Performance, today, wednesday, november 25th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live froro udio 1a in rockefelelr plaza. R. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Have you seen whats going on behind us . One of the biggest crowds i think weve seen outside on our plaza because adele is here and if you can just step outside and let them know shes notinging the plaza, shes s sging inside our studio. We made it clea we said its an indoor concert but that doesnt stop thousands of people for showing up. The guy behind us here, this man over on the side here has a sign up ive been here since 6 00 yesterday, first one here, just so he could be the guy closest to the window to watch her perform inside. Maybe we can persuade her to take a walk outside and say hello to all her adoring fans in a few moments. Were so excited to have her here. First, let get right to the news. Our top story this morning, demonstrations in chicago overnight after the release of a chilling video that shows an officer fatally shooting yearold laquan monald. Now,w, this happened more than a year ago. The video was just released. The officer was just charged. He i3 waking up behind bars this morning. Nbc estephanie gosk is covering the story and is in chicago for us. Steph, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. The family of the victim say they did not want this video released. In fact the victims mother told her attorney s s didnt want to watch it at all, but now that its out there the city is bracing for the reaction. Overnight there are demonstrations and an anticipation that there will be more to come today. Overnight hundreds of protesters scuffled with police in the center of chicago. One officer injured in the fray and a handful of arrests. Triggered by the public release of dramatic dashcam video recorded from a Police Shooting the video begins with a patrol car ration through the streets of the citys southwest side, responding to a report of a man with a knife trying to break into cars. The video shows 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald walking in the middle of the road, a knife in hand. The Prosecutor Says he took the drug pcp that night. Officer Jason Van Dyke and his partner approach him with their weapons drawn. Within seconds van dyke starts shooting. Mcdonald stumbles. A total of 16 rounds were fired and the suspect lays on the ground. More than a year later van dyke is accused of firstdegree murder. His lawyer says he shot mcdonald because he was worried for his safety. He was brought intntthe situation by the actions of Laquan Mcdonald, and he reacted. Six months ago city agreed to give the victims family a 5 million settlement. The city did not admit to any wrongdoing. Last week a judge order the the Chicago Police to release the dashcam video after journalists sued for access. The indictment came just hours before the videos release. While city leaders including mayor rahm emanuel made a plea for peaceful demonstrations. I understand that the people will be upset and will want to protest when they see this video. But i would like to echo the comments of the mcdonald family. They have asked for calal and foror those who choose to speak out to do it peacefully. Reporter among the places where there will be possible protests in the coming days, chicagos magnificent mile. Some groups have threatened that they will try to disrupt black friday shopping hoping that if neve an Economic Impact their voicesill be hurt. Matt and savannah, back to you. Steanie gosk in chicago, thank you. Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year, and to go along with the typical concerns over traffic and the imagine, security is also on a lot of minds. We have the thanksgiving rush covered from all angles, starting with nbc national corresesndent Peter Alexander. Hi, peter, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. In the wake of the paris attacks theres a high state of alert nationwide but officials at the white house is making it very clear theres no credible or specific intelligence indicating a similar plot on the u. S. Bring it on, thats the message from the latatt propaganda video from isis taunting the u. S. And mocking the american military. You attack us wh 250,000 missiles, the narrator says while we send your proxies to hell with 50cent bullets. With terror on top of mind this u. S. Thisks and warplanes launching new strikes against isis president obaba is trying to calmer inves here insisting the u. S. Is doing in its power to keep americans safe. We cannot and will in the succumb to fear nor can we alou fear to divide us. Thats how terrorists win. Reporter a new fbi and homeland securitit bulletin is urging Law Enforcement stay vigilant. Despite fears of another parisstyle attack overseas here in the u. S. The top concern remoans homegrown extreatmentists and copycats with soft targets from coast to coast almost impossible to protect. Across the country, a show of force, from los angeles. We have a numumr ofifferent toururt destinationss thats a big part of our economy. Certainly were always vigilant to anything happening there. Beg for your life, beg reporter to new york city where our station wnbc got an exclusive look at the nypds new Critical Response command. Hundreds of any officers trained in counterterror measures. Police Holding Drills battling both active shooters and hostagetakers. This is going to be an elite dedicated force trained in counterterrorism, briefed on intelligence every day and over time they will have a context behind that intelligence. Reporter in boston beefed up security from faneuil hall to fenway park prepared to host a thanksgiving day tradition, high school football. Any family setting we make sure that people are safe going to those venues. Reporter back here at the white house president obama is among those trying to balance tradition and security. Later this morning hell meet with his National Security advisers. They will review the security situation here in the u. S. , and thth this afternoon the president will Part National thanksgiving turkey with a littleeremony in the rose garden. Matt and savannah. Peter alexander at the white house, peter, thank you. What are you going to face if youre driving to your holiday destination . For starter, cheap gas. Its the cheapest for thanksgiving since 2008. The average price 2. 15 a gallon, 65 cents less than last year. Nbcs tom costello is along busy i959 in maryland. Good morning, tom, how is it looking . Yeah, good morning. In fact, because of that cheap gas we have record numbers of people on the roads. Here we are, i95 headed north out of washington, headed towards baltimore, and if you havent left already, this is the time you should leave right about now, according to the experts. The best time to start driving for thanksgiving right now and also were told this evening, but avoid the midafternoon. Avoid 12 00 to 4 00. Youll be joined by a lot of people. Smooth sailing though were told on thanksgiving, both in thee morning and in the evening. The biggest internet choke points interstate choke point in the country, chicago, a 12mile stretch of the kennedy expressway there, 16 million hours wasted every year right there stuck in traffic, i95 in los angeles, multiple stretches of i405, the i10, i110 and u. S. 101 and in new york city i59 and the lincoln tunnel. By the way, austin, texas, ranks as having one of the biggest choke points in the country. Its i35 between East Riverside drive and also east dean keaton street. 1. 5 million gallons of fuel wasted ere. Best time to head home,ere told, its goi to be saturday after thing and monday before 10 00 a. M. , but avoid sunday. Avoid 1 00 to 6 00 p. M. Youll be joining millions of roads. So here we are right now. Its not that bad. Were doing about what, ed, 60 in. 60 isnt bad, but things are going to pick up in the coming hours. Again, northbound on one of the busiest interstates in the country. Guys, back to you. Supply. Tom costello, thank you so much. With heightened security and nearly 1 million americans to fly for the thanksgiving holiday, you can expect some very long lines at airports coast to coast. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is att busy dallasfort worth international. Hi, rry, good morning. Happy holiday. Reporter well, happy holidays. You know, traveling by air today will be a little bit like weaking barefoot over broken glass, but at least right now things are moving slowly at most airport across the country. Me in security, a 15minute wait to get through heree at dfw but as we look at whats called the misery map provided by flight aware, we can already see theres some delays. There are delays in boston, a little bit further south in new york, and then we come down to washington and, again, all the way down to miami there are some delays. Now, if youre traveling today, this may sound like the obvious report, but if yououe not a a regular flyer, just think about these little tips. First of all, check in online. If you have a phone or computer check in online, and if youre taking luggage and your airline charges, can you prepay. That will speed everything up, and it might even save you a few dollars because some airlines charge less than paying online thth paying at counter. Arrive at the airport t t hours early. You hear this all the time and a lot of people ignore it. I travel a lot and i ignore it, but today is the one day that it really does matter. Get to the airport early, especially if youre driving to the airport to park. A lot of parking lots will fill up so you have to remember slower and finally you must have a valid i. D. , like a drivers license or passport. Now the one thing you do not want t bring to the airport, and, again,his may surprise a lot of people, dont bring your gun, and what surprises people is that the tsa confiscates six guns a day across the country, anan with more pats j jts traveling today,y, its likelyy they w wl get more guns. So, matt, some tvel tipk and really hopefully everything works out smoothly today because, remember, a lot of people are looking at each other. I think if you treat people as if they are a federal air marshal and youre c crteous to those people thinking they are a federal airir marshal, everything will go smoothly and youll make it to dinner at grandmothers. Or treat people curiously because they are human beings. That said. And we should. This all turns on als forecast right here, because the travel could be affected in certain areas of the country. In fact, i hope kerry gets out of there today, cause if he doesnt, he m be stuck there through thanksgiving. Yeah. Meantime, let show you what were looking. A for today, as savannah mentioned, not much of a problem. The only real trouble spot will be out west. Salt lake city, airport delays, accumulating snowfall. Snow will continue into wednesday night. If youre traveling say right now on i15 from salt lake to great falls, heavy snow across the mountains, slick visibility problems. Thursday, here we go. This is where the trouble starts denver airport, snow. Dallas and houston, thunderstorms developing and heavy rain and strong wind. Airport delays most likely. Also on i35 from kansas city to minneapolis, icy mix with snow and low visibility, kansas city to dallas and storms with locke flooding rains and localized flooding. Traveling from st. Louis to baltimore, soggy travel on the roads and some delays at the airport, but the big travel problem will be tomorrow, what used to be a dead day for travel and everybody is traveling almost every day so tomorrow is going to be a big problem with a lot of hubs. All right. Mr. Roker, thank you very much. Meantimel there are new calls for restraint this morning after turkey shot down a russian plane right near the syrian border. This incident escalating tension in a region that does not need more of that. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in istanbul, ain, for us. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Moscow is still fuming over this, the Russian Foreign minister today accusing turkey of a, quote, planned provocation in which one russian pilot was killed, also a crew member of a russian rescue helicopterer russia s ss one of its pilots was murdered in cold blood after turkey downed a russian jet yesterday. The two pilots bailed out of their s. U. 24 pommer alive, russia says, but floated down into hostile territory. Ground held by the very fighters they were allegedly bombing. The socalled moderate Syrian Rebels say a battle was under way between them and the syrian regime. Their commander claims the russian plane was assisting Syrian Government forces. Did that russian plane fire on your fighters before it was shot down . Yes, after it ran out of amamnition. It went towards turkey. Several times he said. One of the russian pilots fell near this front line and russia says the rebels brutally executed him. The navigator was later recovered by Syrian Forces and today arrived safely at a russian base. President Vladimir Putin who yesterday accucud turkey of being in league with terrorists today warned russians they might not be safe in turkey. Turkeys Prime Minister in his first Public Comment since the incident said he doesnt want to further escalate. The same message from president obama. I think its very important right now for us too make sure turks are talking to each other, find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation. Reporter but at this stage it seems unlikely that we are going t thave any p pductive conversations between russia and turkey. The russians said today they are reexamining their relations with turkey. Back to you. Thank you. Turn to the investigation into the paris terror attacks this morning. We are learning more about the apparent masterminds movements on that illfated night. As police in belgium issue an alert for man who helped a key suspec get to paris. Keir simmons is in brussels. Keir, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Were learning that the french officials believe that that master mind who you will remember was ultimately killed in a police raid returned to the scenes of the massacre in the hours after the attacks. Were learning thatust ashe french and Belgium Police issue a call to tby to find another suspect, an International Arrest warrant issued for a 30yearold man Mohamed Abrini who was seen in a car with Salah Abdeslam who again you will remember they have been hunting for for more than a week now. The two of them were seen in thth vehicle on their way to paris two days before the attack. Reports like that are raising questions again about whether the massacre could have been prevented. A local mayor saying that she was given a list of extremists before the attacks, her office didnt know what to do with it. Meanwhile, people here are returning to work, the schools are opening, the subway behind me has opened again. The simple act of taking your children to school or the morning commute has turned into an act of dieefiance against the terrorists. They believe though they havent apprehended every suspect they have managed to disrupt the terror cell by carryingut so ny arrests and raids. Something new in the race for the exhaust now, Donald Trumps wife made her first appearance on the Campaign Trial last niem. Melania trump was flanked by his parents and three of the republican candidates children during a rally in myrtle beach, south carolina. Trumps wife has until now chosen to stay largely behind the scenes. He will be the best president ever. We love you. Trumps family left the stage before he launched into more than an h hr of criticism of both his republican rivals and administration. He called a trump im percent nar on to the stage, complemented his blond wig and called it a big beautiful head of hair. We have a warning from the cdc for people who recently bought rotisserie Chicken Saladad from costco 19 people in seven states are sick with an e. Coli infection cranked to that salad. Five of those people have been hospitalized. Ri salad salad on or before november 20th are being advised to throw it away and costco has pulled the p pduct from its shelves. A newborn baby with the umbilical baby still attached. Cord still attached in the manger of a Church Nativity scene here in new york city. A custodian was returning to, work monday afternoon and heard the baby crying. The baby is said t tbe in good health at aocal hospital. State law says a baby can be turned over to a church, hospital, local Police Station or Fire Department but authorities must be called right away. Officials are now looking for a home for the baby but severalal calls are being received for people wanting to become parents. Eastern third of the country spectacular and plenty of sunshine. Temperatures into the 60s as you get into the southwest. But were also looking at a lot of snow back through the Pacific Northwest, the rockies and cascades. Od news. Well seeing snow in the sierra, and that will help with the snow pack and hopefully help with the drought out there a little bit. This is more than just a town. This is our home. And Small Business saturday. Is more than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastesesike home. Bebeuse the money wepend here. Can help keep our town growing. This saturday is Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the town, the home we love. Shop small this saturday. Winter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern siouxland some very illtimed Winter Weather will make its way through siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the year on thanksgiving day. Today, however, looks like a much better option travelwise as the only potential hazard will be some patchy drizzle and fog. Conditions will really start to deteriorate late tonight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezzng rain and ccld accumulate up to a quarter of an inch n some locatitins by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, and thats your latest adele, i mean, weather. All right. A thank you very much. Coming up, much more on the thanksgiving travel rush. Ramped up security nationwide ahead of tomorrows parade here in new york. Should you bot with black friday shopping . 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I approve this message because together, we cananake a political l volution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the plane crash that killed three members of the iowa state Cross Country team. The pilot, two coaches, and a student trainer were also killed in that crash in a des moines neighborhood. Among them. Trainer was Stephanie Streit from hawarden, and sheryl maahs from spirit lake. This afternoon, family members of the vicitims and others are holding a special cermemony in des moines to honor those that were lost. Investigators say the crash was caused by a build up of ice on the planes wings. Heres meterologist ben dorenbach. 7 30 now on this wednesday morning, november 25th, 2015, and this crowd will not be let down because adele is here and will perform in just a few minutes. Were going to put it up on the big jumbotron right there so they will be able to see her and get close to her and werere hoping to persuadeer to walk out with us in a few minutes. Can we talk about that at the 8 00 open. Can we say that in fact we can say in fact that adele is going to go outside. All right. Shes coming out there, people those people have been waiting in some cases for a day w. Awesome. Anyway, on this wednesday morning, take a look at some of the stories right now. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of release of this video that shows the 2014 Police Shooting of a black teenager. The officer now being held on a charge of firstdegree murder. Elgium police h he issued an arrest warrant foror the man tied to the attacks in paris. He was seen driving the car with the key susct two days before the bombings and shootings. And another round of storms in Washington State adding to problems caused by some Severe Weather last week, some 40,000 people without power. A lot t them being told, unfofounately, that electricity wot be restored in time for thanksgiving. That is not fun. Lets begin this half hour with a Holiday Travel rush and steppedup security in the wake of new threats from isis. Today National Correspondent craig melvin is in times square here in new york city. Craig, good morning to you. Reportete matt, good morning. Letssust look at the next sixix weeks here in new york city. Of course, tomorrow, the big macys thanksgiving day parade, 3 Million People are expected to attend. Next week the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas tree, and believe it or not, a few weeks in times square to bring in 2016. As you might imagine, Law Enforcement officials arere on a heightened state off alert. Theres this new Critical Response te, matt. It was launched a few weeks ago. Were talking several hundreds specially equipped and specially trained officers who are now here in new york city, especially trained in counterterrorism measures. They participate a number of drills j jt this week invnvving it was one, of course, in new york citys subway. Two terrorists with assault weapons took some hostages. There was another involving a lone wolf, so to speak, and officials work to retake control of the floor. In addition to that new specialized unit the nypd also in the process of making sure that all 35,000 plus of its officers are trained to deal with an active shooter in case one of these Specialized Forces arent able to respond immediately. In addition to that, in addition were talking about additional boat patrols, were talking about more of those license plate readers and even some aerial surveillance involving thermal imaging. We should note here, again, at this point here in new york city there is no specific, no credible threat, bill bratton, the police commissioner, saying he wants people to have fun and still be vigilant and also this week a new app was unveiled. In addition to see something, say something, officials want people to see something, send something. Send a picture or a text message if you see something that looks amis. Matt. All right. Craig melvin in times square, craig, thanks so much. The other piece of this, of course, is the holiday forecast. Lets check in over with al. Guys, theresough weather in the Pacific Northwest that will be affecting pretty much the entire country over the next 72 to four to five days. Heavy snow and winds. In fact, as we go to the maps and show you whats going on, up to 50 Million People under s se sort of Winter Weather advisory from the west coast all the way into texas and parts of nebraska. We are expecting to see ts for today. So, heres the storm starting today. The storm track, the system, more mountain snow, valley freezing rain. Tomorrow actually i should say today, wereooking into the rockies, the high plainsns the traveve impactct as we move into thanksgiving, look at this, from san antonio to oklahoma city. Severe storms. Big icing conditions up into the upper Mississippi River valley. Friday weve got more of the same wet weather from chicago, indianapolis, strong storms down into san antonio. Oklahoma going to be dealing with i i and snono as ll. Here are t t rainfall amounts. Some parts of texas and oklahoma up to 8 inches of rain. Look for localized flooding. Its going to be a mess, plus as far as snow is concerned, out west, were looking at anywhere from 8 inches to 2 feet of snow through the rockies, and then as plains ice is going to be a big, bibi problem, anywhere fromm a quarter to half an inch from parts of new mexico all the way up into the u. P. Ofwinter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern suxland some very illtimed Winter Weather will make its way through siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the yyr on hanksgiving dd. Today, however, looks like a much better option ravelwise as s he onll potential haaard will be some patchy drizzle and fog. Conditions will really start to deteriorate late tonight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, thats your latest weather. Don draper called and wants his jacket back. Hed be wearing plaid today as well. Sorry about that at home. Coming up on trending, why this jeopardy contestant has suddenly become the talk of the internet. The stores are rerey. 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Aording to American Express nearly half of us still plan to take advantage of friday sales, spending an average of 584, but turns out black friday is just not the blow out day it used to be, consumers can now get major discounts before a a after the big dayay and thehe are bargainin of course always on the internet 24 7. It seems black friday is turning into more of a gray day. The black friday stampede is about to begin. But shoppers this year might want to slow down. Turns out they dont have to join the long lines of bargain hunters as soon as thanksgiving dinner is over. Black friday matters a lot less than it used to. Happened on black friday and today it feels you start hearing about sales a month, two months before black friday. Reporter while the friday after thanksgiving still brings out the masses yearning to save big, these days its more like a black friday seasas. Every day for ten days expect new deals. Reporter retailers have caught on that customers are buying earlier. According to nielsen more than a third have started shopping by the end of september and by this time of year its more than half. Not to mention the fact that not all shoppers like the friday madness. The headaches dont really justify being out of bed at 4 00 in the morning to shop. Does anybody want to be part of this . No. Chevy has a better way with black friday deals all month long. Reporter online deals and cyber monday the black friday of cyberspace means shoppers can get Bargain Basement prices without leaving their basement. According to one study the number of consumers planning to shop online is up 12 over the deals can now actually come directly to you. The retailers that will do the best are the ones that can figure out how to use big data to get you the deals you want at the moment you want them on your mobile device. Reporter so what do you need to know to be a smart black friday shopper . Only wait in line if you know its worth it. Experts say you should only stand in line at a local retailer that does not have a website and is offering special holiday sales in their stores. Also, dont even think about paying full price, dont think about buying something until the discount is 30 or 40 off. Keep an eye on your item online, you might be able to catch a better deal. What time should you start to shop . To get an idea when stores are most crowded on black friday google analyzed data from smartphone users with their location history turned on allowing them to anonymously track yourdevice. Thats good. Turns out crowds are heaviest between 2 00 and 4 00 p. M. In the afternoon and lightest perhaps this is not a surprise really at 5 00 a. M. Thats our time, though. Est that the best time for us. You guys ran into each other at the apple store at 5 00 a. M. If youre going to the stores helmets and shouldede pads. Olivia, thank you. Im waiting until that goes 30 off. All right. 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This yealets keep your sanity. Come to the store or go online. For all your gifts, youll be just fine. Aw, youre sweet. Black friday starts 6pm thursday all right. Were back. 7 49 on a wednesday morning. Were getting ready for a big performance from adele live in our studio, and dylan is in for carson over in the original room to help us get ready. Hey, good morning, guys. Actually h h to stop listening to that s sg on repeat just to come to the original room today the its just playing constantly in our house, and if youre like me, hello kind of makes you tear up a little bit, but now theres a version sure to help you smile instead. Adele joined jimmy fallon for a new rendition of her song use, of course, classroom instruments and, yes,s, a toy phone. Im sorry for breaking your heart does it tear you apart the song just always sounds good, no matter what instruments youre use, and now adele has officially taken over the record for most u. S. Albums sold in a week, and she did it in just three days, selling nearly 2. 5 llion albums. Itsxpected to reach m mlion bybyhe end of the week, and that breaks the old record set back 15 years ago, n syncs no Strings Attached which sold 2. 4 million copies and they have tweeted. We officially say bye bye gsbase as adele says helel to the record. Its almost like we planned this. Youre right. Doesnt matter if you use childhood instruments with that voice you do do fingernails on a blackboard and it would play good. Do you think we can play triangles in the background. Im available. Ding. Coming , well talk to adele about h remarkable week and take her outside to say hi to a sea of fans out on the plaza. But first on a wednesday morning a check of your local news. This is more than just a town. This is our home. And small busisiss saturday. Is me than just a day. Its our day. To shop small at the places we love. With the people we love. For stuff we cant get anywhere else. And food that tastes like home. Because the money we spend here. Can help keep our town growing. This saturday is Small Business saturday, lets all shop small. For the neighborhood, the townwn the home we love. Surprise we heard you got a job as a developer its official, i work for ge what . Wow. Yeah okay. Guys, ill be writing a newlanguage for machines so planes, trains, even hospitals can work better. Oh sorry, i was trying to put it away. Got it on the cake. So youre going to work on a train . Not on a train. On trains youre not gonna develop stuff anymore . No i am. People dont have to think about where their electricity comes from. They flip the switch and the light comes on. Its our job to make sure that it does. Using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. Generating electricity thths cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions how else do you think he gets around so fast . Take the reins thihiholiday and get the mercedesbenz youve always wanted during the winter event. Hurry, offers end soon. The holidays bring many challenges to the feet. By day they must stay warm. But by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. Of the day thursday. Friday and saturday still look cold and quiet before more light snow chances on sunday and monday. See graphics. Time for the morning club quiz. Joining us on the phone is Jackie Johnson of marcus, iowa. You are playing for gifyt certificates for four regular, 6 inch sub sandwiches what Department Store puts on the annual thanksgiving day parade in new york city . A bomgaars b younkers c macys its 8 00 on today. Trouble in toyland. Planning to do Holiday Shopping for the kids . Well tell you about dangerous toys still on the shelf. Plulu carly simon says the legendary singer opens up about life, love and the man behind that song. And shes the most talked about woman in music. The superstar smashing record sales with h brand new album as adele performs live, wednesday, november 25th, 2015. Good morning, adele. We brought a gift from you all the way from long island. Wake up, kansas city good morning, corpus christi, texas. Its 38 degrees. And theres a 100 chance were from florida absolutely beautiful. Its the day before thanksgiving. We have a huge crowd. We always have a huge crowd on thanksgiving the day before. It becomes even huger when the here. All these folks are hoping to get a glimpse of adele. Dylan. Shall we do the dance well do when we met adele ourselves. We are so excited. That was fun. And matt is even luckier because hes with adele and shes ready to say good morning. So, tomorrow, we get to welcome santa claus to the paradend this morning, we get to welcome adele to the plaza to a few fans that are here in new come on over here. Normally, watch your step. This is the kind of crowd we get when stars performrmutside. These people who know youre here performing inside. You know. Why might she sell 3 million albums in one week, this is why, right here. It is incredible how quick remember just a couple weeks ago, the new music and here she is, the soso is on everyones lips, a cultural phenomenon and giving her fans such such a delight. Were going to be hearing from adele in just a little while, but first with natalie on of the top stories even as adele continues to take selfieie tamron, take it away. Good momoing, everyone. Activist groups are threatening to disrupt black friday shopping in chicago to protest the deadly shooting of a black teenager by a white Police Officer in october of 2014. Dashcam video was released on tuesday. It shows officers responding to a report of a man with a knife trying to break into cars. Ititnds with officer jasas van dyke firing 16 shots at 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald. Officials say the teen did have a knife in his hand and had taken the drug pcp. Officer van dyke was indicted tuesday on a charge of firstdegree murder. His Attorney Says it was selfdefense. Caution is theheatchword as americans defy newewerror threats to begin their Holiday Travel and shopping. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is at white house. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Happy thanksgiving, a little bit early here when officials at white house says theres no credible or specific intelligence indicating a parisstyle plot here in the u. S. Still in its latest propagandada video isis is now taunting the u. S. , mocking american soldiers as demoralized and suicidal after the wars in iraq and afghanistan, but no actual threat in that video. A new fbi and Homeland Security bulletin urges local police to stay vigilant. The top concern, it says, remain homegrown extremists. The challenge remains defending soft targets across the country. In new york city our station wnbc got exclusive access to the nypds new Critical Response command. They held counterterrorism drills battling active shooters and hostagetakers. Later this morning again at the white house, president obama ll meet with his National Security advisers to review the security situation across the country. Tamron. All right, peter, thank you very much. Ficials in belgium say they have arrested four new suspects with direct ties to the paris terror attacks. They also issued an arrest warrant for a fifth man Mohamed Abrini who was recorded with another suspect at a gas station near parar two days before thehe attacks. And in paris a prosecutor revealed tuesday that the massacre ringlder had planned to attack the citys financial district just days later. However, he was killed in a shootout with police. Along with tighter security, bad weather from utah to missouri could slow Holiday Weekend travel. An estimated 3. 5 million americans will be traveling by air and aaa says nearly 47 million will be driving at least 50 miles to their thanksgiving destinations. Thats a slight increase from last year thanks in part to the lowest gas prices weve seen in seven years. And a piece of alabama history put up a stubborn fight before fading into the past. Engineers tried to implode a centuryold smokestack. All that was left of an historic cotton mill, take a look at this, but it failed to come down after the first explosion. Now after another try, only part of it collapsed. They finally used a backhoe to there. Thankfully the backhoe driver was okay. I think you can even here cheers there. Hes fine, but imagine a pretty scary things. I guess sometimes history doesnt want to say byebye. Wont be wearing those clothes again, wow. Tamron, thank you very much. Youre probably going to do some Holiday Shopping over this long weekend. And if toys are on your list theres new safety concerns tied to certain products. Keep an eye on them and todays erica hill has that good morning to you. Good morning to you. These findings come from the u. S. Public Interest Research group which tested hundreds of toys f fm Stores Across the country finding safety hazards with at least one in ten. Heres what you should know before you buy. tis the season for holiday toys, but this new report warns theres trouble in toyland. The u. S. Public Interest Researchroup or pirg says it tested oveve200 toys and found 22 to be, in its words, potentially hazardous. We found these toys everywhere, from small Dollar Stores to big chain stores. Reporter toys like this fun bubbles jump rope which the group says has ten times the legal limit of a banned toxic substance linked to developmental problems. Also singlgl out by the group, slinky jr. Which claims contains high levels of the chemical chromium. Chromium compounds are also known to cause cancer in the lungs when inhaled and in the stomach when ingested. Reporter another major concern, choking. Responsible for 106 toyrelated deaths between 2001 and 2013. This football, the group says, is a prime example. This g2 air mini football which has a small plastic cap at the end which easily comes off. Reporter footballs makers say independent tests, quote, verify this product complies with u. S. And canadian small parts regulations. Magnets like these sent nearly 3,000 kids to the emergency room between 2009 and 2013 but are still sold as toys. They have caused severe internal damage. Reporter more than 251,000 children ended up in an emergency room with a toyrelated injury in 2014. The Toy Industry Association says all toys sold in the u. S. , no matter where they are manufactured, must meet rigorous safety test and be certified by an independent federally approved lab. The message for parents. The three ss to think abobo. Nunuer one is supervise. E. Youve always got to the supervise your child when they first open a new gift. The second is you have to look at size of the pieces. And finally think about the security, so a battery really needs to be secure. Those tiny little discs can be opened and can be swallowed. Reporter safety ultimatete lies i iyour hands. In the 30 years they have been doing this report, the u. S. Public Interest Research group says the findings have resulted in 150 recalls. We did reach out to many of the toys manufacturers and did not hear back from them all, but we do have a full list toys at today. Com. All t t things have you to o cognizant of when youve got little kidid in all seriousness, it is exhausting when you think about all the little tiny things. Look out, vale. Yeah, exactly. Look out, mom. Erica, thank you so much. Coming up, something to think about before your feast tomorrow. Is it ever okay to double dip your chips . No. Of course it is. Plus, were helping you knock out some Holiday Shopping today with a special edititi of steals and deals includeng huge bargain on jewelry that usually sells for like 300. Wow. 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The citi double cash card. The only card that lets you earncash back twice on everypurchase with 1 when you buy and 1 as you pay. With two ways to earn, were back now at 1 13. Time for whats trending today. Very excited that adele is here. Yes. Okaka we have chips and dips this momoing. I want to let people into the trending process around here. Every morning people come in and they say theres these stories you can do for trending and why did we pick this story today . Because we all wanted gawk moly. Exactly. Because truth be told, we have done this story about double dipping before. Yeah. But were goioi toouble dip again thihi morning. Because were hungry. We want to eat whats the story. The story is science is weighing in on whether it is okay to double dip. Remember. George costanza on seinfeld, roll the tape. Thats why we real dea. Thats likik putting your whole mouth right in the dip. From now on, when you take a my favorite part i like to rotate the chip . Thats a good way to do it the. Heres the final answer, double dipping does encourage the sprere of germs. Nono accordidi to experts at clemson university. They found that bacteria easily spreads fromouth to chip and of the dips they tested, salsa, chocolate and cheese, sign me up for that test, salsa retained the back theiat longest. Its the wettest. I guess so. Yeah. Its a no go. Really. Do not do it. Really, if youre with people like your family. No, no. Lets move on. Now that the guy is proving chivalry is not dead. Take a look what he did for a woman during a recent bout of flooding in india. He doesnt want her to get wet, a nice guy who uses two chairs basically as stepping stones making sure that s s doesntt have to put her feet in the water. Thats fantastic. Is that real, like amazing. Isnt that nice. And the car and everything. What you cant hear is her saying hurry up, next one. By the way, we did speed up that video. Still pretty good. Very impressive. On twitter laura has been trending because shes hypnotizing people with the sound of her voice. Take a listen. Laura. What is noaa. n sync 200, new addition 400, new addition 600, 1,600, 2,000, 82 hundred. Michelle pfeifeer and halle berry have both played this transformed character with highsened powers. Who is catwoman. Right. Oh, my goodness. Her name is laura ashby and people are trying to figure out where shes from. They think that thats an accent. No, i dont think so. What do you think. How hard is it to find out where shes from. They tell you at the beginning of the show when they introduce you. You dont have to be Sherlock Holmes to find out. Turns out shes from georgia. Okay. More of like an affectation. Seems like it. Interesting. I watch jeopardy all the time and that stood out to me. I didnt knowwt would be part of trending. Its contagious. You feel like you want to start trying that. Geesher breaking a record that stood for more than 50 years and ed sheeran lands a role in a highly anticipated movie. Dylan, lets hear about it. Starting with Justin Bieber beating a beatles record that stood for 51 years. Justin has now 17 songs onn the bibiboard hot 10000 list, 17. Thats the most any artist has ever had on the chart in a single week. The success thanks in part to hit singles like what do you mean and sorry. The beatles had 14 songs on the list and drake matched that record twice earlier this year, but bieber is the first to top it and to top it by three songs. Pretty credible. Here are two Different Things we love, ed sharen and Bridget Jones and now they are finally coming together. Ed instagram the this photo of himself on the set of the new movie, Renee Zellweger peeking he spent the day being an actor in the new Bridget Jones movie. Loved it. Youre gonna love it, too. No word on whether ed will play himself or compete for bridgets affections. It will be interesting to see what role he has. Finally charlie puth saying sometimes a kiss is really just a kiss. Remember that now famous lip lock he shared with Meghan Trainor watching this with your parents it was the most awkward moment of the nightht happenededunday at the a arican music awards. Charlie assures usa today he and meghan added they are just best friends and hes seeing someone else and would not want people to get the wrong idea. How would that happen . In light of all the dibble dipping. Explaining double dipping. Lan, thank you. Winter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern siouxland weather will make its way through siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the year on thanksgiving day. Today, however, looks like a much better option travelwise as the only potential hazard will be some patchy drizzle and fog. Conditions will really start to deteriorate late tonight early tomorrrw morning asassome light rain beginn to switch ovvr to eezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some lations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, now shes thats your late weather. Matt . Thank you very much. So happy to have musics biggest star with us this morning. Adele is riding high smashing records with her brand new album. Well chat not a morning and listen to her sing and first, what everyone is talking about. I must have called a thousand times with her giant voice and raw emotion, adele is taking the music indususy by storm. Let me photograph 25 is the already the years top album expected to sell a recordshattering 3 million copies by the end of this week. Adele onenight concert created a fan frenzy. Im sorry since its october release her single hello has sold more than 2. 6 million copsies. And is this weeks most downloaded song following a flawless snl performance. Even and snl sketch to solidify her as a pop culture phenomenon. Now im starting to get an accent. With her signature laugh, adele also knows how to have fun. Fairies have wings. I made up my mind her debut album 19, her age at the time first made adele famous in 2008. We could have had it all exploded and landed six grammys, including album of the year and became the top seller for two straight yes. And now with 25, adele is once again sinng her way straight into music history. When we were young hello. Welcome. Hello. Its great to have you here. Thank you. Thanks for having me back. Just brag about you for a second. Youre going to sell 3 million copies of this album this week. 2. 6 million downloads of hello. 1. 1 million in like a week. You make all your own clothes, youre a b bck belt i i judo, you cook really well. How do you get your arms around all of this . Its pretty overwhelming, but its its incredible, you know, and the reaction getting here this morning and everyone being here is so beautiful. Its so nice. Adele said to me in the commercial break, she said ive been here like three times outside, and now this place i i papaed. And they must be so cold. I dont think they mind, to be honest with you. You said that the success of 22 was scary. Yes. So is it less scary this time around . I feel like i kind of knew what i was getting into this time, not that i expected this kind of reaction, but because i had experieieed the success of 21. I was more red they time. When it happened on 21 i was clueless. Never happened to me before. Also more prepared and i also have a kid which is the most grounding thing which im sure any parent will know. I want to talk about angelo in a sec. After 21 you took time and you sattown and to start wring songs about this album you had a pretty severe case of writers block. Yeah. You said you couldnt write songs from the same place that you were for 21. Yeah. Did you start to worry that you could only write music from an unhappy place . Yeah. I think that is the case, and i i dodot think sadness is always devastating. It can be quite uplifting and joyful as well and sometimes you have to let yourself to be sad in order to move forward. Once i started looking tat like that, im quite happy. I felt like i didnt need to let myself going in order to access my creativity so thats good. I talked to you for a fewew minutes at radad cityhe other day and you told me angngo is a key factor in how happy you are right now. Youve had time to dedicate to him in between these two albums since hes been born. Do you get concerned at all that now with the explosion of this album that youre going to have to get back on that career treadmill and have less time to dicate to him . Oh, my son comes everywhere with me. Were good. Were tight. Hes first person i see in the morning and the last person i say at night and vice versa so were all good. I make time for him like i always have. One of the main reasons why ive been away for so long because, no, my kid is more important, you know, and and my kid comes first and my music comes know. A lot of us were at radio city the other night when you held your concert. First concert in several years. I was so relieved. Tell me how nervous you were because i watched as that curtain parted and you were standing there and you saw that crowd. I wasas trying to be like adpan like t ting to be like a do i have ashe and i couldnt, and i saw the cwd and i just melted. I was so happy to be there. I was very nervous. After that the second or third song i was chilled, i was sglrt what do you like when you get nervous . Do you get fidgety, walk around . Fidgety, i moan and complain and escape and try to get out, like berch. Ive never heard that. So they are vows singing this early in the morning ill be like backstage. You said in the concert, said something that i thought was so sweet. You said it was the first time that your boyfriend. Yeah. Had ever had the chance to see you perform in concert. Yeah. The first time he saw me was at grammys which was the first time i opened my mouth to sing after my surgery and everyone was holding on, but, yeah, his first the first of my whole show that he had seen and he loved it and such a great moment. So he approved. Even if its rubbish he would have approved. A would have been a deal ender. By the way, that wasnt the best ive ever seen you. I watched something on television, online the other day i think you did for the bbc. Yeah. Where you you disguised yourself. Yes. And you went to an audition for adele impersonators. Yeah. First of all, youre a very good actress. Oh, i thank you. No, i mean it. Thank you very much. I thought you were incredibly natural. What was this like for y . Amazing. They asked me to judge it, and i was like no, no, i want to be an impersonator. It was amazing. Nothing quite prepared me for walking towards ten other girls dressed up like me. That was pretty overwhelming but and the whole thing was funny and its it was really, really beautiful and i cried a whole but my accent so obvious. I think shes like him, and oh, my god. You had a fake nose on. Fake chin. I think the funny thing is could you have imagined ten years ago that there would be auditions for adele impersonators . No, never, never. Theres a drag queen in l. A. That i really want to see. He looks amazing, does a really good job. Now that ive done that, opened a whole new world to them and i want to find all of them. Youre going to sing a song in just a little while on the show. Yeah. Can you quickly tell me the back story of the song because its really sweet. Im singing a million y yrs ago in a little while. Its about basically this park in south london me and my friends used to go to all the time and would just hang out and chat about everything and big things and small things and flippant things and stuff like that, and i drove past it a month ago now, and i just burst into tears because none of us wererethere, it wasntt just me, none of us could be thehe because we have lives and were all adults now. Youre going to sing it after a today the native American Community will rally for its youngest members. Their annual memorial march to this morning at 7 30. Its the 13th year that theyve held the event. The march honors native American Children that have been lost to adoption and foster care. March organizers say the tribes want to elevate the conversation about the issue, and work withth the department of human servicece to help solve the problem. Heres meterologist ben dorenbach. Thursday. F e 8 30 now on this wednesday morning. Its the 25th of novembmb, 2015. A day that will live in infamy because adele is here. She sounds beautiful. She is beautiful. Just had a great chat with her. Shes as charming as we all thought. So nice of her to come out here a couple minute ago and actually say hi to fans and take selfies and then prepare to go inside and sing. Were going to get that Live Performance coming up in just a uple of mimites. Yeah. Looking forward to that. Also ahead, another singer that people really lot. Well catch up with carly simon. Well talk to her about her career, stage fright and the new duet that shes very excited about. Plus, on steals and deals up to 80 off Great Holiday ideas and a Little Something were told for everyone this rning so we can officially start our holidid shshping, i guess. S. Yeah. And check out our prep kitchen. The food team already hard at work on our thanksgiving feast, basting, chopping. Look at that turkey. Whats going on with that bird . Probably not the best position ive seen that turkey in. All right. Dont judge. Chef s sny anderson and brandy maloy will be do the honors manning our thanksgiving hotline. Email them your questions and well try to help you out. Lets get a check of the weather. Lets show you what were going on. First of all, got the big macys thanksgiving day parade. 9 00 a. M. , start out att 38 degrees as we step out on the Upper West Side and at noon variable clouds and light winds and temperature about 57 degrees. Matt and savannah, yours actually all bringing in the thanksgiving festivities. For today, snow out in the rockies. Look for windy conditions up through the Mississippi River valley w wh wet weather. Eastern third of thee country looking spectacular. Thats whats going on around winter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern siouxland some very illtimed Winter Weather will make its way through siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the year on thanksgiving day. Today, however, looks like a much better option travelwise as the only potential hazard will be some patthy drizzle ann fog. Nditions wwl really starrto deteriorate lateeonight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, now shes all right. Thats your latest weatatr. Ready for adele nothing more to say. Adele, take itt away. I only wanted to have fun learning to fly, learning to run i let my heartecide the way when i was young deep down i must have always known that this would be inevitable pay and bare my soul i know im not the only one ho regrets the things theyve done sometimes i just feel its only me what can stand the reflection that they see i wish i could live a little more lookp to the sksk not just the floor feel like my life is flashing by and all i can do is watch and cry i miss the air, i miss my friends i miss my mother, i miss it when life was a party to be thrown but that was a million years ago when i walk around all of the streets where i grew up and found my feet they cant look me in the eye its like theyre scared of me i try to think of things to say like a joke or a memory but they dont recognize me now in theight of day i know im not the only one who regrets the things theyve done sometimes i just feel its only me who never became who they thought theyd be i wish i could live a little more look up to the sky, not just the floor i feel like my life is flashing by and all i can do is watch and cry i miss the air, i miss my friends i miss my mother, i miss it when life was a party to be thrown but that was a million years ago yes adele, thank you so much for being here. Nice to be here. Can i tell you theres probabab this may be the only time that we have had to actually send a note out to the staff and say no more people. Thank you. No more people can come in the studio. Oh, thanks so much for coming and thanks for having me and to everyone outside as well, i know youre probably cold. Its so lovely. I wish i could come out andug all of you. Theres too many of you. Congratulations in getting through the song with matt and i making moony eyes. Can i ask you a business question real quick, real quickly. Yes. Youre one of the few people on the plante who can say i may not stream some songs. All right, yes. Youve chosen to put hello out there and not the other music. Might you make a decision in the future to stream some of the music. Im certainly not kind of spite things up. Im doing what ive always done. Hello is out there because probably, yeah. Congratulations. You make us swoon, adeal. Congratulations. And hpy holidays. You, too, you, too. Thank you so much. Thanks for being so kind. Get out of my way. Thank you you can hear much more of her on a onehour special adele live in new york. Its fantastic we were there. December 14, right here on nbc. And wereack in a moment. This is today on nbc. Thank you. Hi. Weve got a special edition of steals and deals. Today were shopping small in honor of Small Business saturday. Our contributing editor jill martin promises bargains are big even if were shopping small. Good morning, good to see you. I dont know how i can follow adele but ill try with these deals. Give it your best shop. Well start with jewelry. Always a lot of sparkle, obviously, for the holiday and these will all arrive for holiday gifts. Okay. Jennifer miller jewelry, you get the bracelet set or this mother of pearl necklace, so its either or. The retail is 295. Now the necklace is real mother of pearl, and its white gold plated, and then with the bracelets you g all six of them, so you can break them up, use them as Stocking Stuffers, half and half for teachers gifts. They are great. Whats the deal. Celeb fanseidi klumm and j. Lo. The deal is 59. 820 off. Okay. These are really popular right now. Over the last five or six years, shaving kits for men. Yeah, and you could use this, right in. Well use it in a couple of days. I do use the brush, i have to admit. This is a gift men wont b b for themselves. The retail is 158 and its labeled the kit all a man needs so you get four months worth of product. The preshave oil, the shaving cream, the brush, the stand and the aftershave. In different skrerngts by the way. Three different scents. All together you get the set so its really nice. The retail 158. The deal 47. 50, 70 off. Okay. Great. Lets move on to scarves for her. Okay. These are seasonless so you can really wear these all year long. The theodora and callum scarves. Retail is 15. Rayon blend, so you can wear them indoors and outside. Celb fans include blake livelily and sofia vergara. The deal is 19. 71 off, a really good deal and a ton of different patterns. Go on today. Com to see them. What are these, scrubs . We open one so you can lemon whipped sugar scrubs twopiece set. Thats really nice. Two differere scenen. Get two of the same, break them up for Stocking Stuffers and create an athome spa which i know you love to do. The retail is 70 and the deal is 20. 70 off. Okay. And finally, everything has kind of a nice smell to it so far except the jewelry the these are beautifullcannedles. Yeah. This is major because itsset of four by aquiesse and retail is 136. Can you split them up. You get four candles in different scents, 100 hours of burn time, 11 ounces each. The retail 136. The deal 39. 95. 71 off. Youre right. Could you split that up and do really well economically with gifts for a lot of people. And for teachers gifts, a perfect mix for Small Business saturday. The time of the segment where im supposed to run through the products again. The bracelet set and necklace, thats from Jennifer Miller jewelry, luxury shaving sets Theodora Callum scscf, a twopiece scrub set from lalicious and holiday candles from aquiesse. Jill, thank you. For any questions click on the steals and deals page at today. Com. Up next, savannah goes oneonone with music great today on a wednesday morning when it comes to songwriting, nobody does it better than carly simon. For decades her music has defined a generation. In her new memoir called boys in the trees can the simon opens up about her difficult childhood, crippling anxiety and stage fright and some rocky romances with some of the most irresistible men in hollywood, and its a pleasure to have carly simon here. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. You have this wonderful career. Youre such a legend, and only now are you writing this book. Whyy why does now seem like the right time to tell your story . It really didnt make any kind of sense. It just i was asked if i would write it for a great deal of money, and and, of course, i didnt end up keeping any of it because it it went to a different publisher during the course ofit, and so the deal was off, but but i got with people that understood me and understood what i wanted to say as opposed to people who were telling me what to write and in what voice to write it. We learned so much about you, and you see in the book that paradox between on the oneand you being s s and kind of wantg to be your own area, and then at the same time wanting to be known and seen and to be in the limelight. And you talk a lot very honestly about stage fright and anxiety and what you went through. Anxiety was always a tremendousus large part of my life, and i think in p pt because of trying to look for what the truth is and not being able to find it or being able to hear what, you know, i was told that the opposite was true of what i thought was true. I had been very careful as a mother to not twist my kids minds up with facts that are not fact. And we learn a lot about your relationship withh james taylor, and i think you write that there was a certain predestination about it, and you write very lovingly about him. I think so. You also, as you mentioned, are doing music as part of this, and you have a new song with your son ben, a a whattas thatt like . Well, ive been writing songs all during this writing the book process, but i never really elevated them to a status of being finished and recording them, but there is this one exception. Ben and i had been in a terrible fight, and i went upstairs direct influence on my feelings than anybody could, and when when ben hurts my feelings or sale hurts my feelings i went upstairs and i picked up the guy tar because thats where thats where the first person who is in pain wants to go to, wants to go to the guitar and pick it up a a play it and and dispense with the i me person and go to the she, but this song actually came out in the first person and it goes i cant thank you enough because ben came upstairs, and he apologized. After the apology i i wrote i cant thank you enough f f youve heard me, you really heard me. You heard what i had to say, and so when i played him t at first verse, he said, god, i love, that i want to write it with you, and so we wrote the rest of the song together, and its just its our song of thanks and gratitude which is so specifically this time of year, thanksgivivi, such a wonderfrf emototn. Were almost out of time, you go without asking about youre so vain. So now we know w reveal that warren bait was the inspiration for the second first and theres a first and third verse and i think youre not ready to reveal those yet. Are you kind of like, ugh, enough about thth. Yeah, i say its been its been fun. Its been fun, and that song is always fun for me, and and its just i cant answer it i cant do it justice. Cant do the answer justice. Some mysteries are just nice to remain mysteries anyway. Hope so. Carle simon, congratulations on book. Thank you so much for b bng here. Thank you. Once again the book i called voice in the trees. Thanks very much. Well ask a question. Can wrangler even compete . Weve got john ohurl here. Were going to get a sneak preview of the national dog morning, this is today on nbc. Were back with a sneak peek now. At a thanksgiving tradition. The National Dog Show, john ohurley is here and has brought along a few friends. John, good morning. Nice to have you here. We have an extraordinary show. First of all, purina is doing a wonderful thing for every tweet you do in the show, donatinin 1 up to ,000. Tweeeewhat youre thankful for for your dog this year. And what do we have. Down at far end, thats a spanish walker dog. Cute. And that is rudy, and then in the middle one of the hunting dogs. This is cecel yeah, the hunting check, a brand new breed, hunter, small game. And then, of course, he, one of my favorite breeds this year, want to be known. This is from the italian alps. If you look very closely, look at mats here, natural. Formed by three different types of hair, wool, dog hair and goat hair. Wow. And thats a naturallook. What kind of shampoo do you use . All of it. Youve become a real pro at this. When you start the show and look at dogs, do you have a sense which one is going to be the winner . Fortunately i have david frye by myself because hes most knowledgeable man in dogs. I have the tendency to go to drama and the cute factor andnd david knows the compilation of the dogs better than i do and im getting a better eye. Not looking at just looks and charm but also the purpose of these dogs, right. Theres a written standard for every dog, not only for the form the dog but the function of the dog. This is a dog thats a herding dog so imagine that this thing would be running across the plains of thth alps. Barking. Barking. He thinks were sheep. Its so much fun to watch. We love this show every year. By the way, this is will. My little boy will. Adorable. 14 years weve been there now and were expecting an audience of about 25 million. 14 years, thats two dog years. It is indeed. John ohuhuey, catch the National Dog Show presented by purina right after our broadcast of the macys thanksgiving day parade. Lets get some birthday wishes from willard scott. Mr. Scott. Hey, were back in new york, good to be here and good to be a part of it, and we want to wish our friends happy birthday. Irene howard, kansas city is 103 years and loves kansas city basketball, why not. Edna hill, how sweet it is. Cincinnati, ohio, another great town. Great chili and hot dogs. Edna is 100 years old today, and she has six children. So proud of all of them. Thomas ligotti from florida, 100 years old today. Has a great singing joyce and everyone loves to here him sim. George krepps from the beautiful city of avon in connecticut. 100 years old today. Okay. Thats it for us now and we need to send it back to new york and well see you later. Willard, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Oh, we had a great debate. Stuffing versus dressing. What do you call it . Delicious. As long as its on my plate. Theres a science and well show you geographically what people call it. Its not interchangeable. Yes, it is. No, its not. Theres a debate right here. We promise you a debate and well have a debate, and we have much more ahead on this wednesday morning but first a seen a recent rash of car burglaries, and car thefts in the metro. Investigators have logged more than 200 car burglaries since october 1st. More than 60 of those cars were also stolen. The vast majority have been located within a couple blocks of when theyve been taken, zaclewis said. So it seems like the motivation is just to be able to go through the vehicle. Sometimes those vehicles are being used to commit other car burglaries. The majoriri of the crimes have e been by one group of people that police are actively investigating. Those thieves have hit areas east of lewis boulevard, the north side and leeds. Whats made it easier for the thieves . Car owners had left their cars unlocked or with the keys inside. Heres ben wii weather. Siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the year on thanksgiving day. Today, howeeer, looks like a much better option travelwise as the ly potential hazard will bb somee patchyydrizzle and foo. Conntions will really start to deteriorate late tnight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. As throughout thank this morning on todays take. Adele. The record star shatters another record making world history. And what will smith is revealing about his 20year marriage. And its turkey time. Weve got the secrets for keeping everything hot on the table. All that and more coming up now. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. It is wednesday morning, november 25th, 2015. Thanksgiving eve. Im willie inside alongside al and completely checked out tamron hall, already in texas for thanksgiving. Natalie is on assignment, and your morning jam is a little Whitney Houston, howley know. Thats right. I was out last night and i was at a restaurant and all like 80s and 90s music and this thing popped up so i thought thats my jam for today. You know why thats good, one the great syringes and divas of our time, Whitney Houston and now adele singing just there a minute ago performing her new song million years ago. Listen to a little bit. Beautiful. I know im not the only one who regrets the things theyve done sometimes i just feel its only me who stand the reflection that they see i wish i could live a little more look up to the sky, not just the floor i feel like my life is passing by you can see with huge crowds on the plaza, yes, because its thanksgiving week but even more so because adele was here. Look behind her out on 49th street. It was completely packed, and thats for a song inside. This was in the an outdoor concert. And they didnt care. Though she did go outside at 8 00 and said he will osh to the fans and took some selfies. It was terrific. Her full name is adele laurie blue atkins. You know, i always say youre super famous adele. And that song, i was listening sort of, you know, one of those songs you get so emotional, beautiful, like poetry and im thinking i need to be at home with a fireplace and red wine and sink into feel that she brings to it. Started to get a little weepy on that song. I did. Its a beautiful song. You go back to places, look back on my life and thats why her music and her voice, the lyrics, everything, and she writes a lot, just beautiful. I have to say standing in the same room. Singing there and a group of us were over here. Sometimes the voice, when it comes in here is, you can see its been produced up a little bit. Sounds the same sitting across as it does on tv. We turned to the fans, lets be honest. You guys are macho. Thats you. Some selfies. Oh, my gosh. The girly girly thing about adele, the best eyeliner. Its amazing. I just kept staring at her eyeliner. How do you get that line so perfect . But thats you guys wouldnt notice that the. Beautiful woman. The hair. Gorgeous. Just a gorgeous woman on top of the voice. Its like the lion king beautiful mane. Im fan girl out. Adele. And were not only ones obsess. She has now, adele, officially broken the record for single week u. S. Album sales. In just under four days her new album 25 has sold 2. 5 million copies. They say it will go to 3 million by the end of the week. The previous record holder, good 2000 album no Strings Attached. Sent out a congratulatory tweet. Bye bye bye to hello. The billboard keeps track of these things. Adele has sold 42 of all the music purchased this week. Wow. Previous record was taylor swift last year, 21 , so shes doubled the previous record so it means almost half the music been adeles album. Thats incredible. Amazing to think. Did you see the thing on the tonight show. I love the classroom instruments whenever they do it. Adele, jimmy fallon, the roots doing hello. Check it out. Hello from the side at least i can say that i tried im sorry for breaking your heart clearly doesnt tear you apart anymore ooh anymore ooh in there, having fun, joking and kidding around but its one of the best vocal performances ive ever heard. They could release that version and it would sell. All the commercials, memorex, if is it live or memorex . Ella fitzgerald. Her royse is just clear. What a talent. Deserves Everything Else thats coming her way. Hilarious person. Great sense of humor. Makes her own clothes. Is that true . No. But but here are some facts that are tr. Okay. Thats an oxymoron because facts are true. Anyway, this from blisstv. Com about thanksgiving. Do you know, we eat on average thanksgiving day 4,500 calories, 3,000 in the meal and 1,500 from snacking. Thats about right. For women they claim like 1,200. Yeah. Thats a big number. Huge, huge. Also, supposedly thanksgiving dinner led to the invention of the tv dinner. Really . Back in 1953, swanson, the tv dinner folks, overestimated the amount of turkey people would eat by 260 tons, tons, so they thought, okay, we can throw this away or lets take some foil packets and make food out of it like inspired by the trivia. I didnt know that. I think about salisbury turkey dinner. The hungry man turkey dinner. How do you handle a hungry man, the manhandler. What a commercial. There you go. I miss those commercials. How do you handle a hungry man, the manhandler. The other part i look at thanksgiving, at turkey, as just yeah. For dressing. Now the question is d d you it dressing . What say ye . Dressing. I call it stuffing but i understand dressing because i live in the south for ten years. So google trends has broken down the name issue state by state. There it is. Okay. Now, where its green its dressing. But im from texas. Okay. Stop arguing. Wherets this is google. Dr. Google worked on this. Where its red its stuffing. Yeah. Okay. Does that makes sense to me except for texas. That doesnt make any sense. I know some people dont like to consider texas the south and lbj was the one who said were southwest but were our own country. Maybe becauau so many people haveveeen transplantededo texas because yeah. A lot of people have moved to texas. Its a fast growing state. I dont know one person that calls it stuffing. You know everybody in texas, i forgot. I have the state tattooed on me, i own the state. Yes, you do. I did call my mother and asked her because my mother doesnt cook, you know thth. E took two things,omething and does cook dressing and i asked her when she put in it, corn bread, celery, onion, sage and then whats the poultry, chicken poultry, like the powdery stuff, Something Like that. Okay. I need to write that down. You write that the poultry yes, i did asksk her had a she put in it and its delicious. Anyway. Most of the country calls it stuffing and the south probably advertising as well, the commercial. Stove top stuffing. And another thing were noting today, phenomenal day in washington, d. C. President obama recognized 17 people who essentially changed the world in some way or the other. The president ial medal of freedom. Thats the highest civilian honor. The list, even the president said, obviously, this is always a florrious occasion, but everyone in that building star struck by the next person near them. Barbra streisand, steven estefan, james taylor, composer Stephen Sondheim and baseball great willie mace, the president praised mays not of course for playing record. Take a look. Willie also served our country and quiet example while exexling on americas biggest stage helped carry the banner forward of civil rights. A few years ago willie rode with me on air force one. I told him then what ill tell all of you now. Its because of giants like willie that someone like me could even think about running for president. [ applauau ] major. Special. And the president paid homage to snls mike myers. Remember the coffee talk sketch. When he was awarding barbara tries and. Heres what happened. Off the stage shes been a passionate advocate for issues like Heart Disease and womens equality, im getting all rklempt just thinking about it. Barbara tries and is like really . You know what hes always good at, marinates in his punch line a little bit, lets it set out there a little bit. Kind of percolate. Something else that percolates, yogi berras quotes that we liked after his passing, posthumously and certainly in spirit and mind there yesterday. Lets listen. One thing if you know for sure, if you cant imitate him, dont copy him. [ laughter ] took everybody a while. The thats the yoegisms that we all love and remember. Thats an amazing collection in that room. So diverse. And yogi berra yoeg, wow. Fantastic. How about a look at thanksgiving travel. Thats our thanksgiving edition of todays take weather. Prethanksgiving. Going to go, first of all, to give you the weather. Its going to be nice tomorrow in turkey, north carolina. Blessing, ohio, 61, burnt corn, alabama, 74 degrees. Pilgrim, michigan, 33 and turkey, texas, 68 degrees. Turkey, texas. Where we eat dressing. Thats right. Just one of the few. Okay. Heres your travel. Today, going to be problems in salt lake probably because of the snow, and if youre driving along i15 from salt lake to the great falls, look for slick conditions and low visibility. Tomorrow heres the trouble spots. Thankfully, tamron, youre going today to dallas because its going to be stormy in dallas and houston. Heavy thunderstorms, snow in denver, and if you are driving from dallas to kansas city, storms, soaking rain and kansas city to minneapolis. Youve got an icy mix, and on sunday a lot of people heading home. I7070ooks to be the biggest trouble spot from the st. Louis to baltimore. Were looking at showers and there you havewinter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern siouxland some very illtimed Winter Weather will make e s way through siouxland ddring one of the busiest travel days of t te year on thanksgiving day. Today, however, looks like a much better option travelwise as the only potential hazard will be some patchy drizzle and fog. Conditions will really start to deteriorate late tonight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, now shes and that is your late weather. You have next, a story to everything kids totoh during cold and flu season sticks with them. Make sure the germs they bring home dont stick around. 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Hey bumble bee o busy bee. O busy bee. Come to the store or go online. For all your gifts, youll be just fine. Aw, youre sweet. Black friday starts 6pm thursday and all day online at walmart. In our special series thanks and fifg were highlighting the lifesaving work done at st. Judede childrens resesrch hospspal. Today we meet a young doctor at st. Jude who has a very special connection to the hospital. Its obvious from the moment dr. Jason schwartz walks into a room. Theres nothing to worry about. That he has a special way with his patients. Perhaps its because he knows all too well what they are going through. Before jason decided to become a doctor, he had dreams of b bng a football player, but when he was 13 years old, a star on his junior high team, that dream came to a halt. After his mother noticed some swollen lymph nodes on his neck, jason had blood work done and the results were not good. They said we have to go to st. Judes, so it wass pretty ocking and a quick transition. My parents checked me out at school one day. That night i flew on my first airplane ride to memphis, and there was a a full team of people waiting for me at the doors at 9 00, 10 00 at night. Jason hadad acucu Lymphoblastic Leukemia and he would spend the next several years of his heart in and out of st. Judes for cancer treatments. It was hard but in retrospect it was a good experience. In 1995 there were many things about lukia that were not known. Some of my questions had no answers, and that sparked curiosity. Reporter so when jason finished treatments he set out on a new path, a path to help answer some of those questions. Shes doing okay. Reporter he became a doctor. 18 years after my diagnosis as a patient here, coming back as a doctor, it was it was a now heorks with nurses and doctors who once treated him. Very rewarding to see one of my first patients, one of the patients i treatad in 1995 now come back here and become a pediatric hematologist oncologist. And some days hes both a doctor and patient, participate pa i ithe st. Jude life study to help doctors understand the longterm consequences of treatment. Im happy to be part of those things, to help change the beginning to affect end. Because youre done with chemo. What he seems to enjoy the most are the patients, like 13yearold andrew woodruffho ce shared a similar dream as dr. Schwartz. He, too, wanted to be an athlete, but when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma doctors had to amputate his leg. Its so very comforting to know that someone knows what you are going through and that they know how much pain you feel and what the struggles are. I dont know that there a better pursuit that a person can engage in in their life than giving back in the fashion that dr. Schwartz has chosen to give back. Now with a wife and two children of his own, dr. Schwartz is able to save lives at a place that once saved his. Dr. Schwartz was there for like the biggest part of my life. He really means a lot to me. I mean, hes a part of this fight, and i just would really like to let him know that. Marlo thomas is the National Outreach director for st. Jude childrens research hospital. Marlo, great to see you. Thank you. We should point out as we were talking in our last second about the medal of freedom recipient, you won one last year yourself. Pretty exciting. This is cool, too. You were just telling me that this is not uncommon for a patient to dom back to the hospital. For us we either only place in the world that is studying now children that we treated 30, 40, 50 years ago, and what we have them come for study and look at them and see where are their lives normal and where are they not normal and we can predict and detect things wrong for their heart, for example, thats undetected at home and send them back to their doctors and say please prevent this and event aeart attack so the patients jason has today we can help him to to do what they are doing, the studies that they are doing on these children to prevent the side issues that many of these had 30, 40, 50 years ago. Thats the beauty of having the studies going on at the same time that were treatinin have e from start toinish cause you keep thehe patients. The life Study Program one of the Ground Breaking things youre doing there. Another great story and well see more of you this week. Thanks, willie, nice to see you. 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Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma es not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for 12 months free at mybreo. Com. Sup bud . The beststifts that you wantntre here. For mom dad and your dear. What about baxtete if thats your dog, then yes him too. Hundreds of gifts all from you. Hes my cat, im a cat person. Black friday starts 6pm thursday and all day online at walmart. Just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you ed to make thanksgiving magic. microwave ding chex party mix. Its what thanksgiving is made of. Just press clean and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. Which means your floors are always clean. You and roomba from irobot bzzz. Hey bumble bee o busy bee. O busy bee. This year lets keep your sanity. Come to the store or go online. For all your gifts, youll be just fine. Aw, youre sweet. Black friday starts 6pm thursday and all day online at walmart. Hello. Lets toast to a prethanksgiving edition of pop fix. Not a year full of celebrity splits, one couple that is still going strong, will smimi and da the pinkett smith. Give it up for love. On monday he revealed the secret behind their 20year marriage, telling entertainment tonight its all about just not quitting. Will went on to say our marriage was the most difficult, grueling, excruciating thing weve ever taken on in our lives and were notot itters. Jada made headlines, look at that the number, the 494yearold stunned us all in the semi sheer silver dress at l. A. Premiere of concussion, wills newest film. In the film will smith plays a pathologist who takes on the nfl about the dangers of the sport. Hes already getting oscar buzz for the role this. Movie is going to make a lot of headlines. One celebrity certainly in the giving spirit this holiday season. Last weekend hiphop artist fetty whop had that show and surprised them at the garden state mall in new jersey, the best check flay in prograraes, new jersey. This was all capturere on balcony by a lucky shopper so when they asked the queen track rapper he said i got to see my daughter today, took her shopping and i was so happy i through 2,000 in the mall. Never know who needed it. Where was i that day . Okok. Kell el cuoco is dealing with divorce the best which way she knows how by getting inked again. Last year the Big Bang Theory actress had her wedding day tattooed and now after her divorce she is regretting that decision and now shes getting her tattoo option, note to self, do not mark your body withny future wedding date, and a followup pic of the new tattoo writing the meaning behind the if you get at tattoo, get your there is nowhere id rather be than right here. Where all it takes to become part of the family is to sit down, give thanks, and share a beautiful meal togetetr. Inches by the end of the day thursday. Friday and saturday still look cold and quiet before more light snow chances on sunday and monday. See graphics. With thanksgiving tomorrow, airprpts around the country are seeing a steady flow of Holiday Travelers. At sioux gateway, travelers departed for chicago ohare enroute to their final destinations, including College Students attending school away from home. Those students say theyre ready to celebrate the holidays with their families. Hang g t with the family, havent seenenhem in awhile, said dylan r ra. Have a nice dinner with ththwhole family, relax and not worry about school. Food a lot of food and time with family, and then christmas time, im going back to arizona to do the same thing over again for about 2 weeks, said adam ortolf. I have 3 siblings and im the only one that can be with my parents during thanksgiving, so its very important to be there with them. 3. 6 million americans will fly to their holiday destinations. For anybobo in america to go as far as their hard work will take them. That will be my mission as president. Im hillary clinton, i approve this message taking a look at the headlinene and warning today from the cdc for people who recently bought rotisserie Chicken Salad from costco. 19 people in seven states have become sick. Five srbs hospital. Two developed a type of kidney failure. Consumers who purchased rotisserie chicken costco on or before november 20th are being individuals to throw it away. Hilton hotels investigate the cyber hacking dating back to november of last year. They collected information from hotel restaurants, bars, and storesut not the reservation system. The breach involved other hilton owned brands such as hampton inns and suites. Those affected by this. And how loneliness can lead to physical illness. Researchers at the university of chicago found the stress of being lonely slows the production of white blood cells. Lonely people have a reduced ability to fight infection and inflammation. Social isolation can raise thehe risk offremature death by 14 . And take a look at this. On a happier note, the scaffolding is coming down from the Rockefeller Christmas tree. You see the beautiful swarovski crystal star above it all. D the official lighthtg december 2nd. If youre not in new york, dont worry you can watch it here on nbc. Next, ape check of the forecast with al roker, who will be at the tree lighting. Thats right. With natalie sting, Justin Bieber, pent ton eubgs and a lot the parade, maceys thanksgiving day parade. Savannah, matt, yours truly. Low clouds, 48 degrees. Noon, favorable clouds. 57 degrees. No weather problems for the balloons, floats or any of the performers, which is an task. For today, if youre traveling through the cascades, Salt Lake City may have some problems. Otherwise, things not too bad. Looking at windy conditions. Minneapolis may see a little rain and wind. Windy conditions through texas shouldnt cause too many problems. They may space out the planes, takeoff and landing. G. Winter storm watch in effect thanksgiving day for parts of southern and eastern siouxland some very illtimed Winter Weather will make its way through siouxland during one of the busiest travel days of the year on thanksgiving day. Today, however, looks like a much better option travelwise as the only potential hazard will be some patchy drizzle and fog. Conditions will reallyytart to deteriorateelate tonight arly tomorrow morninggas some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Also. Its a busy time of year for a rock valley, iowa woman. She used to be a baking rookie, now shes a and that is yourr latest weather. Just hours to go before the big thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving feast. As you know, timing is everything. Yes. And thanksgiving dinner and comedy, so were going to show you how to get everything on the table at the same time. Most importantly, at right temperature with some tips. We have the debutante farmer and professional caterer elizazath hyskill who brought along her family, scott, mary, lucia and luke all ready to eat. And tamron. Weve adopted her. Youve adopted tamron, there you go. Really quickly, you call it stuffing and dressing. Come on, im from mississippi. It is dress. There you go. And that is the end all be all for dressing. The turkey. Its been out foror aboutut5 minutes so its resting. You should let it rest. Absolutely all your juices will be on the cutting board and on this count top and on your shoes. Dont want, that want it in the turkey. On and cooked our casseroles so thats one way to get it out, its resting and casseroles are ready. Willie, youll help me with this. Well take these over to the table. Yes, maam. So you can go ahead and start putting them down. That would be the dressing. Thats the dressing. And now we have our green beans. You know, you can, absolutely. Sometimes i think it can pull a little moisture from the turkey, but its so delicious when it comes out, i know, its wonderful. Now weve go the our mashed potatoes. Remember, the oven space is at at premium so try to remember to do things on the stove top. Could have put these in the oven with you would rather keep them up here, that way weve got a lilile less traffic o or in the oven. Now we havav our mashed potatoes. Everyones favorite. Our gravy is piping hot right now. Okay. Willie, dont forget, we can go ahead and take these next. Bring them next. Giving you ten one things. Faster, faster, faster. Now weve got our cranberry sauce and pies. Got our hot gravy and that turkey may have cooled down a little bit once weve slice it had and putting piping hot gravy on it so it wont have to worry. What about the tradition, the Norman Rockwell painting of slicing and carving the turkey at table. Its a beautiful and lovely idea, but sometimes, you know, things can go a little bit awry. Ave someravy for you, folks. Put some gravy o that. Im going to grabbed the rolls. So funny, i always knew when dinner was ready i could mom scraping the black part off the rolls that we burned. Dont ever want to forget about our rolls. Kind of like the parker house rolls . Arent they wonderful. Okay. Now well put our rolls in. No, no, lets do okay gravy on top. Want me to put the gravy on top. That way it warms the turkey up. It may have gotten a little bit chilled while we were fussing. Guys, how is itit good. Dad is not eating. Wow. This is really like home. Shes always got that phone, and its put it in the middle of the table. Middle of the table, thats it. All eyes on it. Great place down south where they throw the rolls at you. What is that place . Lamberts. Throw it please, willie. They are good catches. Ho, hey. Onehanded. Got to hang out with this family more often. Very good. I think were pretty much done. And thats that honest, as long as you remember if you have guests that are going to bring something, get them to bring something room temperature, something that can already be there or cole. Youve got beautiful salad that are woerful. Try to make sure that not everything has to be hot. Right. I always marvelled my mom, four burners and one oven and everything came out on time and hot. I dont know how she did it. Shes a miracle worker, honestly. Just as you are. Thank you so much. Happy thanksgiving, guys. Happy thanksgiving. Everything the right temperatures . Perfect. Perfect. All right. And your dressing is phenomenal. There you go. Thats my favorite. There you go. Tamron goes to prove that theres always A Debby Downer at every party. No one does it better than former saturday night live star rachel. Just a transition. 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Before earning enough cash back from bank of america to stir up the holidays, before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time and 2 back at the grocery store, all with no hoops to jump through, daniel, vandi, and sarah decided to use their Bank Americard cash rewards credit card to sweeten the holiday season. Thats the spirit of rewarding conneions. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. Rachel created some of the most memorable hilarious character in the history of snl including the now iconic buzz kill debby downer and one of the lovers along with will ferrell. Now shes finishing a run in the critically acclaimed off broadway comedy rr cord. Here to tell us all about it. Rachel, morning. Good to see you. Als voice is now in stereo. Got some feedback here. Hi, guys. You have seniors who are pranking each other for sleeping quarters, is that the deal . Yes. This is a play called ripcord by David Lindsey aubair and i play the dghter of one of these ladies who live in an assisted living facility and they both one wants the other one out of room and they start this prank, and they keep messing with each other. Its like a spy versuss spy for me in the living facility. ,yeah. When youre in Something Like this, got to be kind of fun when youre not on stage kind of in the wings watching whats going on. Oh, yeah. I mean, its a super funny play, and its Holland Taylor and mary lou burke. A lot ofofwists and turns. Its a fun time, yes. Well, youre busy doing that here in new york city, and you also shot recently a film with your buddies teen ashe and aim, sisters, coming out. Whats the premise on this one . Let me talk about another premise. Its two ladies in their 40s, and their parents are selling and decide to have one last big blowout party. Imagine that high schoolhouse party but everyone is now in their 40s and people fall into their old roles. I play the woman what that gets too drunk and gets really melancholy in the corner kind of of. Willie is following you. Im a very happy person, but each little type that you remember from high school appears in their later years, not later, you know what i mean, later on in time. Its funny. Written by paula pell who actually wrote debby downer with me, big snl, written so many iconic scenes. One of the iconic heros of snl. People dont see her on stage and writes so many sketches that we know. Shes getting more sung, being seen more. Shes awesome, yes. Its the holidays so the debby downer, character. Do people come up to you this time of the year asking you for the downer . People often come up to me and say oh, my mom is like that, my boss is like that. Everyone seems to know A Debby Downer. Sure. So it seems to be something that people relate to. One time i was standing on the Street Corner in new york and i heard two people talking, i dont want to be A Debby Downer and i so wanted to go hi but i didnt do it. I didnt. Could have made their day. You know people use that term who dont even know where it came from now. They think its just a people, do you know the sketch . You kind of like burst this term thats going to last for generationon thats my contbution. What a contribution. Something to be thankful for. Congratulations on play. Thank you. The film coming up as well. A lot of things happening with rachel. The limited run of ripcord ends december 6th so get your tickets now. Up next in the thanksgiving spirit, nanalie, joy and our team i sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. What about my family . My lil buddy . And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital then my doctor told me about eliquis. 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Both made switching to eliquis right for me. Bz. Hey bumble bee o busy bee. O busy bee. This year lets keep your sanity. Come to the store or go online. For all your gifts, youll be just fine. Aw, youre sweet. Black friday starts 6pm thursday and all day online at walmart. This is violet. Es been waiting for this moment for awhile. A moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios. Because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first i get to spend all day everyday, visiting with dentists, getting an understanding of what theyre looking for. Somebody who has sensitivity, they want relief from their sensitivity pain but they also want the other things that are available in toothpaste. 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For every pound our participant lose today will make a donation to feeding america, a network of food banks helping in the fight against hunger in america, and today nutritionist joy bauer has been reaching our team reach their goals and doing an incredible job, i might add. And in the spirit of giving this holiday season, natalie and i joined our team 16 to lend a hand in one of the local soup kitchens right here in new york city. Lets go. Lets go. You people at home, too. Got to get going on this. 11 weeks ago we met three today viewers who were eager to turn their health around, but for mary jean, rochellend ken this challenge proved to be about a lot more than dropping the pounds. Every pound they lose today will be donating 16 to feeding america. For years feeding america has donated to the all souls friday soup kitchen in norbert. They serve free nutritious meals to their neighbors in need and this year our team suited up to all right, you guys. Lets go. Who wants to do peanut butter. One, two, three, four, five, six down, so weve got four trays now and then you do the bread. Youre not fininhed until i sasa youre finisheded dont you worry. Were workers. We make two small bowls. Okay. Because some of our guests do not like dressing. Carol white has tirelessly organized the soup kitchen for the last three years. I would imagine that this is probably the most wonderful part of a lot of these peoples week, coming here and gathering together and having sustenance. Food is food but this is about community. Its about giving them the respect that they sometimes dont get. Thats as much a part of our program as feeding them. Unfortunately, a lot of our guests dont have family. And this in fact on friday becomes their family. On the menu, turkey meatloaf, sweet potatoes, broccoli, a fresh salad and fruit. Im grateful to be here. Its a very humbling experience to be a part of this community. Making food, serving people, has nothing to do with us. A lot of energy and love in this kitchen. This is not your average soup kitchen. Children from local schools help set up the tables with linen table cloths, homemade place mats, real silverware and china and even fresh flowers, all part of the unique restaurant style dining experience. Within a matter of hours, the churchs event hall is transformed into an elegant dining room. Im going to have to grab me another piece of meatloaf. Over 50 volunteers help serve and wait on the tables each week. When the doors open to guests, the energy is contagious. The guys overr here,hey treat you well. They treat you like family, and the food is awesome. Im not going to lie to you. The food is fantastic. You got it. Excellent. This is patricia seelys third time eating at soup kitchen. Thankful for a hot meal. All the kids and all the volunteers, too. What does that do to you when you see everybody pitching in . It makes you feel like youre at home with your family. Its about the hospitality and letting us know that there are people who do care. Really the most wonderful experience. If you would like to donate to the all souls friday soup kitchen logon to today. Com. What a great place, great job by you and the team and happy thooing thanksgiving, joy. Good to see you. This is today on nbc. The spiriri of giving is alive andnd welel as our 22nd annual holiday toy drive kicks into gear. For the 15th year in a row amazon. Com has been our online partner. Lori richter is the Public Relations manager. Good to see you. Thanks for havinin me. Happy thanksgiving early. How do people at home donate to the toy drive . So simple. So proud to support the today show toy drive, simple to donate, go to today. Com or amazon. Com and add as many items to your shopping cart and wellll donatete that to the charity. Any rules on how you can donate . 100 products on the today show which is list like the fire kids edition. Nice. Donating 2 these tab lelgts in connection with this years toy drive and if anything happens return it to us and well we place it no questions asked. Them a a tremendous thing. The details on h a defense lawyer says a six city man, whos accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, plans to use an insanity or diminished capacity defense. Attorney Mike Williams filed notice with the court for 35yearold isack abdinur. Abdinur has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the june stabbing of 43yearold cornelia stead in her sioux city apartment. Police say the two were romantically involved. Abdinur already has been evaluated by a defense psychologist, and is awaiting an examination by a prosecution expert. His trial is scheduled to begin on january 26th. Heres meterologist ben with weather. At kraft we start with quality ingredients. All expertly blended to make our mayo. So you can take whatever youre making