Were warning signs missed . Not far from the scene of the San Bernardino shootings robbers shatter jewelry cases. The suspects still on the loose. And changes when it comes to your childrens health. Some of them may surprise you, monday, december 7, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. After a long nice weekend, how about the panic that must have taken over that Shopping Mall out in california . If thats not a sign of the times, the smash and grab jewelry heist and people who heard it think its gunshots. They react running for their lives. One of the reasons why the the war on terror. That takes us to our top story on a monday morning. President obamas address from the oval office to a nation yes, on edge in the wake of the shootings in San Bernardino and the other terror attacks around the world. The president saying that they highlight a new phase in the Terror Threat facing the United States. We have complete coverage, including swift reaction from the republican president ial field, but first nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander. Hes at white house. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. A majority of americans are dissatisfied with this president s handling of terrorism, but there he was, president obama, trying to reassure anxious americans and in fact saying stay the course against isis, promising to destroy the terrorist group, arguing the u. S. Will prevail by being in his words strong and smart, resilient and relentless. Just days after the massacre in San Bernardino, a fullscale declaration in primetime from president obama. Designed to kill innocent people. Reporter president said theres no evidence the. Caller ers had been directed by a terrorist group overseas. Instead, arguing they had gone down what he called the dark path of radicalization, embracing a perverted version of islam. Isil does not speak for islam. They are thugs and killers, part of a cult of death. Reporter comparing last weeks attack to Mass Shootings at ft. Hood and in chattanooga, the president argued that the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. I know that after so much war Many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure. Reporter in only his Third Oval Office address in seven years, mr. Obama, who faces growing criticism that his campaign to defeat isis is failing, vowed the u. S. Will hunt down anyone plotting attacks against this country. The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. Reporter noticeably absent any major shift in strategy, the president calling on congress to anyone on a nofly list from being able to buy a gun. What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terror suspect to buy a semiautomatic weapon . Its a matter of National Security. Reporter while insisting he identifies with americans fears, the president said the west is not at war against islam, cautioning americans not to single out muslims. It is the responsibility of all americans, of every faith, to reject discrimination, because when we travel down that road we lose. Reporter and a Senior Administration official tried to punctuate progress being made against isis citing steppedup air strikes that have destroyed at least 116 oil tankers since paris, but the lack of any new policy announcements last night really says as much about the president s confidence in the current plan to beat isis as it does about his sense that there really arent any better alternatives. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander at the white house, peter, thank you. Before the president even finished that speech some of the candidates were weighing in. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell is here with that piece of the story. Andrea, good morning. Good morning, savannah. Well, not surprisingly it didnt long at all for the republican candidates to pan the president s speech. Donald trump was first out of the box on twitter. May god bless the United States of america. Reporter it took only 990 seconds after president obama finished speaking for donald trump to tweet is that all there is . We need a new president , fast later trump tweeted, well, obama refused to say, he just cant say it, that we are at war with radical islamic terrorists, though thats a phrase george w. Bush also refused to use. Marco rubio on fox. People are scared not just because of these attacks but because the growing sense that we have a president thats completely overwhelmed by them. Reporter other republican candidates issued statements. Ted cruz. If i am elected president , i will direct the department of defense to destroy isis. Ben carson called it strange that it took four days from the and even more strange that somehow the attack on our oil is proof his policies are working. Since the San Bernardino massacre, the republican criticism has been fierce. We have a situation in our country where we have a president who is out of control. Hes out of control. Reporter even Hillary Clinton is sounding alarms. I know that americans are anxious and fearful, and we have reason to be. The threat is real. The need for action is urgent reporter white house wanted to reassure a jittery nation, but in the middle of a political campaign, that is a tall order, especially as terrorism becomes a major concern increasingly for a large segment of americans. All right, and iia. Stand by there. We want to bring into this conversation mark halperin, managing editor with bloomberg politics. President dont do this often, go into the oval office and address in primetime. This president hasnt done it these are moments of importance and crisis. Because that have are you surprise that had in this speech he didnt offer anything new in terms of strategy or policy, that it was basically stay the course . Im surprised by that. Im also surprise that had he didnt do a good enough job or maybe any job of reaching out to republicans. This is a time when we need national unity. Were in the middle of a president ial campaign, leaving office in a little over a year. Reaction from republicans, as andrea said, uniformly bad, not just the president ial candidates by the capitol hill leaders. I think nothing new and no sense of bipartisanship, not good for the country. Mark, the white house will be quick to say this is not a speech that is for the political class. Its not for you. Not for us sitting at table. Its for regular americans who might just be tuning into this issue. The problem with that, as i see it, number one, it acknowledges that they need reassurance, that up to this point they havent gotten it and number two, they dont know what our strategy is. Shouldnt they . They need to know what the strategy is. Again, i think americans look look, this is fundamental responsibility of washington, to protect the country, to protect when the president comes out and gives a speech and then it becomes just politics, it becomes for the chattering class, i think thats a failure of leadership of both parties, but the president s got the primary responsibility now, and you would like a world, like after 9 11, where the president addresses the country and says the were in crisis and republicans say well put partisanship aside for a moment and work with him. Thats not what were seeing. Using the president s own words, early in the speech americans see the threat of terrorism as a cancer with no immediate cure. Based on what you heard from the president last night should americans feel like at least there is a cure down the road . No, and i thought that was actually a bad metaphor to use because people think of cancer in one way and what he needed to project, as mark was saying, that we have solutions and in fact with no new strategy to announce, having elevated this to a sunday night primetime speech from the oval office which is, you know, incredibly rarified air. Rarified air, us a point out, options or new political options or to embrace some sort of unifying vision really is a problem. Our new poll is indicating that there are real concerns about terrorism, and there is a partisan divide on this, but so many people are now after it and San Bernardino bringing it home. He needs to speak after paris. Wrong for him to not correct the imagery of jv the press conference doesnt convey that sense of it. He needed to address the nation sooner, his own critics of his own party say, and in fact he came to this position last night because of democrats as well as republicans but primarily democrats in the leadership who are up for senate seats saying youve got to deal with this. The country is really scared. This isnt a business as usual moment. Right. And too much of what hes done, including last night, using the oval office, was a repeating basically what he thinks the right policy is with nothing new and no sense of urgency which is what a lot of americans are feeling. Mark halperin and Andrea Mitchell, good to have you both. Thank you. More now on the investigation into the San Bernardino rampage. As authorities interview family and friends of the gunman syed farooks father who is now speaking out. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in San Bernardino. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. The fbi is still processing crime scenes. They are looking for evidence overseas and here at home as the investigators question the gunmans mother, and we hear from his father for the first time. His massacre claimed 14 lives and left 21 wounded by syed farook is described by his father as a mommas boy born and raised in the u. S. Speaking to an italian newspapers syed farook sr. Says his son became obsessed against bahardis ideology to create an islamic state. We have at least 20 victims. Reporter farook with his wife Tashfeen Malik carried out the deadliest act of terror in the u. S. Since 9 11. At their home they raised their 6monthold daughter with farooks mother. The house of bomb factory stockpiled with explosives and ammo. The fbi also raided the home of syed farooks childhood friend enrique marquez, agents blowing up a garage door and hauling away evidence and was unable to interview marquez because Officials Say he sought Mental Health treatment after the massacre. Marquez bought the assault rifles used in the shooting three to four years ago later acquired by farook. Seemed like normal everyday americans. Reporter every day in San Bernardino they pray for the victims as families prepare to bury the dead. Sierra clay sierra claiborne was 27. I give god all the glory for my daughters short time here, for her short time here. We werent ready for this. Reporter after spending several hours interviewing farook, the shooters mother, they will also likely question her several more times, were told, by fbi officials. Meantime, matt, we should also say this Investigation Continues here and abroad as they look for more clues about this case going anywhere they can to find more evidence. Matt and savannah . Miguel almaguer out in california, miguel, thank you. Lets talk about that International Part of the investigation t. Stretches all the way to pakistan where Tashfeen Malik was born and returned for college before she eventually iride of to the u. S. On a special fiance visa. Bill neely has traveled to islamabad, pakistan this morning. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Tashfeen malik is a mystery to her family and to authorities work out why a young mother would end her life and the lives of so many others the way she did. Tashfeen maliks former home is locked. Her family, including her father gulzar malik, have fled, but not not before pakistani officials questioned them about ties to extremists. At the college where she studied pharmacy for five years they insist she was not radicalized there the radicalminded culture, not like that. Reporter she was a deeply religious and private woman, destroying any photographs that showed her without a veil. Never revealing her face to men in pakistan. Investigators here have little idea why she turned terrorist. There is no link says its interior minister, between her and extremists in pakistan. At the countrys most radical mosque, clerics denied any link to her. Mosque pledged allegiance to isis last year. Tashfeen malik wasnt among them, but she was close to some hardline students in pakistan, and she, too, declared her loyalty to isis just before the massacre. Her friend say she was devoutly muslim but no supporter of islamist violence. They are shocked. Anyone who knows her cant expect that she can do such things. Reporter and she stressed malik grew up in conservative saudi arabia. Saudi authorities, too, are looking into her. Its not clear whether she radicalized her husband or vice versa. What she did though was very clear, very deadly and deliberate. And its clear from survivors of the mass killing that she took a full and active part in it, and say police she fired at them later. What no one knows is where she with such deadly force. Matt . All right. A key part of this investigation. Bill neely thank you. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams is working the investigation from washington. Pete, what has the fbi been able to learn . Reporter matt, good morning. The president spoke mostly about isis sunday night, but the Justice Department and the fbi say they cant be sure what the source of radicalization actually was. Attorney general Loretta Lynch said sunday that investigators dont yet know which terror groups propaganda the couple was following. Even though Tashfeen Malik posted a statement of support for isis to facebook around the time of the attack. Members of the family in pakistan have told american reporters that before she came to the u. S. She was putting up projihadist comments on social media. Officials say they see no indication yet that once she was here either she or syed farook were in direct contact with any terrorists overseas, and investigators say theres no sign the couple was part of a larger terror cell or that the fbi hopes the answers to those questions will be found on the computer hard drives and the cell phones the couple left behind, but agents say farook and malik smashed those devices. They say they are trying to extract whats on them but thats taking much longer than it usually does, although they say this morning they are having some success. So far Officials Say their conclusion that the couple was radicalized it based on the things they left behind, the guns, the bombs, the way they tried to cover their tracks and the extensive preparation burks what the fbi wants to know is what they were thinking and those answers, they hope, are on those devices. Matt in the. All right. Pete williams in washington. Pete, thank you very much. Well shift gears and take a look at weather. Dylan is in for al. What are we looking at in the. The Pacific Northwest cannot catch a break. Every single day theres been a major weather system, the typical el nino pattern, all this moisture streaming in off the pacific and eve been seeing round and round of heavy rain. Jet stream in the upper levels Miles Per Hour and all of these storms get wrapped up in it and move on sure. The Pacific Northwest will get slammed with heavy rain and gusty winds through thursday. Winds have already gusted up to 60 near 80 Miles Per Hour, and as we go through the day today, well seat heaviest rain across southwestern oregon and on tuesday it moves back into northwestern washington state. We will see some mountain snow but mainly above 6,000 feet. Its really the rain thats our Biggest Issue where we could see another 5 up to 7 to 9 inches of rain. This could lead to some minor flooding in the river. 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Reporter half a dozen people woke up to flames and smoke that were fierce consuming this house wooden house of two stories, plus an attic on top. They were able to scramble out, including a child. A 12yearold girl. An adult, a 30yearold suffered burns to arm and face and is in the hospital. Three firefighters overcome with smoke, but nothing more serious than that. Live in elmhurst, im brian thompson. Brian, thank you. Lets take a look at the morning commute with lauren scala. Thanks, darlene. We have d trains by passing the 18th avenue subway station, as well as delays because of Fire Department activity. Expressway finally cleared but still a 90minute delay inbound at the George Washington bridge. The least of it from 25 from route 46. Queensboro, disabled vehicle heading to queens on the lower level. An accident on the Staten Island expressway eastbound by clove road. Back to you, darlene. Lauren, thanks. Well be right back with chris forecast. Big range in temperature this morning from the city. 44. Suburbs, 25. Sunshine headed our way. Milder 54. 50 tomorrow, the storm stays offshore. Just a few clouds. Close to 50 the rest of the week. Couple of showers thursday frm look at thing e warming trend by the weekend. Sunday, nice. Coming up on the today show, Award Winning actress joan collins stops by to talk about her life and legacy of her sister. They should be happy. Its going to be 50 today and maybe 60 by saturday. You were saying thats bikini weather. Did i say that . Lets take a look at some of the stories making headlines right now. In a very rare primetime address from the oval office, president obama tried to reassure nervous bernardino shootings and other terror attacks around the world. He vowed to destroy isis and other terror organizations to try to harm the u. S. But he did not announce any major strategy changes. The president also called on congress to pass tougher gun control laws. London police are adding patrols this morning after a stabbing at an underground station. Videos show the 29yearold suspect being tased after he allegedly attacked a man with a knife reportedly yelling this is for syria as he did it. And our new Msnbc Telemundo Marist poll puts Hillary Clinton ahead of all republican candidates in a hypothetical general election. She leads trump by the widest margin, 11 points and marco rubio by three and ben carson came closest trailing clinton by just a point. As weve been talking about this morning, saw a clear example last night of the nervousness a lot of people are feeling after San Bernardino, and natalies got that part of the story. Thats right. You guys showed that video at top. Mall in Southern California and confused the sound of a robbery in progress with gunfire leading to chaos and the mall being locked down. Panic overnight in a crowded Southern California mall as Holiday Shoppers heard what sounded like gunfire. Sounded like two large bangs. Police launched a massive response at the tyler mall in riverside, california. Just about 17 miles away from last weeks terror attacks in San Bernardino. That citys police chief tweeting officers were called to riverside incident as a mutual aid shooting call, shooting unfound. The sound that startled shoppers caught on tape in this vine video turned out to be three men who entered a Jewelry Store and began smashing a display case with an ax in an attempt to steal the jewelry. Just a massive stampede out of the food court. Grabbed my daughter, and i was just screaming run, run, run the community on high alert after the terror attacks that left 14 dead. To go to any malls or any movie theaters with all of this thinking of the potential for other terroristtype activity, but i told myself i wasnt going to threat stop me and decided to go out to the mall tonight and then this happened so, yeah. I think tensions are high. After a sweecht mall, officers were unable to locate the three masked thieves. They did, however, recover the suspect vehicle nearby. But certainly nerves are very frayed right now, especially in that community. Understandable. Natalie, thank you. More now about the gun control debate sparked by the San Bernardino attack and other attacks. Regardless of where you stand one thing is cleerk the business of guns is booming. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is in San Bernardino this morning good morning, stephanie. Reporter good morning, matt. After a deadly shooting like this, theres a collective digging in of heels in the gun debate as there are calls for more calls control go up and so do the sales of guns no. Official numbers after the shooting, but there are signs flying off the shelves. Following one of the worst shootings in recent memory, the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook School where 20 children and 6 adults were killed, the head of the nra famously said this. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Reporter that week broke the record for firearm background checks, the first step in buying a new gun and the record still stands. Among spike in sales were purchases of ar15 rifles, like the one adam lanza used in the rampage. Now, anecdotes from around the country suggest the attack in San Bernardino which is being investigated as an act of terrorism is having a similar effect. Nearby get loaded gunshot is basically sold out of fireballs and ammo. 35,000 rounds on saturday alone. My dealers and distributors place my order again. Reporter they were uneasy about buying a gun but not anymore and in upstate new york a sheriff wrote on facebook i want to encourage citizens of ulster count who are licensed to carry a firearm, please do so and the president of Liberty University sparked controversial we these comments. If more and more people had concealed carries, we could end the muslims before they go off and kill us. Reporter falwell later clargfying telling the Washington Post he meant islamic terrorists when he said those muslims. Joining the chorus for more gun control was the New York Times, publishing its first front page editorial since 1980 and radio talk show host Eric Erickson posted his response on line. I shot holes in the New York Times editorials are and he did, literally. For likeminded gun owners there turn on tv. This 24hour Live ShoppingNetwork Brings to life a vast awry of firearms. Reporter and guntv is set to launch in january, eventually becoming the first 24hour Network Dedicated to firearms. One in three americans already owns a firearm and the number of firearm background checks has been on the rise for months. Black friday actually broke the record for a single day this. Holiday season guns are on a lot of peoples gift list. Guys, back to you. Stephanie gosk in San Bernardino this morning stephanie, thank you. All right. Someone just got an email message, i dont know who it was. Heard the little ding and miss dylan has a check of the weather. And there could be some travel delays because of fog this morning, especially out near detroit and chicago where the fog is pretty dense. Were not seeing widespread freezing fog because temperatures have been really so much above average, but look at our visibility in chicago, in toledo, in lancing. Zero mile visibility in parts of the northeast as well. This is a very unusual pattern, especially as we continue through december here and look at temperatures through the week. Were going to stay about 5 to 15 degrees above average today. Kansas city about 60 degrees and chicago about 46 and then on tuesday were staying in the 50s and 60s further south and 71 in dallas which is 12 degrees above average. Wednesday the warm weather continues, new york city about 53 and raleigh about 63 and then inching closer and closer to 60 degrees even up into boston, ten degrees more than average and memphis 15 degrees by average by the end of the week. Do have an air of High Pressure thats keeping the sunshine out and very messy in the Pacific Northwest where rain and high elevation snow and very g dylan, thanks very much. Looking at sunshine. High clouds mixing in from time to time early and then late in the day. A mild temperature again of 54 this afrng. Well above normal. The storm misses us tomorrow. High around 50 degrees. Mix of clouds and sunshine. More clouds thursday. Warm front approaches. Could bring showers our way. Back to drier weather. Look at the warming trend. 60 by the time we get to sunday. And thats your latest forecast. All right, dylan, thank you. Coming up, the brother of reality star Kristin Cavallari missing, his car found hundreds of miles from his home. 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Black lives matter activists, angela merkel, chancellor of germany, caitlyn jenner, Travis Kalanick and abu bakr al baghdadi, leader of russia, vladimir putin, president of russia and the president of iran. Thats the short list to start debating now. Who do you think should be times person of the year . Head to today or times person of the year. Well reveal the choice on wednesday selected by time right here on the today show and for a little fun heres what we would look like as a bitmoji. I had nothing to do with this. I do love bitmojis but had nothing to do with it. Savannah caused me to create a bitmoji account and convinced us. Matt, savannah, al, natalie, dylan and i dont know who that person is down at the bottom. What do you think the people are going to say when we ask for this . I think it will be trump. I could see you cant deny his impact on politics whether you like it or dont like it. Its huge you hope its not al baghdadi. I think it will be trump and caitlin neck and neck. He doesnt win the internet polling, but to your point, what hes done for the political discourse and the conversation as well. You note good thing . Well find out first here wednesday morning thanks to the folks at time. Thank you, coming up, a new recommendation that could mean extra screening for your kids during their next checkup. And our chat with the woman of the moment, adele y. Isnt she on the cover of that magazine . Yeah. She says her new album is taking her by surprise at well, actually, philly was the first capital. Oh, honey. No wait, did you just have that on your phone . Its time to mix it up. Do it, dad yeah, do it into the complex health care system. It was frozen. Daddys hand looks funny. And choosing unitedhealthcare can help make it simpler by letting you know when your claim has been processed. Yo, adrian. Still not funny. Unitedhealthcare just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. microwave ding chex party mix. Its what the there are some people you should give underwear to this holiday. And there are some people you shouldnt. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. No. Should. No way. Should. No. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. Fact you wont find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. Advil cold sinus is only behind the pharmacy counter. Ask your pharmacist for fast, powerful advil cold sinus. Relief doesnt get should we put a jelly bean on the top . Purple . Absolutely. [singing] on the third day of christmas my true love sent to me. Good morning everyone. 7 56. Looking at the alexander looking at the Alexander Hamilton bridge. 44 degrees out. Im darlene rodriguez. Religious leaders will meet with the nypd today in Lower Manhattan to learn about the counterterrorism program. The meeting comes after president obamas address from the oval office regarding terrorism and religious tolerance. The president said its the responsibility of all americans of every faith to reject discrimination. And a water main break created a sinkhole in Westchester County sending water rushing beneath the streets in pleasantville. A Police Officer discovered that break last night. Several homeowners who complaining of low or no water pressure. Lets look at the commute with lauren scala because of amtrak overhead wire problems, 30minute delays out of New York Penn station and 50 minutes in hoboken for new Jersey Transit commuters. D trains by passing 18th avenue in both directions because of Fire Department activity. Watch out for an accident on the Southern State parkway by nassau road. Back to you. Lauren, thanks. High of 54. Tonight, quiet, a few clouds, 38 degrees. 50 is the high tomorrow. Wednesday sun, clouds, high of 51. Thursday a chance for a stray shower, 55 degrees. Friday, mostly sunny, 56. Coming up on the today show, matts oneonone interview with adele. Its 8 00 on today and coming up, checking up on your kids checkup. New recommendations just out this morning that could mean big changes at their next doctors visit. Then from dynasty to gamehood, legendary actress and author joan collins will stop by live to preview an auction of some of her most prides possessions and to remember her late sister jackie. Plus, adele oneonone. The music superstar opens up concert talking fame, family and the baby boy who changed her life. Has he made you a more emotional person . Yes, in every single way possible. Today, monday, december 7th, 2015. Here for the today show from texas. Good morning, north dakota were visiting the today show were back now. 8 00 now on a monday morning. Its the 7th day of december, 2015. We have a huge christmastype crowd here on our plaza this morning. Festive. Beautiful. Looking did carson not leave you the treats. Where are my liver treats . Coming up, weve got a legend in our house. Weve got Dame Joan Collins. We cant wait to talk to her. Well talk about some of the treasures from her time on dynasty that she has brought along. Lots to talk to Dame Joan Collins about. She is absolutely beautiful. Yeah, she is. First a check of the top store thinks morning with natalie at her post this morning. Natalie, good morning. Good morning to you once again. In a rare primetime speech from the oval office, president obama vowed that america will defeat isis as well as a new kind of enemy threatening the homeland from within. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house. Peter, good morning. Reporter natalie, good morning to you. Significantly this was the president s first Oval Office Address in more than five years. The threat against the u. S. He says its evolved into a new phase, and for the first time he was likely inspired by isis. President obama defended his administrations efforts to protect the u. S. Homeland and his strategy to defeat isis overseas while trying to reassure anxious americans. Lets not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear, that we have always met challenges, whether war or depression, natural disasters, or terrorist attacks, by coming together around our common ideals as one nation and one people. Reporter still, not surprisingly the president s critics were unimpress the. They say hes almost disengaged. Within literally minutes of his speech many of them pounced insisting president obama isnt offering any new strategies or policy and no severance urgency. Donald trump tweeted is that all there is . We need a new president , fast natalie. All right, Peter Alexander at the white house, thanks so much, peter. Interviewed the mother of San Bernardino gunman syed farook. Officials say she lived with her son along with his wife accomplice Tashfeen Malik and their infant daughter. Agents want to know if the mother knew about the bombmaking workshop in the family garage and the gunmans father tells an italian newspaper farook was fixated on israel and shared isis ideology and investigators also raided the homes of a friend to bought the assault rifles use in the the attack. Two male College Students were found safe sunday night after being forcibly be a duct over the weekend. Police say the university of rochester seniors were last seen early saturday morning. A s. W. A. T. Team was launched on sunday after police figured out where they were being held. Both students are now in the hospital. They are expected to be okay. One of the victims had a gunshot wound in his leg. Four people are in custody in connection to the kidnapping. Police say the abduction was a targeted attack. Public to help them find brother of a reality tv star michael caf layer who lives in california and hasnt been seen since the day after thanksgiving. Officials are looking for reality tv star Kristin Cavallaris older brother after his car was found apan donned on a southeastern utah road. The honda civic was found 100 feet off interstate 70. It was still running and the air bags deployed. His cell phone and laptop were inside, but there was no sign of michael. Theres really no signs much of anything. The vehicle was just abandoned. Reporter credit card receipts led investigators to a Convenience Store about 100 miles south where the store Surveillance Video helped police positively identify michael. He hasnt been seen since making that purchase. Kristin cavallari rose to fame on the 2004 mtv reality series laguna beach and its spinoff the hill. I know. Reporter yet to make any Public Comments about her brothers disappearance but just days before he went missing cavallari, who is married to Chicago Bears quarterback jay cutler, gave birth to her third child, posting this photo of the newborn on instagram last week. Meanwhile, Police Continue their search for michael. At this point in time there is no signs of foul play that we can tell. Were still piecing everything together. And police are hoping that anyone with information or knowledge of Michael Cavallaris whereabouts will come forward. University of houston is investigating video of security guards tackling and hitting a fan who rushed on to the field after houstons victory over temple on saturday. The School Athletic official says hes extremely disappointed and angered with the actions taken by the guards, as you see there, and he promised swift action which could include terminating the security companys contract. Well, some good news this morning from former president carter told worshippers at his Hometown Church in plains, georgia, on sunday that a recent mri revealed the cancer appears to be gone. The 91yearold had several melanoma spots in his liver and brain. Carter still plans to receive regular threeweek immunotherapy treatments. Well, nearly one month after the terrorist attacks in paris, irish rock band u2 returned to the city to play the concert it was forced to cancel following the shooting rampage. Seems like the whole world is in paris. Tonight we are all parisiennes. [ cheers and applause ] lead singer bono paid respected to the 1230 People Killed in paris on november 13th, and the he told the audience we stand together with the families of those killed in paris. The arena is not far from the site of the terrorist rampage. The band will play a second show in paris tonight. Youre up to date right now. Natalie, thank you so much. Next time you take your kids to the doctor there may be a few extra screenings. Today the American Academy of pediatrics releases its recommendations for more preventive testing from everything to hiv to cholesterol, and dr. Natalie azar is an nbc medical contributor. Doctor, good morning. Good morning, savannah. The stuff your kid will be asked about when going to the doctor. Depending on what age they are. Lets start with the first thing were talking about, cholesterol screening, a little controversial. What do they recommend . The rationale for this is atherosclerosis, the process that increases your risk for heart disease, begins in at lessens. The important thing to remember is although they are recommending universal screening, that is, every kid between the ages of 9 and 11, they are stopping very short from saying Everybody Needs to be treated in their cholesterol is high. Rather they have a very complex algorithm that takes in account family history, their age and what the lipid profile looks like. A very small percentage of children are candidates for Statin Therapy if they have something called familial numbers are sky high, not overweight necessarily. The Justice Department tonight convenient early to prevent, you know, the development ultimate life heart disease. More screening means potentially more treatment. Well see how it develops. Cavities, a big one for people with little ones like me. Yes. The new change here is that we for a number of years, the recommendation was to do something called a fluoride varnish. My kids have been getting this for a number of years at dentist office. Put a layer of flor imptd the kids dont have to blush or floss at night and used to only make this recommendation if you lived in an area that did not have fluoride in the water. Now recommending it universally for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years and recommending flouride tooth pavement talking about this before the segment. Talk to your doctor about this on how to apply it to your young kids. Next, hiv testing for adolescents. The recommendation here, the cdc actually has a recommendation out that there should be universal screening between the ages of 13 and 24 ant American Academy of pediatrics is least once between the ages of 16 and 18. They say that one out of four cases of new hiv infection a cures in children or youth between the ages of 13 and 24 and 60 of patients wont even know. Another biggie. Mental Health Screening for adolescents. Yes, depression screening. Yes, i absolutely lot. We know we always hear about teen suicide and how depression rates are on the rise. Very, very significant portion of depression starts in at lessens amptd very complex tool and when you look into it what kind of screening these doctors can do, but its quick and efficient and they can refer out for further therapy if needed. They are recommending this annually from the ages of 11 to 21. These are the questions that need to be asked and finally, more questions about drug and alcohol use. This is great. Ion if we have the mnemonic up here but its called c. R. A. F. T. And basically stands for have you ever been in a car with alcohol or Substance Abuse . Does it make you feel relaxed and does it make you feel alone and the mnemonic goes down and a great way for pediatricians to intervene early and identify children who might need therapy or referral. Thanks for breaking it down, natalie. Coming up next, ryan gosling hosts snl and breaks out into an epic case of the giggle. More and that in pop start and adele opens up about why she struggled to write new album, her son and what she thinks her place in music highs tre try is. Matt. Weve got allotted to talk about with the legendary joan collins. Talking fashion, books, im phil mickelson, pro golfer. My Psoriatic Arthritis caused joint pain. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor saidr joint pain from ra can be a sign of existingt 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. Serious, sometimes fatal, infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and Blood Disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. Tell your doctor if youve been someplace where fungal infections are common, or if youre prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if you have persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. Dont start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. Joint pain and damage. Can go side by side. Ask how enbrel can help relieve joint pain and help stop joint damage. Enbrel, the number one rheumatologistprescribed biologic. From the big gifts that mean a lot, to the little ones that mean everything. Get the perfect gift for everyone and share wonder on christmas day. 8 14. Only one thing to do right now, trending. You know what starts two weeks from today . Christmas . Winter. Winter starts. Way to go, natalie. Thats right. Its in the prompter. Cnn is busting some of the top myths about your health during the winter months. Myth number one. Cold air makes you sick. Thats not true. Yeah. Its a myth. Cells to fight infection hes acly increase when you go out in the cold. Take that one to the side. In freezing temperatures, not good to work out. Thats just an excuse. Dont skip the gift. Experts said gold could actually help you race faster and burn more calories. Working out outside is okay in the cold. Your mom would always say when youre young, wear a hat because you lose most of your right. True. Thats true, right . You know when you have no hair, that feels true. No, no. Doctors say no. In fact, if you go outside with gloves you lose more of your body heat through your hands than you do through your head. My ears are cold and my feet are cold rest of me is cold. I think a hat is more comfortable in the win thor. You may ask this, does mcdonalds food real last long this burger and fries was bought in ice land six years ago. Thats right. Wow. One of the last mcdonalds meals ever served in that country before all the Stores Closed so one guy decided to keep food as something of a keep sake. Where did he keep it . Check it out. Live streaming right now. Wow. This is the burger and fries, right now. Is that like is that fridge rated. Is that hermetically sealed . Mcdonalds on its website explained why this haps happened and youre on to something, matt. Bacteria and mold may not grow on the food without moisture, according to mcdonalds. Im surprised theres still fries left. The nothing about that made me feel good. No, not at all. All right. You girngs happen to watch jaws this weekend . It was on. Im not talking about the original movie but the intense surving competition in hawaii. Sports super bowl calleds s jaws and with waves as high as 60 feet high. Wipeouts were spectacular and terrifying. Take a look at this jetski. Who does this . Some brave people. Ever tried surfing and get held under by a wave, can be absolutely terrifying. Look at that. Those two are happy to be alive. The surfers look this big. And a scary Home Invasion to Simon Cowells home and twitter best this week. Simon cowell, a frightening invasion. A burglar broke into his home on friday when he and his girlfriend girlfriend and 20monthold baby boy slept. Security guards who reportedly chased down the thieves and managed to recover jewelry and simons passport. Simon called thens dent nerveracking, can certainly understand that, but says it all could have been much worse. Very scary. Next to twitter and its top moments of the year. The most retweeted tweets comes from harry stiles reacting to the news that zane malik was leaving one direction. Harry wrote simply all the love as always, and that got more get this. Five of the top ten most retweeted tweets are from one direction. One direction, wow. Not shocked. So the rule is put one all right. President obama managed to make the list at number four with his gay marriage ruling. He tweeted today is a big step in our march toward equality, Hashtag Lovewins and caitlin jern introducing herself to the world caitlin. Cant wait for to you get to know her me. Finally talking about this. Ryan gosling this week and he hosted snl for the first time and heres the sketch people are talking about sharing over and over. About Three Friends who have a wild encounter with aliens. Ryan and snl cast members could not keep it together. Heres the sgloemt perhaps they were collecting biological data. No. No, no, that fell off the books. There was one gray alien, i think he was the lookout. Look, it wasnt my worst wednesday night. How did the aliens return you all to earth . I was carried down gently. Hes crying. Hes crying. Lorne michaels says he members break character to laugh, but i guess they could not control themselves and we learned today as well that ryan gosling is natalies boo. Thats your pop start and savannah refers to him, want to explain. He cracks me up. Hes so hilarious. Thats exactly what i meant. The way you were describing it. It was not. Thank you, tamron, for outing me. Dylan, lets get a check of the weather. Looking at pretty weather across most country except in the southeast and northwest. In the southeast we do have a stalled front down through southern florida thats been bringing rain to the area for days and through South Carolina this morning were seeing some of the heavier rain and then its going to move through north carolina, especially as we go into later this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow. We could see most of this low just enough to produce up to and thats your late forecast. Smait. Killian, thank you very much. Now to one of hollywoods most glamorous stars. Joan collins is an awardwinning actress, accomplished producer and bestselling author. One of her most famous roles, the vixen Alexis Colby Carrington on the beloved classic dynasty and now joans personal collection from that show. Some items hitting the auction block. Joan, its always good to see you. I should say now dame joan. Yes. Its great to have you here. Nice to be here. How are you been . Ive been great, wonderful. Lovely to be in new york in this gorgeous weather. We have allotted to talk about. Let me ask why now . Why did you decide to part with some of these items . Well, first of all, i absolutely love auctions. Half my apartment in london has got stuff in it from auctions, and frankly i cant fit into any of these dresses darling, anymore, and i thought it would be rather nice for people to have these amazing gowns, some of them are so beautiful. Some from dynasty and some from other movies that i did, and some of them are things like, for example, this one i designed myself and i will wear them begin because if youre an actress you wear it one and you cant times square again. Some of the items are very personal. Behind me are some letters, love letters written to you by warren baity. Yes. Back if i think it was 1960. He was in the National Guard and he wrote you some pretty steamy letters. Tell me about whats the back story . The back story is we were engaged at the time and the Engagement Ring is in a safe, by the way, thats not in an auction, and we this is before people texted and sent messages so we used to write letters every day. And i like the fact that you kept them, one line from one letter jumped out at me. Joan, being away from you is becoming unbearable. Well, yes, he was right. I have another 50 of though the, those are only two. I didnt want to flood the market. Lets talk about fashion. So much a part of show dynasty. The i know. Lots big shoulders. Still wearing them a bit. Whats your favorite memory of doing that show . My favorite memory is the first day on the show when i was working with the wonderful actor Brian Dennehy and hi this wonderful black and white outfit on with the big hat and veil and glasses and when i took off the glasses everybody said, oh, my good then, and i had to face the entire cast of dynasty who are all sitting there staring at me and actors can be a little judgmental and here it is. Oh, heres this actress from england. Lets see what she can do, and i said there for i think 15minute scene which we did over and over again while i felt i was being judged and some of them were looking at me angrily but they were in character you make fun your age and you look beautiful still. Thank you. I think everybody would agree. Lots of great jewelry, Costume Jewelry im imagining. Yes, yes, this ring is amazing, this ring. I wore that so many times and in fact Elizabeth Taylor saw it once and the she said i know its not real but its beautiful. It is gorgeous. That is a rock. Behind you said you designed this dress here . The white direction i wore that in march when Prince Charles bestowed on meet equivalent of the knighthood, and i cant wear it again because i was photographed in it, and i didnt know what to wear so i love white and love scream so i design it had myself. Design a lot of my clothes myself. Beautiful. It is nice. Can i take a second here. You havent been here in a while and certainly havent been here since september when your sister jackie passed away after a battle with breast cancer. She was, joan, i hope you know one our favorites around here. She was on this show so many times and we used to say she brought something to the party. I know. She was most wonderful person. She was kind and loving. She was the best mother in the world. I mean, she brought up her children while she was writing books, and we were all devastated. Were all going to be together at christmas. We were all going to go to hawaii but, of course, were not now and well all be in london and theres millions of us. Jackie had three children, six grandchildren and ive got three children and six grandchildren and they all have partners and boyfriends and so were all sisterinlaws house. Turns out she was a very private person. Didnt share her illness with a lot of people. She did not. Wanted to keep it secret the. She said i dont want to be on the front of trash magazines saying Jackie Collins is ill. She was very brave. Our condolences. Thank you. Wonderful to have you back on the show. Always good to see you, matt. You too, joan. Thank you very much. Snap on the main sails [ barking ] the whipped cream sea be extra whippy [ laughing ] together ahhhhhhhhhhh yarrrr, run crew member what does he want . Happy holidays Free Shipping all season long. And free returns too thousands of people came out today to run the race for retirement. So we asked them. Are you completely prepared for retirement . Okay, mostly prepared . Could you save 1 more of your income . It doesnt sound like much, but saving an additional 1 now, could make a big difference over time. Im going to be even better about saving. You can do it, it helps in the long run. 8 30 now on this monday morning, its the 7th of december, 2015, and we have some lovely angels collecting toys on our plaza this morning. Victorias secret show. They are doing the honors this morning. Well be chatting with them about the show. Yeah, the big show this week, but obviously a lot of other things. They will take timeout during a very special week to help us collect toys for tots in need or children in need. Also, by the way, i want to mention the collection of Dame Joan Collins. We just talked about will be at jillians auction house. The auction takes place on december 16th. Got it. Okay. What else is coming up . Also ahead, adele blew us away when she was here performing not long ago. She has got a huge show coming up on nbc, onenight only performance at radio city music hall. Had a chance to sit down. Well sit down and talk about her family and son and the song we cant get out of your ears. Back in your bearded days . In november. To the voice and my time with adam, blake, pharrell and gwen did not disapoint. They were on fire. Well get into that coming up. Of course, first a check of the wet we are dylan in for al. Not so bad this december and actually this whole week is going to be well above average for most country. We are looking though at some very messy weather in the Pacific Northwest. Up to 5 to 7 inches of rain alone and then at the end of the week as well. Well see a few showers through the ohio and Tennessee River valleys as we get closer to the end of the week and more mountain snow through the rockies. As for the temperature its going to remain very warm. 15 to 20 degrees above average through most of the plains and into the Northern Plains and midwest. Most of the country country is going to see temperatures well above average and into the latter half of the week and into the weekend should be approaching 60 degrees in the neefrkts but the cool air starts to work back into places like california and into nevada where temperatures will actually be a get closer. Some high, sear sirius clouds this morning. We are starting out in the 40s. Ending up in the low 50 ths afternoon. Forecasting a high of 54. Some clouds may roll in overnight tonight and into the sky tomorrow. Thats about t the rain stays offshore. Up around 50. Sun and clouds. A couple of stray showers thursday and milder by the weekend. Sunshine. 57 saturday. 60, sunday. And thats your late forecast. Matt and savannah . All right, dylan, thank you so much. Adele is more than a singer, a phenomenon at this point. Her album 25 easily the bestselling album of the year. Thats right. A week from today adeles onenight only concert at radio city music hall airs right here on nbc. Were happy about that. I had a chance to sit down with her as she prepared for that highly anticipate return to the last time we were together, adeal, you said were you in a bit of an uncertain period in your life. You had been through some tough times. Yes. You were kind of scratching your way back but you werent sure so complete the sentence now. Im in a period in my life now where ive never been happier and ive never been healthier. Im good. Hello, its me adele is a living legend. After a fouryear break to focus on her son shes made a triumphant return with her album 25 in the an unforgettable onenight only performance from radio city music hall hello from the outside i never said this to the woman sitting across from me but can i hold your hand for a second. Age lo. Kind of out there. And kir see the other. Paradise. Yes. One referring to the other. Yeah, exactly. A bad day and tough time of make you feel better . He is my emotional place but did i write songs about that and it was boring for everyone else. Everyones own child is like the light of their lives, but not the lives anyone else. Has he made you a more emotional person . Yes, in every single way possible. When we were young her soulful signature voice sun mistakable, but she says getting the words down wasnt easy. When you sat down to write this album and write songs for this album it was a bit of a block. Mmhmm, huge block. How bad did it get . I found it impossible for a while and i didnt know what i wanted to write about. Whats wrong is i wasnt sad. Were you overthinking it . Yeah, yeah. Saying it gingerly, because in the past youve always just written what you felt at that moment. I was always thinking everything and whenity chilled out it came. So hello from the other side so the song hello, what the its about reconnecting with everyone else and myself. To tell you im sorry for everything that ive done emphasized how hard it was to make this report. I couldnt get over my guilt to leave my kid to write record and getting on the other side, its just like in general, its like hello to everyone. Im back and here we go. Im still here and letting myself, like, i havent change. Literal lit meaning of hello. You said on an occasion or tuite song brought you to tears. Yes. Can you song still do that after youve sung it 100 times . Is that your cry song, a goto cry song . Another one when we were young and literally every time i sing that song im remined of something amazing in my life. Reminds me when we were young i have a cry song. Killing me softly by roberta flack. Thats a good one. I love her but i try to avoid her if im feeling sad. Because you go right down the tubes. Rumor has it so billboard magazine ranked the top albums of all time. And im beyond grateful, but its a bit ridiculous. Number one. Do you know what was number one . I know what was number one, 21 was number one. I think free love. The thats number three. What was number two, the sound track to the sound of mrieux. I feel like it should be the other way around. Just own it. I own it. And im afraid of people showing up throwing rotten fruit at me. Theres always that little bit of doubt. Everything just puts me back to when you were there you about. You were 19 when you released 19 and were you 20, but you made it when you were 19. I was 20 and i turned 23 shortly after. So you should be 26. I should be but im 27 and ill be 28 next week. What . It took me a long time to make this record. Im 45, shall i tell you that. Im forever 21. 21 the best album of all time. I didnt think she could love her anymore and she said hello. Such a great personality. So awesome. And, again, catch adele live in new york city next monday, 10, 9 00 central time right here on nbc. Coming up next, the season of kindness. Jenna bush hager touches a holiday surprise for several season of kindness on today is brought to you by jimmy dean, shine on. We are back now, 8 40 with more of our comcast season of kindness. And this season a Remarkable Group taking on the role of santas little helper here in norbert and todays Jenna Bush Hager couldnt wait to join them. On three, team. Its a team ready to spread some christmas cheer. Thats it. Reporter pay await layaways, an allvolunteer Charity Group which raises money to pay off lei away account for the holidays and this sneaky group with goodwill set up a surprise at a bronx k smart store and collected toys on lists and readied the gift wrappers. Our nbc crew had cameras above while the charitys founders paid the bill. Talk it me about how this organization has grown in the last couple of years. The last year we actually raised over 60,000 and this year were trying to raise over 100,000. That in itself has allowed us to pay off layaways at so many countries in the country . Whats the most rewarding part about if . Authenticity. And seeing their smiles. The smiles run believable. And so we were ready. After inspecting some interesting toys i kept a lookout, waiting to surprise some unsuspecting parents. Yes, my name . Ian bel, im from pay aye wait layaway and this is Jenna Bush Hager from the today show. Got a surprise for you. Were actually going to pay away everyones lay heir ways today. Everybody is going home with all their presents on layaway. Happy holidays here we come. She thought she was coming in to pay her bill. And 6yearold tristan just liked being in the toy section. You got new games. High 5 and santa is coming to see you. What does it mean you can get presents for your son . It means to me that im grateful, appreciated. Thank you. Youre shocked. Yes. You basically work very hard to make ends meet. And does this help a little bit out . A whole lot. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Anna has five kids to care for this christmas. Im so excited. Like oh, my god. What is this like that these people have come together to make sure your kids get what they want . Grateful, thankful. Exciting. I want to cry. Like oh, my god. Its touching. That there are nice people out there who help people like me. What do you want for your children . Happiness, for them to be grateful and work hard and be better. Linda came to the store with lilleyia who is celebrating her very first christmas. What toss it mean that everybody came together to help you out this season . I appreciate it a lot. No, its okay. Its okay. Whats Christmas Morning going to be like in your house . Going to be special this year. Going to be special . Yeah. Happy holidays. Special for so many here. One little guy wants to make double triple sure that santa has his list. Green dinosaurs and a pig with sandwiches. A pig with sandwiches . Yeah. Its on there. The pig with sandwiches right there. Things are looking pretty good for tristan this christmas and for lilleyia, too. She likes it. Mmhmm. You can get this on Christmas Morning. And so in the season of giving, a store filled with joy and tears, too. A Lesson Learned once again. Its always so much better to give than to receive. Youre excited for Christmas Morning. Yes, yes, i am. Happy holidays oh. Such a great idea. Love that. Coming up next, natalie catches up with the voice coaches for an interview that every coconut has a dream. To come out of its shell. To show all the world its true, inner beauty. And then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. Almond joy mounds. Back at 8 47 with the voice on today. Its crunch time with tonights live semifinals. And natalie got to experience the bitement firsthand last week. How did it go . Well, youll see. Its show that centers on the contestants, of course, but this season it seems the coaches are grabbing all the headlines, and when we sat down with adam, blake, gwen and pharrell lets just say they were in a raucous mood. You guys getting all this . Check. First ever trip to visit the voice coaches in los angeles. Guys, voice my first time getting to hang with you guys. Im sorry. I know. Im sorry, too. Feel bad for you already. I feel bad for you guys. Im going to warn you. I would be really scared if i were you right now. They are in a really good mood. Dont frighten our new guest. Im getting a sense already. Lets talk first about the show and the success of the show. Youre season nine now. You guys are rocking it, week after week. Look at the itunes charts and your artists are all in the top ten for the most part. What does that say about this slow . I think its not just a karaoke contest this show. I mean, these are artists or they are performing their versions of these cover songs but they are making it their own. Is it about the artist or the coaching . You have a little ownership and pride in it, foo . Only about the coaching when were talking about the four of us going against each oh, but when were bragging on the artist, we brag on everybodys they are adams. Like when youre right youre right. Is this all an act or is it like this all the time . I was going to interject and say welcome to my world. Its so beautiful and emotional and a perfect platform to showcase your incredible singing. Your Second Season, gwen. What does it mean to give back to Young Artists . So rewarding in so many ways and im getting so much out of it as well because because around so much music. Lets talk about the bromance. Okay. You, two. Bromance with a b. You seem to be as much in each others business like a marriage. I hate his face. If you could put a song to your relationship with make, what would it be . That smell. You know the song like that mel . And what about lick it up by this is going so well. Youre doing great. Hang in there. You warned me. Youre right. You warned me. Jokes aside and what is clear is they are a tightknit bunch and when it comes to their personal lives, especially the new romance between gwen and blake they turned protecting each other into its own form of entertainment. Gwen and blake, all know whats going on with you guys. Is it good to just be out in the open now . A nice segueo next question, next question, please. Ask the next question before it gets awkward so while they clearly rather focus on coaching than courtship theres no denying their chemistry. You guys are still having as much fun. Oh, my goodness. As you showed week after week. Theres nothing better, seriously. You can see they are still having a lot of fun together. Season nine and still going strong so you have your work cut out for you. Can i tell you, after that interview i was sweating from everywhere. Good to know. Great job, nat. You can catch the voice tonight and tomorrow at 8 00, 7 00 central right here hon nbc. Up next, some divine inspiration. Well catch up with a couple of angels from victorias secret, burks first, this is today on my name is 208 ridge road. And ive. Seen things. Like the sock rampage of 2010. The sleep eating of 2012. And the babysitter makeout of 2014. Gross. But now with nest cam, these guys can check in 24 7. So they can see the crazy things i see. Hey ya little thief did he have thumbs . Okay, now ive seen it all. Nest. Welcome to the magic of home. They helped us collect toys on the plaza just a while ago and lets say hi to Victoria Secret models. Ladies, nice to see you both. Mice to see you. Thanks for doing that outside. Youre very welcome. Those toys go to deserving children all around the country. I saw some of the toys i used to have as a kid. The little ponies, my little ponies. You had those as a girl. A smaller version, but i like the big version. Even in south africa. You grew up in namibia where we did the show not too long ago. Yeah. Youre from south africa. Whats it like transitioning to this uncan try . Do you find very different . Exteamly. Its very different, but i think we both also wanted to get out and kind of experience the world and see Something Else other than south africa and namibia so its an honor living here. It seems sometimes like it was a dream, my childhood, but, yeah, weve got to experience so would have been able to do in south africa. I was reading the newspaper this weekend, and there was a story about one of the newer models in the victorias secret show being discovered i think in a Shopping Mall in ohio. Yeah. How were each of you discovered . Its crazy. Most of the girls you hear about, we were all discovered in the most random, smallest little places ever. A lot in Shopping Malls as well because thats like where cute girls hang out. Note to guys out there, go shopping. I know. I was in a shopping well, like a food or like a Grocery Store with my grandparents in south africa when i got scouted. And i was at a flea market, so, yeah. And i think whats nice about victorias secret, a little bit like spoths ilstraight you get great name recognition. Not just seen as a face or a body. Who has being involved in the show done for both of you careerwise . Thats changed our career and and im seeing it just with the new girls, the small changes in their lives. Its immediate. Yeah. Just because the show is seen in so many Different Countries and respected all over the world, so your name goes everywhere. But they really know how to make like like how to create a household name by, you know, putting yourself out there and kind of and i think it is true when you see the young girls, you realize how your life changed back then. And im sure very interesting. And congratulations this week for the victorias secret fashion show and look forward to seeing new, that and appreciate you again coming and collecting toys for us this morning. Thank you. Thanks for having both. Nice to see you both. Lets go outside to dylan announcer season of kindness on today is sponsored by amazon smile, you shop and amazon gives. Thanks, matt, and continuing with our season of kindness campaign, we have a huge amazon smile is one of our sponsors, and today we are offering or just actually giving people on the plaza 50 gift cards to amazon. [ cheers and applause ] everybody here is getting one, but it does cam with a catch. This is catch, and that catch is you have to pay it forward. So you get the 50 gift card but you have to spend it on someone else, so heres your 50 gift card. Thank you. And who will you be spending your 50 gift card on. The six of us have decided to pool ours together and were going to purchase toys for needy thats incred. Good morning. 8 57. 43 degrees. Monday morning, december 7th. Im darlene rodriguez. A twoalarm fire left one family homeless. Cell phone video shows flames engulfing the house. Six people were inside. Others got out on their own. Others had to be rescued. Five are being treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries. One of the victims is a 12yearold girl. Checking the weather, today, tonight, quiet, a few clouds, 38 degrees. Wednesday, sun and clouds, high of 51. Thursday, maybe a stray shower, 55 degrees. Just ahead on the today show, this morning on todays today, the grammy nomination ares in. How much for taylor and did your favorite star . And Jeffrey Tambor on a Ground Breaking success and shaq is back making christmas wishes country coming up next. From nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Christmas is here, ringing of cheer hear the words of the cheer from everywhere filling the air oh, how they come, raising the sound people sing songs with the cheer of christmas merry, merry, merry, Merry Christmas merry caroling ding, dong, ding, dong very nice, very thighs. Wonderful. This is today on a monday morning. Its december 7th and were being treated to a special live morning jam from straight no chaser singing carol of the bells. Gentlemen, thank you very much. They will be back with a performance and well chat with them a little later. Every morning in december . Okay. The month of december, our house band. Yeah. Well need a much bigger couch. That was hot. I like that. Good way to start off the morning. The problem is now we need a live morning jam every day so whatever the jam is we need that artist here singing in. Like the 12 days of christmas. And think about talking about booking it. Brings is here, hell do the song. Okay. Weve got some grammy nominations just off the press. Speaking of great music, hot off the presses. Just announced the nominees for the 5th grammy awards, here you go. Kendrick lamar leading the way with 11 nominations. The best. The best. Taylor swift also and the weekend each earning seven nominations. Record of the year. Here we go. Really love, dangelo and the vanguards. If youve not heard that song, hot. Uptown funk heard that over and over. So food. Thinking out loud by ed sheeran. And cant feel my face by the weekend. I couldnt pick. I think cant feel my face the weekend. So many hits. I was going to said weekend. Im going to go with uptown funk. That song is incredible. I just feel like the weekend is new and different. Whats the criteria . Is it the most reesenent our mind or the best . I think thats the best. The best. The arrangement of uptown funk, that the was killer. I dont know how you pick with that. How about weekend. Sompingt year nominations. All right kendrick lamar. Blake space, taylor swift, girl crush by little big town. All right. And see you again by whiz chalifa and thinking out loud. Im going with kendrick lamar. Im going to throw in girl crush the Biggest Country song of the we are. And the wiz khalifa song. Yeah. That song is beautiful. Album. Year, here you go, sound and color by alabama shake, to pimp a butterfly and traveler by chris stapleton, 1989 by taylor swift and kind of hard to beat that and beauty behind the madness by the weekend. Got to win something. Her album though, i have to say from top to bottom. Every single one. You dont have to skip a song and you dont see that often. Were so conditioned. And that is album of the year. Sometimes they go darkiors. Who is the dark horse, alabama shake . Someone not on every say. Alabama shake would be that . Or chris stapleton, cleaned up at the cmas. And clearly his star is beginning to rise right now. Awards show, by the way, on february 15th. When you go to itunes and download all of it. If you havent already got these songs. If you had the reaction i did which said hello, adele. She was not eligible for this years grammys. Next year will be the year of adele. She will sweep it clean. Came out two months after the deadline. And lets talk a little politics here and National Security and Everything Else president obama addressed last night in primetime. He made an address from the oval office, only third time hes done that as p. This in the wake of last weeks mass shooting in sbeerndio and a few weeks after paris. Heres a bit of what he told the country. This was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people. Now, here at home we have to Work Together to address the challenge. There are several steps that congress should take right away. To begin with, congress should act to make sure no one on a no fly list is able to buy a gun. Argument for allowing a terror suspect to buy semiautomatic weapon. Its a matter of National Security . He began his speech by laying out what his plan to defeat isis is because the criticism of shim there is no plan or if there is one its not working so he went point by point. Obviously not going to satisfy everyone but he wanted to explain he says that there is a plan in place and that he believes at least its working and then as you saw there he wanted to detail a couple of things that could be done in this country to shop Mass Shootings and stop terrorism here. Didnt announce a new plan but did to your plan also mention intensifying was already in place and thats been a part of some of the response from the gop regarding if this strategy is not working what else can be done and the president s i guess improvement of the plan is the intensification of the air strikes and whats happening . Certainly a lot of people this morning, the gop candidates, saying, you know, we need to hear more than just tough words. I mean what, realtiy is taking place here . Watching any of his twitter feed last night live tweeting during the entire speech saying is that all there is . We need a new president , fast. Ted cruz tweeting if im elected department ill direct the department of defense to destroy isis and marco rubio told fox news people are scared not just because of the attacks but because of the growing sense that we have a president completely overwhelmed by them. I think overall though people listening to this speech just felt like obviously a speech isnt going to do it, you know. You need to have more than, that and i think, you know, even though theres an action plan in place a lot of people are saying thats been in place so what more is happening . And they also expect when you take to the oval office which is a huge deal that there will be something new introduced or something monumental, sort of a laying out of the status quo for the American People so interesting. Also interesting, the cover of the New York Times, the editorial page, anyway for the times focused on the call for greater gun regulations in this country, so in part they put it this way. It is a moral outrage and a National Disgrace that people can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill with brutal speed and efficiency. Opponents of gun control are saying that determined killers obtained weapons, illegally in places like france, england and norway that have strict gun laws. Yes, they did, but at least those countries are trying. The United States is not. And this morning daily news printed a cover he have we cynicism, you might say, but by the numbers this is an interesting Eric Erickson, he is a conservative blogger. Right. Red state. Were showing you what he did. He actually took the editorial and fired his weapon, and you can see the bullet holes in the paper and he called on his supporters, his readers of red state to do the very same. That one response to the times following sandy hook by the numbers, that happened in tweefshlgs okay. The week after sandy hook apparently the record was broken for firearm background checks. Thats the first stable in the purchase, of course, for a firearm. That is the record that still stands. A similar thing happened after San Bernardino, so what they are saying here by the numbers is that after these incidents, yes, you have part of the country who has the gun debate and have others who feel the response is to arm up. Right. And the thing that Stephanie Gosk went to a gun shop near where the San Bernardino massacre happened and the guy was like basically, the manufacturers or whatever are going to be happy with his sales because his store was pretty much sold out. One in three americans already own guns, and they are somewhere around 310 million guns i think, one gun per person in the United States. Our population is around 330 million. Yeah. Its interesting to see after an incident like San Bernardino, view on it. For some people its terrorism and for some people its gun control and for some people the answer is Mental Health. The answer is probably a combination of all things. People go to their corner and you are going to arm up and feel a sense that isis is coming for you. And some of the numbers though with the gun purchases. People fearing that perhaps because there may be some legislation there they better buy everything now before the laws change. Load up, literally. You know whats so interesting and this is a stat that i feel is ignored so often is that even members of the nra when they are polled would like to see what is often referred to as common sense gun reform, some kind of tightening of background checks. That is poll that came out after new town, and its been cited as well, so when people instantly of the nra that youre completely shut down on changes, right. Now that maybe true to the case of politicians who often pander on both sides to what they think constituents want to hear. Yes. But the polling shows there is an appetite even for those who are members of the nra to make some common sense changes. I think when you take a look at some of the weapons in this case that were used, assault rifles and you think about, you know, secondality amendment was at a time when people were using very slow gunpowder guns, i mean, regular guns. Were not talking assault rifles, its a very different kind of gun that were dealing with these days so people often ask that question like why are we why do you need to arm yourself with the teeth with those kinds of weapons necessarily . Because they would say its their constitutional trying do so. But others who say the Second Amendment was applying to of the conversation is not applicable to your point about the weaponry and the whole point of protection of the Second Amendment. The yeah. All right. Lets head over to dylan who is in this morning with al with a look at weather. Hey, dylan. Good morning, guys. Weve got a classic el nino setup. Storm after storm coming in off of the Pacific Ocean here and a jet stream way high up in the atmosphere running 200 Miles Per Hour and the storms get caught up and come right onshore and every single day well see some very heavy rain somewhere in the Pacific North west. Today its mainly across the west coast of oregon and tomorrow it moves up into washington. With very and thats your latest forecast. Guys . Thanks, dylan. See you in just a bit. Coming cup, a big year for Jeffrey Tambor. Love him. Won the golden globe and an emmy playing a transgender in wow, shes sure making a splash in that designer dress and with a thicker, more fabulous formula, shes not splashing. You can wear anything and pour bleach. And her whiter whites, just dazzling. Clorox splashless bleach. Also try new crystals and packs. Olive garden s allnew flavorfilled pastas, with raviolis so nice we filled them twice. 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You want to see mom . Dont you dare, mort. You will let that person get off the planet without knowing about this, can you do that . Could you do something for jeffrey is with us. We love you so much. Thank you. And i would like to say, yes, you have received all of these awards, but we called it right before this show. You did. Was made, you know, launched out. We thought we saw the dvd. And just knew it was brilliant. Thank you. Phenomenal. Whats it been like for you . Its been terrific, transformative. As i say, its i i deserve the luckiest guy in the room award, and in the only has it changed my life but its given me one of the great, great responsibilities ive ever had. Its its nice. Such an interesting part about it when you receive all these awards and you go right to the social responsibility and talk about the Lgbt Community and you really have become an icon there. Icon is they turn to you. We were just at white house. Yes. And we were there for the champions for change day, and honored nine artists on the lbgt community, and we showed our show there and were on a panel with the danish girl and i remember walking through the white house saying would i like my mom and dad to have seen this. Its huge. Wow. Its just huge, and im very grateful. You must have so many people so proud of you in your life for this row. I mean, were all so proud of you. Im proud of you. I watch you guys every morning. I know you have some questions for us. Because you are such a loyal fan viewer. Im i just want to know whats with all the eating . Every time every time i click in someone has something in their mouth. That didnt sound right, jeffrey. We dont eat breakfast here. Thats one. We often get up so early so we figure we eat around 4 30 in the morning like something quick. By 9 00. Upstairs and cooking dinner. Can you come and hang out. For example, if i want french toast. It might magically appear. Okay. Would i like some french toast. Well work on it. What happened . Worked much better in the rehearsal. Complicated. So nice a heads up. Thank al for showing up. That was great. Thats where your french toast is the, with al. And im also i want to say something. I would just like to honor hollywoodlawn who passed away. She was one of the great transgender artists and she was there at invention of the wheel. Wow. And i just wanted to to honor her today. And we honor you. You do. We do. One of our favorite around here. Are we invited to willies for dinner . Im a neighbor and have lived there for two years. I keep putting notes in your mailbox and you never respond. Thats going to get creepy. Very versatile. Well get your french toast. The entire Second Season of transdepend transparent available this friday. Up next, shaq. Oh, hes modeling. Light bulb change. Shaq is back after this. The snow is starting to fall. And all the decorations are just right. The presents have all been opened. 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Its also the best lightweight for eliminating odors. Amazing, right . For superior odor elimination try fresh step extreme. Lighweight. It says this man obviously mention a few things, fourtime nba champ and threetime nba finals mvp, 15time nba allstar. And now Shaquille Oneal has gone to his local toys r us and bought gifts for underprivileged kids. Shaqaklaus is providing toys through the marine toys for tots foundation. The big man is in the house. Good to see you. Shackaklaus, have such a big height that matches your heart and all that. How special is it for doing this for the kids . Ive been doing this for 20 years and been with toys r us for past seven years and i wish i could take all the credit. In 1992 i get a call from my mother, hi, mornings i love you. She said babe i need to borrow some money and i said why. Boys and girls club, underprivileged kid, got to buy some toys and went out to check out situation and 1,000 kids, you cant buy toys for half the kids. Ill take care of it. What i was going to do and messing around and on the way home there was a uhaul and toys r us so i put my mind together. A thinkinger. Me and my boys got a toys are u. S. Truck and bought the toys and shackaklaus was created 20 years ago. Mom, thank you, i love you. And your dad is part of reason you do all of this. Gave you a gift one time . He gave me an autographed dr. J basketball because, you know, a couple of christmases i didnt get anything. We had sisters and, you know, used to come in and treat me like a man and said, listen, summon kind of tight this year. Let me take care your sisters first and ill get you later. Oh. While they were out there hoping presents i was in my room crying, and then he came in with that autographed dr. J basketball. And that smile. You forget at that the point. The best gift ever. We love shackaklaus and charles and e. J. And kenny we wondered why shaqaklaus wasnt wearing any pants. No pant zone. Charles and geny like to play. Look ought. Where are you pants . Charles and kenny stole them . You had no spare pant in your dressing room . No. There was a report. Your legs. Talk about doing that all the time, but you actually did it. Oh, my gosh. They stole my pant and they set them on fire. Willie, its a remap. The last time were you here. Willie dunked on you. Five seconds. Willie dunked on you. Should we put a jelly bean on the top . Purple . Absolutely. [singing] on the third day of christmas my true love sent to me. Who doesnt like a good surprise . Youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan at ny state of health youll find many quality plans to help paying for your plan, a new essential plan at less than 1 a day for new yorkers with lower incomes. Be surprised visit nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov or call 18553555777 to learn more. Enrollment for 2016 is happening now. Good morning. Im michael gargiulo. Annual bear hunt. Sixday bear hunt to reduce the states growing bear population. Opponents of the bear hunt plan to hold a vigil. They claim it is inhumane and unnecessary. Mild, sun, 54. Tonight, quiet, 38. 51 on wednesday. Thursday, chance for stray shower. 56. Friday, mostly sunny. 56 for the high. Super nice. Coming up on the today show, james brolin drops by. He is going to talk about his role in sisters, a new movie by tina fey and amy poehler. Have a great day [barks] are those. You there. Stormtroopers halt turn here. Go go follow them bb8 this way whered they go . They went that way that way, they went that way i cant believe that worked of course it worked taking a look at the headlines, the American Academy of pediatrics has issued several new recommendations when it comes to well check screening. Vision screenings that age 18 will only be recommended for highrisk patients rather than as routine. However, a cholesterol screening will be added for children 9 to 11 years old in addition to a depression screening for ages 11 through 21. A new and improved Weight Watchers is taking shape and is launching an app and some new online tools today aimed at helping customers eat healthier the company say the move is in response to customers who are more interested in good health than dieting. Weight watchers is hoping the move will end four years of declining profits. Colombia says the most valuable sunken treasure ever has been located off of its coast. The spanishgalityion san jose can the went down more than 300 years ago in a battle with the british navy. Its cargo of gold and jewels and silver artifacts could be worth more than 1 billion. However, theres likely to be years of court fights to determine who the treasure exactly belongs to. For the third week in a row the hung err games finale chewed up the box office bringing in another 18 million and horror film crampus was in second place and the boxing film creed was in third. Dylan in for al with a check of the weather. Good morning, everyone. A look at week ahead. Temperatures above average for most country, but it is going to remain stormy with a pacific storm making its way onshore nearly every single day this week for the Pacific Northwest. Its northern california, washington and oregon and also eventually by the end of the week mountain snow. Showers start to take hold through the ohio and Tennessee River valley making its way into the new england by the end the week and as for temperatures starting off very warm for the plains and Northern Plains, mild up and down the earthquake. By midweek the temperatures continue and the entire country warm midweek and we should be approaching 60 a great start to the workweek weatherwise. Quiet day, sunshine. Temperatures back into the 50s. The storm we were worried about, is going to stay offshore. End of the week, warming trend. We could see 60 by the time we get to sunday if not better. 30s tonight, thursday, varying amounts of clouds and sun. A couple of clouds thursday. Only chance of rain. Thursday, dry and warming over the weekend. Forecast. Natalie . All right, thanks, dylan. This morning on today food stressfree entertaining. All week long well help you plan the Perfect Party menu and today were doing appetizers for a holiday open house. Chef ryan scott here for a great out of fieilo dow and candy bacon. Candyied bacon. Down in the green room and trying to see what dress you would wear and i saw natalies and i changed. Matching the florals. A little floral pattern. Whatever works for you, buddy. Thanks, willie. Love you too, buddy. Its confidence. All right. Here we go, guys. This is all its called open fouse. Feeloh, or fileoh. Its feelo. Heres brie cheese, phyllo, original, is i truss, butter and cranberries. Willie on my left and natalie on my right. Were going to wrap the brie cheese in the phyllo. Can be hard to work with. Whats the key to keeping it moist . Heres the key to keeping it moist. Use a damp paper towel. Heres the deal with phyllo. It will actually dry out. Take a little damp paper towel and keeps it most that way so where you can make a layer of it. Seems like a lot of paper towels and at end of the day, take some butter and youll do the top layer and natalie youll make the bottom layer. Butter the whole thing. Over here. Just whole thing. Take butter like its, i dont know, like a salon, a putter salon. Do the whole thing. Were actually going to make if you rip, it if you break it, thats completely fine. Butter it and what youre going to do is take another layer like this. And each team youll butter. Butter, butter, butter. An artisan like myself does not break his dough. Confident man this morning. The natalie, now we have two layers here. Take this bottom guy here and take this big old wheel. Butter and cheese. Nothing wrong with this. Then i may cranberry sauce, cranberry chutney. And the kick is from the hot sauce. The shot of grand marnier that willie drank. And willie, put that over here. Butter down. Pick this up. And youre going to wrap it like a present. I said butter up and you said no . Seriously. Because youre so good, willie. We fight every time were on air together. 375 or 20 minutes or so. Oh, my gosh. Do i get one of these. No, no, no. All right. Awesome. The cool thing about this, can sit out room temperature. The longer it sits, the better it gets. Really good. Come around this guy. The phyllo dough, what you do is now take im confused its feelo or fileo . You take prociutto here and wrap that with the asparagus. And were using phyllo again. And i rolled it just like that. Perfect. Now we roll it in parmesan cheese. All right. And then i take a pizza cutter, check this out, butter just like this again. Now natalie, willie, you go here and roll this, willie. Just like so, guys. Im from california, bro. All right. Last but not least. You bake these, these are done, room temperature, its great. And candied bacon. What is on this bacon . 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What we know and what we work for at mary kay is that to enrich these womens lives from really important and we think its so empowering for thighs these kiddos to be able to do Something Special for their moms to make them feel beautiful and empowered. You say empowered. I grew up hearing the story of mary kay, the legend and what she did and thats what this brand is based on. Absolutely. We strive to give back and enrich womens lives, again, from the inside and out and when she created the company over 50 years ago that was very, very northern to her and myself and my entire family try to carry on her legacy in our everyday life. Done a great job and i know she would be so proud of you and all the mary kay employees and jessica, thank you so much and you have until tuesday, december 22nd to couldnt bumpt check out today. Com for details. Kathie lee and hoda after your live look there at Grand Central parkway. Good morning. Michael gargiulo. An Early Morning fire destroyed one home and damaged one other. House on catchemstreet. Three people were injured, a 12yearold girl, who suffered smoke inhalation and a 30yearold woman with burns to her head and abdomen. Three firefighters were hurt. An arsonist may be behind seven recent fires in forest hill. The homes under construction on 69 road. That was the second time the house was set on fire. We want to check the weather, mild, some sun. A high of 54. A few clouds, 38. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy, 50. Wednesday, sunny and cloudy, 51. Friday, mostly sunny. 56 for the high. Coming up on the today show with kathie lee and hoda, the women behind many of the dresses seen on the show