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it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella.reakfast never tasted this good. >> today is sentencing day for 3 r people accuse of beating and holding a teen captive for more than a year. kyle ramirez stumled about a tracy health club snake and chained and shackled and looking for help. a youth football coach and the legal guardian pleaded guilty. they face at least 30 years behind bars. more local news in a half hour. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. >>> 7:30 now on a monday >>> 7:30 now on a monday morning. it's the sixth day of december, 2010. people are bundled up because it's cold outside. it's 31 degrees, but the windchills are probably in the 20s. >> inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside natalie morales. a man is hospitalized after a stunt goes wrong in a live television show. >>> still no answers in the disappearance ever susan powell, but her husband as a new theory. we'll have details on that. and also talk to susan powell's parents coming up. >>> the startling amount of fats an calories in your holid

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it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella.are being handed out later today for several employees of the fairfield police department. a number of officers will receive distinguished service medals for their response to a deadly fire in april that killed four children. other awards being handed out, special recognition of newly hired employees, reinstatements, promotions as well as other harps and awards. the ceremony is 3:30 this afternoon. >>> tom sinkovitz will share a little holiday spirit in san francisco. he's going to host the lighting of the ritz carlton christmas tree at 6:00. as always, a child gets to throw the switch through the greater bay area make-a-wish foundation. >>> another local news update in half an hour. the "today" show back in less than a minute. have a great morning. >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a wednesday morning, guess what? first day of december, 2010. as we bask in the glow and the glory of the rockefeller center christmas tree, 74-feet tall, it really does mark for us the start of the christmas sea

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it's quick, easy and something everyone can agree on. ♪ nutella.reakfast never tasted this good. >>> good morning. rattled royals, prince charles and camilla's limo attacked, the car splattered in paint. why did police let them drive right into the fray? >>> not in our house, democrats vow they will not let president obama's tax cut deal to reach the house floor unless changes are made. the white house says that could derail the compromise altogether. can they work things out before they head out on their holiday break? >>> and how did he survive this? the man who lived through this spectacular car crash opens up about the accident for the first time today, friday, december 10, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm meredith viera. this morning british police are facing tough questions over the handling of the protests that prince charles and camila were swept up in last night. >> the royal couple was on their way to theater when their limo was sur

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