mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's nbc "nightly news" for this saturday.'m lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. we leave you tonight with a look at the rockefeller center christmas tree and a lot of folks enjoying this evening. have a great night, everyone. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. we are tracking another storm headed our way. experts say it could be the strongest of the storms to hit this wokthis week. as you can see the roads are wet. the biggest concern in most areas is flooding. we begin tonight with anthony slaughter in our weather center with a look at when this next storm is supposed to hit. hello, anthony. >> hey, diane. it's been quite a week across the bay area. we are starting to see the impacts of our next storm system make its way across the bay area. from the bay bridge toll plaza there is a bit of water on those lenses. we still have the flash flood watch in effect against the coast. now that flood warning for napa county primarily becauseth

here is nbc's mike taibbi from fort stewart, georgia. >> it seems so simple. the human reflex.ou remember those you've lost. but in fort stewart, what takes place in december has become more than a simple reflex. they place wreaths by a marker each by its own tree to remember every third infantry soldier who gave all for the sake of all of us like lieutenant john eades killed in iraq in 2007 leaving his bride laura behind. >> having the ceremony does kind of bring you back and sometimes it's painful. but i think it's important to remember. >> and major paul voelke who just this past june fell in combat in afghanistan leaving a.j. and benjamin fatherless. >> it's so hard to live without him. >> reporter: and wife tracy comforted that this gathering will recur each year. >> hopefully my grand kids will come back and see that we can come back and visit and know that he is alive in our hearts. >> reporter: like all news organizations, nbc news could not have covered the march to baghdad at the start of the iraq war or the surge five years later that turned the tide or the continuin

mike taibbi, nbc news, acton, california. >>> and one sports note tonight.s been a particularly black monday for nfl coaches following the end of the regular season yesterday. seven teams fired their head coaches. the philadelphia eagles, chicago bears, san diego chargers, arizona cardinals, cleveland browns, buffalo bills and kansas city chiefs all missed making the playoffs, and today their coaches paid the price. >>> when we come back, we're live from times square with preparations for the big party. and a look at some spots where they've already rung in 2013. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away.

from los angeles, nbc's mike taibbi takes a closer look at the issue of violence in our popular culture. >> reporter: it was a week after the explosion of gunfire in newtown that the nra's wayne lapierre called hollywood and the gaming industry enablers and co-conspirators in a culture of gun violence. >> a child growing up in america today witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reaches the ripe old age of 18. >> reporter: hollywood knows the poll body count is high and profitable. five of the year's top ten grossing movies involve plenty of graphic violence. the same story in the game world. top sellers include ultraviolent products like "call of duty, blacks on," "assassin's creed" and "grand theft auto." the small screen, hit shows with abundant violence like showtime's "homeland" and "dexter" get the ink, awards and ratings and a tv writer says that won't range. >> ultimately television will say why should we change in the viewers want this. >> reporter: polls taken after newtown say what happened there was so who are horrific august majority of

mike taibbi tells us more. >> reporter: it's not your granddaddy's christmas anymore.ore hard surfaces. open kitchens. fewer tablecloths, more curtains, less space between tables, and less comfortable chairs. and all that noise. this is a-frame in west l.a., one of the city's loudest. roy choy likes it that way. >> i want you to feel like you almost stumbled into a hub. we wrapped ourselves around you. >> reporter: but it makes conversation a challenge. >> for me, not quite normal. i feel like i'm raising my voice. >> you're not at all? >> reporter: yes, i was. it's loud here. the sound meter said it's about 90 decibels. think lawn mower, or boeing 737 taking off 100 yards away. given those comparative sound levels, diners are complaining about noise more than anything else. they're listing noise levels a mini crisis to bon apetit's andrew nolton. >> it's infuriating sitting literally two feet from somebody and not being able to hear them. >> reporter: restaurant architects acknowledging the move to industrial chic design and rooms that feel alive, are working not to e

for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >> renee joins us exclusively here this morning. taped three months ago. it just aired. how are you feeling about it, especially now that you are reliving it? >> it's amazin', because we taped three months ago and i had to keep the big secret. we had a little party athe house and had everyone over. everyone got to watch it together. thursday morning i wake up and everybody was like, you are everywhere. >> everywhere. youtube, everything. everybody is so supportive. it has been so crazy, because it is blowing up. i'm from florida. the "g" is silent. >> a couple of times you have dropped the "g." >> i called the "g." i knew the "g" was there. it happens. unfortunately, it happened in a way that was not necessarily in my favor. i understand. they have their rules. it's disappointin' because you think you are an a roll and everything was going great. you could tell pat was a little uncomfortable. >> he said yes but the judges said no. >> it was kind of a yeah like he expected me to have it because it is wa the letters that were up there

. >> nbc's mike taibbi joins me from the scene in clackamas, oregon. what's the scene there?> reporter: imagine being part of that scene in any way at all. let's start with some good news, and there is some. first of all, about the victim who survived, we know two were killed and one survived. the family of that victim is now permitted to release her name. she is 15-year-old christina. according to one of her social network postings, she had recently survived a terrible car accident and now this. she appears to have escaped death twice at this point. her injuries were not serious to any vital organs. she had emergency surgery and is listed this morning in serious but stable condition. about the gunman, according to witnesses, he strolled throughout the mall with what they describe as an assault type weapon. sources have told our justice correspondent and colleague pete williams that it was like an ar-15. they said he was a 22-year-old male with apparently no criminal record, that he was allegedly firing randomly toward people, shattered some store windows. then at one point,

mike taibbi has our story. >> good morning. i have one and used to bake meatloaf in it.till works just fine. number of reported incidents of glass cookware failing, including pyrex products, has increased significantly. world kitchen, parent company for the pyrex brand, says their glass cookware is in eight out of every ten american homes with hundreds of millions of uses per year. and they say only a tiny number of those uses has led to any complaints. mostly, the company says, from impact breakage when the piece has been dropped or banged into something. one nonimpact complaint is from 70-year-old debbie parker of michigan. she made her traditional casserole this week but can't forget the one she made two years ago served to her family. >> there was a large explosion and we looked down and the casserole was just shattered. the glass was shattered. >> she later called world kitchen, which sells some 40 million pyrex pieces a year. when she described what happened was offered a replacement. >> i laughed. i said like i want another one of these. >> reporter: every pyrex p

here's nbc's mike taibbi. >> it's not your daddy's restaurant business anymore. surfaces, open kitchens, fewer table cloths or curtains, less space between tables, and less comfortable chairs. and all that noise. this is a frame. >> i want yo uh to feel like you almost stumbled into a hub and we wrapped ourselves around you. >> reporter: but it makes conversation a challenge. >> for me, not quite normal. i feel like i'm raising my voice. >> you're not at all. you're not at all. >> reporter: yeah, i was. it's loud here. this sound level meter says it's about 90 decibels. think a lawn mower or a 747 taking off. diners are complaining about noise more than anything else except bad service. reviewers and restaurant rating sites are now listing noise levels, a mini crisis to bon appetit. and restaurant architects acknowledging the move to industrial seat design and rooms that feel alive are working not to eliminate noise but to manipulate it. >> to appear more of a collage that's pleasing. >> i wanted that holy grail of buzzsy, but conversational. >> reporter: here th