here is joe fryer. >> oh my goodness. >> thank you!ted by blood, but 16-year-old sophia and her mentor are most definitely a match. >> oh, my gosh. >> this is so cute. >> reporter: paired together four years ago through big brothers/big sisters. >> before i met conch, i was a really timid person. being with conch, it's honestly changed my life. >> reporter: conch, what do you think when you hear that? >> it's all that i wanted. it makes me very happy. >> ukulele! >> reporter: they bonded over their love of the ukulele. ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ >> reporter: this is the audition that scored them a trip from san jose to new york. where they're now preparing to be perched on the christmas tree float at the thanksgiving day parade, part of macy's partnership with big brothers/big sisters. >> my whole family really grew up on watching the macy's parade so it's exciting to be here. >> reporter: exciting and meaningful, especially after conch was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> i didn't think i would be here for so many reasons. and

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nbc's joe fryer introduces us in our "sunday spotlight." ♪♪ >> reporter: the baltimore symphony orchestraor. >> in one way i am thrilled, privileged, honored, excited. in another way it also clarifies that we have work to be done. >> reporter: he's making history in another way, at age 31, he's the youngest music director at any of america's top tier orchestras. the fact that you are so young, what do you hope that does maybe in an industry where you find a lot of folks are a lot older than you both, you know, who are doing what you're doing but are sitting out here in the audience? >> i will always say that coming to one of our concerts, any classical music concert, can be more exciting than a netflix series. i believe it. the visceral feeling you get from the sound of an orchestra. narrating through music, you know, there's something that you can't get that anywhere else. >> reporter: what's the key, do you think, to reaching that younger audience, to getting them to feel that and understand that? >> relatability. they have to somehow relate to these musicians, to these artists. >> repo

>>> coming up, we follow the journey of the rockefeller christmas tree joe fryer shares the story of the tree down. >> in my lumber jack uniform. >> we are in the spirit. it's beautiful. >> this is the good news it's coming from upstate new york, about three hours away we had the chance to meet the special family donating the tree it is a gift they hope is a symbol of the holiday spirit when matt and jackie moved into their new york home in 2019, they paid little attention to the giant tree towering over their driveway. >> we had a whole punch list of things that needed to get repaired, things that we wanted to update or remodel and, frankly, the tree was just kind of in the background. >> but someone else did take notice, rockefeller center's head gardener. >> he pulls up the car, a guy gets out my name is eric. i'm the head gardener from rockefeller center i'm here to look at your tree. i was like, do you like understand how crazy you sound right now. >> they couldn't have known he is a rockefeller plaza legend, having discovered each tree for the last 30 years. >> i googled him an

nbc news now anchor joe fryer shows us how >> in manhattan, you will find a bar that's already decked year, it's known for tequila and mezcal, but today drinks are served in mugs, and mariah carey plays once an hour. >> it takes us four days to redecorate the entire bar, replace everything with all the christmas things we can find. >> sipping santa has opened nearly 200 pop-up bars nationwide. >> these reservations came out in early october, and i was already looking at them. >> christmas tunes hitting the charts earlier spending forecasted to jump 25% this year. >> christmastime, this is when we bond the most. >> yearning to live inside our favorite holiday flicks. >> christmas is the greatest day in the whole wide world. >> whether it's "elf" or a newer affair offered on hallmark, lifetime and more. 116 new films this year. hilton even has hallmark channel inspired hotel suites. >> cheers! >> for those that want to take the spirit and spirits home, holiday cocktail classes are in full gear. >> get up and smell it. >> at the cocktail in charlotte, customers want apple spiced cozy cog

here's joe fryer. >> reporter: for so many of the radio city rockettes before they were dancing on thean and danielle boettcher. >> are you sisters? >> we are sisters. yes. >> danielle the oldest remembers seeing the christmas spectacular with her grandpa when she was 13. >> and he must have seen that look on my face of just like pure joy because he leaned in and goes, you know, someday you could do that if you wanted to. ♪♪ >> reporter: ten years ago she did and seven years ago her sister did. this year for the first time they're right next to each other on the kick line. >> i just know she has my back on and offstage. >> reporter: danelle morgan also has their backs. a swing ready to step in if somebody steps out. >> it's incredibly challenging. we don't just learn the one track, we learn the entire show. >> sometimes do you only have a moment's notice? >> there have been times where it's midshow and all of a sudden we're on the stage. >> reporter: an 18-year rockette vet she knows her parents could be in that audience. >> they pop up and they show up in the front row for a show wher

hi to joe fryer.adly 5.6 earthquake shook nepal overnight killing 137 people. rescue workers are scrambling to find people in the rubble. the death toll is likely to rise as communication is cut off to so many remote villages there. troops are clearing roads which suffered landslides. >>> a virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student can now move forward with a $40 million lawsuit against the district. the january classroom shooting was personal and the teacher is eligible for more than worker's compensation. the school district said the worker comp pay and disability was sufficient. the school board ignored multiple warnings. >>> and after winning the world series on the road, the texas rangers celebrated at home on friday. more than 500,000 fans turned out for the parade outside globe life field. the dallas/fort worth area has waited 50 years for the team to bring home the first world series trophy. the kids got to celebrate, too, six school districts closed to have the kids celebrate. >>> a serio

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joe fryer is here with the latest on that. joe, you could see taylor swift was really moved by the situation to try to do everything that she could there. >> most definitely. good morning. we actually got the news from taylor swift herself. she took to instagram late last night, writing, it is with a shattered heart that i say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. i can't even tell you how devastated i am by this. she went on to say, there's very little information i have, other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young, adding, i want to say now i feel this loss deeply, and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. now, we don't know exactly what happened, but we do know temperatures in rio were around 100 degrees last night, so it was clearly very hot inside the stadium. taylor stopped the show more than once to make sure fans were able to get water. >> we just need to get water to them. does anyone have water? do you see them? amazing. >> during at least one other point in the sho

. >> nbc's joe fryer is here with details. hi, joe. >> good morning.k john oates from selling his share of their famous duo's joint musical venture. ♪♪ for fans of the iconic pop duo, news of a bitter legal dispute is hitting like a sour note. hall was recently granted a temporary restraining order against his long-time music partner. >> hall appears to be preventing john oates from selling his shares from their joint venture owns some rights to their catalog of music. ♪ you're making my dreams come true ♪ >> reporter: philly soul singers darrell hall and john oates teamed up in the early '70s. hit singles like "man eater," "out of touch," i can't go for that." the two played "today" show plaza back in 2003. ♪♪ and in 2014 were inducted together into the rock & roll hall of fame. but without officially breaking up, the unique pop magic of hol & oatesa appears to have warn out. hall telling bill maher last year he didn't consider him a creative brother. >> we're business partners. we did a lot of stuff. we made records called hall & oates together but w

joe fryer is here for more of the revelations and reaction. >> good morning.endgame" is details personal and private details of those royal relationships. this morning a new book is stirring up royal family drama titled "endgame," royal author writes about the state of the british monarchy. >> the very title is incredibly loaded and, again, doesn't paint a particularly positive image for the future of the house of windsor. >> reporter: already causing a stir, one of harry and meghan markle's claims that a family member discussed the skin color of the future child. >> and you're not going to tell me who said that >> i think that would be very damaging to them. >> reporter: the dutch version of that book named that family member it's been pulled from the shelves in the netherlands an error occurred in the dutch translation and is currently being rectified. >> unfortunately, i can't speak dutch, so i haven't seen the copy for myself. i edited and wrote the english version. there has never been a version i produced that has names in it. >> reporter: nbc news has n

fryer and a hound dog. >> willie, did you hear about the new liz cheney book that came out? >> yes. >> wait. >> there's a lot there. here's my -- >> quit jumping around, joerthy, justifying his trip to mar-a-lago by saying three words that nobody has ever said about donald trump. he's not eating. now, all i can say is this -- >> no. >> he did not say that. >> if kevin mccarthy's job was to go to mar-a-lago to get donald eating again, well, he did a hellofa job. he's not eating -- i don't believe it, willie. what say you this early in the morning? >> nothing more heartbreaking than hearing that kevin mccarthy had to rush to donald trump's bedside because, quote, he's not eating after the results of the election, and it's like an ailing mother or father in their final days, she's not eating, we should surround her and be at her bedside, talking about the former president of the united states is not eating, and that's why days after january 6th, kevin mccarthy rushed to trump's bedside. >> the last vision he saw was of an ailing donald lying in that bed with an empty bucket of kfc over his head. and -- >> no, come on. he's not eating? you really want to go d