you are about to find out because she is here next. >>> and simon cowell not known for liking too manymas songs. joining me now the talented leona lewis thank you for joining us you have had so much success in the music industry. you have sold millions of albums and have multi grammy awards what inspired you to do a christmas album? >> i think it is the timing, really, i just finished my third album and came off of tour. it just kind of came together naturally. i sat with simon we discussed the christmas album. i wanted to do something that was in line with my genre and with kind of like a motown feel. >> you and simon cowell met during the x factor, i watched you. i was a huge fan what is your relationship like with him? >> well, he is head of my label we work together on all of my records, really. yeah, he is a great guy he has really looked out for me for a long time. >> you guys look like you have a great relationship. and what do you like to do during the holiday season? do you and your family have any special traditions? >> yeah, i actually just hang out with my family. we veg al

and, it was so much fun. >> you and simon cowell met during the x factor, i watched you.actually just hang out with my family. we veg all day. it is like a nice couch day for all of us. right now it is really special to me because i'm on the road a lot, especially for the past few years. so every christmas i know i'm going home, just going to be relax and be with my family and friends. and yeah, it is just nice to see everyone. >> and you like to open some of your christmas gifts early? >> yeah, when i was little i was so naughty, i used to like to rip all the presents my mom would put under the tree. make little tears and see what it was. and then i would angle it so my mom couldn't see, but then when it came to christmas day, the whole backs of the presents were open. so she let us open the presents on christmas eve. and that is kind of the tradition that we kept. >> beautiful tradition. same tradition that me and my family have, as well. and now you're going to perform a song from your album, winter wonderland, take it away. sleigh bells ring, are you listening ♪ in th

for a little hollywood story now, brian kilmeade's bromance with simon cowell has been well documentedinterview to you? >> it's an annual thing. i like it. it's like barbara walters for the oscars. you have a problem with your show? >> the color? >> great tapes. >> engines in the back? what am i looking at? >> that's the engine, but there is no cover over it. >> what does simon cowell like to do to take baths? this is for your next bath. this is to make sure your skin stays soft. you tell me if i should go through the audition. it looks like i'm taking off the top of something. >> not to me it doesn't. >> yeah. >> so classy. have you finished? >> i think we're better off in long island city. >> you're welcome to my house any time. >> really? >> of course. >> okay. what time tomorrow? >> i'll northbound london. >> you took him bath oil? >> i heard he likes baths. >> well, guess what? that bromance is confirmed. >> what? >> what's the name of that morning anchor who keeps interviewing me? i said brian kilmeade? he said, that's the one. love that guy. he knew your name. >> simon said to h

simon cowell confirming demi lovato will not be returning next year. she will be on tour instead. >>> hugh jackman looks to be trading the claws in for a sword in the upcoming peter pan film called "pan." he will star as the pirate black beard. >> not piecer. >> not peter. he would be an old peter. thanks to "less mis" he can grow un. >>> amazon releasing a most purchased list. adele the best selling artist of all time according to their list thanks to her album "21" and she's in retirement. >>> paul rudd will be joining robert downey jr. and chris hemsworth, the film, let's just say that marvel is digging deep from its superhero roster. know what that is? >> i have no idea. bug man. >> ant man. i remember ant man. >> ant? >> yeah. >> beyonce has become the first woman to reach number one on the billboard charts with her first five studio albums entitled "beyonce" the newest album released without fanfare making her success all the more impressive there. this is "early today." we hope it's just your first stop here on nbc. >>> leading the news on fligh

coming back after this break, i will tell you about other moments i had including what simon cowell told me about a very well-known fox news anchor. that's next. >>> i had great time last night. when i walked on stage, simon did an air hug and i told him i had a cold and he goes, okay. and why we had that weird body language. and he said what has the name of that morning anchor that keeps interviewing me? brian kilmeade? love that guy. shout out for brian, sort of. and do you know jay leno still goes out on the road three times a week. the hardest worker in television. i brought my 4-month-old and my husband with me. i have to give a big shout-out to jay leno and their entire team. they are a first class time and we love jay leno. >>> tonight, we have cold hard evidence exposing how ridiculous the assertion is. >> she shook the hand of a murderer and thug and those are bloodied hands. the president embarrasses the nation this time by buddying

. >> and simon cowell fathering a love chair. >> and the president was not excluded for the list.s is targeting conservative groups james rosen finding himself in the center of the claims that the justice department was tracking phone records of journalist and edward snowden revealed the nsa surveillance program. snshg the president spoke to americale that the united states is not monitoring the chancellor. >> and the president feeling the heat at home. and dmrichs and heats and millions of cancellations. >> i think we underestimated the complexities of building a website that needed to work the way it should. >> awith headlines like these. no doubt many heavy hitters are hard at work on one resolution to keep their name out of the scandalous nows. nbrit- brit has all of the party girls coming out to vegas. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commit

. >> and simon cowell, not known for liking anybody, but he made an exception for her. didn't, who cares? here comes 2014. merry christmas to all of our fox fans. can you say that? aclu alert. merry -- too bad. merry christmas. hope it's a great one. [ "i'm only human" plays ] huma. even when weross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. >>> trace adkins is k. >>> trace adkins is known for his country hits. we caught up with trace on his latest tour. ♪ hallelujah hallelujah ♪ >> trace, just wrapping up the christmas show tour. great tour. you just released this christmas album "a king's gift." tell me about this album and what makes it different. >> it is v

i will be there along with simon cowell.low me @megyn kelly and on facebook at facebook.com/the kelly file. thanks for watching. i'm megyn kelly in los angeles. see you in new york tomorrow.

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now, coming up after this break, i'm going to tell you about a moment i had, including what simon cowell told me about a very well known fox news anchor. that is next. . >>> i had a great time last night, it was a one-of-a-kind experience, and i wanted to explain a couple of things. when i walked out on stage, simon and i did a fake air hug, and he actually came up to give me a very nice greeting behind stage, and i said oh, i have a cold. and he pulls me aside and says what is the name of that morning anchor who keeps wanting to interview me? i said brian kilmeade, he said love that guy. and he is the hardest working man in television. i brought my husband, doug and our little 4 month-old baby, thatcher with us, he charmed everybody. and i want to say thank you, we'll miss jay leno, thank you, take care. >>> you want to see a bunch of first responders lose their job because you want to protect special interest tax loopholes? >> not so fast, it may be that obama care is responsible for closing thousands of fire departments around the u.s. the new york times wants you to believe that heal

i will be there along with simon cowell.lly and on facebook at facebook.com/the kelly file. thanks for watching. i'm megyn kelly in los angeles. see you in new york tomorrow. >>> the president never said you were going to have unlimited choice of any doctor. >> the leading architect of obama care admits if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor but be prepared to pay for it. >> if you want to pay more for an insurance company that covers your doctor you can do that. >> new reports suggest patient access to some of the leading hospitals will be off limits. >> conceived of by a group of wealthy white men who needed a way to put themselves above and apart from a black man. >> the language of the left hits an all-time low as another nbc news host likens the term obama care to the n-word.

alex kinsey and sierra deton made their mentor simon cowell and millions of fans happy. they won a million-dollar recording concrete. mary jay blige was there, lee michelle and even pit bull took the take to reform and demi lovato is leaving the show. she joined the show two weeks ago for the second season and simon cowell he -- said he knew she wasn't coming back because she's about to go on tour. she will stop in san jose february 11th. >> i think they are the cutest couple ever. so cute. >> okay. >> just want to hug them. >> okay. [laughter] >>> just want to hug sal because he's giving us great traffic. we have a good looking drive around the bay area. we expected that one day we might start to see people who are off already for the holiday coming up. we want to see the traffic is moving well next week since christmas is wednesday, you probably won't have a lot of traffic during that week either. bay bridge is expected to be pretty light. right now, it is lighter than usual into san francisco. you don't have to worry about driving into the city and having big delays.

joining me actor simon cowell. he has played dickens in theater and certainly on television. his new book is called "charles dickens and the great theater of the world." also robert douglas fair hurst. his book is called becoming dickens. with me in new york, harvard historian jill laport. john romano who wrote "sbolable cruelty" and "the lincoln lawyer." an also novelist salman rushdie, the author of "midnight children" and other books. he's also a life long dickens enthusiast. i am pleased to have all these guests here and to talk about charles dickens on this 200th anniversary. i begin with you. why dickens? what is it about dickens that makes him continue to -- >> well, for me one of the things was reading dickens before i ever game to the west was that these cities that dickens ascribes, the great rotting metropolis of dickens felt like the city outside my window. and if you grew up in a city like bombay or delhi, it feels exactly like dickens in london. it has exactly that characteristic of corruption and filth and then these huge larger-than-life characters that popula

and simon cowell father a child with his friend.t beginning with the 2012 benghazi attack to the irs targeting certain groups. and james rosen finding himself in claims that the justice department was tracking phone records and edward snowden linking surveillance program information. >> the united states is not and will not monitor the chancellor's communication. >> and the president feeling the heat with the roll out of the health care law. his approval rating are hitting an all-time low. >> i think we underestimated the complexity of building a website. >> and a leave of absence did you to the misreport of the benghazi attack. >> no doubt many of the heavy hitters are hard at work on one resolution and that is to keep their news of scandals in 2014. >> some folks might try to build up a scandal >> i am looking for the comebacks. 2013 is almost in the books. but what will some of the big political stories of 2014 be? >> probably a scandal or two in there. and taking television to a whole new level, greg. wait until you hear how muc

simon cowell fathering a child with a friend's wife. >> i think important facts for me to get out. >>s targeting important groups. >> fox news chief washington correspondent finding himself at the front of claims that the front of a scandal. >> the president spoke with her and reassured her that the united states is not monitoring the chancellor's communications. >> the president feeling the heat back home with the roll out of his health care law. his approval rating hitting an all time low. i think that we under estimated the complexities of building out a website. >> embarrassed cbs news sends her on a leave of absence on the wake of her reporting the bean benghazi attack. >> i forget about some of those. >> benghazi still so many questions. irs, here is a young man who decides that he is going to steal top secret data and disclose it illegally. he is not a whistle brothlower that is why he is hiding out in russia right now. >> it is probably between that and the twerking. >> don't forget her. >> all right. the family of a california girl doctors have declared her brain dead still h

susan boyle stunning simon cowell, winning a worldwide audience with her amazing voice. doctor diagnosed her with asperger's. she says she has a sense of relief. >> she says she has a better undering of things that she's been feeling. see that video. doesn't it bring you back? >>> we have the trial of the newlywed bride, accused of pushing her husband of eight days off a cliff. the key evidence from both sides. >>> champion skier, bode miller, competed this week end. he's headed back to court as he gets emotional about the battle for his baby son. he speaks about it for the first time. a custody fight that continues to brew here. >>> and the new bouncy baby seat. it's get something much backlash. hi some are calling it one of the worst baby products ever. >>> a brand-new development in the search for a new hampshire teenager missing for more than two months. a new lead. a mysterious letter from the girl to her parent. linsey davis is tracking the story. >> reporter: we spoke exclusively with abbey hernandez's mother last night. she never gave up home. this letter gave he

>> a man who carried a show for a few years, but now, perhaps, carrying a family on the side, simon cowellsting to see what he's like. this is a guy who makes the grinch look like, i don't know, you know, a happy sort of fellow. it will be interesting to see what he's going to be like. to be honest, his whole reason for being is to cut people down. now, he's going to be a dad. it will be great to see what his personality is like. >> life is changing. >> a man who i think says it all. named person of the year by "time" magazine and "the advocate." pope francis. had a chance to meet him last week. remarkable. the viral vicar. >> you saw it. he's taking the modern tools of social media and the most ancient of messages. what jesus said and how jesus led, and to push them together and push out controversies has made him a compelling figure. a year ago now, no one knew who this man was. and in a matter of months, he is probably one of the most famous on the planet. >> just remarkable. >> an approval rating of 90% from american catholics. >> i don't know how you transition from the pope to j.t. >

. >> back in 2009 this lady next to me stood in front of simon cowell and stunned the world on britain's nice to see you. happy holidays. >> lovely to see you too. >> have you always been a big fan of christmas music. >> always. it's a love for me. >> what were you foundest memories of your childhood and christmas? >> my fondest memories was going to church and coming home and having a nice christmas evening with the family. >> it's always such a great occasion. you're going to sing what song for us this morning? >> have yourself a merry little christmas. >> thank you, we will. ladies and gentlemen, susan boyle. [ music playing ] ♪ have yourself aerry little christmas ♪ ♪ let your heart be light ♪ next year all our troubles will be out of sight ♪ ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ♪ make the yuletide gay ♪ next year all our troubles will be miles away ♪ ♪ once again as in olden days happy golden days of yore ♪ ♪ faithful friends who are dear to us will be near to us once more ♪ ♪ some day soon we all will be together if the fates allow ♪ ♪ until then we'll to -- somehow ♪ ♪ and h

. >> this is simon cowell.g out. there are all these people that were just watching. stay there and we'll say hi but they just left. >> we had a big hat debate on this morning. do you call it a tabogon, a hat and a sled. the white cap the pope wears is call a zuchetto. >> i thought it was the taller hat. a miter. >> janice, you're by a computer. >> mitre. >>> we are solving america's problems this morning. >> somebody else tweeted me the thing you stick your hands into to warm your hand is a muff. the muffler is the scarf around your neck. >> and kasra and mickey are watching from oklahoma. they tweeted. good to have you here. >> can you get to headlines. >> we'll talk about serious stuff though. libya releasing four u.s. military personnel while you were sleeping. these four military personnel were detained late friday night at a checkpoint near sabratah. they were investigating potential evacuation routes for diplomats and support ping u.s. security forces protecting the embassy. they were taken to the embass