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For their lives after gunshots rang out. And early status update. A big announcement from Mark Zuckerberg about what he will do when his little girl arrives. A lot of likes for the daddytobe. Today, november 21st, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Good to have you home. Nice to be home. We will talk to you about your time in paris in a moment. The top stories, terror attacks worldwide. We have correspondents across the globe. The headline, belgium under the highest terror alert today. Subways in brussels are closed. Armed police and soldiers in the streets. The belgian Prime Minister saying they have quote quite precise information that several people with arms and explosives could launch multiple attacks. Nbcs carlio is here with us. Reporter craig, brussels, the home of european institutions woke up to a military zone. We see soldiers everywhere. They are patrolling the streets and guarding Shopping Centers and hotels. There are enough assault military vehicles parked outside the Old Stock Exchange behind me. We spoke to residents and they are concerned and angry because this measure, this security measure is affecting their way of life. The entire subway system has been shutdown for the weekend. Concerts and events closed. Movie theaters and Exhibition Centers closed this weekend. They are not used to this. This is only the third time in the history of belgium, of the country, the alert has been raised to level four, the highest. Authorities of course are saying they would not have done that if they did not think the threat is serious, credible and real. You said the Prime Minister feared coordinated attacks similar to paris. The fact that salah abdeslam, the only terrorist linked to the paris attacks still at large, was born, raised and radicalized and may be hiding here. Craig. Claudio, thank you. The hunt for those involved in the paris attacks is going wider with a key arrest in turkey. Nbcs global correspondent bill neely is here with the latest for us. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. The investigation here and the crackdown on isis supporters continues. More than 800 raids across france so far. Almost 200 gun seized. Nearly 100 people arrested. As you have seen in brussels, the effort across europe by police forces, it is not just in france. We had arrests in turkey this morning. The net is widening right across europe. Under arrest this morning in turkey, three men suspected of ties to isis. Including a belgian thought to have scouted locations of the paris massacres. Across europe, police are hunting for the killers and their gang. French police are still trying to identify this suicide bomber who detonated in the apartment they stormed. They found a third body in the rubble. This woman killed in the raid was not the bomber as they previously thought. I met the man who led the raid. The terror group they faced, he told me, were well trained. They shot just enough to be dangerous. We didnt see them. It was very difficult to know where they were. They knew what they were doing . Reporter he said the woman shouted im scared, im scared. Suddenly the suicide bomber detonates. The flash of lights and the building shook. Reporter the shields they used are bullet ridden. You can see here. Reporter the terrorists fired to the head. The bullets come by this way. You can see the exit. Reporter the death toll from the massacres a week ago has risen to 130. But for danny plaugee, targeted by the gunman at the concert, everything has changed. My life wont be the same. There will be a before and after as it was for you people in new york city. There was a before and after in september. Reporter early this morning, paris was trying to begin a new normal weekend, but exactly a week after the massacres, it was hard to forget the victims to have courage amid the terror. And overnight at the United Nations, the Security Council adopted its first resolution against isis calling on countries to take all necessary means to confront isis which it called a global threat. Remember, all five permanent members, including the u. S. , have had citizens killed by isis. China, russia in the plane bombing and here in france. Erica. Bill neely, thank you. Today, president obama is condemning the terror attack in the african nation of mali that left at least 20 people dead, including one american. Nbcs keir simmons is there for us. Good morning. Reporter craig, good morning. The jihadists who carried out the attack on the luxury hotel behind me may still be on the loose. Three are being hunted. Ma malian president is urging a state of emergency and limiting the movements around the capital. The search for killers in the Radisson Hotel was assisted by security agents. It is not clear this morning how many armed gunmen it took to terrorize guests. Two jihadists were killed. Glass shattered where the men burst in as breakfast was under way shooting at everything that moved. These jihadists, they killed everyone, said a hotel employee. They went room to room, releasing those who could prove they were muslim by reciting passages from the koran. Killing those who couldnt. Mali Security Forces rushed to the attack to aid. Our Diplomatic Security agents rushed in to pull people to safety. French troops and American Forces in the country for Training Missions provided support as did the United Nations forces. Thanks to the swift action and skill of all involved, many people escaped. Reporter by then, at least 20 people killed. Including american aid worker anita from maryland. Her family spokesperson. We are devastated by the loss. Reporter the group claiming responsibility is the Jihadist Organization potentially linked to al qaeda, not isis, renewing their threat of global jihad. This attack claimed by the al qaeda affiliate so soon after the an tattack on paris, people are worried that isis and al qaeda are worried. Keir simmons, thank you. We have a senior partner here about us. Evan, nice to have you. Thank you. The unprecedented terror warning for belgium for the ale alert. And the precise coordinated attacks. What more do you know . We dont know much because the police in belgium are not saying much. They seem to have similar concerns to what happened in paris. If you look at what is going on in brussels, you get an idea. You have the one individual running right now from authorities. Supposedly some are angry with him because he did not detonate a weapon. Obviously if you are looking at the targets they are selecting or targets they are worried about, metro, shops, malls, hotels, the same targets we saw in paris. I think it is fair to say it comes from the same source. Isis or isis supporters. I want to pick up what keir said on the end there. The idea there may be some sort of rivalry brewing with the two. The al qaeda connected group that has taken credit for mali and isis in paris. We have to be careful. We have a communication. We are not sure it is authentic. Lets just say it is. Lets say it is al qaeda. The operation in mali could have been prepared for months or years. We dont know. This is something it wasnt and organized as paris. There were not suicide bomb vests. These guys had a plan. This is possibly a symptom of the competition with al qaeda and isis. It is not necessarily linked to what happened in paris. These folks have been Planning Operations for a while. It is to be said one potential targets, mokhtar belmokhtar, was targeting the u. S. With the air strike in libya. It is fair to say the impetus for this did not come up last week or the week before. This could be many months old. Evan coleman, thank you. The terror scares around the world have put the issue of immigration front and center in the president ial campaign. Gop frontrunner donald trump is facing Harsh Criticism for calling for a muslim tracking database. He seems to be walking it back a bit. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is in a very snowy des moines, iowa this morning. Reporter good morning, craig. The first real snowfall of the season. Some Campaign Stops are canceled in iowa, but the snow does not stop more than 1,000 people attending a faith and family forum attended by several candidates. Donald trump is weathering his own storm about the comments on a muslim database. Donald trump is clarifying. There was music blaring in the background. Reporter back tracking. Blaming background noise for mishearing an exchange with nbc news in which he did not rule out a database for tracking muslims in the United States. I would implement that. Absolutely. Reporter later . Mr. Trump, why would that not be the same thing as requiring jews to register in nazi, germany . Is there a difference . Who are you with . Im with nbc news. Is there a difference . You tell me. Reporter now trump says . I want a database for the Syrian Refugees that obama wants to let in. Reporter trump looking to fend off more fallout as more groups denounce his remarks. So did democrats. I dont think we should be engaging in the kind of inflammatory rhetoric i have been hearing from some of the republican candidates. Reporter republican rivals. You talk about closing mosques, you talk about registering people. Thats just wrong. Im a big fan of donald trumps, but not a fan of government registries of american citizens. Reporter trump still the frontrunner of the survey monkey poll. Interrupted by protesters early, the loudest voices were saved for slamming promiesident obama. We had a president spending more time attacking republicans than more time than attacking isis. Reporter president obama visited refugee children in kuala lumpur overnight as the debate over Syrian Refugees entering the u. S. Continues here at home. The president promising as long as he is in office, america is a place where people face violence and discrimination can find safe haven. Hallie, thank you. A big scare at a High School Football game in miami. Sheinelle has more on that. Good morning. That game in miami, that Football Game ends in chaos. You can see the players and fans racing out of the stadium in the video where miami central was playing carroll city high school. The gunshots were heard in the distance. The shots were fired outside the stadium and so far, police have no reports of injuries. They are still investigating. Officials at San Diego State university are investigating allegations of a hate crime against a muslim student. The young woman says she was battered and pushed and abused by a man who confronted her in the University Parking lot. The man grabbed her by her head scarf and began making threats. A daring robbery. Thieves used a car to smash into the shop in hendersonville, tennessee. The rest of the crime was caught by surveillance cameras. They made out with 16 guns and automatic weapons. Scary moments as a truck smash no smashes into a house. The dump truck crashed into a telephone pole before it hit the house. It took the emergency crews more than an hour to cut the driver from the wreck. And there is word of an escape from the sequoia park zoo. The concern is for the animal that is on the run. The red panda that got out of her enclosure. She is perfect prey for larger predators and her diet is bamboo, which she is not likely to find. Finally, a creative proposal with something of a food focus. Take a look. A canadian man decided to pop the question using potatoes on his front lawn. More than 200, in fact. I dont know if she is a potato lover. Apparently she liked the gesture. As you can see, the hug means she said yes. A man proposes to you using potatoes, you better say yes. Why . I dont know. Its hard to find all of the potatoes in the same size to lay them out evenly. There you go. It is thoughtful and took planning. Dylan, how about the weather . I should stay away from the potato talk. A lot of snow in parts of the midwest. South dakota picked up 18 inches of snow. In iowa, near des moines, we saw roads very slippery. We had cars sliding off the roads. You see this on the side of the road. The streets are covered. Parts of Northern Iowa picked up nearly 12 inches of snow. And where we only saw 3 to 6 inches closer to chicago, roads are slippery. That whole getting used to driving in the snow again. We are seeing the rain changing over to snow in chicago. Northwest of chicago, rockford picked up 3 inches. We have Winter Weather advisories. That includes chicago. We will see it taper off as we go through the next couple hours as it peels away from the western great lakes and to the north. As it does, it pumps in warmer temperatures. We will not see snow along the east coast. As the colder air wraps around, lake ontario and lake erie, is when the snow machine picks up and we could see lakeeffect snow tomorrow and monday morning. Today, over the course of the next 24 hours, chicago could end up with 3 to 5 inches of snow once the colder air wraps in. South bend, indiana,inches of snow. Toledo, ohio, 1 inch. Northwestern pennsylvania and western new york could end up with several inches of lakeeffect snow. Today is the midwest and behind it very chilly tempera good morning, im first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. As we kick off the weekend, capitol hilly day on tap. Mix of sun, clouds, temperatures today will be close to average. Ranging between 1and 4 degrees. Winds from the east, and 510 miles per hour. Pick up and temperatures drop as we head into sunday. Sundays a windy and cold day with a high of 50 degrees. As we take a closer look at the seven day forecast expect warmer temperatures just in time for thanksgiving on thursday. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Up next, catching you up on the week in news. Stunning developments in the wake of the paris terror attack. A shocking revelation from Charlie Sheen and a Sweet Surprise in our studio from one of our colleagues. It is all in the download. But first this is today on nbc. Back now with the download. A look at the weeks busy stories. Here is a look at the headlines you may have missed in the morning rush. A week after the paris terror attacks, a new strike. This time in africa. The least 150 people taken hostage in malis capital bamako. And in france, authorities take down the alleged ringleader of the assaults. Riddled with bullets identified by fingerprints. Could this be the homemade bomb that brought down the russian jetliner . Isis claims in the online magazi magazine, this is it. It appears the can was cut off and packed with plastic explosives and put back together. Small, but enough to blow up a plane as this test shows. While back home, fear on the rise about the spread of isis leading to a backlash against refugees and migrants. If they are coming here, they are going back. We cant take a chance on isis. A bipartisan majority in the house approving the bill to restrict the number of syrian and iraqi refugees entering the United States. In a today, exclusive, a stunning admission from Charlie Sheen. I am here to admit i am in fact hivpositive. Im here to better myself and help a lot of other people. Sheen says he was honest about his health with his sexual partners. Some say thats not true. I could literally be dead right now because he did not tell me that. Severe weather across the nation this week. Three people have been killed in the Pacific Northwest by falling trees. Lots of flooding as well. We move to denver where they are dealing with blizzard like conditions. The winds are moving east. Look at memphis, tennessee. All the damage caused by falling trees and downed power lines. And the mommy shorts blog head a Chubby Cheeks playoff. And elliot and kora and elliot versus callie. The winner is the second baby elliot. We all might look like baby elliot after thanksgiving, but not after feasting on Patti Labelles sweet potato pies. Come on, pattie. Thanks to James Wrights serena serenade, walmart sold out. Lucky for us, she stopped by to give us a slice. On my own and it would not be the holidays without cheer. Leann rimes wrote a song for us at today. It is called today its christmas. Come on. Thats a bad sitcom. I want to go back to paris. A lot of our viewers may not know. You spent a year in high school. Your sister lives there. When we were watching you this week, it was not like watching a reporter. It was watching someone talk about a place that meant a great deal to them. It is a place i know well. The french people have a special place in my are heart. One of the things, it was an interesting story. We all cover the stories and we are there for a long time and you see things change day by day. What we were floored by on the ground is how quickly the story was moving. In paris one moment and then saintdenis and then back there. Until it was a constant flow of information that was fascinat g fascinating. You watch people in paris and watch their attitude. Resilience is a big thing. The love of liberty and freedom. Those are really important values. Deep in the french soul. Watching that was fascinating. Attitudes changed at the memorials. This is the one outside the bataclan theater. Once they opened it up and people could get there, by far, the most emotional memorial we would go to. People would stand with their hands over their mouths looking at theater and hugging. They were there to show they were not going anywhere and supporting one another. It is with heavy hearts. Rainy and cold yesterday. It almost felt appropriate. One week after. Your perspective was very much appreciated. Thanks. Still ahead, a good morning, im Rosemary Connors, minutes before 7 30, lets check our weather with Brittney Shipp. Cold out there. It is. You definitely need thicker jackets and need to keep those e around into the rest of the day into tomorrow as well. Some locations in the 20s. We are seeing a few clouds, mix of sun and clouds today. 41 in philadelphia, down 29 in allentown, and in reading, 33 degrees in atlantic, and 39 in wildwood. The city planner shows as we go into today, the temperatures will stay in the low 50s, 51 degrees by noon. 54 degree by 3 00 p. M. , and temperatures will be dropping more heading into tomorrow. Rosemary . Thank you. Few minutes from the first event of the philadelphia marathon weekend. Heres a live look over the ben franklin parkway with two events here today, the Rothman Institute 8k and kids fun run. The inner lanes are closed and lined with barricades so runners can line up themselves. New from overnight, two people treated for nor injuries after a crash in philadelphias lawncrest neighborhood. Police say this car and this suv collided on roosevelt boulevard at adams avenue at 12 30 this morning. Authorities are trying to determine what caused the accident. This week, the all new made in Philadelphia Holiday market opens at dillworth park. We got a sneak peek as vendors prepared this week. Local artists showcase their work, and it opens today running through december 27th. Now back to the today show. When the rain blowing in your face and the whole world is all over you if you didnt love adele before, you will adore her now. The hit singer surprising a group of adele impersonators in the bbc special. Then wowing the audience when she opened her mouth. You dont want to miss it. It is coming up in popstart. We have quite a few adele fans out there. The crowd is getting bigger with thanksgiving a few days away on this saturday morning, november 21st, 2015. We were talking about the crowd thats wrapped around the building. For adele on snl. Shes on snl tonight . I know. How did i not know this . They started lining up early yesterday afternoon. Lucky if they get in. Lets see what is making headlines at half past the hour. Belgium at the highest terror alert warning. Belgium warning one suspect in the paris attacks may be at large there. The capital of brussels under heavy lockdown. Snow pounding the midwest there. Parts of iowa have gotten more than a foot of snow. And a surprise in facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg who said he will take a long paternity leave when his baby daughter is born. Lets start this half hour with a murder mystery in indiana. The shooting death of a pastors wife. Husband and wife were very Popular Figures putting their messages of faith on the internet. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is here with a twist on the investigation. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Police say they know the killer. They have a picture of him. They dont have a name yet. They brought four men in for questioning. The question is will it put them closer to a suspect. At 28, Amanda Blackburn seemed to have it all. A beautiful son. Another baby on the way and a devoted husband. We got to date without regrets. We got to come into marriage without guilt on our shoulders. Reporter the two recently set up a new church in indianapolis where husband davey was the pastor. Last week, the unthinkable. Davey came home from the gym to find amanda shot in the head in their home. The 1yearold son unharmed in the crib upstairs. Amanda later died at the hospital. Amanda did not have an enemy in the world. Not one. And we dont get it. You know, were confused. Were distraught. Reporter investigators cleared davey and focused their search on this man seen on Surveillance Video believed to have robbed a neighbors house early that morning before entering the blackburns home. Indianapolis police say they questioned four men in connection with the murder. One of the men was arrested on a separate parole violation. Police have not named him or any of the others they questioned as suspects. She said her brother is not capable of murder. I dont think he has anything to do with it. Reporter she urged amandas killer to come forward. I would beg him to come forward and share whatever information. We want to find whoever did this. In our hearts, we want justice. Reporter investigators say they are confident they will get their man. That Surveillance Video showed an suv near the scene. They just need to connects all the dots to make an arrest. A sad story. Kristen, thank you. Lets get another check of the weather from dylan who made her way outside. Good morning. It is chilly out here this morning, guys. It is windy and its cold. Of course, that wind makes it feel colder. Lets look at what is going on the next couple days. It is the dip in the jet stream. The cold air surging from the north. It extends all the way down to texas and parts of oklahoma and into arkansas. So it is pretty much cold everywhere. We have freeze warnings and watches in effect. By tomorrow morning, temperatures in the lower 30s. Shreveport, 33 degrees to start off sunday. As we go into the next couple days, the cold air will continue to stretch east. Now keep in mind when you have cold air crossing over the great lakes, it falls as lakeeffect snow. That kicks on tomorrow. Today is a regular area of low pressure causing snow in chicago and parts across michigan and where it is raining right now, it will end as snow. We have several more inches of snow possible across the upper midwest and western great lakes. High pressure in the middle of the country. Good morning, im first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Kicking auf toff the weekend, theres a sunny day on tap, temperatures close to average ranging between 5 is5 had degrees, winds from the east at 510 miles per hour. Winds pick up, and temperatures will drop as we head into sunday. Sundays going to be a windy and cold day with a high of 50 degrees. As we take a closer look at your seven day forecast, expect warmer temperatures just in time for thanksgiving on thursday. And weve got some southern belles here on the plaza. How you holding up . Okay. They are nice and sparkly on the plaza. It makes it warm. It warms it up. Dylan, thanks. Dylan, thanks. 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Reporter Robert Pattinson has admitted to feeling incapacitated over his image. The fact it is a more open conversation maybe means everyone will relax a little bit. No, im good. Reporter the actor wishes he could undo the Plastic Surgery and finally able to see he was fine to begin with. For today, blake mccoy, nbc news, los angeles. Up next, that prank from adele gives a group o is it the insightful strategies and Analytical Capabilities that make edward jones one of the biggest Financial Services firms in the country . Or is it 13,000 Financial Advisors who take the time to say thank you . night jim. Gonna be a while . I am liz got a little writing to do. Its why edward jones is the big company that doesnt act that way. Fridaat kohls. Nday take an extra 20 off with your Friends Family savings pass and save on everything for the kid in everyone kohls. Whos worried about getting ttaken for a ride. R dont worry. 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Team success. Ouch. Do we know why . No. That is beat up. It makes everyone else look bad if you are bringing them on a cruise. And new upside getting buzz. It hopes to start the great date night debate. Which movie. We all had this debate with our spouses. There is a new site called datenightmovies. Com. It has movies on streaming service and offers a compromise over the movie for date night. We want to see how this thing works here. So joelle is over in the orange room. Which movie would you pick . I said love actually. I love love actually. I watch it every christmas eve. I cant get brian to watch it. I would take a few good men. If you take love actually and a few good men. What do you get . Pulp fiction. Magnolia. I dont think english patient. Im not sure how to combine them. I think it takes random movies. We have better ideas for you. Finally, an unforgettable lip sync performance. Sheinelle has that in popstart. We know adele is super talented. Who knew she had such a sense of humor. We know now thanks to the bbc special. An adele impersonator, adele pranked fans and impersonators in auditioning. Once she took the stage, it did not take long for the impersonators to catch on. And the whole world is all you see i could offer you a warm embrace you aint seen nothing like me thats great. Not everybody gets to impersonate that voice. Adele will perform live wednesday on today. Next up, another star who is a good impersonator, but he doesnt sing, not that we know of. Joseph gordon levitt. In spike tvs holiday special. Check out his rendition of janet jackson. Five, four, three, two, one. Talk about talent. Thats what you do when you are a kid in your room and then you get a chance. Audition is under way of the smash hit americas got talent. We have a special guest here to tell you about it. Season ten winner. Good morning to you. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you very much. Good to be here. Hello, dylan. Tell us what you have been up to since winning the 1 million prize. It has been amazing. Headlining in las vegas. That was a moment. We have been literally doing pr for the news season americas got talent. It has been fantastic. One of the moments is winning the show. I went to the dinnediner with a friend of mine. Im sitting down in the diner and in the next booth is jerry seinfeld. This is where convenieventrilio handy. I got up and said im sorry to interrupt you. Would you mind if i could have a photograph. I am one of your biggest fans and i just won americas got talent. He said no. You dont know. He said sit down and we had a chat. It was an amazing moment. As i walked out, i said i just met jerry seinfeld. A woman walked up to me and said could i have a photograph with you. No. So 1 million and you meet jerry seinfeld. Its been a year. Lets talk about the next season. Or advice for somebody sitting in their living room right now wanting to be where you are. What advice would you give them for the audition that are going on right now . I would say if you are going to do comedy, it is good to pace yourself. You want to obviously make an impact when you are doing the first audition. If you have to Say Something back, hold something back. If you get to the next round, you need something for that. Congratulations. Still ahead here, dont be a turkey. A few simple ways to save big bucks when you shop for the big meal. This is today on nbc. Still to come on today, facebook f still to come on today, 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. And there are some people should give undeyouashouldnt. Oliday. 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Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. Call your doctor right away. Dont lose another moment to the flu. When theres flu, tamiflu. Good morning, im Rosemary Connors, a few minutes before 8 00 on this saturday. Chilly out there. Lets check the forecast with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Not any warmer today, right . Low 50s today, but we have a wind chill that were dealing with today and as we head into tomorrow. Winds picking up into sunday. Live look outside right now, cape may, you see the sun is shining brightly, a few good clouds moving in throughout the rest of the saturday. Temperatures in philadelphia at 43 degrees, 43 in pottstown, and 43 in atlantic city. Chilly day on tap for us. Clouds move in. We are tracking a cold front sweeping through into tomorrow. Our temperatures will drop a few degrees with that cold front, and well even see a few showers by this evening. Rosema rosemary . Thank you. Race weekend is underway. We got a video moments ago from when the 8k started, and today, there is a kids fun run at 10 30. The big event of the weekend is tomorrows philadelphia marathon, tens of thousands of runners and spectators are expected to converge in center city. Of course, city officials are stepping up security. Police have set up secure zones around the start and end points along the parkway. Runners and visitors will be thoroughly screened. This just in, two lanes of 295 closed right now because of an accident involving two tractor trailers. This video comes to us from belmar, new jersey, accident on southbound side of 295 near exit 25. Crews are working to move the tractor trailers out of there to get the lanes reopened. Im Rosemary Connors back to today. Good morning. Here are the top stories we are watching this morning on today. Terror alert. Belgium under the highest level of terror warning this morning. Brussels subways are shutdown. Armed soldiers on the streets. The countrys Prime Minister says terrorists could be launching new attacks. This among the paris assaults. Terror on the football field. High School Players and officials and fans running for their lives when gunshots hang out. Fortunately no one was hurt. And a proud papa set to paternity leave. Mark zuckerberg is set to take a long time away when his little girl arrives. He is getting a lot of likes today, saturday, november 21st 2015. Wow. Earlier, we were saying we have southern belles over there. You guys are on fire. Really impressive crowd on a chilly saturday morning. I know. Now the holidays here. Good fun energy. Thanks for the folks coming down. Anytime you are in the city, come by and see us. With the holidays, you can see the tree. Lots of bang for your buck. Im erica hill with craig melvin and dylan dreyer. How long will it be this chilly . Well. It is november. We have been spoiled. It has not been a brutal winter yet. Snowing in chicago. Snow in the midwest. Dylans bags are packed. Lots to get to on saturday morning. Whi we want to begin with Sheinelle Jones following the terror an facts around the world. Belgium on the highest state of alert for what officiwfficia is an eminent threat. Nbcs bill neely is in paris following the attacks from one week ago. Bill. Reporter sheinelle, extraordinary in belgium. Raising the terror level to the highest warning of a threat. The citys metro system shutdown. Sporting events canceled. Shoppers warned to stay away from shopping malls. The reason is the belgian Prime Minister says the possibility of armed men with explosives might carry out the kind of attack we have seen in paris. That is the fear. Remember the attacks here in paris were carried out mostly by belgian citizens in the suburb of molenbeek. One belgian sought there and here in france. Other suspects being sought. 800 raids so far in the last few days. Almost 200 weapons seized. Almost 100 people arrested. Remember this is a global threat and the United Nations in new york last night, the Security Council passed a resolution calling on countries to take all necessary means to confront isis. Remember, all five permanent members of that consul, including the u. S. , have had citizens killed by isis. China this week and russia weeks ago in the plane bombing and here in france. Sheinelle. Bill neely, thank you. In the midwest, a visitor from space creating a fiery display. Residents in kentucky and ohio lit up the phone lines to police with the fireball on the sky. It was captured on the resident who reviewed his security tape. November is an active month for november. Two sets of showers can show up as fireballs. In oregon, transportation officials are hoping a video will alert pedestrians to the dangers of distractions at crossings. It releases a video of people nearly losing their lives. Just like distracted driving, texts and talking on cell phones and listening to music can prevent you from keeping an eye on what you may run into. And a holiday air lift. The shelter dogs are getting a ride to destinations for a chance at new homes. They are flown to california where large dogs are in big demand. The volunteer pilots of wings of rescue take big dogs and cats to communities where they are wanted. Hundreds of animals will make the holiday trip this weekend. A great idea. Some places around the country have a need for animals. Makes sense. As dylan dreyer reminded us a few moments ago, winter is upon us. We hahave snow in chicago. It started off as rain. Now it is starting to get colder. You see the rain transition to snow. Iowa picked up more than a foot of snow. This system will continue to move very quickly to the east. It is not going to snow all day. The big bulk area of snow will wind down. Lakeeffect snow kicks in. That reduces visibility and accumulates quickly. As far as chicago is concerned for the next 24 hours, 3 to 5 inches. South bend, indiana, 7 inches. I mentioned the cold air moving over the warmer waters of the great lakes. That could lead to lakeeffect bands. Some areas if you get stuck in the heavy bands could end up with nearly a good morning, im britney ship, a chilly day on tap, mix of sun, clouds, and temperatures today stay close to average ranging between 351 and 54 degrees, winds from the east at a10 miles per hour. Our winds pick up, and temperatures drop as we head into sunday. Sundays going to be a windy and day with a high of 50 degrees, and as we take a closer look at the end day forecast, expect warmer temperatures just in time for thanksgiving on thursday. And thats your latest forecast. Thank you, dill even. A big announcement from facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about his changing status. Sheinelle. This is an interesting one. Craig and erica, the billionaire and his wife are expecting a baby girl soon. Unlike other executives, Mark Zuckerberg will unplug for a long time. Mark zuckerberg is a hard charger. The head of facebook. One of the richest men in the world. Still he is stepping away. In july, zuckerberg announced his wife is expecting a girl. On facebook, of course. On friday, zuckerberg updated his status saying he plans to take two months of paternity leave after his daughter is born. The tech mogul calling it a personal decision and quote, studies show when working parents take time to be with newborns, out comes are better for children and families. His post got 50,000 likes in an hour. Facebook gives employees in the United States as much as four months of paid parental leave. It is a hot topic with Many Companies announcing new and generous policies. Spotify announced on thursday it would grant new parents six months of leave. Other Companies Like amazon, microsoft and netflix recently announcing more generous leave policies as well. It is not always common for top executives to step away for so long. Zuckerbergs announcement in sharp contrast to marissameyer saying she will take two weeks leave. Some parent advocates say it sends a mixed message of what is acceptable to her employees. As for facebook, Sheryl Sandberg says enjoy the early days with your daughter. I cant wait to meet her. I think it is wonderful. This conversation keeps coming up. It is time for action. We have been talking about it for a while in this country. It would be nice if the leaders would say, you know what . In order to really make it happen, it will have to be legislated. Some companies saying we will do four weeks and two weeks. There needs to be a national policy. And what is effective . Long term . For the kids . A lot of companies see it as a way to retain employees. House Speaker Paul Ryan says one of this issues is he wanted more family time with that job. A lot of pressure on government and on him to expand that to the country. We will see where it goes. Today is a big day for the university of illinois Football Team team. The fighting illini take on the golden gopherers. If you listen to the announcer, you may be shocked. Here is john yang. Reporter the sights and sounds of college football. What is more american . But wait. How is that again . Thats right. Playbyplay in mandarin. In the only program of its kind. Bruce lui broadcasts in the native language. Bruce is the stats guy. David is the one with the energy. Some things dont translate exactly. What about the quarterback . Quarter is 1 4. 1 4 of the guard. Reporter neither of them had ever seen a game until a few years ago. What they lack in expertise, they make up for with enthusiasm. Listen to this illinois win earlier in the season. [ speaking mandarin ] reporter football can be a big part of the college experience. But for the 12 of the illinois student body who come from china, it can be a foreign language. You can feel the enthusiastic stuff going on and after listening to one or two games, they want to go to the stadium to see the real game. Something that we know. Reporter for freshman carol cho, it breaks the ice. I listen to it with my roommate. And i would talk about it with my roommate. You are doing a great job. Reporter officials are so happy, bruce and david will do basketball this winter. Bringing their own special brand of excitement to that game as well. For today, john yang, nbc news, champaign, illinois. Good stuff. Turning back overseas. We have so much powerful stuff coming out this week. One video is shared and watched millions of times. It is not what you expect. Dylan is in the orange room with that. This week, we are seeing the power of hugs. Starting with this video. You see a blindfolded muslim man holding a sign saying im a muslim and im told im a terrorist. Do you agree . If not, hug me. If anyone knows about the power of a hug the best is elizabeth known as the hug lady. Laird has hugged every soldier that passed through ft. Hood since 2004. She estimated she has given out more than 500,000 hugs. Lately she was recently admitted to the hospital and battling Breast Cancer for the last ten years. Now the tables have turned. When word got out, soldiers started lining up outside the door to give her a hug. One man came all the way from new york to embrace her. It makes you want to tear up. The power of a hug. For more on the story, go to today. Com. There are so many times we need hugs in this world. Up next, having the whole family over for thanksgiving dinner. What you need to know besides the liquor she sees the world a little differently. And, by some miracle. She actually said yes. To me. 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You cant beat it if you can carry it. Im using it in two of my dishes. Casserole and gravy. I have a coupon for 60 cents off two boxes. This store double coupons. These come down to 40 cents a box. Great deal. Potatoes for my mashed potatoes. Buy one, get one free. I am going to get three boxes of potatoes, three boxes of stuffing. Im paying 5 because i used both strategies. Coupons and what was on sale in the store. This is the mix. Im going with 100 pumpkin. Half the price of pumpkin mix. I feel good. I think janice will be surprised by how much i saved. Hello. I feel pretty good. Im feeling very confident. May the best woman win. Lets go. 105. 93. That is over 10 a person. Thats pretty good. 30. 17. Thats 3 a person. Loser. I won. Building menu over what is on sale and finding coupons that match. All this for 30 for ten people. 3 a person. You beat me. I certainly did. Happy thanksgiving. Happy thanksgiving. That is impressive. I thought 10 a person was good when you came up with that. 3. You cannot get a slice of pizza for 3. What was the take away . I always think you are going to win. I really feel like a dummy. Use the store coupon and courtesy card. I want to tell you another cheap trick. If you dont want to use expensive wine, take a decanter and pour cheap wine and nobody knows. You start with the good one and by the time you get to the next one, nobody knows. I know that style. You have great diy tips for decorating. It can add up. This is recycled. This is great for the kids. Cut these towel rolls and take some twine and wrap it up. This beautiful. They are fun. You can have your friends come over for a glass of cheap wine. You also have the place mats stamping the tags on there. This is from the scrapbook department. You can buy the stamps. You can do peoples names. It is festive and personal. Anything that is homemade feels personal. I love this idea. Putting fruit as the centerpiece. This is edible. It can be reused. You can donate to a food bank. The idea is take all of one color or mix them up. They are all falllike. This is our favorite all morning. The thankful tree. I will fill out what im thankful for. Your family. Im going to do this. I just saw you do this. Im going to do this. She is stealing the actual tree. Sheinelle will share it. Thats a great idea. Are we all writing the same thing . We are. We are back in a moment. But first this is a very thankful edition of today on nbc. And thats going to do it for us. For us. Are we done . My Psoriatic Arthritis im caused joint pain. O golfer. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. 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Lots of events happening, tracking a chilly start to the week, and it gets cooler as we head into tomorrow. What to expect in the sevenday forecast. A crash has part of i295 shut down this morning. Details on the detours coming up. Plus, police in the suburbs warning about a string of brazen burglaries while you are fast asleep. Thats when the thief strikes. Those stories and more next on nbc 10 news today. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Philadelphia marathon week is officially underway. The 8k race has begunment front and center for you after the break. We are learning more about securities on a flight with governor kris kentechris christ board, and why authorities stopped the plane before takeoff. Talk about a cold start to the weekend. It feels like november today. When will the warm weather return . Well, stick around for the first alert forecast. It is coming back, though. Good morning, it is nbc 10 news today, im Rosemary Connors, 8 p 30 on this saturday, and brit y Brittney Shipp is tracking the forecast. We have winds today and tomorrow and another cold front moves in in the jnjdmorning. Expect that plan for that as you head into tomorrow. A lot of plans happening with the marathon, also tailgating for the eagles game. A live look outside, a mix of sun, clouds today, and a cool start to the morning. 43 degrees in philadelphia, but look at pottstown, 33, 32 in allentown, just freezing in the poconos. 39 in atlantic city, and 40s in wildwood. The city planner shows into the rest of the day, temperatures in the low 50s so thats close to average. Its going to be a typical november day. You notice winds are breezy as we head into the rest