next, he gives voice alongside jamie foxx to the disney-pixar movie, "soul." good to see you, how is everything going? >> it's good. it's l.a. in a covid crisis. it's as good as it gets. >> jimmy: it's weird. people ask how it's going, you feel like you have to go, hm, uh -- >> i wear this. this is my day. [ laughter ] this is what i do. >> jimmy: that's a stylish one. that's like a permanent one. we have -- >> i'm in it for 13 hours a day. it's got to be comfortable. >> jimmy: really, 13 hours a day you're wearing that thing? for fun or for work? >> on set. no, that's my fashion one. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what are you working on now? what are you on set doing? >> we're shooting this blind spot tv show. >> jimmy: making a tv series out of the movie you made? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's fun, except for the helmet. >> it is, it's fun. it would be way more fun if it wasn't 2020. >> jimmy: yes. you're our last guest of 2020. is there anything you'd like to say to this year? >> i don't know, i think, just recycle the clip of that wonderful kid from earlier. [ laughte

tonight, from the new disney pixar film "soul," daveed diggs is with us.with help from dave grohl, music from the bird and the bee. [ cheers and applause ] the last time our first guest starred in a movie adaptation in a play by august wilson, she won a golden globe and oscar. why not do it again? "ma rainey's black bottom" is in theaters and netflix in about five minutes. please say hello to viola davis. [ cheers and applause ] you look great, you look festive. is christmas in full swing by you? >> christmas is in full swing. we have a beautiful tree. you can probably hear music going on in the back. the only thing we don't have right now is the liquor. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we can help you with that. guillermo, get viola some liquor! >> guillermo: sure, coming right up! >> jimmy: what's your favorite christmas song? number one all time? >> "little drummer boy." >> jimmy: oh, can i tell you something? >> yeah, you can tell me something. >> jimmy: that's the song that dave grohl and the bird and the bee are going to play on the show tonight. [ cheers and

next here, disney and pixar's new film "soul" is now streaming on disney+ and an oakland middle schools featured in the >>> welcome back. students from edmund brewer middle school will play a big role in today's virtual red carpet premiere celebrating disney's and pixar's new film "soul." it is featured in the film with jamie foxx and tina fey and its jazz band is featured, too, and today's red carpet will include a nice surprise for edmund brewer students. all of the action is being live streamed on disney and pixar's social media pages starting at 11:30 a.m. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> next here on abc 7 mornings at 6:00 a.m., with no deal in sight, people out of work will lose their unemployment benefits today. what that could mean for some 3 million californians and doctors and nurses aren't the only ones on the front lines fighting covid-19. we'll explain some of the challenges and risks firefighters are facing. - i'm lea.steve. and we live in north pole, alaska. - i'm a retired school counselor. [lea] i'm a retired art teacher. [steve] we met online about 10 years a

up next, disney and pixar's new film "soul" is now streaming on disney + and an oakland middle schoolents from edna brewer middle school in oakland will play a big role in today's virtual red carpet premiere celebrating disney and pixar's new film "soul." the east oakland middle school is featured in the film with jamie foxx and tina fey. its jazz band is featured in "soul" too. today's red carpet celebration will include a nice surprise for the students. all of the action is being live streamed on disney and pixar's social media pages starting at 11:30 a.m. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> now let's get a final check of the weather with lisa. >> hey, lisa. >> jobina, good morning to you. let's take a look at the next few hours and your morning is featuring the clouds and maybe a few isolated sprinkles and overall, the rain is ending, partly cloudy skies this afternoon and temperatures clear to upper 50s and a dry saturday, a dry sunday and the rain arrives at night and a level one system continues into monday anywhere from a quarter to upwards of three-quarters of an inch of

as a music teacher who dreams of making it big in the new disney pixar film "soul."eresting guy. listening to him and watching him at some points it was clear i was listening to jamie foxx and then there were times i lost myself in the character and i was immersed in the character. is that a compliment? >> definitely. sometimes i had to go in there and unfold my arms and really go at it. because the thing is when i went in, i was doing facial expressions first. jamie, we can't see you. >> 22, stop, i have something to tell you! >> you were able to just watch the character and somehow that voice disappeared. >> reporter: this was the first time a black lead was cast in a pixar movie. >> first time a black lead and i got the culture on my back. but i was so happy to have that. i think this is the right progression. i was ready for something like this. i think we're all ready for it. ♪ >> reporter: i was struck by the beauty of the animation. i mean, his fingers. >> it's crazy. he had great fingers, the way he touches those piano keys and the way he digs in, you know, i

now the likes of disney pixar and dream works are the undeniable heavyweights of animation but now an african player has entered the ring ghana based animax f y b has just secured one of its productions a slaughterhouse and prime. 'd me to my friend an online educational and entertainment platform created am putting east in the name means children in a con one of ghana's widely spoken languages and as it suggests the channel is aimed at kids aged 2 to 14. france's yeshua brown set up an emacs f y b in across 6 years ago my friend represents his breakthrough. in just 3 months my friend could rake in $1000000.00 u.s. dollars something the studio head is rightly proud of that amazon prime do is a huge role for me because. not just me about europe or africa because there is a 1st there and that's really have an independent content being produced and over distributed on to such a platform. and emacs has 10 employees the company has grown without state support or funding from private investors. for its content sees the world from an african perspective. 2 year olds jack ivory is a fan site

one of the first ones was pixar. disney had a complicated relationship with pixar. did you convince steve jobs to sell you pixar? was that an easy decision to convince the board to buy what was considered a high price? bob: we paid over $7 billion for pixar. it was an idea that i had right away, i laid that idea to the board, which i'm not sure was the right way to start. but we had gone through a time where disney animation had been faltering, almost a decade. we had a lot of success with pixar in what was basically a joint venture with them. that was ending and steve jobs , in a very difficult and in-your-face manner, told us publicly, meaning he made an announcement publicly, that the pixar relationship with disney would end. i felt that i had to address disney animation, that it needed huge improvement and i thought the fastest way to accomplish that, albeit the most riskiest and expensive, was to buy pixar. not only to bring pixar in as part of the company, but to bring the executives in and have them turn disney animation around. that was my pitch to the board

this is brought to you by disney and pixar "soul." ill be available for streaming this friday only on disney plus. ♪ >> life is full of possibilities. you just need to know where to look. >> streaming this friday on disney plus is the movie critics are calling peak pixar. disney and pixar "soul" visually glorious and something to behold. "people" magazine says it is the best movie of the year. >> remember to enjoy every minute of it. ♪ just one look at you. ♪ and i know it's gonna be... a lovely day. ♪ ♪ lovely day, lovely day. lovely day. ♪ ♪ lovely day. ♪ lovely day, lovely day. ♪ no matter how you celebrate this year, make this holiday extra special with a gift from pandora jewelry. >>> millions of people are ignoring cdc guidelines and traveling for the christmas holiday. the tsa says it screened 1 million passengers at u.s. airports for three days in a row now. julian glover is live at sfo with why this is such a concern for health officials. >> good morning. we're talking about those travel mandatory quarantine orders. many of th

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school band exit minded lee falls into an open manhole and is delivered to what seems to be the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of 10 the show behind their jobs or to help find personalities purpose and spirit all done with tons of fun and unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift. a one is a various streaming on disney plus. >>wife and still ahead more people are getting dna test kits as gifts th >>dna tests have become a actually a popular gift during the holiday season, but sometimes they can reveal information that people didn't necessarily expect sophia rated baa explains. >>dna tests are a great way for people to learn about their ancestry but before you do it a word of caution they think it's going to be fun. they're going to find some information and they don't a lot of

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school band exit minded lee falls into an open manhole and is delivered to what seems to be the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of 10 he show behind their jobs or to find personalities for us in spirit all done with tons of fun to create unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift a one is a various streaming on disney plus. >>all right, good stuff coming up in forcing pandemic restrictions in the sierra why health officials say it is a difficult area to manage. >>plus a warning from petaluma police why they're urging shoppers to be extra careful during those last minute trips >>and the north bay petaluma police are warning shoppers to be aware of their surroundings while picking up last minute gifts as comes after an elaborate attempted purse snatching in a parking lot according

disney and pixar "soul" is visually glorious and a joy to behold. e" magazine says it is the best movie of the year. disney and pixar >>> welcome back. thank you very much for being with us. the cdc says a million americans have already been vaccinated. that includes more than 120,000 californians mostly front line health care workers. so who will be next in line? the state advisory committee met yesterday afternoon to answer that question. j.r. stone has more on what was decided. >> reporter: a community vaccine advisory committee made up of dozens of people from california's health divisions made recommendations wednesday on which of the states essential workers should receive the covid vaccines next. the most immediate groups include education and child care workers, emergency service workers, including fire, police and corrections officers, food and ag workers including grocery store employees and most importantly all individuals 75 years old and above. >> 75-plus, they're just they're outliers. they're ten times, 20 times higher death rates. >>

reporter: "the unbreakable kimmy schmidt's" titus burgis bringing it to life based on the 2007 disney pixars like i guess i should watch the movie to remember who remy is. i just realized he was the lead. >> reporter: titus starring in the show accompanied by a 20-piece orchestra with original music, a director and choreographer. >> though none of the actors met, we didn't film with each other, we didn't even record with each other. it will be a ratatouille. it was a bunch of things added to the dish and there you go. >> now, "ratatouille" is a story about what? >> hmm. anyone with a dream can make it a reality. >> reporter: the proceeds from ticket sales benefiting the actors' fund. >> the pendulum of good fortune swings back and forth in many different directions at any given time. i wanted to take this time while things are okay for me to try and make them okay for other people. >> are you in costume, is there a makeup element? like what -- or do we just have to tune in to find out? >> you just have to -- you just got to tune in. and the truth is, i will be just as surprised to see what

pixar. away, ithat i had right brought that idea to the board, which i'm not sure was the right way to start. but we had gone through a time where disneymation had been faltering. almost a decade. we had a lot of success with pixar in what was basically a joint venture with them. and steve jobs told us publicly, meaning he made an announcement, that the pixar relationship with disney would end. animationt disney needed huge improvement and i thought the fastest way to accomplish that was to buy pixar. not only to bring pixar in as part of the company, but to bring the executives in and have them turn disney animation around. that was my pitch to the board. it took from october to january two convince them it was the right thing. had.d up all the i i also was able to convince steve jobs that it was a good idea. when the notion came to me, i was quite nervous. i got on my phone and said, i've got a crazy idea i want to talk to you about. i don't know how well you knew steve, but anyone who knew steve would know that if you said, i have a crazy idea, he would have to hear it right away. phonee me tell him on the what i had in mind. he sai

. >> 15 new disney or pixar movies and live action or animated series. ten new marvel series. >> everything that i do, i did for the rebellion. >> reporter: 10 more "star wars" series, all coming to disney plus in the coming years. many are sequels, prequells and spin-offs. a fraction are still on track to debut in theaters. one of those is black panther 2, expected to be released in july 2022. marvel will not be recasting chadwick bozeman's lead character after the actor died this year from cancer. >> in all 100 new titles were announced today. 80% are going straight to disney plus. >> surely spectacular. the monthly price will rise a dollar in march to $8. disney is the parent company of abc 7. we are not quite ready to stream the weather tonight, but we are moving in that direction. >> yes. we will get to spencer christian for the latest. >> okay. there may be streams of rainfall coming our way, finally. now a live view checking out the city of san francisco. and a nice, clear view. mostly clear looking westward. we have temperatures in the lower to mi

pixar's new movie is out on disney plus today. how this film is making history. cannot wait to watch it later today. it looks like, frances, it's going to be kind of like a rainy christmas so it might be a movie type of day for part of the day at least? >> today is a perfect day for a movie. definitely. especially this afternoon when the rain starts to slide through the rest of the bay area. stay in. watch movies. i'll check out "soul" especially after this show. here is doppler. so on our storm impact it's 1 out of 5. the storm is light today through early tomorrow. light to moderate rain. the more moderate rain will arrive in the afternoon but 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds in the afternoon and showers lingering through tomorrow morning. but they will be spotty. here is a look at the forecast animation. 8:00, notice it's still mostly in the north bay even by lunch time. then by about 3:00, it starts to slide a little bit more south turning into spotty showers. highs today will be in the low 60s. now we have more high temperatures where you live. it's streaming on

it is from disney and pixar owned by the same parent company as this station. >> your life is about to i am really looking forward to that one. soul debuts tomorrow on disney plus. all right. sandhya patel, tracking the weather and santa's progress. sandhya, where in the world is he? >> i can't even keep up. i have been trying with norad. let my show you where i last saw santa. the tracker puts him in arizona. that is where he was last seen. he is very close and will have no problems delivering the gifts tonight as he comes in to the bay area. lower 40s to lower 50s and mostly cloudy skies. don't worry, the kids will get their gifts. clouds and fog. you are looking at breezy conditions. showers developing. spreading by 4:00 p.m. scattered showers for the evening hours. live now on doppler 7 we have the cloud cover. temperatures will not drop as much because of the insulation of the clouds. 40s, 50s, a live look. just a glorious view tonight. wet and breezy. a colder storm gets here on sunday night. on the storm impact scale it is a level one. christmas through early saturday, light to

disney's pixar. let's go back to the 80s. wonder woman 1984. it takes us back there but also into the future. the 80s across the era of frizzy hair and shoulder pads. michelle may remember, may be too young. year of dynasty and bionic woman. wonder woman saves a jogger from being run over by a pontiac firebird. how 80s is that? wonder woman i have to say friends delivers on many, many levels. especially so for all of us who actually survived the 80s. yes, we d. you'll find the film on hbo max. it opens on christmas day. >>> it is a classic i have. i know this one is on every christmas in michelle's household. will ferrell stars as elf. good family fun with will ferrell as a tender, lovable, comic best. there's great performances in this filament. just saw james con who plays his unlovable dad. also bob newhart. the movie is set in new york city. will ferrell, a life sized elf trying to fit in and find his place in the world. it's a holiday tradition in my house to watch. from today, elf is streaming on amc classic. friends, listen, we're home.

. >>> next up here, disney and pixar's new film "soul" is now streaming on disney plus.n oakland middle school is featured in the movie. how they're taking part in today's virtual red carpet. >>> the winning numbers from last night's $352 million mega millions drawing. 17, 23, 36, 69, 70 and the mega number, 19. nobody picked all six numbers. tuesday night's jackpot increases to $376 million. very nice. tell us if you win. >>> so students from edna breuer middle school in oakland will play a big role in the virtual red carpet premiere celebrating the new film "soul." the east oakland middle school is featured in the film with jamie foxx and tina fey. its jazz band is featured too. today's virtual red carpet celebration will include a nice surprise for edna brewer students. all of the action is being live streamed on disney and pixar's social media pages starting at 11:30 a.m. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >>> and now we are going to get a final check on your accuweather forecast with lisa. she has the rain for us, everybody. bring it. >> well, i didn't deliver t

be, you know, the disney component of starz movies a year later so you are going to get all of disney pixartuff after a year on disney plus after they are in the theater. i think it's going to do very very well. you're right, it's not a zero sum game for the streamers. it's a zero sum game for the consumer. everybody who cuts the cord, who cuts cable, and cuts out an $85 to $100 bill suddenly finds themselves with $85 to $100 instead. they will clearly sign up for a handful of these streaming services and maybe get rabbit ears, maybe get an over the top tv service like sling or hulu plus or fubo. there are plenty of them. they are probably not going to end up spending less. they are getting a lot more content for a little more money when you look at it that way. cheryl: and the cable providers know it. that's for sure. before i let you go real quick, only got like a minute, i wanted to ask you about social media. what do you think happens with regulation in washington for social media companies? >> i think that we have both parties just a collection of sissies who are afraid of their shadow

it is the disney pixar "soul" by jon batiste.t movie. what-- what can we expect this, jon? what's going on? >> jon: oh, my goodness. there is so much music in the film. trent, at cuss as well as myself. i'm so glad it's coming out. it will uplift people when they see it. >> stephen: this music from and inspired by will the film, and i understand you did the compositions and the arrangements of all the songs on this album. >> jon: yes, i had a band it's oldest person in the band is roy haines, who was a guest on our show. he was 95 when we recorded this record. >> stephen: was he the one playing the deep bass? >> jon: he was playing the drums. it was-- he played the drums with joe. and he was there-- he was 92 at the time. he was on our show. >> stephen: you were also a cultural consultant on the film. what did that job entail? >> jon: just talking about the way that musicians live in the world and the way that we play together, so it can feel very authentic when you watch it and not seem like-- you know, when you see music in fil

. >> 15 new disney or pixar movies and live action or animated series. new marvel series. >> everything that i do, i did for the rebellion. >> reporter: 10 more "star wars" series, all coming to disney plus in the coming years. many are sequels, prequells and spin-offs. a fraction are still on track to debut in theaters. one of those is black panther 2, expected to be released in july 2022. marvel will not be recasting chadwick bozeman's lead character after the actor died this year from cancer. >> in all 100 new titles were announced today. 80% are going straight to disney plus. >> surely spectacular. the monthly price will rise a dollar in march to $8. disney is the parent company of abc 7. we are not quite ready to stream the weather tonight, but we are moving in that direction. >> yes. we will get to spencer christian for the latest. >> okay. there may be streams of rainfall coming our way, finally. now a live view checking out the city of san francisco. and a nice, clear view. mostly clear looking westward. we have temperatures in the lower to middle

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school band exit minded lee falls into an open manhole and is delivered to what seems to me the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of an their jobs or to find personalities purpose and spirit all done with tons of fun to create unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift a one is a various streaming on disney plus. >>so many fun switch gears and talk about our forecast as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the sun is shining traffic if you are headed for the city for some last minute gifts but that sun will not be shining for very long kron 4 meteorologist john travel has a look at our rainy holiday forecast. >>hey good christmas eve to you everyone, i'm kron 4 meteorologist john trouble today, we're going to be seeing some cloudier skies than what

now the likes of disney pixar and dream works on the undeniable heavyweights of animation but now an african player has entered the ring ghana based on a max f y b has just secured one of its productions a slot on hammers and prime. 'd me to my friend an online educational and entertainment platform created and produced in ghana the name means to children in a cone one of ghana's widely spoken languages and as it suggests the channel is aimed at kids aged $2.00 to $14.00 and france is the issue of brown set up an emacs f y p in across 6 years ago represents his breakthrough in just 3 months my friend could rake in $1000000.00 u.s. dollars something the studio head is rightly proud of that amazon prime do. maybe have. not just me about iraq or africa because the 3 have an independent content being produced and of a distributor on to set a platform. and emacs has 10 employees the company has grown without state support or funding from private investors. for its content sees the world from an african perspective. 2 year old's dad ivory is a fan site is how much. i think you know when we

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school band open manhole and is delivered to what seems to be the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of 10 the show behind their jobs or to find personalities purpose and spirit all done with tons of fun and unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift a one is a various streaming on disney plus. >>you know what i like watching is you guys on christmas day sending us your pictures. >>that's a lot of fun to see the family celebrating opening gifts and everything else on this christmas morning. i love matching outfits you can only do that during adorable lot of fun and keep them coming go to our facebook page if you'd like to do that and we'll be back with just a few more minutes of the kron 00:00am >>just in time for christmas private first class rubin spencer able to come home for the

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school bandn manhole and is delivered to what seems to be the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out the show behind their jobs or to find for us in spirit all gone with tons of fun to create unusual picture style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift from his various streaming on disney plus. >>still ahead a coronavirus survival story that provided hope after a florida man spent almost 50 days in the hospital now his family is giving back. >>and next in sports ka >>4 sports brought to you by xfinity. >>fans wanted for christmas win today against the milwaukee bucks but unfortunately santa must forgotten about golden state because today's game was more like something from the grinch yes steph curry and company we're looking to bounce back after that blowout loss to the nets on tuesday but it was not to b

. >> have you guys heard about the disney pixar movie coming out. it's called "soul."ut really soon. we got to speak with the producer of it. the movie is featuring the first black lead, and my friend reggie got all the details on how the carob was developed. he also got to meet the creators who helped to bring this story to life, and i'm jealous. >> can everybody hear me? good morning! >> if you want something a little bit meatier, we just dropped our latest episode of mack, a pandemic school story. this one looks at the high school experience for a freshman. she just moved to the bay area, has never been on campus, and she is trying to make friends in this new virtual world we're living in. can you imagine? it is so compelling, and if you missed the other three episodes, you can stream them all on demand. all of that and much more is in the feature section right at the top of the app. and if you don't have the app yet, make sure you fire up your roku, amazon fire, apple tv. search abc7 bay area and download it than a holiday dinner table. gives you more options pick

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school bandxit minded lee falls into an open manhole and is delivered to what seems to be the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of 10 the show behind their jobs or to find personalities for us in spirit all done with tons of fun to create unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really christmas eve... everybody spends the night at the house. i love christmas, i always did. it's loud, it's family being together. a lot of food, music, people, hugs. that's a perfect christmas. ♪ >>and 6 right now and coming up on the kron 4 morning news, bad news for california, but we can still change things we're going to tell you how many hospital beds are left in the icy use and what we all need to do to make sure that we get out of this covid pandemic okay we'll be right back. >>the news station you're watching >>waking

disney and pixar "soul" is visually glorious and a joy to behold. "people" magazine says the best movie of the year. >> remember to enjoy every minute of it. >> disney and it inspired me to become a doctor. then covid hit. no one has ever seen anything like covid. you feel hopeless. my best friend's father died of covid-19. then my father caught it. wearing a mask, washing your hands. sacrifice those things now. you have the power to protect the ones you love. >>> a covid relief package is headed to president trump's desk for a signature and it would put money in the hands of americans as soon as next week. it comes as the coronavirus continues to grip this entire country. here's faith. >> reporter: averaging more than 2,600 deaths a day. monday a new daily hospitalization record. more than 115,300 people fighting the disease in hospital beds. >> when you get up to the icu you feel like you're getting into a war zone. >> reporter: meanwhile millions sliding inovernight both the house and senate passing a much needed nearly $900 relief package. attach

. >> streaming this friday on disney plus is the movie critics are calling peak pixar. ey and pixar "soul" is visually glorious. and a joy to behold. "people" magazine says it is the best movie of the year. >> remember to enjoy every minute of i . >>> here's some of the latest covid-19 numbers. california reported nearly 32,000 cases yesterday. that's down from 60,000 cases a week ago. the state is still setting records when it comes to hospitalizations. the number climbed close to 18,000 people, more than 3,700 of those people are in the icu. those are both single-day highs. >>> let's look at the intensive care numbers. stayed wide it's below 2%. when you look at san joaquin valley and southern california, they're at zero percent. in the bay area there was a slight drop on monday to 13.5%. >>> a vigil was held outside uber's headquarters in san francisco to remember uber drivers who died from covid-19. they parked along market street to draw attention to the deaths. a truck with an l.e.d. screen had the names of those who died from the virus. the group says it coincided

>>and finally for the whole family, there's the disney-pixar offering soul about 4 middle school bando an open manhole and is delivered to what seems to me the waiting area for heaven all on the very day he's about to achieve his life school becoming a professional jazz musician. this great beyond little creatures that look like they're right out of 10 the show behind their jobs or to find personalities purpose and spirit all done with tons of fun to create unusual picks or style a story with great lessons for kids and grown-ups it's a really nice christmas gift. a one is a various streaming on disney plus. >>9.52 and happening now we're tracking santa making his way around the world. so far he's given away now close to 3 billion gifts to good girls and boys behaving on this christmas eve morning. >>he just delivered to abu dhabi in the united arab emirates and he's on trial next don't worry. i'll make it to the bay area by tonight. well you're sleeping we'll be right back. >>sea and ground in our 2 kids and the best time of year again did you see this fast approaching and even the pa

disney and pixar's "soul" will be available exclusively on disney plus beginning on christmas day.e beauty. it really is almost romantic when you have this type of snow in central park here, wanted to show you the top of the statues at columbus circle and the visibility down, now i also wanted to share with you that there are going to be people super happy about this. west virginia, picking up at least a half foot of snow in places, snowshoe in the last week has had about 15 inches so skiers and snowboarders are rejoicing and i know my kids are this morning and i'm sure >>> good morning. arch a good soaking last night, our showers will start ending around 9:00. partly cloudy, breezy and cool they are afternoon. mid to upper 50s. it is going to be a >>> it is time now for our 12 days of christmas cookies. michael is going to head on over there and open our calendar, see what we're making. what are we making this morning? >> ooh. >> vanilla coconut meringue swans? >> yes. >> it's perfect. perfect for this morning's seven swans a-swimming theme. our pastry chef author of "dessert pers

. >> reporter: remy the rat, to be exact, protagonist of the disney pixar classic "ratatouille," thison new year's day. it began with this video from new york teacher emily jacobson. a love ballad called "ode to remy." ♪ remy the ratatouille ♪ the rat of all my dreams >> i was reading about the new ratatouille ride coming to disney world. i'm a huge disney fan, so using that as inspiration, i just started singing this song about the main character, remy. >> reporter: it got millions of views and inspiring fellow tiktokers to create songs, for "ratatouille: re-imagined." as a musical. original songs including -- ♪ that's what the life of a rat's all about ♪ >> reporter: and the aspirational "anyone can cook." ♪ anyone can cook ♪ all it takes is courage >> reporter: after those appetizers proved so popular, the main course is ready to be served. >> if we're going to be thieves -- >> reporter: here are some of the exclusive hors d'oeuvres from the upcoming show. >> we are not thieves and you need to stay out of the kitchen and away from those humans. >> reporter: though it started with a

what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa >>> an historic pixar movie is being released on disney plus, christmas day. "soul" is the first pixar film featuring a black lead. jamie foxx is the voice of musician joe garner who rethinks his life after falling into a manhole. nbc morning's anchor reggie aqui spoke to some of the producers about their creative process. >> i did it. i got the gig. >> you have this protagonist, and he is an absolute human being. unlike other big pixar movies. >> joe gardner is a black man living in queens, new york, who is a middle school band teacher and his passion is jazz. ♪ one of our cultural consultants, she calls it black improvizat n improvizationle music. we knew joe had to be black at that moment. >> it was a wonderful to bring as many personal experiences as possible into creating this character and the world of this character. ♪ but it wasn't justm me. it was an opportunity for everyone involved to kind of craft joe and craft joe's world. >> joe gardner is our first african-american lead, and with that comes a community that is very much like one-

there's ten new mar having shows, ten two "star wars" shows, 25 new shows and movies across disney studios and pixar all for streaming, the company says by 2024 it might be spending $12-14 billion in just that year alone. the stock jumped 13% on the news. investors love it. these two companies, disney and netflix, had about the same market value for a while. you have to ask yourself, why are they so close at this point? disney looks to be every bit the winner in streaming that netflix is, and that's not even counting the theme parks and everything else that we know are coming back down the road. jack: yeah. they've nailed the pandemic, and when things come back, the streaming loves recurring revenue. ing carlton, let's go to you, and you get to talk about this esoteric investment vehicle known as a spak, special purpose acquisition company. why are they in the news right now? >> yeah. so spacs are basically these blank check companies where a backer or sponsor raises money from investors or in an ipo with the intention of acquiring a company in a certain time frame. the offering documents may offer