- thanks, portia.ople: everybody talks about them, but this reporter decided to talk to them. that's this week's installment of "chuck cares." [gentle music] when most of us think of rural america, we think of a bear playing a banjo, but there are also people living here. good, decent people, the backbone of our country. oh, for god's sake! i told them not to use this take. look, i have spinach in my teeth! i'm outside the home of grover simons, who, like many residents of this kentucky town, found himself unemployed when the steel mills closed. wait, this is the house? i'm supposed to go in there? why are they showing this? - yeah, we lost all our possessions. - oh, my god, that is so sad. i'm sorry, i was just watching "marley and me" on my phone. you have a big tv we could watch it on? who cut this together? - [laughs] - now this shot just goes under my voice-over, so it really doesn't matter what we say here. anyway, i'm not saying i'm attracted to dolphins, but if i had to screw an animal to save

keep at it. ♪ - hey, portia, you were right.alking to his girlfriend. - i'm so sorry. what did you do to get back at him? - well, let's just say revenge is a dish best served cold, by which i mean i went home and postmated an ice cream cake. - wait, a guy cheated on you and you did nothing? haven't you ever heard of the country song that i recorded after my break up with some hockey guy? ♪ what you gonna cheat with now, you genius? ♪ ♪ now that i've gone and destroyed your pe-- ♪ - jeez, i was just gonna never speak to him again and then facebook-stalk him and every woman he ever dates until one of us dies. - katie, you owe it to yourself and women everywhere to make him pay for what he did. but just remember-- if you kill him, he can't live on to tell your story. bye, have fun. - [whispering] bye. [clapping] - great show, everyone! where is everybody? oh, for god's sake. what did you two do? - we didn't do anything. your insensitive staff offended us. - hey, guys. - i'm not a guy. gender discrimination. - [sneezes loudly] - god

i'm supposed to be promoting my new diet book, "portia control." the trick is, people can't return the book, because the diet requires you to eat it. if we have to work, i guess i'll just promote it on the show. - oh, katie. what are we gonna do? - i don't know, mom. our perfect christmas is ruined. it's truly ruined! ugh! ["o come all ye faithful" plays] ♪ it's beautiful! [phone ringing] - you're chipper, considering it's christmas and i just picked el gringo's sushi vat for lunch. - but that's exactly why. because we have to work, my mom can't make christmas perfect. which means i can finally let go of this stress ball i've been holding on to all december. [gasps, whispers] i compressed it into a diamond! - well, maybe it won't be perfect, but it can still be nice. like i was saying yesterday, if we can't be home for christmas, we can have a little christmas here. - [giggles] wait, who were you saying that around? - uh...couple of people. justin, gene...jizzburt. - stop making up names to stall, greg. did you say that in front of my mother? did y

please join me many welcoming portia. [inaudible conversations] the world is more precious when you are with me. [applause] wonderful. thank you so much portia we'll are copies of her poem at our sal information table and you can find it on our blog. and now to introduce isabella yende we have a special honor tonight 30 years ago sherry had a visit that seattle was a city that deserved to have writers come to their their ideas and their stories and their process. after a sounding literary arts in portland moved to rally a group of courageous and intrepid individuals to launch seattle lectures without her vision tenacity and leadership unin of us would be here tonight join me in thanking and warmly welcoming south extraordinary founder sherry proda. thank you. you're very kind. thank you. i am delighted to be here in seattle arts and lecture 30 o t year to the talented ruth and her team big thanks for seeing seattle arts and lectures through its extended adolescence and ensuring that had at the right age of 30, it was at t

the image of 4-year-old portia running to abdul haji was one no one would soon forget.n't far behind and they weren't alone. these images show the terror on the faces of others being rescued by the police in those same moments. their desperation to be free. in north carolina, phillip got a phone call from his business partner, eric hersman. >> i got confirmation from eric that he was standing there with them and that they were all safe. >> your whole family. >> yeah. then i broke down and cried. yeah. then it -- then you can let go. then you can just kind of collapse. >> later, a picture followed. his wife and children trapped in that mall for hours in terror were now in the safety of a friend's house, together. >> simply the most precious thing i could even imagine to see all of them sitting there in safety and knowing that they had come through it. >> phillip grabbed the first flight back to kenya. >> must have felt really good when he got off the plane. >> it was very good because you know as a mom when dad is not around, you feel like you have to keep it together an

but kelly rigby, the wife of chester's deputy fire commissioner and city council woman portia west gotd of barber's struggles. they teamed up to make sure her children would have the christmas they deserve. >> i had so many donations and it was just heartwarming. it's really restored my faith in humanity. >> right. there. >> is a lot of caring people out there. >> cute! >> wow! >> kelly and i wanted to give back. it's more important to give back than to receive. and this is where we get our blessings and our joy. because we have a lot of fun doing this. >> that's so nice. >> reporter: zarina barber's christmas wish granted, filling her with gratitude. >> it's just such a blessing to know that people still care. just to see a look on my kids' face and see them happy. that's what i live for, to see them happy. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> tracking a messy mix this christmas eve. a combination of rain and snow is pushing into our area right now. snow coming down just a couple of hours ago near the art museum. but none of it will be sticking around for christmas. nbc 10 firs

. >>> tv star ellen degeneres and her actress wife portia de rossi, they are among those who evacuated because of the fires. degenerous tweeted -- degeneres tweeted we had to evacuate our pets. i am praying for anyone in our community and thankful to all the incredible firefighters. and then she followed up with another tweet, everyone in the montecito area is checking up on each other and helping to get people and animals to safety. i am proud to be part of this community. i'm sending a lot of love and gratitude to the fire department. >>> wildfire smoke is obviously a health hazard in southern california, and same smoke is drifting up here now to the bay area. local air quality officials have declared the fourth consecutive spare the air day because of the haze. that means no wood burning unless it is your only source of heat. people are being asked to drive as little as possible and not use aerosol sprays or paint. the bad air quality is expected to hang around eight to 10,000 feet above the ground. it is likely to stay there at least today because of the directions that the winds a

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