lester? >> gabe guiterrez.nk you. >> parts of the south recovering from wild weather over the last 24 hours. here of the scene in southern georgia after high winds, possibly a tornado, destroyed a store and a mobile home. two people were injured. elsewhere a church steeple was blown down while the service was going on. similar scenes in central mississippi where several tornados touched down late yesterday causing extensive damage. to the north in omaha, nebraska, snow and frigid temperatures early today. a sign of what's to come for much of the country this week. for more on all of it let's turn to weather channel's kim cunningham. good evening. >> good evening, lelter. yes, we're going to see really cold air. the coldest of the season coming through. the first one is what caused the severe weather over the weekend. today we've had over 30 records of severe weather across the southeast, including two tornado reports. and check out the temperatures. we're seeing arctic air come southward, but it's going to be a

lester. >> kelly, thanks. tomorrow on "meet the press" chuck todd will speak with yet another potential 2016 candidate former governor mike huckabee. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this saturday, a piece of americana is one of the most sought-after rides in cuba. >>> it was a historic week in havana, one that saw the highest level talks between the u.s. and cuba in more than three decades. but beyond the politics this week's meeting means change is coming to the streets of an island known for its classic cars. as nbc's gabe gutierrez reports it could mean a new future for those on two wheels as well. >> reporter: it is an unlikely love affair. cuban-born louis enrique gonzalez smitten with something so american. >> you ride a harley, you feel you are owner of the world. you enjoy every moment. >> reporter: nowhere will you find a prouder owner of a harley davidson. before the revolution there were thousands of hogs on the island. now, just a few hundred. so how does a distinctly american brand surviv

lester. >> all right. gabe gutierrez tonight, thank you. >>> tonlt, there are heightened concerns ability the recent measles outbreak. on the east coast a new case potentially exposes thousands of travelers. and out west the impact being felt at the super bowl. nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: the day before the super bowl phoenix is full of fans from all over the country, like the nelsons. but 2-month-old juliet stayed back home in new mexico. >> she hasn't even had her measles shot. so we decided this is too crowded a venue to come to. >> reporter: they're worried about the measles outbreak that's now in 14 states including arizona. >> measles is one of the most infectious agentings on the planet. and if you aren't protected and come into contact with someone who's sick your chances of getting ill are about 90%. >> reporter: but health officials say the chances of being exposed to measles virus at the super bowl are tiny though there has been a new exposure in new york where a barred college student bo

lester, that is just a taste of what's to come. it's going to get even colder by the middle of next week. >> all right. dylan dreyer, thanks. >>> president obama vowed a response to the cyber attack that crippled sony pictures. and tonight we know what it will be. the u.s. will target kim jong-un and other powerful officials in north korea with a new round of new sanctions. nbc's chris jansing is in honolulu where the president is wrapping up his vacation. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the way white house officials put it, north korea crossed a threshold, so today president obama signed an order for new sanctions, retaliation for both the hacking of sony and threats of violence against movie theaters that were going to show the movie "the interview," the comedy about the plot to assassinate north korea's dictator. this is the first time ever the u.s. has used sanctions in response to this kind of crime, representing a whole new opening in the cyber war. there's growing concern that the threat is escalating

lester. >> all right, bill. thanks. among those killed in the attack on "charlie hebdo" is the paper's editor and chief. tonight, the man who replaced him is speaking out in his first interview with an american television network. he did so with chuck todd for tomorrow's "meet the press." chuck joins us tonight. chuck, no doubt he is watching all this reaction we just showed. what is he saying about it? >> well number one, he's unapologetic about what they do. and he tries to defend and tries to explain this line on what they do with their satire. his explanation, for instance on going after religion, is he doesn't go after the believers. he says they're not attacking people's personal religious beliefs. what he says they do is they only go after religious figures or religious leaders when religion is being used for political gains and political purposes. so his argument is their satire and their use of muhammad is not aimed at muslim citizens. it is aimed at radicals who are using muhammad for their own political gain.

lester? >> chris, thank you. >>> once again, today indonesian rescuers failed to raise the fuselage of the jetliner. officials were able to bring the wreckage to the surface before a rope snapped sending it back to the ocean floor. it's a tough setback for investigators because, of course each piece from a plane crash is vital in helping understand what brought it down. our joe friar recently spent sometime in a california lab where experts pour over the pieces of past accidents to help future investigations. >> lining the floors of an old sears warehouse, rows of twisted wreckage from airplane crashes, this is the accident investigation laboratory at the university of southern california. >> this is not your usual classroom, is it? >> it's not but it provides a practical experience for accident investigators to learn by doing. >> not just for usc students, investigators from around the world come here. each aircraft tells the story of a different failure. this plane crashed into the pacific

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lester holt is sitting in tonight. see you at 11:00. >>> on the broadcast tonight, piling up and piling on. ice, snow and freezing rain unleash havoc on travelers in new hampshire to texas. and the worst is yet to come. bitter arctic air pushing into much of the country. >>> retaliation, the u.s. strikes back and is now punishing north korea for its alleged cyber attack on sony. >>> pricey prescriptions, generic drugs are supposed to be the cheaper alternative, so why are we now paying so much more for then. >>> u2 fans worry about the band after lead singer bono makes a startling admission. >>> and a school for children who fled one of the most dangerous places on earth is now flourishing. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. we start here tonight with the weather. bad and about to get a whole lot worse making for some tough post-holiday travel. and it's already taking

lester? >> gabe gutierrez starting us off tonight, thank you. >>> a sad day here in new york where a wake is under way tonight for the second of two police officers killed in an ambush in brooklyn two weeks ago. but once again the grief is against the backdrop of tensions between the police and the city's mayor. we get that story from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: in the cold rain and snow they came by the hundreds today to honor a fallen officer, new york police department kifdetective wenjin liu. out in force his brothers and sisters in fwlu. jetblue flew more than 1100 police for free from as far away as california. >> it doesn't matter if you're in the south, midwest, west coast here. >> show respect for the officers that we lost here. >> reporter: members of liu's family traveled from china, also flying free. his wife of only a few months spoke to reporters last month, two days after liu and his partner, detective raphael ramos were brutally gunned down as they sat in their patrol car. >

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good evening. >> good evening lester. the big surprise is the dramatic turn around in the relationship between the world's two largest democracies. not long ago that relationship was strained. now deals are made between president obama and prime minister modi. >> inside the palace tonight, a formal state dinner for 250 already heavy with warmth. a hug at airport and elaborate welcome. hours of talks between president obama and prime minister modi. they announced progress on climate change in a country with 13 of the 20 most polluted cities and made a break through understanding on a nuclear power deal. overshad doeg this is the talk of a close friendship they say has aided the progress. >> it's clear from this visit we have a new and unprecedented opportunity. >> relationship stands at a new level today. >> it's a remarkable turn around from a year ago when modi couldn't get a visa to come to the u.s. the two bonded in his visit to d.c. after his election. modi surprised the white house with an unprecedented invitation to

lester is live in paris with the latest. . massive pileup. white whiteout conditions lead to a chain reaction of nearly 200 cars. a truck carrying thousands of fireworks and now more brutal weather. >>> third times a charm? mitt romney reveals he may be up for another presidential run after all. >>> and the winner is? as hollywood gears up for the biggest night of the year. the golden globes. there are concerns some of the winners may have accidentally been published online. we will tell you what happened today, saturday january 10th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to today on this saturday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm peter alexander alongside sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. the hostage drama may be over, but the people of france cannot rest yet because of the fear of more. >> and one suspect, a woman remains on the loose. hundreds of troops deployed to help the thousands of police and security forces on patrol. top gov

al. >> lester thank you. on to found the tillman is scholarship which helps veterans and military members pursue higher education. one is a member who left his dream behind to fulfill his brother's legacy. josh elliot has more. >> reporter: in 2006 ed woodward just five flights from graduating flight school. after a test flight in oregon he developed a blood clot in his brain. his recovery was an arduous one. but he insisted he would do anything to allow to fly. the air force said the risk was too great. >> that is when it i realized i lost and i was never for to get to fly again. >> reporter: suddenly without purpose, ed felt hopelessly lost until the day his grandfather had an idea. >> i said i don't know what to do. i don't know what i can do. he looked at me and said finish what gene started. >> reporter: finish what gene started. that's a story that begins in the summer of 2000. on the day ed's twin brother gene finished his first year of medical school. ed and gene went out to celebrate. on the way home

lester? >> halle jackson, thanks very much. >>> a high school student is suspected and accused of planting a sophisticated bomb in a school bathroom. the school in columbia tennessee, was evacuated friday morning after the bomb was discovered. a student stumbled on the device and saw it was attached to a digital counter that was counting down. police requested that we partially blur this image of the bomb. the bomb squad destroyed the threat and the suspected student is facing felony charges. >>> tense negotiations for two hostages held by islamic radicals are deadlocked this morning. isis wants the return of a would-be suicide bomber in exchange for a japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot. there's no word on the condition of the hostages today. >>> a new record for balloon flight was set this morning. a two-man team one american and one russian, have flown longer and farther than anyone before. the balloon left japan sunday morning and will touch down in mexico later today, more than 6,0

lester? >> kristin, thanks. >>> the man hunt is over for teenage fugitives from kentucky we reported on last night. authorities say 18-year-old dalton hayes and 13-year-old cheyenne phillips were found asleep in florida early today in a stolen pickup truck. they were suspected of stealing three cars, two with guns inside during a two week crime spree. they were taken in without incident. >>> europe remains on high alert after new muslim protests against the french satirical newspaper is targeted by terrorists. the threat of more violence prompt ed authorities in germany are urged to cancel a rally to counter the spread of islam. bill neely has more tonight from paris. >> anti-islamist demonstration that islamist threatened to attack. a weekly rally that drew 25,000 people has been banned tomorrow. german police said there was a concrete threat against it, islamic radicals branding the protest and enemy of islam and planning to kill one of its leaders. outside europe, muslim anger has erupted

lester i know you've done this.urn on the radio, great song comes on you just start singing along. i mean why not? that's just what master corporal jeff davis from the dover police department did and the camera inside his car captured the whole thing. ♪ i stay out too late ♪ ♪ got nothing in my brain ♪ >> reporter: with more than 7 million views and counting this delaware cop lip syncing to taylor swift. ♪ i'm just gonna shake shake shake shake shake shake it off shake it off ♪ >> reporter: it was put together by the department's public affairs team and it is certainly not the first time we've seen cops carrying -- or pretending to carry -- a tune. these texas officers were also trying to connect with their community last summer singing along to katy perry. what about these officers in israel with "the lion king" classic? of course singing in the car is not limited to those enforcing the law of the land. how about dads and daughters belting out the smash hit from "frozen"? ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ >> reporter: or

first to lester holt to start us off. hey, lester. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. a day of mourning has been a day of anxiety. people here have been glued to a drama playing out about an hour's drive from here. a hunt for two of the suspects who were reportedly seen earlier in the day. a third suspect, an 18-year-old, turned himself in last night. this country is on high alert. parisians paused in solemn silence today, remembering the victims of yesterday's attack. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: while just 40 miles away, police swarmed an area northeast of paris in france's champagne region. a manhunt on a massive scale. roads blocked, s.w.a.t. teams going door-to-door after what is believed to be the last sighting of the suspects, brothers said and cherif kouachi. nbc's bill neely in the thick of the hunt. >> reporter: police initially came here because at a gas station up the road an employee reported seeing two armed men. a short time ago two men were seen abandoning the car and then heading into the woods. there

lester i heard you mention it.ch some shake it off moments before the day is done. >> kristen, hang in there. >> dylan is tracking the storm. she will give us a better sense of what lies ahead for kristen. >> the storm continues into new england where kristen is headed. if you look through here, she is moving through northern new jersey. that is the rain/snow line. it is creeping closer. there is still the snow mixed with rain and sleet and freezing rain. that is what is making it dangerous on the roads because if you think you are driving in what looks like rain it could be falling as freezing rain. that rain/snow line is close to you. on the back side of the storm as it pulls away later today, we will see wrap around snow across new england. that is where we will see the accumulating snow across the several hours. the 3 to 6 inches in southern new jersey and new york most of that is on the ground. we have reports of 2 to 5 inches. we have a pocket of heavy snow across central massachusetts and north central parts

lester? >> dave gutierrez, thank you. >>> a final farewell for the second nypd officer gunned down two weeks ago. many will be watching to see how officers react after the city's igs plis commissioner asked them to be respectful in the wake of tensions with the mayor. good morning. >> reporter: good morning erica. 25,000 are expected today. [ inaudible ] >> under umbrellas, clusters of blue. police officers among the thousands attending the wake of 32-year-old wenjian liu. on the force seven and a half years, he had been married two months. this officer traveled from los angeles. >> deeply moving to see how many officers come from all corners of our country to pay respects. >> liu and his partner ramos were ambushed sitting in their patrol car. their killings were retaliation for deaths of two unarmed black men killed by police. the officer's deaths inflamed tensions between the mayor and the police officers. last weekend at ramos' funeral, some officers turned their backs as the mayor spoke,

lester? >> kelly o'donnell this morning, thanks very much. >>> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning. chuck, good morning. >> well good morning. >> so we can move on from iowa now, it is safe to say, because all eyes are going to be focused on california where the billionaire koch brothers are running their invite-only seminar, sort of known as a koch primary. how does it stack up in terms of importance as we head into 2016? >> you are seeing various jockeying. the republicans field, there are so many people running. it is divided up into sort of a bunch of different categories. you have your establishment parts, the sort of insider guys the traditional republican party, jeb bush and plr. in iowa yesterday we saw a lot of the social conservative type candidates making their case. that's your mike huckabees of the world, your rick santorums. the koch brothers what they have been pushing for is more of sort of like -- they're looking for almost an anti--washingto

lester, erica? >> thanks very much. lester erica?>>> a story that has a lot outraged. high school id photos retouched to make the girls look flawless. it happened at a private school in kansas city missouri. kristin joining us with more. >> good morning erica. this is what we're talking about. it wasn't just slimming the girls in the photo. freckles removed lips recolored, eyebrows reshaped. one student tells us she didn't look like herself anymore. >> we're all used to seeing magazine covers retouched, turned into glossy and unrealistic perfection. the high school i.d. photos of teenage girls? >> i just knew something wasn't right in this photo. i didn't know what it was. >> she says this was her photo before. and this was after. >> they had slimmed my face down. changed my skin tone and smoothed everything out. >> she was outraged and posted her complaints on reddit. >> i've always had big cheeks. at this point i've learned to love them. i was liking the way i was looking. >> other students said the thing happened to their photos s

i will miss it lester and erica. >> how could you not?are talking about our favorites. >> you are read the emergency exit guide. let's see, >>> good saturday morning to you. live look outside in downtown san francisco. twinkling lights trans-america pyramid but no sign of the golden gate bridge saturday morning. thank you for joining us i'm kira klapper. anthony slaughter has a look at your microclimate forecast. a very warm saturday. >> yeah like you say, you couldn't see the golden gate and it's because there's so much haze out there. unfortunately, the spare the air today, 21st spare the air day in the bay area. winter days but we have better news trying to hit the beach today. one of those days talking about 70s later this afternoon. we don't have fog but plenty of haze as we have stagnant air. notice temperatures not bad, upper 40s, for the most part low to mid-50s, especially across the tri-valley and san francisco. san francisco today, 71 degrees. north bay, heading to wine country, bring a sweater with you. by the afternoon, let g

i'm lester holt. >> and i'm sheinelle jones. erica and dylan will enjoying this sunday off. >> we each have a sign-in sheet. >>> we want to get right to our top story, the overnightcap tur of those two fugitives from kentucky 18-year-old dalton hayes is under arrest and in police custody, while 13-year-old cheyenne phillips is with the florida department of children and families. nbc's kristen dahlgren has all the overnight developments in the story. >> reporter: good morning, lester. you can imagine their family's relief this morning while everyone else was calling these teens bonnie and clyde, they were really worried about their kids. despite fears of the worst case scenario this ended peacefully. panama city beach police. >> reporter: 18-year-old dalton hayes in custody this morning along with his 13-year-old girlfriend cheyenne phillips. the local abc affiliate showing hayes in police custody. police say their crime spree spanned several states. they're not accused of committing any violent crimes but with the teens thought

lester. >> dylan, thanks. concerns this morning about the growing flu epidemic. already responsible for the deaths of at least 15 children and it is now spread to three dozen states. unfortunately, if you got the flu vaccine this year you might not be entirely safe. there are, however, some things you can do to keep your family safe. our natalie azar is our nbc contributor. >> good to be here. >> january and february is the peak. a different strain of h3n2. is this a worst season? >> we are predicting a worse season than normal because of the strain you mention circulates frequently. it predicts a more severe season. it happens to be a more verilent virus in general. half of the h3n2 strain has drifted. the vaccine production made last february and march is not a perfect match. >> it is always a moving tar getgettarget. >> this happens right in the heat of this flu season in january and february. the w.h.o. experts will predict which strains will be active for next year and production begins then. this strain

good morning. >> reporter: lester good morning. amazingly that young girl has already been treated and released from the hospital. relatives are describing nothing short of a remarkable survival story, that of a second grader who wanted nothing more than to help her family. >> a 7-year-old has just come out of the woods alone. >> reporter: sailor gutzler -- her parents and sister and cousin were killed. sailor had apparently paid close attention to her father's survival skill less sons because she used a burning wing to light a branch to find her way out of the woods. >> she's in shorts a t-shirt. she's 7 years old. she has broken bones. she walks through thorns briars a 12-foot ditch creek bed. and continues to walk until she sees a light at a house. to say it's a miracle is an understatement. >> reporter: she trekked three quarters of a mile. >> this little girl was standing there with bloody less and blod bloody arms. >> reporter: the small plane was at an altitude of 1800 feet when it reported engine trouble and lost contact wi

good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning. governor chris christie says he's going to green bay to help his beloved cowboys win tonight's critical game. a spokesperson telling his orange sweater has been dubbed part of the team's mojo. fans in the new jersey region are crying foul. some saying the presidential contender has lost their vote. not surprisingly christie isn't backing down. >> new jersey governor chris christie has never gone away from a good fight. now the new battle. the candidate has infew rateurew -- has infew rated many by cheering for another team. he's seen with jerry jones, the two hugging awkwardly after the touchdown. some took to twitter to slam christie. one newspaper depicting him as a cheerleader. >> i'm not going to change sports team royalties to score political points. >> christie who says he's been a fan for life has take ton talk road to defend himself. >> i would take the abuse in return for cowboy's playoff win. >> as christie prepares to attend tonight's game his spokesperson said he'll pay fo

lester holt looks back at his conversation with the real-life inspiration for the story of heroism that has come to the big screen. >>> and the brotherhood. good news for a pair of siblings we've come to know after their incredible story of endurance that touched so many. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >>> good evening. as the victims were laid to rest today, what happened in france has clearly become the terrorist attack that has reverberated around the world. new video just out today shows the suspects as they went about their awful task, including a shootout with police. and french authorities still say this group had help and there are more people out there. it's where we begin tonight with our chief foreign correspondent richard engel in paris. >> reporter: from this angle, it's even more terrifying. new video showing the kouachi brothers just moments after the "charlie hebdo" massacre. we have avenged the prophet muhammad, they shout, and calmly reload. police arrive. the brothers

it's a formula, lester that will never die.me and he may be as good as you, lester. he interviewed me in chicago. >> that's a high compliment. >> he interviewed me -- no. he interviewed me in chicago. he was very very good. >> well trained, lester. you did well. >> thank you, donald for that. >> that's fantastic! so we do want to ask you, too, about "celebrity apprentice." this season is a lot of turn. we really enjoy meeting some of the folks and talking to them here on the "today" show. what do you think sets this season apart? >> well i think a lot of things. i think one of the reasons it's doing so well is we have the one-hour shows which are really better than two-hours with be which are so long. i think cast has been fantastic and so good and is doing so well as you know that nbc is just extended it for another two shows which is not easy. butguess we're going live for a period of time. it's just been a great season and nbc likes me very much. >> there's a lot to like. nice to have you with us thanks again. just to remi >

please join me in welcoming the honorable lester wolff.plause] >> speaker boehner, henry reed and peter mcconnell, and speaker pelosi, i am honored today as a world war ii cap veteran and accepting the congressional gold medal on behalf of of the men and women of the civil air patrol whom gallantly served during world war ii. we accept this award particularly for those who did not come home. our service began in the early dark days following pearl harbor. you have heard a little about our exploits. days when the u-boats prowling our east coast, threatening our energy lifeline and sinking vulnerable oil tankers at a very high rate right within the sight of land. we were a ragtag group of rejects and military service. some of us even served in world war i. i remember my commanding officer was a pilot in the lafayette escudero. we were volunteers in the tour sense of american tradition -- for a sense of american tradition of wanting to serve our country in a time of need. in a sense cap was as were our forefathers -- flying minutemen. the sit

lester, is the big story tonight this one suspect still on the loose?that where we are in terms of this narrative tonight? >> it is. it is the narrative tonight because even the president of france today reminded folks that this battle goes on that the risk is still high. i don't know if he was speaking in larger terms, or the fact this woman is still out there, but clearly all this has tapped into something this country is grappling with right now. the fact that these are all french young men who perpetrated this terror on such a large population here in france. people are walking about tonight. the police tape has come down. it all feels very normal, but it will take a while to get over this. this place was rattled. people are on edge. i ended up in the middle of police with guns who were responding to another false alarm that had everyone on edge today and talking to people and just we're not used to this. we don't know what to do. we're fearful. we don't know what's going to come next. and i think with this other suspect still out there, though not

nbc's lester holt on the phone. tell us what you know. >> we're several blocks from t taking in paris itself eastern edge of paris. we were delayed, suddenly someone said there's guns, we were surrounded by police officers with guns pointing across yelling. it turned out to be a false alarm at a bank. we talked to people on the streets. they're at the breaking point. their nerves are fraud by all of what's happening here. the streets, there are still people on the streets in this area of eastern paris. traffic getting close to the scene of all this. so we're working our way there, trying to get a better picture of what's happening on this end. >> okay lester stand by. you're making your way slowly to the scene. you can imagine how the city of paris feels today. many people being told to shelter in place near that factory where the brothers were holed up. there were reports that schools were being evacuated. that in some cases, students were being read nursery rhymes to calm them. that's the scene where a gunman walk

let's go to this geneticist at lester university, dr.e semen samples from both murders and cement the case with his new thing called genetic firing making and prove that he did both of them because we knew he did both of them. >> dr. jeffries didn't know where he could do it or not. this sort of analysis had never been done before. the breakthrough technique is called restriction technique polymorphism. rflp. it can identify an individual just on a small amount of dna, dna that can come from semen, blood, hair roots and other elements. dna is present in all living cells. it's a little like a computer program containing coded instructions on how to make a human being. no two individuals have the same dna pattern except for identical twins. dr. jeffries' task was to take the semen recovered from lynda mann and dawn ashworth and compare it to the blood sample from richard buckland to see if it was a match. first, white blood cells from richard buckland's satchel was treated with a chemical reaction that allows the dna to float free. next th

lester holt is in paris. he has the very latest. lester good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ghborhood 15 minutes from here one of what we now know to be two hostage dramas under way inside paris and outside of paris, all related to the attack on the newspaper offices a few days ago. first of all, what's happening in dammartin engoele, police encountered the two brothers who are suspects in that attack. there was a police chase. shots were fired. they apparently ended up at a family printing business and are apparently holding hostages. s.w.a.t. teams have moved into the area tried to make contact, negotiate with these men, these suspects. at the same time it's very close to charles de gualle airport. they've had to reroot flights because planes come in over that particular area. now here in paris -- you're hearing perhaps some of the response to it. we learned another hostage taking is under way at a kosher grocery store. undetermined amount of hostages there. reports of shots fired and one person wounded. that's ongoing right now. that shooter may be related to the killing o

he looks more like a lester. lets come back live because i have a a demo thing for two naval orange pickers from down in orlando and san diego where those red river grapefruits are. let me say what this is because i don't know if you saw on the latest blooper real, while i was off, there was a report inner one sit hi who had in idea how to use the snow scrape. she was using the wrong side. photographer had to show it. great if you want to look it up. this is ultimate deluxe. i told chris fox man behind the camera chris fox even though he works for fox, is that his real name? yes, it is. only on air people take fake names. when you see these channel 61st name for last name that means it is a fake name. it is not a real name. >> i can go paul but i'm not in the fbi. >> what was tom sever's first name. >> it wasn't tom. >> no, it is george, his name is george thomas severe. >> yes. >> i know he was never 41. >> he will google that. >> very good. let me show you something. i said to chris fox make sure you have the t