny: this all sounds very responsible, tr

they say 15 year-old mariah evans was last seen yesterday morning in pinole. they say she's about 5 for black curly hair, brown eyes. anyone with info is asked to coal pinole police. >> still ahead on kron for news at 6, the man accused of killing the ceo of united healthcare pleading not guilty to murder. we recap the day in court. >> plus, just days before christmas and open barbershop is hit with a break july, the owner says is frustrated with the response from police. a new statewide policy in effect has garnered a lot of attention over concerns. it could increase the prices pay at the pump. >> capitol correspondent eytan wallace stick with supporters and opponents about policy including one state senator who's now trying to overturned. >> all right. well, the weather is dry for now, but not for long as we take a live look over san francisco. >> and the lawrence is here to break it all down. >> yeah, it's going to be a significant storm moving in overnight. we've already seen those large swells moving along the coastline generated partially by the storm sy

mariah carey cancels christmas concerts. we'll tell some soul searching in recent years when it comes to their impact on the environment, and one airline at sfo is breaking new ground with a new vehicle. as nbc bay area's joe rosado jr shows us, it's making change from the ground up. reporter on the tarmac of san francisco international airport, the business of transportation is buzzing. while the passenger jets are the main act, the supporting cast of service vehicles take off in every direction, hauling luggage, gear and some even hauling planes. those small vehicles towing jets in and out of the gates are known as tugs. most of them are diesel powered, emitting large amounts of pollution. but united airlines is out of the gate with something new. this is a brand new electric super tug. this thing has been a game changer. it's like a tesla of super tugs. officially, the gold hocker e phoenix is an electric super tu. so powerful it can lift the airline's largest planes. it can move an aircraft as small as a 70 passenger pla

and mariah carey, all i want for christmas is you, she opened the football dbl-header with a performance♪ all i want for christmas is you. ♪ ♪ >> chanley: the performance sparked mixed reaction, it was pretaped and lip synced. >> katie: lip sync, live, who can tell the difference these days. >> griff: lip synced and pretaped, i don't know. i wasn't much for the beyonce half-time thing, i have taylor swift's boyfriend and lamar jackson on my team. that is travis kelce. taylor swift has been such a gift to the n.f.l., there are tons of young, female viewers now that tune in to see games when travis kelce plays, particularly when taylor swift is at the game. >> katie: they have t-shirts now. >> joey: this is about people who performed over the weekend and some may have lip synced. >> katie: she does not have to be live. >> joey: when you are that talented, you get to be. props to doing it live, why are people upset for someone who did it that way. looks like a commercial, looks like a good one. back to football, i have travis kelce on my fantasy team and lamar jackson's running back on my t

and for the last seven days, wham and mariah carey have been locked in a battle for christmas numberber one in 2024, wham and last christmas! wham's andrew ridgeley said he was delighted. i'm especially pleased for george. um, he would have been utterly delighted that his fabulous christmas composition has become such a classic, as much a part of christmas as mince pies or christmas cake. it's the second year in a row that last christmas has topped the charts and, with proceeds going to charity, it truly embraces the christmas spirit. mark savage, bbc news. let's get more now on our top story, at least two people, including a small child, have died and dozens more injured after a car drove into a christmas market in the german city of magdeburg. a 50—year—old doctor who's a saudi national and has lived in germany since 2006 has been arrested. this will have painful memories for people of a similar attack in 2016, what effect is that likely to have? that is quite right. back in 2016, an asylum seeker, an islamist extremist, drove a truck into a christmas market here in berlin very nea

so you had mohammed mariah and the told us that these rules, admission and amounts to prove that it's a law less machine. i think it was a very foolish act because he is only repeating what the iranians have been saying all along that that is right. the regime is a lawless regime, that it assassinate politicians and foreign countries. of course it carries out genocide in gaza. so, and it doesn't go by, by any humanitarian law. it was slaughtering ordinary people in lebanon. and even now it is still killing people. 11 on very same is not doing well. i'm sort of lost a how many forces, but they continue to fire missiles into a tell of even in other areas with success. and in addition to that, we saw in gaza the day before that a number of his rabies were killed by the resistance, so they can bloat all they want. but i think their troubles are, are just beginning, especially in syria because a, i don't think that is going to end well for the rest, they may be made me think that they found a final solution for their problems in the region. but i think that what they're actually doing is t

and the mariah carey classic celebrating 30 years of spreading holiday cheer. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. official reassurances to the public have only increased the calls for hard answers about unexplained nightly sightings in the skies over new jersey and now several other states. and now dozens of new reports coming in overnight including some from high profile figures. while widely presumed to be drones, the mysterious craft have so far displayed no malicious intent, and their presence haven't seemed to be generating the level of alarm in washington many think is warranted, but that is changing. lawmakers feeling the heat from worried constituents are becoming increasingly vocal from demanding answers about what they are seeing and who is controlling the objects. and now tonight even president-elect trump is weighing in, saying the public has the right to know what's going on. our erin mclaughlin has the latest. >> first drone of the night. just getting home from work. >> reporter: tonight as the mysterious sightings spread from ma

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while superstar mariah carey returned to las vegas for a new residey at dolby live at park mgm. -♪ andiggest standalone show ever to 1.6 million fans in rio de janeiro. while janet jackson's together again tour was the biggest of her career. -missy elliott hit the stage with her first ever headlining tour, out of this world: the missy elliott experience. -also in 2024, fellow legends mary j. blige and cher were inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame. -it was easier getting divorced from two men than it was to get into the hollywood -- i mean, the rock & roll hall of fame. -the dramatic world of reality and competition tv had us all watching. -let's check out all of the action. -you guys are everything that "agt" stands for. -if you feel my hand upon your shoulder, you are a traitor. -does he have it? -oh, oh. -yes! -reality tv had us on the edge of our seats with high stakes competition this year. -the winner of "the voice" is asher havon. [ cheers and applause ] -"the voice" did what it does best -- showcase unbelievable talent, all while continuing to reign in the star power. roo

and mariah ellis fox kennedy is an author and former cia officer who's also expressed a belief of cia involvement in the assassination. the president-elect has already vowed support for uncovering exactly who and what motivated the tragic shooting in dallas over 60 years ago. i will establish a new independent. >> presidential commission on assassination attempts. >> they will be tasked with releasing all of the remaining documents pertaining to. >> the assassination of president john f kennedy. >> conspiracy theories have been swirling for decades since the assassination with many doubting that lee harvey oswald acted alone and americans remain eager for answers. polling shows a majority of americans do not believe oswald worked alone and nearly 40% believe someone within the federal government had something to do with it during his first term, former president trump promised a full release of the jfk files. millions of documents have been released but a few 1000 remain sealed due to appeals from the cia and fbi declassification could soon become more likely with trump's new picks fo

some complaints about the mariah carey situation. we can talk about that later.day, 2024. "squawk box" starts right now. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. merry christmas. hanukkah. i'm andrew ross sorkin along with melissa lee. becky and joe are off. did you have a good holiday? >> i had an excellent christmas. >> presents you want to share? no, no good ones? >> for the children. lego sets galore. >> nothing that you got that you are very pleased with? no returns? >> while get into in a bit. >> it's