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This morning. Another threefeet expected where people are already trapped in their homes a. State of emergency now in effect. And the retail robot. Hi. She could change the way you shop. She is live in our studio today. Thursday, november 20th, 2014 good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. We have sad news, mike nichols the famed director has passed. A many classic films a. Guy that won an emmy, an oscar, a tony, a grammy, a husband of dinosaur, our colleague at abc news passing away a short time ago. Word now confirmed. We have much more on this story. He did wonderful standup samberg the nicholsonmay samberg troop, they were ground breaking. You think of the last few films in the last decades, mike nichols was often behind them. We will have much more on that story coming up. Meanwhile, we have breaking news overnight. A frightening shooting on the university of florida campus. The campus had to be locked down for hours overnight. Garin, good morning to you. Reporter 2k3w50r78, savannah. Tam has see police are trying to figure out why the gunman started shooting in the lie year, a popular multistory building here on the combus of Florida State university t. Gunman was killed by police him we know two victims were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown. We have a shooting in the library. Reporter a quiet campus turned into chaos this morning after a gunman opened fire in the library at Florida State university tallahassee, injuring three people. Authorities say they responded to a call around 3 30 a. M. As you can imagine the library was filled with students studying for final exams. Our estimate is three to 400 students. I went to the water fountain, someone runs up the stairs and says, there is a guy with a guntial everyone get out. Reporter pence the library, some scrambled to fire exits, anothers used furniture for barricades. Tehran out the library, to the 2nd floor. So we barricaded the back stairwell, which is where we were all sitting hiding. Reporter students also used social media to share information and asked for prayers. One student said, please say a prayer for us, we are stuck in the library with a shooter in the building. Officers say the shooter was confronted on the steps of the library and told to drop his weapon. Instead, he fired back at police, and they killed him. At least two of the victims were taken to the hospital. Class are cancelled today while students on campus are stunned. I think garin is having trouble hearing us down in florida. But again, that is a story we will be following throughout the morning. Absolutely. Lets turn now to the snow and the misery. Its piling up across the Great Lakes Region. Sixfeet of snow already on the ground. Another threefeet possible today, people lucky enough to be able to get out of their homes are facing a very slippery commute this morning. Nbcs lester holt made it to cheektowaga new york, east of buff la, good morning to you. Reporter take a look. It is pretty to look at, but it is dangerous. There are neighborhoods here virtually cut off, house you sim him ply cant get in the front door. They are buried with snow. At least seven people have died as a result of there storm so far. The fork throughway remains closed. A lot of street closures, driving bans in effect. Crews are doing all they can to work between these persistent bans of snow. In the brief calm before this second storm, two sounds echoed across the buffalo area. The hum of snow blowers and the crunch of shovels. We missed a lot of work. Reporter comparisons made to storms past. From 77, we didnt have as much snow. Reporter some in blizzardwary buffalo are embracing this early winter. This snow event was more like an invasion for chris hazard and their family, tear back door now barricaded against the elements. So that is how we are hopefully going to keep the snow out. Reporter better hope where you parked, otherwise the car you dick out may not be your own. We have the National Guard that has been called out. Reporter new yorks governor says people were rescued from herely 100 vehicles. At least one snowedin resident used a drone to record images of his neighborhood, transformed by the storm. The Buffalo Bills have until sunday to transform this back into a football stadium. Theyre offering 10 an hour and game tickets to volunteers. Its incredible how this snow has fallen. A place like this you will see sixfeet a. Few miles away you may see a few inches. One of the big concerns here, with with the snow piling up day three, there is the risk of roof collapses. There are no reports of anyone injured, but certainly a big danger here him how much more will we get . Lets put that question to al roker. Good morning. I know what its like out there. Believe me, i used to live in that area. Our friends have been tweeting out. Look out this back door. There is from megan taylor, opening my door to try to go outside in buffalo. Bone4891 driveway clear, lets go for round two. You see the bands of snow setting up. Nothing in buffalo. But if hamburg, we have snow and blowing and drifting snow. That will be the case today, winter storm warnings in the western great lakes. Lake effect snows and watches for the eastern great lakes. Can you see that pattern the wind pattern shifting across and we watch as the band of lake effect snow dissipates. We are talking six to nine inches of snow. Here it is. This is the 36 to 48 inches of snow. 100 by 150 foot flat snow we could be talking 90 pounds of snow. Storm drains are clocked, you add that snow on top, there will be a lot of roof collapses over the weekend and flooding. Thank you so much to the politics, now, president obama will address the nation tonight on the hot button issue of Immigration Reform, a promise to sidestep congress and take executive action. Instead, its a move thats causing a lot of criticism for him. Nbc National Correspondent Peter Alexander is at the white house for us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. As for that criticism, one put it for president obama its not the audacity of hope. Its the audacity of a power grab. The president is exited. Tonight in prime time, he will announce his action for congresss failure to approve an Immigration Reform bill. Frustration that washington has let immigration to falter for decades. He will be fixing it himself. The things i will layout what can i do to make the system work better. Reporter the most controversial president s plan action is likely to allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the u. S. Including the undocumented parents of children born here. It would proeblth protect socalled dreerms, brought illegally to the u. S. , but not their parents. The order is to extend the stay of foreign students in colleges with hightech stils skills. He hosted a dinner at the white house to explain his decision. He announces by acting alone, he is betraying his own words. Im the president of the united states, im not the emperor of the united states. I believe his unify lateral action, which is unconstitutional and illegal will deeply harm our prospects for Immigration Reform. Reporter senator john mccain pressed the president to wait for the few congress. Give them some time. Not a deadline, but some time. Reporter a new wall street journal poll Shows Americans arent on board either. Nearly half opposing immigration. 38 approve. The president picks a major fight over a hotly debated yes or no. After tonights prime time speech, the president will travel to the same Las Vegas High School where he addressed Immigration Reform almost two years ago to make his case to an American Public that supports a path to citizenship. They disagree this is the right approach. Nbc will bring you the president s address live on msnbc. We got some few video this morning of bill cosby being asked on camera about the Sexual Assault allegations swirling around him. Its a part of a conversation he clearly didnt want released. Gabe gutierrez has more. Good morning to you. Reporter a sfaul fallout over the scandal keeps growing. Today, there are more questions about whether or not cosby can survive. No, no, we dont answer that. Reporter in this newly released video from the associated press, the tv dad that seals to have all the answers on the cosby show. I am your father. I brought you in this world, i will lead you out. I want to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true . There is no response. Reporter the interview with cosby and his wife about art he was lending to the smithsonian. At the end he asked about a video that had gone viral about the video calling koz by a rapist. There is no comment about tha that. And ill tell you, i think you were told. I dont want to compromise your integrity. But we dont, i dont talk about it. Reporter he ten asked the reporter not to use that part of the interview. And i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. I hear you. I will tell that to my editors and i think that they will understand. I think if you want to consider yourself to be serious that it will not appear anywhere. Reporter six women have now publicly accused cosby of Sexual Assault. Over the last sen years, its been coming and going and coming and going and sliding under the rug quite lot. Now its time. People are listening. Reporter a civil suit settled show ten more women made anonymous claims. Cosby has never been charged with any crime a. Former prosecutor tells nbc news there wasnt enough proof. I to the cosby was guilty and had done something wrong, but that, i mean, i cant stand up in court and tell the judge and the jury, ply gut tells me hes guilty. Reporter cosbys Attorney Says their client would not dignify decade old claims. They call the most recent Rape Allegation from former super model janice dick interest inson a complete lie. What i suffered and these women out there suffer is why im sitting here today and i dont care about what cosby networks or anybody said, i am, you will hear me. Reporter nbc pulled the plug on a planned sitkcom and tv land has scrapped reruns of the cosby show. At 77 with all of these allegation swirling around him, its going very difficult for him to launch another tv show or film. Reporter cosbys next performance in the bahamas is scheduled to go on. So is another one in florida. His Management Team saying we are only in a position to judge him based on his career as an entertainer and humanitarian. Matt. Gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. The sad news out of hollywood as we are learning this morning famed writer and director mike nichols and husband of dinosaur died sun suddenly wednesday fight. He created american film, television and film classics, including annie the graduate and he was one of the few tal toents win an emmy, a grammy, an os sar and a tony award. Pike nichols was 83yearsold, we are certainly passing along our condolences to our good friend dinosaur. Takata is facing tough questions on capitol hill. Representatives from honda and chrysler will face lawmakers. The hearing will talk about how they became installed in so many cars and what can be done to fix the safety defect. This latest recall affects ten automobile manufacturers and almost 8 million cars in the u. S. Another security scare near the white house on wednesday, where a man was arrested after the secret service says it found weapons in his car. 41yearold r. J. Capheim reportedly approached a secret Service Officer an said someone in iowa told him to drive to the white house. They searched his car. They found a hunting rifle, dozens of rounds of am 96 and a sixinch knife. Charges are pending. Anxiety is growing in ferguson, missouri as the grand jury decides whether the officer will face charges in the shooting of michael brown. Yesterday protesters faced off with police in riot gear. Six people were arrested. That bicycle accident that injured u2 lead man bono. They say he was trying to avoid another cyclist when he krashtd in central park on sunday. He suffered fractures to an eye socket, a shoulder blade and elbow. He underwent a surgery sunday night. He had a second surgery the next day and bono will need physical therapy. Se expected, doctors say, he will make a number recovery. Our best wishes to him as well. Incredible, two high speed bicycles going that fast. We all ride bikes if central park. It can be a dicey situation. All right, natalie, thank you, mr. Roker. A quick look at our forecast. 23 are watching heavy wind make its way from california up to the pacific northwest. They need that, rain in east texas. We are watching a Severe Weather system that may be out breaking later this weeken earning unlimited cash back on purchases. Thats a win. But imagine earning it twice. Introducing the citi® double cash card. It lets you earn cash back twice, once when you buy and again as you pay. Its cash back. Then cash back again. And thats a cash back winwin. The citi double cash card. The only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase with 1 when you buy and 1 as you pay. With two ways to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem onesided. This morning, clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine. But the winds pick up this afternoon. So after we peak in the lower 40s this afternoon, the colder air starts moving in. Youll really feel it tonight. And by tomorrow morning, 25 degrees. Just 36 tomorrow afternoon. A cold start saturday. 43 saturday afternoon. Then warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday. Still on the mild side tuesday. Gets colder wednesday. Have a great day. We are going to mention mike nichols passing today, the emmy, grammy, oscar, tony. Very sad news. We are starting to get a lot of condolences, terry writes in, so sorry for your loss. Mike nichols a true icon. Chris hayes, one of the all time greats. We are getting all of. This i believe we have one more we put in there. This one says, all right, mike nichols, a prolific director. You have seen a lot of this today. Sad news. We will keep it going. Guys, back to you. Carson, thank you very much. Coming up, an accident waiting to happen. This weeks alarming near misses between planes and drones at one of the nations Busiest Airports. 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The clouds will thin out as the day goes on but the wind kicks in so this afternoon, the temperatures will be falling. Thank you, bill,ly get a check on traffic from jillian mele. How 95 and cottman . 95 and cottman we still have volume. But a new accident 30th street, at girard. Drive type from the blue route to the vine, 33 minutes. The vine to 95 is about 24 minutes so big problems there. Also a vehicle fire approaching the northeast extension as you approach lehigh valley. Happening now, dozens baggage handlers are on strike at Philadelphia International airport. Nbc10 shot this video of picketters. Airline Officials Say the employees will take up the slack. Im vie sai sikahema, well hav another update in 2590s. Back to the today show. Well see you in a half hour. This portion is sponsored by del chevy. I thought itd be bigger. dad theres nothing i cant reach in my subaru. vo introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru,a subaru. [ music playing ] good morning, matt. Good morning, savannah. Good morning. Its my new alarm clock. 7 30 now on a thursday morning, november 20th, 2014. Mom, its your birthday, good morning to you. Happy birthday. The future by the way is now. That is oshbot. We are debating if it is a she or a he. Im going with she. It sounds like a she to me. The voice. I like her voice, gender neutral. To the right is a he. That is carson. Nailed it. Lets get to the headlines this morning. That is not one of them. Hollywood legend mike nichols has died at the age of 83. He won the Academy Award for directing the graduate. He is a handful of winning a tony, an oscar, an emmy and a legendary career. He was married to news anchor diane sawyer. It is snowing in the Great Lakes Region. Threefeet possible, already crippled by the first wave of that storm that produced more than sixfeet in some spots. There are fears warmer weather over the weekend will lead to dangerous flooding. President obama takes the fight over Immigration Reform to the public tonight. In a prime time address, he is expected to announce he is side stepping congress and taking executive power to allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the united states. Let us begin this half hour with scary moments in the skies near one of the Busiest Airports in this country. Two drones coming close to planes landing near jfk airport in a span of four days. Jonathan dietz is here with more on that. Good morning. Matt. The skies surrounding them may have a new dang early, unmanned drones flying in the way of the jumbo jets taking off and landing. A growing danger in the skies around new york. Three near misses in the last four days. Drones coming way too close to commercial jetliners, flying near the runways of the Busiest Airport in americas largest city. Shortly after 8 00 sunday night, a Virgin Atlantic 747 was preparing to land when a pilot spotted the unmanned drone flying high right near them at 3,000 feet. A minute later, a close calm for a pilot of a delta 747 as he said the drone flew over the planes left wing. We just had something fly over us. I dont know if it was a droevenlt it came real quick. Reporter wednesday afternoon, it happened again, this time a jet blue spotted a drone during their approach. About two miles out on the final maybe around 4 to 300 feet, it looked like one of those unmanned drones was flying on the final. Reporter police sent a sloper to find out whoever was flying them. No luck t. Fbi and faa are trying to find out who was putting the planes at risk. Experts say the rick is real. It can get sucked into sa jet engine. The kind of damage done by a bird can be amplified by the metal parts. Reporter more than a million have been sold world wide. They come in all shapes and sizes. Even nypd helicopters have had two near misses in recent months. We are going to have to educate the public. I hope, i pray, that education doesnt require a terrible tragedy. Reporter in the three incidents this week, no injuries, no collisions. Officials say whoever is flying those drones, they could face thousands in fines and jail time. Investigators are working hard to find them and ground them and prevent a tragedy in the skies. Matt. Jonathan, thanks. They have to do something about that, no question. Meantime, we have crash tests to tell you about involving minivans. The national highway transportation tested four models. We have the results, tom, good morning to you. Reporter very popular, many people have these. This new test is to see what happens when a pole or a vehicle hits just a quarter, if you will, of a vehicle. Not the entire engine block, just there portion. Well, if you think that bigger is safer, you may be surprised by the results. Theyre the vehicle of choice for soccer moms, football dads and family vacations, but this morning, news that some of the best selling minivans are failing a critical crash test called the overlap test and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety warns the nissan quest is one of the worst performing vehicles its ever seen on the test. We had to cut the seat out in order to remove the dummy. Then we needed a crowbar to pry the right foot loose. Its troubling news for katherine fuller in houston. She has been riding her kids around on the nissan quest for more than two years. I think we will be a little more cautious when driving. It just makes me a little nervous that the results were not good. Reporter minivans are typically designed on midcar platforms, they tend to be widered and heavier. This test looks how it will hold up when the impact misses much of the frame and engine block and comes right at the driver. A high proportion of the minivan market is rating a poor rating in these tests and those poor ratings are calculably poor ratings. Reporter the Honda Chrysler tested a good rating. The town and country and quest and Dodge Caravan received poor ratings. Nissan says it is committed to Vehicle Safety and will seek opportunity for improvements. Chrysler says its minivans meet or exceed all safety requirements. Its important to know the vehicles did not perform well in this test generally did perform well. This crash test is to design a more common crash, not a terrible front end crash but what happens just in this quarter of the vehicle. Guys, back to you. Tom costello, thank you very much. Lets get a check of the weather in the Great Lakes Region from al. We have a warmup coming up. We have been asking you to tweet at todayweather. I like this one from vester. When the snow is twofeet deep and wet, you bring out the big guns. Yes, you do. We want to give you maybe a little hope this is from courtmichale, winter on the today show. What a cutie, my golly. So we got this warm air, 49 in d. C. , 43 new york city. 56 in norfolk. But behind that front, look at these transportation, 17 in minneapolis, thats 20 degrees below normal. Cleveland 28. Thats moving to the east as you see tomorrow, look at these temperatures, we drop back again, new york city will only be 35. 41 in norfolk and boston looking at a high of only 35 good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A cold start this morning. Clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine. But the winds pick up this afternoon. So after we peak in the lower 40s this afternoon, the colder air starts moving in. Youll really feel it tonight. And by tomorrow morning, 25 degrees. Just 36 tomorrow afternoon. A cold start saturday. 43 saturday afternoon. Then warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday. Still on the mild side tuesday. Gets colder wednesday. Have a great day. 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Thats where we did the new years show. Maybe we can utilize the screen there. Its 110feet long. Its larger than a football field. Its 8 stories high. 72 volts make up the screen. Obviously, a half Million People visit times square every day. Its great visibility. Advertising is 2. 5 million gets a fourweek run there. Carson, if one bulb goes out, do they all go out . I dont know about that. I do think this might be the prototype for the new iphone 7 plus. Thats how big the screen is there. Its pretty cool. It is, cool, guys. Like a tennis court. Thank you. Coming up, willie reveals his shine a light project with the help of a remarkable teen without a place to call home for five years. And amazing acrobatics and ill luxs from cirque dreams right on the plaza. Thats right after your local news. I found a better deal on prescriptions. We found lower copays. And a free wellness visit. New plan. Same doctor. Im happy. Its medicare open enrollment. Have you compared plans yet . 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This is your dad in my house, where he had his first christmas. Thanks for making the coffee. Well look whos up. Im really glad youre here, mom. Me too. Look whos here me too. Me too. This is the one. Can we go for a test drive . Oh sure, ill be right back. Thanks. Leather, running boards. Carmax quality certified, low, nohaggle price, 5day money back guarantee. Thats great. And, a roof rack for the kayak we dont have a kayak. We could get a kayak. Ready to roll . Yes, we are. With more than 35,000 cars nationwide, carmax has the perfect car for. Everybody. Carmax. Start here. Announcer nbc10 news starts now. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Bundle up. Lets get our first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. Good morning. Clouds moving in over cold temperatures. But the clouds will not stay with us all day. Look at the pocono mountains, clouds and theyre still making snow. No snow falling from the clouds but the temperatures overnight into the 20s and 30s. Were at 36 degrees in philadelphia with a 10mileperhour wind makes it feel like 28 degrees. Plenty of cold, especially north and west but temperatures this morning in the 20s. Thank you, bill. Lets get a check on traffic with jillian mele. Half hour ago there was a problem with schuylkill. Hows it going . Exactly what you said, 76 eastbound, near 30th street. Penndots moving this camera around a little bit just because police are trying to get the accident cleared. Youll notice no traffic going by. 76 temporarily blocked right now and its causing a big backup out there. This is what it looks like at montgomery drive. Check out that drive time eastbound. Big m bigback upfor miles. Two official death sentences. Thats whats in store for a man who killed an imfant and her grandmother during a botched kidnap and ransom. Last month, a jury convict ed yandamuri of two murders. Prosecutors say yandamuri planned to hold the baby for ransom to pay off gambling debts but then he killed the baby has well. Well have another update in 20 minutes well see you back here in half an hour after today show. [ music playing ] its 8 00 on today. Coming up, shine a light. Me against the world. Thats how i feel. I have no support. With the help of one remarkable teen, leads the charge as to create a special place for kids who dont have a home of their own. Then its the holidays season. We are getting in the spirit with help from the cirque dreams team as they take over the plaza with a sense of holiday cheer. And its toy time. We reveal some of the top picks for the best educational toys this season, today, thursday, november 20th, 2014. [ music playing ] no trip to new york city is complete without the today show. Good morning, florida. Good morning, california howdy to our friends and family in texas and delaware. The Florida Gulf Coast girls take new york city good morning. Its 8 00 on today. Its a thursday morning, november 20th, 2014, carson goes way, way back. Mo town philly. 1991 a little boyz to men. We have the cirque sensation here. Its cool. They are. They are getting ready to do some, i dont know. Cirque acrobatics. [ music playing ]. Okay. Oh, boy oh, nice. Are you kidding me . How do you train for that . Boy, you know what this reminds me of . Whats that . What you will be doing tomorrow. Dont even say it him dont even say it. It does remind me of that as well. Thats going to be willie and i tomorrow. Tell us about what you are doing tomorrow. Well, you guys, bravely, last year, did the prostate exam on air. Willie and i will hatesticular exam. You dont usually get clears for that. [ cheers ]. Its wonderful. Its not embarrassing. Its a matter of death. 15 to 25yearold men. That is the leading cancer in that age group. Early detection, you hear about it. No shave no investment ber. This is a part of it. Ten days until we check that off. Lets get a check of the top stories from natalie morales. Good morning. A second round of snow is hitting the buffalo area in new york. Its a years worth of snow that dumped in one day. Dillan dryer is south of buffalo. Good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. When we first got here this morning, you couldnt even see the snow is so heavy. Take a look at what we had to drive through just to get here. Whiteout conditions with heavy snow and blowing snow and then by the time we got here, its gone. The heaviest of the snow now has pushed a few miles to our south, producing snowfall rates of three to five inches per hour. This second round of lakeeffect snow is a huge blow to so many digging out from the first round we had. There are streets covered, cars, entire neighborhoods buried in up to 6feet of snow in some areas. You know, now that all of that snow has blocked off some neighborhoods, people will literally stranded in their homes and cannot get out. There have been unfortunately eight deaths at least right now because of the snow t. Fork state throughway is closed in spots. There is still a state of emergency in effect. There are travel bans in many towns because people cant get around. That heavy band of snow will move in with one to twofeet of snow expected. Natalie, the question now is, where is it going to do . Oh, no, dont tell us. Thanks, dylan. It was a terrifying night on the campus of Florida State university. Police in tallahassee say a gunman opened fire overnight in the school library, wounding three people. Students describe the chaotic scene. Students ran from the building or scrambled to take cover. Campus police say they shot and killed the suspect after he refused an order to drop his weapon and fired one shot at them. This morning, friends and family are mourning the loss of famed director mike nichols the husband of diane sawyer died suddenly sunday night in cardiac arrest. Nicoles created american film, television and theater classics, including the graduate, working girl, and annie. He won an emmy, an oscar, a couple tony awards. Mike nichols was 83yearsold. A woman that captivated the world with her wealth and excentric behavior, katie is in london with the 18 dutchs of alba. Good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. She died early this morning, spanish time surrounded by family in her seville palace a. Spokesman tells us it was ammonia. If the duchess is remembered for anything, she is sure to be remembered for a lot. It is that she lived life by her own rules. As one of the most wellknown and wealthiest aristocrats in all of europe, maria fits James Stewart esilva held more titles than anyone in the world. She outlived two husbands, only to spark controversy when she married again at the age of 85 to a Civil Servant 25 years her junior. A distant relative of Queen Elizabeth had palaces and estates filled with priceless works of art. It is said she turned down Pablo Picasso when he asked her to be his muse because quote being a model is horrible. Though it is also rumored she was Francisco Goyas plus for his famous reclining nude. She leaves behind lavish properties, a vast Art Collection and historic am documents that include Christopher Columbus first map of the americas and most notable memories of her colorful life. From her first wed income 19 everything from drinking in lace, pearls and diamonds to her last much more low key nuptials, were splendid in pink and flamincoing for the crowds. Recently, her kids were worried about a grab forbe her fortune, before she died, she divide it all up, giving up palaces and mansions to all of them. Natalie, she was 88yearsold. Certainly an eccentric, can you say her name all over again, katie . Reporter no, no way. It was a mouft l. Lets get another check of the weather with mr. Roker outside on the plaza. Hey, al. Reporter natalie, a great gift from. Sarah rowe. Reporter you brought me a cake candy. Its candied bacon. Its very tasty. From our restaurant in jackson, wyoming. Thats awfully good. Breakfast of carolinas. Lets tell you what you got going on right now. First of all, were looking at some Severe Weather setting up in the low level jet stream. Moisture coming up out of the gulf. And that jet stream provides a lot of energy. We got on saturday the risk of strong storms firing up san angelo on into wichita falls, we are looking into possibility of tornadoes out this. We move into saturday, Severe Weather in dallas, austin into new orleans, sunday, more wet weather making its way and Severe Weather along the southeastern atlantic coast. So there will be some travel delays on s good morning im bill henley. A cold start this morning. Clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine and the wind picks up this afternoon. In the low 40s this afternoon. The colder air starts coming in. Just 36 tomorrow afternoon. A cold start on saturday. Warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday and still on the middle side on tuesday it gets colder wednesday. Al, thank you very much. Coming up on trending a hilarious way one dad handled that situation. My goodness. Willie rolls up his sleeves to kids who dont have a local to call their own. Get your friends and parents together, Katherine Schwarzenegger is here to throw the perfect and more peaceful parties, all that coming up, first these messages. [ female announcer ] a long term struggle. Needs long term relief. Eucerin calming creme. It soothes dry, itchy skin with a tripleacting formula. No wonder calm, comfortable skin starts with eucerin. 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Its adjustable snaps are on the front and along the shoulders. The gowns were just unvamed at the Henry Ford Hospital in detroit. There are plans to bring them to hospitals all across the country. That is life changing. Why did it take so long . Why did it take so long . People have been talking about this for decades. They had those gowns since the prehistoric era. I will miss it. Its a nice little treat. You like the breeze. I sure do. There is actually straps back there. Theyre just impossible to get to. Well, speaking of sexy, people magazines sexiest man alive, oscar star Chris Hemsworth, was he the magazines first choice . There is a new report editors initially wanted Ryan Gossling, he has turned them down multiple times. Apparently, gosslings team thought he was too quote artsy for title. This morning people is deny d. C. Story saying flatly, Chris Hemsworth was our first and only choice. I think its safe to say Ryan Gossling is a top choice, to be in a movie or the cover of a magazine. Lets be clear, he is one of the sexiest men alive. What is this whole idea of turning it do un . You wouldnt turn it down . No, no way. If i were in the top thousand, i wouldnt turn that down, but for Chris Hemsworth. I feel bad that came out. Hes sort of like deputy sexiest man alive. He is no deputy. He is doing okay. All right. How about this . You got a good reason not to rake all those leaves around your house. Science the folks at the National Wild Life Federation is pleading with the public this morning, they are saying please leave the leaves where they are. Because butterflies, earth worms, chim chworm, chip monks need them. By removing them you could be hurting the habitat for animals. I love raking leaves. I love it. Its like vacuuming outdoors. You like it . Who likes vacuuming . I love it. Its like order, its you know making rows. He actually vacuums his lawn. Then you rake them into big piles the kids jump into them. More type a. You know whats super fun . Flossing. After he rakes them, he sorts them by color. Its amazing. Im a little organized. One thing we have for thanksgiving this year, we have big leaves, my kids are going to take peoples names, in the name place from the big leaves. So if are you raking your leaves, save some, can you put them on your table. You goen dont mind crushing the habitats and the leaves as we just learned. Martha stewart over here. Meantime, have you ever caught your kids misbehaving but finding it hard to stay mad at them . This happened to one dad whose kids had too much fun painting. Who got the paint out . Your brother did . No . Whats funny . Nothing is funny, bud. Both of you guys are in big, big trouble. Yeah. Big trouble . Thats so cute. At least they didnt deny it. What paint . Did he just put them in the shower, he will hose them off . There is no better place. We have a jasper johns craze. That is whats trending today. And now to our ongoing shine the light, this morning willie shakes off the effort to combat child homelessness. Its at an all time high. Hey, womanly, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning from brooklyn. Yeah, its one of those problems, homelessness a lot of us think of a man or a woman sleeping on the streets. The truth is, its about kids and families. According to a few report out this week about 2. 5 million children in this country were homeless last year, thats one in 30 kids. I got a chance to meet one of them, dominique. 14yearsold, living this reality every day for the last five years. What it means to be homelessness, to be at the bottom of societys social class and having nowhere to go. Every day i have to worry about what is my next meal and how im going to look after myself and my mother. When i step into that shelter building, its like, i got security, you have privacy in your room. Do you remember that moment in your familys life when someone said to you, were moving into the shelter . I didnt really understand it because i thought it was temporarily. It seems like its forever. What about your biological father . Do you ever hear from him . I rarely talk to him, every time i try to talk to him, he doesnt answer. He doesnt want nothing to do with me. I dont know. Basically, i have to balance being a teenager and an adult. I feel like my childhood is slowly being slipped away. Its like not a lot of kids my age worry about beings that i worry about and everything i just want to be normal. I dont want to have to go through this because every day it hurts to know im still in a situation. You mentioned it can be tough at school for a kid living in a shelter. What do they say to you . They find out, its like they look at me different. I dont care no more. Like i really dont. Its got to hurt a little bit to hear that, though, doesnt it . Mmhmm. It hurts a lot. I have been in here too long. I want to have my own place. Because i want to be able to go to college and come home knowing that my mother had my own place and everything, have my own room. I dont want to be here. Do you look at other kids at school and envy the lives they have . Sometimes, yeah. They get to have what they want and i cant have nothing because i got to show for what i have and be patient. I have been patient all my life. What i want for my family is to be going to work and save a lot of money for an apartment. I say the because it will get me out of the shelter once and for all. Do you feel you have the support you need in life to make all these things happen . Me against the world . Thats how i feel. I have no support. If i ran the world, things would be a lot easier for people having proper food, shelter, water, clothes, and the love that they deserve. I would make them feel human. Reporter and we are live here pence the family residence with dominique. Well done. Thank you. Reporter you told me off camera last week why you wanted to do this, put yourself out there . Right. Reporter would you tell everybody . The reason i wanted to do this is to give people a chance to hear my side of the story, a lot of my friends here what we go through on a daily basis. Its not easy living in a shelter. That burden that we have to take on, that its not easy for a normal child. Reporter dominique is one of the smartest, most wellspoken, beautiful women i know and it was an honor to get to know you. Now, we want to do something in this space. This is the common room, i am told the kids favorite place to be. As you can tell, its a little bit sparce, so we to the we should freshen it up a bit, i brought in some of my friend, mark mend el, from Bright Horizons for children. What do you want to do on a daytoday for Bright Horizons . First of all, its great to be here to create this bright space. We have created 300 bright spaces, we can transform it into a wonderful, enjoyable safe place for kids to just be kids while theyre in a shelter. We are great. For your support as we work on this project. We have with us the great elaine griffin, who decorated to the stars oprah, she wouldnt even let me name the other people. As you look at the space, elaine what do you see . Whats your vision . You know what, really the makeover opportunities really are endless. We can make a work soerngs party zones, i want to talk oour clients the kids, find out how they want to use their space. Reporter we will do that in just a few minutes t. Deem is, we need a few weeks to do this, guys. So you will be out of the room a little bit. While thats going on, we fixed wed keep a little busy. Lets start with our good friends at Pottery Barn Kids. I will pass these out. They have given every child in this shelter brandnew quilts and pillows that you have a nice comfortable safe place to sleep. So why dont you tear those opened . Get in there him get in there. Okay. And while theyre doing that, thank you to Pottery Barn Kids, while theyre doing that, we also want to ask, guys, any Brooklyn Nets fans in this room . All the kids in this shelter, courtesy of the Brooklyn Nets are going to the netsbulls game a week from sunday. Everybody in here is going to the game. Thank you [ cheers ] reporter thank you to the Brooklyn Nets. Also to our friends at gund, stuffed animals to guard your beds while are you away at school. Okay. And finally, 1r you guys heard, anybody in this room heard of the radio city christmas spectacular, the rockettes . You know about that . You are all going, courtesy of our friends at radio city to see the rockettes. All right. Hopefully this keeps you business for while while we make over this room. Mark, thank you. Elaine, we got a lot of work to do. Dominique, thank you, my friend. Kids, enjoy it. We will be back next month to reveal the space we have created, guys, back to you. Its such a great reminder, homelessness is not just about men and women. Its about families, kids, keep that in mind. By the way, you can help by logging on to. Reporter hey, guys, we are getting into the holiday spirit out here on the plaza with the help of cirque holidays, a cirque show, musical and a special rolled into one, visiting 40 cities, first, they will be performing right throughout this hour on the plaza. Lets get started with fast acting quick change duo. Here tray are. Whoa cool wo wow nice whew nice whohoo that is cirque dreams. Guys, thank you. They will be back with more in our next half hour. Back to you. Natalie, thank you very much. Pence, we are checking out some of the best toys for your children for the holiday season, courtesy of sammy and max. They are making some of the most educational toys out there, what to add to your Kids Christmas list. Check them out. And affordable, by the way, which is really good. We got much more good morning im tracy davidson. Another chilly morning. Lets get the details from bill henley. Cloudy but look at cape may, present of sunshine there. The temperatures didnt really get cold. We were in the 40s overnight. 43 in wild wood. Pottstown is warming up too. 38 degrees by 9 00. The temperatures will come down later today. You can get your weather any time you want just by downloading our free app. Now lets get you updated on the ride to work. Good morning, we had an accident on 76 eastbound near 30th street. That has been cleared but were left with a massive back up. This is on montgomery drive. This is from the blue route to the vine and 95 is jammed solid. Unfortunately there is a disabled vehicle there. Happening today police ajouns a 10,000 award for a Police Shooting that happened a year ago. Im tracy davidson, now back to the today show. [ music playing ] [ music playing [ music playing ] thats awesome. I know. I can do what that guy does. Its a thursday morning, november 20th, 2014, we are here with the cast of cirque dreams holidays. They are very talented. They have another big performance coming up. We look forward to that. Also ahead, what are you getting the kids on your holiday list . We started that. Hello there. This morning, our experts will dive into Award Winning toys, they happen to be educational, too. Also, Katherine Schwarzenegger is stopping by. Lets start with today, we have lake effect snow continuing around the great lakes. Wet weather into the pacific northwest. Windy conditions. Sunshine here in the northeast a. Little on the chilly side. We have an icy mix. Strong storms in central texas. Rainy weather in the pacific northwest. Sunny, chilly here in the northeast. Temperatures moderate finally good morning im bill henley. A cold start this morning. Clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine but the wind picks up this afternoon. After we peak in the lower 40s this afternoon the colder air starts moving in. You will really feel it tonight, just 36 by tomorrow afternoon. 43 saturday afternoon and warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday. Tuesday it gets colder and again on wednesday. Dont forget, any time you need that weather, go to weather. Com. Mr. Lauer. Mr. Roker, thank you very much. Do your kids think playing and learning do not go together . Well, its not true. Just in time for the holidays, toyportfolio. Com are out with toys, some are educational. The Child Development expert and the cofounder of toy portfolio. Com. Good to see you. Good to see you. We have platinum Award Winners here, great choice. What are the criteria . How do you judge . For educational toys, they cant be like medicine, no one will be good for you, they wont want to play with them. They have to be engaging. Age appropriate and the quality of the design . Right. It has to be something you feel about playing with your kids t. First category is science him we have max and sammy here. They are in the mixing of this color mixing set. Its appropriate for preschoolers, theyre really playing with it. They can mix colors, make ice pops. It comes with funny glasses that you can put on and experiment with colors. So handson experimentation. Their costumes are great. Lab coats . Yeah. Im all for kids dressing up like princesses and pirates. I love that kids tend to be scientists. We encourage them to explore. Next week we have science and math as well. People ask us about flashcards. This is a much better idea for preschoolers from melissa and doubl. This is getting down on the floor, having fun with your kids, working in math as you play. How many cars are on top . How many cars compared to the bottom . The numbers. One plus two equals three, that works. Its like school. You want to make it playful. What are these things down here . This is a fun dice game. Q qwixx. You take it along for the holidays, you have a family game can you play. So far we havent hit anything thats expensive at all . These are extremely affordable. No, you dont have to spend a lot. Problem solving. Something we all want to learn how to do. I love about the sunny day pond farm from peaceful kingdoms is something you do cooperatively. Working on toepg, its a good skill set to have. A beautiful buzzle from mud puppy, jumbo pieces. She is doing the puzzle. Dad is looking for strategy with the frames. When it comes to puzzles, size, age appropriate. You dont want tiny pieces for young kids. If you find yourself doing the puzzle, its the wrong puzzle for kids. Reluck tavent read, bring home a craft kit with instructions that they have to do step by step. This is the loopdy loo. When you say for age . Its introducing them to an an sent craft as well. For curious kids, i love this. Your kids, im sure they know about gentleman okayography . Not necessarily. I have to teach them about this. There is from ebu, it makes kids step out of their own communitys. Do we live on this card. On the back dont they have state capitals, things like that . A lot of information to learn. Its a great game to play again multigenerational, grandma is coming up for the holidays. I have the very much older version of this when i was a kid t. Magic set. I love this thing. Again, no reading involved. Also practice. Its not instantaneous. Kayla is here. We have been working on a trick. Kayla has a hat. She will show it. You see anything pence . Nothing at all. We will hold the hat. Work towing, everyone will say ab practice ra cadabra. There we go. Nice. If you have a lot of kids for the holidays, you are set with this, because you can do 200 tricks, have the kids practice and put on a family show. Is this expensive . 34. 99. Not a big deal. Dont lose the instructions. That makes those things obsolete. Exactly. Now we have lola and ellie playing with leap tv from leavefrog. If you have kids who want a beaming platform like your older brothers and sisters, but those games are so nonappropriate for them. I love the tv. Everything on it is designed with educational games. Also, doesnt it keep them moving at as well . It has a game control you can use t. Girls are playing a karate game, they have to make the memberss to capture the different shapes, there is baseball and reading comprehension as well again, theyre up and moving, having fun, theyre learning. Again, keep an eye on boxes, make sure you are buying something age appropriate. You dont want it to be too yuveng for your kids or too old for your kids . When you play, most of the tools are learning about themselves as learners. You want them to have confidence and self esteem. We will put this up on our website as well, always goed to see you. Appreciate it. If you want tips from choosing the perfect toy for your child, head to today. 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Woman amitiza helped me find relief from my chronic constipation. Ask your doctor if amitiza is right for you. [ music playing ] we are back now 8 40 with more of the Sprout Network search for the kindest kid in the land. Jenna bush hager is busy this week. She is introducing us to the finalists. I am. You see, winter hit upstate new york war hard with tons of snow and bitter temperatures and one little boy has been working to help people in need during these tough winter days. My 2345i78 name is conner. I give people coats that dont have them. Reporter a simple idea of caring on a cold werenter day in upstate new york. I was doing the Salvation Army ringing the bell and a boy and his mom werent wearing coats. They were probably freezing cold. Reporter when you saw that little boy without a coat, what went through your mind . Sadness. Reporter and so he started warm hearts, warm bodies by colin. A coat drive with boxes he leaves all over town to collect coats for the needy. Very, very, very, very heavy. Reporter each week, 8yearold colin and his mom maureen gather the donations for local charities. Colin is an amazing kid. He came to us just last year and said he wanted to help Open Door Mission collect coats. He kind of blew the doors off of all of us. Reporter you like to play hockey . Yeah. Reporter are you good . I dont know. Reporter hes good. Reporter col wlins drive began where he plays hockey, word got out and teams even opposeing teams arrived with coats. The best part is when people tell him thank you. His mom, too. My favorite part is watching people say thank you to him. Reporter you have done good work. He does good work. I think he does. Reporter colin is a little kid with a big heart and even bicker plans. Im hoping to get 100. Reporter 100 coats. Thats a lot. Do you think you can do it . Yeah reporter yeah high five. Warm hearts, warm bodies. Oh. And col wlins mom told us that she and her son are shipping coats to buffalo, which got a lot of snow to help people there. Ill be back in the next hour with one more kind kid to introduce you to another finalist. Voting for the kindest kid starts today at 10 00 a. M. Head to today. Com. We were talking about it. I want to know about these parents. How did they raise these awesome, kind kids . I learned a lot. Kindness matters the most. It really does. Thank you so much. See you next hour. Coming up next, Katherine Schwarzenegger on how to bring your whats possible today . Wifi access in more places then ever before. All your favorites in the cloud and on every device. A home you control with the touch of a finger. News and entertainment that informs and delights in ways you never thought possible. Comcast nbcuniversal bringing media and Technology Together for you. We are back at 8 45. If you are heading home for the holidays, you want to find time with your friends and family. Why not get together with all of them . The contributing editor to if in style. Katherine, good morning. Good morning. You have a lot going on in your life. Yes. You are a video columnist for instyle. Com. We ask one reader question per week. Its a fun lifestyle. I love doing it. What kind of questions do you get . Everything, from every social media thing bobble. So we answer different questions. Its awesome and fine. This month in the magazine, i did a column called chinese stars where i interviewed six celebrities and their causes they are passionate about. So it was really fun. Tlfrg is upon us. You will see your mom next week. Does your mom cook . Lets get right to it. Sorry. One of the recipes i show you, she does do actually. So well get into that. First we have this amazing Apple Cinnamon cider which smells. It smells great. You stir it in this pot here. You have fame tacks, everyone gets mixed up. On myself or the glass . These are great. You write on them with chalk. They rub off in the end, which is great if you want to reuse them. Usually its my lipstick stains i find my glass. You kind of. Sadly. You put them here. Pour this in here. It will probably get messy. You are the lifestylist. We know im a cluts. All your ideas are focused on fun, but theyre low maintenance so the host can mingle and have fun. Heres the thing, around the holidays, as you get older, you want to include all generations. This is all stuff everyone can do. You can add alcohol to that if are you over 21. This is what my mom makes. Its simple, straight forward, baked brie. This is a puffed pastry. You very easily fold it forward. Can you add pecans and craisins and brown sugar, wrap it up. Very simple. My mom is the queen of it. Do you egg wash this . After. Im not a chef, myself. You wrap it up. Brush it on top. My mom does not know how to cook anything. I blame her. Pop it in the oven, you come up with this amazingly beautiful thing. You can put it out for everyone to east. You cut it. Have crackers and bred. Who doesnt love warm cheese . Everyone. What do we have over here . This is an enchilada station. Its surprising, shocking, everyone loves thanksgiving food. Im a vegetarian. I like to leave the turkey out of it. This is onif do it with people, you get your tortilla. You put whatever you want in it. I will be leaving the turkey out. Can you include thanksgiving aspects of it. You have turkey, stuffing, you put cheese in it. Thats a cute idea. Salsa. This is something everyone can do. Its simple and straight forward, so everyone of all ages can do it. Pop it in the oven, a new twist on thanksgiving. I like it. I love this idea. So you can doctor it up. I bet you can also do it with tacos, too . Yeah. If you dont want to have to put it in the oven. There is a hard shelled taco. These are your ingredients. Lets do it. I love once you get older, you hang with your friends and parents. Its fun. For all generations. Everyone request do it together. Little kids, people my age, everyone. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. Tell your mom not to be matd at me for outing her. Coming up, cirque dreams holidays live on our plaza. First on a thursday morning, this is today on nbc. So our plaza has been taken over this morning by the cast of cirque dreams holidays. We are very thankle for them. We are head over heels for this next act. Guys, take it away [ music playing ]. Thank you. Thank you very much. Cirque dreams holidays. Happy holidays to you, guys. Guys, back pence to you. I love the acrobatics. Pretty cool. Lets check in with todays birthday wishes. Hey, willard. Reporter ah, new york, its a pleasure to do business with you. Im here in connecticut. You are up there. We are putting on a great show tore the folks in tv land. Happy birthday. And its birthday time for elizabeth sampson. Anyway, copley in hot. 102yearsold today. Eats good food. Period. Gladys sandlin in fayetteville in the great state of north carolina. She is 100yearsold today. One of the great dhings sthings loves to do is work on puzzles. Lewis ider, shelby, mississippi. Harold greenberg from deerfield beach, in the great state of florida. He loves to volunteer to be on the police force from time to time. 100yearsold today. We salute you, sir. Happy days. We love you, new york. You are doing great. We are having fun, too. Oh, willard. The best. Whats coming up next hour . We got the stars of Pitch Perfect 2. You saw that . We were at a screening last night of the first one. Service a singalong. It was with the stars. Also coming up, al, you got a thanksgiving recipe, sweet potato poon . My moms, sweet potato poon. I thought you said sweet potato with an n he end. I dont know about your house. I dont know whats happening at your house with the baby formula. Normally that, would be something i would say, to come out of your mouth. A lot of people were wondering. Poon. You have to have the other one on the air . You got to let me finish the word. Thats why i had questions. Im sneaking out of here. Good to have you, folks. We love you, carson. Savannahs going crazy. Next hour, sweet potato good morning im tracy davidson. Lets get your forecast from bill henley. A cold start to the morning. Well get sunshine at times today but the clouds have been moving to the west. You can still see them over center city. That keeps the temperatures in the 30s for now. Winds are at 10 Miles Per Hour which is making it feel like it is 30 degrees and it is still in the very low freezing in the allentown area. Happening today two official death sentences are in store for a man that killed an infant and her grandmother in a botched robbery. Raghunandan yandamuri was convicted of the murders. He abducted the baby and killed the grandmother when she tried to stop him. He was going to hold them for ransom to pay a gambling debt. A 10 reward for the shooting of a officer from a year ago. It happened on north Market Street in wilmington. The state Troopers Association will announce details about the reward later this morning. Well have another update in about 25 minutes. You can get more on our website. You can also download the weather a to keep track of the temperatures as they change over the next couple days. Im tracy davidson. Now back to the today show. Thank you for watching. [ music playing ]. From nbc news, this is todays take live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this thursday morning, november 20th, 2014. Al roker to my left. Tamron hall to my right. Sorry, guys, you are stuck with me. You are stuck with willie. Wait, wait, wait, thats not what i read on the internet. Arent you supposed to be at msnbc . I got demoted. Bye. And im crazy. You cant trust anything i say. I was so prepared to sneak into natalies dressing room and steal her stuff and willie, i didnt, when i didnt see you this morning when we walked in, being your usual diva self for me to feud with, i thought you were gone. Well, natalie and i walked into work yesterday, looked at each other, said, what are you doing here . The good news, is we are here. We are still waking up at 4 00 a. M. Are they still calling to find out if are you employed . Yes. Yes. It was a yesterday morning. But i do want to say, i know natalie feels the same way, when this totally erroneous out of the sky report came out, the support and the concern blew me away on twitter and facebook and phone calls and emails. So it just reaffirmed for me how special this show is and how great our viewers are. I am so grateful to that. It is. Willie, you tweeted out. It was absolutely overwhelming. Each and every tweet and email touched our heart. I know we have all dealt with a lot of stuff in the last couple of weeks. We are such a great family. My hands are freezing. My heart is very warm. All the love and sensitivity for everybody here. This show is stronger because of the people that we work with every day. I do think, i was going to say, please dont cry, are you making me nervous. I have to feud with you. I love the sensitivity. I love how we all laughed about it when we came in. I said to willie, hey, short timer, he said, hey, demoted. I said, natalie, whats your payout going to be . I think what i think about is hes crazy, the man thinks so too. We can laugh at this on the show. It is amazing that in this day and age one thing and people repeat it. Erroneously. Did anyone by telephone in kindergarten, by the time it got to the ninth kid. When it got picked up on several outlets, popped this one, this one, my parents start calling. Yeah. It had me saying three inappropriate things. The ones they picked were pretty mild. I said so much that were so much worse. Oh my gosh. I am crazy anyway. By the i what, willie is on remote for his shine a light and, willie, it is terrific. For folks who didnt see it. Tell everybody what you are doing. Because its spectacular. Reporter this is the coolest thing i have ever done on this show, guys. Im at the bushwick family shelter for families. As we talked about a little early, i think the homeless image is a man or a woman sleeping on a subway great, approaching your car as you pull off the highway. The truth is, its about family. Its about kids. There was a report out that says last year alone there were 2. 5 million homeless in this country. One in 30 kids are homeless. So the idea here is to make an example of this shelter here in bushwick and to inspire other people to do similar things in their community and to recognize that there is a problem and its about kids as well. So were going to take this common space, this is where 100 or so kids spend their time, they get their joy. We will give it a complete makeover with help from great friends at bright space i spaces. Elaine griffin the interior decorator. She is sketching things, doing all kind of things. In the meantime, we got to take over this space for a few weeks some Pottery Barn Kids came in. Fresh linens, comforters, pillows for all the kids on their beds, which is a big ken for a lot of them. Gufd came in, gave stuffed animals to everybody. The Brooklyn Nets showered them for a netsbulls game next week. Also our good friends at radio city are taking all the kids to see the christmas spectacular. So we are very excited. Its crowdsrise. Com willie. This is a very, very special thing. We cant wait to see how they transform that space. Their expresss, so sweet. Simple things, a comforter. They were happy to have something. Congratulations willie. All right, a lot of people talking about the latest video. This is the bill cosby interview that he did not want you to see. Its an interview done on november 6th. It was released from the associated press, though, yesterday. You will see in it, bill cosby is declining to ask questions about Sexual Assault allegations. The interview was done, we should say it was about hit art installation he is lending to the smithsonian. This is how it went down. With the persona that people know about bill cosbying should they believe anything differently . There is no comment about. Okay. And i tell you why, i think you were told, i dont want to compromise your integrity, but we dont i dont talk about it. And i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. I hear you. I will tell that to my editors and i think that they will understand. I think if you want to consider yourself to be serious. Mmhmm. That it will not appear anywhere. Wow. I think that speaks volumes. You know, bill cosby, as you hear, asking a reporter not to use that part of the interview. His attorneys, though, have said that bill cosby is not going to dignify decade old discredited claims with a response. That seems to be what theyre sticking to. Meanwhile, its the constant adding on, women coming forward and the drip, drip, drip. Now i believe its more than a dozen women who have made these kind of allegations. The most recent one, of course the super former super model janet dickinson. Although in her book, she sort of contradicts herself. She said he hit on her. His attorneys have categorically denied. That anything happened. The shows have been cancelled. Nbc has cancelled their show they were working on with him. Netflix is postponing a samberg special and a comedy special. And the phones are blowing up with people saying, what are you doing . Its difficult. Hopefully it fixes itself shortly. This is a happy ending story, i imagine its everybodys worst nightmare, if you got a family, something you really cherish. A threeyearold flushed the family hairloom diamond and sapphire ring down the toil. It had been in this family for 60 years. Where does he live now . Hey rnlth you are hitting the road. Threeyearsold. Its a happy ending. Because, the ring was found by sanitation workers a monthandahalf later. A month . They flushed the sewer lines. They volumed up debris. It turns out the ring traveled about a third of a mile. But they got it back . I dont know if you put the ring back on. Lots of cleaning out. I think that threeyearold was shopping around pawn stars. Im cynical today. Where is our tamron . They passed it off to me. Its like a horror film. This is like the lord of the rings. I love this throwback. I love my throwback thursday. I do. It is throwback thursday. 30 years ago this week [ music playing ] wake me up before you go go. This was at the top of the charts, ladies and gentlemen, more than 30 years ago. Wake me up before you go go. George michael and andrew somebody. George michael . George michael. And andrew billboard . Oh x there is a billboard. Anyway, we had it on the charts for three weeks. I was convinced i was going to marry george michael. I didnt know he was going to marry me. I was convinced. Andrew hensly. How did you know . My producer. Crank that up in the car, at home, a little of wham. It wakes you up. Its a classic. I cant go anywhere because of this. You are so whacky. And we have been asking you to send your pictures to todayweather, all hands on deck to clear out in lancaster. Look at that that little one. My gosh. Lets take another one. This is from monkey 5136. 4feet of snow in buffalo, new york. Crazy stuff. You can see the lake effect still continuing and weve got hamberg, new york. The eastern great lakes. Winter weather advisories. Winter storm warnings on the western lakes. You watch as that main snow band comes across cleveland and james town and to the south. Finally early friday morning, peters out. Look at all the snow, three to six inches around the western great lakes. 15 to 18 inches of snow as much as four inches of snow per hour still falling with this for the next 24 good morning im bill henley. A cold start this morning, clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine but the wind picks up this afternoon. After we peak in the lower 40s, the colder air moves in. By tonight 25 degrees just 36 tomorrow afternoon. 43 on saturday afternoon. Warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday and on the mild side, colder on wednesday. And thats your latest weather. So, up next, natalie sings once again, this time in front of a Live Audience in a perfect singalong with die hard fans and it clears out the theater. Pitch imperfect. The crowd loved it. I had a blast, for all of you. We have the real deal here, because three of the stars from Pitch Perfect 2 are joining us. Pitch perfect 2 are joining us. Hey, guys, can you do the ring ring . 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From neutrogena®. The movie pittsburgher several screenings were held across the country. With you lucky audience got a surprise when three of the stars of the upcoming sequel showed up. I got a chance to sing along at the screening, myself. Ill sure my performance is awesome maybe landing me a spot with the barberellas when im gone when im gone youre going to miss me when im gone you will miss me everywhere you will surely miss me when im gone it was so riveting. It was beautiful. Kind of karaokeing. It was fun to hang out with you last night. Thank you for having us. Im amazed at this movie. The little movie that could Pitch Perfect. Now the sequel is coming out next year. Were you stunned, incredible, there was outpouring, people loving this film . I think we knew when we were shooting it, it was pretty special, everyone got along so well, i dont think we few it was going to take off the way it did. What do you think it is . We love singalongs, a good girl team, go, team girl . What is it about it . I think its a combination when you leave the Movie Theater after you see the movie, you feel good, friendship, all those things, but a wait to it as well. Thats good. Friendship right there. So you are joining this cast now. What was that like . Sometimes its difficult stepping into an already established group. Oh, no doubt. I was actually a couple weeks late to the girls room rehearsals, getting offer the plane and walking into this world that was already established, like you said, was very intimidating. But they were very welcoming and very supportive and i cant express how excited i am to be a part of it. Did you learn the accalingo quickly. The accaawesome . I did. Like i say acca in front of every other word. In front of everything. Accatamron, accanatalie. Accaal. We were taking a selfie in the commercial break. What did you guys do . We didnt mean to do it. Who did it . Here we go. Let try it again. Heres what happened. This is a great bar trick. Ready. Go. Smile, ladies. Aaaah. That was very good. Beautiful wow its a new name for the selfie the harm neonize. How did that start . Just now. You witnessed like eharmony. Thats acaincredible. Elizabeth banks was in the first one, produced it. And shes directing it this time. What kind of a director is she . Fun. So much fun. Yeah. She gets the girls so well. She knows the humor. She is really like, you guys go out there. Have fun, dont be afraid to fail. That kept us really alive. It was a really fun. She comes back, by the way, in her roam as the accapella critic. You have dogs, do you speak to them in clear voices . Yeah. Oh. Ah. He has his chain on. So sad. What did he do . He got a bad bug bite on his bum. Accaunbelievable. Thank you. I speak to him like in a scottish thing, i go, go to the dogs, or like, hes with us right now, actually. Like hanging out. Were talking care of him. You find this is effective dog training . 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Dozens of baggage handlers are protesting early this morning. Theyre protesting their waging and working conditions. The strike will not impact travelers or operations. Just two days after this raging fire, the Farmers Market is reopening today. About ten stores and businesses were destroyed inside today. The cause of the fire does not appear to be criminal but they dont officially know what caused it. Well have another update for you in about 25 minutes. Get the latest news and weather on nbc10. Com. Now back to the today show. Welcome back to today on this thursday morning, november 20 account, 2014. Along with tamron and al. Willie is at a special residence with two special guests. Reporter hey, guys, Vanessa Burton runs this operation. She has been at this 21 years taking care of families in these sixes. What do you want people out there watching to know about family and child homelessness. First and foremost, i want them to know, dont forget the children. These children are beautiful, being homeless is not a punishment. We want to say thank you so much on behalf of volunteers america, bushwick. We want to say thank you to you and bright spaces. Reporter thank you for letting us invade for a couple weeks. Dominique, you saw her earlier, what do you think about what we are doing here . I think its great. I am very humbled and it means a lot to me like to actually be heard. If you would have told me last year you would be on nbc, i would have never believed it. You werent just on nbc, you were the star of nbc. Im sure you will be getting phone calls coming up today. We will throw it back to you. Normally, i would do the weather for al. Dominique, take it away. Now with big al with the weather. Oh, i like that, dominique, thank you very much. Big al. All right. I appreciate that. Such an eloquent young woman. Fantastic. Today we have lake effect snow, out west, a big storm system into Central California in between sunshine, temperatures, though, chillier than normal. Then for tomorrow, we got a risk of strong storms in west central texas. That risk is going to move east as the week wears along. We are looking at an icy mix. More wind and rain in the pacific northwest. Snow dying down in the great lakes. Look for sunshine, chilly temp good morning im bill henley. Clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine but the wind picks up this afternoon. After we peak in the low 40s, youll really feel it tonight and tomorrow morning when it will be just 36 tomorrow afternoon. 43 saturday afternoon and warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday and still on the mild side on tuesday, colder on wednesday. Have a great day. Hand the is your latest weather. Emmy award winner and selfdescribed leggy blond is preparing to say goodbye to his hbo sitcom, not before hello ladies. Stuart is a single guy on the quest to find love. Sometimes things get a little heated. Hello, ladies, my name is drew, meet my good friend wade. Hello, ladies, a pleasure. Wade. Nice to meet you. Stuart. Oh oh, no. Oh. Ah. I got it. I got it. Good morning. You know thats based on a real event. That happened to me. That happened to you . Years ago i was at college, i bought the brandnew shirt, i thought it was classy. I was looking good, al, i was talking to this lady, she was laughing. At one point she said to me, steve, youre on fire . I said, thank you very much. I caught my arm on a candle. I am not the sexiest rolling on the floor put it out, for the love of god, put it out. So your character, stuart, is he leak you in a lot of ways . Hes a sort of nerdy awkward british guy that cant get with girls. Its a role i have been researching since i hit puberty. I feel ive mastered it now. Im not as desperate and pathetic as he is. A little of me in my early 20s in my character. I love the poster for this. It really screams sex. We dont know. Is that you . Its my face. Your face . Its not my body. Really in. I dont know whether hbo saw my real body, we cant put this on the side of the bus. The people of america dont want to see this. Its your real body . Thank you very much. Ill take that as a compliment. You havent seen me with my shirt off. As Ricky Gervais says, my skin is so trance louis sent, you can see my beating heart through my chest. Speaking of Ricky Gervais. I would tell people, do you want to meet Ricky Gervais . Did you think it would work . I asked people if they could send me favorite pickup lines, imagine i just met you in a bar, ladies, hey, how is is going, hello, ladies . Im here. Whats your other two wishes . Oh, geeze. All right. Pretty good . Are you on fire right now. Go. Okay. Hey, can you ask your boobs to stop staring at my eyes . All right. If that doesnt work you couldnt go another round . I got this one. Heres a good one. I was at college, somebody was trying to sell me a magazine prescription, a guy, being very smooth, hey, is your guy a baker . What are you talking about . Because you have nice buns. I ended up buying a magazine subscription. Thats impressive he came up with that line. I know him you outed him. He was trying to sell a magazine. To get him out of my way. Come on. Poor guy like you with that pickup line, i need to give you some money. Natalie is proof, you keep trying, you roll the dice, sooner or later. She has incredibly low standards. Thats what i always look for. I will buy magazine subscription from you. You did semg ladies beyonce, this went viral. The jimmy fallon show, we did a lip sync battle. Look at you. Oh my. Look at those legs. You are on fire. Look at that, ladies. Am i right . Yes. How do you work that height . You still remember the moves . I just sort of let the music take over me, take me over. So thats not rehearsed . Thats not rehearsed. That was six weeks with beyonces tour with her. Thats what i visualized in my head. You are tall, how tall are you . 6foot, seven. You have the groove. Tall men usually dont have the groove. What is your goto groove . Like that one. A head bop you are so tall, can you knock someone out. True, mr. T is a favorite of yours . I am a fan of mr. T. Here we go. Oh, stand up. Stand up. Lets all do it. [ music playing ] oh. Stop, yes, yes. You are like tyarnnosaurus. There is incredible. Is this a tv show . Hard to believe. Amazing. Go on the internet. You will be surprised. A lot of spice like stephen. We love that. We are not talking about al or stephen. We are talking about als favorite thanksgiving recipe. You want a recipe . Sweet pa to that poon. You want some . What the heck is that . Go on upstairs with us. It should be fantastic. Lets go. Come on sir, were loaded and getting ready to go. Were going to need you on the runway. vo dont let a severe cold hold you back. 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New and improved i cant believe its not butter 100 taste, 0 artificial preservatives. Made with a blend of delicious oils, purified water, and just a pinch of salt. Two, please. New and improved i cant believe its not butter. Its time to believe. If cold turkey. Ine quitting turkey. Its white its dark if every thanksgiving theres a white versus dark meat debate. I respect your opinion but white. La la la la if you think its time we consider a new national bird. Whoa. Then youre what butterball calls a turketarian. And their holiday and every day selections are sure to satisfy. Butterball. The choice of turketarians. In our special series todays take on thanksgiving favorites, weve each picked a beloved dish and we are sharing our own recipes. Yesterday willie and i conquered classic potatos. You never had a thanksgiving . This is the one. This is it. Im trying not to, we are making my mothers sweet potato poon. Thats not the real name . For me it was real. Its a part of my thanksgiving tradition. My thanksgiving favorite is something my mom used to make. It was called sweet pa to that poon. Its a crustless sweet potato pie with marsh maam lows, one of our six kids would do something to distract my mothers so the marshmallows would catch fire. Every year, she would, get away, get away from me, dont talk to me, shed put it in. Hey, mom, i need the turkey basteer. Just a second, she could not help herself, shed walk away, oh my god, theyre on fire t. Smoke detector is running off. My father is running in with a couple pot holders. We have to scrape it off and then she would do it again. But it was always fun just to watch them burn. The smell. You cant, the pineapple, the nutmeg, the cinnamon. Its just really, see you have to twirl it to get all the marshmallow. Thats ambroseia, of the gods. Are you ready to whip up sweet potato poon . You peel the sweet potatos, you boil them, but in butter, mash them up. Its a side, like a dessert . Like a dessert meets sides. Sweet potato poon and a cranberry tush. Exactly. Brown sugar, flour. You got some bake powder. Okay. Youve got cinnamon salt, all spice, nutmeg. Crushed pineapple. Adding crushed pineapple. Its similar to a sweet potato pie. You mash it. We dont have time. You bake it first for about 30 minutes, then you put the marshmallows on top. Its stevens birthday monday, this could also actually be your birthday cake. There is almost. This is the burnt edition. It would burn so badly that we had to scrape it off, do it again. You did that to aggravate your mom. To tech her off. This is the actual. Do your kids love there . They do. You have this with the turkey. Its desserts, siedes, all i one. Its amazing. You cook, do you . I do. I wrap an apron, it takes 30 minutes, a couple seconds really under the broiler. There you have it. A pile of deliciousness. What do you think . First american poon . Its not my First American poon. I set it up. But ill tell you, let me give you feedback. You know what i like about this, al, what i like about this, its not too sweet. I can see how it would sit with a savory, you know, turkey or whatever. Its not too sweet in there i will never eat this the same way again. This recipe, five more sweet potato recipes. Will you come back tomorrow . Every day. We want you to come every day. Happy thanksgiving, by the way. Anyway, tomorrow i will be making my pumpkin flan for you guys. How do we recover from that neighborhood, you are about to meet an adorable fiveyearold giving back to his community when disaster struck. The kid that will just melt your heart this morning after this. [ music playing ] than ever why now is the best time to be on verizon. One verizons the largest, most reliable 4g lte network in the country. Thats right america. With xlte in over 400 markets. Two and heres something for families to get excited about. 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Reporter watching the news in the days that followed a deadly tornado. Fiveyearold tavon saw great need in a monita neighborhood. It was, they dont have houses, what are they going to do . How can we help them . Reporter you decided to give your own money for these people. Why . Because they didnt have anything. Reporter he used 100 from a savings to buy essential itself for people like dina. It was horrible. Our house was a total loss. Reporter she and members of her community depend on the kindness of strangers him within they found out one of the the donors was only five, they wanted to meet him. Thank you so much for what you have done for us. Can i have a huck, tavon . He didnt stop there. How come you need more blankets . Because they might not have money for them. Reporter these days, he is working on a coat and blanket drive. So you are making signs so that Everybody Knows you are do coat drive . Yes. His heart makes his mother proud. Any time you see someone in need, he wants to help. Reporter only fiveyearsold, making a difference, one kind act at a time. Now you have had a chance to meet each of these wonderful kids, all winners in my book. You can find their stories on today. Com or you can vote for sprouts 2015 chief officer starting at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. They are all kind kids. I applaud sprout for teaching kindness. We need kindness in this world. For kids to start so young, such big hearts. We are back in a moment. This is toda we all know you have a great show, he has been pooned. We certainly have been hearing about it. You hasnt heard about it. We have Kristen Chenowith on. We are so excited. Taking you to breaking news in burlington county. Sky force 10 is over the scene of a shooting. Multiple shot inside of a home on holly park drive in tabernacle. This is state police territory and you see the cruisers in front of the home there. You see the uniformed officers outside of the home. Few details being released at this point. What we do know is that according to police there are multiple, two or more people inside that home who were shot. No idea why or who the shooter is or if there is an active search right now. Were getting the latest information. Well get it to you when we have it. Lets go to the weather now with bill henley, bill . Clouds are blowing through the area. Some areaing seeing sunshine but still cloudiness over center city and Philadelphia International. Slowly climbing temperatures with southwesterly winds. 41 in northeast philadelphia. Factor in the win, feels like 34 degrees, 29 in allentown. We see state police gathered outside of this home where were confirming now that multiple people were shot in the home. No details who may have shot them and how many people but were following this breaking news. Well have it for you, another update in about 25 minutes here on nbc and nbc10. Com. Whats possible today . Wifi access in more places then ever before. All your favorites in the cloud and on every device. A home you control with the touch of a finger. News and entertainment that informs and delights in ways you never thought possible. Comcast nbcuniversal bringing media and Technology Together for you. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hey, everybody. What day is it, hoda . It is thirsty thursday, november 20th, 2014. It means it is ambush makeover day. Of course. Of course. And a lot of other great stuff. The amazing and you use that word very rarely for people who are truly amazing, Kristin Chenoweth is here, new album and new concert special. Shes mesmerizing. There is a group that is coming along with kristen, it is not circumstance dque du soleil, bu vibe. Theyll show us some fancy moves. And then everyone has a story, youll meet an unbelievable family with a special needs son, and the brother the bigger brother that has always been his best friend in the whole world. So it is a great thanksgiving day. It is going to be great. And im so excited about my ihoda, that were not doing until later. This is one of those days im busting and i wish we could do it right now. Ill wait patiently. What else do we have . We have early thanksgiving this is great. Treats. I had a bite. It looked so unbelievably an tiesing. This is this is chicken. Wasnt turkey. But it has stuffing and cranberry, everything it wanted. It is sold at stickies. Limited edition gobble gobble chicken finger. With stuffed get in there. Get involved. Beaujolais, a french wine that is always released the third thursday, i believe, in yeah, third thursday in november at midnight. That would be tonight. Guess what, we have it a little earlier. Let me taste it. This is delicious with the stuffing in it. Where is the gravy, though . You dont need it. Thats delicious. 5. For one or three . 5 for one. Mm. There you have it. Delicious. How is the beaujolais . Delicious. I tried other stuff that is good too, but this is so if you now, if you were wondering if youve been wondering lately where has alec baldwin been . Where has he been . Remember, he said he wasnt going to be on tv anymore, he wrote a hes going to move to california. Leave new york. He was going to leave the country, if george bush won again. Lots of things he was going to do. We found out where he was. We did some investigating. Hes hosting a relationship show. It is called alec baldwins love ride. And he gives advice to couples on their relationships. Okay. Lets take a look. Takeout food, binge viewing, broad city, what is the glue that holds your relationship together . Im internationally renowned relationship expert alec baldwin. Watch me on ail ulec baldwins ride. How did you know that . Alec baldwin. How are you . I like to help couples avoid the mistakes ive made. Im an internationally recognized relationship expert. How long have you been together . Three and a half, almost four years. You seem level headed. What is an impulsive thing you do . Fro yo. Thats when you go nuts, fro yo. Crazy. Say the date you met on the count of three. One, two, three. April october whoa so the question is why. You know . Hes one of the greatest actors around. Hes always in demand to work. And maybe just he hasnt had scripts he likes lately. Hes doing what he wants. Maybe he gets to stay at home, be with elara, is that the way you pronounce it . And the baby. Ive been a big alec baldwin fan. I think hes a spectacularly talented guy. Amazing, yeah. But isnt something i would watch. Well, it is interesting because he has an ear piece in and there is someone who is also helping to feed questions. Why would he need anybody feeding him questions . He doesnt. Hes a great raccentoure. Thats what that is about. A lot of people have been sensitive about barbie dolls because they say theyre too perfect and women are flawed. Sexually exploits young girls. Not sexually exploits. Makes them sexual beings. It makes them perfect, like most people are most people dont look like that. They look rounder or flaws or what are you looking at me for . So it is called the lambly doll. I dont get the name, do you . I dont either. It is a doll that has it is an average sized girl. 19 years old. 54, her curves are 32, 31, 33, compared to barbie, 36, 18, 33. My size. Okay. There was a crowd rise Funding Campaign to get a normal looking barbie doll. This is the one they came up with. You can stick on accessories and by accessories, they mean freckles, cellulite, acne, moles, stretch marks, tattoos and scars. Everythingi everybody wants. 25 for the doll. 6 for a pack of reuseable lambly marks at lambly. Com. What do you think of the whole situation . I think it is it is always a good message that, you know, nobody is perfect, so embrace who you are, and you know what i like that you said today. You say a lot of smart things. Never on the air. In the makeup room, remember we were talking about peoples stretch marks. Yeah, we should call them love marks because you get them from being pregnant with most of the time with your babies. Stretch is a negative. Stretch marks, ew. Was it stretching . Yes. The most precious thing in the world. Yes. Lets do that. What about cellulite, though . Yeah. Nothing good about that. Okay. So we have Tori Spelling and Dean Mcdermott on with us this past week. People are curious about their lives. And they i dont understand why. But they play it out all the time on their series, their reality show. Just released their holiday card with the whole group of family members, kids and all. And they look very happy. Thats why i always put ann nielsen angels on the cover of mine now. Because i dont have a perfect family. And plus, they never want to have their picture taken. I think it is funny, because you watch the drama play out and then you see that perfect photograph, which is interesting. I guess the trouble with the media today, you never know what is true and what has just been staged. And i dont like to be conned. I dont either. I dont like to be conned. Im not saying theyre conning us. I dont know. They have been with us many times. I dont know. Weird that one was on one day and one was on the other day. They get two hits. They werent in the room at the same time. Press agent wanted it that way. Very strange. You havent shown us boots for two years. Right, i have not. Heres why. It is a great thing. I know. When things are great you dont want to spoil it. I think when other people are interested in your relationship, it accelerates it or it gets you doing things you normally wouldnt be doing in your relationship. Now you live your life, the people who know him, you know him and like him. When youre out and about, do people go, are you boots . Some people have said that. What does he say . He smiles and says yes. There are his boots. Hes on it. Hes a very cute guy. You know what his best hes not fat at all. You made a whole thing about how you like fat guys and thats her word, not mine. He broke the mold. He did. He had a great smile. Great smile. We did wake up to sad news this morning about i didnt even know he had a condition. Mike nichols, famed director, producer, performer, he passed away suddenly they said last night from cardiac arrest. He was 83 years old. Hes won so many awards. Hes won every award, hasnt he . Hes won egot, oscar, four emmys, tony, grammy and Kennedy Center honor. Thats respected and beloved by everyone. Everyone wanted to be in a mike nichols production because they knew it would just be top notch. Married to diane sawyer, and he directed things like who is afraid of virginia woolf, the graduate, silk wood, working girl, the birdcage. My favorite, the birdcage. I love that. Our heart goes out to diane sawyer who he married in 1988 and three Adult Children from previous marriages. So we send our love and condolences. Yes, we do. Okay. I told you ive been waiting for ihoda. You guys, i have to tee this up for one second. This is a video youre going to see. Can i eat while you do it . Okay, it is called uptown funk. I went to a i went wait, i went to a Music Industry event and i walked up to a bunch of executives and i said, i have a favorite song. They said, i know what that song is. I said, you cant know. I have it on my phone. And they said, let me guess, is it uptown funk by mark bronson and bruno mars and i freaked out because that was the song. Get random. It is old school funk. If you like funk no oh, no. Get ready. It is a video. Show the video. Julio hollywood jackson, mississippi show up show up smoother than fresh jar skippy i feel hot i feel hot i heard you the first time. Look at them in the control room. Girl, hallelujah girl, hallelujah it is a gospel song, huh . Here comes the part. Im going to dance. Look at the dance moves. Old school funk. Dont believe me just watch it is going to be so hot, that song. Oh, my gosh. Im so happy. Right now, like right now, im so happy, right now. Im so torn. Im happy for you, my friend. I love bruno mars. I just okay. We get it we get it it is so good. Wait, i wish we could play it again. I want Kristin Chenoweth to hear it. I want Kristin Chenoweth to hear the song. Ihoda has gone on too long. She would love it. She would hate it. She has taste. I want to ask you when you come on if you like my song. Our song. My song. It is not yours. I feel like i have ownership. I dont know why. I love it. I have ownership of everyone has a story which is on today. By the way, it is a great one. It is a great everyone has a story. We have to go because kristin is waiting. Sorry. You can hear us on sirius 108. Why would you want to . Okay. Two lucky ladies off the cold plaza for hot ambush makeovers. And singer, dancer, actor, she can do it all. When he first joined the army, i was very nervous. We didnt know what they would have him doing. But, bobby always had a plan. [ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army strong. Talk to your son or daughter about opportunities in the army. Talk to your son or daughter its part of a hersheys bar. We break it. We bite it. We sneak it. We smoosh it. We savor it. We love it. Hersheys is mine, yours, our chocolate. New preference mousse absolue. Reusable haircolor. One push automatically mixes pure color dyes. Easy to apply, to retouch roots, or use again. For luminous color. Brilliant shine. New preference mousse absolue by loreal. Hellmanns and holiday leftovers become irresistibly creamy turkey casserole. Real delicious hellmanns. Bring out the hellmanns. Bring out the best. Heres something fun to do with hot dogs. Make easy crescent dogs. Pillsbury crescent rolls. Make dinner pop. Maybe this time ill win it even gets higher than that. Oh, my gosh. A little taste of the new pbs special from the wickedly talented emmy and tony winner Kristin Chenoweth. The concert set to air on november 28th was recorded for her first live live album ever. It is out this weekend called coming home. I think we need to get a microphone. Do we need the mike . Bring it in, guys. We dont want to waste any time with kristin. Thank you. Youve seen one of those before, havent you . This is like talk about coming home. This is it right here. Were so excited for you. Does everybody know youre from oklahoma originally . I think a lot of people do. Im proud of being from oklahoma. I met your mom and dad. Theyre lovely. Quintessential not just oklahomans, but americana, arent they . They are. If there was ever june and ward cleaver, thats them. Yeah. First of all, did you love that song i just played, the earlier one . I thought it was out of this world. It was extremely julio get the stretch h Harlem Hollywood thats another way for her to play it again. Lets talk about your cd. It is an amazing one. We got to hear you sing a little bit yesterday when you were on the earlier hours. And your voice is amazing. Thank you. And it is all live. So no auto tune. Yeah. They can do so much electronically to your voice. I want my younger fans, you know, when you watch the dvd, you have that experience. When you just listen to the cd, there is a song about my dad called fathers and daughters and hes sitting in the front row. When i listen to it, i say, oh, no, people think i sound bad. I had to let that go. This is the this is the emotion of the song. You have sung songs for president s and for queen of england. Royalty. Do you ever get nervous or freaked out when youre on the stage. I take so much so many the queen and the president , i also sang at oprahs last show. That was huge. Bigger than all those people. Come on. Thank you. The worst was when we were at the palace is that the queen or the palace in vegas . Oprahs palace. The one at buckingham. I was alone, i was im single, hi, here i am, walking up the stairs. You know, like i think im gonna laike it here a man in a coat came, he said, miss chenoweth, can i get you i said i would love some champagne, that would be amazing. He comes back and he hands me the champagne. He started to Say Something, i said, i dont want any food. Im good. Im good. He said im actually the president of the army. Im, like they all wore red coats. The butlers and the army. That is why people love you so much. Youre just youre real. You are our all american girl. And were so happy for you. We know you had a tough couple of years there after the accident on the set of the good wife. Cover girl. Surely is. Living happy . Living happy. Great magazine about finding joy and being grateful and being happy in your life, which there is me blowing some fake snow. Good to be around kristin though, makes you happy. Youre returning to broadway. Yes. Please come. Ple please. We definitely will be there. Great score hasnt been on broadway in how many years . 40. There you go. Hodas age. A mind bending performance. And ambush makeovers, dont miss it. [ woman ] i will embrace change. Everything life throws my way. Except for frown lines. Those im throwing back. [ female announcer ] olay total effects. Nourishing vitamins, and seven beautiful benefits in one. For youngerlooking skin. So while your life may be everchanging. Your Beautiful Skin will stay beautiful. Total effects from olay. Your best beautiful. Am i forgetting something . 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Thats because the cast of cirque dreams holidays has been busy entertaining us all morning. Holidays is touring 40 cities across the country before coming to new york city. Now with their act, cirque dreams. Wow. How is that for a treat this morning . All right. They got what they came looking for. Ambush makeover results ahead. If you can appreciate the love between siblings, youve love everyone has a story today, so much more than hersheys miniatures. Choosing is half the fun. Because theres a Little Something delicious. For everyone. Hersheys miniatures, choose your own delicious. Well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. Dad, but i practiced my bassoon. And i listened. I can do this. Everyone deserves ooey gooey pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Make the weekend pop . At 10 26, were following that breaking news in burlington county. Sky force 10 over the scene of a shooting. This is just a short time ago. This is on holly park drive in tabernacle. Police confirm that more than one person has been shot. They havent said how many, nor have they given details on victims conditions. We will stay on top of the story and bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. And now lets get our first look at the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Morning, bill. Were seeing clouds blow in the air. The clouds will blow for some sunshine, but its making things cold today. Thats a view of boathouse row. Those clouds are making progress in delaware and new jersey where temperatures are in the 30s. 40 degrees in philadelphia. Its going to feel like 30. A man killed a baby and her grandmother. A jury convicted him of the murders and recommended the death penalty. He abducted a 10monthold girl from the home in king of prussia and killed the babys grandmother when she tried to stop him. He was going to hold the baby for ransom to pay off gambling debts but then killed the baby, too. They are employed by the private contractor prime flight. They began the job action early this morning to protest working conditions. Airline Officials Say the strike will not impact customers or the operations. Well have a full hour of news coming up in 30 minutes, and of course you can always get the latest news and weather on abc10. Com. See you in half an hour. Were back on this thirsty thursday with more of today ready to reveal our ambush makeovers for two lucky ladies who braved the cold for a chance to get a brandnew look just in time for thanksgiving. Here to show off their makeover magic, today contributor and stylist to the stars louis licari. And today contributor and recordbreaking guinness book of World Records breaker jill martin. How was it today . Good. It is a bit chilly, yes. But it wasnt raining. We got to see the ladies. It was perfect. Okay. Shirley mccutchen is our first lucky lady. From buck horn, texas. Shes here celebrating her 53rd wedding anniversary. Shes a fouryear Breast Cancer survivor who loves to ballroom dance with her husband. They belong to four dance clubs in texas. She came here looking to be ambushed and was ready for a new look. Lets listen to her story. You look so jolly and fabulous in that hat. And i know youre happy because you want this for shirley. Tell me why. Im so thrilled. You know, shes had a tough time with cancer, survivor, you know, for four years almost now. Thats the big thing. Having her here. This is her dream. She had been wanting to do this forever and ever and ever. And to be on here and have a makeover, this is such a fabulous deal. This is a once in a lifetime deal for her. Im so thrilled for that. Were happy to give you this deal. You ready . Yes, i am im so excited. I cant believe it. I didnt think it would ever happen. I love shirley. Yes. Husband bill, please keep your blindfold on for a second. Okay, here is Shirley Mccutchen before. Lets see the new you. Whoa wow oh, my goodness. Bill, are you ready . Yes. Take a look at your bride. Lord, even more gorgeous. Are you ready . Yes. I guess. Spin right around. Mirror right behind you. Oh, my word. You look is that the same person . Youre darling. I cant believe it. Look at camera 12 for us. You can hug on her, of course. Wow. Okay. Thank you. Im a new woman. Tell us about the hair. Great haircut. Our salon superstar, layered bob, wispy, fresh, totally new. So flirty. Shirley said, louis, i want to be a red head. Her hair was a faded strawberry, perhaps. I said lets go for it. We did. The trick is it looks like it grows from her head because it is copper, very natural looking red. Beautiful. I love the leather and the jeans. Navy is the new black. I love if youre going to invest in a coat. This is by andrew mark. A little bit of glitter by adriana papel and nydj jeans. So adorable. Our second lady is lois, 60 from maine. Shes a Nurse Practitioner who goes to the Dominican Republic twice a year to set up a Medical Clinic and help those in need. She drives a boat in return to her island. Last time she colored her hair was over a decade ago. Shes single and excited and ready for a brandnew style. Shes here with her friend and well listen to her story right now. Catherine, i know youre busting. So excited. I cant believe this is happening. My dearest friend turned 60 a week ago. And so happy for her. I think shes in shock. Are you in shock . Im a little bit in shock, yes. More and more excited every second. Shock is a relative thing. Yes, she is here with her good friend kathlycatherine, also a. Lets look at lois before and bring lois out now with her big new look. Wow adorable. Right there. Here you go. Right over here, sweetie. Are you ready . Take off your blindfold. Youre going to freak out. Oh, my gosh oh, my i love it thats what a best friend needs to say. Turn around, lois. See what she is excited about. Oh, my gosh that is sensational. It looks like someone ive seen, maybe, in the movies or something. You look beautiful. Oh, my gosh. Incredible. Gorgeous. Spin right here. Look at camera 12. The hairstyle is amazing. Yes. You did it, arson. Great job. She believe it or not, her hair was great, we covered the gray and i added highlights as quickly as i could, and we put tone on tone color, very minimal, but very beautiful and she looks beautiful. Makeup by enid. You want to Say Something . Im speechless. Go over to your friend. Jill, tell us about the outfit. Look how cute the pants are on her and the top is clara sun woo and great trench coat by andrew marks. I love the back of her hair. Look at that. Great. You look beautiful. I love everything. Good job, everybody. Come on out. Big round of applause. We have everyone has a story for you, the true meaning of brotherly love. 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With thanksgiving around the corner, it is a story that will make you thank what youre truly grateful for. Christina wanted to thank her 17yearold son zach. She says zach has dedicated his whole life to caring for his special needs older brother often. Well speak with the family in a moment. Lets listen to christines letter. I am writing to share the story of my wonderful son zach. From the time that zach was small, he has always helped to care for his special needs older brother austin. He was and is austins constant playmate. Hes never been ashamed of austin, but instead has embraced him for all of his beauty. When he was younger, he was always looking for a way to make austin better. One year he told santa all he wanted for christmas was to for him to fix austins brain. As he got older, he realized austin was not going to get better unless god chose to heal him. Now that he is older and stronger, whenever we go on vacation, he helps to carry austin where the wheelchair wont go. Zach spends as much time as he is able doing volunteer work with special needs kids. He will go to college next fall, and then on to medical school. His plans are to become a pediatric neurologist to work with children like his brother. Zach will tell you his ultimate goal is when he gets to heaven to be be able to see his brother run and hear him speak. He will tell you that austin is one of the most remarkable people he knows because he is patient, kind and loving. But these traits also describe my son zach. Zacharys dad and i would like to thank you for being such a wonderful son and brother to austin for being there to always hold and care for austin in any situation, with maturity, unconditional love, and understanding. You are an amazing young man. He sure is. He is. And christine is here with her husband chip and their son zach and austin. Were thrilled youre here with us. Thank you for having us. It is not easy to travel and get here, but i hope it is worth it for you because youre an amazing family and you, you would make any parent unbelievably proud. Thank you. Did you know your mom had written a letter . No, i didnt. Your mom is sneaky that way . Yeah. Mothers are. You got to watch them. How did you go about doing this . I just i had seen the spot and i always thought he was such a wonderful son, i just wanted to honor him. So i wrote the story about him, because were so proud of him. Chip, what did you think of the whole thing . I was amazed. She sent me the letter in an email she wrote and said, what do you think . I said it is justt amazing and told the story perfectly. It was perfect. She didnt need to change a thing. She could send it like it was. Tell us about your brother. Tell us what hes like. Hes amazing. I love him so much. Hes so fun. My first part about him is his personality. He likes to ease us as much as he does. Hes responding to that. He always laughs when we tell funny stories about him, but he loves all of us so much and he does his best to make us happy as much as we do to make him happy. Youre going to be going off to school. Are you going to be how are you going to be able to leave him . Well, i really dont want to. Im going to try to find some place close, nearby, so i can always see him whenever i need to. Youre probably going to need to as much as hes going to need to see you. Exactly. Dont go anywhere. Straight off the matilda stage, we have a special performance from broadways allison love. Right after this. You want i fix this mess . A mess . I dont think whats that . Snapshot from progressive. Plug it in, and you can save on Car Insurance based on your good driving. You sell to me . No, its free. You want to try . I try this if you try. Not this. Okay. Da hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw care away. From everywhere, filling the air chex party mix. 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[ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army strong. Talk to your son or daughter about opportunities in the army. All right, were back with our everyone has a story winner zachary upshaw, his brother austin and his parents christine and chip. Now the song we wrote just for you called when he gets to heaven and to perform it, please welcome a magnificent talent and sweetheart, allison love. I am blessed with two amazing sons one stronger to take care of the other and he is the essence of what it means to be a brother every child is precious a gift from god above every child comes to us full of promise full of love every child is blessed in the same way as another thats why god gives him the gift of a loving brother from the first day of life zach loved austins heart never a day the two of them were far apart and never was a time that they didnt laugh together and i couldnt say to austin im going to make you better oh when he gets to heaven hell see his brother run hell hear him cry the joy of seeing the sun when he gets to heaven hell see his brother free see him whole see him healthy see all he was meant to be hell see when he gets to heaven every child has a purpose so weak and strong god blesses every child in their own way the whole night long not every child is blessed in the same way as another and that is why god gives them the gift of a loving brother when he gets to heaven hell see his brother run hell hear him cry the joy of seeing dancing in the sun when he gets to heaven hell see his brother free see him whole see him healthy see all he was meant to be hell see when he gets to heaven when he gets to heaven beautiful. Beautiful, allison. Well be right back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Honoring an extremely caring young man, zachary upshaw, who is here with his family. Allison love, who is starring now on broadway in matilda, with us from scandalous too, just performed when he gets to heaven. Allison, you are magnificent. Thank you. Such a beautiful song. Thank you. Very what did you think . It was really good. Beautiful. You know my favorite part was . Watching you kiss his head through the whole thing. I just needed to wanted to give you guys something. We know for all the love you give your family, youre in new york, the first time, we decided we know you want to see the sites with your brother. We put together a big apple package for the two of you. So the Langham Palace Hotel has given you two rooms, two nights in the hotel, all meals, express passes to the top of the empire state building. Also a private tour of the big apple, courtesy of federiqe and antoinette. And four tickets for the performance. Of a real broadway show. Have a wonderful time. Have a blessed thanksgiving and christmas, okay . Thank you, buddy. Bless you. All right. Thats going to do it for us for today. Tomorrow, the stars of the sister hood, a new reality show about the journey to becoming a nun. And elvis durant here with a Little Something different. Have an awesome day. See you tomorrow. Right now at 11 00, breaking news from burlington county. Two people are dead, two others injured after a shooting inside this home in burlington county. This is all happening on holly park drive in tabernacle, burlington county, new jersey. And thats where nbc 10s cydney long is standing by to give us details on what we know so far. Sidney, fill us in. Reporter i can tell you from state police that someone from inside this home in tabernacle did Call State Police about 9 15 this morning for a report of multiple gunshot victims inside the home. Its shielded by the trees out here, but you can see state