Finally found him. And ready for sochi. Lindsey vonn declares herself ready to go after getting back on the slopes this weekend. Well hear from her today, monday, december 9th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. Dont you love the guy that got stuck on the plane. Do you think hes a deep sleeper . Its your turn to check the back of the plane. If youre going to get stranded, could you wake up in the caribbean. Is that so much to ask . You would think the cleaning crew at least would wake you up. Not a good day for him. Anyway, right to our top story this morning. We have the icy conditions making it a real mess this morning for millions of people. We have been following this storm since late last week. So far at least 11 deaths are blamed on the weather. 3,500 flights have been canceled since sunday. 100,000 people are dealing with Power Outages. 30,000 people are dealing with Power Outages. Many in hardhit texas. Dylan dreyer is tracking it all. She is about 80 miles to our north in poughkeepsie, new york. Dylan, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. This is the same storm system that was in california on saturday. In two days, it has wreaked havoc across the country. It is responsible for at least 11 deaths. Several multicar pile ups and thousands of Flight Cancellations showing us that this early blast of winter is still going strong. Reporter frozen in place. On the roads and at the airports. The bitter blast of snow, ice, and rain leaving millions of americans stranded. It is crazy. This whole corner is full of piled up cars. Reporter the roads so dangerous, more than 50 vehicles were involved in a Chain Reaction crash that killed a man and shut down the pennsylvania turnpike. Similar stories south of milwaukee where at least one person was killed in a pile up involving nearly 40 vehicles. Next thing i knew i looked up and just swerving through cars and dodging cars and we ended up in the ditch. Reporter parts of texas are reeling four days after the storm with ice causing problems on the ground and from above. We are stuck at the moment. Reporter a Good Samaritan came to the rescue of a news crew with our dallasft. Worth station towing them out after they got stuck. In kentucky, the cars were encased in ice. I can deal with snow all day long but freezing rain, i dont even want to touch it. Reporter the Weather Channels jim cantore tweeting i cant remember the last day i have seen so many interstates gridlocked from one storm. Gridlock hit air travelers with Flights Canceled or delayed across the country. In philadelphia fans and players braved the elements for a rough and tumble game in the snow between the eagles and the lions. Hes got it. Williams on the coverage with a face full of snow. Reporter today show viewers tweeting us their pictures of the wintry weather. Iced over cotton in missouri. A roadway in washington, d. C. , and babys first snowfall. Here in the northeast, the storm weakened by the time it got here, but we have snow extending up into new england, but it is still making roads very slippery. That makes a mess of a monday morning commute. Matt. Dylan dreyer, thank you very much. Can we just agree that ice is the worst. Its so difficult. Nothing goes on ice and we have another day of this at last. Lets take a look washington, d. C. , pretty shot of the capitol. Federal employees are being told to come to work two hours late because of the icy conditions in and around washington. And, in fact, as we look and show you what weve got as far as Winter Weather advisories and freezing rain advisories all the way down into North Carolina. Winter storm warnings as well. You can see the purple pinkish area. Thats the freezing rain. Snow to the north. Rain down to the south. So were going to see, at least as far as snow is concerned, a tenth of an inch to half an inch of ice from roanoke all the way to washington, d. C. More snow as you get north into northern new england. Another quick system comes through tomorrow and look at this, by tomorrow afternoon, were looking at 3 to 6 inches from charleston, West Virginia up into new england including new york city and more icing going to be a problem as we make our way down through the Midatlantic States. So, again, onetwo punch. This is a third punch. This one is an uppercut. This is insult to injury right now. Al, thank you very much. I want to turn now to south africa. A week of events celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela getting underway now. President obama and the first lady are heading there this morning to attend a Memorial Service tomorrow. Theyll be joined by jimmy carter, bill clinton, and george w. Bush. Nbcs lester holt is in soweto with more on this. Lester, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. What an emotional few days its been. Were outside the mandela house. Its the house he came home to after his release from prison in 1990. A lot of folks will be lining up tonight for the privilege to be at the stadium and at the Memorial Service but like the 50 or 60 some odd World Leaders coming, none of them were invited. This is going to be an event on a scale rarely seen in any country and it shows how beloved and respected Nelson Mandela was across this planet. This morning they are hard at work preparing johannesburgs 90,000 seat fnb stadium for tomorrows public memorial. A potential security and logistics nightmare as scores of World Leaders and luminaries ranging from heads of states to rock stars to business tycoons gather to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela. Since news of his death broke on thursday, South Africans have engaged in a virtual nonstop salute and celebration of his life. To revive and recommit ourselves to the principles that madiba espoused and embodied. Reporter on sunday a national day of prayer and reflection brought thousands of people, including second wife winnie to houses of worship and other gathering spots to focus on the new south Africa Mandela helped build. Just being here together and forgetting our differences. Forgetting where we come from and celebrating one common goal. Reporter on the streets of soweto, ishmael and peggy both came of age under apartheid rule, spent part of the day showing their 6yearold daughter where mandela once lived. And about our history and what has happened before. Reporter mandelas death presents a teachable moment for parents of south africas socalled born free. Those born postapartheid. In terms of the daytoday reality of living under apartheid, what things couldnt you do that she can . Oh, like go to the school of my choice. Go play in a park if i wanted to. Reporter meantime, also over the weekend, details of mandelas final hours began to emerge. Johannesburgs sunday times weekly reporting mandelas last breath was his own. For now, however, it is his life, not his death, that the people of south africa choose to remember. I am judged by the content of my character and not by the color of my skin. Reporter president obama expected to arrive here early tuesday South African time. He will speak at the memorial. We dont know what his remarks will be. Were a few days away from summer here so the kids are out for the next couple of months. Lester, thank you very much. Brian williams will be anchoring nbc nightly news from south africa. That begins tonight. Lets go to natalie. You have important talks in pakistan this morning. Thats right. Good morning. Theres a key meeting between the u. S. And pakistan amid rising tensions over drone strikes. Defense secretary chuck hagel is in islamabad for meetings with the Prime Minister and pakistans new army chief. Theres been growing protests over drone strikes on suspected militants in pakistan. Theyre likely to be a key topic in these talks. Antigovernment protests are boiling over in ukraine. On sunday demonstrators toppled a landmark statue of lenin dragging it down and pounding on it with hammers. Hundreds and thousands of protesters are demanding he leave. One week after the deadly derailment in new york a new call to beef up safety on the rails. Four died and Dozens Injured when the train went off the tracks in the bronx. Now two senators want cameras installed on trains nationwide to watch both the tracks and the engineers. No remorse from Bernie Madoff who is speaking out from prison where he is serving 100 years for defrauding investors. He tells the wall street journal the decades long scheme was not his fault. He calls his investors sophisticated people that should have known better. He also said he is glad to be at a federal prison in North Carolina calling it very laid back. Sort of like a camp. Pretty unbelievable. Well, today former san diego mayor bob filner will be sentenced for a felony and two misdemeanors after pleading guilty to putting a woman in a headlock. Filner resigned as mayor following widespread allegations of harassment. A Court Appearance today for the hiker who once cut off his own forearm after it was pinned under a boulder. Aron ralston was arrested this past weekend on Domestic Violence charges. The woman listed as the owner of the home was also charged. Ralstons story of desperation and survival inspired the film 127 hours. Disturbing imagines from a soccer riot in brazil on sunday. This left at least three fans seriously injured. One fan had to be air lifted by helicopter. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to restore order and millions watched the freeforall unfold on live television. Brazil is hosting the 2014 world cup next summer. An amazing finish sunday in golfs world challenge, zach johnson trailed tiger woods by four shots with eight holes left to play. Well, he rallied and boy did he rally when he hit this incredible shot on the 18th hole. Hole in one to save par and force a playoff which he won along with 1 million. Some are calling it a hail mary par. You should see the look on tiger woods face as well. As long as they didnt read his lips. Exactly. Congratulations to zach johnson. Thats an amazing shot. Mr. Roker has more of the weather forecast. Thats right. This freezing rain is causing more problems. Were seeing an update as far as people without power, now its close to 100,000 as freezing rain bringing down more branches, more power lines. Difference between this year and last year, the arctic air. We have had this arctic air come in and just sit so that were looking at temperatures that are anywhere 10 to 50 degrees below average. The jet stream has taken a big dip to the south and it is just staying there. So were not really seeing much in the way of changes. In fact, to give you an idea of how bad this is, anchorage, alaska, a high today, 29 degrees. Lets see, anchorage versus chicago, 22, partly sunny and breezy. Anchorage versus kansas city, 21 degrees today. Anchorage versus oklahoma city. 26. Anchorage is 30. 30, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, yeah. Decision, anchorage. Well have your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. [ whistling wind ] dont worry, santa will find us. [ female announcer ] this christmas, light santas way with the hallmark santa signal ornament. Only available at Hallmark Gold Crown stores. 7 14. Happy monday morning to you. Im meteorologist christina loren. Clear sky over San Francisco and a little windchill factor with breezy conditions. Wind out of the north is going to make it feel colder but i want to show you its the coldest morning of the entire cold snap so far out in San Francisco, 1 degree away from freezing in forest hills and temperatures are going to continue to drop as we head through the next hour. Bundle up. Your sevenday forecast in a moment. Your latest weather. Guys. All right, al, thank you very much. Nine days after the tragic death of Actor Paul Walker the tributes are still pouring in. Quite a special one yesterday. Thats right. This is the largest tribute yet for the actor. Friends and families gathered for a memorial. Reporter thousands of fans lined the streets of los angeles near where the actor died over a week ago. I felt inspired by him. I felt like hi to come and pay my respects. Reporter fans watched as a parade of cars reved their engines in his memory. He had a big impact on the scar scene. Him and the whole crew. Without them the car scene wouldnt be what it is today. Reporter the sidewalks were covered with flowers, stuffed animals. Paris hilton sent her well wishes by air and one of paul walkers cast mates showed up to remember his friend. I wish we could just remember what a great guy he was and celebrate his life. Reporter the event organized by fans and promoted on facebook drew so many spectators that the county Sheriffs Department issued a advisory. More than 1,000 cars cruised the streets in his memory where the latest fast and furious was filming. His tragic death has shaken his fans and car enthusiasts. A tribute video released last week by Universal Studios has been viewed almost 24 million times on youtube and a chilling new detail revealed in an interview with the actors father about their final conversation. I said promise me no more daredevil stuff. I said if in your heart you can do this, then do it. If your heart says maybe not, then dont. Fast and furious six comes out on dvd this week and a percentage will be donated to his charity. A fitting tribute, thanks. Lindsey vonn is declaring herself ready for sochi. She fights back from major knee surgery. Nbcs joe fryer. Reporter in canada the weather heats up. Lind sid vonn returned to competition for the first time in a year and improved in every race. Today was another step in the right direction and now i have the confidence that i know that i can do it and thats all i can hope for. Reporter ten months ago vonns olympic hopes were stopped by a massive spill. She broke her leg and needed surgery and while practicing lost month injured her knee again. Her return came at a place so familiar to vonn shes on the first name basis with the local kids. She even wore one girls bracelet. Im going to wear it tomorrow, too. Reporter with the wind chill it felt like 50 below zero air was biting at the racers faces. Vonn skied conservatively friday placing 40th out of 60. There was a couple of nerves in there. Its been awhile since i have raced. Reporter by saturday she improved to 11th place and on sunday during the super g, the same event she crashed in 10 months ago, vonn finished 5. Every day i felt better and better and today was a great ending to the weekend. Reporter she has six or seven weeks to prepare for sochi at this point and the goal for her has to be peak at sochi. With her first competition out of the way, shes not sure which races she will do next on her road to the olympics. My goal is to go into sochi confident. Well backtrack and say what races make the most sense for you to race and are the least risky downhills to run. Reporter by the olympics she hopes to be racing to the podium. Today, joe fryer, alberta canada. She is phenomenal. Ten months off the slopes, major surgery, another injury and comes back and goes 40th, 11th, 5th. And was taking it easy. Are there any more races between now and sochi . I think there are. Theyre right in the heat of it. Well, lets head to tamron in the orange room this morning. Whats shaking over there. Good morning, guys. They say its all fun and games until someone gets hurt or pretty mad, thats what happened at the university of oregon this weekend. It was supposed to be fun. A free for all fight until take a look at the video this retired professors car gets assailed. This was posted by the University Student newspaper. 2 million hits over the weekend. This was all supposed to be fun until this guy got out of the car. We just got word, though, that hes not planning to press charges but you see he is not happy. Reportedly some of the people involved were Football Players and that prompted a tweet from one of the players on the team. He said embarrassed by the video i just watched. Thats not all of us, sending the sincerest apologies. But the universities dean of students put out a statement saying this is under investigation. So its all fun and games until that happens to your car. Until theres an independent investigation. Im on my way to investigate. Tamron, thank you so much. Coming up, a man fall as sleep on a plane packed with passengers. When he wakes up, he finds hes alone and locked inside that plane. How did no one notice him . Then, later on, a rossen reports consumer alert, a used car scam. A new reason not to trust that hat w ill call y u in a little bit. Google. How do i get home . Getting directions. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain. Ready or not. [ female announcer ]. So you can be up there. Here i come [ female announcer ]. Down there, around there. And under there for him. Tylenol® provides strong pain relief and wont irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. 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Crews in East Palo Alto have to put outtwo alarm fire at a home under construction. It broke out around 6 30 this morning. A few blocks from the University Avenue exit off 101. The home is destroyed. There is minor damage to the neighboring home but luckily no one was hurt. We have an update on the deputy who shot and killed a teenager last month. The press democrat reports that deputy will return to work this week. He wont be on the field but on desk duty. He has been on leave since october 22. The deputy says he thought 13yearold andy lopez was carrying an ak47 when he shot him. The gun was an air bb gun made to look real. In response the justice for andy Lopez Facebook page is calling for a protest at the city council tomorrow afternoon. Lets check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. Its so cold out there. Good morning to you. Temperatures are frigid. 24 degrees, thats one of the cold spots. Thats out in the sacramento valley. For us in the bay area even colder at 21 degrees in santa rosa. So cold conditions out there. 37 in San Francisco, i want to make sure you travel cautiously. Highs are going to remain cool and it is a winter spare the air day. With the unhealthiest air quality in the north bay. Black ice is possible. 49 degrees is the forecasted high for redwood city. Temperatures are going to be chilly. Expecting the mid40s in walnut creek and livermore at 47. Gradual warming headed our way. Heres mike inouye and your drive. Getting crowded out here. We expect after the bay bridge. Oakland north 880 a big slowing past the coliseum starting to move better as the map will show. We had a crash north at 23rd and has cleared but it blocked enough to kick off the slow drive. The east shore pretty predictable. The maze a clear drive. Slowing for 4 westbound out of antioch. The lanes cleared at bailey. Thank you very much. 7 30 on this monday morning. The 9th of december, 2013. Pretty shot of washington, d. C. If youre a federal worker, stay watching. You dont have to be in until two hours late this morning because of the weather in the nations capitol. Im Savannah Guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales. They have Power Outages. The latest numbers are close to 100,000. More than 1,000 flights cancelled as the powerful storm spreads its icy mix from the midatlantic to new england. Preparations made in south africa for tomorrow mornings Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela. President obama and the first lady are making the trip along with george w. Bush and jimmy carter will also attend. Bernie madolf blasts investors in his scheme. He says they were sophisticated and should have known better. That makes you shake your head. If youre in the market for a used car, its the first question you tend to ask, how many miles . But can you trust the odometer. A rossen reports investigation exposes a growing scam. Who should be the person of the year . Our friends with time are out with the short list including everybody from president s to pop stars. Even some names we didnt know about. Please no. If everybody else died they would be on the list. Exactly. First, how about this one. Have you ever fallen asleep and wake up confused about where you are . Wait until you hear what happened to one guy that fell asleep in houston. Nbcs Janet Shamlian picks up the story from Bush International airport. Good morning to you. Reporter yeah, this one, matt, is hard to believe. Were all familiar with the pitfalls of air travel. Everything from long security lines, delayed flights, lost luggage, but this is hard to top. Talk about the worst lay over area. This man is on his connecting city, houston. But when he wakes up on the plane, its dark, hes alone and the plane is locked. It wasnt what tom wagner was wagner, a louisiana boat captain boarded a United Express flight to houston friday on his way to los angeles. Wagner says he took his seat and fell asleep. He woke up in houston to an unusual sight. I woke up and i looked up at the ceiling and lights were out and looked down the aisle and nobody was home. Reporter wagner tried the planes door to find it locked and then used his cell phone to call his girlfriend who thought he was joking. She started laughing. I said you have to call united and get me off the plane. Reporter his girlfriend called the airline. She says my boyfriend is on the airplane and you have to get somebody to get him off. And they said theres no way hes on the plane. Reporter after a half hour, wagner says maintenance workers opened the door and were shocked to find him inside. They said where is your badge . I said i dont work here. Im a passenger on this airplane. And he said holdn. Hold on. He didnt believe it. Reporter they offered him a 250 voucher and hotel room in houston for the night. The company, express jet issued a statement saying express jet is investigating to determine how this occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused for the passenger. Its obvious in this case that the crew exiting the airplane didnt do a sweep. You cant miss this. I dont know how it happened. I dont. You would think somebody would have rubbed me or pushed me and said, hey, were here. Reporter yeah, you have to wonder why none of his fellow passengers gave this guy a little nudge. But wagner says he will be returning to louisiana soon on United Express connecting here in houston and just as a precaution, hes going to be well rested this time. Thats a good idea. Janet, thank you very much. Pretty understanding girlfriend if she fell for the old i fell asleep and got locked on the plane get in a little trouble there. Problems in paradise. She probably knows hes tough to wake up i would imagine. Although the voucher for the hotel room was a waste. He already got a good nights sleep. Natalie said ill have what hes having. Lets get a check of the weather mr. Roker. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by dsw. Its where shoe lovers score those killer deals. And of course we are looking at still an icy mix here in the northeast. It is continuing. In fact, we have got freezing rain in poughkeepsie right now and thats going to continue right into the afternoon hours when we see a chance of a wintry mix. In fact, were looking for another 10th of an inch of ice to a half an inch of ice down between washington and roanoke. Generally heavy snowfall amounts up into northern new england. And then we also have santa ana winds getting ready to set up out west. Were looking at strong High Pressure system building. We will look at the winds coming on in. Sustained winds today 20 to 40 Miles Per Hour between san diego and los angeles. Gusts of 65 Miles Per Hour. With winds like that, fire dangers are elevating. Probably cause airport delays as well. It is a really cold start to the work week. Good morning. Im meteorologist christina loren. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Look at truckee, negative 20 degrees right now. At 28 degrees in san jose. 37 in mountain view. That goes for San Francisco as well. Highs today are going to be on the cool side. Only registering in the 40s and 50s as we get into the day. Highs 49 on the way to the east bay, San Francisco 52 degrees, happy to report though there are warmer dares ahead. Gradual warmup starting tomorrow lasting through thursday. Dont forget, any time you need that weather go to the Weather Channel on cable. Weather. Com online. Thank you very much. Coming up in trending, is your office about to throw a Holiday Party . Why that maybe a very bad idea. Coming up next, the rossen reports undercover investigation, scam artists caught rolling back the mileage on used cars in a whole new way. But first, these messages. 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When you go to buy a used car you look for the price and the condition. You want a car with lower miles. Its more reliable and lasts longer. Criminals have been tricking people for years rolling back the mileage and then selling you the car for more money. Now police say the scam is growing. According to a new report nearly 200,000 car odometers are rolled back every year milking americans out of 7 760 million. Were under cover watching this car sell from across the street. The ad says its a great luxury sedan with 85,000 miles and thats what the odometer shows too. But this car has a secret. It has 250,000 miles. This is online and somebody could buy it. Reporter thats right. 250 thousands. Nearly triple what the odometer says. So investigators from californias dmv set up this sting posing as a buyer. As the seller shows off the honda, he has no idea hes about to be arrested. Were there as police move in. Authorities say he has been part of a major odometer roll back ring. Jeff rossen from nbc news. State records show this car has 250,000 miles on it but yet youre selling it with 85,000 miles. How did that happen. This is when i bought it, how many miles on it. You didnt roll that odometer back . No. Reporter but this isnt the first time he has been arrested for rolling back odometers. Convicted just months ago of felony theft. You have already been convicted of a similar crime once. Is that whats happening again here. Can you close the door . Reporter he pled not guilty to the new charges. This is a safety concern for everyone because people are buying vehicles with 300,000 miles on them and believing they have 75,000 miles on them. Anything can go wrong. Anything can fail and they wont find out until its too late. Now investigators say its easier than ever for crooks to do it. Why . Most newer cars have digital displays. Simple to hack with little devices like this. Widely available online. You plug it into the car, select the vehicle make and model, and then change the odometer to whatever you want. Reporter watch this youtube video, just the click of the device and this car goes from over 200,000 miles to 37,000. You type in whatever you want and it pops up there. Thats right. It overrides the entire computer. Reporter its effecting families nationwide. What has this turned into for you . A real nightmare. Reporter thats ryan barber. When he turned 16 his dad went online and bought him this honda civic showing 42,000 miles but they later found out through Service Records it really has closer to 140,000 miles. Do you feel ripped off . Ripped off. Lied to, betrayed. Reporter they had to shell out hundreds for expensive repairs all for a car worth half what they paid for it. What do you make of this practice of what theyre doing . Theyre thieves and its not fair. Reporter so how do you avoid becoming a victim . Heres the takeaway. 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Bursting with life™. No presents beneath the tree . Wait a minute, now i see my gifts are above me thats my kind of holiday question for the room, who had the biggest impact on the world in 2013 . A lot of candidates. Snowden is my guess. Tamron is in the orange room. Snowden is a good guess guys. Were here with nancy gibbs. A debate over who the person of the year is. Before we get to this is the first time well reveal the top ten. The ten finalists for lack of a better description. Whats the criteria . The person thats had the most impact for better or worse. Its interesting i said to you Nelson Mandela but you dont put someone on the cover that passed away and it has to be within this one year range. Thats right. We have a special issue on Nelson Mandela out right now. For person of the year it has to be someone whose impact is on the news. I think its intriguing for better or for worse we talked about right after 9 11 and there was a huge battle over whether Osama Bin Laden would be on the list. And hitler was. This is devicive people. Lets get to the top ten. Bashar assad, ted cruz, miley cyr cyrus. How do you put her on a list with ted cruz and pope francis. How does she factor in . Power is not political. It can be cultural or political. She came in like a wrecking ball. Literally. And at a time when were living with an explosion of exhibitionism because we all now carry cameras with us at all time. So theres a little of miley in all of us . I worry. But Barrack Obama on the list for obvious reasons but he was time person of the year last year. Partly because of the way he used technology to win a second term and now he finds himself having Technology Trip him up and it seems to have surprised even him. Well see what happens. This is the top 10. Go to today. Com and let us know who you think and on wednesday nancy and her team will reveal the person of the year 2013. Ill vote right now for pope francis. Yeah. Wow. Okay. Going right out there on a limb. Why not. Make the call. Tamron, thank you very much. Coming up, more on the winter storm and the power and travel problems being caused by it this morning. Then on trending, a cheerleader that thinks she is messing up the routine and then gets a pretty heartwarming surprise. What new twists await fans of Downton Abbey. A look coming up. Season four coming up. All coming up after your local news and weather. Hi where did you come from . Oh. Sorry. Welcome to petsmart arent you kris. . Christmas shopping . Uh. Yes. I have a list of. Good girls and boys . Good treats and toys. Okay. announcer at petsmart, we care as much about your pets happiness as you do. Thats why we offer a wide variety of unique toys and tasty treats they make perfect holiday gifts. 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In the meantime tomorrow in washington, d. C. Federal officials plan to hear from witnesses, the faa, boeing and others about the crash. The four pilots on board will not be attending. Three teens were killed and more than 180 passengers were hurt. Want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. Warming up . Not by much. Not yet. Good morning to you. 7 56. I can tell you as we get into the next couple hours youll start to notice a bit of a warmup. Were at 29 degrees in san jose. Good monday morning to you. Happy to report each day this week well bring about a warming trend. Were looking good for that all week long. Its going to be cold all day long. 49 is the high in the east bay, San Francisco, 52 degrees for you and 51 degrees out in the north bay. Traffic is picking up. Well check on the drive. I want to draw your attention to the warming trend. Really looking good by thursday. Peak warmth at 61 degrees in san jose. As promised here is mike inouye and the morning drive. 61 looks so much warmer because you made it yellow. Here were looking at the yellow speed on the map. Slow here, the east shore freeway. Typical volume out of richmond. Nice sunshine but its crisp. A slower drive, red, orange, yellow. 880 as well. The earlier crash cleared. A slow drive from the coliseum north. Peninsula side slow as you get there on the san mateo. And south through san mateo into palo alto gumming up around university. Back toward the today show. It is 8 00 now on today. It is 8 00 now on today. And coming up, a brutal storm leads to accidents, thousands of Flight Cancellations and massive Power Outages. Weve got the latest. Plus, an exclusive visit behind the scenes of Downton Abbey. Welcome. A sneak peek inside the longawaited new season. And shes back. Tyler perry on madeas very special holiday live in studio. Today, monday, december 9th, 2013. In the big apple from ohio so happy to be here in the pouring rain. From washington we love al my brothers back from afghanistan happy holidays from omaha, nebraska whoo take it nice and slow, slow and were back now on a monday morning. Kind of a nasty weather monday morning here in the northeast and a lot of parts of the country. Weve got rain and maybe even a little sleet in the air right now. Im matt lauer along with Savannah Guthrie, al roker and tamron hall. Busy time for you this holiday season. Thats right. The big difference is this cold, arctic air. We didnt get really of this last year but now weve gotten it with a vengeance. We go inside to natalie. Shes got the top stories of the morning. Good morning to you all. We are starting with the weather. The snow and the ice storm that has moved into the northeast is growing deadlier by the day. At least 11 people have died on icy roads including one victim in this huge pileup sunday on the pennsylvania turnpike. Air travel, as you can imagine, is a mess with already more than 1,000 Flights Canceled today and Power Outages are also widespread. Nbcs dylan drier joins us with poughkeepsie with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is the same system that was out in california on sunday. And in just two days, it raced across the country leaving misery. It brought several inches of snow and a half inch of ice throughout parts of the plains into the midwest and a lot of snow even in the midatlantic region. In delaware, we picked up about a foot of snow. So we were seeing a mess on the roadways. We saw several multicar pileups, 40 to 50 cars involved in some of these accidents, shutting down some of the major roadways in wisconsin and in pennsylvania. And for the football games, you had cold weather teams, detroit and philadelphia, you had minnesota in baltimore. Im sure they were not expecting to see as much snow as they did at those games yesterday. We are seeing most of the hardesthit areas changing over to rain. In the northeast from poughkeepsie to the north and east up into new england, we are seeing some light freezing rain and some light snow. Its not nearly as bad as what the midatlantic saw, but it is still making for very slippery roadways, and it is just a slow go for a monday morning commute. The last thing people want. Natalie . Absolutely. Go get yourself a hot chocolate, dylan. Thank you. President and mrs. Obama are traveling to south africa today to attend tuesdays public Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela. The antiapartheid icon died thursday at the age of 95. Former president george w. Bush and his wife were invited to join the obamas aboard air force one. President obamas expected to speak at the service which is being held at a 90,000seat sports stadium in johannesburg. Some of the nations top reformers of all time were honored last night in washington. Piano man billy joel, opera star martina arroyo, herbie hancock, Shirley Maclaine and Carlos Santana received Kennedy Center honors. The president was among those paying tribute. Prince harrys trek to the south pole with the teams of Wounded Service members including one from the u. S. Is no longer a race. Nbcs Ayman Mohyeldin tells us why its been turned into an exercise of survival and cooperation. Reporter it began as a race to the south pole. Wounded soldiers, hollywood actors and a prince. Three teams all racing for a good cause. But this amazing race was taking a dangerous toll on the teams. Weve had a couple rough days. Last week was pretty intense. We had a couple of incidents, a couple of frostbites, a couple of people passing out, because of the altitude and exhaustion. Reporter brutal conditions, harsh winds and bonechilling temperatures. Just some of the challenges that led organizers to suspend this 200mile competition to the south pole. But while the race is off, there is now a new goal, not to compete as teams but to finish the trek as one group. It doesnt mean that the expedition is over, far from it. We proceed on from here to the last checkpoint. Reporter for the teams of wounded soldiers, all who have suffered lifechanging injuries, it may now be a new mission. But with the same message that made prince harry join the expedition in the first place. If im given the opportunity, it means i can actually help these guys out, whether its creating more awareness for them or whatever, then, you know, so what its minus 50 . So what its 90mileanhour winds . Orr Ayman Mohyeldin, nbc news, london. We wish them all good luck. Its 9 05. Youre up to date and time for the weather with al. Todays weather is brought to you by the new windows. One experience for everything in your life. Inc. Thises still a mess here in the northeast with temperatures that are taking a little bit of a dip. Were looking at these afternoon highs into the single digits, below zero up to the north and west. Look for 70s and 80s down through southern florida. Jet stream hasnt quite made it down there that far jet. Weve got wet weather making its way from new england all the way down to the gulf. Some snow left over in northern maine today. 19 in caribou. Weve got some light snow in the southwest. 36 degrees in dallas today. 22 up in billings, montana. Its going to be windy. Some santa ana winds possibly starting to work their way into Southern California today. Look at the high in seattle. 36 degrees. Thats whats going on around 8 06. Good monday morning to you. Im meteorologist christina loren. It is still really cold out there. Look at these numbers. 21 degrees in santa rosa. Youre at 29 in san jose. Meanwhi meanwhile, we are climbing a little into the upper 30s at San Francisco. 38 degrees there. Highs will be cool all day long. Only warming into the upper 40s, low 50s. Temperatures will gradually climb tomorrow. Overall, another round of the 50s. Her. Guys . All right, al, thank you very much. Coming up on trending, what you were talking about most on facebook in 2013. All right. And then a surprise revelation from susan boyle. What she said she just learned about herself. And brace yourself, savan h savannah. Guess what . Weve got an exclusive look at the next season of Downton Abbey right after this. Tell me you cant wait for christmas. And you appreciate the things i do. Tell me you love me. Even if you say it every day. Just tell me. [ female announcer ] everyone you love has something they need to hear this holiday. Tell them with a hallmark card. We know were not the center of your life, but well do our best to help you connect to what is. Tough on grease yet gentle. Dawn helps open something even bigger. [ all ] 3, 2, 1 this year, dawn is also donating 1 million. Learn more at dawnsaveswildlife. Com. We are back at 8 11. Heres whats trending today. Here is a provocative question for this time of year. Is the Holiday Office party a good or bad idea . Before you answer, remember weve got ours this week. I like it. Good. I love it, yes. Im on the fence, i have to say. Really . Why . Whats the down side . I think, you know, sometimes it looks like youre splurging. And i think people see that as maybe the resources could be used differently. And i think it also makes it tough scheduling wise. Listen, im no party pooper. All right. Thats one way to look at it. The question comes from the new york times. Now, the popular line is that the office Holiday Party helps people blow off a little steam, and it builds team morale. But is it worth the potential pitfalls like alcoholfueled outbursts, office hookups and worst of all, those awful dance moves. Oh, dont look at me. [ laughter ] now, youre laughing, but weve all seen that. They cut it out right before. Moses. Exactly. If thats wrong, we dont want to be right. Im in favor of the party if i can see people dance like that. Well, were getting an exclusive look at facebooks most talkedabout topics of the year. These are the stories we could not stop sharing. Heres the top five. Number five, the harlem shake. The Syrian Crisis came in at number four. Number three, the Boston Marathon. Just behind the government shutdown, which is second. And the most talkedabout topic of the year, guys, its the super bowl. But in just the last week, of course. That surprises me. I would have thought it would have been the Boston Marathon bombing. Well, this is facebook. The passing of Nelson Mandela made it into the top ten. Youll notice Something Different when you logon to facebook, speaking of. Youll be able to look at your own personalized year in review. Youll see the biggest 20 moments of your life on facebook. And savannah, take a look. We actually took your page and made a year in review, special for you. So these are some of the big moments in your life, 2013 i feel like this is whats the show, al . Your life. Learn how you can get your own personalized year in review. For more, head over to our website, today. Com. So there you are. I dont know. That should have been the number one. You and i and the puppy is there. Anyway, its cool. Speaking of. You didnt make her facebook, sorry. Speaking of big rings, weve all seen guys proposing to their girlfriends on those kiss cams at sporting events. One guy in chicago took it a step further. His girlfriend is a cheerleader for the chicago bulls. Here she is, arianna, in the middle of a routine during a game last week. And suddenly the music changes, and she realizes all the other cheerleaders are doing completely different moves. She tries to walk off. Quickly realizes this is not your ordinary cheer. And when the teams popular mascot benny the bull appears, i think it all becomes very clear. Take a look. The look in your eyes. Aww. She said yes congratulations very sweet. Totally caught her off guard. Well, it is ariannas first season on the squad. Certainly a cheer i dont think shell ever forget. I thought he was actually going to be in the benny the bull costume. Once she got the horror wait a minute. Yeah, looks like he took some kind of a head off of him. He was disguised at least. This weekend paul rudd was the host on saturday night live with musical guest one direction. Paul bringing out his anchorman posse to stage a little singoff with the pop stars. The night is always going to be do i love one direction . Is your favorite color purple . Dance all night to the best song ever whos your favorite . I like nile because he has blond hair. Thats funny because nile is a natural brunette. He dyes his hair. Oh oh oh you dont know your basic facts thats a little disturbing there. Youve got to love paul rudd. Hes so great. He is terrific. And that is whats trending today. And now to something thats getting a lot of attention this morning. A surprising revelation from singing sensation susan boyle. And tamron has more on that. Yeah. Susan boyle is opening up about her recent diagnosis of aspergers syndrome, and she says shes actually relieved to know it. I dreamed a dream of time gone by reporter susan boyle took the world by surprise when she stole the show at britains got talent in 2009. Now the 52yearold singer is stunning fans with a revelation that she as has aspergers syndrome. Its a collection of mostly social symptoms, difficulty social communicating, difficulty with eye contact and body gestures. Often a habit of repetitive behaviors of some sort. Reporter in an interview with the observer, boyle says that as a child, she was told she had brain damage. But last year she sought out a specialist, telling the paper, quote, i always knew it was an unfair label. Now i have a clearer understanding of whats wrong and i feel relieved and a bit more relaxed about myself. Ill be home for christmas reporter the topselling artist admits she was bullied as a child, and as an adult, had a hard time adjusting to her sudden fame. Something she expressed to today two years ago. It was obvious that i lacked confidence. Its a relief for her that people will now know these are the reasons why i do the things i do. Reporter boyle isnt the only celebrity diagnosed with the disorder. Earlier this year actress Darryl Hannah opened up about her struggles with autism. And dan aykroyd went public with his diagnosis ten years ago. When celebrities come out with these sort of diagnoses in a public way, it obviously raises awareness but also increases a Comfort Level not only for the celebrity but also for the public. Reporter boyle tells the observer she hopes going public will help her treatment saying, quote, i am not strong on my own. When i have the support of people around me, i am fine. Well, before her diagnosis, susan boyle said she worried she might have more serious illness. And after being tested, she found out her i. Q. Was actually above average. So this, you know, sparks a conversation. I was surprised, i didnt realize Darryl Hannah, dan aykroyd as well. Speaking out, though, raises a lot of awareness, which is really important. It takes braveness because youre worried again that people will judge you. Lets stay across the pond for a moment. The wildly popular british drama Downton Abbey returns next month. Hold me, al and matt. But if you cant wait, relax. Our Andrea Canning traveled to england for a peek at the new season. Welcome to Downton Abbey. Reporter thank you. Always on duty. Mr. Carson, downtons coolheaded butler, never tires of welcoming guests. Dont worry about that, me lady. I get to know all the secrets. Reporter and the gossip, too. Carson hears it all. Upstairs and downstairs at downton. And action. Reporter we traveled to england to peek in on season four. Let me raise a glass to my extraordinary wife. Reporter anxious to find out what we can look forward to. What can we expect for season four . We know that things ended on an absolutely terrible note. You had a bad year. For my character, shes a woman who suffered the most unimaginably horrible thing one could possibly suffer, which is the death of a child. Followed by the death of a beloved soninlaw. Reporter matthews sudden death in a car accident left the family in despair. Baby george, his son, born the day matthew died, is now the heir to the downton dynasty. Does mary find a new love . Lets just see. Reporter when the new series opens, the family is in mourning. Poor little orphan. Reporter lady mary, matthews wife and now widow, is inconsolable. Cry, me lady. Reporter julian fellows, the creator of Downton Abbey, was forced to kill matthew quickly when actor dan stevens wanted out of the show. I think his departure gave us something very interesting for mary to do. We are allowed to accompany her on her road out of the grief. Action. Reporter we wanted to find out more. Any secrets you can give us or any hint . Matthew, we believe, died without a will. And thats a major problem. Reporter but not the only problem. Conflict is brewing this new season. Its the roaring 20s, and downton is trying to modernize. But not without resistance from veteran actress maggie smith playing the stern countess. How you hate to be wrong. I wouldnt know. Im not familiar with the satisfaction. Reporter more romance and fabulous clothes and new suitors for lady mary. Hes not bad looking, and hes still alive. Reporter rumors of a rape, even a murder. Every time i remember what youve been through, i want to murder. Reporter i heard a rumor that made me a little unhappy, that youre going to become somewhat bad . We cant give anything away, but theres a very, very dark and serious, dramatic twist. Reporter uhoh. Not the butler causing trouble again. There are many good butlers in the past in films and literature, and its nice to be one. Reporter my greatgrandfather was a butler for eight british Prime Ministers. Really . Reporter including churchill. So should i be proud of the fact that my greatgrandfather was a butler . You should get one of these dresses and come and work for us is what you should do. Reporter celebrities stepping in like legendary opera singer. And more americans, gary carr plays jack ross, a charming jazz musician and dangerous ladies man. As the american presence grows on the show, one of the cast members have created wish lists of who theyd like to see drop in on downton. P. Diddy. George clooney, matt damon, theyre pretty cool. Oh, my goodness, meryl, of course, meryl streep. Reporter where do you think matt lauer and al roker would fit in . I would like to think they would be very high up in the servant hierarchy. Reporter what . Matt and al polishing the silver . Well, well just have to wait. Here at downton, theyre keeping us guessing. For today, Andrea Canning at the real Downton Abbey in new bu newbury, england. Do you like polishing silver . I could do that. If you had only seen the reaction. Love him oh, shes my favorite youre still on season one, right . Yes. Ive seen four or five episodes of season one, so dont give anything away to me. There are those who have actually gotten some inside info. Dvds across the pond. If you have friends across the pond. If youre truly a fan, sometimes you can get a little sneak peek. You forget i spend a lot of time across the pond. Natalie and i have already seen season four. Its about to start . I havent seen the christmas episode. We havent because it hasnt aired yet. Im just going to say its very good. So now were talking about it, we cant let on that we know what happens. I know. But you cant share now as your friends see it for the first time. I know. I know. Thats okay. We can still commiserate. Do you think your friend, deep throat, would give us season two . Okay, good, because i need that. Download it now. Coming up, tyler perry and larry the cable guy on their new holiday movie. Look at them in the orange room. Hey, guys. Good morning. Nice to see you. Good morning. How you doing . Were going to chat with them in just a couple of minutes. But first, lets take a look at these messages. I dont know, some kind of signal. Good morning. It is 8 26. Im terry mcsweeny. Crews in East Palo Alto have put out a fire at a home under construction just a few blocks from the University Avenue exit off highway 101. The home is destroyed, and there is some minor damage to a neighboring home, but no one was hurt. Lets check traffic right now. Heres mike. Terry, that caused disruption for traffic flow on University Avenue as well, but that has cleared from the area. Were looking over to the south bay. 101 moves smoothly here at 680. Its slow getting here. 87 actually great improvement over the last hour. The first burst hit the south bay, now things are easing up. South 880 still slow. 580, that shows you a similar slowdown for westbound. Just company there. Nothing unexpected. A smooth drive over the bay bridge in towards San Francisco. A slower drive through san mateo toward palo alto things are finally recovering for antioch. Thanks, mike. Another local news update in half an hour. Middleearth is back at dennys with the build your own hobbit slam. Twenty delicious options, like sweet potato pecan pancakes, hearty Breakfast Sausage and honey cake french toast. A meal to satisfy the hungriest of hobbits. See the hobbit the desolation of smaug. 8 30 now on this monday morning. The 9th of december, 2013. Kind of a yucky day out there but theres a sight that will cheer everybody up. People bringing gifts for our 20th annual toy drive. Two pretty funny guys, tyler perry and larry the cable guy. Thats madea and she looks good as a guy. She does. You can get involved with this toy drive. Just check us out at today. Com. First, though, we do have a new 12 days of christmas deal to make your holiday easy and economical. We are up to number three now. Number three. So basically over the next actually the next couple of weeks we are doing a deal a day almost and the deal is this. Today show viewers are going to get theyre going to get 50 or more off on everything that i show. So today, i know tweeting and social media is big but i believe in thank you cards too. One of the things you can get are 50 off from minted. Com. Im calling it minted monday. Everyone needs stationary so you can go to today. Com and you can get that special Discount Code which will get you the discount and then last up you can also get 50 on their special art. So theyve got a limited edition art and you can get that as well. I hope you guys all take part in that. This is really good. Perfect timing for the holidays. Throw some numbers at us. So numbers are it starts at usually 20 and up but youre getting it at 50 off. You can personalize the stationary and ive got personal stationary here for you guys as well. And elizabeth, budget cuts, did we do away with the ornaments . I have the ornaments but the other ones are outside in the rain. Its day number three so im going to put it on the tree to symbolize and ill be back tomorrow with another great deal. Maybe two deals even. Oh. Coming up with 4 and 5. Im just saying it might be. Doubling up on the days. It might be a daily double. All right. Look forward to tomorrow. How about a daily double for the forecast. We dont want to double the weather we have been having lately. Lets show you what we have going on now. An icy mix out there. Leesburg, virginia has seen a lot of icy conditions. Theyre looking at icy conditions continuing for today. Look at more rain in the Midatlantic States today. Snow through the plains and another system comes across. Well expect another little bit of activity coming across the plains. In the northeast 3 to 6 inches. New york may get involved in that as well. Sunny and mild through the southwest on into texas. 8 33 now. Freeze warning in place for one more half hour. You can see why. Temperatures are still very cold in san jose. 29 degrees. 21 in santa rosa. This number will pop out at you. Negative 17 right now in t truckey. Another freeze warn tomorrow night into tomorrow morning. That should be the last of it. Todays highs are going to be cool though. Only up into the low 50s. Throughout the end of the week, thats when its going to start to feel a lot more comfortable around here with a gradual warmup. And thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Brace yourself, madea is back and this time the no nonsense smack down loving character is taking on the holidays. I got to get away from your momma. I go to hell and back just to get away from her. Can i go with yall . Maybe you can keep an eye on my class while i go into the meeting. Im sorry . Watch your class . She want mess to watch her class. Children . Me and children dont get along. Let me see, ankle biting, disease carrying little children of god, or your momma . Satanic loud mouth woman from hell. Ill go with the children. Praise god. Larry the cable guy is one of the costars as well. Good morning, happy holidays. Good morning. We have its a wonderful life and we have this. Miracle on 34th street and madea. Exactly right. When you started this series tyler, did you know you would touch on the holidays . No, timing was right. It all fell together. He was available. It worked out. I came in and classed it up. Now were working on a madea easter and Christopher Columbus day and thanksgiving. The truth of the matter is you always wanted to work with this guy. I did. Ever since i was a kid. Nice. Really nice. And you simply couldnt avoid working with him. No, could not avoid working with him. But the two of us together in this movie, the ad libs are hysterical. Youre known for that. You love to encourage ad libbing during the shooting of scenes. Thats not the way a lot of directors work. Why you . A 90 page script is just a pattern to get to the end. Thats a guide . Thats a guide. Its our gps but lets have fun. It was great. The cool thing is i wrote a couple of jokes and i said, i said tyler i had never worked with him before, and i said tyler, can i do a couple of these. He said you do what you want to do. Lets have a good time and it was probably one of the funnest things ive done as far as performing in front of a camera. Why dont you think more productions go that way . Why dont you think more directors take that chance . Control. Its all about control. I like to have fun. Im an actor director. I want to see the artist and comedian all have fun together. Is it weird, larry, when youre one of the costars in a movie like this and youre sitting on set and youre taking directions from a big guy dressed as a woman . At first i heard him going now what were going to do and i went in the other room because i look and hes in his outfit. Were moving over here and moving over here. Do you do it in your voice or madeas voice. My voice. I got used to it. He was a lot of fun. It was really bad. Really bad. Good, im going to let that go. I need this job. Without giving away the plot, you guys go on a bit of a road trip because your nieces daughter decided shes not coming home for the holidays without telling me why, what happens . She has a secret to hide and she is trying to keep it from the family and madea goes down and she gets them to remember what christmas is all about in her own way. Its interesting because they describe your character as a Southern Hill billy but i want to say that if your character is actually surprisingly evolved in this movie. You know what, buddy is a great character. Buddy is actually the only guy, him and his wife and his son and his new wife, theyre the only four that are actually the stable ones. They are the stable ones. Theres the problem right there. He joked and said were going to do easter and 4th of july. Where is it going . As long as people want to see it, shell be around but the minute they start coming, that broad is going to die quick. Its all about the people. The power is in the hands of the people. If you decide to have you thought about how you might kill her off . Yes, madeas funeral. Welcome. But for now as long as people want to see it, shell be around. What do you have planned for the holidays . Ill just be home with the kids. Where is home . Lincoln, nebraska. Ill be home with the kids. Do you spoil the kids . Yeah. Quite reflection. Ill be in atlanta relaxing and reflecting. Making another movie soon . Well, television with the have and have notes and the things on the Oprah Network buchlt thats where my focus is right now. Pleasure. Larry always nice to see you. Thank you. A madea christmas opens nationwide on friday. Friday. December 13th. Say it like that. Friday, december 13th. Up next, the new toys that are changing the way girls play. Well meet the women behind them and the ideal you should come in for a cooking segment. The ideal meatball recipe. Go crash back at 8 41 with something to think about before you reach for a doll or dress up kit for the girls on your holiday list. Kristen dahlgren is here with more. If you notice the girls aisle its all pink. But on youtube theres a series of viral videos featuring girls taking over the toy aisle. When you think girls for toys, Something Like this probably comes to mind. She looks good with make up on. Reporter but the way girls play is getting a make over. Girls are capable of so much more than the box that theyre being put into in the toy aisle. Reporter 30yearold debbie sterling is behind these viral videos. Ads for a toy she invented called goldiblocks. An engineering set for girls. I felt it was important to give girls more purpose. Ignite a new passion or interest and show that girls belong in engineering too. Reporter she was told it would never sell but now its playing with the big boys. Its one of the top ten building sets on amazon for girls or boys. It comes with a series of adventure books about goldie, an inspiring engineer. It gives them the about to put together the story. Reporter but theres a big gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math. Women make up almost half the work force but fill less than a quarter of jobs in those fields. Goldieblocks isnt the only Company Giving girls serious play things. Lego friends. Reporter lego has gotten in on the game. Barbie is a computer engineer, and roominate, a doll House Construction set that comes we electric electrical s electrical curcuits. Talk about girl power. Reporter a future where girls can dream big. Girls are out there making a difference in the world too. Now you promise notice there is pink in goldieblocks. Pink and purple are the most popular girl colors. Its not about that but giving them toys that use their brain. Gift ideas for my nieces. Its great. Thank you so much. Coming up next, we heard of therapy dogs but how about therapy chickens . One family is fighting to keep their young sons beloved animal. It helps this little boy. We have the story coming up. But first, this is today on nbc. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets your season is here. Lets just call it the baking time of year. You need special ingredients. You need the staples for homemade. You need safeway sugar for just a buck eightyeight. And that magic thing that makes everyone want another only two ninetynine for challenge butter. And when hands get messy, que surely theyll say, yum wow yay what a sweeter holiday. Safeway. Ingredients for life. Theres the problem. Ice coating the branches of trees in leesburg, voir diirgin. More to come over the next 24 hours. Were back with the young boy with autism, the unusual therapy helping him, and his parents struggle to keep him. Heres kerry sanders. Reporter meet 3yearold j. J. Hart. He loves to run around the backyard. But something that sets him apart is he has autism. He used to stare off into space, barely speak, and have temper tantrums. He has been in therapy from the age of 14 months up until six months ago. He was getting physical therapy, Occupational Therapy and speech therapy. With all limited success. They wanted to find something more natural for j. J. They brought home chickens hoping their eggs would help. Thats when something remarkable happened. J. J. Connected with the chickens and a whole new boy emerged. As unconventional as that sounds and i know it does because were not chicken people. It worked for him. Reporter but now theyre facing a terrible dilemma. The city where they live says they have to get rid of the chickens. City ordinances dont allow them. Its a small Residential Security about a half hours drive from orlando. Its website says its known for its warm and friendly hometown atmosphere. A community that emphasizes quality of life. A year ago the harts went to the city council and asked to be able to keep their chickens and they were encouraged when the council said yes. Sort of adopting a year one pilot project. The motion on the floor is to extend the Pilot Program for two years. Reporter but last week that program came up for another vote. I support this 110 and i support j. J. 100 . This is not about j. J. This is about chickens. Reporter the proposal failed. No longer are you allowed to have chickens in the city of debary. Reporter theyre devastated but they will continue to fight so that j. J. Can keep his beloved birds. He has a great personality and now he has a personality we never thought we would see. People can support us or they can criticize. Thats fine. But we know that were doing whats best for our son and were going to fight for him. Reporter for today, kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. What do you think is going to happen there. Come on town, please let them keep the chickens. Its not like they fly around. Theyre no danger. Theyre no danger to anyone. You get eggs for breakfast. There you go. Maybe if they supply eggs to the town council theyll turn it over. Perfect solution. Up next, theres meatballs and then theres the todays kitchen is brought to you by macys. Were back at 8 51 and this morning on todays holiday kitchen, were warming things up with classic meatballs. Here to share a family recipe is the executive chef in park city utah. Good morning. Its good to see you. Thanks for having me today. So youre spilling family secrets. This is from grandmas recipe book. I took this recipe and kept going. So a great swedish meatball. First lets do the traditional swedish. Well do traditional. So pork and veal. Well add our onions. Okay. And well add a little bread crumb. Very simple. Youll add parsely for me. The whole thing . The whole thing. A little bit of egg and honey. If youll grab that little plate of seasoning, salt, pepper, nutmeg and all spice. We have it all measured out. This is the fun part. Well give it a little bit of a mix. You dont want to overdo the meatballs. Dont want to overmix them . Why . Theyll get a little tough and they wont be fluffy. Now we mixed our meatballs and youre a little messy. Great for the kids. You can use the fun scooper and you make your meatballs. Lets discuss technique. You dont have to use the scooper. You dont. You can go all free style and go by hand and scoop your meatballs. What about that recipe makes it swedish . Well, when we get to this bit. So we have a little reduced beef stock or veal stalk here and we add a little cream. And well add a little cornstarch. So cornstarch, water, and this is going to give us that gravy texture. So you have to have that going. Dont you feel like meatballs are having a resurgence . Its the trendy thing . They are a little bit in fad. We add our cornstarch and this is the key. This is what really gives it the swedish bit. Is that sweet . Its sweet and tart. You add your linyn lindenberry. Is it hard to find . Sometimes its in the jam section and sometimes its in the specialty section. Aisle 7. Now once youre coming up to a boil here, well add our meatballs to our sauce. We cook them in the oven and finish them here in the sauce. You browned those in the oven. We did. Tell me about this. The potatoes . So we made a swedish style potatoes. A little cream and butter of course and these are great for, you know, super bowl holiday parties. It looks delicious. And garnished on the side. Whats this . Lamb meatballs with cho chow chow. Oregeno. I use pretzels. This is a greek style dry cheese. Thats a new one. And then the same thing, youre making the meatballs with the kids. These are going to go in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Why the oven instead of the pan . You dont make a mess. And easy. Now i have my meatballs. Heres our meatballs coming in right now. When youre done yeah. We finish with chow chow. Who here heard of chow chow . Its a southern thing. You have to have it. Its a cabbage its a pickled vegetable. Its beautiful with sausages and grilled meat. You want those. Its good. Once you get these going, you can put these on a hoagie. Got the party going. You have super bowl food. Most importantly, hows the snow . The snow is good morning. It is 8 56. Im terry mcsweeny. A unique way for the students at university of san diego to take a break from the books. Usf will allow students to spend time with therapy dogs. They can play, cuddle, just relax with the dogs, whatever they want. Organizers hope itll help relieve stress during final exams. Another way to relieve stress is to have an accurate forecast. Heres christina loren. Good morning to you. Accuracy proves we broke a record this morning in the south bay. Yeah, we hit 25 degrees. Thats why were still in the low 30s here. 34 degrees. Later on today, jumping into the 50s and 60s. Then changes ahead. Each day this week, slowly warming you up. Finally into the 60s toward the end of the week. From nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this monday morning, december 9th, 2013. The precipitation let up at least for the moment. Ill willie geist with al roker and natalie morales. Its blustery out there. Super windy. Yeah. Wintry mix. Yeah its really cold as you get in the midsection of the country. But this thing has been a monster. They named the storms winter storms. But at least today 1200 flights cancelled. Wow. D. C. , philly, chicago. Now upwards of almost 100,000 people without power. It started out at about 30,000 early this morning. But as freezing rain has continued, trees have come down, taken down power lines as well. Its been rough. 11 deaths out of this thing. Its not over. We have more to come. Right. We have another shot coming tomorrow. But this is crazy footage, i think, what we have seen. We have seen all the pilots of course out there. Theres a 50 car pile up on the pennsylvania turnpike over the weekend. Sadly, accelerated there was a minor accident. A woman got out of her car. She was struck and killed. And that precipitated like a 36 car pile up. Oh, no. And officials tell you, if you do get out of your car, you have to get away from the road. Get off of the right of way. Get away from the right of way and get as far from your vehicle as possible. But if you can manage to stay in the vehicle, stay in the vehicle. In milwaukee as well, interstate 94 there was the horrible accident there. Also a 30 car pile up there. Westchester had a rough one. All you had to do was turn on the tv and watch football. At least four games affected. Philadelphia the most affected. When theyre taking the snow blower out to clear the yard line. Look at that. Look at that. Thats the eagles, lions. Theres the snow blower. You would have thought that the lions might have had the advantage being the colder or the two teams, the cold weather teams. Thats crazy. They had to create the yard line with the nonsnow parts of the field there. What was incredible too was dallas we dont they get cold weather but you dont see a lot of street hockey on ice on the street. Look at this. Look at this. This is crazy. The skill too. Dallas, people. More impressive his father took a toyota minivan and turned it into a zamboni. Thats a good hockey player there for you. It continues today. Earlier on the show, we got the list of the ten potential time persons of the year. Revealed the ten finalists. Its an incredible list as it always is. The range of this thing is incredible. They say, i guess the theme is youre a straight up hero or youre a straight up villain. Where does miley cyrus fall . President obama is on the list. Edward snowden another interesting one. The pope. And as you said, miley cyrus. The pope to miley cyrus. The contrast there. The thing about snowden, depending on how you feel about it, he could be a hero or ha villain. Yeah and made us value privacy. He would be an interesting choice. The pope has to be the favorite going in but maybe thats too obvious and they dont do it. I dont know. Well see. Heres a travel nightmare beyond any i ever heard of. Flying from louisiana to california, he had a lay over in houston. He said he fell asleep on the plane and ended up locked inside. Tom wagner is his name. He was on his way to see his sister, i guess. He took off his hat and took a snap. Slept through the landing and the whole thing. The plane clears out and he continued to sleep. How. The lights were out on the plane. He thought it was the layover. He had a layover for sure. He was layed over. He describes what happened when he woke up on the locked plane. She srted laughing. I said you have to call united and get me off this plane. She says my boyfriend is on the airplane. You have to get somebody to get him off. They said maam we sweep those planes. Theres no way hes on the plane. He said wheres your badge . I said dude, i dont work here. Im a passenger on this airplane and he says hold on. Hold on. And he didnt believe it. Wow. He was on the plane so long he started with a crew cut and he ended with a mullet. Thats amazing. That is a nice mullet. The question is how do do it . You would think the cleaning crew or somebody would see him. I dont think the cleaning crew did their job. Clearly. Theres a pattern there in houston, every other plane maybe. The airline is investigating to determine how this happened and apologizing for the inconvenience. They did give him a voucher for a one night stay at a nearby hotel. He already had one. Slept like a baby. I had a passenger once on a flight and he fell asleep and could not be woken up to the point where the Flight Attendant had to get a cold wash cloth and put it on his forehead and he still wouldnt wake up and she was shaking him. How many jack daniels bottles. I didnt see any but maybe he popped an ambien or something before the flight but he was out. Its amazing the amount of drinks people have. Its like, where are you going . All hour of the day too. Its a 6 00 a. M. Flight. Where are you going . Its noon somewhere. Thats incredible. This video caught our eye. Amazing campaign. This is a belgian charity. Told 20 Cancer Patients they would give them makeovers. All they to do was keep their eyes close sod the reveal would be more exciting. So inspired by a patients statement that before cancer she used to be much more carefree they decided to take a different approach to this makeover. They all think theyre getting this huge ambush treatment. But take a look. They experience something completely different. So cool. There was a photographer on the other side of the mirror so he caught that expression and their carefree moment of just living in that moment. So they actually took all of those photographs and made it into a book that you can buy as part of this Charitable Campaign and thats the theme. If only for a second. For one second they were shocked and surprised and happy. They probably forgot about everything else. You have to go online and watch it. Well done. Lets talk about the weather. More stuff going on. Its going to be interesting over the next 24 hours. Advisories from pennsylvania up into maine and much of new england as we. We have an icy mix making its way through new england. Temperatures warming up nicely. Heres what we expect as far as snowfall and ice. For today, we have another i would say a tenth of an inch of ice to about a half an inch of ice between roanoke to washington. To the north, heavier snow, especially lake enhanced snow through central new york. Thats the good news. Then tomorrow, another quick system moving across. It may drop about three to six inches of snow. Right now it looks like the heavier snow will be just to the north of new york city. Also more lake enhanced snow in the central parts just 9 08. Good monday morning to you. Im meteorologist christina loren. Temperatures have climbed above freezing just about everywhere. San jose is at 41. The only place were just a little below that freezing mark is santa rosa, 28 degrees. Thats also the worst air quality for today. A spare the air alert has been issued for the bay area. This will likely be the case tomorrow and wednesday as well. Stay nice and warm out there. And thats your latest weather. Christmas sweaters everybody. Santa falling out of the sleigh. Oh, no. We have a whole crew over here. Look, the elves are here apparently. Mines not that ugly. Mines pretty cute. They just picked it out for me. The reason that i guess this sparked the ugly sweater thing was a missed a moment here. Yeah, this is fantastic. Check it out. I was on the plaza friday when i came across the most amazingly ugly holiday sweater but creative ever. Look at that. That my friends is whats your name. Cindy. Cindy. This is spectacular. Oh my did you buy this or make this . No, i made it. Oh, man. I hadnt seen the back part. We need to have an ugly sweater contest. Thats amazing. Send us your pictures. Orangeroom. Pictures or video. Well let you vote on the ugliest sweater and were going to bring you to new york. Cindy set a high bar, though. That thing out the back. You kept checking under the tail. What were you looking for . I had never seen anything like that. Sadly, though, they got it on i95 on the side of the road. Just kidding. Its just a joke. I loved her name. Weatherby. Just ruined chris mass. Coming up next, nominations and snubs and all the stories that have you on google this weekend. Right after this. This is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. Its not the fumbling around with rotating categories card. Its not the getting blindsided by limits card. Its the nogameplaying, noearninglimithaving, deepbombthrowing, givemetheballandilltake ittothehouse, cash back card. This is the quicksilver cash card from capital one. Unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. So let me ask you. Whats in your wallet . Bill boy, oh, boy. S penguin so let me ask you. 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With grands mini pot pies. Only four ingredients. And a few easy steps. Weeknight dinner in a flash. And my family devours them. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. Tell me you cant wait for christmas. And you appreciate the things i do. Because well always be a family. Tell me i bring out the best in you. That youre thankful. That it wont be the same without me. Tell me you love me. Even if you say it every day. Just tell me. [ female announcer ] everyone you love has something they need to hear this holiday. Tell them with a hallmark card. At the risk of sounding creepy, we know what you were looking at on google over the weekend. From a celebrity feud to the video with more than 8 million youtube hits in just two days, daniel is here with the scoop. Good morning. Good morning. We should remind people. These arent necessarily the most searched topics on google but theyre ones you saw spike. Trending searches. The pulse of the internet. Lets talk about grammy nominations and big news for new artists. An event over the weekend revealed the nominations. There were performances as well. Jayz with nine nominations. Thats predictable. Macklemore and ryan lewis with seven nominations. So thats great for them. But a couple of notable snubs, lo lorde left out of best new artist. Very catchy songs but left out. People comparing her to the rise of katy perry if you will. She is nominated for a lot of other categories and Justin Timberlake with 20 20 left out of album of the year. Thats surprising. Some surprised by that as well. Good selection though if you look at the nominees. Yeah. Explain this to me. Leah remini and Kirstie Alley in a fight. Yeah, they actually called her a bigot. Will you block her on twitter. How do you get kicked out of your religion. I have blocked her on twitter. She is a bigot. She was sharing negative things and her friends alienated her because she left the church of scientology. However, she came back and said were going to try to put this behind her and leah said i just wish the best for kirsti so maybe were past this. Okay. Rebecca black has a new one out. Remind people who Rebecca Black is. Friday. If you get it in your head again, dont blame us. But she came out with this song a couple of years ago, friday. It became very popular. 61 million views on youtube. So over the weekend, the sequel, i guess, if you came out called saturday. She has more than 8 million views for this song. It has a bit of a similar sound to it. The song was quite devicive. Theres people that felt it was catchy. Others that felt like it was the worst song ever. Some people were rather vocal about it. So she is capitalizing on this. Could be another viral hit for her. A good parody. The next one is bcs or the bowl projections. We now have the National Championship game. Auburn, Florida State. It is. January 6th is the big bcs game. Championship game, Florida State and auburn. A lot of people trying to figure out what the other projections will be. It was a big game, ohio state losing to Michigan State over the weekend. So that kind of changed how things were going to lineup. Clearly and i am not an expert in college football. Im not going to pretend to be. But theres so much interest around who is going to play who. The bowls, fiesta, sugar, orange bowl. Its a big time of year. It was a dramatic end. A lot of these games, the auburn, alabama games, a lot of attention this time of year. All of the focus is on the bbva bowl with the commodores going to birmingham to take down the cougars. People are looking at their games to where they were going to travel. When is your bowl . January 4th. I expect you to be watching. Okay. Just for you. Daniel, thank you so much. Coming up next, well get you caught up on all the news you need before you leave the house this morning. And fantasy gift ideas within reach of your budget. 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Before starting xarelto®, tell your doctor about any conditions such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Xarelto® is not for patients with artificial heart valves. Jim changed his routine. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. Once a day xarelto® means no regular blood monitoring no known dietary restrictions. For more information and savings options, call 1888xarelto or visit goxarelto. Com. Taking a look at your headlines, today is what retailers call green monday. Another key day in the Holiday Shopping season. Theyre predicting another round of big discounts today ranging from 50 off to some products. Online shoppers set a december cord last Year Spending more than 1 billion on green monday and may top that record today. Well, if you have teenagers on your shopping list, who most infl influences what they want . Almost 40 of teenagers say celebrities influence their holiday list with taylor swift at the top of the list. She is followed by one direction, katy perry and selena gomez. American airlines and u. S. Airways completed their merger today. The 11 billion deal creates the Worlds Largest airline and it leaves four carriers controlling 80 of the u. S. Travel market. Groups fear it could lead to higher prices. A new study finds a fwroeing number of children getting injured in high chairs. Researchers say that high chair injuries were up more than 20 during the 8 year study. Almost 10,000 children are injured in high chair accidents every year. Often because they are not properly strapped in. Be sure to buckle your kids up. Frozen took over the top spot over the weekend taking in 31 million. The hunger games catching fire was second. Out of the furnace came in third. Well, into the freezer maybe the answer if youre dealing with, get this, sounds gross, bed bugs. Researchers found an effective way to kill bed bugs is by freezing them at least 3 degrees for at least 80 hours. A study in a journal says if you have the freezer space put items in there in plastic bags for four days and that should solve the problem, they say. I guess you pick them off and put them into the freezer. If you have them off, you dont have to worry about them, youre done. I dont know. Anyway, leave that. He may have been vile mean and folwell but that was before his change of heart. The grinch posed for holiday pictures with pets in kentucky. He is seen there with a dog rescued through the charity group. Very cu [ male announcer ] this holiday, dont get stuck at the corner of oh you got me something and oh. This is awkward. Remember, walgreens has a great assortment of little somethings, and were always nearby, so its easy to get in and out. See you on your lunch break. Swing by walgreens for lindt lindor truffles, hallmark cards, and more. Plus, get up to 20 dollars in jingle cash on next weeks purchase of 30 dollars or more. Here at the corner of happy and healthy. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you cant let a cold keep you up tonight. Vicks nyquil powerful nighttime 6symptom cold flu relief. Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells all seem to say throw care away from everywhere, filling the air [ female announcer ] chex party mix. Easy 15minute homemade recipes you just pop in a microwave. Like caramel chocolate drizzles. Happier holidays. Chex party mix. A very good morning to you. 9 26 now. Im laura garciacannon. The 21yearold accused of killing a man and stealing his playstation 4 will be in court today. Investigators say Ronnie Collins made arrangements online to meet up with 22yearold in San Francisco to buy his playstation 4 earlier this month. When the two met up in the bay view district, police say collins shot the victim. Collins was in Court Last Week but did not enter a plea. We have an update now on the deputy who shot and killed a santa rosa teenager last month. The press democrat is reporting that deputy will return to work this week. He wont be out in the field but rather on desk duty. He has been on leave since october 22nd. The deputy says he thought 13yearold andy lopez was carrying an ak47 when he shot him. That gun was in fact an airsoft bb gun made to look real. In response to the dep i dids return, the justice for andy Lopez Facebook page is calling for a protest at the city council tomorrow afternoon. Well have a look at weather and traffic after this break. We all have our little tricks. Mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. I dont mind, i mean its orange creme. And when mom said bobby was too edgy. sup girl. I just swapped him out for tyler. sup girl. Mom never questioned bobby again. Two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. And everybody wins. Yoplait. It is so good. Welcome back now. The time is 9 28. Temperatures are still very cold out there, but that freeze warning was able to expire right on time. Look at truckey, negative 9 degrees out there. It is really cold. But temperatures are warming above the freezing level just about everywhere except santa rosa. It is a winter spare the air day, as we have unhealthy levels of pollutants in the north bay in particular. Keep that in mind. Illegal to burn that firewood tonight, unless, of course, it is your only source of heat. It is going to be another cold night. Freeze warning in place. Temperatures today are only going to climb to the upper 40s to low 50s. Remember, your sevenday forecast is scrolling at the bottom of your screen. Lets check your drive. Heres mike. Were looking at traffic, which is barely scrolling across the screen here. This is southbound 101 through palo alto. Very slow all the way toward university. Oregon expressway, an earlier crash there. Theres more. Look at the maps. We have another slow drive, a crash at marsh as you come out of redwood city. Over in san mateo, another car fire northbound at hillsdale. Ties things up. Fortunately the volume coming over starting to lighten up. Still 880 through fremont, laura. Back to you. Thank you very much. Another local news update in half an hour. Hope to see you then. Welcome back to today on this monday morning, december 9th, 2013. Im willie along with al and natalie. We all know you guys have a lot of fans, right . Thats right. In fact, mel b. Will be here later. Our good friend mel b. Will perform. Its like a wind tunnel. It makes you hair big. Its a news story. In the news this morning, in north korea i think it lends a little more gravity to the newscast. Fantastic. What just happened . It was like a wind storm passed through here. All of that to tell you that our new friend mel b. Is in the house and will be performing for us live. We just saw the rehearsal. Youre in a treat guys. And the fan is still on. We got the fog machine and everything. Snl, paul rudd. Great. One direction was there. They did a great bit with the anchorman cast. Kristen wig. Everybody was back. This is kristen wig during the parody of the sound of music. Children. Fredrick. Louisa. Kirk. Gretel. A female deer. Ray the guy in the bar that tries to land me. Thats so wrong. How wrong that bit is. Then they come back as Lawrence Welk with the bubbles. By the way, sound of music did great on nbc. Huge number. 19 million. Keyed up by the Christmas Tree lighting on nbc. Naturally. And then launched right into glad about that. All right. Check of the weather . Well, we had rough stuff to talk about as we mentioned to you. Lets look at whats going on right now. Out west, its a bit of a mess too. Los angeles, you can see plenty of sunshine. But by later this afternoon, it is going to be much windier. So as High Pressure builds in, well be looking at those, return flow around that high. Going to be bringing those winds in. So we expect to see sustained winds 20 to 40 Miles Per Hour. Wind gusts of 50 to 65 Miles Per Hour and an elevated fire danger. So were going to be 9 33 on a monday morning. As you can see, lots of sunshine over San Francisco. Temperatures are downright cold. Still, were in the 30s and 40s across the board. 41 degrees in San Francisco. 34 now in the north bay. The south bay is registering 34 degrees at this hour. Still cold enough for frost out there, even though the freeze warning was able to expire. We have a gradual warmup headed our way. Temperatures are going to slowly climb into the 60s thursday into friday. Thats your latest weather. Well, do you perhaps have a 50 shades of grey fan in your house . Maybe a friend that would like to go rock climbing . If youre looking for a unique gift for those hard to shop for people in your life, we have ideas that will blow your mind. She is a lifestyle expert. Good to see you. Good to see you. A lot of this stuff is affordable. We all love to talk about sharkna sharknado. It made waves. The tv movie. This is an inspired gift for 39. This is the air shark, okay . Basically theres helium in it. Lets make him come down here. Its a little stuck. Theres a little feedback from the studio. Normally he swims through the air. We did actually test this 30 seconds ago and it worked. It worked. And its 39. Exactly. Now, here if youre looking for the experience of a lifetime. Correct. This is extreme, right . Sure. Or even just fun things like you want to send somebody rock climbing or hiking. Cool. I think we have video of that. But to fly a plane or go nascar, this is xperience days. Com. Its all over the u. S. Something great for kids. Yes, kids that need constant stimulation, this is the happy trunk. Com. For 20 a month they get these cool arts and crafts and science kits sent right to their house. Now, this is an idea i think a lot of guys love. You dont want to invest a lot of money in ties. Theres a netflix for ties . This is like the netflix for ties and around 20 a month they can switch them out, wear as many as they want, and then send them back whenever theyre done with them. They have cuff links, pocket squares too. So for the dapper dude in your life. Im into this next one. Musical wine glasses. How does this work . 65 for the set. They have different lines you can fill for different musical notes. Just dip your finger in like so and then you run it around the rim. So that would be like if you have a real did you wash your hands first . Al, youre going to drink this one later. Do you hear that . Hopefully everybody can hear that, right . Really neat. Fun for entertaining at a party. Who doesnt want this kind of thing, right . Now the 50 shades experience. Yes. This needs some explaining. You have to know the person really well . Well, everybody is talking about the upcoming movie, right . So for a new couple you give them a romantic 50 shades night in. This comes with all the fixings that you need. The handcuffs, masks, lots of fun things all inspired by the book. Well, merry christmas. This is from overstock. Com. Super affordable and then the 50 shades of grey board game i have a feeling theyll have a few of these left over. Keep you warm on a cold night and this is also from overstock. Com. Going to be overstocked all right. Why is willie sitting here. Willie is in the hot seat. We have the ultimate lie detector test. This is the lie detector kit for 22. What youre going to do is press down, okay. How do you know if he is lying. Press down and well ask you the question, after you answer youll lift your fingers up, okay. Okay. So i guess what well ask you is is that a true question first. Do you regift, willie geist . Yes. Have you ever . Lift up. Now the little flashing lights go and you are busted. Four lights mean youre lying. Why would i lie about that . 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We during the season usually do bone in roasts and things like that. It can be intimidating. You can utilize everything. Its a little bit more expensive but theres no waste whatsoever. Well season this and do the procedures real quick. We can tie this like i did on this one right here. We are going to go right into the saute pan. Well mark these off. This is a great way to do this for two or three people. Were going to mark these off. What do you mean by marking them . You have a really nice crust. Were going to sere them well. Very easy to keep in mind. How long . About six or seven minutes. This is going to be about 350 degrees in the oven. Medium rare. Should be about six to seven minutes. So we have this saute pan. We have taken out the meat. Well deglaze. We put shallots and butter in the pan. This is a quick sauce so were going to deglaze very quickly. Bring that up to temperature. And now we have a little bit of beef sauce that you can purchase at the Grocery Store or make your own. Well go right inside of the saute pan. This is what is going to make our sauce. The real nice part about it, fillet, this one were cooking in little pieces. About six to seven ounces. Were going to make a crust. Were going to put some bread crumbs and herbs. Well stir this together. Right in with the butter . Right in with the soft butter and then were going to roll this in between two sheets of paper, kitchen paper. We put this on top. We roll it. You make little disks. Little disks like this. Now we see the sauce going. Were going to turn this down. Coming to the back, we have taken this. Now that we have the disks down, we put them in the oven and crust them. This takes about two minutes. Melt it. And now we have this pan sauce right here and well drizzle this around. There it is. The outside. This is something that i tell you what, you look really good when you do something this easy. Looks like a restaurant. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. On today. Com. Coming up next, want to get up and dance to this one. Our buddy mel b. Is in the building [ laughter ] smoke . Nah, im good. [ male announcer ] celebrate every win with nicoderm cq, the unique patch with time release Smartcontrol Technology that helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. Help prevent your cravings with nicoderm cq. That helps prevent the urge to smoke all day long. Me too. Of all the things that happen on your tables, whats up karen . Disinfecting should be one of them. Clorox disinfecting wipes. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant ho ho ho this holiday were and putting down phones. Were raising our glasses and lifting our spirits. 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Bill boy, oh, boy. S penguin ja yay now what do you think hes got in that gift box, bill . Bill hopefully a present for my wife jane oh, no. Bill yea. Catch the great ritz holiday parade across the web, for deals, recipes, and festive fun. It all starts at ritzparade. Com. associate hi where did you come from . Oh. Sorry. Welcome to petsmart arent you kris. . Christmas shopping . Uh. Yes. I have a list of. Good girls and boys . Good treats and toys. Okay. announcer at petsmart, we care as much about your pets happiness as you do. Thats why we offer a wide variety of unique toys and tasty treats they make perfect holiday gifts. Celebrate your pet, celebrate the season at petsmart®. Announcer the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. Mel b. Shot to super stardom as scary spice in spice girls. Shes not so scary. Most recently you have seen her on americas got talent. She dropped by to perform her newest single for once in my life. We have missed you. You too. What have you been doing all of this time . Recording a singing and touring and number one being a mom and a wife. Yeah. Thats number one. First time in a decade youre doing this. What does it feel like being back. Nerve racking. Im shaking on the inside right now. I want to get into it. Stop talking to me. Wow. Focus. Just cut the interview just like that. I need the fan. Mel b. Take it away. You stay there and sing. Well look over here. Ive been gone in the dark in the shadows been afraid to throw my heart in the battle yesterday felt the weight of the shackles not anymore, not anymore turn the light turn the lights turn the lights on want to rise feel the rush, feel the free fall through the night cause tonight im unstoppable unstoppable i wanna feel i wanna feel for once in my life im go to let go for once in my life im going to do it for me this is the time ive been waiting for strip it all away. Im on a crave for once in my life. For once in my life here i am, thinking oh what i came for thinking loud as the world is my dance floor standing strong and it feels so incredible gimme some more, gimme some more turn the lights, turn the lights on. Wanna rise feels the rush, want to free fall through the night cause tonight i want it all. I want it all. I wa i wanna feel i wanna feel for once in my life im going to let go for once in my life im going to do it for me this is time ive been waiting for strip it all away im on a crave for once in my life for once in my life for once in my life for once in my life i wanna feel for once in my life im going to let go for once in my life im going to do it for me this is the time ive been waiting for stripping it all away im on a crave for once in my life im going to let it go for once in my life im going to do it for me this is the time ive been waiting for stripping it all away im on a crave for once in my life for once my life for once in my life for once in my life now or never yeah. Mel b. Oh my gosh. Wow. Fantastic. Fantastic. You nailed it. Better that you got all of that out of there. I could have done it better. Al wants a red card from the naughty referees. Oh. Just saying. Mel b. Were back in a moment. But first this is today on nbc. 10 million in gifts have been donated in our toy drive so far this year. Ivory hall and britney victory are sisters that own and run initials inc. Its good to see you. Good morning. Its your second year here and you brought another great donation. Absolutely. Were delighted. Its because of all of our consultants across america that were supporting and running phenomenal homemade businesses that were back with an even bigger donation this year. What have you brought this year . A number of items. We specialized in products that speak to fashion and function for women. We certainly dont want to leave them out in the toy drive. Thats right. A lot of women could use products like that. Your message with your company is theres only one. Most of our products are personalized which speaks to the heart of the person and we do that a very good monday morning to you. 9 56. New details to tell you about this morning about the deadly crash at sfo. Three Fire Department commanders in charge of rescue efforts after the crash never took a required Training Course for aircraft disasters. The fire chief said it was not vital for command ers to take the disaster course, calling it a very specialized training. In the meantime, tomorrow in washington, d. C. , federal officials plan to hear from witnesses, the faa, boeing, and others, about the crash. The four pilots on board will not be attending the hearing. Four passengers were killed, teenager, and more than 180 others were hurt. A quick check of the forecast now with christina. Hey, its cold out there. Good morning to you. Finally were getting above that freezing mark all across the bay area. About 35 degrees in santa roe that. Not out of the woods just yet. Theres a winter spare the air in effect for today. This is likely going to be the case for tomorrow as well. I do want to remind you that freeze warning goes into place at 9 00 p. M. Tonight. It will last until 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. So another round of freezing cold temperatures for the bay area. Nonetheless, todays not going to be that bad. Well see a lot of sunshine. 39 degrees in the south bay right now. Headed towards the upper 50s in some cities. 52 degrees here in the south bay. 51 for the peninsula. 51 in the north bay. Well look at your sevenday forecast coming up in a little bit. Right now, heres mike. All right. Look at this live look here. The oakland camera. The northbound side going to the top of your screen. Its a little slow, but starting to recover quite a bit after earlier slowdowns and a number of crashes. Camera shaking a tad bit. Gusty winds at times. A smooth drive in the north. 880 south towards the bottom of your screen, we have a crash there. Sounds like only one lane is open right now by this crash. Thats causing a big slowdown anywhere south of 92 toward union city. Back to you. All right. Thank you very much. Another local news update coming up in half an hour. We hope to see you then. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets your season is here. Lets just call it the baking time of year. You need special ingredients. You need the staples for homemade. You need safeway sugar for just a buck eightyeight. And that magic thing that makes everyone want another only two ninetynine for challenge butter. And when hands get messy, quite surely theyll say, yum wow yay what a sweeter holiday. Safeway. Ingredients for life. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Wow. Nice crowd out there for fun day monday, december 9th, everybody. So glad youre with us. Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I bet it wasnt as good as hodies. You win. I went to miami for a birthday party. Had a great time. The weather was nice. Sun splashed. It was gorgeous. I wasnt planning on doing this so early, but because i have to bring out my ferret thing at this moment, because this was the gift they gave at the birthday party. Its upside down, hoda. Coconut patties from the drugstore. I was like, oh, thats a nice gift, thank you ever so much. And then youre going to just please, take a teeny youre going to die. It smells already. I love coconut. You can get them online or at the drugstore. Theyre 6 for the whole oh, my gosh. You got to finish for me later, okay. 6. Anastasia confections. Com. I just thought it was great. Im trying to stop the crud. What is it the creep. The creep and crud. How was your weekend . It was nice. We were on our way to florida too but then all the airports got socked in. Sometimes, you know, you say to yourself, wasnt meant to be. So we ended up staying at home. It was a nasty weekend. Yeah, it was. I realize if you just light enough fires and open a few bottles of wine, it seems like a lovely weekend. Frank and i went now our kids are gone. Theyll be coming back. But we went to get our Christmas Tree. Usually we do it the day after thanksgiving. Since i fell last week anyway, so we went to do it. Here i april, black and blue, because i didnt frank and i standing there. We go to the same place every year to get our Christmas Tree. All of a sudden, i start bawling like a baby. Why . Because everythings changed. My kids are gone. Theyre big. Theyre not home. Its me and frank getting our Christmas Tree. It just was sad. It was sad. I looked at him, he goes, whats wrong . I go, our kids, theyre gone its just you and me i was ridiculous. You know, i mean, it should be a beautiful thing. You come back, you got the tree on the top. Once i got home and i put on my linda cd and my kathie lee cd christmas. Wonderful time. You know, one of them is beginning to look a lot like christmas. Theres cody, little. I hear cody going, i want, i want a baby sister. Which is, you know, not the way cody talks now. Oh, here it is. Anyway, so then i got into the holiday mood. Did you decorate the tree . Of course did i. You know what i do now. I cant take all the stuff. White lights. Wreaths, couple of poinsettias. What about when the kids come home . Thats the one thing i do like about college, they get a month off. A month. So last year, if you remember, there was a hit song out, and it was called are you trying to sneak in an ihoda on a monday . No, it was called friday, by Rebecca Black. The worst song ever that everyone loved. It had 62 million hits on youtube. It was crazy. It was quite the phenom. Guess which song she came out with this year . Saturday. Take a look. Shes brilliant. I love her. Trying to get friday out of my head its all so hazy got a little too crazy you know id do it all again its saturday we gonna party all night one we will remember for the rest of our lives its saturday were going to do it this saturday night she has another big hit with this, is that what youre telling me . Do they make money off you tube hits . You know what, if she found a way to have a musical career without going the oldfashioned way, getting a i know. A label, all you have to go through, good for her. Those are her only song, right, friday and saturday . Theres still many days left in the week. She still has sunday through thursday. She could have a nice long career. The promos are out. The golden globes. People are waiting to see how amy poehler and tina fey will be together. The promos rolled out. Lets take a look at their musical one. Tina and i are back to host. Just to get you excited, heres a preview of the opening song we wrote. My note, please. A little low, right here. Youre up here. I got it. No you dont. Thank you. No, you dont, the notes up here. Yes, i have it. No, you dont, its right here. We got a perfect host for the party of the year, the golden globe awards, live, sunday, january 12th, on abc. Theyre no doni and marie, thats for sure. Everything must be ad libbed. They must have a blast. You know who i saw in that promo, i saw hugh jack man. Hes going to do my podcast next week. What, you scored hugh jackman . I scored him. You know what im going to do, im going to put my tshirt on. The one thats been in the zip lock . No, its not, ive been hanging it out. Its in my closet. So all my clothes will smell like it. It smells with a ting of wolverine. You know whats funny, his sweaty shirt didnt stink. It smelled great. Remember, we smelled it, wep wep wep opened the bag up and we liked it. Unusual babyames of 2013. Babycenter. Com came up with thlist of the strangest names in the year. Three baby boys were named cheese. Cheese. Please, not chse. Chse. Thats when they call roll call in second grade, cheese, the whole class laughing. I know. I feel for him. You know how stinky chee can be be . Theres going to be a lot oh, stinky cheese. Some of the girls names were kiwi. Other boys names wererocket, jax, cub, panda, hurricane, jag, legend stetson and dani. What about combining thetwo, yove got panda cub. Sewhat im saying . I like it. What about girlsnas . Bp is my persol favorite. Rigley chevy. Credence. Green. Flower. Fairy. Dont do at. No, n fairy. Eternity,ippen and tup. I like chrysanthemu or rodeo dendrum. 1 in 5 parents regrethe na theyhoose for their child. Especially if its spelled in an uncommon way which for the rest of your life most people are doing that. Karen, caryn, cody. Know, i know, i know. So the hot topics of the lt year. Sometimes you think, ts is such an important thing. We were looking back at some of e most buzzed about topics from 2013. The most buzzed about topic was super bowl of 2013 and we couldnt even remember who won it. You guys remember . Who won it . Baltimore, the brothers he said baltimore was playing San Francisco, thebrothers, the quarterbacks no, coaches. Coaches, tha what wesaid. All right. So the top public figure, peyton manning. That surprised me. I love him. Hes the quartback for t denver broncos. Top tv showas scandal. The top song was g lucky. I dont even kw it. I played it for my ihoda. Like i said okay. And the top viral momt was . The harlem shake. Remember that one, everyone was just shaking. No. Ave i lived this past year . Was i actually on this plane living and breathing, enjoying life actively involved how did i miss all this stuff, hoda . Theres a newoll out that say a quartf wom i think it mit be me hate their partners friends. Think abo your huhuand, boyfriend, think aut their friends and how you feel about them. They say, number one, it affec the way obviously you feel about the friends and sometimes it affecs your own relationship with your spouse. Do you like franks friends . Ive been bssed that w for th mostpart. I like franks friends. Theyre allolder, of course. And you know the sadar abo all this, im going to burst into tears again, we used to go to a lot of bar mivahs, a lot of weings. Now we go to a lot nels. We do its just the facts all right, theyay ive disled some friends yes, oome significant others. Significant others, yes. It is a weird awkward thing because you have t spend time. You paint on a happy face. The whole time, youre not enjoying it. , i goto the point there was one person frank was close fries with. I sa, you go, have a nice time, go hav dinner. I cantpretend, stuff like that. All right, so heres feelgood photo for you or pictures. Do you rememr bo and theo, his little puppy brother . These are brandnew ones. And ey dressed them in sweats. Lookt the puppy wearinghe sweahirt. Okay. Oh, theyve got to do a calendar or something. I love when he sleeps staged. Know these are not you cannot get babies to act that well or dogs. Look at that. Oh, indeed. Theyre going to be bties foreve so sweet. My favorite thi is so cute im not used to that. This is called a leash pod. Look at how cute this is. This has got the leash it hooked on herer to your leash here. Then its got this thing its got a poer scooper. This is where the bags comeout. I should have taken this thing f. This is ere the bag starts. You pull tm out. So a little bag. Then, hoda, the other end,here. Then you press this. , thats it. I had a pink one that was working fine. You press that and you put your little poop in there in your tt Plastic Thing and you keep walking. Dot give me that face. Its so much nicer than leaving it for put it in a garbage can. I got up to do my devotions yestery morning. What happened . Nothingike stepping in a fresh anyway, you did . Uie. 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Tylenol® provides strg pain relief and wontrritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. But for everhi we do, we know you do so much more. Tylenol®. It wount be fun day monday if we didnt getou caught up with all the buzz. Ost of the dish. Thank you, i try, this hold thing, i found it in my clos. Susan boyle, it was revealed she had as burgers. She told the observer this weekend she had asbergers. She always knew somhing was wrong, she didnt know wha it was. As child, she had a learning disability and she told she suffered a brain a situation om childbirth, from a lack of oxygen. Brain damage. Bushes actually this is a great beginning for her. She can have closure. Sh saidan purchasinrs doesnspgersoesnt define me. Weve noticed a lot of her behavior. It makes sense. She really is a sweetheart though in a celebrity ro. We love her. She says, i feel relieved. Relaxed about myself. Oe you know what was wro with you all this time. Could not have h a happy or easy childhood with that. Not at all. This is something other stars have as well, righ definitely. We know they battle with autism and forms of s pergers. Ryl hannah. This is great, shes bringing attention a cause thats not usually talked about. All rit, somebody had black e eyes, what happened . Raylemoyne, raynd Lindsay Lohan were all at a party over the ekend. Friday, baron hilton put up photo of his face, saying h was punched by ray, whoas hosting this party. People say lindsay wanted ray to punch baron hilton. Saying, they both will pay f whatheydid, no one messes with my family. We reached out to publicist, havent heard a word back. The storysaught a lot of steam. Okay, all right. Why would she wan him beaten up . They think baron was talng smack about Lindsay Lohans boyfriend. Smack, not nice. Yeah, not nice stuff about her boyfriend. And the grammy nonations. Jay z has taken the ad. Juin mbla and mclemore. Al, lourdes had a nati shes 17 years old. She stl has a lg way to go in the business. But she is a very dominant brandnew artist. Seems t me and kanye west,e only got two nominationings. Enrtainment weekly a spin said he had thelbum of t the year. Nomated for album of the year, im so excited, sara bares. Hats realsi please. Brave i love thatong. And the newfilm. Ive seen it, its amazing. Right now, its gting more buzz than ever because of the death of nson ndel plays him to a tee. Debuted in london last week. The royals were there. Its getting gre reviews. Right now, its only in two theaters in new york. Theyre not planning on rolling out to bigger thters. You would think they wou do not before christmas day. Peop are craving this film righnow. Ey want to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. Well, the more they crave it, the t more theyll enjoy it whent comes out. Jt real quick, frozen beat thhunger games at the box office. Hunger games still,t has 36 million total. Nnifer lrence has another film comg out called American Hustle on friday. Nobodys hurting over that. Not at all. Thank you. You ner want to show up emptyhaed. Great hoste gifts to guare youre invited back. Just as holiday delicacies are being passed around, were changing up joy f t hp you keep off the pounds. Dont walk away becse maybe, just maybe, it could be you. Probably not, not likely. Nah. After this. The new esor, lancome [ bell rgs ] [ man ] take five hey, joyce [ grunts ] you really seem to be dragging your a [ donkey brays ] d morning slump. Thats why i srted drinking [ donkey snorts ] this new lipton Natural Energy tea. Come on itsaturally has mo cafthan regularipn. Ne re. Youll thank me. Mmmm. Stes amazing, right . I feeletr already. [ donkey brays ] [ man ] two minutes tea time. [ female announcer ] for a little oomph, try new lipton natu. [ donkey brays ] [knock] one was at home, but on the Kitchen Table sat three insurancpocies. The first had lots of coverage. The second, only a little. But the third was. Just right bear hi yeah, we love visitors. Thats why we moved to a secluded house in the middl of the wilderness. Just the rightoverage at just e right price. Coverage checker from progressive. What does that first spoonful taste likok. Hoy bunches of oats. Ching mmmm mmmm mm wow mmmm its the oats. M honey. Yeah. Honey bunches of oats. Honey. This is a great cereal. appuse music jingle bells applause shop your way members can ring in the holidays with joe boxer. Kmart. Get in. Get morehristmas. You know what time it is . I do, hoda woman. Its time for fan of the we. We spin the globe to see where it will land to we are in spring lake, michigan. She watchess on grand rapids tv. How excited are you . So excited. Most exced winner ever. Before we tell youhat you won, we want ttell our viewers why we chose you. Shes a retired school teacher. She appreciates our humor. Says it targets wen of a certain age. She plans her entire morning routine around us. Inuding sxe ining exercise. Shs in great shape. Once the show is over, she meets us with her husband f lunch. Like her life. Metoo. She doesnt go a day without our show. Look at how cute he is. Is he a fan too, jenny . Jenny . All righ were going toell jenny where shegoing. You and i friend or your husband, whoer you want, youre going toead to ft. Lauderdale, florida, stay at the pelican grandeach resort for four da. Youll enjoy ocean front accommodation, time onhe beach, float in the pool and lazy river, take a paddle boarding adventure and explore. Its a beautiful city. The triplso includes dinner for two for tt. Lauderdales oy ue ocean frodining. Jenny, what do you think . Oh, im thrilled, it wille so fun. Send us some pictures. That is so, so i cou use that right now. Oh, good, were glad. Iidnt hear what s said but we love her. Love you, jenny. Take care. Coming up, we have liv performance by Jordin Sparks to get you inhe holidaymood. Love her. The joy fit club is going to help you from gaining weight over the holidays. Did you get chips for the party . Nope. [ ding cheese plate . Cheese ple. No, i made something bett. You used the oven . Boom. [ me announr ] pillsburyrescents. Make the holidays pop. Make the holidays pop. One square inch of deciously smooth chocolate in creamy milk. Ich dark. Incredible indulgence. One square inch of bliss. Hersheys bliss. Actually save withody Family Mobile . Walmarts lowest priced unlimited plan . Its only 388 for unlimited talk, text and web. Thats unbelieble vings. Crunch those numbers. I could definitely come up with a figure. Person aged 3040. Livingn the nohern hemisphere . If oy had my calculator. Think you need a calculator . Im just kidding. I know the number. Own e season with the latest smartpne rollbacks. Like the Samsung Galaxy exhibit for 99. And likethe ncord for 49. 88. Xhibit walmart. Good morning. It is 10 26. Im terry mcsweeny. Crews in East Palo Alto put out a twoalarm fire at a home under construction. Broke out about 6 30 this morning at capital avenue and bell. The home is gone. It is destroyed. Theres some minor damage to a neighboring home. No one was hurt. The Sonoma County deputy who shot and killed a teenager in october will return to work this week, not in the field but on desk duty. Hes been on leave since the shooting. The deputy says he thought 13yearold andy lopez was carrying an ak47 when he shot him. That gun was, in fact, an airsoft bb gun made to look real. Well have a look at weather and traffic after this break. Hi, im martha. If you know me, you know i dont do many ads, which is why when i say Pine Brothers softish throat drops are the best throat drops in america for minor sore throat irritation, then you can believe it. Nothing on the market soothes your throat as effectively and deliciously as Pine Brothers. In fact, theyre more than just a throat drop. Theyre an experience. Please give Pine Brothers softish throat drops a try and find out why im such a fan of this wonderful product. Thanks. Female announcer since 1870. Welcome back now. Nice and clear. A little hazy for most of the bay area. This is San Francisco. Temperatures are still going to be very cold today, even with that full sunshine overhead. Only ramping up into the 50s and upper 40s. Around 52 degrees in San Francisco today. 49 in the east bay. 51 degrees out in the south bay for today. So staying nice and cool. Happy to report, though, if youre looking for warmer days, that comes into the mix as we head through tomorrow. It is a spare the air day. That will likely be the case for tomorrow as well. Overall, though, we have a gradual warming trend getting into this week. Up to the 60s by thursday. Lets check your drive. Heres mike. All right. We still have a little slow backup here at the bay bridge toll plaza. Nothing dramatic. Just a tough drive all morning. A look at the map, and we have a smoother drive now south on 880. Still very slow from hayward all the way down to alvarado. The crash has cleared from lanes. Easy drive down the peninsula. Still slow out of redwood city. The earlier crash has cleared. Theres your peninsula. Back to the today show and news at 11 00. Were back. Thats music, hoda. Were back on this fun day monday. Do you know whats making it even more fun for us . Jordin sparks. The youngest winner ever of American Idol is here with the young peoples chorus of new york city. Hi, jordin. Welcome. So glad youre here, honey. Do you still believe everything thats happened in your life sense then . Its still one of those things where i wake up and im just like, i cannot believe that i get to sing for my job and act for my job and get to do that on a daily basis. Its amazing. Then i get to work with amazing kids like this. These kids are outstanding. So talented. New music in the next year . Yes, left behind which featured nicolas cage and then theres another film where i play a preachers daughter. Imagine that. Jason is so adorable. Look at that face. Thats all you need to know about the love life. When you say his name. Now, whats going on there . Were good. Were in a really good place. I actually freaked out yesterday because its been 2 1 2 years now this month. So yeah, im like, wow, okay. Time is really flying. Are you going to be together for the holidays . Yes, hes coming to spend it with my family this year. Oh well, well, well. Well be back with breaking news later. Were not saying anything. Such great joy in your life. We do. One of our favorites. We heard a snippet of this song. This also plays i guess in a glade commercial which youre a paid spokesperson for. So tell us about this. I partnered with glade. They already did a 30second holiday song with these amazing kids. They said, we want to do a full length feature of the song. I love christmas. My birthday is on the 22nd. I was born with the love of christmas. And so i was all for it. Its free on glade. Com. Also, glade is partnering with toys for tots. So anything i can do to make kids happy. Ready to sing for us . Im ready. Take it away, guys. Take it away. This this is my wish my wish for the world that peace would find its way to every boy and girl this is the time the time for harmony let love be the song that everybody sings fill the air with joyful noise ring the bells and raise your voice let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth lift your light let it shine shine shine shine let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth i hear the sweetest sound the sound of hope together we can bring goodwill to everyone let it start with you let it start with me let every nation rise to sing this melody fill the air with joyful noise ring the bells and raise your voice let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth lift your light let it shine shine shine shine let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh fill the air with joyful noise ring the bells and raise your voice let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth lift your light let it shine shine shine shine let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth whoo beautiful oh, my gosh thank you, kids. Chills, chill, chills, chills. Merry christmas, sweetheart. That was awesome. Awesome. Okay, that put us in the holiday spirit. So now were going to show you some great hostess gifts for your next party. But first these messages. [ female announcer ] ffs knows winter is hard on. [ snees [ femalennouncer ] the start of sneeze season. The ndblown wery eyes. [ sniffling ] the sniffling guy on the bus. And, of course, the snow angels with your little angels. Thats why puffs plus loon is soft. Puffs plus are dermatologist tested toe ntle. They helsoothe irritated skin by locking in moisture better. So you can always put your bt face forward. A face in need deserves puffs indeed. Igonna do this. No. No. No im goa beat you this me. Yes. laughing yes [ female nouncer ] let betty do the measuring and get a ad start on delicioususomemadcooks. Visitettyockerckiesom r fuholiday ideas. Betty crocker cookie mix. Just pour, mix. Love. Betty crocker cookie mix. 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Common side effects are dizzines sleepiness, weight gn d swelling of hands, legs and feet. Don drink alcohol while tang lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how rica affects you. Those who have had a drug or alcohol problem may me lily to misuse lyrica. With less fibromyalgia pain, ifeeling better with lyrica. Asyour dtor about lyrica today. All right, between now a new years you probably make an appearance at a few holiday gatherings or maybe even the boss. You know the rule. Neverhow up ptyhanded. Here to guarantee youl make aood impression isamantha yanks. Shes the editor in chief of hamptons magazine. You alwa come up with a bote of wine or something. Wine, candles are really nice, buthese are a bit more creative. The first one is an amazin garland. Which we have across the front. These ar mogramm ornaments. Totally adorabldorable. Theyre 6. Whenoure thinking aboutoing to someons home and they have children, you want to bring something th wl enterta them. This is one st of Traditional Old School idea. Can you imagine if they old maid . These card games are great. Exactly. Its 16 bucks. Okay, this would a hit, i can already see. This my favorite. Oh, this is darling. Instead of bake, because it crtehuge mess and you already have so many pple, these are premade cookies. They come in atin. The kidsan decorate tm and draw on them. Thre edible and nut free. I know a lot of families Pay Attention to that. Thats important. So this is a company im completely obsessed with. Itsalle kikas treat, from san ancisco. Theyre divine. They come in these gift boxes. Short breads, graham crackers, salted caramels. Whats that one . That is ghamcracker. They come inheseorous gift baggings with wrapping paper, so pretty. Now wee going to go into if you are e person who can make ho me cakes or treats, this is the way to go. Instead of bring something with a tossaway treat, bring something th can make afrwards. Theres a salad server. You get to keep that afterwar. Another idea like that, this is a Company Called accompanyus. M. Everything on the cpany is fair trade. You bring a snack and leave the bowl behind. Thats a good idea. This may be one of my favorites. And i use this pancake mixer. If youre invited by a generous person to ben overnight guest, spend the weekend you need to bring something a little more. So this a builtin breakfast set. The hostess doesnt need to think about anything whenhey wake up in the moing. Pancake mix, syrup, jam. Ever. If your not into buying this prade, you can find all local items and make it yourself. How much is this one . This one is 29. 95. Vy reasonable. I really love thes from ll bean,heyre box wood wrehs. You can send it to your hostess before. Its alrdy there when you arrive. Relypretty. 49. Exactly. This idea i absolutely love. So its really festive, it looks like a tree but its actually a ro rosemarylant. Its for a cook. You leave it behind. They can trim from it forever. Thats what 49. 99. Beautiful. Andur last one, which is my vorite because thth holidays are all out memories. Thiss really my favorite i dedicat ts toou o. So theyre booknds fm poer barn. Theyre 49. You bring them to your htess with memorieve hadf them. There you go. Great, great. Thank you. Tha you smuch, happy holidays. You need a reason toet motivated to l weight . How about three reasons . E nest members of the joy fit club coming up right after e nest members of the joy fit club coming up right after is. Paper. Bends to your will. Ribbon. Is an extension of your body. Ta. Earns for your masterful touch. Tis the season to roll out your mad skills. Causyou got a toboggan load of gorgeous gifts from walmart. And they aint gonna brightl wrap theelves. Mom you own this season. Get the hottest gifts. All backed by our christmas ad match grantee. Get thewalmart. Gifts. Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells all seem tsay throw care away from everywhere, fillg the air [ fale annou ] chexarty mix. Easy 15minu homemade ripes you st pop in a microwave. Li caramel chocolate drizzles. Happier holids. Chex party mix. To share with faly. [ woman 2 to carry traditions. [an 3 ] to come together even when were apart. [ male announcer ] in stufng, mashed potatoes, gravy a more, swanson makes liday dishes delicious. The ri dark chocolate. York peppermt pattie get thsensatn. Waiting for your wrinkle eam to work . Clinicly prove neutrogena® rapid inklrepa. It targetsine lines anwrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. Youll see younger lookinskin in st one week. One week . Thats just my speed. Rapid wrinkle pa. And for dark spots rapid tone repair. From neutrogena®. Your season is here. Lets just call it the baking time of year. You need special ingredients. You need the staples for homemade. You need safeway sugar for just a buck eightyeight. And that magic thing that makes everyone want another only two ninetynine for challenge butter. And when hands get messy, quite surely theyll say, yum wow yay what a sweeter holiday. Safeway. Ingredients for life. What a sweeter holiday. To thoseworried. Ited. Poked and prodded. Taken risks. And lived in a state of what if . Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now at coveredca. Com. Were backith a very special edition of look at me now, t joy fit club. Not one, not two, but three peop into the club. They decidedo get healthy and combined theyve lost more than 50 pounds. And here t introduce us and tell us tell you h they did it is th leader of joint fit club, joy bower. This i reay exciting. Thre people that are gng to blow your mind. Tl us about pete this i pete. Hes 51. Hes from michigan. Heeall didnt start gaining weight uilater in le when he had his ki. It got to the point heas on medication for high chesterol, high Blood Pressure and for diabes and the real turning point aside from feeli awful was christmas two years ago, his family was waiting downstairs. He was getting ready and he couldnt fit into his size 48 pants. He was tally depressed. At thatoment said enough is enou. In january,e joined a corpe Wellness Program a his workplace. I love letting viewers kno that because january i right around thecorner. More and meompanies are doing th 152 pounds. Stop it. Tep on t, lets s how u look there, sweetie. Oh, my d. Isnt that unbelievable . Are you serious . Yeah, thats me. Wow. Doesnt look like you. This is rlly cool, his motivate, hisaughter page, wrote m a letr saying how prd she wasf him and he hangs it on his bathroom mirror and looks at it every single day. And no more medical issues . All medications are gone. This is grea his motto is youave one platof everything that you love but instead of putting on continents, he now puts on little isnds. Two years ago at thanksgiving this was his meal, right, 1,600 calories. This year at thanksgiving, he still enjoyed everything, ashed it in half. Ll right, congratulations. Go for u. Okay. Sabrinas our second. This gorgeous lad her name sabrina, shes 39 yea old, shes from grayn, georgia. She was a super athlete. She came fro a sthern traditional familyith lots o fattening food when she was growing up, she was eating a gillion calories. She was burning a gazillion calories. Shes in her 20s. She had a desk job. She didnt have time to exercise. She gained an exorb tentunt of weight. Today, shes down 141 pounds and shes a personal trner. She plays fullon womens tackle football. And shes getting married next year. Comon, sabrina. Ohmy go that is crazy oh, my god. Youook amazing. Thank you. Seriously, standing there what . How long did it take you to lose all that weight . It took about a year and a half to lose the weight. So about ten pounds a month. Took itff slowly. Are your friends and family freaking n when they s you . Theyre rlly morurprised about this. Peopl dont eve recognize you . No, no. Sometimes i dont rognize myself. Good for you. Shes getting rried. Bless your heart. In may, may of next year. Congratutions. The big diet tip is she uses a food sle as a major reality chk. In the past, she was ovpour things like cereal. This i 2 1 4 cup, 400 calories now, one cup, 200 calories it she likes the densercereal. It all adds up. Ngratulations. All right, give us just ten seconds on deans before. Dean mains 30 years old from louisiana. When he graduated college, he was over 0 pounds. Ll, dean today is dn 225 pounds. What . Dean, ste out. Step on out. Oh, my god. Such an attitude. Oh, my god. Believable. Hes doing things he never dreamed about. You dont even look like the same person. I dont know that guy. Wow. And for fathers day, he surpsed his dad with a trip to alaska. He was always afraid fly. He lived le on the sidelis. Took hisad to aska. They hiked, theyfished, they rafted. Ah sweetie. How doou feel, hon . Feel eat,eel great. You look great. Congrats. You did areat job. Unbelievable that was awesome. Merry christmas. Theye going to have a great christmas. Were gog to be back with a very special guest. Christmas eves getting closer. For 20 years now, t goal of our toy drives to get kid in rserve communities. A jning us, t executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at korder mifflin. Thank you for being here. Were goi to donate about 15,000 books to the drive which is worth about 160,000 and every year, w try t donate about 3. Million books to kid who, you know, just dot have access. With everything going on in technology, imooking at that book, it curious geor. Do youin t kids are still devouring those kinds of books . Its interesting, you still see kids an paren sitting down with their kids and reading. Yet you also see kids getting excited about our cious george apps. As longs theyre reading. Ts important at the end the day, we want kids to be curious. The key isome of the undersved commities, kids who dont have books, how do you find out where to target . W work csely with local communits around thenited states and globally where we haveoffices. We have community iestment councils that help thoseids and we get i in there. Thank you, we reay appreciate everything you do. Our toy drive continues until decemb 20th. You canontat in person or online. Tomorrow, darling aress miranda cgre is ck with us. Also, toys that teach, and have y thought about your new years plans . Something else to worry about. Have a great monday everybody. Tomorrow will be booze day tuesda well see you then. [ female announcer ] i like to mix things up a bit with grands mini pot pies. Only four ingredients. And a few easy steps. Weeknight dinner in a flash. And my family devours them. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. Guys. [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistible sunday morning idea. Nothing calls them to the table faster. Make breakfast pop hi there. Good morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Starting to get old for some, but were talking about the cold. Meteorologist christina loren, youre saying one more night of freezing temperatures this week. One more night of temperatures, yeah, in the 20s and low 30s. Of course, the usual suspects like the north bay will still hit lows in the freezing range, but most cities that dont traditionally get this cold this early in the season. For instance, here in san jose, were going to fall back to the 40s as lows, trading out the 20s and 30s. It has been brutal. And as we head throughout the night tonight, do want to put this on your map. Its 40s degrees in santa rosa. Temperat a