Will the people behind it Face Criminal Charges . And all dogs go to heaven. What pope francis said that has all tails wagging today, friday, december 12th, 2014. 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 friday morning. Our tails are wagging because of this story out of st. Peters square where the pope had an encounter with a young boy who was heartbroken over the loss of his dog. He kind of reversed catholic dogma when he said, in fact, all gods creatures can go to heaven. This is Dylan Dreyers dog, bosco, in the orange room. Very happy about this. Survey says yes. Real good one to start this morning. Lets start with our top store, that fierce storm in california leading to deaths and this mudslide that triggered evacuations in camarillo overnight. Good morning to you. Reporter very dicey and fluid situation outside los angeles. Rock and mudslide has hit this community. First responders are going door to door to check on local residents. There was concern that a rock slide would hit this area. Now this storm is slamming not just this community, but this entire region. From San Francisco to los angeles, pounding rain, devastating wind and severe flooding, one of the wettest, most destructive storms in recent memory. Rising water led to evacuations. Ive never seen anything like this. The wind and rain, ripping down power lines. In San Francisco, a transformer explosion. A quarter million homes and businesses lost power. In san jose, a roof collapsed at a grocery store. One shopper left injured. This morning, fears in Southern California that hills ravaged by wildfires are now ripe for mudslides. Once the rain comes and the mud starts to flow, theres nothing residents can do. Reporter heavy snow was in the forecast for the sierras, up to three feet expected. Some prepared for the worst but found off and on in the floods, this man kayaking home. Winds so powerful, another surfed lake tahoe. But for many this morning, the threat is real and this monster storm is far from over. With rocks and mud still flowing in this community, there is good news. There doesnt appear to be any injury so far. Certainly a preview of what is expected to come later today. Savannah . Miguel almaguer in camarillo, california. Thank you very much. Al . You have more on this. Yes. The bad news is were nowhere near done. We get what we call training effects coming in here. Streaming out of the pacific, it will be a real mess, just continue to bring more showers and thunderstorms. Flash flood warnings for much of los angeles and ventura counties. Flash flood watches as well. This system pushes in, powerful frontal system. The good news, if there is any, there seems to be a 20 knockdown of the drought thats been going on. And when you look at these numbers, you can see why. Were talking rainfall again over the next 46 to 48 hours, were talking about anywhere from two to four inches of rain, especially in some of the reservoir regions. And in the sierra, we could be looking at another four feet of snow. Now the bad news is, this system is moving to the east and it is going to be affecting probably about 70 of the country as we go into the weekend. Wow, a fierce one. Al, thank you. Thank you very much. In the wake of this weeks damning torture report, the cias director is now vowing that the agency is done using socalled enhanced interrogation techniques. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell is in washington with more on that story. Hi, andrea. Hi, matt. Good morning. John brennan acknowledged mistakes but also forcefully rebutted some of the key conclusions of that Senate Torture report and refused to do what president obama has done, called what happened torture. The secretive cia opened its doors to reporters and cameras for its first Live Press Conference as john brennan tried to turn the page on that explosive Senate Torture report. My fervent hope is that we can put aside this debate and move forward to focus on issues that are relevant to our Current National security challenges. Reporter calling the period after 9 11 a difficult time, brennan said cia did a lot of things right to keep the country safe. He admitted some of the tactics in the agencys Interrogation Program were abhorrent, were they ever to use such brutal tactics, what he calls etis, ever again. Waterboarding, near drowning, slamming people against the wall. We are not contemplating at all getting back into that Program Using any of the etis. Reporter he rebutted the harsh tactics did not help find osama bin laden. It is our view that these detainees provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. Reporter Senate Intelligence chair Dianne Feinstein offered a realtime rebuttal, tweeting in part, study shows it is knowable. Cia had info before torture. Read the report. Later feinstein issued a statement mostly praising brennan, saying he showed that cia leadership is prepared to prevent this from ever happening again, which is all important. But theres already been damage done. The cia director acknowledged what the president has also said, that Foreign Intelligence Services and other allies are concerned about this report. Some democrats have called for brennan to be fired but the president is defending him. While brennan seeks to return the agency to its clandestine roots. I think theres enough transparency over the last few days. I think its over the top. It gave the adversaries a chance to accuse the u. S. Of hipocrisy. On International Human rights. China and russia mock the u. S. China staterun media saying we advise them to reflect on and correct their own problems. And stop their unwarranted attacks on china. Matt . Andrea mitchell, thank you very much. The fallout is growing this morning from that massive hack of sony. It has exposed embarrassing emails from hollywood executives and last night led to one very unusual premiere. Joe friar is in los angeles for us. Joe, good morning. Good morning, savannah. The impact could be felt last night at the premiere for the interview, the controversial comedy that might be the reason behind the tieber attack. No broadcast media was allowed making it unusual. The theater marquise talked about a huge premiere but no reporters, no interviews for a movie called the interview. Billy bush attended the screening. I have never seen a premiere like this one. There were more security here tonight than there were fans. Sony was trying to not celebrate, not make it a spectacle. Reporter the massive sony cyber attack has exposed Social Security numbers, salaries for employees, stars and execs plus private communications including an email exchange between producer scott ruden and amy pacal, wondering what movies president obama amight enjoy should i ask them if he would like django . Rudin writes 12 years. Pascal writes or the butler. I bet he likes kevin hart. I think the culture of hollywood will change by this. I think people are thinking twice of what theyre putting in emails. I think studios are thinking twice about their security protocol. Reporter both rudin and pascal issued apologies. I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny but in the cold light of day, they are thoughtless and insensitive. Pascal says im so disappointed in myself that i would have had a lapse in my thinking. Of all the things i thought would be said about me, this is the last one. Federal investigators are still trying to identify the hackers who call themselves guardians of peace. Whoever did this is definitely personal and theyre seeing a victim. Theyve already beaten up sony and theyre kicking again and again and again. And we dont know when thats going to stop. The interview will be released on christmas. Cyber Security Experts say this remains an unpredictable environment. No one knows what, if any, information will come out next. Sony will address its employees at a town hall meeting on monday. Savannah . Joe friar in los angeles. Thank you. This has corporations all across the country and probably all around the world rethinking their email policies. Individuals as well. People writing emails may be doing a little soul searching as well. Definitely a wakeup call. Tamarind is in. Lawmakers narrowly avoided shutting down the government. Quite a night in washington, d. C. Again. Its up to the senate to pass a huge 1. 1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running. The measure passed the house thursday after a day of arm twisting. Capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell with the very latest. Good morning. Good morning, tamron. The drama this time came from liberal democrats who nearly scuttled the deal with hours before the deadline. The president got on the phone, the chief of staff from the white house was here. By the narrowest of margins, the house did pass a Government Spending bill that keeps the federal agencies and departments running for a year. Now, democrats had objected to a rollback of financial provisions that would help big wall street banks take some highrisk investment with his taxpayer ensured deposits. In the end, compromise, even ugly compromise, carried the night. And so this was passed. Its now up to the senate to follow through. The house also gave them a little wiggle room with extra deadline until saturday. Tamron . Kelly, thank you very much. Also at capitol hill thursday, a powerful without words. Congressional staffers and members of congress walked out of their offices and stood on the Capitol Steps to protest the grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown and eric garner case. The Senate Chaplain said a prayer asking that Congress Take up action to ensure all americans are treated equally before the law. Tens of thousands of gallons of oil near an environmentally sensitive wild life sanctuary in bangladesh. Threatening dolphin species and other aquatic life. It was carrying more than 92,000 gallons of furnace oil when it was hit by a cargo vessel. Officials are now scrambling to try to minimize that damage. Injured Carolina Panthers quarterback cam newton says returning to football is not something he is worried about right now. First appearance since an awful car crash tuesday that left him with broken bones in his back. Was looking at the situation at hand. You know, im lucky to be standing in front of you guys right now. Newton said the crash taught him sport sincere not everything because it can be gone in an instant. United Airline Passengers are finally on the ground in sydney, australia this morning. Take a listen to this. This is after a nightmare marathon journey. The flight was en route from San Francisco to sydney, but was diverted because there was debris on the runway in sydney. Because the flight crew ran out of flying hours, they were stuck there for more than seven hours while they waited for another set of pilots. It gets better. Really, it gets worse. They were allowed to stretch their legs on the tarmac. What . But could not go any further because customs and immigration facilities were not able to process them. In all, the trip took 20 hours. But for those who originally started out in new york, 30hour journey. Wow i would have been calm. Yeah, you would have. Not cranky. You would have been flying the plane. Get out of my way. Remember those people who pushed the plane . I would have been doing that. Exactly. 7 13 now. Thank you, tamron. Lets turn to al. Really dangerous situation in Southern California, multiple land slides in ventura county. All offduty Emergency Management personnel have been brought on duty. Because of the volatility of this system, there may be funnel clouds reported or even a weak tornado. This is a very dangerous situation, which we will continue to track for you. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Continue to track for you. Well get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Solutions to enable Global Commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. Great job. mandarin cut it out. See you tomorrow. Pretty strong showers right now, heavy downpours coming through. We had a little bit of a break. All that heavy stuff pushing over central valley, right over where the farmers desperately need that rain. Were going to track the showers where they develop for you. As we head throughout the day, keep your umbrella handy, although not as much rain, chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Ather. All right, al, thanks very much. Turn now to a tragic fire on a cruise ship that killed three workers. This morning that cruise is coming to an early end. Julia bagg from wtvj in miami has the latest on this. Julia, good morning to you. Good morning, matt. Passengers who arrived here in miami, weve been speaking with them. Theyre clearly shaken. Some of them tell us that they heard explosions before they saw smoke. Smelled like the bottom of a volcano. Sulfur from the fire. Reporter tense moments aboard the insignia cruise ship thursday morning after a fire broke out in the engine room killing a crew member and two contractors. Signal went and i went off the ship on to the dock and looked up and there was enormous amounts of jet black smoke. Reporter the ship was adocked at st. Lucia when the fire began ask contained to the engine room and extinguishes but not before all 650 passengers were evacuated from the ship. In a statement this morning, they said, we are deepened saddened by the tragic events that occurred this morning on insignia. We have extended our heartfelt condolences. It parted from san juan. Passengers were flown to miami where theyre now waiting for flights to return home. Everything they possibly could to make us as comfortable as possible. They were really quite outstanding. Reporter the cause of the fire is not yet known. The insignia was built in 1998 and underwent a multimillion dollar renovation earlier this year. All right, julia bagg in miami, thank you very much. Now to dylan coming from the cold. Thank you for that. Really making news about what he said about animals. This is great news. Pope francis can be, you know, a little lyenient but now he is answering the age old question, do all dogs go to heaven. He was consoling a little boy and he said one day well see our animals again. Paradise is open it all of gods creatures. This has a lot of people talking because catholic theologies say dogs have no souls and my dog, or just because i have a treat, she really has no idea what is going on. When you get home, make sure you tell your dogs, we have jules and zarra and malov. Thats one of my dogs. And the happiest dog of all. My dog is slowly running away. So, im going to go. Shes going the whole studio now. Come here. Bosco is making a break for it. Go, bosco, go al has bacon in his pocket. All right. Dylan, thank you. Coming up, Mark Wahlberg is stopping by studio 1a to talk about his new movie and taking a part in a 26yearold assault conviction. Bill cosby most highprofile accuser to date. Why super model Beverly Johnson said she was compelled to finally come forward and detail her encounter with the comedian. First on a friday morning, this is today on nbc. 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Watching the showers really starting to hit the opinions pet this point. Now the activity is ramping up again. The bulk of the moisture pushing over the sierra and into central california. Right now were getting some great rainfall from fresno and down to bakersfield where they really need it when it comes to our farmers. The next half hour, 45 minutes expect slick conditions along 101. Lets check that drive. We have an issue on the peninsula, weekend 92 slows on the hayward side because of that volume of traffic. It looks all right off of the high rise but where im concerned 101 and 92, someone called in recently and said there was flooding in the area where we see that rain coming in. We had a crash in the area as well. Not unusual for 280. Back to you. Another local news update in half an hour. Hope to see you then. 7 30 on this friday morning, december 12th, 2014. Weve got a boisterous crowd out on our plaza. They have a lot to admire, including that beautiful tree. Well go outside in a minute. Nice to have you along on friday morning. Intense storm in california has led to mudslides there. Number of homes in camarillo had to be placed under mandatory evacuation orders overnight. The house narrowly approved a spending bill just before midnight to avoid a shutdown. 60 a barrel for the first time in five years, pushing gas prices even lower. The National Average for a gallon fell two cents overnight to 2. 60. Wow here is a question for you. Would you like to see a dislike button on facebook . No. Okay. Were going to talk about that on trending. We want you to weigh in as well, of course, on our facebook page. Tell us if you like that. Getting a lot of attention. Mark zuckerberg has now weighed in. Well tell you what he said. Exactly. Lets start this half hour with the most highprofile accuser to date coming forward accusing bill cosby of drugging her. Tamron has the latest on that. Good morning. In an essay published on thursday, super model Beverly Johnson accused bill cosby of drugging her at his home in 1986. I spoke to johnson at her home in california last night. Here is what she had to say about the devastating evening with the comedian almost 30 years ago. I was totally helpless. I was on the verge of passing out. I knew that, you know, i was going to be unconscious. Reporter Beverly Johnson is a groundbreaking figure, rising to stardom as a super model in the 1970s. Now shes joining more than two dozen women who publicly accuse bill cosby of drugging and abusing them. I most certainly didnt think of my legacy as being the first africanamerican model to grace the cover of vogue and drugged by bill cosby. Reporter johnson says she thought she was auditioning for a part on the cosby show when she went to his new york city home in 1986. She said cosby insisted she drink a cappuccino. I immediately felt something from the first sip and it was almost like i didnt really believe it, so i took another sip. And it wasnt long after that that i knew i had been drugged. Reporter johnson says she felt the effects instantly. The room started to spin a little. And i was getting very woozy. Reporter johnson said she thought that cosby expected her to submit to him but managed to fight back. I just started to swear and curse and had a i wanted him to know that i knew he had drugged me. And it was i dont know. I just went on survival mode. Reporter she says he yanked her down the stairs and shoved her into a cab. I woke up the next day, totally disoriented and then remembering exactly what happened, was devastated and disappointed. Reporter johnson said she struggled over the decision to tell her story. At the time, i felt that it would hurt my career, most certainly. He was a very powerful man. Reporter even keeping the secret from loved ones like her own daughter. I told her what would she tell her daughter, my granddaughter, if she ever came to her and said, hey, mom, ive been drugged. What would you do . And she said, mom, youre doing the right thing. I support you. I said i love you. She said yes, youre doing the right thing. Reporter after decades of silence, johnson decided now was the time to speak out. I want to stand with these women that have come out. I want to have a platform for one out of every six women that are sexually assaulted. Reporter an attorney for bill cosby had no comment on these latest allegations. For johnson, she said sharing her story isnt about bringing down cosby. Its about empowering other victims of abuse. This is bigger than bill cosby. This is about, you know, women and violence on women. This is about women finding their voice. I feel that cosby took my power that evening and that i took my power back. Tamron, you spoke to her last night. It sounds like she really struggled with the decision. Whether to come public with it. She did. So did her family, quite honestly. Beverly johnson said her daughter and other family members cautioned her. They were worried that this would, in the end, hurt her legacy and hurt her career and she decided enough is enough. In her own words, she took back her power. Its a devastating story. Really is. Listen, i think she hits all of the notes in the questions that many people have, particularly in the Africanamerican Community where there are few tv legends of this caliber. And she says this comes at a time when we are discussing race in a very raw and open way. And this is not about race. This is not about a tv legend. This is not about bill cosby. Its about, what she says, are people taking advantage of the vulnerable and is joining forces to speak out. Interesting conversation, tamron. Thank you very much. Taking a turn, police in philadelphia are hoping that new Surveillance Video will lead to answers in the mysterious disappearance of a College Student last seen more than two weeks ago. Erica hill has been following that investigation. Erica, good morning. Good morning to you, savannah. From the very beginning, Shane Montgomerys family has been holding out hope that many of the cameras where shane disappeared would offer an answer. This morning there is at least one new clue. Investigators today are searching this area with a renewed focus. After a video from a nail salon emerged showing 21yearold Shane Montgomery in the moments after he left kildares irish pub. He walked on to a foot path, it leads to one place, isolated parking lot that sits between the canal and the river. That same video does not show montgomery leaving the parking lot. This is the last place that we know he came. This is why were starting here. We didnt find anything of shanes at all. No sweatshir,t no clothing, no nothing. Thats what were still looking for. Everybody is going back to the same areas, hoping something is going to pop up. Reporter police say the 21yearold walked into the lot of his own and wasnt followed. Shanes parents have not seen the video. But from the beginning they said his sudden disappearance didnt add up. There is no way he just walked away and left me and kevin and my family worried about him. Reporter investigators tell nbc news this video is the first lead to point them in a, quote, promising direction. Its very frustrating. My heart goes out to the family. I know were doing everything we can to help find him. Now in keeping with initial reports officials made it clear Shane Montgomery did not appear intoxicated on that new video. The reward for any information is now up to 65,000. Anyone who has a tip is urged to call the Philadelphia Police or the fbi. And theyre just reiterating, they have so few leads, anything, anything could be important. I feel so bad for that family. Yeah. And its a true mystery. Erica, thank you so much for that update. Lets take a turn and get a check of the weather now from al. Announcer todays sunday night football weather is brought to you by nfl mobile. Exclusively from verizon. We continue to follow this breaking Weather Information and story thats going on in Southern California. We get these storm reports in. Theyve got mud and rock dirt flows in parts of Southern California. Were talking about debris, vehicles trapped, people stuck inside. Severe flooding, flash flood warnings in effect for much of los angeles and ventura counties this morning. Were watching the radar pushing this heavy rain onshore. As it does we also have the possibility of funnel clouds and also a weak tornado. Wind gusts of over 45 Miles Per Hour in and around los angeles, rainfall amounts are generally going to be about three to four inches. In some of the foothills, we could be looking upwards of 5 to 6 inches of rain. Rainfall amounts, rainfall rates per hour, one to two inches. This could be catastrophic. Thats whats going on around the country. 7 39. We still got some light showers in san jose. Some heavier rainfall in San Francisco. I want to keep you upto date with the historic statistics. The third most rain ever in san jose from a single storm in a 24hour period. The most rain we had in 24 hours since 1958. That is just how much moisture this storm had with it. At this point a lot of that heavy stuff is located right along the peninsula. At this point it still west of 280 and 101. Well keep you updated right here on nbc bay area. Ooh, cowboys. This is a battle between savannah and tamron. May the best bird win. Lincoln financial field. Clear, cold, 41 degrees. What did you say. 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The future is renewable the greenpeace slogan said, but placed on ancient art . 20 of them left footprints in the ground. Furious, the minister called it a slap in the face. Greenpeace is known for its controversial stunts. Boarding oil rigs and on land, scaling famous buildings, causing security fears, battling government to save the planet. This time, the groups message was that many years ago the civilization was ruined by flooding. A whole culture disappeared because of climate change. Reporter an omen for today, activists said, as leaders meet in peru. Walking across the art of an ancient people has done more damage. Calling the act careless and crass. Saying sorry may not be enough for perus authorities, threatening to press charges and not letting those activists leave the country until all of this is resolved. Matt . Keir simmons, they may be looking for a new strategist at greenpeace. Thank you. Yeah, not good. 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Maybe it isnt that light but i guess compared to yesterday, christina. The flooding potential will decrease potentially. Geyserville, just under a witt of rainfall. Over 9 inches for pescadero, milpitas 4. 5 and 4 inches in san jose, a record. Light showers starting to push on shore, really impacts San Francisco south down to the peninsula. And for the next couple of hours well be tracking that for you. Heres mike and your drive. Slow up pass the coliseum and high street. The golden gate bridge, soupy conditions. Youll have to put your wipers back on over the north bay. Still wet around much of the bay, slowing around arunda. The rest of your bay looks really good. Back to the today show. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up i see youre half a Million Dollars up. Ive been up 2. 5 million. Mark wahlberg stops by studio 1a to promote his new movie. And also, a crime. The answer may surprise you. From music to movies, memorable moments. Well take you through People Magazines best of 2014 today, friday, december 12th, 2014. Shout out to san diego and our families shout out to north dakota from the today show. Were from montgomery, alabama, celebrating. Been a fan of the today show since i was 10. First annual girls weekend in new york. Three generations from new orleans whoo were back now, 8 00 on a friday morning. Its the 12th day of december, 2014. Can we just stop for a second and say we have a huge crowd out on the plaza today . Huge and happy. By the way, 13 days until christmas. D dylan dreyer has not done her Christmas Shopping. Watch the show. Next week, we will get you set for the holiday. Everything from gifts under 50 bucks, how to avoid the holiday creep. That does that mean like the creep at the office party or creeping pounds . Creeping up on you. Oh, okay. And michael buble. That will be fun. Yes. Were gearing up for christmas. First, natalies on assignment. Tamron is inside with a check of the top stories of the morning. Good morning. Take it away. Powerful storm has turned deadly with falling trees blamed for two deaths in oregon. Fierce winds and rain are causing building damage, flooding and even evacuations. Los angeles has activated its Emergency Operation center. Power outages are widespread with a transformer explosion in San Francisco, adding to the problem. Cia director john brennan admitted thursday that some of the interrogation tactics used after 9 11 were abhorrent but refused to call them torture. He disagreed with a Senate Report that concluded the harsh tactics did not help find osama bin laden. It is our considered view that the detainees who were subjected to enhance interrogation techniques provided information that was useful and was used in the ultimate operation to go against bin laden. Brennan said the cia is now done using what he called enhanced interrogation techniques. The fallout over embarrassing hacked emails at Sony Pictures reached the red carpet thursday night. Tv news cameras were not allowed on the carpet for the hollywood premiere of the interview. Personal information about stars and private emails were hacked. Sony pictures chair amy pascal apologized for emails joking about what movies president obama might enjoy. All of those films with africanamerican stars. The former Korean Airlines executive who delayed a flight because she was unhappy with the way she was served macadamia nut sincere apologizing today. Heather cho says she regrets last weeks incident. She was displeased being served macadamia nut s in a bag and no a plate. The plane was brought back to the gate so the chief could be removed. Tapping into the holiday spirit, genesee brewery is celebrating christmas with a 23foot tall Christmas Tree with empty kegs. They hope to make it an annual tradition. Lets get another check on the weather with al. And thank you so much, tamron. Weve got all these folks. Celebrating your 50th birthday today. Wow, where are you guys from . Im from dixon, tennessee. And im from dallas, texas. Are you twins . Identical. Look at that. Good to see you. We think we have some triplets over there. Well have to check them out in just a bit. Big story today, Southern California. Heavy rain, winds over 50, 60mileperhour wind gusts and theyre worried about the burn areas from oxnard, santa palo. No vegetation because of all the wildfires. A real mess going on over there. And here are the triplets. Youre 18 today . Yes. Whats your name . Faith, grace and hope. What terrific names. Thats wonderful. Thanks for bringing faith, grace and hope to our show. We appreciate that. Thats 8 05 now. I really have some great statistics to bring you. Obviously, yesterday was tough with all the rainfall coming in. Everybody played it relatively safe, but this is one of the Success Stories we get to bring you as of this point. Because of the rain from yesterday, we are at 269 of normal for this time of year, and this is for mountain view, where weve had nearly seven times as much rain as all of last year, and we havent even hit our rainy season just yet. Thats january, february. Light showers on the peninsula for now. And that is your latest weather. Up next on trending, seeing double. This toddlers baffling experience with twins. All right. And then Mark Wahlberg is here. He will open up about life, his new movie and the underbelly of hollywood. Ooh. And the most unforgettable people, songs and movies and more from 2014. First these messages. So many gifts to buy at so many stores. Too bad some cash back cards only let you earn bonus cash back at a few places. Then those categories change every few months. Sometimes its drug stores, then its hardware stores. Nothing says happy holidays like a shovel. Fortunately theres the quicksilver card from capital one. With quicksilver you earn unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase every day. Tis the season to ask. Whats in your wallet . Tis the season to ask. Means making your making cookies special. Cial, and country crocks fresh buttery taste and smooth, creamy texture means your cookies will turn out just the way you like em. Extra soft. And extra special. Welcome to crock country. Ah, the bold new camry. You can get a great deal during toyotathon. I love the new look. And its a blast to drive. Oh, so youve driven it . [motor racing] woooooooo yeah, ive taken it for a spin. Toyotathon is on, get low 1. 9 apr financing for 60 months on the bold new 2015 camry. Offer ends january 5th. Plus every new toyota comes with toyotacare, toyotas no cost maintenance plan. I know a great place for a drive. That walmart has at unbeatable f prices. Gifts and im going to show you how to wrap them. First we have the beats pill xl now thats a tough one to wrap, melissa. I would just wrap it like a piece of candy okay. Next, for the kids, a zoomer dino good luck wrapping that. This is when a gift bag comes in handy well now, an amazing kitchenaid stand mixer. Stumped you on this one, didnt i . Nope. Youre good. Its a gift. Get to walmart for the top 100 gifts at unbeatable prices. Or, order online for Free Shipping by christmas. More ways to christmas joy. Walmart. All right. Its 8 09. Here is a question for the group. Would you like to dislike . Facebooks like button is one of its most popular features. So should the site now introduce a dislike button, allowing you to show your disapproval on certain posts and pictures. Excuse me. At a town hall thursday, Mark Zuckerberg said facebook is considering the idea but is concerned dislike button will cause hurt feelings. Have you seen the rest of the site . Have you been on the internet yet, mark . He raises a good point. Maybe we could open up ourselves of having a range of human emotions. Its weird when you like something. But dislike is kind of negative. Maybe it will be sad or perplexed. I dont think we need to add more what did your parents used to say . If you cant Say Something nice, dont say anything at all . Plus you have a comment section. If you dont have anything nice to say, go to the comment section. We asked people if they would like a dislike button. This one wasnt even close. 86 like the idea, voting yes. 14 say no. They dislike it. I think they want more options. Here is a question that will spark a lot of debate around the breakfast table. Which gender is more sympathetic when their partner has a cold . Men or women . Well, there is now Scientific Evidence to settle this once and for all. Researchers say, wait for it, men are the more patient and sympathetic sex about a partners sickness. Of course. They put up with a partner for an average of 19 hours while women were able to deal for just 16 hours. I cant go an hour. Unfortunately the average cold lasts about seven days. To only get through 19 hours. I think this is so true. Men are nice about it when the women have a sickness, but men i dont know. Im always like, get over it. I think thats because were bigger baby. Thats what it is. You whine whereas women are more tolerant. Im the most unsympathetic person when someone has a cold. Really . You should see what happens when you break a leg with with her. How about this . How many times have you been out and about and you forget to bring your identification with you . Iowa may have a new solution. The state is now developing an app to display drivers licenses on your smart phone. The app is the first of its kind. It would be free. But it could present several challenges, like making sure the idea is authentic and secure. Also what happens if you get stopped by police and your phone is out of batteries . Thats the new i forgot my i. D. The time has come. You have apple pay and other technology. Why not have it on a phone . Makes sense. As adults, of course, were fascinated by twins. Can you imagine what a baby thinks of them . We now know, thanks to one very expressive toddler. Take a look. This is one of the most Popular Videos on the huffington post. His name is landen. Look at him. Wouldnt you love if he was the e trade baby . One baby is all upset. The other one is fine. Hes like, what is going on here . This goes on for several moments. Nobody is attending to the crying baby. Occasionally, he looks at whoever is taping like explain this. Help me. Should have gotten a heads up on this. That is whats trending today. Im going to leave you guy. Where are you going to go . Im going to walk a little ways across the studio. How come . Im going to have a conversation with Mark Wahlberg, who stars in the new movie the gambler, playing a college professor, whose addiction sends his life spiraling, im going to get to him, out of control. Take a look. Do you know who does ride at the highest level . When most of us, and even i, even i write barely adequately. Do you know who it is . Dont give me that look. No, no, no, no. It isnt the one who talks the most. Youre an npr host tops. The literary person in here is miss phillips. She is better at write iing tha our u. S. Amateur number two at a tennis, yet she chooses to hide or blend in the rest of you. My understanding is you agreed to do this movie just on the script alone. Yes. You didnt even know who the director was yet. No. But bill monahan wrote the screen play. Its very rare you get to work with a talent like that. He has the best dialogue, best character. I was a huge fan of the original. James toback is a friend, jimmy kahn is a dear friend and mentor. They could have said directing it, and you would have been toast. No, no. Any trepidation about stepping in a role that someone did so successfully . No. He did such a great job of making it our own, i thought we could do something different. I was shooting transformers. I was in michigan. We were hooking up with various professors, sat in on many lectures at ucla, usc. Really had to do my homework. I had six good months of preparation to be believable as a professor. This guy, his life is spiraling out of control. In the movie, gambling is the vehicle that helps him spiral out of control. Yes. You get the sense that he would spiral out of control whether it was for gambling or not. Gambling just happened to be the thing that he stumbled upon. In the original for jimmy kahns character, he only felt he was alive when the dice were rolling or that card to be flipped. It was the opposite for my character. His grandfather was the 17th richest man in california. He shuns all that . Yeah. He wants to start at nothing, dealing with very dangerous people. He doesnt have much desire to live until he meets and is inspired by this student played by brie larson, has this talent and gift that he aspires to and that motivates him and inspires him to come out of this. John goodman was here not too long ago. He said the reason he wanted to make the movie was because of you working in it. I always marvel at his evolution, from his days on Television Sitcom to the kind of work he does in movies now. George kennedy came out of retirement to play my grandfather, jessica lang. That attributes that to the writing. Bill monahan writes these juicy characters that people want to blend. Youve been in the news recently for a subject that has nothing to do with making movies. Yes. You filed paperwork with the massachusetts parole board to get a pardon from felony convictions. Its well known you didnt grow up in a Norman Rockwell existence. No, not at all. Outside boston. You were arrested and spent time in jail for violent assault. Why do you want a pardon . There seems to be some discrepancy there. Yeah. Of course, everybody has an opinion, is entitled to it. Whether im deserving of it or not. From the day i woke up in prison, realized the mistakes i made and the pain i caused people, i committed to turning my life around, which is not an easy thing to do. A i still had to go to prison. Not being in the gang anymore left me alone. I was basically a follower instead of a leader and i needed to change my ways. Going back to the community, still living in that neighborhood and having to go to the train station every day and pass those guys was a tough thing to do. I was committed to turning my life around and committed to turning other kids lives around and helping to avoid the mistakes i made. Its an evolution. Youre a father also. This is 27 years in the works. If im not granted the pardon it will not change my commitment to working in the community. Have you read the speculation, that you want to become a reservist in the Los Angeles Police department. That i never applied for. Youre looking for a Liquor License for a restaurant and you cant get it with a felony on your record . Yes. We have two restaurants. And there will be other reasons that because of my celebrity, my success, im waving that magic wand. Its never been about that. Ive turned my life around and become a productive person in the community. Imageconscious hollywood, probably the last thing i pr person would want you to do, dig up the past. Especially around the opening of a film. Ive always been completely open about my past. We probably had this conversation many times. Yeah. Ive been talking about it for over 25 years since ive been in the public eye. Not proud of what ive done. Im committed to making sure i pay for my mistake and hopefully help kids avoid making those mistakes. We cover this had sony hack story in the news. Youre one of the producers of entourage, a show that kind of exposed the underbelly of hollywood a little bit. Sony hack story is doing the same thing in a different way. Whats your take on whats going on here . It is pretty crazy whats going on. I dont really know all the details. It would be unfair for me to really comment. Only what ive read in the paper. Its pretty crazy. Strange world. Nothing is secure. Everything we think we can say on emails or in Text Messages gets out there sooner or later. Im a pretty oldfashioned guy. I would prefer to talk to somebody directly. What about the days of handwritten notes . If only we could get back to those. Mark, good to see you. The gambler opens christmas day. Lets head over to savannah. Announcer getting to the heart of christmas is brought to you by walmart. Where youll find low prices on this years top gifts. All right. Now to our special series, getting to the heart of christmas. For the sixth year in a row we are working with walmart. Kerry sanders has the story. Ill get out my tissues. These are always so emotional. Indeed. Good morning. If christmas is about giving, then the woman we met in detroit is the poster child. She is not famous. Shes not rich. But still shes giving everything she has to make sure, in her neighborhood, no kid goes hungry. America may be the land of plenty. But in detroit, in crumbling neighborhoods, we met families surviving on charity. Without this, kids go home. This is the face of hunger in america. But among the burnedout and boarded up homes, we found hope. And her name is auntie cher, a superhero, who saw hungry kids right in her neighborhood. Theres a hunger crisis. Families around here are struggling. Reporter what is this down here . Her first steps to a solution . Auntie cher funded her own neighborhood food bank. This is the aftermath of flooding. Reporter despite that citywide flood the food bank survived. How much money do you think you spent out of your pocket this last year . I dont know. I dont even know. Reporter you dont keep track of that . I dont. Reporter then the food truck she spearheaded, free meals with the nonprofit organization, no kid hungry. You need more chers. Shes extraordinary. Reporter tom nelson with no kid hungry. Were going to end child hunger in this country. It is doable. Reporter auntie cher is a superhero. She grew up poor, one of 11 kids. Today she single handedly is raising twin adopted boys. Who can squeeze the tightest . Reporter what do you want for christmas . That every child has a meal for the holidays. Reporter this year jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way reporter christmas wishes here are about to come true. On christmas, what do we do . We open presents. Reporter right. We rip open presents. Reporter where do we see something to rip open . The wrapped windows. Five, four, three, two, one reporter just outside, a truck to help santas delivery. Lets take a look over here and see what the elves are going to bring in. A gift that brings mother Andrea Wilson to tears and, yes, even superheroes cry. Thank you so much. Oh, my god. Reporter did anybody see an elf . Yeah. Reporter where . Right there. Reporter where, here . A whisper and then off to another surprise. For some of these kids, this is the first new bike theyve ever rode. Awesome. Reporter whats that . Incredible. Reporter you didnt expect this . No. Reporter what do you think . Awesome. Its awesome. Reporter its your color . Yes. Reporter all of this for and because of the unheralded woman they only know as auntie cher. [ chanting auntie cher ] there you go. Reporter and to keep her Mission Going walmart is donating 10,000 worth of groceries. Oh, my god 10,000 worth of groceries. Merry christmas merry christmas, indeed. Some very happy kids. Shes amazing. What a great story. Kerry, thank you so much. Well send it over to matt. Sav ana thanks. Well have those holiday gift ideas for the people who help you out all year long. Were talking about babysitters, teachers and mailman. Elizabeth mayhew has those and we hav youre watching today in the bay. A very good friday morning to you. Im laura garciacannon. A live look at san jose right now. Far cry from yesterday at this time. Thats when that historic storm started rolling in. Didnt leave the area until after midnight. How heavy was it in the south bay . San jose received its highest oneday rain total since 1958. Emergency drill planned for the tunnel has been cancelled. It was supposed to take place tonight in the new fourth bore. Caltrans says Severe Weather conditions forced the postponement. Lets check the morning commute, see if its light. Its light, but not as light as yesterday, obviously, because of weather. Well talk about that, as well, laura. Over here the bay bridge, just the fast track lanes backed up. Typical for a friday. Wet roads, rain traveled through, look at the slowdown here. Some of the traffic at the bay bridge is held up on our maps. Youll see it north 880 coming through the area and also west 24 coming into the tunnel, youre slammed. Another crash caused that. Its starting to sort out now. More slowing on the peninsula for south 280 and south 101, as well as north 101 coming into San Francisco. Flooding in the area, as well. South bay moves nicely, so does the east bay. Back to you. Thank you so much. Another local news update in half an hour. Well see you then. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, it is 8 30 now. Pret day on a plaza made prettier by ashanti, delivering copies of her cd a wonderful christmas with ashanti. Well catch up with her in a minute. Good to have you along on a friday. It certainly is. Hollywood superstars, music maverick, viral videos all according to our friends at People Magazine. Stuff we love that we can make great gifts to say thank you to all the helpers in our life, that make our lives easier and a little bit better. Very nice. Live performance from new Broadway Revival of the musical side show. That is going to be beautiful. But lets bring in someone we just love around here. Ashanti, good morning to you. How are you . Merry christmas. Hi. Wonderful christmas with ashanti. Yes. That raises the question, whats christmas like with ashanti . Its amazing. Family, friends, great food, giving and just grateful. You mentioned family. I believe your mom sent us a picture. Uhoh. All right . We want to show this picture up here. Its you oh how old were you there . Thats a lot of tinsel there, too. I think i was 4 or 5. What are your memories of christmas at that age . Barbie dolls, toys, feeling grateful and family and fun. Take the picture. Right there right . Your entire family jinx. Buy me a coke. Your entire family sings on this new album. Yeah. What was that like, keeping it in the family . It was a very long session. My mom, my dad, my sister and my cousin and we sing white christmas. Harmonies together. When youre not recording for a song its way easier. But when you have to focus, were like, dad, get the note right. You know what i mean . Come on, weve got to get it right. It was really cool. Lot of fun. First time i did that in my whole career. Oh, put the picture up one more time at 4 years old. Oh, my gosh adorable. Thank you so much. Thank you. Merry christmas. Al, check of the weather . Quickly show you what weve got going on for today, over the weekend. That mess in california now rolls into the four corners and parts of the plains. Then on sunday, sunday, weve got more sunshine along the eastern seaboard. Wet weather makes its way from the great lakes down into texas. Showers, another storm system moving in to northern california. Just well, we dont need the insult to the injury. I got to tell you that much. We had a pounding yesterday, but we do need the rain. That is the reality here in this great state of california. Some great totals to bring to your attention. 3. 23 at the airport, third most rain ever recorded in a 24hour period for san jose, and the most rain that weve had in 24 hours since 1958. That is substantial, and theres more on the way, although the showers are just starting up, watch out for isolated thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. Gl and thats your latest weather. Dylan . Al, thanks. On thursday, savannah helped out hope for the holidays in harlem. We partnered with feeding america for million meals by christmas. For every dollar donated between now and christmas, ten meals will be given to people in need. Nestle company and its employees have generously donated an entire truckload of food, plus an additional 15,000, bringing our grand total to more than 400,000 meals. Just a reminder, our city challenge, meterologists from the place that donates the most meals will come in and do the weather with al. Top three cities, baltimore, maryland, detroit, michigan, and st. Louis, missouri. What will you remember from 2014 . People magazine are celebrating the best of 2014 in their yearend magazine. Editorial director, jeff, great to have you. Thank you. Maleficent seems like it came out ages ago, made 750 million worldwide. She directed a movie unbroken, which comes out christmas day. She got married. Very fine director sbchlt she managed to keep it a secret and she gave us the photo. Woman of the year. Fascinating people for a long time. Not just this year. She directed unbroken this year. You dont label that your top movie of the year. Shame on you. I should have. Just for the wedding photos alone. However, she did a very nice job with it. The theory of everything. Its playing across the country. It will be expanding. This is a movie about Stephen Hawking and his wife, jane. It is a beautiful, beautiful movie. Eddie redmayne, i think, is a star already. I watch this had movie. This is going to take him to the next level. I think its one of the greatest performances ever put on film. It is an extraordinary performance. Felicity jones as his wife, also fantastic. Lots of golden globe nominations, Screen Actor Guild nominations. I prkt a ledict a lot of oscar nominations. Top movie of the year. This is a hard one. I dont know how you pick. Top music. This is taylor swift. She dominated music like no she set record after record, even cranky old guys like me who used to dismiss her as this, you know, girl that sang about the guys she dated, she has evolved into a formidable, formidable artist. She was great this year. Real crossover year for her from country to pop to everything. She is a true woman of her age. 50 million twitter followers. She just dominates everything. Lets go viral. Were not talking about the flu. Were talking about those moments everybody talks about. You went with ellen degenerous. This is the most retweeted photo of the year. Twitter gives an award called its golden tweet. This is it. Obviously, this is when she was at the oscars. She got everybody from kevin spacey, everybody, bradley cooper, brad pitt. She got everybody around her and did this selfie, retweeted like 3. 3 million times. It may be the most retweeted photo ever. You have chosen the top photo of the year which i heartily agree with. Tell us about it. This was a little boy at a racial protest, holding up a sign that said free hugs and this cop from portland went over and saw the opportunity, gave him a hug. It was not a photoop. It was caught on film. The media got some criticism for running this photo a lot. And the implication being were trying to, you know, pretend like the problems are not there. I dont think that it means everythings okay. But it does mean that theres hope. And it means theres people on both sides of this issue that really want healing. By the way, when we have you here next thursday night on nbc, the firstever People Magazine award. Very excited about it. Broadcast live from l. A. Well honor the best in music and movies and all that. Always great to have you here. Thank you very much. Happy holidays. You can catch People Magazine awards live next thursday 9 00 pm eastern here on nbc. Holiday gifts for some of the most important people in your life, like the babysitter. First this is today on nbc. All right. Were back at 8 40 with the stuff we love. Holiday edition. Gifts for your teacher, hairstylists, great gift idea force you from elizabeth mayhew. Good morning. Good morning. People love to give cash. Is that not good to do . No, but sometimes people want to give more and some people dont want to give cash. You can do it in conjunction with or on their own. Jeannine, our babysitter. Whats something you get that you dont like very much or wish you would not get . I definitely think jewelry. I dont wear that much and i get a lot of it. All right. Something that you can give in conjunction with a gift card or on its own, no chewing allowed truffles. Its an over 75yearold french recipe. You get them from no chewing allowed. The name is cute. Babysitters are always giving rules of things you cant do. Kids are always putting things in their mouths. A gift giving back to mom, phone charger. You should always be able to get in touch with him or her. This is from shutterfliechlt you c can put a picture of your kid on the top. Fun way to give a gift card, pinball machines. Put a gift card or money in the slot. You have to win it to get the money out. Thats cute. Its all about the presentation. All about the presentation. Jade is doing marias hair. What do you like to get for christmas from your clients . No more wine glasses, please. No more wine glasses. Good to know. What do you suggest . I went to mark and graham where you can personalize all kinds of things. Credit card case with her initials on it. They get a lot of money in tips. They have their little bags of money all over the place. Her dogs are barking. Flipflops from jack rogers, 49. This is the jelly version. Theyre kind of cushy. Sit well with you . Good . I love that pouch. We have a winner. Thank you, ladies. The teacher. You mentioned earlier, teachers generally cant accept cash, right . So this is cher. Hi. We are not going to give her cash. What would you not like to get . What are you sick of . I love smells, perfume is no good for me. Im hyper sensitive and break out in hives everywhere. I get a lot of perfume for some reason. Thats so personal, what smell somebody likes. Number one, meals. You must get home, be exhausted by the end of the day. D cuisine, 50, 100, 200. You get a 100 gift card, 20 off. Thats great. They go right to your home. Delicious. And school supplies, always buying her own stuff. Ikea has a whole new paper line right here, which is starting at 90 everything is 99 cents pretty much. And then staples has a very fashionable Cynthia Rowley collection. That is a good present, too. Thank you, cher. Winner for you . Yeah. Now we have our dog walker. Very important job. What are some gift that is you get that you dont necessarily love . Well, i got a gift card to a store in William Sonoma they do these peppermint bark paws and they know youre pounding the pavement, like you said. An all rubber boot, like a rubber high top you can wear or a allweather hightop. Lastly from human creations, a hand warmer and it charges your phone. Staz warm for five hours you just put it in your pocket. You like that . Definitely. Elizabeth, some great ideas, appreciate it, thank you so much. A special surprise for an inspirational coach. But, first, this is today on nbc. vo nourished. Rescued. Protected. Given new hope. During the subaru share the love event, subaru owners feel it, too. Because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. Well have given 50 Million Dollars over seven years. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Were back now with our special series with the nfl together we make football. This morning well introduce you to a woman who is a mom, a coach and inspiration. Heres josh elliot. Patriots on three. One, two, three patriots that was weak. That was weak. Im the head coach of the tiny might. Reporter in sharletsville, virginia, youll find a team of patriots led not by bill belichick, but a coach every bit as particular. No, no, no, straight line. Hustle back. Run. Run. Run why are we walking . Theyre ages 5, 6 and 7. You want to give them the basics and its been working for us. Theyre amazing. Throw him the ball reporter growing up in philadelphia, felicia studied the game on sunday. Paying particular attention to one of the fierce tacklers. Im coming. I like watching. We still watch the film, especially little george. Hes my heavy hitter. Reporter being a single mother of five children, working two jobs and coaching football might sound exhausting. But all of that is the easy part. I have multiple sclerosis. Its a disorder for the immune system and it attacks the nerves in your brain. It is hard. But, i mean, you only live once. Reporter an example to her children and to her players. Felicia is about to meet her inspiration. I see people eating and what didnt you all do . Pray. Thank you. God is great, thank you for my food, amen. How are you . Okay. You okay . Oh, my goodness. Would you take a breath first . Im Brian Dawkins. He was a safety. He had over 1,100 tackles. Yes. Was it ninetime probowler. Im a coach now. I like to thank you for sharing your story. There is only six of these balls and this one is yours. Your team and your family get a chance to go to the super bowl. Thank you i had to do a double take, my goodness, this is Brian Dawkins standing here. Remember when i made you watch videos on how to tackle, it was his vide videos. Great day. Great day. Ive never been surprised in my life. You werent broething there for a second. Its very hard to surprise me. She made me nervous for a second. Wonderful reunion and these stories are all great. To watch more of them and your favorites head to togetherwemakefootball. Com. One lucky fan headed to the super bowl and you can watch Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles on sunday night on nbc. Coverage starts at 7 00 p. M. Eastern with football night in america. I do love your loyalty to your man. Thank you. Seriously. Coming up next, the Live Performance from the stars of broadway side show. 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Close the door open for im scared daisy of what being alone but youre not you never have been if we stood on our tiptoes we could see over the fill the and once in a while we would see a girl slowly walking up the hill and we would sing what a sad situation to be outside on your own to go through the day with no playmate to go through life all alone i will never leave you i will never go away we were meant to share each moment beside you is where i will stay ever more and always well be one though were two for i will leave you when the day filled the shadows that stretch into the night i am filled with your sweet comfort like morning fills with light i will never leave you i will never go away we were meant to share each moment beside you is where i will stay evermore and always well be one though we are two for i will never leave you no i will never leave you i will never leave you i will never go away we were meant to share each moment beside you is where i will stay thats where i will stay ever more and always evermore well be one though were two one though were two for i will never i will never i will never leave you absolutely beautiful. From side show, emily pa gechlt tt and e good morning to you. It is 8 56 right now, im laura garciacannon. The heavy rain now gone from yesterdays historic storm. Some problems still linger in parts of the bay area, that includes highway 101 near moffitt field. Crews were still trying to clear the flooding from one lane this morning. In the north bay, crews are still trying to clear out water this morning. Heres how it looked along petaluma boulevard near highway 101 in petaluma. Water levels still high enough to keep roads closed there, but crews managed to clear a nearby drain thats believed to have contributed to some of the flooding problem. Were monitoring everything going on, any continuing problems in the bay area, another local news update in about half an hour. Hope to see you then. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. This is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Its friday morning, december 12th, 2014. Thats a big, enthusiasticrowd out on our plaza. Were happy to see them here this morning. Im willie geist along with al roker and tamron hall. Natalie is on assignment. How are you feeling . Much better, thank you. You need a day. I needed the one day, took the day off. Lot of ricola. You should stock up on that. And i caught up on homeland. Oh got all the way up to speed on homeland which is something you dont have a lot of time to do. Kids were at school. For folk whose dont know what were talking about. Was it wednesday . Wednesday, yeah. You came in. Willie, aka contagion. Thats his nickname. Dont attack me. I was ill. The debate was do you come in sick or stay home . If you have the option of a sick day, do you use it . Right. I usually hesitate to use it. But i woke up yesterday in the middle of the night and felt so bad, there was no upside to coming in. Today im much better. We talked about a study out that said men are more sympathetic when a woman is sick versus a woman being sympathetic to a guy. 19 hours of comfort for men and women gave 16 hours and they were done. What was christina yeah, what was christina like . She thought it was odd i was around. She was like, this is kind of my time . To tell you the truth, she had a good friend of ours that was having a jewelry show in our apartment. While you were supposed to be at work . Long, long scheduled. Here i m i had to be lock add way in the bedroom. You were quarantined . Parade of people going through our apartment, all for a good cause, beautiful jewelry and friend bus it wasnt super peaceful. You werent just lounging around, roaming around in your bath robe . No, no, i was quarantined in my bedroom. New york apartments arent that big. No, they arent. You messed up their flow. They probably had a real good girls time prepared and there you were. They had no idea i was there. Boom. Literally sick and shut in. Christina put a key in the door, locked it. Exactly. Broke the lock off and called it a day. It worked for zbeverybody. Glad youre back. Thank you. Essay published in vanity fair, Beverly Johnson, great model said bill cosby drugged her at his home in 1986 when she believed she was auditioning for his tv show. Tamron spoke with Beverly Johnson on the phone from her home in california last night. Lets listen to a little bit of that. I was totally helpless. I was on the verge of passing out. I knew that, you know, i was going to be unconscious. I immediately felt something the first from the first sip. And it was almost like i didnt really believe it, so i took another sip. And it wasnt long after that that i knew i had been drugged. The room started to spin a little. And i was getting very woozy. I just started to swear and curse and had a tira i wanted him to know that i knew he had drugged me. And it was i dont know. I just went on survival mode. For people who dont know, Beverly Johnson, groundbreaking supermodel. First black woman to grace the page of front cover of vogue magazine, entrepreneur, hugely successful businesswoman. By all accounts considered one of the most successful africanamericans in the united states. And she came forward after she spoke with her family, her daughter. Her daughter now is a mother. And she went to her daughter and said i want to share this story. Interestingly, she wanted to mention it in a memoir, she told me, but her writer said this will never get you wont be able to tell this story. Finally, after seeing nearly 26 women now say or allege that they were drugged or assaulted, she told her daughter. And her daughters first reaction was, this will ruin you. You cant do this. He is a tv icon. He is an icon for africanamericans. Her daughter was worried about what this meant, that people would hate her. She said to her daughter, but if someone had done this to you or my grandchild, i would want them to be exposed. What was it she said about this being bigger than bill cosby . She said this is not about her having a vendetta against bill cosby, that this really is helping people who are victims and joining forces to take back the power. And now shes decided this will be her platform to give a voice to victims of violence, may be it sexually assault, domestic violence, men or women. She wants to be that voice. She was very thoughtful. She was incredibly detailed. She had gone to bill cosbys home, according to her, four times. Two times with her daughter. They invited the family to brunch. And this fourth time was an audition for the cosby show, she says. And she was set to play a pregnant woman. And he offered her this coffee and she told me, i didnt want the coffee but i wanted to be polite. Its bill cosby. Youre in someones home. Oblige. She sipped the coffee, instantly knew something was wrong, sipped it again and by that point, she said the room was swirling. She described it as being in slow motion. I asked her what was bill cosby doing this entire time . She claimed, she says he just looked at her, said nothing. Once he realized, according to her, that she was fighting back, he pulled her down the stairs and basically shoved her in a cab. She also i asked were there other people in the home . She said there was a staffer when she arrived. She was unclear if there was someone there. She has taken a stand, written this story and this blog on vanity fair, in vanity fair. Its gotten a lot of attention. I think because of her success level and because of her position, people see her as credible as opposed to and this is unfair, but many of the other women were unknown. Some of them are seen as fledgling actresses who didnt make it, and theres judgment of the victim, shaming, if you would like to call it that. This is a woman with tremendous stature. Bill cosbys representatives have not made comments about these allegations. Thats one of the things she said, though. She watched all these stories come out and heard these women be discredited and cut down and picked apart, the way you described and she said if i come forward, maybe more people will listen, more people will believe and give credence to their stories and not just mine. Well see what happens, if bill cosby will respond to her allegations. I asked her, did you ever see him again . She was in the airport, thought about confronting him and calmed herself down. One other note, she was in her 30s. She was Beverly Johnson much she was famous when this happened. Or allegedly happened and i said to her, but you were Beverly Johnson, power, money, influence. Her quote was, but i was no bill cosby. Wow thats a powerful interview. Your piece ran earlier this morning. You can check it out on today. Com. On a much happier note here, im on the record as saying there should be a 24hour channel with soldier homecomings and just watch it on a loop. Oh, yeah, that would be amazing. Anaheim ducks nhl game, on the jumbo tron, allegedly, to skype with his wife, patricia, their 1yearold son, robert and baby travis, who the sergeant hadnt met yet. It was supposed to be a skype up on the big board and the family was at the game and they were going to talk to him. Here is what happened next. How is the feed coming, guys . Oh, there he is. Okay, patricia. Take it away. Hello . Hey, babe. Hi, baby. Babe . Babe . Hello . Can you hear me . Hi. Yes, we can hear you. Im sorry. Oh we apologize. It looks like were having trouble with the feed. We wont be able to message him right now. You know what . We had a feeling this might we might have technical difficulties and so we want to tell you that the sergeant is home early for the holidays oh, that is so special. You dont get tired of watching that. No. And you see on the right baby travis getting ready to meet his father for the very first time right in that moment. I love the detail. Oh, look at that. Look at that. Thats the first kiss. Oh, my god, thats beautiful. Beautiful moment. Good job by the anaheim duck. Detailed it with the technical difficulties. I love the reaction from the audience. Oh, no it feels cruel at first. But then the payoff. Al, whats going on outside . Talking about Southern California all morning. We have video in that gives you the idea of whats going on. Highwater rescues. People trapped in their homes with mud. It is just brutal there. People taking alternate forms of transportation. Now, this is San Francisco. This has moved into Southern California. Lets go to the maps and show you what weve got going on. Heavy rain has been pushing in. Camarillo springs, theyve been having all sorts of rescues, floods, mudslides. Youre looking at a highangle shot there. Lot of rain on the roads. And, in fact, weve got some flood reports to tell you right now, flash flooding in moor park. Water on the road. Weve got debris flow. It is a mess there. It will continue for at least the next 12 hours. Weve got flash flood warnings for much of ventura and los angeles counties. Well continue to watch this. More heavy rain will continue to fall today, about two to three inches of rain before its all over. If there is any good news, there is some snow that will be falling. In the sierra, they could see another one to two feet, maybe even three feet. Thats good news for the snow pack as far as skiers are concerned and the water levels later on this good morning. 9 10 the time. Im meteorologist anthony slaughter. We had a little bit of a break this morning, now the heavy rain is making its way back towards the coastline, even in San Francisco within the next 15 minutes, heavy rain will start to fall, down to santa cruz, then make its way to the south bay, east bay, and trivalley. Highs going to be chilly. Keep the umbrellas handy. Showers are expected at least until this afternoon. And thats your latest weather. Al, thanks. I said we should have a welcome home channel. Our producer reminded me there is a welcome home blog. Our producer reminded me there is a wso many gifts to buy at so many stores. Too bad some cash back cards only let you earn bonus cash back at a few places. Then those categories change every few months. Sometimes its drug stores, then its hardware stores. Nothing says happy holidays like a shovel. Fortunately theres the quicksilver card from capital one. With quicksilver you earn unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase every day. Tis the season to ask. 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Right now, focused on an email exchange between scott rudin and amy pascal at sony. Yeah. You know why . This is embarrassing, because amy pascal and Angelina Jolie, mentioned in that exchange several times are face to face at the hollywood reporters women in entertainment power 100 breakfast just this wednesday. And this doesnt look like a comfortable happy embrace. We should say that amy did not say disparaging things. No. Scott rudin allegedly called Angelina Jolie a spoiled brat, among other things, because of the director she wants to direct cleopatra and rubin wants him for another movie. Its a director worth fighting over but theres probably a better way to do it than calling someone powerful and important a spoiled brat. He actually apologized yesterday and said i made a series of remarks meant only to be funny but in the cold light of day they are, in fact, thoughtless and insensitive. He is talking about a different set of remarks. Different set of remarks, an exchange between he and amy pascal where they were making comments about movies that were africanamerican themed. Saying that these are movies maybe we should tell obama maybe obama is interested in because he was going to be at a fundraiser in hollywood. A lot of embarrassing stuff coming out. The perception that people in hollywood are not nice, thats not the shocking part. I think we knew that already and yet the personal details, this is very embarrassing. And watch it get worse. Oh, good. Fantastic. It kind of led to a very awkward premiere last night in hollywood. Thats right. So the hacking seems to be we believe its rooted around the interview, james franco movie. These two guys bumble into a chance to assassinate the leader of north korea. The cia recruits them. James franco and this should have been a starstudded premiere. We should be seeing all sorts of introduce on the red carpet. Thats what we expect out of a premiere. And nothing. Lot of police around, police presence, controlled situation. No broadcast journalists inside. It was a very lowkey premiere. This is sort of a throwback to the 30s or something. Were going to find out about this movie on a news reel in a couple of week. They had still photography and that was it. No paparazzi. These are truly bizarre. Driving in a beauty mask. Caught multitasking. Got to get out there, run errands and get to work but shes got to maintain her healthy skin which weve learned from her in the past she maintain thrust a vegan diet regimen. This mask may be helping. I think shes protesting the lack of golden globe nominations for the walking dead. She looks is she asleep at the wheel . That could be a driving hazard. We know not to text and drive. Maybe we shouldnt mask and drive. Heidi klum as well . She did share. She wasnt driving. Just at home, beautifying. She did share on instagram her own beauty mask. She make it is look good. Tamron says she does it all the time. I walk my dog with my mask on. Yes, i do. Multitasking. You cant go outside anymore. You have to look like this 24 hours a day. The paparazzi is not following me so im okay. The latest movie from pixar, which i am so excited about. This is an amazing trailer. This came out, i believe, almost 6 million views on youtube already. This has just come out. The premise is were inside the heads of a family. And its the emotions. Exactly. Theres a control center. Take a look. What was that . I thought you said we were going to act casual. Riley, is everything okay . She just rolled her eyes at us. All right. Make a show of force. I dont want to have to put the foot down. No, not the foot. Riley, i do not like this new attitude. Ill show you attitude, old man. No, no, no, no. Breathe. What is your problem . Just leave me alone. Okay, i need to see that. It all makes sense. Louis black is the voice of anger inside the little girls head. Hes fantastic. 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An exact cause of the collapse has not been announced, but its believed to be water pooling on the roof of the building. In the north bay, some people are waiting for waters to recede. This is petaluma right here. In most cases, we are seeing progress, but there are still road closures dotting the area, including there in petaluma. And pg e crews are making headway on yesterdays outages. There are now about 2,500 bay area wide. At one point yesterday, another 150,000 customers that lost power, even more than that. The Utility Company making great progress forward over the course of the last day. Well be back with weather and traffic after this break. Welcome back now. We had a little bit of a break this morning in the shower activity, but you can see we have heavy rainmaking its way back into San Francisco with a matter of minutes, already seeing that light showery activity down 101 in the san mateo airport and Half Moon Bay really getting socked. In san jose, this rain is still about an hour away. We put a track on that, by about 10 00, 10 07, in fact, it will be in sunnyvale, 10 20 in san jose. Overall, showers are expected to continue, dying off by this afternoon. Lets check the roads with mike now. Look at this live shot. Wetter roads again coming across the san mateo bridge, Upper Peninsula getting that rain coming in. Now going from plain to green and in patches, the blue, which means puddling and ponding in some areas. Slow 580 westbound towards the toll plaza and bay bridge. Lighter flow of traffic, but the worst of it, the south bay, northbound routes move smoothly, but a new spinout, back to you. Dots of red here and there. Thank you very much, mike. See you again in 25 minutes. Welcome back to today. Its december 12th, 2014. Im willie along with al and tamron. You will want to take a few pointers from this man. John levich holds the Guinness World record for the largest gingerbread village. This year, he has literally outdone himself. Thats right. Lets find out. The master mind behind gingerbread lane, 480squarefoot village on display at the New York Hall of science. It took one year to build all 1,003 homes from 36 pounds of icing, 700 pounds of candy and john joins us right now. That is unbelievable. Wow, john. Pretty interesting hobby, to say the least. How did it become your hobby . Its a real massicistic hobby. You did Rockefeller Center here. I dont know that you would want to, but you could eat it. Are you going to show us how to yeah. How to make your own. How to make it stand the test of time, as it were. One of the best keys to make a good gingerbread house, make sure the pieces line up. Youre set from there. Second key, lots and lots of gooey icing. Do you bake your own cookies . I do bake my own cookies and make my own icing. Royal icing . Royal icing. Lets bring in Guinness World records official joanna hessley. Hi. Pleasure to meet you. Pleasure to meet you. I am proud to announce that you have weve updated your record for the largest gingerbread village on 1,003 buildings. Congratulations. Thank you. Why 1,003 . Some of the european villages didnt have the record and kept calling me out, as it were. I figured i would hit four figures to silence my critics overseas. Little gingerbread trash talk. Absolutely. What am i doing wrong here . Not using enough pressure with your hands. More, more, more john, thank you. Joanna, thank you. Congratulations, john. We want to see your gingerbread pictures. Post them on our facebook page. Thats whats going you can see were looking at shower activity here on the doppler radar. Heavy rain about to make its way into San Francisco, sunset district, as well. Heavy showers on 101 making their way towards redwood city, as well. And all this activity is going to be in san jose by about 10 26, so hang on, another round of heavy rain on the way. Showers will continue at least until about 1 00 this afternoon, with temperatures cool today, only in the mid to upper 50s. Have a good friday. And thats your latest weather. In a few hours from now a lot of you will be hitting the malls. Why not spread that happiness and help those who benefit a great cause. Its a great way to give both ways. Great items. Well do our big reveal here first. First up. This is so great. This is tom with target. One for one, but they also have these other amazing items. On the tag of each item it will tell you what theyre donating. A hat donates a blanket. Some meals. You know what youre giving along with what youre actually getting as a gift. Cool. Its fun to see all these Different Things from them. Available at target. Next up . Okay. Kohls. Give you this box. What i love about this, not only are these items from kohls so affordable, everything is 5, but 100 of the proceeds go to childrens network. 100 . 100 . Great classic stuffed toy or book. 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Im going to go on record, ashton, your baby is a smart phone . He did play steve jobs, still in the techie world. Theyve not hired any help to care for their little one and called this the greatest opportunity of his life. His interview with ellen airs today. By the way, the battery doesnt run down on the baby. Thats true. Keeps going. Always on a full charge, ashton. Sofia vergara revealed what happened to Joe Manganiellos arm, magic mike xxl star wearing a brace on his arm. Sofia revealed to conan it was a stripping injury. No, not stripping tile or stripping the wood floors. She says he had a problem with his arm because he was doing some crazy stripper routine and the girl that he was with, doing the stripping for, did something wrong and things went wrong. So he got hurt. Its a dangerous thing, a stripper. Her boyfriends a stripper . No, he plays a stripper in magic mike. You dont know this . Wasnt that four years ago . Magic mike xl has not hit theaters yet. Shooting a new movie. Thats an important caveat to the story. I said that. You didnt say as part of a movie. I think you saw all that manliness and didnt hear what i was saying. Thats a lot of man. Handsome man. See, preparing for magic mike, the sequel. Roll it up. Roll it up. Bottom line is, all that man, manliness that man manliness . Have you been injured for any of the moves you break out for your spouses . Professional stripping not for my spouse. Dressing up as a cop. You know. Glad i dont. We go out as the village people. Abbott and costello. What was that move . I dont know. Kim kardashians royal rear, sister kate and brotherinlaw will toured new york city, pippa was busy tweeting. After her posterio exploded all over the internet. That must be messy. I must say mine, though it has enjoyed fleeting fame, is not comparable. She added kims aim apparently was to break the internet but im not sure shes going the right way about it. Pippa inadvertently broke the internet. 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Of course, we have to start off with the tailgater gloves. Its a fleece glove that is a normal glove most of the time. But then you just flip that over, put your drink right in there gl thats ma there. Thats amazing. Love it. What else . This is the rally. Cooler when you need it cold and a heater when you need it warm. Keeps your warm beverages warm on top. Pop it open. It has your chilichili. Nice and warm. Plug volt plugs into the car to keep it warm. Im going to say these are two amazing christmas gifts. Forget tailgating. Just getting started. This is the crock pot heater warmer, plugs into an ac outlet there or you can get an adapter to plug into your car charger. Keeps your stuff warm. This is genius. Earphones ear muff combo. The fact that they go around the back of your head, you can wear a hat over it, hood over it. Keeps you warm and you dont miss a single second of the game. Love it. This is my favorite thing. What is it . The butt warmer. Put your hand right on that. Ahh. Pop it into the microwave a few minutes and it stays warm for hours. Its not only padded but that gel is nice and hot. You can zap it at home, bring it to the game and its still warm . For about three hours it stays warm. Johnny football, hey. Im starting this weekend. Modeling several things from this table right here. This is a fleeceheated blanket, big enough for two people. Also plugs right in to the car and the cord is long enough you can sit outside of your car. Nice. These are hand warmers that you charge up. Oh, really . You charge them overnight, plug them in overnight to your lap top or to a wall outlet. Feel how warm these are. We need these. Ooh. Ooh. Stays warm seven to ten hours. Seven to ten hours . Much better than the little crunchy things. Oh, much. This is a scarf from ham hammacher schlemmer. How about the pants al is wearing . These are the tailgater pants. Looks like a pair of athletic pants. It has a bottle opener, key chain. And the most fascinating thing. I think it needs a belt. Other than that, this is perfect. Basically a sleeping bag that you wear. Yes, please. Good for 45 degrees. Looks like gumby. Jennifer, thank you so much. Great ideas. Well be back. First this is today on nbc. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. Erica hill is here with a preview of whats coming up on weekend today. Happy friday. Happy friday. Glad youre back with us. Thank you. My email inbox seems to be inundated with nothing but holiday deal offers. If you still have shopping to do guilty we have hightech help to help you cut through that clutter, find the biggest discounts, tons of coupons and great apps for your smart phone which can make the whole process, hopefully, not only a little less expensive but slightly more enjoyable. Phenomenal. If you havent done it yet . We have like a week and a half. Its a lifetime. Havent even considered it yet. Such a male response. Oh. Tamron, youre with me, arent you . Tamron, youre with me, arent you . I wow something sounds sweet in here need a little honey in the bowl. Yeah badabopbopbopa no . Must be the honey good morning, everyone, 9 56. Despite our red banner there, its a slow return to normal around the bay area today. Oh, boy, after that storm for the history books, a live look at the bay bridge. The drive is far less chaotic than this time yesterday. Some places receiving more rain in 24 hours than all of last year. Lets take you down to san jose now. It saw more rain in one day for a oneday total than it has in 50plus years, like 1958, back then, san jose received nearly 3. 5 inches. Most, but not all, bay area schools have indeed reopened. We know two districts in the north bay, one in the peninsula, have told student it is to go ahead and stay home again today. One big closure on highway 101 in menlo park did get cleared in time for the morning commute. Well, lets check your weather. Good morning, anthony. Good morning, scott. In fact, heavy rain now has made its way back into the picture. You can see right now from san rafael, mill valley, all the way into San Francisco, down towards san mateo, this is really where we have the heaviest of rain falling from san mateo over towards Half Moon Bay, and all this activity is headed down the peninsula, into the south bay. Eventually in santa clara, about 10 30 and towards the East San Jose foothills by about 10 50. Showers will continue, at least until noon this afternoon, then a bit of a drying out period for the weekend, with more rain monday and tuesday. Lets check the drive with mike. Anthony, you talk about the rain coming through san mateo, heres the hayward side of the bridge, short lived commute right here, but look, foster city side where we catch up with folks in the soupy conditions off the highrise, 92 on our maps shows you the blue coming off 280, thats where the rain is coming in, so the peninsula getting smacked once again, smaller spots flooding reported and watch for more, but the bay bridge toll plaza, that is moving pretty clearly and the south bay is not a problem. Back to you. Good news, mike. More local news coming in a half hour. See you then. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. It is try day friday, decber 12. Not good news for hoda. Only 13 shopping days left until christmas. Oh, my gosh. Im going to plan on doing it this weekend. That will be good. I cant. Why . Im going to a very important place right away after this. Im going to a wedding. You are. I am. Jason kennedy from e channel and his beautiful bride lauren scrubs are getting married in dallas. Cassidy and i are going youre going to youre going to go see. Love from nbc and the today show. Im so happy for them. Beautiful couple. The story too, Lauren Scruggs was horribly hurt when she ran into a she walked into a propeller i remember the story. She was doing an interview with natalie and jason was watching it. And he goes, thats the kind of woman i want to marry. And hes marrying her tonight in dallas, texas. Exciting. Im sorry. What are you doing . Anything . No, online, Clickity Clack this morning. You get overwhelmed so you dont do anything, youre paralyzed. Im going to start this weekend. Great show today. We have an elegant lady who knows how to show off had her funny side, jane seymour. Shes here. Sure is. And get ready to stomp your feet. Bobbie is all abuzz over boots that get you through the wet weather. If youre looking to celebrate christmas in a way youve never done before, well celebrate areas that can get you into the Christmas Spirit and give you travel ideas. It is the National Ugly christmas sweater day. We have some of our favorite our staff has shown up wearing what why arent we showing their faces . No, no, no. We have dont try to hide behind your sweaters. Im ashamed to say the one with the santa on his bosom is my leading man in our musical. Crazy. I think thats officially the ugliest one ive ever seen. There is a lot of hideousness going on there. Some of you decided decided to post your ugly sweaters on our facebook page. This is michelle, her christmas outfit, complete with the are those pajama bottoms . Perfect. Kelly sent this picture of her brother and her husband in their ugly christmas sweaters. Pretty ugly. That one has lights on it, nice. Carol phelps weber sent us this photo of her whole family. Pajama bottoms seem to be a thing. Speaking of ugly sweaters, kind of a funny parody on youtube made by a woman named katie wilson. Supposed to be what happens when you show up at a Holiday Party thinking youre supposed to be in your ugly sweater and everybody else is dressed classy. Take a look. Did the invitation say anything about a dress code . You had the invitation. Hmmm. I think we should go. Wait a minute while you stop and stare wait a minute bang, bang. I told you, the best song ever. It is a dirty song. I tried to tell you. Well, you might be right. You might be right. So is anaconda. My anaconda dont want none unless you got yes. To all our jewish friends out there, there are ugly sweaters for you too. Hanukkah, only fair. This is america. Not so ugly. Theyre from gilt fiend. Okay. You can, if you dont want to own an ugly sweater but rent one, rent the runway provides them. Is that where these came from . Yes. No. Yes. Mine is a vest, which is yours has bells on it. Okay. Yours, yes, no the buttons are bells. Isnt that clever . That looks like it has been worn. Yes. They say they dry clean it before they send it off. What is dry cleaning really . There is no water to clean off stains and stuff. I always wonder about the dry cleaning, dont you . What are they doing in there . Not until now. Hey, were not going to put one drop of water on your clothes. What are they doing in there . I dont know, hoda. Frankly, i dont care. Rent the runway. Com. 18 to rent a sweater. I dont think these are new. I love this story. A sheep found wandering around omaha in a christmas sweater. Someone saw this and they were like what up with the sheep. A wild party. The Humane Society picked him up, trying to locate the owner. Because of facebook and twitter and all kinds of things, were happy to report a woman named Margaret Vasquez came forward, claimed it was her sheep, it was her pet, gauge, goes everything with her on the leash, sleeps on her sofa, in her home, and she dressed him up because she thinks he looks cute. He got out the back door apparently. I said, wait a minute, gauge lives at home . Gauge gets up in the bed. I wonder if youre allowed to i guess you can have a sheep is a pet. All right then. Lets move on. You have seen your fair share of santa posing with babies and kids and stuff. So take a look at this photo. The hartford mall in bel air, maryland. Baby scarlet was asleep when she was visiting santa for first time. Santa said, ill take a nappy too and you can sleep on me. Jennifers mom said he made my christmas. I hope there are many, many years ahead. That is a beautiful sweet. If you want to be in a good mood, this story will put you there. I do, hoda. Police officers in michigan were pulling drivers over for minor infractions but had a plan in mind. They pull over a driver and they would ask the driver what they wanted for christmas or what their kids wanted for christmas. And then they started scribbling out a ticket. So instead of getting the ticket, look at the surprise they got. Got all your Christmas Shopping done. No. I havent even started. Lego friends, i dont know if you heard of those. Yeah, my daughter loves lego friends. Theyre great. What . Lego friends. Okay. Got them. Go, go, go. Something like this . Oh, my gosh. Did y she just put that on her list. And x box one. Thats what your kids want . Yes. Thats the go to present for your kids. But i told them theyre not going to have it. Go, go, go. Are you serious . Yeah. Oh, my gosh. The kids are going to love this. Something your little boy might like. This just turned my bad day into a good one. Okay. Thank you, jerry. Youre always there. The message at the end of the video states while we dont encourage minor traffic violations it important for Police Departments to take the time to show their citizens how much they care. Im glad were doing this for all the great police men that we have in the world. How beautiful was that. We hear about the bad ones, but 99 of them are awesome and we salute you and thank you. You know what it is time for . I cant wait. My friday day funny. A motorist was driving along a dirt road and got bogged down in a pit of mud. He tried to get himself out of the mud, but he was stuck. So he flagged down a farmer passing by on his tractor. Excuse me, said the man. Can you help me get out of this hole, sure, said the farmer, for 20 bucks. The man agreed because it was better than waiting for a tow truck and the farmer pulled him out of the mud pit. He said thanks for hippin ihelp at those prices you should pull people out of the mud pit day and night. Cant, said the farmer. At night, i got to haul the water to the hole. It is johnsons baby of the week announcements. We celebrate new moms and the adorable new additions to their families. First baby is Savannah Fay Moseley born in greenville, south carolina, on november 18th. The little girls dad is a specialist in the army with the 82nd airborne division. And family is about to leave for germany where theyll be stationed for three years. Mom and dad offer these words of wisdom, treasure all the small moments. Absolutely. Next up is vera marilyn ho born on october 28th, in santa rosa, california. She weighed 6 pounds, 16 ounces and her mom laura says her daughter was born with a full head of hair. Our next baby of the week is Brandon Jameel Jones born in jacksonville, florida, on halloween. His parents say their new son is a quiet baby and they offer this advice, when the baby arrives, dont be afraid to try new things and see what works for you and your child. Yep, theyre all different. Every one of them. Our final johnsons baby is Xavier Taylor smith, born in slidell, louisiana, on november 25th. Her parents say shes a very calm baby who loves to try and sit up and just look at the world around her. God bless her. Congrats to all of our babies. If you would like to submit one of your babies to our johnsons baby of the week contest, go to klgandhoda. Com. And press the connect button. Time for okay or not okay. Is it okay or not okay to dress up for a sporting event . Heres what we had to say about it. Personally, hoda woman, i like to be spanx free during athletic events. It is hard to yell for your team when you cant breathe. Thats just me. I say no, it is not okay. When youre court side, you dress for comfort, decked out in your team jersey. If youre on the catwalk, i say have at it. Really . Whatever that meant. Guess what . What . As if you cant get enough, reminder you can listen to us on sirius xm channel 108. Thats where we are. Why you would want to, we cant figure it out. 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It is incredibly poignant. It is it was an amazing privilege. He asked my husband to make this movie and what we realized and we first thought about alzheimers thats a down subject, but he has the most amazing sense of humor. He calls alzheimers part timers. He does remember things, he said i dont have any use for that. A lot of stuff i want to forget. We celebrate his life, his family performing on stage with him. He did 150 shows and his family was with him and, you know, some were better than others. He was extraordinary. The last thing to go was his music his ability musically. You see him, his wife, the angel of all time, dealing with care giving. It has so much he got nominated for a grammy this year. Fantastic. The song is so amazing. You have a new pbs series. Called feel grand. Im interviewing major doctors about what we need to do and what is possible healthwise after the age of 50. I did 13 episodes in four days. Thats that was really fun. People are hungry with that kind of info after 50. They have the best doctors. It was really amazing. Everything. Diabetes, heart disease, nutrition, mental state, alzheimers. And all your beautiful jewelry and everything. Thank you. Were going to play a game. Funny or die thing . What the heck was this . This was so funny. So im a dinosaur. I didnt know anything about funny or die but i knew will ferrell. They said you have to do this. I went to 15 great writers and they pitched me their ideas and i pitched them my ideas. Dr. Quinn turned the towns people into addicts. You think about it. She had morphine, whiskey, a leather strap and boiling water and the doctor showed up. Look at them. I got the whole cast to show up. We got this guy from breaking bad, skinny pete and i got the breaking bad look at the hair. Not really. Hes got a really bad wig on. He went immortal two days ago and is now like 120,000 hits. Now can we play . Well play a little game. Yes. Were going to play, not pictionary, it is patientary. Were going to guess what youre painting and it has to have the word grand in it. Okay. Ready, go. V. Grand. What is that . Grand something about toys. No. What is that . What is it . What is it . What is that . It is very grand. It is a rainbow. No, it is getting too much grand mess right now. Oh, mountain. The grand canyon yes needed a few peaks. All right. Next, time for a quick one. We dont oh, god. No, we dont. So sad. That grand canyon was awesome. She really is a fine artist and grand looks like popeye. Grand music. Grand piano. Grand piano yes, baby grand. Excellent. All right. That was good. Holiday gift ideas youre going to want to stock up on. And these boots were made for walking. Bobbie is all abuzz over boot wear after this. Youve been part of this family for as long as i can remember. And you just mean so much to all of us. The holidays wouldnt be the same without your crescent rolls. We got you a little something. 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Theyve got lego teenage mutant Ninja Turtles sets, lego friends and this unbelievably cool emmets constructomech from the lego movie. Hey, check out the Lego Minifigure i just made action anthony whats his super power . Being breathtakingly handsome. She doesnt know what pretty is. i know. anncr save 25 when you open a walmart credit card account and spend 75 today. Then get another 10 when you make another 75 purchase. Walmart youre watching today in the bay. Good morning, everyone, 10 26, im scott mcgrew. A live look at san jose. Its a far cry from yesterday at this time, but another storm is coming. Of course, yesterday we were just pummelled by rain. Didnt roll out of the city until after midnight. How heavy in the south bay . San jose received its highest oneday rain total since 1958. And emergency practice planned for the tunnel has been cancelled. Caltrans said Severe Weather conditions have forced that postponement. A look at weather and traffic coming up after the break. Welcome back now. Heavy rain is pushing back into the San Francisco bay area. In fact, now its in the north bay and making its way over towards oakland, even towards 880, but the heaviest of rain right now over san mateo, making its way towards palo alto. Eventually in sunnyvale and down to the santa cruz mountains. This activity is very heavy and keep in mind we just had numerous amounts of rain over the past 24 to 48 hours, so it doesnt take much to cause storm reports. In fact, lets talk with mike. In san mateo, youre talking about the rain, the system coming through right there, look how slow 92 is. West 92 away from 101 towards 280, reports of a tree that came down over the roadway and hit a persons car, you have to use hillsdale to get through the area. Soupy conditions there. Around the bay, not so bad, but the rain causing more problems. Well show you the conditions across the san mateo bridge, hayward side and foster city side if we can take a look at either cameras. There we go, san mateo bridge very soupy. Talking about the crash right here and the foster city side as you come off the bridge, shaking because of the breeze, as well. Back to you. Join us at 11 00 for more storm coverage. Were back with more of today on this friday ready to play a fun game. Well find out if it is better to spend your money at the store if you would have been better off investing your cash in the company itself. So as the holiday gift or for yourself. Yeah. What she said. Here to put us to the test is sharon epperson. Hello, sharon. Hello, ladies. Before we give into the game, a quick financial question. Do you think it is a better idea, you get a better return for owning a house or investing money in the stock market . If you had to choose . If you look over the longterm, we just had a study that came out by a Nobel Prize Winning economist, he looked from the turn of the century to today what would have done better, stocks or owning a home. You would have been much better owning stock. So over the longterm, the valuation that you get in a stock, the dividends that you might get, getting part of the profits just for holding on to it for a long time, all of that adds up it. It is a great investment. A home is a great investment if you need somewhere to live. May i ask you another question. What is andrew doing here . Andrew is hes here for the game. Were putting a twist on the game this time. A twist on the game this time. We played it before. Stock versus stuff. If you think the stock price a lot of companies well talk about, seven of them. If you think the stock price has gone up, you say stock, hit your bell. If you think the stock price has gone down, you say stuff and were looking over the last 12 months. Again, what is andrew doing here . Hes going to referee and let us know who is hoda cheats. Lets get started. Were going to start with gift baskets. Harry and david gift baskets. Who was it, andrew . The stock. Harry and david owned by 1800flowers and that company has done pretty well over the last 12 months. The stock is up 51 . I love harry and davids. Kmart, looking at what were christmas decorations. Hoda. Kmart is clearly the stuff. Well, kmart owned by Sears Holding company, that had a lot of problems, and that stock is down about 15 in the last 12 months. Lets move on. A lot of people love to give say hoda was right. Hoda was right. 11. Amc entertainment, one of the biggest movie Chain Companies in the country is amc. Movie gift card. What do you think . Im going to say, i hope theyre doing well, stock. The stock is up 29 . 29 . There is talk maybe there will be other companies that they might acquire down the road. A lot of people like this stock. 21. Stockings from pottery barn. What do you think, stock or stuff . Hoda. Stuff. Stuff. Well, pottery barn is owned by williams and sonoma. That company those stores have done pretty well and that stock is up 24 in the last 12 months. What is the score . 21. No, 31. You didnt get the point. You lost it. You have to get the right answer to get point. Back off, barbie. Michael kors. It started off gangbusters. Were getting in trouble this past year. I would say stuff. You are absolutely right. Problems with the u. S. Store. People think asia will be great, but that stock is down 8 in the last 12 months. What is the score now . 31. Time for one more. This is for the game. Okay. We have one more, just one more. Well do two quick. This one, justice. I dont know what that is. That is tween retailer. Owned by definitely stuff. Youre right. That is stuff. Here is the last one. Deal breaker. Build a bear workshop. Stuff. Stuff . Okay, you are absolutely wrong. It is the biggest winner. Shutly wrong. That stock is up over 100 . It is the biggest winner. Kathie lee won. What am i getting . You get the bear. You get the bear. No, no. Give it to the girls. Okay. Give me the bear. Lets ask andrew. We dont know why hes here. 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Were making Peanut Butter reindeer cookies, glute n free, only three ingredients. They look so cute. Look at this. Theyre beautiful. I think theyre the most adorable thing. They are so cute. Karen would have come up with Something Like that. Shes amazing. Put the pretzels in as antlers. And olivia is helping too. Once they come out of the oven, you add eyes and little red noses. Adorable. So easy. Those are beautiful. All right. What are julia and emma doing . We have some cute dreidels for hanukkah. Marshmallows with pretzels, roll it in rosting a frosting and r the candy. Youre doing a great job. Little hugs on the end. You know what is great . It is a melted snowman. I love it. Alex and wes are working on this. Tell us about these. These are great. You can use refrigerated cookie dough. Dont even have to bake the cookies yourself. We put the frosting into a bag like this and squeeze it on. And spread. You want to put the marshmallow on for me. Or spread. Thats great. Then add marshmallows. Maybe not. Thats all right. How do you make the little scarf . The little scarf is fruit leather, like a fruit rollup. You wrap it around . You wrap it around. And the eyes and the knows. We have little mini chocolate chips. Very, very cute. How clever are they . At the end, we have natalia and isabelle and theyre making snowballs. There is no baking involved. We have fudge covered oreos that you take a little bit of candy melt or frosting and brush on. And then you can either color with edible markers like that there are edible markers. You can do everything these days. When i was born in 1852, we didnt have any of this stuff. Then what can you add to decorate . Some sugar, anything edible on there. What do they look like . Is this a finished one. Take one of these. Very cute. And you can just put this on there. Take a little candy melt or frosting. Like glue. Edible glue. We have to give a little taste test. We want to do real taste test to see how were doing, okay. These are Peanut Butter. Gluten free. Hold on. Oh, my gosh. Fantastic. You are excellent chefs. Is that a dreidel . Let me get in there. Let me try one of these. Too sweet for me. Hoda will eat anything. You kids are doing a great job. Thank you so much. All the recipes and more at klgandhoda. Com. Want to go to a city where they know how to celebrate christmas . We have some holiday destinations. Well be right back. Intra bite size waynis. To enjoy the full size sensation of peppermint and rich dark chocolate. York minis, get the sensation. The start of sneeze season. And the windblown watery eyes. Thats why puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. So you can always put your best face forward. A face in need deserves puffs indeed. And try puffs softpack today. Its gonna tempt your tummy, with the taste of nuts and honey. Its a honey of an o. Its honey nut cheerios. 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There is all these charming neighborhoods with twinkling lights, choirs singing, outdoor ice skating rink, german Christmas Market. And you can take guided tours that are christmas food tour, christmas traditions tour throughout the city. A beautiful way to see the holidays. Do we expect snow . It is always snowy there. Great ski resorts outside of the city, so all around fantastic getaway. Next up, philly, philadelphia. For the big city christmas, we know new york and chicago are fabulous. But philly is right up there with the iconic traditions and a lot of new festivities as well. They have their river rink winter fest, macys light show, a long running tradition in the city center. They have their own german inspired Christmas Market there. And they top it off on new years eve, a fantastic fireworks celebration over the water front. And on new years day, mummers day parade, which is really a must see. Asheville, North Carolina is a hot spot. The appalachians, so beautiful. Beautiful. Asheville, a charming little town. Ill start with the biltmore estate. It opened in 1895. Youll see over 60 huge decorated trees, hundreds of poinsettias, garland everywhere. They have their candlelight christmas evening where you can take the tours of the estate and all candle lit music, fireplaces, it is gorgeous. And then there is an actual gingerbread competition, at another historic resort, the omni grove park in. There is over 150 creations you can browse. And then they have a rock climbing santa you can see a few times while he does his descent. It is an artist community. There is unique shopping here. That bohemian spirit mixed with the appalachians. It is gorgeous. Kansas city, missouri, beautiful place. A little more rated, it has a lot going on. They have their historic spanish style Country Club Plaza which is beautiful. It has over 15 blocks of 120 different stores. What is magical is that it is all outlined in 80 miles of christmas lights. It is beautiful to see. There is the restored Union Station which has its holiday train village and Polar Express museum for parties. The city market transforms into whoville. There is a cindy lou who lookalike contest. Lots going on in this town. Warm weather . A little warmth, scottsdale, arizona. It might surprise you how many traditions are here. Trains are big for kids during holidays. They have their own version of the Polar Express, you see santa through the desert, the nighttime, very magical. Also the zoo lights have their own spectacular light celebration there. And the fair monte princess where they have the big christmas, a four story musical tree, they have a desert ice skating rink outside, magical snowfall, carousel, train ride for kids. You make everything sound wonderful. You do. Thank you. Love you, honey. Well be right back with more of today on nbc. There is one week left in the 21st annual toy drive. We have been able to ship 15 million in toys and gifts across the country. Ken gillmartin is the founder and director of Music Together llc, a childhood music and movement program. Hes here with a very generation donation. Im so excited to be here, our third year. Excited to have you here. A holiday tradition. What are you donating . Over 12,000 of our song book and cd sets for families. And 500 of these wonderful sing along storybooks that it is a song i wrote about peace and children and sung all over the world. And so pleased with the response to this. When kids get together with music and a beautiful song like this, you must see such incredible results . It is very it is moving. It is exhilarating to see parents and children and your other caregivers bonding through music. It is the common denominator, universal language of the world. How it has caught on is phenomenal. It is exciting. Well, we thank you for your generosity. Well add you to our we have a beautiful little basket wagon going here. Thank you so much. You can go doudonate in pers the plaza here or go to klgandhoda. Com for all the details. Next week, barry manilow. And bernadette peters, our guys tell all panel. Everyone has a story. Have a great weekend. Well see you monday. Byebye, everybody. Thanks. Nbc bay area news begins with a microclimate weather alert. And with daylight we can see the storm damage across the bay area, and people still bracing for another soaker as we speak. Good morning and thanks for joining us, im kris sanchez. Im scott mcgrew. Right now we have pictures for you from all over the bay area. You can take a look at the various San Francisco, san jose, and san rafael, as well. Dont let your guard down. The rain ramping up. If youre not seeing it soaking outside your window right now, you soon will. After all, take a look at the radar, green, yellow, red, covering the bay area at this minute. We have live team coverage, covering the floods, the downed trees, and the