this morning the high-flying chicago bulls point guard zach levine teaming up with the chicago after-schoold after school matters to give one teen a home makeover and shopping spree for the holidays. a list of nominated students were taken to levine and the bulls but one stood out. marquis johnson. >> i talked to his coach and his family members and the type of person he is and the thing he do around the community. he has a little bit of a burden on his shoulder. he's looking to give back. so i can do the same for repor his grandmother and she raised three of his cousinsing care ofe children so he decided to dedicate the shopping spree and home makeover to his grandmother. >> do you think she'll have a good reaction to it. >> she'll probably cry. >> oh, for real. >> i think so. >> reporter: a day of shopping for clothes. >> might as well get the whole outfit. >> and furniture, 15 hours of cleanup put together with a little wrapping paper and the home was ready to go. >> what's up? >> oh my god. >> yep. >> you're all good. >> oh, my god. >> i'm just so -- i never expected anything. for this

the first one at capital one arena tips off tomorrow night against the chicago bulls. >>> rightow the redskins have a few more practices before their final game of the season. they square off against their division rivals, the philadelphia eagles. this morning we're hearing from d.j. swearinger after h release from the redskins. he was let go after publicly criticizing the coaching staff after last weekend's tgh loss in tennessee. the forr redskin tells us he did not think his lead to this.ld wouldefinitely tnk it cost my job. i'm a very passionate player. i put my heart in this face t the camera in my after we lose a game, i may say some things i shouldn't say. i got to control that and be better at that. his earinger is back with former team, the arizona cardinals. the redskins will play their final game of the season without him on sunday. >>> serena williams has bee named the associated press female athlete of the year. this is her fifth time winning theui title. her return to tennis after a health scare following the birth of her daughter helpe win her 93 votes and the title. gym

the first one tips off tomorrow night against the chicago bulls. >>> good morning.t cnbc headquarters. starbucks is ending the holiday season in style. the coffee chain is bringing back its collection of tuxedo drinks from last year. the trio of limited edition black and white beverages will be available through the first week of januaryppr while es last. the black and white hot cocoa, mocha, and frappuccino drinks are topped with dark chocolate sequins that resemble a black tie. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. >> i donad think i've ever one of those. >> why do they keep trying to dress up my coffee? just put it in a cup. >> i just need the $2.23 one. a little room for cream. >>> still ahead, metro has a plan to make your commute safer. >> what has just been installed t emake you feel more >>> plus, if you are among the millf americans hoping to returnoliday gif this week, there are a few things you'll want to know before you head to the store. news 4 today will be right back. for . >>> just about 6:00 a.m. on this thursday moing. goodrnin

the first one tips off tomorrow night against the chicago bulls. >>> and hope you connected with yourr theolidays because that is where the onlyinning ticket in st night's powerball drawing was sold. the ticket with the numbers 5, 25, 38, 52, 67, powerball of 24 is worth more than $298 million. that's about 180f youake the cash option. powerball hasn't said where in new york the tictt was sold. f you have a few bucks left from the holidays, you may want to consider buying one of se mega milliickets. that drawing is tomorrow for an esn,mated $348 mill 210 if you take the cash option. >> i'm on it. >>et go. >>> new york city is getting ready for its iconic new year's eve celebration in times square. ion people are expected to turn out to watch the famous ball drop midnight monday. work crews are busy installing the 192 sparkling newaterford crystal triangles on the ball.41 it'll dropeet in 60 seconds beginning at 11:59 on new year's eve. you can watch the ball drop here on nbc 4 carson daly and chrissy teigen hosting the celebration. >> hard to believe we're athe end of the year. for us

the oklahoma city thunder made it three wins in a row as they eased past the chicago bulls one hundred twenty one ninety six paul george scored sixteen of game high twenty four points in the final five minutes of the second quarter russell westbrook added thirteen point six three rebounds and eleven steals for his one hundred and the career triple double. australia's cricketers have won their first test match since a ball tampering scandal in march they beat india by one hundred forty six runs in perth to level the series that won all india who won the first test in adelaide were chasing two hundred eighty seven for victory they began the final day on one hundred twelve a five but were all out for one hundred forty four match series continues in melbourne on the twenty sixth of december. the world of surfing has a new champion gabrielle medina won the title in hawaii on monday the brazilian clinched the second move crown for the semifinal victory of the judy smith at the bonzai pipeline in hawaii even aged out of straight is julian wilson in the final round to win the pipe most of the

bull to get in. >>> it is christmas eve but some shoppers are still doing last minute christmas shopping. jeff flock is at bloomingdale's in chicagong, david. santa has just arrived here as we speak. look at that. he is right there. you should see the line here. there's santa claus. good to see you, santa. very nice. i tell you, santa typically is attired a little more formally here than a lot of places. this is the line for santa. this is i guess the go-to santa in chicago, one of the most popular. they wait for hours here for santa claus. there are a lot of people out shopping today. take a look at these numbers. i was surprised at this. who's finished? well, national retail federation survey says 44% of shoppers, almost half, were done before this past weekend. a full 24%, this young lady waiting for santa claus, it appears, with her mouth agape. lovely to see. i like that. at any rate, back to the numbers, 24% shopped over this weekend, super saturday and sunday, then 7% said they will finish their shopping today and some will even finish tomorrow. not tomorrow, but after christmas, with those sales. this is the beautiful tree