mother nature says, meh, i like the calendar the way it is. >> and we don't mess with mother nature. >> you can see the gaps in the headlights there. traffic is moving nicely.im moing, it' a thursday holiday week. we do have the camera bouncing around a little bit. so that's the breezes mike was conditions. your drive from hercules into san francisco, less than 30 minutes. and we like that. take a look at some of the other drive times and mass transit options when we come back. >>> sue, thank you. happening today, the audubon society will hold its bird count in san francisco. this is video from last year's event at the fort mason community garden. hundreds of volunteers are expected to search online and in the bay from dawn to dusk to count all the birds they see today. it helps to provide insight into the heating of the bird population and the general health of the environment. they did a similar bird count in oakland. >>> it is almost time to get your christmas tree ready for recycling. the 32nd annual chipping of the trees at civic center in san francisco. and they will demonstrat

clause eloquent low to meh to me.e tm ceive letters that say santa, north pole and they are >> reporteruse volunteer elfs roll up their sleeand answer them. >> dear santa, i was pretty, p-r-e-e-y good this year. >> it's wonderful. it's so important that children write and really pour out their hearts to us and address some problems, we're not psychiatrist but we c say santa loves you. p.s., tell the reindeer we have food for them. >> we laugh, we cry, we have a great time. >> reporter: perhaps they can change the zip coho, ho, ho. >> santa has quite the team in place. it will be a busy weekend for the elfs. that's "y news" for this friday. i'm lester holt, for all of us at nbc news, thank you and good night. >>> lights, camera, "access." >> i'm going to become a father. >> and "access" h every wonderful detail of andy cowan's surprise announcement. >> he gave us quite a hint a while back.

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numbers are down right incredible but because context is king, the ipo was, for lack of a better word, mehbad, but not great either with ten cent music coming public at $13, and closing at $14. on a wild day like yesterday, it felt like almost a nonevent, an asterisks. so why were we talking about this deal? because tencent music was the ninth largest ipo of 2018. some day, this may be one of the largest tech plays in china, and tme's financials are down right spectacular. if a different environment, buyers would be clamoring for this stock but at a time when we're involved at an increasing trade war with the people's republic, it became a lot harder to appreciate tencent music has going for it and boy, does it ever have a lot going for it >> house of pleasure >> it is absolutely worth addressing it's a great company with a cheap stock. that doesn't mean it's worth buying, but it's worth considering. first, though, let's play know your ipo tencent music is the chinese spotify. they always had like the chinese, google, the chinese facebook this is the chinese spotify. spotify owns 9% of ten

could expose even more, even with all of that, key republicans, especially in the senate, are saying meh, which is a legal termed for we don't give a hoot. senator orrin hatch went as far as to say, okay, but i don't care. all i can say is he's doing a good job as president. so those are the current senators. 44 former senators, including some republicans, are sounding the alarm. in a "washington post" op-ed they warn we are entering a dangerous period and they urge current senators to put the country ahead of partisanship. >> we will talk to one of them about that. >>> accused russian spy maria butina is set to change her plea tomorrow. a source tells cnn she is cooperating with federal prosecutors. they say she cozied up to powerful figures like the nra, even asking candidate trump a question at a campaign event in 2015 that now looks different when we replay it. her appearance in court is one of several events this week which could shed new light on the russia investigation. >>> today former national security adviser michael flynn will ask a judge for no jail time in his sentencing me

. >> yang: one of the asthma cases: seven-year-old shaw meh, whose family are immigrants from myanmar. beth mulberry is her pediatrician. >> they were living without heat, it waselow 20, they'd had a huge water problem. their carpet was soaked. she was needing to be on maintenance medication. allergy medication, oral. and then she was on a rescue inhaler. >> yang: the housing coalition helped the family find better housing, and shah mei quicklyim oved. >> i think it was about two months. so, it's pretty quick. pretty amazing change. she has not used her rescue inhaler since july. in yang: the complex has s been sold, and the coalition is working with the new owner to improvit. led by josie williams, the housing coition holds monthly neighborhood meetings to help residents press for other changes in the area. at their most recent session, they discussed a corner store. >> anything healthy in that little store? alcohol, cigarettes, what else you see in that little store? snacks, what else? you have the power to create those changes. r >> yang: tognition that health care extends beyond t

the forecast itself is a little bit meh as far as christmas day is concerned.heading into evening rush hour, all the way from south—west england into wales, the east of scotland, within that brought rain band, finally starting to make a push towards east anglia and the south—east, some heavy bursts as well. even things drying out in the west, lots of surface water and spray on the roads, take it easy, but heavier rain into the london area by six o'clock, across much of the midlands, parts of northern england thoroughly wet too, especially the pennines and eastwards. heavy rain in the east of scotla nd eastwards. heavy rain in the east of scotland easing away, just a few showers left, but still pretty wet across in shetland. even here things will turn drier through tonight, the rain eventually arise in east anglia june the 2nd half of the evening rush—hour, then it clears off. clear skies in some areas, and because that airbnb weather front is cooler, temperatures tonight will be lower than last night. —— because that air behind the weather front is cooler. for