please welcome sean hayes. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. hi. >> yay! think it's on the other -- there you go. there you go. >> oh, george. wait. i don't want to make you feel uncomfortable or anything, but shouldn't you be in jail today? oh, that's george papadopoulos. oh. >> we all look alike. >> i'm so sorry. sorry. so sorry. >> that's why we do what we do. what are you going to do? notice the holiday spirit that we're in. [ applause ] and we understand, sean. you are a man of many talents and gifts, and you were an elf back in the day. not just any old elf, but for kenny rogers' tour. >> i moved to los angeles to get a job and i went to the kenny rogers christmas tour to do the first half of his concert. i'm in the baseball hat, and there is kenny in the back. obviously it was just a couple of weeks ago, and it was a lot of fun, but, you know, he would give the microphone to the audience to sing a lot so we joked with him and started calling him the rambler instead of the gambler because he would talk a lot in between. i don't know, george. what do

the vootz app creates a paper ballot receipt. >>> today the star of "will & grace," sean hayes, makes an appearance on "ellen." >> talking about his new children's book and how it was inspired by "the nutcracker." he shows ellen how much he loves ballet. ♪ >> get ready to play the flute. the way he's sitting -- >> like a guitar. >> a cello, yes. sean goes over the monologue with ellen. you can see all of this starting at 4:00. stay around for "nbc bay area news" at 5:00 and "nightly news with lester holt" at 5:30. >>> 5:27 right now for you, and coming up next, a check of your friday forecast, and your morning commute. >>> plus our top stories, including a picture that's going viral this morning. more on this 49ers cheerleader's bold stance and the brawls at last night's home game against the raiders. >>> and another victim of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting will be laid to rest today. still ahead, from bay area jewish leaders on how everyone can help honor and support the jewish community tonight. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome to friday morning. let's take a peek

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the hilarious sean hayes from "will & grace" is going to be right here. a funny guy. want to miss "pop news" with the one and only adrienne bankert. good morning to you. >> thank you. [ applause ] happy holidays. all right, the best "pop news" ever. >> oh, wow. >> listen to this. >> no pressure. >> i love the excitement in the audience. we begin with diana ross, fans went cuckoo for coke could puffs when she performed her rendition of "wonderful christmas time" atop the float in the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city. but one fan in particular wouldn't stop badgering her. it was her daughter, tracee ellis ross. take a listen. >> mom. she can't hear me. mom! she's waving at the people. she's waving at the people. mom! mom, look this way. diana ross. diana ross. >> guy, she can't hear me. i tried. i even tried diana ross. it doesn't work. >> i think that's what every 4-year-old thinks when they're banging on the bathroom door. i'm in the shower. >> we can tune out our children conveniently. >> diana was tuning out tracee. they were singing and with the whol

sean hannity's softballs. >> i don't think anyone has your energy level. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. donald trump sure sounds worried that there are indictments coming very, very soon. the president escalating his attacks today on robert mueller, though with a twist. claimed to know the "inner mp workings of the mueller investigation." now, to be fair, the president could just be lying. but this tweet comes just days after trump installed as his acting attorney general matt whitaker, the man who john kelly privately described as the west wing's eyes and ears inside the justice department. robert mueller is now reporting to matt whitaker, the guy who the white house says is basically its informant. and now here we are for the first time the president claiming to know the inner workings of mueller's investigation. all this comes amid reports that new indictments are imminent. as trump's legal team nears completion of written answers to questions posed by mueller concerning russian interference in the election. it also comes as trump has basically admitted that he chose whitaker to unde