From there, it was on to the issues. It continues to heat up on the republican side. Donald trump is a jerk. Procrastinators delight. Millions of shoppers packing the stores with five days until christmas. This morning, why those of you who like to wait until the last minute might be in luck. Double trouble. Hillary from 2008. Hillary, hi. Hello, hillary. Hello. Oh, geez, looks like i went through time and space again. Tina fey and amy poehler teaming up on saturday night live with some musical help from the boss. Santa claus is coming to town santa claus is coming to town all the highlights from a special Holiday Edition of snl, today, sunday, december 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. We welcome you to today on this sunday morning with one of our favorite songs. Im erica hill. Im harry smith, along with jones. Good morning. How you doing . How is everybody . Like this . Totally planned it. Didnt you do it last weekend, too . We did. It was the opposite. I had on the red. We were in the mood. Snl, i watched the first half hour. Im never going to make it especially if youre on this shift make it to the end of the show. Look at this. Sir Paul Mccartney. Just popped out. No announcement. Hey, ill join in on that one. So much fun. Well talk more about that. For sure. Lets get to the top story. That bomb, or suspected bomb, on an air France Flight overnight. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in london with more. Good morning. Air france says the bomb squad investigators are still working to confirm whether this device found in an airplane bathroom actually contained explosives. A kenyan official says six passengers are being questioned in connection with this threat. The air france 777 was flying mauritius to paris overnight, when the device was found. The pilots requested an Emergency Landing in kenya, and the flight was diverted to mombasa. The emergency slides were used to evacuate more than 400 passengers and crew on to the tarmac. The passengers and crew were bused to local hotels. Some questioned by the kenyans. One passenger said everyone was calm during all of this. People on board, he said, thought it was a technical problem. The plane just went down, slowly, slowly, slowly, so realized something was probably problem. But the person of air france, which was wonderful, kept everybody calm and quiet. We didnt know what was happening, actually. This, of course, comes after the downing of the russian passenger jet full of tourists over egypt october 31st. Moscow said a bomb brought that plane down. Islamic state claimed responsibility. This is the fourth air France Flight to be diverted now in a harry and erica, the other three cases all turned out to be hoaxes. Kelly cobiella, thank you so much. The democratic debate was last night. The night began with an apology and quickly moved on to the issues. We have coverage from Kristen Welker in new hampshire. Good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. It was a night largely dominated by Foreign Policy and the fight against isis, but the controversy over the Sanders Campaign inappropriately accessing the clinton campaigns voter files also loomed large. We learned late last night in addition to firing one staffer, the caraign now suspended two more. I apologize. Reporter eager to put the data breach issue to rest, Bernie Sanders quickly apologized. Apologize to secretary clint i want to apologize to my supporters. Reporter clinton agreeing, it was time to move on. I dont think the American People are all that interested in this. Reporter the debate pivoted to an issue many voters are interested in. Foreign policy. With clinton slamming trumps controversy rhetoric. He is becoming isis best recruiter. They are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter but clinton came under fire for sounding an optimistic note on isis. We now finally are where we need to be. Reporter republicans pounced. Jeb bush said, were not where we need to do. Bernie sanders arguing shes weak on National Security. Secretary clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Reporter sanders and clinton clashing at almost every turn. Hillary clinton . Everybody should. Will Corporate America love a president sanders . No, i think they wont. Reporter there were heated moments. Martin omalley hitting his opponents on guns. The flipflopping, political approach of washington, we need common sense. Lets calm down, martin. Lets tell the truth, martin. Reporter and some levity. Clinton, at one point, a few seconds late, after a commercial break. Sorry. Reporter the Democratic Front runner surging in the polls, showing swagger with a memorable closing like. Thank you, good night and may the force be with you. Secretary clinton went into the debate with a 31 point lead nationally over Bernie Sanders. By all accounts, there was no major shakeup last night. Kristen, thank you. Another big day of campaigning today for the president ial candidates. On saturday, jeb bush had his harshest words yet for donald trump. Nbcs kasie hunt is covering that story. Reporter donald trump bringing his family here to iowa but not letting up on his attacks less than a week before christmas. tis the season for family and good cheer. Merry christmas, right . Reporter in iowa yesterday, donald trump offering praise for vladimir putin, who called trump bright and talented. Actually, hes right. I am brilliant, you know that. Reporter trump didnt have kind words for some of his republican rivals. Bush, no, its just sad. Hes tough, right, hes tough. Reporter jeb bush in new i have to get this off my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. Reporter the rest of the republican field keeping in that same holiday spirit. Chris christie taking marco rubio to task for missing another big vote. This time, on the bill that funds the government. Senator rubio, listen, if youre going to say youre opposed to something, how about showing up to work and voting no . Right . Thats the minimum you should have to do. Reporter rubio in south carolina, again, defended his absence. Im running for president and, unfortunately, that means that sometimes, i wont be able to get there in time to vote on things. Reporter even with all that feuding, the candidates still found a way to remind voters of whats really important. Especially this time of year. Thank you for supporting my grandpa, and thank you for being here on this beautiful day. Have a very good christmas. The crowd loved trumps this to be the last word before the holiday. Chris christie is still on the trail this weekend, and donald trump campaigns in michigan on monday. Harry . Thank you so much. Chuck today is moderator of meet the press and joins us this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning. Last night, we heard a little bit of this in kristens piece. Who comments that stood out that Hillary Clinton made about isis, this one talking about video of Donald Trumps speaking being used and, also, were getting where we need to be on isis. How much can those two comments haunt her moving forward . The first is, theres no proof of this yet. There have been plenty of security folks that have warned. There have been plenty of intelligence officials that have been concerned that Donald Trumps comments, that Donald Trumps proposal, would be used as propaganda. But the propaganda doesnt exist yet. Its not there. Theres no so she said it so declaratively. Its just not true. Heres something that could have shed used the words could be, and she didnt. It leads to the idea shes being untruthful or going over the top. I think what shes basically saying is, i support p sident obamas strategy on isis. What hes doing now is the strategy i support. Okay. Guess what . President obamas job Approval Rating on Foreign Policy is about the same place right now as george w. Bushs was in december 2007. The public rejected george w. Bush, largely because of the Foreign Policy. That has to be something shes concerned about. If shes attached to the hip on president obama with National Security and people dont like where were going, its a problem. Chuck, last night during the debate, Bernie Sanders is behind nationally to clinton. Has a tiny lead in new hampshire. Was there a moment last night hell get traction, hes off like a rocket ship . I didnt see it. Look, it goes back to the issue we were just talking about. Bernie sanders problem now is this is turning into a National Security election. Yes, the jobs and the economy are still number one but, boy, National Security is a close number two. That is in Hillary Clintons wheel house. She has been hugging him on domestic policy, not going as far to the left as Bernie Sanders proposed, but not trying to create as little space as possible. He was certainly comfortable on the antiwall street rhetoric, but because of the National Security change, i didnt see it. Jeb bush said donald trump was a jerk. Fought with him during the debate earlier this week. Is there any oxygen in jeb bushs campaign . Look, i think this is the last best hope he has. If i were him, id be doing this, too. Getting in fights with donald trump hasnt been good for other scandidates, but you know, i think theres an odd bit of freedom. What did Janice Joplin once freedom is when you have nothing left to lose. Cue a little janice. Harry, we have lost the audience now. He has nothing left to lose. Theyll be watching you in a little while. Appreciate it. Chuck todd, meet the press, with an exclusive interview with House Speaker paul ryan. Sheinelle following a developing story. A plane vanishing off the radar in california. Investigators are heading to california after the small plane disappeared overnight. The single engine plane was en route from san jose to las vegas when the pilot issued a may day call. Search teams have located possible debris from the plane near bakersfield, but no sign of survivors. In los angeles, one man is dead after a Police Shooting overnight, the 26yearold was being evaluated after an earlier altercation with police. Authorities say he was initially cooperative but turned violent after he was released to police. Er staff said police tried to subdue the man with a stun gun, but he was fatally shot after reaching for an officers gun. The l. A. Times says hes the 20th person shot and killed by onduty Police Officers in l. A. This year. A shooting sent shoppers running for their lives on saturday. A 19yearold was injured in the leg as shots rang out. Some shoppers were trampled and others hid under garment racks. Police are looking for a suspect. The family of the gunmen in the San Bernardino massacre returned to home, the first time they were seen in public since the attack. They removed baby gear that belonged to farooks daughter. The chair of the house judiciary visa was sloppily approved. It was not clear whether tashfeen and farook met in person, which is mandatory. A school broke the Guinness World record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters. More than 3,400 fans showed up in holiday sweaters, beating the record just shy of 1,200 held by a university in england. They tell me, no surprise here, the holiday sweaters sold out in the town. Amazing. Couldnt find a holiday sweater. Thanks. Dylan dreyer has a look at the weather. It finally snowed in buffalo. This is the longest buffalo had the city itself, just about a trace. You go just outside the city, we had 3 to 6 inches, enough to make the roads slippery, especially when youre not used to it. Some parts of western new york picked up three feet of snow. The famous tug hill plateau gets slammed when you have the lakeeffect snow. It wont last long. The warm air will replace the cold this week. 21 in pittsburgh. 33 in chicago. As we go into the end of next week, were looking at record warmth, especially for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Thursday, 46 in chicago, which is really 12 degrees above average. 70s in new york and d. C. On Christmas Day, well be in the 50s and 60s. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Now, heres a peek out your window. Good morning, everyone. Now but not as chilly and not as windy as yesterday. A High Temperature of 43 degrees. Right about where we should be this time of year. Lots of sunshine and blue skies to enjoy. Great day for some lastminute holiday shopping. Time is ticking. Overnight tonight, mostly clear. Low of 37 degrees in the city. Then the warming trend begins starting tomorrow. Up to 52 for your high on monday. We dont stop there. Into the 60s by the middle of the week. Chance of rain tuesday night, wednesday, and into thursday. Thats your latest forecast. I couldnt help but notice in the video, buffalo, it snows a lot there, rtght . Yes. This much snow and there is a car in the median. The first snowfall throws everybody offer, no matter where you live. I dont know where im going. Good observation. If you are a procrastinator this is obably your favorite time of year. Only five days left. Get all the president s who is thinking about debates . Presents under the tree. If youve waited to get started, youre not alone. Nbcs ron mott is down in Herald Square with tips for you lastminute shoppers. Ron, good morning. Reporter hey, harry. Good morning to you. The type as are long gone. Its time for the rest of us now. More elbow room. I should tell you, a lot of the topselling gifts are probably gone by now, as well. Keep that in mind as you go in so you get the most out of these frenzied final days. With Super Saturday in the rear view, the drive is on to get lastminute shoppers into stores. An estimated 17 of tamericans, nearly 1 in 5, hadnt even started to check off their lists a week before christmas. But dont fret. Theres plenty of time left if you get going now, like these folks at new yorks Herald Square in weekend. Its hectic, definitely hectic. Lines are long. But the selection, theres a lot of selections. Its awesome. Typical new york crowd. Didnt expect anything less than this. Reporter why wait so late . Good deals, thats why. As much as 40 of the seasons sales come ten days before christmas. Retailers extending store hours, offering Free Shipping and discounting prices on less popular items. Most of the steepest discounts can be on apparel. Not just the winter coats and scarves and hats. Electronics, of course. Even some home goods. Reporter here are a few tips to relieve your crunch time shopping stress. Order online and pick up at the store. Youll save time standing in lines. Take advantage of free gift wrapping. Let the pros handle that. Be on the lookout for stackable coupons, allowing multiple discounts on a single purchase. If overwhelmed, stop and pamper yourself with a relaxing massage. Shopping doesnt feel good unless you do. Be patient and enjoy being here in new york city and shopping. Is be kind. Roporter whatever your mood or strategy or whatever ends up in your bags, remember, its the thought that counts. All right. Now, heres another Silver Lining to all this madness going on now. Its the weather. Dylan talked about it. Its spectacular in a lot of the country thats used to bitter cold and snow. Even though youll have to fight the crowds, youll have a good time getting there. Harry . Ron mott in front of macys, thank you very much. Two of snls most successful and wellloved alums. Tina fey and amy poehler returning to host saturday night live. When you pair them with the boss, theres no way this cannot be a fantastic show. Show. Its now on break for a month. But it ended on a high note. Reporter amy poehler and tina fey have been getting laughs and making each other we have been friends fo like 20 years. Plenty of new material. Second life. Say water. Reporter make sure to bring back some old favorites. Tina fey glasses. Reporter in a dream sequence, Hillary Clinton meets up with yourself from 2008. Hello, hillary. In 2008, i got closer to the white house than this gal did. No, no, no. Yes, i need to get back to 2008 and send a bunch of emails. No reporter there was a return to the weekend update desk and musical numbers. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow i really cant stay reporter including a video parody celebrating their friendship. With a guest appearance from amy schumer. Is this not a charity thing . Reporter their appearance is timed with the release of their new movie sisters. I like the story it tells reporter sisters is up against an unstoppable force. There were gags throughout the show. In our new movie, star wars. Reporter star wars may rule the weekend, but the boss owns saturday night. Springsteen sang two songs but came back to close out the show with santa claus is coming to town. With no hint or announcement, Paul Mccartney dashed on stage to join the celebration. Santa claus is coming to town i think of all the guys who were sleeping outside, waiting. The other day, the line was wrapped around the buildings. What are you waiting for . Tina fey amy poehler worth the wait. Absolutely. So good. Still to come, a special story for the holiday season. About how one of santas helpers was saved by a group of dedicated doctors. Back after this. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. 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Reporter a prayer vigil will be held here later this afternoon, but you can see already the street here is closed off and the barricades are up. The Police Commissioner will join in with the mayor. Theyll join the officers families and theyll remember those officers who were killed here one year ago today. Rafael ramos and wenjian liu were executed while in their patrol car. The shooter killed himself shortly after the murders. Officers from all over the country came out to pay tribute here at the spot where liu and ramos were killed. Tens of thousands attended their funerals. Both were posthumously promoted today, plaques will be dedicated in their honor at the 84th precinct where they both worked. Lori bordonaro reporting. Shoppers hit the malls and stores in huge numbers this weekend, scooping up bargains on Super Saturday. One retailer cut the price of hats, gloves and sweaters sitting too long on the shelves because of warm weather. Last year this weekend brought in a record 23 billion. This year could top that. Lets check the weather. Today, sunny with a high of 43. Tonight, a low of 37. It gets warmer and warmer as we go forward. Monday, milder to start the workweek. Tuesday, keep the umbrella handy. Look at Christmas Eve. 70 degrees. That could be a record breaker. Now stay tuned for more of weekend today. See you with local news at 10 00. This just in. The final countdown to christmas is here. Wait what . Gary, is this teleprompter right . Sweet molasses i need to start 10 off gift cards at target. Today only. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. The why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. I got ahold of jebs birth certificate and, full disclosure, his real name is jebra. Thats not true. That is true. Yes, it is. Jebra, jebra. 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Looking for a gunman after ting rang out shot ings shots rang out in a crowded holiday mall. The mall was shut down for a short time. One person was shot in the leg. We begin this half hour with a debate over freedom of speech, as a University Professor faces possible termination for controversial comments he made about the sandy hook massacre and other shootings. Were hearing from the professor himself. Heres kerry sanders. Reporter this morning, james tracy says he stands by his controversial claims, even though it may cost him his tenure. The florida University Professors theory is shocking. That the shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. The family of one victim, 6yearold noah, said the professor sent them a certified letter. The letter made public when published online, demands the parents provide proof of their at tracys home, no apologizes. Do you accept the fact that the little boy died at sandy hook . I dont. You do not . No. Because . We have a whole book on it. Nobody died at sandy hook. Nobody died at sandy hook . Thats the name f the book. Reporter on wednesday, administrators announced tracy faces termination but wouldnt comment on why. That coming a week after noahs parents wrote an oped, saying tracy personally sought to bring us anguish. You suggested this little boy never existed, did you not . I asked for verification of the party, the family, their relationship to the boy. And you dont think that was inconsiderate, obnoxious, uncalled for . No, i dont. Reporter legal expert kendall coffey. Doesnt guarantee a job when somebodys gone too far, and here he crossed the line. Tenure is no protection. Tenure is no immunity. Reporter because the school is on winter break, the decision on whats next wont be official until january 4th. For today, kerry sanders, nbc news, florida. Time to take a little look at the weather. Finally started snowing some places. Its going to be 67, though, on Christmas Eve here. Recordbreaking heat across the eastern half of the country as we get into christmas time. Today, its still snowing in the sierra mountains, also up through the olympics and cascades. Were also looking for as much as another 5 to 7 inches along the coast. Especially northwestern california. There, you see where we could end up with our highest rainfall totals. Its been day after day of the storms making their way off the pacific. For mountain snow, could see for all you folks heading out on a ski vacation for your holiday, i mean, it is just ideal out near park city, utah. Were seeing the snow pile up. Across the eastern half of the country, still chilly. Below average for this time of year. The warmup moves back in wednesday. Thursday and even Christmas Day itself. Tomorrow, we will start to see temperatures ever so slightly begin to warm back to the 50s. Thats a look at the weather across the country. Now, heres a peek out your window. Good morning, everyone. A little chilly out there right now but not as chilly and not as windy as yesterday. A High Temperature of 43 degrees, right around where we should be this time of year. Lots of sunshine and blue skies to enjoy. Great day for lastminute holiday shopping. Overnight tonight, mostly clear, down to a low of 37 degrees in the city. Another chilly night ahead. Then the warming trend beginning starting tomorrow. Up to 52 for your high on monday. We dont stop there. Into the 60s by the middl of the week. Chance of rain tuesday night, wednesday, and into thursday. Thats your latest forecast. On to an up close and personal look at what is going to be a Star Attraction at the Smithsonian National zoo. Be ae bae bae was born over the summer. Hes crucial to the species survival. Theres only 1,600 left in the wild. Reporter bae bae has had a busy week. Meeting some members of the Washington Press and to the whirling clicks of cameras. 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This morning, a special story for this season of kindness, about a santa in kansas who brings joy and laughter to children every holiday season. This year, almost proved too difficult for him to do so, for more reasons than one. With some help from a special group of doctors at the kansas hospital, santa kept the smiles on all the childrens faces. Rehema ellis has his story. Reporter for years, alan and lori young had a christmas tradition. He played santa, and she was his mrs. Claus. She had a long red coat with would read the night before christmas. Reporter last year, alan lost his beloved wife. She had cancer and passed away the 28th of december. I was thinking of not doing santa claus last year, and she said, no, dont upset the kids. To her, it was all about the kids. Reporter keeping it all about the kids wouldnt be easy. He neglected himself to take care of his wife, and his leg looked bad. Thats when i told him, amputation is a real risk. Reporter a risk alan couldnt imagine. He said, i can do it with a prosthesis, but i nt kids on my leg. Santa claus cant have one leg. Reporter a sentiment that hit close to his doctor. He told me id get coal if i didnt save his leg, so it became personal. Reporter as fate would have it, the kansas City Hospital on 39th street came up with a miracle of its own. A miracle on 39th street, they the doctor called me up and says, how would you like a knee for christmas . I said, it would make my day. Reporter so this month, alan got to suit up again. Being santa claus is one of the most important things for me. To see the smiles on childrens faces. Do you drink water or hot chocolate more . Probably hot chocolate. Its a tough journey, and this is what you told me you wanted to do. Really appreciated when you told me the first time we met, that you would do everything you could to keep my leg. Are you ready for a visit . Reporter that day, alan young walked to every childs room, honoring a promise he made to his wife, in keeping their Family Tradition alive. Merry christmas. Reporter for today, rehema so sweet. Nice story for the season. Ahead, whats your word . How that question is shaping conversations and also creating meaningful jewelry, after these messages. You forgot the milk thats lactaid. Right. 100 real milk, just without the lactose. So, no discomfort . Exactly. Try some. Mmm, it is real milk. Lactaid. 100 real milk. We are back on a sunday morning with the story behind a bracelet that has a lot of people talking. Sheinelle has that for us. I have three of them. I love them. The man who created these bracelets wanted to find a way for people to communicate in a meaningful way. He had no idea when he started his jewelry, itd be snatched up so quickly and by so many celebrities. Reporter beyonce, surrender. Michael bolton, compassion. Larry king, why. These bracelets, a celebrity favorite. The man who invented them says hes not running a jewelry company. I dont want this to become a gimmick or a fad. Reporter hes talking about my intent project, a project he started two years ago with the sole mission of spreading positive energy into the world. Were all hungry for something deeper, meaningful, reporter he started my intent as a side project to encourage people to think about the purpose of their life. Its simple. Just a string and a circle engraved with a word of your choosing. Whether its your dream for the future or Something Special to you. For the first ear, it was just a passion. It was just a gift i gave ive made and given away thousands of peoplan. Reporter that all changed one night when he saw jayz in the corner of a club and made him one with the word bl i said, i have a gift for you. Reporter jayz was so taken by the project, he invited him to a brunch. He made a bracelet for kanye west. I open my instagram and see the time. Com account with a photo of kanye wearing the bracelet on the cover. I thought somebody photoshoped it. Moment he realized it was more than a passion project. How has instagram and social media changed what you do . We wanted to encourage people to share their word. Social media has been powerful for us. Reporter today, his bracelets have been sold in more than 50 countries, and thats without any advertising at all. I love it. Reporter im a proud owner of one, as well. My word . Purpose. I feel like what i do for a living is bigger than me. If the day is long, i miss taking my 5yearold to school that one day, if i remind myself im living my purpose, theyll be better and ill be better and it keeps me going. Thank you so much. It is such an honor to meet you. I said it was an honor to meet you, and i really meant it. Every once in a while, youll do a story when youre touched by the person you interview. He has a wonderful spirit. He was working on facebook, i put ha ids initials on there. I picked grateful. I got carried away. I thought those were for us, but theyre yours. What would your word be . Grateful. Harry . Peace. I thought family. Family. I would encourage you at home to think about your word. Its hard to come up with one word that encompasses everything you feel and believe. I tell kids, what you think about you bring about. If youre looking at a word, purpose or grateful or peace, i feel like you channel that. I think s a win. Say it again. What you think about you bring about. Believe it. Great. Just ahead, you know where were going . Where . Minneapolis. Lets do it. Sounds of the season when we come back. 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. I decided to tell the story of our life together. Spoiler alert we live happily ever after. At jared, we only sell one piece of jewelry. The pandora bracelet you had created just for her. And ackgs waiting for you. At jared. Start the interview with a firm handshake. Ay,no dont do that try head shoulders instant relief. It cools on contact, and also keeps you 100 flake free. Try head shoulders instant relief. For cooling relief in a snap. The final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. We are back this morning with sundays with harry, one of our favorite parts of the week. This time of year, its easy to get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of the lidays. Sometimes the season feels like its going by in a blur. Sometimes amidst the din, you hear a sound that gets your attention. Reassuring, beautiful, a sound from above. Reporter a city can be a lonesome place. Even one as minnesota nice as minneapolis. On a cold wi ters night, some comfort and even maybe joy can be found in the sound of bells. [ bells tolling ]. Stipulations. Reporter she was on staff at Central Lutheran Church ten years ago, when the church built a sevenstory tower, a plan that had been abandoned during the depression. Way up top, they put a keyboard that plays bells. 47 of them. As soon as the bells started ringing, so did rebeccas phone. People would call us and say, we love to hear the bells. Im driving home from work and i hear the bells. Reporter it got rebecca to thinking. I realized there are these wonderful bell installations all over town, and some were silent. They needed repaired. I thought, if we organize and coordinate, we can do great things in our cities, with all these bells. Reporter so city of bells was formed. Are there a lot of churches in town where the bells just werent ringing anymore . Absolutely. In fact, our first project was st. Marks cathedral. 1998 and 2000, beautiful bells, but they were dormant. Reporter until this fall when the bells began ringing again. [ applause ] for centuries, bells were the heralds of society. They announced the time of day and entertained with song. Haeporter rebecca hopes that one day, all the bells in the city can ring in unison. To mark special holidays and days of remembrance. Its the wonderful tone and then the pause. The reminder that we are part of a community, that we are in this together. Reporter up in the tower the biggest one. It weighs as much as a toyota rav 5. Reporter we were shown how it is played. Youre hired. Reporter the gorgeous bells cast in france, ringing out sounds of the season. Sounds for all to hear. They reach out and touch us deep in our heart. Its like god is saying, i am with you. Beautiful. It was neat to go up there, right . So cool to be up there. Theres something about the sound. All these churches now around the minneapolis area saying, were going to get our bells fixed. Well get them going again. Was it loud up there, close to the bells . Oh, yes what . Whatd you say . I used to hear in this ear. We were talking earlier about our favorite christmas songs. Harry smiths favorite may surprise you. Cue it up. Were all fans. I was so excited when you said that. So many dimensions to harry smith. This is the perfect sound track for a stroll to the orange room. We love a good toast on the today show. I dont like being in front. You dont like being in front . How beautiful is this . Oh, my goodness. This is gorgeous. A toast, as everybody is so many people heading off for their holidays. Thank you. There you go. We can do it again in the new year. We have more to toast for. To a wonderful 2015. Cheers. To our incredible staff. You see some of us but not all the hard working folks behind the scenes. Thanks to our good friends who we are lucky to work with every weekend. Tune into meet the press this morning for chucks exclusive interview with House Speaker paul ryan. Theyve been getting a lot done. Thank you for joining us. Have a wonderful, merry christmas, and well see you after your holiday. Have a great day. Kathie lee, eat your heart