ryan nobles, nbc news, wabasha, minnesota. >> the eagle had landed.ster holt. please take care of yourself [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show" and happy holidays. we have a very special guest to start off this hour, doll. from time to time i like to invite guests or friends to step into the spotlight and take over the opening kellyoke number. i'm so excited for two days, a talented performer you've seen on tour, i've been with on tour, he has a new holiday album out now it's called christmas bells are ringing. now performing "do you hear what i hear?," give it up for clay aiken with my band, y'all! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ said the little lamb to the shepherd boy ♪ ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ ♪ ringing through the sky shepherd boy ♪ ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ ♪ said the shepherd boy to the mighty king ♪ ♪ do you know what i know ♪ ♪ in your palace warm mighty king ♪ ♪ do you know what i know ♪ ♪ a child a child shivers in the cold ♪ ♪ let us bring him silver and gold ♪ ♪ let us bring him silver and gold ♪ ♪ sa

we see power. >> reporter: so preston set out on a mission, partnering with wabasha's national eagleird. >> preston brought that up to us years ago. and it was like, come on preston, you're kidding me. >> reporter: in late july, the senate passed the bill 100-0, a rare feat. and today the house passed the bill as well. it is finally getting the status it has earned. wabasha, minnesota. >> preston's going to help that eagle fly, eagle fly. >>> coming up later this morning often "today", vicky nguyen has last-minute holiday tips. >>> this morning on the third hour of "today", an end of the financial year checkup. plus the new film the six triple eight. and shrimp on the menu on the third hour of "today". >>> thanks for being with me lla. stay right there. more news on the way. re news on. >>> a student and teacher dead this morning after another school shooting. this time in madison, wisconsin. police saying the suspected

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but in wabasha, it was one man, preston cook, who discovered the omission while researching for a bookhe street, they're going to give you the same answer. it's the bald eagle. >> we have no national bird, right? >> we've never had a national bird. >> to put it mildly, cook is obsessed with the bald eagle. >> if it had an eagle on it, i would buy it. >> reporter: starting in 1966, preston collected anything he could with an eagle on it. his collection has grown to more than 40,000 pieces. >> we see more than an eagle. we see freedom, independence, we see power. >> reporter: so preston set out on a mission, partnering with wabasha's national eagle center, he wrote a bill that makes the eagle e national bird. >> preston cook brought that up to us years ago, and it was like, come on, you're kidding me. i'm glad we're figuring that out. >> reporter: in july the senate passed it 100-0, a rare feat in today's partisan congress, and tonight the house passed the bill as well, an amazing comeback for an amazing creature, who almost 250 years later is finally getting the status it has already ea