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. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come andchristmas time. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >>> tang a look at some of the top stories in the news, north korea is threatening a nuclear war if south korea continues to collaborate with the united states in what it says is a plot against it. the warning comes as south korea started a week of artillery exercises in the week today. >>> they will vote on expiring tax cuts today. it would give a one-year cut in social security taxes. >>> more heartbreak fort redskins after tying the game with lessthan 13 seconds left, the extra point slips through their hands literally. that seals the game, 17-16. kicker graham ganaut missed two field goals. >>> more people a spending mo money this year. that means big business for other companies besides retailers. fedex expects it will be the busiest shippingay of the year. megan, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. yeah, not just the buest shipping day of the ye

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. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come andny tree, yeah ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. i'm here with one of my favorites, martha stewart. she's got a few holiday tips and tricks for me. you can learn more in this month's "martha stewart living" magazine. very pretty, as always. [ cheers and applause ] i like looking through these, i look at all the stuff, and i go, "i can't make any of this." >> yes, you can. want to make eggnog? >> jimmy: i'm good at making eggnog. i'm good at drinking it. >> you add the cognac. and i'll add the rum. >> jimmy: yeah, i usually just do rum, right? >> just do it by eye. >> jimmy: whoa! >> by eye. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: whoa! >> it doesn't really matter how much you put in. >> jimmy: is this good? >> as long as it is strong and tasty. >> jimmy: a little maker's mark. >> maker's mark. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: calm down, audience! a bunch of boozers. >> how do you know that's maker's mark? >> jimmy: oh, i don't know. >> you call that greasing the label. >> jimmy: yeah,

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." >>> coming up next, ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbugny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ ♪ >>> we are wrapping up our 12 days of cooking today. it's juju's turn. her family's new year's rice cake soup. i'm going to say this carefully. duk gok. >> there's no duck in it. >> okay. this is a recipe from your mom. >> absolutely. and i cook it for my kids, which is great. and they love it. it's a very family-friendly food. it's hearty, and wintry. it's not new year's day at my house without this soup. i'm going to tell people how to make it. most americans have been to asian restaurants. but it's intimidating to try to cook it at home. this is very easy. >> it's a very simple recipe. i'm impressed with these things. >> these are rice cakes. you start out by soaking them to make them -- >> like a dumpling. >> less firm. and you take the flank steak. you can do it old-school and cook up a brisket for an hour. but this is the short cut. >> or beef. >> you cut up the flank steak. and marinade

sunshine for the weekend. ,, ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahhacome and dear ♪ ♪ then appears at perfect christmas time. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >>> i believe they've plult plied onpl the plaza, even in the cold. oh, and they brought cookies. >> oh, yeah. >> you know what? we're going to go meet those people a little bit later here on "the early show." >> you bring cookies, keel come outside. >> happily. welcome back to "the early show." i don't know if you looked at the price of gold lately. getting a lot of attention. about $1400 an ounce these days. so because of that and the bad economy, you probably have been seeing a lot of those commercials, companies want to buy your gold jewelry. >> right. >> this may come as a shock to you, too, i know, you may not get the full story from those commercials. >> what? >> you will get the commercial story however from one rebekah jarvis. >> we know we can. >>> also ahead, calling in sick can be tricky. you worry that the boss won't l

ripp ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come and, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >>>>it's 6:43 on. it looks like we have aafew3 -luuries and looking with more significant snow with winter advisory or garrett county. the winds are going to makk it feel a whole lot chillier. the wwnds aa 15-25 miles per hour through thh area much gusts upwards of almoss 40 miles per hour at hagerrtown and 300in oakland. the temperatures are chilll to 23 at baltimore, generally in the low 20s throughout a you're factoring in the winds and ii feels likk single digits throughout tte state. it feels like 11 below as you head toward akland where it's exceptionally cold.ú otherwise looking at a few flurry chances othhr than the cloods. the wind will be the mainn3 players out of thh northwest. the low pressure to the north, the low pressure is going to moving in. the winds start to die down a little bit. then theelow ppessure center ccmee to the south n thursday, bringing showers to the sootheen most parttof the state oo thurs

tell you how coming up. ,, ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahhag faces come and dear ♪ ♪ then appears at perfect christmas time. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >> a fascinating story coming up. >> incredible. imagine you are 14 years old playing outside with friends and all of a sudden a 1300-pound boulder comes running after you. it is a true story that happened in georgia and the boy walked away practically unscathed. mirral louse, i think the family would say. we'll be speaking with the boy, charles, his mother and the fire chief because the fire department was called in to rescue him and the rescue went better than anyone could have hoped for. >> fascinating story. >>> also we'll tell you how to get rid of the winter cold. you get that feeling it's just coming on i know any moment it is going to blow up? well, we've got advice this morning to tell you what to do when those symptoms come about your way. >> that is one of those moments you just hate and you want to get past it.

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. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come andme. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >>> this morning, a plan is in the works for more electric car charging stations to pop up all over san francisco. a team of private companies will announce the plan today, including park pod, hilton san francisco, ace parking and general motors. the plan is to build convenient charging stations for electric vehicles before the chevy bolt rolls out in the bay area. charge i charging stations would be built at hotels and places of work and shopping malls. another update in 30 minutes. the "today" show returns in about one. >>> back now with more today on a thursday morning. 9th day of december, 2010. beautiful but chilly day on the plaza. real cool temperatures about 15, 18 degrees. you know what, it doesn't matter when you're gathered in close quarters with a bunch of people you don't know. staying warm out there. outside the studio, al roker and natalie morales, we will take a look a

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. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come andn appears at perfect christmas time. ♪ ♪ a tiny tree, christmas, tinsel, the lights ♪ ♪ the star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >>> this week's cold weather in florida could be a death sentence for endangered manatees. but there's at least one place they can go for warmth. kerry sanders -- >> i'm at the national wildlife refuge here. it's a chilly 32 degrees, but down here in the water, it's a constant 72 degrees. that's because these are spring fed waters so. the manatees are sort of like tourists who flock to miami beach in the winter, they know where to stay warm. but at the same time, as you see the manatees swimming here, there's a little bit of a conflict in terms of, well, is it a good idea to have people up close to these manatees when it gets cold. so under new federal regulations, fish and wildlife if they need to can close this area off where i am right now to people swimming. but that means for tour operators, people who travel from around to the world, won't be abl

. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come andhe star that sings, top your tiny tree, yeah ♪ >> the hit show madeleine portrays advertising in the 1960s. you get legend dare producer and talk show host david suskind. he helped to define tv as we know it today. steven batallia of tv guide writes about it in his new book, david susskind. you spent four years researching this man, what was it about him that you found so compelling. >> david susskind was a talk show host for 28 years. he did his show in new york and was on tv stations around the country. but his real business was the making of movie and tv shows, mostly tv. he started in the live era of television and he worlged it almost up to his death in 1986. he did controversial shows, he did high tone quality television as we called it. and he liked stories about the human condition, stuff that was real and he did it all here in new york at a time when the business had moved to the west coast. >> and again no experience when he started, he just had a lot of chutzpah, basically.

. ♪ it comes along just once a year ♪ ♪ on winters wings, decembers rear, ahha humbug faces come and expect heavy traffic in downtown san rafael today because of a huge funeral mass for a well-known north bay builder, mario galatti helped grow the company. he died from injuries after falling down some stairs. he would have been 88 tomorrow. now, this morning's funeral procession will leave albert park lane and travel on eighth between 10:00 and 10:30. mass at san rafael church, heavy traffic expected in the area until 1:00 this afternoon. well, brent will have another update in about 30 minutes "today" returns in about one minute. >>> we'r >>> we're backe ba with more "t" on a friday morning. it's the 3rd day of december, 2010. quite a chilly morning out here on the plaza. breezy on top of that. we have got a great group of people from all over the country, including tennessee, where we'd like to wish amy a happy birthday. happy birthday. i'm matt lauer along with natalie morales out on the plaza. we're going to get to al in a second. he's out in chicago. coming up in this half hour,