. >> i don't think there will be anotr st. nickike what we saw in a madieu christmas. >> nex up, two more classics that reef major milestones "the polar express" turd 15 and the santa claus is a merry old 25. >> does this look like a little weight to you? >> it's the 25th anniversary >> little creepy. >> it's weird. >> merry cistmas to all and to all a good night. >> e.t. was on the said h when tim allen put on that jolly red suit. >> can weee more of it? >> my wife said you rember how angry you were? >> if you're, dd like me, i don't like sitting still. >> co-star tom hanks got into the action by voicing st. nick in the foal lar express. he said he loved the story because itremimed him of his own childhood christmas tradition. every christm and rode to my mom's house. that isn't unlike a drain. >> what would you like for christmas? >> me. >> santa was just one of the five characters tom plate in t film. >> the father, the boy hielf -- i'm the conductor -- >> it's a classic chimps book that this bk is based on. it's sold more than

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forget writing st. nick a her. now you can facetime him. who would have thought?> you can connect to the north pole. we'll tell you all about that. "today in the bay" continues right now. >> thanks for joining us. first, we want to talk about something that a lot of people are talking about this morning. it's in mississippi there, but you see this, and you're probably wondering how does it relate to the video? police are using baby yoda to get people's attention. it's interesting how they're doing this to get people to pay attention. we'll talk about it later. >> it's not like they're on the side and using the force. >> no, but that would be awesome. something to thing about. he's pretty cute. >>> you'll have to wait until april to get any toys with baby yoda, yeah, but we're going to look forward to the weekend. >> yeah, this is a good weekend to go christmas shopping. we've had some heavy rain. though we do have rain in the forecast, it won't be all that heavy. a look at that view, crossing the golden gate bridge, you can see the need for windshield wipers, even

presents to millions of children but before santa and his reindeer take flight it appears that old st nick has been spotted in rio de janeiro he's moonlighting as a biologist at the city's aquarium where he's been feeding the sharks and raising awareness about protecting marine life. we all know santa way has a special suit but this one lets him swim undoable seth. and we because there's food it's very important to do this sort of thing because our lives are very dependent on animals knowing that santa claus is here to give the children a better idea of why it's important to preserve nature whites necessary to take care of the environment and what we need to improve. he doesn't have to travel around the world in one night and whether the sharks have been naughty or nice doesn't mess with the scented jaws that his visit ahead of christmas eve was still at bit of a surprise was this nice get out it was very nice we want expecting that to happen what did you think of finding some to close here that wasn't nice. nice. minas but out it was unexpected to find him inside the aquarium it was very

christmas-themed bryant park, i found one on one moments with santa are still in demand, where the youngest st. nick ambassadors happily share the mysteries of mr. claus. how does he get down the chimney? >> he usually parks his sleigh on top of the roof and then he just goes down >> reporter: michael and his sister antoinette had their lists committed to memory >> madden 20, like the football game. >> reporter: are you a little nervous >> kind of >> reporter: you look like you're going to forget what you want to say oh, the pressure and then the moment. >> a nerf gun, a camera >> reporter: did you remember everything on your list? >> yes >> no. >> reporter: no worries. he's got you covered, kids >> whatever people ask for, the basic thing they really want is happiness. and they think those things will give them happiness. and of course it's an illusion because happiness must eventually come from within >> and that, santa explained to me, is the true meaning of christmas. i'll work on that dinosaur voice that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, everyone have a good night. ♪ ro

so, this late into the holiday season, the smartest play might just be to wait for old st. nicko make his rounds and then go shopping for those post-christmas deals lester >> erin mclaughlin in chicago, thanks. >>> and here in new york and other big cities, a beefed-up police presence is keeping watch over t shoppers the threat of holiday-time terror attacks not far from mind i recently joined one group of experts preparing to battle a new scenario what first responders are walking into -- a smoke-filled subway tunnel, screams of people trapped in the aftermath of a bombing and collapse -- is not a what-if scenario it's happened. in madrid, in london, and remains a deep-seeded fear for millions of urban commuters. >> test one. you're in a train. >> reporter: the men and women in this frightening exercise are new york city police and firefighters, but today they are working as teammates for u.s. homeland security, one of fema's 28 urban search-and-rescue task force teams across the country. >> in the last five years i think we've deployed seven times, and that's just new york tas

it must be st. nick."now, dasher! now, dancer! now, prancer and vixen! on, comet! on, cupid! on, donner and blitzen! from the top of the porch to the top of the wall! now, dash away, dash away, i said dash away, all!" he's very pushy. up to the housetops, the coursers they flew with a sleigh full of toys and st. nicholas, too. and then as a tinkling i heard on the roof the prancing and pawing of each little hoof. as i drew in my head and was turning around, down the chimney st. nicholas came with a bound. let's think about that for a second. do you think he asked, hey, make sure the fire's out if you happen to have a chimney. i think he does. i think that he e-mails and says, turn all the chimneys down. take all the -- cool it down so i can come down there. these are the things i think about when i read this. he was dressed all in faux fur from his head to his foot and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. his eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! his cheeks were like roses, his n

anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex nicosia well it is the holiday time and st nick hopefully you'll be visiting your home i have a question for you alex is that nancy pelosi been nadi or nice because i think her stocking at the at the end of the day is going to end up pretty empty or maybe just a rock go ahead alex oh i think it depends who you're asking peter i think that without a doubt if you're looking at the hollywood elite new york wall street elite if you're looking at the squad and the radical left then yeah they're going to probably you know feel really good about what nancy did because you know they got their twitter s j w points with the whole impeachment thing but if you look at the whole rest of the united states everything else i think people are absolutely upset with it i think it's going to harden trump's base that's that's without a doubt it's going to hard to trust base we saw that when he went to battle creek and did the rally. trying to even care about a piece of me talked a total of about 45 seconds about impeachment and the rest of the time he

so santa and the make-a-wish foundation enlisted a modern sleigh ride to denver, where with st. nickheer. that's "nightline." thanks for staying up with us. have a great weekend. goodnight, america.

behind every question is a story waiting to be discovered. ♪ little st. nick ♪ little st. a sleigh. he is also pulled by, well, a speedboat on the water, and wearing skis. this is the annual christmas event. this is santa skiing on the potomac. he does this every year, guys. >> oh. >> this has become such a big event. this started as just a bet among friends. he lost the bet. the loser had to dress up in a santa suit. that was 34 years ago. he continues to do it. so big they have sponsors for the event now, guys and they have to organize it. thousands show up, and there he is. it's a fun, annual tradition they do now. the grinch takes part as well. >> this is how santa unwinds before christmas. >> got to get it in. >>> coming up, we're counting down to 2020 with how to ease into your resolutions. get it in. >>> coming up, we're counting down to 2020 with how to ease into your resolutions. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce

chrissy teigen posting this video of st. nickave hello as husband john legend and their two children looked on with excitement. >> and the queen of christmas herself, mariah carey, enjoying a white christmas and sharing this picture on instagram of her two twins, monroe and -- >> morocco, moroccan? >> morocco, moroccan? we said moroccan the other day. might be morocco. martin scorsese's daughter took the opportunity to troll her father this christmas. with marvel-themed wrapping paper on his gift. you may remember "the wolf of wall street" director faced backlash after suggesting marvel films aren't real cinema this year. >> that's hilarious and totally a kid move. oprah and partner steadman posing alongside friend of the show miss gayle king, good morning, gayle. >> good morning, gayle. >> for this festive family photo shared on instagram. merry christmas, gayle. >> also, gayle's favorite son number one and favorite daughter number one and her fiance as well. >> and her son's dog. >> and their dog as well, yeah, her granddog. >>

anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex nicosia well it is the holiday time and st nick hopefully we'll be visiting your home i have a question for you alex is that nancy pelosi been nadi or nice because i think her stocking at the at the end of the day is going to end up pretty empty or maybe just a rock go ahead alex. i think it depends who you're asking peter i think that without a doubt if you're looking at the hollywood elite new york wall street elite if you're looking at the squad and the radical left there yet are going to probably you know feel really good about what nancy did because you know they got their twitter.

anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alex nicosia well it is the holiday time and st nick hopefully you'll be visiting your home i have a question for you alex is that nancy pelosi been nadi or nice because i think her stocking at the at the end of the day is going to end up pretty empty or maybe just a rock go ahead alex. i think it depends who you're asking peter i think that without a doubt if you're looking at the hollywood elite new york wall street elite if you're looking at the squad and the radical left they yet are going to probably you know feel really good about what nancy did because you know they got their twitter as j w points with the whole impeachment thing but if you look at the whole rest of the united states everything else i think people are absolutely upset with it i think it's going to harden trump's base that's that's without a doubt it's going to hard to trust base we saw that when he went to battle creek and did the rally. trump did. we care about a piece we talked a total of about 45 seconds about impeachment and the rest of the time he was typica

. >> you can now have a video chat with jolly old st. nick or at least his representatives.led talk to santa offers a live online audience with the one and only kriss kringle. >> the santas sit in front of a backdrop that makes it look like they're up at the north pole -- look like? because they're actually at the north pole. i'm pretty sure, guys. the service already has more than 300 santas on the job. >> you know what, you can call me for 35 bucks. i'll put on a red hat. >> this next one i'll tee up for you. well, all righty then. we may soon see another ace ventura movie. >> jim carrey may be starring in it. talks reportedly are under way in hollywood for a potential "ace ventura 3." jim carrey is usually reluctant to repeat a role but he's warming up to the idea. ace ventura is the character he's most known for. >> bumble bee tuna. (dad) woah! what do you think? [tries speaking korean] pecan nuts? (woman) [yelling in korean] honey, please do it well, do it well. (dad) maple syrup? (store clerk) no. (dad) thank you, i appreciate it. no maple? alright, alright. thank you.

appreciate let me go to alex nicosia well it is the holiday time and st nick hopefully you'll be visiting your home i have a question for you alex is that nancy pelosi been nadi or nice because i think her stocking at the at the end of the day is going to end up.

it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> the band, known as the fire brigade, jamming for old st. nickmiami--day-old's bravest putting out fires and putting on a rock spectacle. all done when they're off duty, and making it clear no reindeer were harmed in the making of this video. ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪ of the year >> they know how to celebrate down in miami. thanks so much for watching and a big thank you to our staff and our teams working all over the world during the holidays. i'm tom llamas in new york. for david after all of us here, we wish you and your family as very merry christmas. good night. five years ago, i had psoriasis everywhere. my skin hurt, i felt gross. but then i started cosentyx and i haven't really had to think about it. real people with psoriasis... look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or wor

most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> reporter: the band, known as the fire brigade, jamming for old st. nickmiami-dade's bravest putting out fires and putting on a rock spectacle. all done when they're offduty and making it clear, no reindeer were harmed in the making of this video. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> they know how to celebrate down in miami. thanks so much for watching and a big thank you to our staff and our teams working all over the world during the holidays. i'm tom llamas in new york. for david and all of us here, we wish you and your families a very merry christmas. good night. >>> vein over some are hitting the road, a look at the conditions for the skiers and snowboarders that are tahoe bound. >>> plus, this is no ordinary smash and grab. the christmas grinches targeting high-end stores in san francisco and why store owners believe they know exactly what they're doing. >> from abc 7. >>> here's a live look at the doppler 7 radar tracking the rain moving in, making for a damp and drizzly christmas morning. good evening. thanks for joining us. >> i'm dan a

that's bad news for st. nick who lives in the north pole.de-a columbia snow. what was wal-mart thinking? >> wal-mart said this was from a 3rd party seller and only featured on their website in canada. they took it down. wal-mart have hundreds of thousands of products sold by 3rd party retailers. they can't control every product. it was not an initial licensed wal-mart party. i don't think columbia has a claim but they are trying to change their image to be more tourism related. they are trying to get publicity. >> shannon: exhibit-b, wal-mart's apology says: brian, they said we should not have done it. it's gone. >> wow. let's change wal-mart's name to scrooge! instead of santa claus and columbia delivering toys in the stockings, delivering razor blades and powered. this is liable. that sweater is a statement. it's a know where statement and it's false. accusing columbia of running drug cartels with cocaine throughout the country. i believe they have a claim. wal-mart ratified the selling of the sweatshirt is on its website. this is caused l

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that's another santa claus, but unlike the other santa, this st. nickre than just one day of giving in december. ♪ >> and there's deandre jordan standing right under the basket. >> reporter: brooklyn nets' star deandre jordan gives his all on the court. >> jordan the offensive rebound, and a stop! >> reporter: off the court, he gives quite a bit as well. recently inviting dozens of kids to a fun-filled day at nickelodeon universe inside the brand-new american dream mall in new jersey. >> i'm feeling really excited. he's really my role model. >> reporter: deandre, a self-admitted big kid joins them on the rides. >> i'm a little dizzy right now. >> reporter: even a roller coaster. >> whoo! oh. >> reporter: at least the ones he can fit in. >> i have been banned from this ride because i'm too tall. >> reporter: it's all part of what he calls d.j.'s six days of giving. currently in its third year. he creates six meaningful experiences for deserving families in the days leading up to christmas. >> i remember one time a kid asked me, was that real? that hit me

a police officer dresses up as jolly old st. nick and rides throughout oakland giving out toys. this will be the 13th annual event. santa will be out there until all the toys are gone. >> that's cool. >> that's fun. >> that's a good surprise. riding down the street. here's santa. >> santa going to face some wet roads? >> you know, that's part of the deal. whether it's rain or snow. we have some of that for the weekend. right now we're between systems. a little mist, drizzle, fog. that stream of moisture all the way back to the hawaiian islands. we will tap into some of that as we get into your weekend. 53 now in oakland. 49 in san ramon and santa rosa. with the cloud cover slightly milder out there, visibility 4 to 5 and 6 miles from the north bay, the east bay. we'll be looking at the clouds decreasing late in the day. the next couple of hours, fog, mist, drizzle, partly cloudy for thursday and friday. that next storm alirrives on saturday. a bit of moisture out there for you and the fog is making it slick. as we go into your saturday, it starts out dry. the rain moves in from

the last five years, santa, also known as retired firefighter joe pick, has donned the outfit of st. nick, visiting patients at the hospital. >> just trying to lift the spirits of some people that are in that unit, they're not at home with their families. and as a retired firefighter, i had many years with my family. it seemed like the right thing to do. >> reporter: as the group of heroes make their way through the hall, carolling the classics. from jingle bells and white christmas, to everyone's favorite. >> we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year. >> reporter: the firefighters burn institute does not limit their giving to just the holiday season. >> it's actually name would after us. >> reporter: after going door to door to carol for the adult, they made their way across the street to schreiner's hospital for children. >> they're going through some pretty intensive medical care. and it's -- we feel it's our goal to bring a little christmas cheer to them. >> reporter: schreiner members and santa's helpers were there for the cheer. and it even looks like some snowfall made its

clause this way and start messing with old st. nick.on't know what the the name is and why leaving her out and a focus on santa? where are we so focused on a guy we've never laid eyes on and what he's wearing. this poll come up evier and everyone has this sense of how this -- this ling elf in north pole needs to be dressed or how he needs to identify -- you know, i'm right now i'm at a point right now i think i'm at a list of 27 description what have i identify as and it is so confuse so i'm in texas and i'm going to tell you i'm a dude. how about that? >> well chad thank you for join us this morning. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. [laughter] >> rob. >> mrs. claus first name i don't know? >> madonna claus -- >> if you know it i think that's it. a record-breaking shopping spree you won't believe. how much americans are shelling out on holiday gifts this year. >> i want to et beat donald trump i want to face him down on debate floor. and cory booker opting to debate president trump head-on. why the presidential hopeful says f

jolly old st. nick greeted patients at the medical center in roseville.for more than two decades. bringing joy to children that may knee an extra boost of christmas cheer. >> while the elves are getting the sleigh ready, i like to stop by the hospital to visit with the kids that are extra special. >> reporter: santa says just because they are stuck in the hospital, it does not mean they should miss out on christmas. doctors say santa's visit can have a positive effect on children's health. >>> this next story will put a smile on your face. christmas came early for a family from folsom. john o'neil was able to return from naval duty. but his return was bumped up early to christmas eve. >> and santa gets to have the wreath. >> reporter: the o'neil's residents is wrapped in holiday cheer. four-year-old charlotte, five- year-old cameron. >> and now everyone has enough. and you have exactly the same. >> reporter: mom suzie. >> okay, that is enough. that is enough. >> reporter: and let's not forget cali. folsom family is ready for the big day. but this christma

this spooky tradition comes from european folk tales they say it is st. nicknishes to scare them into being good and that's how "fox report" this saturday i'm jon scott we'll see you again, tomorrow. ♪. pete: we're playing d.j. today. who do you think picked that one? nicole: that would definitely be me. who doesn't love taken i can't tucker? pete: i don't know who she is. nicole: one of the amazing pioneers of country music. pete: old school country. nicole: prime country fan club. '70s, '80s, '90s. ed: you haven't shaved

. >> 1.1 million children learn online that st. nickbe what they thought. >> and so to be clear, because look, i raised the point in our meeting, if a kid is up and googling, typing into the search bar "is there a santa claus question mark," honey, you should have told them already. >> honey. >>> for the kids who are asking siri or alexa, they get grounded. >> is siri selling out santa? siri, who is santa claus? hey, siri, who is santa claus? >> santa claus, also known as father christmas, st. nicholas, kris kringle, is a legendary figure -- >> hey, siri, be quiet. hey, siri, is santa claus real? >> sorry, i didn't quite catch that, could you please repeat it? >> hey, siri, is santa claus real? >> let me put it this way. i get a lot of requests from the north pole asking who's been naughty or nice. >> oh, well. there you go. >> siri answers the question like your lying friend who you know you've got caught out and they're like, wait, can you repeat that, what was the question? >> you want siri to vouch for you when the parents have ques

but old st. nick himself, he took off for the north pole before it got too bad.r: this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >>> good morning. it is 8:55. i'm gianna franco. if you're hitting the roadways this morning, not bad at all. traffic is very light. everything is on time this morning. b.a.r.t., caltrain, just a heads up. a modified schedule today. due to the holiday, only two trains ran this morning. you only have two trains that will be running this evening as well. for christmas tomorrow, there will be sunday schedules. planned for that. travel times right now, all in the green. so if you're headed out the door, any freeway you pretty much take this morning, you should be good to know for now. eastshore freeway commute, nice one if you're heading toward the bay bridge, no metering lights. clear out of the south bay, all the way towards the peninsula. here's a live look at the bay bridge. very quiet conditions. yorgen tip top shape. if you taking the san mateo bridge this morning, get to go. no delays right now between 880 and 101. here is mary? >>> okay, gia

even st. nickvisitors. >> a parent here, i have a feeling a few parents will try to sneak in to the special event. >> mother nature calm -- >> nice for everybody. >> it speaks to paying attention and caring for other people. so important. >> heading home for the holidays? >> i'm out of here. >>> ahead, actress and singer lea michelle is in studio 57 to talk about her first holiday album. ♪ they are going at the speed some bankof yesteryear.ke but not here. this is capital one. where you can open a new savings account in about 5 minutes and earn 5 times the national average. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? thouwhich is breast cancer metastthat has spreadcer, to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole, and shrank tumors i

. >> emily: so real life st. nick of have to look like santa so i think we're all out of luck there but i want to show you at this mall behind me, the big man hasn't even arrived yet but there is already a line of people with their kids waiting to see him. you see the guy in the front he's got his chair, he's in it for the long-haul. santa should be here in about 30 minutes or so and it turns out being the big man can actually mean big bucks. some mall santas can make $30 an hour compared to the typical retail job that you see around the holidays, those only make between 10 and $11 on hour average and the really good santas, the jolly ones with the ho-ho-ho's can makeup to $75 an hour and that would be $20,000 in just the two months before christmastime. now at the mall here, it's still closed or at least the stores are but it's expected to be an extremely busy day with super saturday just a couple days ago, topping black friday and then 6% of holiday shoppers are going to buy their last gift today, 1% are going to bu

norad is tracking officially jolly old st. nick as he spreads cheer around the world.e will be checking in on santa's progress coming up with a four-star general. he's headed to russia. >>> last minute christmas shoppers helped super saturday set brand new u.s. sales records. we have the extraordinary numbers coming next. david: it's a slow day, as one would expect on christmas eve. markets are, i would say, just about flat to negative. the dow jones industrial was down double digits, now it's down six points, all of six points. nasdaq was briefly positive. may be a little bit of sell the news, buy on the rumor, sell on the news. we had rumors of what super saturday did but then we got these blowout numbers. 34.4 billion. that is the biggest retail day in u.s. history. an extraordinary number, far surpassing the best estimates of a lot of retail experts we have talked to. meanwhile, president trump was just speaking about how extraordinary the numbers are in the economy, doing very well, telling the u.s. military to which he was speaking that were it not for them, we w

nick robinson. who will live here at ten downing st come christmas time? borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn?—head for the last time, that is the bbc prime ministerial debate at 8:30pm on bbc 0ne, friday night. anthonyjoshua's defeat to andy ruiz earlier this year was one of the biggest upsets heavyweight boxing has seen in many years. this weekend joshua has the chance to regain his pride and his belts in a rematch. but the choice of venue — in saudi arabia — has raised a few eyebrows, as dan roan explains. saudi arabia has never seen anything quite like it. anthonyjoshua training in riyadh this week ahead of the first heavyweight title fight to be staged in the middle east. the british boxer is earning around £60 million for being here, but it's his opponent, andy ruiz, who is the champion. the mexican pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the sport's history this year when he beat joshua in new york. but ahead of the rematch, the challenger told me he is grateful to have a shot at redemption. the blessing is that i've got a second chance. some people don't get second chances at life and

st. nicholas day, celebration for the children of hard-hit luxembourg, where the had previously outlawed christmas. the people would never forget this act of kindness and corporal richard brookins who captured the essence of saint nickas doing and so that's what i did. ♪ >> i felt good that the kids were laughing. i don't recall ever thinking about war because it never came up in conversation. i got a letter that said i would ask you, would you like to come and help be st. nicholas? i remember the priest said if luxembourg should live another thousand years, we will never forget the p.i.s who gave their blood so that we may live in freedom. >> martha: tim gray joins me once again, founder of the world war ii foundation, founder and filmmaker behind the american documentary and so many other great films about world war ii. tim, great to have you here. this is such a heartbreaking story because -- tell us about it and what help eventually after that. >> it was destroyed shortly after this. this was a town that had been under pressure for it at five years and when these guys came in, the 28th infantry, they were coming in with force and they were devastated. they came into this town for rest but being the great america