. >>> kim kardashian and jennifer love hewitt joined kirk douglas wednesday at a thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. the l.a. event was hosted by the 95-year-old actor and his wife for the seventh straight year. hundreds of volunteers from the entertainment industry were also on hand. >>> a chicago woman is taking her obsession with hollywood celebrities to new heights by creating movie star portraits out of pancakes. why not? she says each one can take hours to complete. there's the biebs. we love it. her specialties include ryan gosling, justin bieber, stephen colbert and kelly ripa. i'm impressed. if that's how you get ryan gosling to show up -- >> my pancake skills are limited to the mickey mouse. it is cute. >> that's better than mine, sort of like a blob. >>> this comes to us from washington, d.c. where the president made sure one pair of bird won't be anywhere near the sides of mashed potatoes and stuffing today. with the wave of his hand president obama saved two turkeys from becoming part of a thanksgiving feast. his daughters were in attendance, and the president continue

. >>> and kirk douglas will be honored at a children of chernobyl gala, an organization that evacuates and treats kids from the region impacted by the nuclear disaster 25 years after it took place. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in an exclusive interview, natalie wood's sister speaks out about the reopening of the investigation into her death. >>> and in another exclusive, meredith vieira sits down with charlotte nash, the chimp attack victim, who will reveal her news face for the first time. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> kim kardashian and jennifer love hewitt joined kirk douglas wednesday at a thanksgiving dinner homeless. the l.a. event was hosted by the 95-year-old actor on his wife ann for the seventh straight year. hundreds of celebrities were also on hand. >>> finally, a chicago woman is taking her obsession with hollywood celebrities to a new height by creating movie star portraits out of pancakes. see, bill, i'm not that bad. she says each one can take hours to complete. her specialties include some favorites. ryan gossling, justin bieber, stephen colbert, and kelly ripa. can we go back to biebs for a second? was it christmas sweater or varsity jacket? >> combo. >> where might you get that? >> i try to hate on the biebs, but he's so darn likable. >> see. welcome. it's epic, right? i know. >> i should rent a movie and watch it ten times like you did. >> that's what the movie -- it's what created the interest. >> get the family together, put the biebs movie on. >> no, do not do that. let's get a check of the weather, bill. >> we're actually pretty quiet. yesterday was all the troublesome

. >>> kim kardashian and jennifer love hewitt joined kirk douglas wednesday at a thanksgiving dinnerhe homeless. the l.a. event was hosted by the 95-year-old actor and his wife ann for the seventh straight year. hundreds of celebrities were also on hand. >>> finally, a chicago woman is taking her obsession with hollywood celebrities to a new height by creating movie star portraits out of pancakes. see, bill, i'm not that bad. she says each one can take hours to complete. her specialties include some favorites. ryan gossling, justin bieber, stephen colbert, and kelly ripa. i actually think it looks a lot like her. bill's not so sure. can we go back to biebs for a second? was it christmas sweater or varsity jacket? >> combo. >> where might you get that? >> i try to hate on the biebs, but he's so darn likable. >> see. welcome. it's epic, right? i know. >> i should rent a movie and watch it ten times like you did. >> that's what the movie -- it's what created the interest. >> get the family together, put the biebs movie on. >> no, not at all. watch the parade, eat some turkey. do not do

. >> dinner with kirk douglas, coffee with john carson. how did you do this?> i went to topeka, to an institute for the mentally unwell. and they said, the other famous person who lives here. he is in nice and you should go see him. he must have been in his 80s. he said, come horseback riding with me. it was like jumping on the express train. he was a marvelous man. >> and what about coffee with johnny carson? -- >> the tonight show was taped in burbank and the tapes were sent overnight. i think that's how it was done. the fellow who took them every night -- he said that i should meet johnny carson. he did not have me on the show but he said it -- >> what was the reason -- you were by yourself. where did you get this wanderlust? -- >> i am not entirely certain. my parents did not travel a great deal. and all went back to this deep disappointment. i sat next to this boy in school whose father built trains and lived in america. he lived in connecticut and he would come back from the holidays and show me pictures -- it sounds ridiculous, but the merritt parkway.

. >> dinner with kirk douglas, coffee with john carson. horse riding with harold stassen. how did you do this? >> i went to topeka, to an institute for the mentally unwell. and they said, the other famous person who lives here. he said harold stassen is here. he is in nice and you should go see him. he must have been in his 80s. fit as a fiddle. he asked if i rode horses. he said, come horseback riding with me. he talked about running against roosevelt and he saidit was like jumping on the express train. he was a marvelous man. >> and what about coffee with johnny carson? -- >> the tonight show was taped in burbank and the tapes were sent overnight. the tapes were flown back overnight to be broadcast from new york. it was arcane and aruba goldberger ini think that's how it was done. the fellow who took them every night -- he said that i should meet johnny carson. he took a brief shine to this young school boy. he did not have me on the show but he said it -- , and have a cup of coffee. >> what was the reason -- you were by yourself. >> yes i was. >>where did you get this w

the dinner was hosted by actor kirk douglas and his wife and. hopefully you enjoyed a great thanksgiving feast or you are going to. as we ravished this mills and others throughout the holiday season health experts say it is important to keep up could eating habits. >>reporter: been during the holiday season is about balance eating the trees that we want a remembering our good health habits without packing on the lbs. how do we make this happen? this registered dietitian says start by preparing lighter meals in between the holiday get together is. >> you want to focus on food that a lot--low in fat and high in fiber. >>reporter: this dish has brown rice, fish, lentils and when you go to those of the parties try not to put too much on your plate. >> you want to try to not consume more than any other amount you would at a regular meal. try refilling your glass with water in between cocktails. >>reporter: although our schedules are hectic it is important to remember to exercise that can help to burn off the extra calories so that when we do indulge

for the seventh year in a row, kirk douglas and his wife hosted the event. but >>mark: more news, weather and traffic coming back. oc >>mark: thank you for checking in with the kron4 news on this thanksgiving, november 24th. here is a live look from storm tracker 4 as we are showing the rain coming down from the bay area, it is heavy at times. fell a few lingering grain drops. third half >> we have been keeping our eyes on road conditions around the bay area. will tran is driving around and showing us what things look like outside this morning. >> we will check in with will a little bit later on, as you can see, there is no rain falling on milan's just yet. we did seize that rain is on the radar. will we have a dry black friday? >> yes. if it's the rest of today could very well the drive for us. the front has pretty much cleared most of the bay area. here is a quick tour of the south bay. light shower activity in south san jose. finn the east shore free waste >>mark: if there is no actual plane coming down right now as his vice serious car, arnelle heavy sho