pass. >> reporter: the gibsons say thei family was a long time in the making but well worth the wait catie beck, nbc news. >>> and we're back in a moment >>> tonight a tradition endures. the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree for more than eight decades the rockefeller center christmas tree has stood tall, serving as a symbol of tradition and hope >> hey, lester >> our al roker hosted the lighting festivities over a decade and volunteered to be my guide as we climbed up 75 feet for a closer look. here we are. >> fantastic. >> we have been thinking these last several months of all the things we have given up and it is nice to have some touchstone to the past. >> started in '31 and the tradition starte with a bunch of construction guys setting up a tree. in a pit and now, it's the most amazing spectacle and starts the christmas season. >> reporter: this year's tree, though, was met with some tough critics. >> people were kind of making fun of the tree before it got decorated. i said might not be the tree we want but it's the tree we need right now. >> visiting the tree will lo

. >>> she's barely a month old but already she's made history here's catie beck. >> reporter: for tinaen gibson, their newborn molly is a miracle. >> i guess if you would have asked me five years ago if i would have two beautiful girls that i actually gave birth to i would have told you you were crazy. >> reporter: in october molly set the record for the longest frozen embryo to come to birth, frozen 27 years. more amazing, the record was set previously by her big sister emma born in 2017 from a 24-year-old embryo from the same donor. >> even freezing techniques that weren't as good as they were today can be very, very successful. >> reporter: after fertility struggles, the gibsons sought help from the embryo donation centerer that stores embryos parents have opted not to use. >> you suspect this number will keep going up and up? >> yes, i do record will be broken. >> reporter: as 1 in 8 couples struggle to get pregnant the gibsons have a message. >> there's options out there and that this too shall pass. >> reporter: the gibsons say thei family was a long time in the making but well w

here's nbc catie beck. >> reporter: well, phillip, it's a big question on people's mind who is goingto get this vaccine after phase one is completed and the answer can be different based on where you live. it's ultimately up to the states to decide and many are still hashing out their plan >>> in the war against covid, states are armed with a new weapon >> the cavalry is coming a vaccine is on the way. >> reporter: the state of maryland ready with a priority plan to vaccinate. long term care facility residents and health care workers. first responders and those with high-risk conditions phase two essential employees, and phase three, the general public >> ultimately it is not the federal government decides, not the cdc that decides, but states and jurisdictions that decide. >> reporter: many states are still grappling with who comes next in line for the vaccine after phase one. regionally priorities can vary in kansas phase two will put a high priority on workers in meat packing and grocery business. across the country, 48,000 in the industry have been infected with covid another 350

catie beck, thank you for that report. >>> meantime, let's go west. right now, 33 million people in california are under new stay at home measures. it comes as that state records close to 35,000 new covid cases. that is a single day record. nbc's jake ward is in the san francisco bay area, which originally led the charge in the spring with shutdown orders. so, jake, take us through the new stay at home measures california is implementing, and what are the biggest concerns there right now? >> reporter: good morning, chris. yes, that's right. here in the san francisco bay area, you know, streets like the one i'm on here in san francisco's chinatown would normally be buzzing with deliveries at this hour. right now, the only truck we've seen is the one behind me, making deliveries to a food bank. the shutdown orders voluntarily imposed by the five counties around me, along with mandatory orders in southern california and the san joaquin valley, are closing all non-essential businesses. that's barbershops. that's playgrounds. that's all sorts of things tha

catie: yeah.ns about it because it looks like it was built by your e-commerce platform, but it doesn't sound like you're doing a lot of e-commerce right now. mark: no. we're not. we never really thought of the online site as a serious e-commerce. catie: in regards to bringing people into your store, i think there's a lot of very quick design work that can be done here. lemonis: the website is going to be the most important business, and i bought santastoys.com before i came here. jac: oh, i think that's great. i mean, it should be sensory overload. when i walk into santa's toys, i should smell hints of gingerbread in the air. you know what i mean? it's sights. it's sounds. it's feelings. steve: right. jac: and you are capturing that magic, and then we're going to transfer that magic online. steve: and then it's, like, somebody that's had a great experience is going to say, "santa's toys is amazing." jac: when they ask for the website, it's like, "oh, you should join our nice list," and, you know,