elmo was his happy place. elmo was where he felt safe.hair in the back, got him into the limousine, becky pulled off his shirt and stuck a feeding tube right in his stomach. it was something i had not seen before, something i had not been exposed to, and wow, things just got really real, really fast. ♪ zach: it was really a special time. it was not go meet elmo, shake his hand, and call it a day. we were on set for six hours. jacob got to meet the camera man, he got to go backstage, he got to meet the puppets. ♪ zach: he was interacting with the muppets like they were people. >> you are in my heart forever now, jacob. right here, feel my heart. ♪ becky: his face was as bright and the smile was as big as i had ever seen, and those eyes could light up the world. and he just loved it. he was jacob -- not a care in world. he was jacob right there with his buddy. zach: you realize what they have been through as a family, and it makes you realize the trivial issues that we deal with on the trading floor at barclays, goldman, or i deal with with

tickle me elmo? why wasn't it tickle you elmo? who is in control here? it sounds like a one-sided relationship. just get out of there. it's getting worse. there's shocking news out of japan, robot designers have now created an artificial robot that passed the standardized exams, like the s.a.t.s. this thing is going to collenge. the only silver lining is they in medieval french literature, the robots won't be able to enslave us because they'll be too busy paying off their student loans. "can't get a job. what was i thinking? i should have gone to law school. can i get you a refill on that pepsi?" ( laughter ) but if there are any robots watching, i hope they enjoy tonight's show. because, first-- we have a very good show tonight-- first, i'm talking to academy award-winning actor julianne moore. so talented. >> jon: a genius. fantastic. >> stephen: i'll join in. i'll join in on that one. longtime fan. longtime fan. she stars in "the hunger games: mockingjay: part 2." our interview will be gripping, especially the second half that comes out a year from no

con, getting mugged by times square elmo. [ laughter and applause ] gotta watch elmo. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: it's tradition. >> steve: it's a tradition to get, it's good luck if you get mugged by an elmo. >> jimmy: pro, going ice skating at rockefeller center. con, the next day being the star of a viral video titled "idiot dad falls on face." [ laughter and applause ] pro, you know dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen. con, because you met them at scores strip club here in new york city. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: right here in new york. >> jimmy: ladies and gentlemen, vixen. [ cheers ] that's not how strippers dance. >> steve: no. [ light laughter ] that's not how they dance. >> steve: yeah. give it up for dasher. and blitzen. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: this is a pro here, going for a horse-drawn carriage ride in central park. con, the horse asking you to give him five stars on uber. [ light laughter ] >> steve: oh that's -- >> jimmy: he shouldn't ask me. >> steve: no. >> jimmy: i should just do it. i base my rating on heart. >> steve: i hate when horses talk back. >

there's a monster on the stairs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: elmo? >> elmo! >> jimmy: i mean, come on. our thanks to tina fey, everybody. go see "sisters" this weekend. [ cheers and applause ] dane dehaan joins us after the break. stick around, everybody. elmo! [ cheers and applause ] dry spray? that's fun. it's already dry! no wait time. this is great. it's very soft. can i keep it? (laughs) all the care of dove... ...now in a dry antiperspirant spray. (politely) wait, wait, wait! you can't put it in like that, you have to rinse it first. that's baked-on alfredo. baked-on? it's never gonna work. dish issues? trust your dishwasher with cascade platinum. it powers... through... your toughest stuck-on f fd. better than finish. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is a a very talented actor who you know from such films as "chronicle," "the place b

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kennedy: i thought you were going to say you don't pro note children and elmo. >> elmo is a bit of a freak, too. there were 480,000 background checks conducted on black friday. let's not forget farook's neighbor bought the guns legally that he obtained to quill 14 and injure 21. kennedy: that was before he went to saudi arabia. you could argue that his neighbor bought the guns preradicalization. >> this neighbor transferred the guns illegally. >> if you have a law that would radicalize if you this country, then you have to register your gun differently. no one is going to listen to that. that's why all the stuff about gun region industry is pretty much nonsense. but ladies are also getting in on the action. it's a slippery slope to get a gun. i thought about it and i think to myself, if you have a gun you have to think, could i actually kill somebody other than my husband. if it comes down to it. could i do it? i don't know. kennedy: i think you could if your family was in jeopardy. >> i thought about it. i wish i had gotten a gun instead those chews. kennedy: the and is returning la

fights, gun shots, wounded times square elmos begging for help-- the usual new york stuff. but today, i got to say, new york took it up a notch. an unholy wail started from the street that sounded like a goose making love to a smoke detector. ( laughter ) i don't know if you guys heard it today. it was so unbelievable-- this is true-- it was so unbelievable, i recorded it with my iphone. jim. ooh! oooooooo! aaaaarrrr. now, i have no idea where that sound came from. my first guess was land whales. i thought maybe, in desperation, they beached themselves on 53rd street and we were hearing them die. then, the sound stopped and we thought we can write this part and a few minutes later we heard ( high-pitched wail ) aaahhh. aaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaa. aaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaa. >> stephen: kind of makes it >> what does? >> stephen: that sound. >> i don't hear anything. i don't hear anything. ( laughter ) >> stephen: kind of makes it hard to concentrate on re- mimics sound ( pitch of sound increases ) ( applause ) they really should put cages on these windows so i don't hurl myself out. what

elmo. there's an elmo that responds to children. he has 8 different games. he know what is the kids are doing. if they're playing red light green light he knows if they're running or not running. so he's very interactive and for older kids we're seeing a lot of robotics. there's a g-15 from spin master. out of the box, this robot actually tells kids how to build him. they can program him, control him, and he understands voice commands and even with the star wars toys there's a yoda, a legendary yoda that you can give him voice commands and he will answer. >> i've heard repeatedly that it is all the rage this year so maybe we should actually take a closer look at it. anyways, coming back to star wars, we talk about the substitution effect. do you see a lot of the other toy makers and other toys, per say, suffering because so many people are simply buying the star wars. >> not at all. star wars has definitely taken up a lot of retail space. but, you know, maybe some of the action figures for the boys have taken a slight hit. a lot of blockbuster movies this su

. >> it's like the tickle me elmo of the year. you're going to take the fun away from kids? come on. >> the stte fire marshall urges buyers to look for safety compliance marks and allow time for them to cool off and don't leave it unattended. news 4 new york. >> and that will do it for us. we thank you for watching. stay with us as the news continues at 6:00. >> live from studio 3c in rockefeller center this is news ny >> in hand cuff facing federal charges. plus homeland security. >> mosque first reported by news 4. once police chief now being held in jail without bail. >> news 4 i team broke that story. long island reporter was at the courthouse right now. >> reporter: i said james burke on bail tonight after pleading not guilty tonight. in a court document obtained by news 4 the u.s. attorney describes him as a danger to the community who should stay behind bars. that document says in one instance burke threatened to

limo -- elmo and hello kitty and the minions were on hand.>> lots of people took advantage of the weather for a bike ride. they wore holiday costumes. about 150 people rd. from our limited to harvard square for the annual jingle ride. they stopped and sang christmas carols along the way. look at the forecast in a >>> a little blip in the weather. >> just a little bit. rain coming in, but it will still be warm. upper 50s tomorrow and close to 60 tuesday. what else is new?>> after last year's winter, no problem. >> from one extreme to the other. your long-term forecast for christmas looks warm. it is not etched in stone. warm.>> thanks, very -- berry.>> have a good night, everybody. el brewed fresh because it's not just any coffee. it's your coffee, your dunkin'. catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., or maciato for $1.99.

jean: toys like elmo. >> elmo. markers and crayons, toys like footballs. anything to give to the kids here in new hampshire and southern new hampshire. jean: once again we've topped 2,000 toys here in manchester. but we need a whole lot more throughout the weekend. we're hoping to collect 15,000 toys for the children of new hampshire. also, thanks to dunkin' donuts, they are giving $3 gift cards to good little boys and girls and their parents who come in to make toy donations, so that's another incentive to get on the nice list. >> the mission is to bring more toys for toys for tots. mission, now let's live up to it. josh: just call him devil dog, they'll respond. still much more ahead tonight, the including a closer look at the victims of the san bernardino shooting, one of the women killed moved to the u.s. to escape islamic extremism in iran. shelley: we're hearing from the officer involved in a frightening collision, both he and that animal are okay. hayley: that is scary. not so scary weather with over the weekend, in fact, spoiler alert, it looks bea

. >> i saw frosty and elmo and all lights and i liked the owl lights. >> i saw everything, and i liked it. >> just when we thought we found the grandest display, we found something shining even brighter, and it didn't need any electricity. >> check out the sparkler on bianca trevicano her boyfriend popped the question in front of their favorite house. >> she said yes. >> it makes it even more special to have it here right in my own neighborhood surrounded by the christmas >> and a place where lifelong memories are made. >> it's fun. it's great. everybody needs this uplifting thing, you know, in the holidays. >> it's emotional, right, like it's something really beautiful. >> and it's sure to brighten your spirit. >> in dyker heights brooklyn, hazel sanchez cbs2 news. >> i tell you, those lights great, but the light coming off that rock bianca. >> congratulations. >> what a night for her. >> that's it for us at noon, for john and the entire cbs2 news team, thanks for joining us, i'm mary calvi. >> and i'm chris wragge. cbs2 news is back at 5:00. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 4:30.

competitive eater joey chestnut reportedly broke his own record and defended his crown in the saint elmo's minutes. that record still has to be officially verified. vicki i chestnut has been a competitive eater since 2005. he's held the nathan's international hot dog eating contest title for eight years. in sports. another big day for the bay area teams as the 49ers have reason to celebrate. while the raiders suffer a crushing defeat. . but the talk of the bay. and the n-b-a. continues to be the warriors. who were in brooklyn trying to get to 22-and-0. j.r. stone is next with all the highlights. ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. >> j.r. :the golden state warriors in

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and his first name was elmo. the keel for that great big letter z ship in 2011 in the admiral's honor. they christened the ship in 2014. and then last week they turned it loose. they set sail. and you will never believe what happened on elmo's first time out. real-life adventures on the high seas. we've got that story coming up right at the end of the show tonight. it's amazing. plus, last week we showed you this infrared time lapse image of the natural gas leak in porter ranch, california. with this we can see what people there have been smelling and getting sick from for nearly two months now. this huge out-of-control natural gas leak that they just cannot get under control. big rolling clouds of methane gas. this thing has been leaking for weeks now. and the gas company says they're still nowhere near figuring out how to stop the leak. they're still estimating that this leak could keep going on for four more months before they figure out how to stop it. and the scale of this thing near porter ranch, california

elmo, hello kitty and the minions were all there, of course. this is the 45th year of the north end christmas parade, but because it's just not feeling anything like christmas a week or two away. fallible. it didn't feel like -- fallish. it didn't feel like christmas. >> no. would you like the long shot >> yes. >> i don't know what that is. >> that's looking way out beyond going way out on alum beyond 10 days, close to -- a limb beyond 10 days, close to 10 days. right now -- don't hold me to have -- the maps are -- to this -- the maps are showing an incredible warm-up. it could be 65 to 70 degrees. it's too far away. >> don't worry. we won't tell anybody you just said that. you didn't hear anything. >> we're on live tv, but, you know. >> here we go. anything but snow is in the forecast, but we do have a snowy owl there, beautiful shot of this snowy owl taken today at castle island. thanks to eileen murphy for the temperature in boston far from producing snow. that's for sure. another day over 50 degrees, 53 in boston early this morning way befo

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>> elmo. >> reporter: in her new stroller she can be out in the world. her mother says that's all this little girl wants. that little girl is truly amazing. >> oh!! >> one of the things that jeff said is her smile and her will to be happy is just infectious and it truly was. it was an honor to meet them. >> where did the foundation come from? >> it honors his sons jason and juststin and they have a rare genetic disorder but they are doing well which is wonderful buy the foundation goal is to provide one child a smile at a time. >> thank you, vanessa. stay here because on the other hat that you wear, lonnie quinn, this evening, of course. >> that's my colleague own there. >> way to go, vanessa. nice story. >> isn't that nice? it's cooling down for juice yeah. it is. look, it was -- it was seasonally cooler than yesterday. let me show you what i see as of right now. if you take a look at our shot looking over the city, you're dealing with 48 degrees. still a few clouds overhead. but there will be fewer and fewer clouds as you go through the nighttime hours