actress mel b. star of "chasing cameron," cameron dallas. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and craig finn. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic to hear. and in that case, let's get to the news. today is our last show of 2016, but we'll be back on january 9th, and then cancelled on january 20th. [ laughter and applause ]

tonight -- matthew mcconaughey -- from broadway's "chicago," actress mel b.tar of "chasing cameron," cameron dallas. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and craig finn. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic to hear. and in that case, let's get to the news. today is our last show of 2016, but we'll be back on january 9th, and then cancelled on january 20th. [ laughter and applause ] there are just three days until christmas when most of us will celebrate the birth of christ, and mike pence will celebrate history's least planned parenthood. [ laughter and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] donald trump's childhood home in new york city is going up for auction three days before his inauguration. wow, just think, you could own the home that donald trump never grew up in. [ light laughter ] the rock band kiss reportedly turned down an offer to perform at donald trump's inauguration, and it's not the fi

i'm sheinelle jones along with our special guest co-host for the day, mel b. as roxie hart on broadway. >> until the middle of february. >> are you ready? >> i don't think i'm ever going to be ready. i am very excited and very nervous at the same time. >> she's like the accused murderess? >> yeah. she's very emotional and thinks very fast on her feet so i kind of identify with that character. i just don't want to mess up on any of the lines, any of the text. >> it is one of those things where people are so into it. people come, sit down and have this spirit of expectancy. >> exactly. pressure! >> but it's you. >> you are allowed to put your own spin on it. >> that was you! >> that's me doing the photo shoot. >> girl, look at that stance you're ready. >> the cast and the company is so great and so beautiful and so warm. i just hope i do the part justice because it is a great show. it really is. >> classic at this point. since you are sitting right here, america's got talent, i read yesterday the holiday spectacular premiered. monday night? >> it already premier

christian slater is closer to mel b.'t care about the presents underneath the christmas tree ♪ ♪ i just want to call my own ♪ more than you could ever know ♪ make my wish come true ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> that's epic. that's a pretty good edition. >> full on. >> and adele, you noticed london in the background. >> yeah. >> did you know you got a little love when adele did car pool? >> yes. >> did you see it? >> i was so flattered. ♪ >> that was so awesome. ♪ >> i love it. that is so sweet. >> that was a life-changing moment. >> i love it. >> the best ever. >> so you know the song too? >> let's get a look at the weather in your neck of the woods. i got authorized to say that. >>> all right, here we go, your forecast for today. not too sunny out there and not too warm either. clouds are already starting to move back into the area. temperatures are only in the upper teens and low 20s. we'll be lucky if we get all the way to 30 degrees today. light southerly breezes will eventually bring more warm air and moist

by the way mel b.and made some cookies. >>> no-fuss appetizers. martha stewart has answers for all your holiday emergencies. >>> first, as we said, al's not here. rafael is here is from nbc. >> very busy travel day, guys. dealing with a nasty storm in the west. take a look at the maps here. lots of snow and rain watching out for those travel delays. they will build throughout the day today. lighter snow in places like chicago and maybe some minor delays there. dry along the eastern seaboard. as we head into christmas eve and hanukkah, some of the snow spreads into the rockies and dealing with rain along the eastern seaboard and no major event there. for christmas day, a blizzard in the high plains. dakotas will see lots of snow and be very mild for christmas day. sorry, guys, not a white christmas for the east coast. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we had a batch of some very heavy rain moving through earlier this morning. now that has shifted off to the east over the central valley. we

we've got mel b. gathering toys as part of our annual toy drive. by the way, mel b.cookies. they had some fun. that's a fun story. >>> some last-minute hostess gifts. no-fuss appetizers. martha stewart has answers for all of your holiday emergencies. >>> but first, al's not here today. rafael miranda is here from nbc. got a check of the weather? >> that's right. very busy travel day so >>> good morning, everybody, we have a mostly sunny sky out there. there's the national cathedral this morning. more and more cloud cover as the day wears along. shouldn't interfere with travel plans. current temperatures in the upper 20s and low 30s across the area. as you're planning out the day, sunshine giving way to more and more cloud cover by later on this afternoon. dry though through at least 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tonight. showers tomorrow. and then drying out late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. it'll be dry on christmas day. >>> don't for get to tune in to "sunday night football" right here on nbc as the chiefs take on the broncos. coverage begins at 7:00 eastern on chr

i want to thank you mel b. and christian.ut a couple hours ago...and prompted a 'public health advisory' from all the smoke. this is what it looked lik >>> good morning, 9:56, a fire that broke out that prompted a public advisory from all the smoke. the firefighters had corralled the flames and isolated the fire to a small portion of the yard. coating the cars and a near by richmond parkway. earlier, those flames were rapid and producing thick plumes of black smoke that saturated the bay area. the last hour, contra costa county -- residents are told to stay inside the close their windows. traffic impact, that savage yard is located on the richmond parkway. chp officers are asking drivers to use a different route. it is not an option to cut through right now. mike is going to bring us the latest on your traffic and kari will have a look at your chilly forecast right after this. >>> and we are taking a look at our camera from oakland and we see the smoke starting to calm down and traffic is backing down. we are going to see win

i want to thank you mel b. and christian. bundle up if you head out the door into the bitter cold that awaits. meteorologist bill henley if you're tracking the frigid temperatures give us your first alert forecast. >> it is dry even though they're getting high clouds moving in, and the culprit the wind making us feel so much colder. little bit stronger in allentown so it feels like 10 below in the pocono mountains, 4 degrees in allentown and 8 right now in philadelphia, not much better in new jersey, katy? >> bill, thanks. >>> make sure you have the free nbc 10 app, you can track the cold weather right now and the snow that we are expecting tomorrow morning. >>> happening now a crash involving an ambulance and a car in southwest philadelphia, taking place. sky 410 is live overhead at the scene at 52nd and chester. woman in the car was taken to the hospital. let's bring in pamela osborne who has a check of the traffic in that area and beyond. >> yes, this is 52nd and chester in southwest philly. that's where that accident is r

jerry hal i well and mel b released that, teasing the spice girls reunion, with the message, we hopeh all the ladies because they're calling themselves spice girl jem. >> i talked to scary spice after the announcement on the 20th anniversary of the spice girls hit, wannabe. ♪ >> there's supposed to be a couple people listening there. >> they're there in spirit. we have a few surprises that hopefully everybody will be excited about. we come from girl power. we're all about girl power. we started as five, and in spirit, all five of us are going to still be there. >> in case there are some spots that are available, we have a fantastic possible substitute. >> who? >> mel, i love you, and you know if one of the girls is not coming, i'm going to be that missing spice girl. i'm going to be sweetie spice. >> sweetie spice! look at this. >> i sit next to heidi, and she has the most high-pitched voice you've ever heard in your whole entire life. maybe next time. >> america's got talent, what do you like most about it? do you like watching the talent acts, wearing all your hot clothes, or simon

tonight -- matthew mcconaughey -- from broadway's "chicago," actress mel b.plause ] fantastic to hear. and in that case, let's get to the news. today is our last show of 2016, but we'll be back on january 9th, and then cancelled on january 20th. [ laughter and applause ]

carson daly, of course, and of course the fabulous mel b. will be hosting.t's going w >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin with a look at your ten-day forecast. we have temperatures mainly in the 40s for today, westerly winds, could get gusty 25 to 30 miles per hour. new year's eve looking good, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 40s, overnight in the 30s so a lot more mild. great night to see fireworks, we'll trend warmer next week and snow flurries for next friday, possibly the 20s next saturday into sunday. >> catch these lovely ladies monday on the tournament of roses on the miracle grow float. yours truly and hoda kotb hosting the tournament of roses para parade 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific time on networks of nbc. >>> thank you, sir. >> happy new year! >> ill a he call you after the show. >>> coming up, few people get to see from the tippy top of the enempire state building. that was invigorating! you're probably wondering why i've just carved a giant wooden tiger. well, the answer is that a real

carson daly, of course, and of course the fabulous mel b. will be hosting.s >> catch these lovely ladies monday on the tournament of roses on the miracle grow float. yours truly and hoda kotb hosting the tournament of roses parade 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific time on networks of nbc. >>> thank you, sir. >> happy new year! >> ill a he call you after the show. >>> coming up, few people get to see from the tippy top of the enempire state building. that was invigorating! you're probably wondering why i've just carved a giant wooden tiger. well, the answer is that a real one would maul me. i've crafted dr. whiskers here as a visual aid to show you that should you visit the lot, carmax associates will not pounce like tigers because people don't like that. come here to buy a car. dr. whiskers won't pounce. nobody will. ♪ hey julie, i know today's critic...need a sick day. dads don't take sick days. dads take dayquil severe: the... ...non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy... ...head, no sick days medicine. how is this possible? it's a lig

mel b will be there, jennifer lopez. starts on nbc. i have to work in a plug there.are great ideas. thank you. >> cheers. >>> big moments of charlie's life in honor of our puppy's 6 month birthday. >>> all right. we are back celebrating a very special birthday. charlie, our puppy with a purpose, turned six months old on christmas day and marked the occasion with a big event, his very first plane ride. he traveled home with his america's vet dogs puppy raiser olivia and that milestone got us thinking in honor of charlie's six-month birthday, let's run through our top six charlie moment playing with matt. this is a new morning ritual around here, matt and cha making new friends. there you go. charlie visiting a lot of celebrities that come by the show here. charlie's halloween costume. a '90s theme, beanie baby there and charlie visited the u.s. naval academy and met members of our military. number 2, charlie's first steps we first met charlie at studio 1a. number 1 is all the great training and milestones charlie has been doing. let me bring in olivia here. what have

the family that may stay inside and relax and maybe watch carson on his new year's eve special with mel bas. start with the dad. jason is wearing this pullover from banana republic. $69.50. he's still comfortable in these jogger pants. they're $41.30 on jackthreads.com. rebecca, the mom is wearing another sweater dress. this fun leopard print. still comfy with the stretch pants. nice, flat booties. from steve madden. her whole outfit is on sale. so many sales going on. shoes are $75. >> i love what that sweater does for the leggings. it kicks it up a notch but keeps it comfortable. >> look at vivienne. wearing this adorable outfit from janeyandjack.com. the beret is $13.99. that's what makes her look the best. that beret, trend, you'll see it going into the new year. it is very ageless. you could wear it, she could wear it. >> she's rocking it way better. who wore it best? her. >> and i's wearing a top and slack like dad from target. the top is only $12. those pants i love that he's matching dad. plus we have those converse sneakers from amazon. they are under $40. >> what a beautiful fam

. >> that's mel b., my co-host. >> lot of great music. >> blake shelton, alicia keys, pentatonix.thanks for the plug. appreciate it. >> no problem. >>> now let's turn to a check of the stories making headlines. legendary actress debbie reynolds died last night just one day after her daughter carrie fisher. reynolds' son says the stress of losing her only daughter was just too much. at just 19, reynolds starred alongside again kelly in the classic musical "singing in the rain." she earned an oscar nomination for her role in 1964's "the unsinkable molly brown." debbie reynolds was 84 years old. >>> president-elect donald trump spoke briefly to reports at his estate in florida late wednesday announcing sprint will move 5,000 jobs back to the united states and revealed that he did speak by phone to president obama. mr. trump called their conversation "very nice." but did not say exactly what was discussed. >>> three teenagers on vacation in florida are lucky to be alive after their boat capsized more than two miles from shore. they managed to hang on to a cell phone, call 911 and wait

. >> you can also watch our show right here on nbc, mel b.e there, blake shelton, jennifer lopez. it starts at 11:30 eastern and pacific. i have to work in a little plug for us there. j.j., thank you so much and happy new year. those are great ideas. thank you. >> great ideas. >>> next a big moment in charlie's life in honor of our puppy's six-month birthday. first, this is "today" on nbc. you're popped out from partying? >>> all right. we are back celebrating a very special birthday. charlie, our puppy with a purpose, turned six months old on christmas day and marked the occasion with a big event, his very first plane ride. he traveled home with his america's vet dogs puppy raiser olivia and that milestone got us thinking in honor of charlie's six-month birthday, let's run through our top six charlie moments and milestones. we'll start at number six, playing with matt. this is a new morning ritual, matt and charlie snuggling and it's awesome to watch. making new friends. there you go. that's charlie visiting a lot of the celebrities that com

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mel's rink chapter one ended with the sudden demise. >> it's like swimming. everybody should learn how to skate. kevin: mark is writing a sunnier chapter two. his new rink moved to the cold and soggy b the bender jewish community center in rockville. >> it's a passion. it's like if you had a passion for, you know, painting. you are going to paint. if you had a passion for, you know, swimming, you will swim. mine is hockey. >> i think it ads another element -- it adds another element and enriches the after-school program even more. kevin: susan fisher runs the youth rec program until now people stop by to ask what is happening here. kevin: montgomery county is planning to construct a synthetic ice rink at this park in poolesville. pending approval, the $300,000 project will be built this summer. khan, however, isn't concerned with the future but rather his uprooted masterpiece with noticeably improved lighting. mark: yep. mel's rink is going to be alive and well. we can't wait. can't wait kevin: mark khan is referring to an open house that is taking place out here at the bender j.c.c. on sunday. it runs from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. it is free. and open to everyone so come on out. we'

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mel. >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison.eve anallison a little bit more activity macti here this morning.re t you canhi see now that d.c.hat d police moved back intoce moved bn here sort of mid m block there right in front of one of the homes littleittl further down here from wherefroe we were standing so we're we're getting a better sense ofense of where perhaps they are focusing their investigation.esi homicide investigators first came here last night around 9:15. 9: this is15 d.c.'s hawthornewthore neighborhood. it's part of the chevy chase cha area bordering rock creekordengr park, the homes here range r from in the 700 thousands to about $2 million.million. the report came in for a shooting. there were reports a plan was as found dead on the scene. scene police tell us the car hashe been towed away. towedwa certainly this is a very quiet neighborhood. neighbors here say that they enjoy block parties and the a diversity in the area and area d certainly the quiet and theiet e safety that they feel that tha they have had certainly islys something that is not common at all in this quadrant, thisans little corner of northwestorwe d.c. but so f again no susp