the event ended with a tribute to the late great jimmy buffett. working today, i know for a fact you'd be down. >> i love that story when you'r arm and a cover for them by the way it would be hard to serve i a santa suit and it this year o a ring jimmy buffett who was a very avid surfer. served at multiple times. he's a great start. even more special in the serpen committed eight they do a paddl out where they all gather in a circle as well as a serving santa and this year in cocoa beach. hats off to you guys and leave waits for me. we asked earlier in the show about your christmas gift opening tradition do all of you family members open all the gifts at once or do you have to take this? some of you responded and we have those of your e-mails to share. you would kick us off. >> how about this from debbie. the youngest opens first and that then each person follows along according to agent what you think of that? >> i like that. it's organized and everyone get a turn they get to all all over the guests gaps. >> we take turns opening gifts cleaning u

. >> the great late jimmy buffett said it's 5:00 o'clock somewhere. now it is new year's somewhere. pete: here we are straight to new year's all day long. rachel: can i bring this back into the kids. i love it. pete: get more for her we need lots more. joey: that's what i'm talking about. pete: the street already blocked here in new york. rachel: it was hard to get to new york. rachel: i almost preemptively gave my resolution, i didn't get the memo that we were supposed to talk about resolutions until today but we ask reviewers for resolutions and i want to start with those, this one is from donna my 2024 new year's resolution is to eat dinner with my family twice per week at the table, no phones or tv, that is an awesome resolution. joey: that is practicable and doable. pete: you can get stuck eating at the counter no were doing dinner over here, and then we might talk to each other. rachel: all the sports going on with kids, they're just doing takeout, you have to be intentional and that's a good one that will help your family. pete: here is one fro

this year's event was dedicated to the late singer jimmy buffett, who sang about tropical recreationst by the way, passed away back in september. and today. today would have been his 77th birthday day. december. uh, 25th, 1946 rosemary oroczo. uh, what a coincidence. uh, just passing away. just just a few weeks ago made big headlines. he made a big impact, too. and those santas down there, they look like they're having a great time, right? that water that water this time of year is pretty good in cocoa beach in that area. >> sure. andre. no, you're not not getting in that water. >> but it's probably warmer than the ocean beach water there with the with the wet suit on. >> i guess you're okay. yeah. that's true. yeah. >> good morning to all of you. although not quite as cold as the temperature outside our door this morning, at least for many. still in the upper 30s, nearing 40. and now that the sun has been up for almost an hour, our temperatures are beginning to thaw out, giving you a look here at a little bit of haze in addition to these high clouds overhead and providing us with a b

. ♪ wasting away again in margaritaville ♪ zblt and may your of margaritaville jimmy buffett. o'connor and former first lady rosalynn carter. ♪ don't know what you're waiting for ♪ >> reporter: it was a huge year for woim women in entertainment, stadiums ruled by queen b, who also won a 32nd grammy, and by taylor swift who became a billionaire and time's person of the year. the artist crossed over into football, showing up at chiefs games to support her new beau travis kelce. ♪♪ speaking of sports, simone biles returned to gymnastics, vaulting to her sixth world title, a comeback on the mat matched by one on the field when buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing, but it's not the end of my story. >> reporter: hamlin didn't just recover, he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength, that just might be the best way to define 2023. for "sunday today," joe fryer, nbc news, new york. >> all of that in just one year, joe, thank you very much. >>> straight ahead, our year of s

. ♪ ♪ ♪ the mayor of margaritaville, jimmy buffett.rail blazing women in politics, senator diane feinstein, the first female supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor, and former first leader, rosalynn carter. ♪ ♪ ♪ it was a huge year for women and entertainment. stadiums are ruled by queen bey, beyoncÉ, who also won a 32nd grammy. also by taylor swift, became a billionaire and time's person of the year. the artist even crossed over into football, showing up at chiefs games to support her newbold, travis kelce. speaking of sports, some mont biles vaulted to her sixth world title. the come back on the mat matched by one on the field. buffalo bills safety, damar hamlin, suffered cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing, that's not in the my story. >> hamlin did just recover, he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength. that might be the best word to define 2023. >> coming up, a look back at some of the top entertainment stories of 2023. stories of 2023. my frequent heartbur

the mayor of margaritaville, jimmy buffett.oured in for a trail blazer women in politics, senator diane feinstein, the first female supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor, the former first lady, rosalynn carter. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was a huge year for women and entertainment. stadiums were ruled by queen bee, beyoncÉ, who also won a 32nd grammy. >> by taylor swift, who became a billionaire and times person of the year. the artist even crossed over into football, showing up at chiefs games to support her new beau, travis kelce. >> speaking of sports, simone biles returned to gymnastics, bolting to her sixth world title. a come back on the mat, matched by one off the field. buffalo bills safety, damar hamlin, suffered a cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing. it is not the end of my story. >> hamlin did not just recover but he returned to the game he loves. a symbol of resilience and strength, that just might be the best way to defy 2023. what a, year that does it for me on this edition of alex

. ♪ wasting away again in margaritaville ♪ >> reporter: the mayor of margaritaville jimmy buffett.rst supreme court justice sandra day o'connor and former first lady rosalynn carter. ♪ don't know what you waited for ♪ >> reporter: a huge year for women in entertainment. stadiums were ruled by queen bey, beyonce, won a 32nd grammy. and by taylor swift who became a billionaire and "time's" person of the year. the artist crossed over into football showing up at chiefs games to support her new beau, travis kelce. speaking of sports, simone biles returned to gymnastics vaulting to her sixth world title a comeback on the mat, matched by one on the field. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing, but it's not the end of my story. >> reporter: hamlin didn't just recover, he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength. that just might be the best way to define 2023. >> so much of that feels a lot longer ago than one year. thanks to nbc's joe fryer for that incredible report. >>> and sti

jimmy buffett of of late john prine of late folks who are household to us were buddies of his both when he was writing about him and when he wasn't so. lots of stories and we got to get him while we were he can still remember. so i will start out with hal. tell me the when did you start thinking about writing a prime book? was it before john passed? when john died? just figure out i have a long history with john. my. one of my ex-fiance is co-managed. john and did a lot of the work of building a boy records. so when john passed, i went to sweet 16th make room for anyone from nashville and i said to dan who i called booboo there's the series of books it's tracking an artist through their appearances in the media and other places. what do you think? and he said, hell, yeah, i'm in. i'll help. so you we had had a lot of conversations as john ascended and became this americana elder that he turned into saint prime and is everybody on this panel can tell you john was zesty and funny and work with pranks and not wholly, although he certainly was a brilliant social conscience. so when dan said

jimmy buffett of of late john prine of late folks who are household to us were buddies of his both when he was writing about him and when he wasn't so. lots of stories and we got to get him while we were he can still remember. so i will start out with hal. tell me the when did you start thinking about writing a prime book? was it before john passed? when john died? just figure out i have a long history with john. my. one of my ex-fiance is co-managed. john and did a lot of the work of building a boy records. so when john passed, i went to sweet 16th make room for anyone from nashville and i said to dan who i called booboo there's the series of books it's tracking an artist through their appearances in the media and other places. what do you think? and he said, hell, yeah, i'm in. i'll help. so you we had had a lot of conversations as john ascended and became this americana elder that he turned into saint prime and is everybody on this panel can tell you john was zesty and funny and work with pranks and not wholly, although he certainly was a brilliant social conscience. so when dan said

icon, tina turner ♪ ♪ wasting away again in margaritaville ♪♪ >> and the mayor of margaritaville jimmy buffettail blazing women in politics. senator dine feinstein, the first female court justice sandra day o'connor and former first lady rosalynn carter. ♪ i don't know what you're waiting for ♪♪ >> reporter: it was a huge year for women in entertainment. stadiums were ruled by queen b, beyoncÉ, who also won a 32nd grammy. and by taylor swift who became a billionaire, time's person of the year. the artist even crossed over into football showing up at chiefs games to support her new beau travis kelce. speaking of sports, simone biles returned to gymnastics vaulting to her sixth world title, a come back on the mat matched by one on the field when did you have bow bills safety damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing but it's not the end of my story. >> reporter: hamlin didn't just recover, he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength, that just might be - hi, i'm steve. - i'm lea. and we live in north pole, ala

and mayor of margaritaville jimmy buffett.g women in politics, senator feinstein, sandra day o'connor and rosalynn carter. ♪♪ >>> it was a huge year for women in entertainment. stadiums were ruled by queen b, beyonce, who won a grammy. and by taylor swift who became a billionaire and "time" person of the year. showed up at chiefs games to support travis kelce, her new bow. simone biles vaulted to her sixth world title. a komback on the mat matched by one on the field. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life changing. but it's not the end of my story. >> hamlin didn't just recover. he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength, that just might be the best way to define 2023. >> joe fryer with a look back at a very busy 12 months. >>> ahead, we'll be joined for a look at the big courtroom battles from those murdoch murders. "morning joe" is coming right back. murders. "morning joe" is coming right back in the u.s. we see millions o

> the music world said goodbye to an icon, tina turner, ♪ ♪ ♪ and the mayor of margaritaville, jimmy buffettn for tray blazing woman in politics, senator diane feinstein, the first female supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, the former first lady rosalynn carter. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was a huge year for women in entertainment. stadiums were ruled by queen bee, beyond, say who also won a 32nd grammy, and by taylor swift, who became a billionaire, and times person of the year. the artist even crossed over into football, showing up at chiefs games to support her new beau, travis kelce. speaking of sports, simone biles returned to gymnastics, bolting to her sixth world title. the come back on the mat, matched by one on the field. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest, and medics restarted his heart. >> this event was life-changing. but it's not the end of my story. >> hamlin didn't just recover, he returned to the game he loves, a symbol of resilience and strength that might just be the best way to define 2023. >> joe fryer, with a look back at a very busy 12 months. and ahead

i want to go to one of the great people that we lost this year, a singer-songwriter, jimmy buffett.r. what are you going to do about skin cancer? every listener, every viewer, it is an unspoken fear. >> good morning and thank you for having me today. today is a huge day of hope for cancer patients in general. skin cancer is a scary thing. what we are doing at moderna is we are developing individualized treatment. we make a different chemical drug and it gets customized. they are striking. the data that was shared from 34%. the best drug available today. we see a lot of ideas manufacturing wise. phase 3 is working very quickly. at the same time, the data is so strong. we are also winning to see the path for accelerating approval. it is very similar. there is a very interesting risk reward opportunity here. we wanted a chance to make it. tom: i think of bristol-myers and their commitment to cancer therapies over decades. can you do this by going alone or do you need to merge in joint venture with a bigger platform? >> we are partnered with merck. what we are sharing today is, we compa

there is the record label psion david geffen, jay-z, rihanna, the late jimmy buffett and others.ed their fame as the foundation for other business ventures, swift has made her fortune almost exclusively from her music. >> she has really come out openly about the importance of controlling and owning your music as an artist. >> so where exactly does her wealth come from? let's start with streaming. the rise of spotify, apple music and others has created a resurgence in the recording industry. >> we estimate her total income from streaming is $175 million. >> clearly nothing to sniff at but one reason it's not bigger is because of the way royalties are distributed. >> typically, what happens is artists don't own the masters of their music but they get royalties from it. >> the owners of the masters generally keep some portion of the royalties while the copyright holders, composers and lyricists keep the rest. >> so it taylor has done recently and it has been a smart business decision is to rerecord her albums and own the masters of those. so this rerecording exercise, she's taking b