well that's what christina applegate does. she's the star of nbc's newcombe di"up all night."ressive women, you know them well, selected as "glamour" magazine's women of the year, former first lady laura bush and twin daughters barbara and jenna. jenna knows her way around our "today" show studios as well. they'll be honored with the generations award tonight. >> congratulations to them. just delightful to have them in our studio. before we get to anything else let's get a check of the weather. >> let's look at the week ahead. looks on the wet side out west with mountain snows, heavy rains in the mid plains, we're looking at above normal temperatures up and down the east coast. the middle part of the week it will be warm here but we're looking for more rain in the ohio river valley, rain in the pacific northwest, much below normal through the southwest and the rockies and latter part of the week stays warm but wet in new england, above normal temperatures plains into texas and wet and co >> good morning. it will be a nice day. mostly sunny skies expected. >> and don't forget y

. >>> and big milestone for christina applegate. from the nbc comedy, "up all night." today she turns 40. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. >>> from surprising freebies to top tech discounts. learn how to make the most of those black friday bargains. >>> nine-time grammy winning mary blige performs live in studio. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com