with elmo. okay. go ahead. go ahead. >> is this elmo? >> yeah.o is better than most of our camera guys. >> we go on the air live, he's going to be great. >> we are on right now. >> we are? >> oh. yeah. let's do this again, then. >> okay. >> now, we're ready to go. >> looking good. looking good. looking good. >> can we have elmo every day? it's like affirmations. >> this is elmo's emmy. >> zoom in really close so i can see their pores. yeah. >> is this all we do for the half hour? >> no. we've got more. oscar is going to feel -- it's a whole hour. >> it stinks down there. >> it's an hour? >> it's an hour. >> do you smell -- i smell something in the kitchen. >> hi. >> boy, oh, boy. me so excited. we're going to make cookies. >> yes. yes. >> cookie te don't have a cooking segment today? >> it's been fun. we had a terrific time. going to get my car on 48th street. bye-bye. >> woo. >> oh, my gosh. this is going to be one wild ride. >> looking good, guys. looking good. >> elmo can come whenever. we are going to have so much more from our pals from "ses

think you brought elmo to the hospital?wouldn't be so scared. >> reporter: back then, elmo also had his x-rays done. >> look at that. >> reporter: when payson came out of surgery with his new heart beating away, his crime-fighting pal was recovering right there beside him. they are both doing just fine together. kevin tibbles, nbc news, milwaukee. >>> and that's going to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> our memorable night in moscow. the very trip at the center of his salacious new scandal. >> now on "extra." ♪ extra, extra >>> as the president-elect blasts the russian sex scandal as witch-hunt -- >> i'm also very much of of a germaphobe, by the way. >> we uncover "extra" footage from the trump trip inside the hoe pell. >> you're looking very russian. >> now i belong. >> then -- >> my best friend. >> before mr. obama's tear-jerking final speech -- >> what the president and first lady told us about their love story. >> do you remember th

why do you think you brought elmo to the hospital?wouldn't be so scared. >> reporter: back then, elmo also had his x-rays done. >> look at that. >> reporter: when payson came out of surgery with his new heart beating away, his crime-fighting pal was recovering right there beside him. they are both doing just fine together. kevin tibbles, nbc news, milwaukee. to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. watching and good night. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. hurry offer ends january 21st.

why do you think you brought elmo to the hospital?> so i wouldn't be so scared. >> reporter: back then, elmo also had his x-rays done. >> look at that. >> reporter: when payson came out of surgery with his new heart beating away, his crime-fighting pal was recovering right there beside him. they are both doing just fine together. kevin tibbles, nbc news, milwaukee. >>> and that's going to do it for us on a wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good nighte rain...but no relief on the ground . >>> right now at 6:00, a brief break from the rain, no relief on the ground. collapsed roads and flooded fields, just part of the latest damage from the bay area's biggest storm in years. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. >>> the bay area still recovering from these powerful storms and more rain is on the way. we have a team of reporters across the bay area covering the many problem spots. we begin with jeff ranieri, how much of a break time do we have? >

what's going on with elmo?i didn't know elmo did that. >> for those of you who frequent this broadcast you know that some person abducted the tickle me elmo last week. fearing the worst, we actually got this in the mail room today. so how could we not think the worst? >> we're in new york. just a couple of days before christmas. a little bit of snow in new york. >> would you let me introduce myself? this is the part of the program where i introduce myself? >> that's right. this is his big moment. >> i'm anderson cooper. mark mullin is off this morning. thank you. now, go ahead. what were you saying? >> one, two, three. ♪ we love you anderson, oh yes we do ♪ >> if you have any information on the fat lady -- not the fat lady, not to be confused for the fat lady. if you have information about her, you can contact us. >> is there an offensive body odor that that keeps co-anchors from staying more than a couple weeks. this is my last day. >> the nights that never end, inso insomn insomnia, a new fragrance by "world

>> he's as drunk as elmo. >> sorry. >> we would like to extend our love and appreciation to aaron brown yes. >> very low blood sugar tonight, but -- [ chanting aaron ] ? >> you guys could be the first anchor team that does not go onto greater things after tonight. [ laughter ] >>. >> we're hoping we still have jobs tomorrow. >> we're assuming that's the case, but if not, we'll just drink up to it. >> we want to give a big thank you to all the insomniacs. wnn fans. >> whatever you're doing right now, hopefully you have clothes on. >> we all -- >> why? >>> the year was 1992. ♪ mariah carey was queen. >> tom cruise said. >> you can't handle the truth. >> and this happened. >> in the news at this hour. >> news with an attitude was born. >> sort of a mixed bag. a little bit of everything in the midsection including a little soup i had earlier. >> this morning we're looking back at a time of big shoulder pads, and computer monitors the size of buicks. grab your mug and get ready to polka. ♪ >> as we celebrate 25 years of "world news now." ♪

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elmo likes songs! puzzles! me love puzzles. memorization too- dinosaurs! yess!!!! puppies! ooh! i love puppies! so do, i. actually...pets can teach important lessons abou- dancing! elmo loves to dance. okay then, let's dance. (everybody cheers) yeah baby! ... no football. this is football... first down. maybe not enough life. (children chattering) and this is the perfect balance of football and life. (vo) watch the 2016 nfl playoffs on nfl mobile data free with verizon. plus, get our best smartphones only $10 per month when you trade in your phone. ttrails are covered... nothing like yesterday... roads nowhere to be found.... ♪ and it's exactly what you're looking for. ♪ ♪ jim: boy, the bennett injury is not pretty to look at but then he got to his feet and actuallyo ovation. first down, patriots. brady looking end zone and lewis in double coverage. phil: pretty interesting, though. a look at martellus bennett. jim: watch 88 here. phil: watch his left leg. extends it. jim: that is something that we'll have to watch. he's still got the helmet on but he's backed up by matt

. >> sort of like elmo right about now. >> we have heard so many great lines from the word news polkatics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka. tapes that roll in way too slow. that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ around the world and up your street ♪ "the skinny" is our gossip. that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ i've had worse things thrown at me. don't worry ♪ ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance ♪ have some fun, be a pal and do the world news polka. here's what the bosses think ♪ ♪ they're a goofy crew and if your neighbors call the cop here's all you have to do. neighbors yell it's half past three. tell them that it's news to me. that's the world news polka. they make us work the graveyard shift. that's why we go for broke ♪ ♪ why not tune in abc and join our little joke ♪ news five days a week tongue and cheek it's the world news polka ♪ ♪ it's the world news polka >> yeah. barry mitchel. great. >> barry, do you have a -- >> by the

the emergency alert sounded in downtown san ans elmo last night. city officials ordering everyone out west of town. the creek nearly took over the bridge. no word on when the evacuations will be lifted. >> now to a muddy mess in downtown martinez, the waters from the creek went over the bridge on main street and that flooded nearby roads. many stopping to look at the rushing water. some did what chp said don't ever do, and that is drive through it. we've been sending out alerts on our micro climate weather alert with our nbc bay area app you can down tloed with your smartphone. you will know when severe rain heads to your area and when your family needs to find somewhere safe. >> there is other news this morning as well. newly released surveillance video shows a deadly robbery in vallejo. these two men stormed into pawn advantage and shot the owner, his dog and wounded an employee. as you can see, they were dressed in black with their faces covered. it happened last month. a $25,000 reward is being offered. >> pg&e could face some further punishmen

. >> just like "tickle me elmo". gosh took forever to try to find one of those things, i got one for my neice. she was so seeks it dollars. played with it for an hour, then tossed aside. >> isn't that how kids are? all right, on to the next. well, tom louder he has two daughters, and they got a hatchi ammal. still playing with it. >> i was going to common here and issue missing person's report for our hatchimal. to be honest i haven't seen it from five minute after it hatched christmas morning. we an hour pros he, my youngest daughter taylor, love you, wanted it, rushed the thing for ten minutes, got bored with it, gave to to my mom. she rubs it, it hatched. she was happy. i have not seen since that no, ma'am. coy not tell you where it is, she could not tell you where it is, unless the hatchimal suddenly moves into her ipad, we don't know where it is. >> and how long did it take to you get that little guy? >> it took us a long time. we document philadelphia here on the show, and on good day weaken, we western around.

. >> seth: a couple weird elmos got in there? some cash. >> seth: yeah, yeah. i gave it to them. >> seth: those weird elmos have no problem dropping the f-bomb here and there. [ laughter ] >> but -- no, i just love new yorkers. we're you know, we're doing the show. and their like, "what so you're what -- you're doing tv show? i don't watch it. i'm walking over there, i don't give a [ bleep ], [ bleep ] you." i'm like, it's new york. you know. and it's good. [ laughter ] >> seth: it's very hard to argue with those people. i like that they had to get into detail that they don't watch it. like, "you know what, you could have told me to f off." >> okay fine, just walk. [ laughter ] >> seth: also, i know when it's on and i chose not to. >> you should watch it, it's good, you'll like it. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, i tried it. i watched four episodes, i didn't care for it. [ light laughter ] so, this -- you do a lot -- there is a lot of explosions, a lot of special effects here. >> yeah. >> seth: the very few times i've been around that,

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are you kidding me a shoutout from elmo on "the today show"? now it's creepy. i'm creepy elmo. a few years ago, the muppets took over "the today show" and it was a blast. they did muppets -- okay. >> is that you? >> that's the al roker muppet. i mean, they had a matt and a meredith muppet. >> we have so much coming up in the half hour i don't know where to begin. >> once you get started there's no stopping you. >> how cool is that? it doesn't matter how old you are, sesame street is such a classic. it makes adults smile, kids smile. >> sure. >> it was great. >> awesome. >> looking forward to that. was looking forward to the start of the new year. >> it keeps going. >> it's january 4th. >> that's unusual it's keeping going. you know, normally these types of things fizzle out after a day, maybe two days. >> because it's it's a she said he said okay for those of you who didn't see. take a look at what happened new year's eve on dick clark's rocking new year's eve with ryan seacrest. ♪ >> all right. we didn't have something for this song. there was

elmo falling down. any time i see a gopher seen i think of fargo. >> gopher or gophers, i don't get it. are we going now? that does it for me. i'm tom shillue and i'll see you next time. >> i wore the wrong socks. i wore the wrong socks. have you tried the hot dogs here? needless to say i didn't -- &%c1 superflush just go to lendingtree.com. get up to five loan offers to compare side by side for free. wow, that's great. wait, how did you get in my kitchen? oh, i followed a raccoon in through your doggie door. [chittering] [gasps] get a better mortgage on your schedule. not the bank's. lendingtree. when banks compete, you win. just think of him as a big cat. [chittering] with rabies. "special report" is next with breaking news. >> let's go, let's go, let's go. >> panic in a florida airport. witnesses say a gunman executed people, shooting them in the head without saying a word at the baggage claim in florida's fort lauderdale-hollywood international airport. this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier in w

in san ans elmo, also corte madera until 8:30 tonight. if you live anywhere near corte madera creek, also san an sell mow, these will be areas to watch closely. the napa river under a flash flood warning until 8:00. if you're under a flash flood warning it means there is some sort of flooding happening somewhere near the river bank that is close to you. so, you really have got to pay attention to this closely. and if you approach water, you need to turn around and head in the other direction. this is the other area of concern. from saint helena down to napa maybe even into american canyon where the flash flood warning is in effect until 8:00, it's mainly because the napa river will be getting close to flood stage. so, let's take you to the flooding graphics. i know there is a lot of information to go over tonight. it looks like the napa river at saint helena will hit a cresting level here of 18 feet by tonight and then we'll start to see it drop, especially as we head into thursday's forecast. the other zone we're looking at, napa river d

. >> reporter: they are the daughters of the late admiral elmo bud zumwalt, chief of naval operations from 1970 to 1974. zumwalt shook up what at the time was a very high bound service. >> he was that controversial in terms of integrating the navy with minorities and women. >> reporter: zumwalt was famous for messages he sent to the fleet called z-grams, ordering an end to race imand sexism. those are on display on the ship for the crew to read. >> if you look at the "zumwalt," you will see all races represented. it's ironic. the navy was the furthest behind among the services. >> reporter: history has come to recognize admiral zumwalt as the leader who transformed the leader of the 20th century. the "uss zumwalt" is easy to recognize, but it will take a while nor the navy to figure out how to use it, and for history to know what to think of it. rise above joint discomfort with move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20% better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill... get move free ultra, and enjoy living well. >>> the latest technological

i'm creepy elmo.the "today" show, and it was a blast. they did puppets. >> is that you? >> that's the al roker puppet. >> there's weather there, too. that's great. that's what's going on here. >> they had a matt and a katie muppet -- or meredith puppet. >> we have so much in this half hour, i don't know where to begin. >> good. because once you get started, there's no stopping you. >> i know where to start. >> you know what it is? doesn't matter how old you are, sesame street is just such a classic. they make adults smile. make kids smile. >> sure. >> it was great. we had a great time. looking forward to that. >> yes. >> mariah carey, i don't know if she is looking forward to the start of the new year. >> it's still going. today is january something. >> january 4th. >> unusual that it's keeping going because normally, these type of things fizzle out after a day, maybe two days. >> yeah. well, because it is a she said/he said. for those of you that didn't see, take a look at what happened new year's ev

. >> elmo, me think he crazy. >> you guys are crazy.singing about the same 26 letters for 47 years. do you know how many times t has been the letter of the day? 648 times. so i made up a new one. it's yuke. >> okay, okay, mr. jimmy, are there any words that start with the letter yuke? >> words that start -- >> yeah. >> yukon and >> cookie, you could use it in your song. >> i gotta get back to you on that one. >> excuse me. but where does yuke come in the alphabet? >> it comes after z. w, x, y, z and yuke. it's a surprise ending. >> are kids going to have to learn this new letter? >> yeah, they are going to have to learn, but that's why i wrote a song about it. would you like to hear it? >> you wrote a song? >> actually, no. >> i do not really like songs. >> let me sing the song and i think it will be a lot clearer. ♪ there's a cool little guy, you may not have met, he's the 27th letter of the alphabet ♪ ♪ i'll tell you all about him, you don't need to beg, he looks like a u but with a weird little leg ♪ he's a versatile guy ♪ no one's b

that's like balmy. >> i worked over here with just my shell coat on. >> elmo doesn't need a coat. target, you finally raised it to 22.50? what was it? >> 2250, 2350 next year. >> what about the end of next year? >> it's going to be -- i think the problem with the market now in terms of targets, we had such a strong fourth quarter, joe. we robbed peter to pay paul as far as performance in 2017. but the problem i have with this near-term calls on the market trying to call for a correction, corrections happen when we least expect them, number one. number two, everybody calling for a correction right now. we were in san francisco seeing clients, everybody scared about the market. >> where were you, watching earlier when i said that was the consensus. you were coming in listening? watching in agreement. >> we get here early. >> you get here early. so you agree with my take earlier that every person that we have come in here says -- >> some anecdotal evidence, meetings in san francisco, everybody looking for a correction, every single person. what's interesting was health care only nega

. >> elmo we think he crazy. >> me think so too.look at mary tyler moore. perfect way to end. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ good morning i'm matt o'donnell, 8:57, january 26. let's go over to karen. traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway, the delaware riverike ridge remains closed, the entire area is slow, basically jammed on every highway, blue route schuylkill expressway, an accident montgomery drive i-95 is jammed, as well, we have the closure of practically center city with the republicans in town and the presidential visit today. it started at 8:00 a.m. and lasts until 6:00 p.m. we'll see portions of market, 12th street, 13th, and trains diverted around that, as well matt. >> let's go outside, david we have a lull in the rain on city avenue. storm tracker 6 live double scan the rain is beginning to break up a bit. south jersey and delaware points east of philadelphia, the main spots with the wet stuff. all those showers will be tapering off over the next hour or so. 44 degrees winds are light, we have c

talking about the folks that brought us elmo and grover. they're aiming to be disrupterd. really. >> and coming up, the man who called the trump rally, gave us another reason to buy stocks, scott wren. still bullish. tau, irencl pweurtintan ou re in wnf >>> they have little in common other than all the recognizable brands. it is the story of established brands turning established investors. >> they have venture capital arms. they're looking to buy a piece of and learn if the next big thing. with this trend on the line, they were involved in 13% of investments last year. >> i think they look at i as a gray way to see what could potentially disrupt them. it is a lot more about outsourced r&d. once upon a time, big companies had big r&d spending internally. this allows them to have a front row seat at outdoor r&d. >> a number of companies are investing in their own divisions. facebook established a new division, alphabet on its moon shots division by over 60% last year, and microsoft said it will invest over $1 billion annually in cyber security. now we're looking at what mig

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. >> elmo, we think he crazy. >> me think so too.go one more look at mary tyler moore. perfect way to end. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ . >>> from abc seven news, this is a good morning washington update. >> good morning washington i'm melanie hastings with a check of your top stories. a series of will targeting convenience stores. a v cvs on wisconsin avenue but robbed and just blocks away another cvs was also robbed. and just hours later a rite aid on east west highway in silver springs was robbed. seven green peace protesters have a court hering in downtown o'clock. abc 7 was there as they were processed this morning. the group climbed a cocaine overlooking the white house yesterday can and unfurled the banner with the word resist on it and they didn't come down until 16 hours later. here's brian your forecast. >> outside today we're definitely mild again but not quite as warm as yesterday. 55. there's a isolated shower that moves through. breezy and 30s tonight and definitely feeling a little overnight and tomorro

. >> elmo, me think he crazy. >> me think so too.out before we go one more look at mary tyler moore. perfect way to end. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ turn the world on with her smile ♪ >>> good morning. i'm natasha zouves from abc 7 mornings. let's get over to mike nicco for the forecast. >> a lot of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures still a little bit short of average, 54 to 56 degrees. tonight will be one of our coolest ones with frost in the inland val es. mid-30s to 40s for the bay. my accuweather forecast, 60s start saturday, get wet again wednesday. >> we have a lot of slowdowns at this point. we're in recovery mode an earlier crash. all lanes are back open. that was just before farm hill boulevard. we've got a five, six mile backup. >> time for live with kelly and i'll be back at 11:00 a.m. for the abc 7 midday news. i hope you'll join me then. pretty and pink out there. gorgeous. reporting continues >> announcer: it's "live with kelly!" today, movie actor turned author, mike myers. also, from "resident evi

. >> when does naked elmo?d eao. y fiforonitr pricsslp y t >>> president-elect trump tweeting about general motors. phil lebeau joins us now on the cnbc newsline. the stock was down, it's recovered a little bit. i don't know if you're a gm executive, that's a happy new year, how do you do on the first trading day, isn't it? >> yeah, and i think if general motors executives thought they were going to avoid being criticized or blasted for production in mexico because so much of president-elect trump's focus has been on ford when it comes to mexico production, well, they're sorely mistaken. it's clear that the president-elect is going to go after not only ford but also general motors for the production they have in mexico. just to be clear, as we throw up the tweet from the president-elect, he essentially says, look, general motors is manufacturing the chevy cruze, which they then ship back to the u.s. with no tax. there should be a stiffer border tax. that's ultimately what we're talking about when it comes to au