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A major milestone. Meryl streep responding after rose mcgowan slams her over the Harvey Weinstein scandal. What the actress is saying about mcgowans claims she knew about weinsteins behavior and did nothing. Those stories, plus, was a rat responsible for the massive blackout at the Atlanta Airport . Jesus was here. Rare access to some of jerusalems holiest sites, as the world gets ready to celebrate his birth. And you know the grinch is stealing christmas. The little boy who called 911 because he thought the grinch was stealing his christmas. A story that will make your heart grow three sizes today, tuesday, december 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Thats a pretty shot. A tuesday morning. Getting close to christmas. Boy, what a scene outside seattle, that train that derailed. Its just horrific. Could have been even worse. Its hard to believe that is the first time it had been on the tracks there and that happened on day one. Our top story. And the new information we have on the Train Derailment in washington state. We now know, it was going 80 Miles Per Hour at the time, in a 30mileperhour zone. Gadi schwartz has the latest for us from the scene. Gadi, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah. There were 80 passengers onboard, along with 5 crew members, when this train derailed. Three people were killed, dozens more hurt, some of them critically. And now, we know that the train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour, on a stretch of track when it should have been going only 30. Oh, my god. That train is derailed over the freeway. Reporter this morning, new questions as to what caused the catastrophic crash of amtrak train 501. Oh, my god. Yo. Reporter overnight, ntsb investigators recovered one of the recorders from the rear of the train. The train was going 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mileperhour zone, as it tack took a curve and threw off the rails. Our mission is to understand why it happened and to recommend changes to prevent another tragedy from happening again. Emergency. Emergency. We are on the ground. Reporter amtrak 501, which runs from seattle to portland, left its first stop at 6 00 a. M. It was nearly halfway through its trip, passing through populated areas, when it derailed south of dupont at 7 33 a. M. Everything was fine. And then, suddenly out of the clear blue, there was no warning of any kind. Next thing you know, part of my body was underneath the car, on the gravel. Reporter some cars crashing down on busy highways at rush hour. Ive never seen this many injured people outal once. Reporter the priority, question the crew about the tracks condition and any obstructions and take a closer look at the trains black boxes, which could reveal if the engineer ever hit the brakes. The train was riding on newly upgraded tracks, part of a 180 million amtrak project, designed to provide Faster Service for commuters. This stretch of track had not been equipped with positive train control, a system that keeps trains from crashing. In 2013, local mayor don anderson sued to halt the project over safety concerns, issuing this warning just two weeks ago. Come back when there is an accident and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements. Reporter now, the worst fears realized as the trains maiden run turns into tragedy. As you can see back out here live this morning, this crash has still shut down the southbound lanes of i5 from seattle to portland. As for that critical safety feature, the positive train control. Were told that is supposed to be installed next year. Gadi, thank you very much. For more on the investigation, lets turn to tom costello. You covered so many of the train crashes. Give us the priorities for investigators right now. Reporter the First Priority is going to be interviewing the engineer. That will happen within a few days. And investigators will want to know if he was fully in control of that train. Why did the train fail to slow from 80 down to 30 Miles Per Hour into the curve. Did he see the posted signs . Were the brakes working . Or was he distracted in some way . Theyll be looking at his phone to see if he was using it just before the crash. Amtrak prohibits engineers from looking at their phones when theyre running the train. They will be taking blood and urine samples to see if there was any drug or alcohol use. And they will ask him about the train and the condition of the track. Did he notice anything unusual about the track on this inaugural run. They have the trains black boxes. That will give them a full readout on the speed, on the braking, how the train was reform performing. They are moving fast to preserve what they call perishable evidence. Anything on the scene that could be damaged by the weather or others out there, as well. They need to document every inch of the crash scene, the cars, the track, the signals, all of that. Theyll be interviewing other crew members, passengers and witnesses, and looking at the trains onboard cameras, outward facing and inward facing. After the philadelphia crash that killed eight and injured more than 200, amtrak moved fast to put the inward facing cameras in the locomotives. And lastly, you mentioned positive train control. Ntsb has been adamant on this. Positive train control saves lives. Theyll look at the reasons why it was not yet active on this stretch of track, which is, by the way, run by sound transit. Why was it delayed . And of course, it may be at another example of where ptc could have made the difference. All right, tom. A lot to unpack there. We move to politics and what could be a monumental day for the president. After days of talk and debate, lawmakers are set to vote on the republicans tax bill. This is the most dramatic overhaul of the tax code in decades. Kasie hunt has the latest. Kasie, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. President trump and his Republican Party are expecting a triumphant day here on capitol hill. The president said he wanted a tax bill before christmas. And this morning, it looks like he will be getting what he asked for. This morning, republicans are on the brink of their first major legislative victory under President Trump. With the house expected to pass a sweeping rewrite of the tax code later today. The senate, soon to follow. We will get it on the president s desk, for him to sign into law before christmas, as we pledged. Reporter republicans have the votes they need, even without senator john mccain, who is recovering in arizona from complications in cancer treatment. What does the plan mean for your taxes . Most americans will receive a tax cut. With lower individual rates for each income level. For families, a bigger child tax credit. The corporate rate slashed from 35 to 21 . The republican bill has Major Political risks the it repeals the obamacare mandate, requiring people to buy health insurance, which can cause premiums to spike. And the bill caps the amount of state, local and pratt toperty that you can deduct at 10,000. And republicans could be paying a political price, with a new poll showing nearly half of americans disapprove of the tax plan. Vote no on this bill. Reporter on capitol hill, lastminute protests outside congressional offices and from democrats. The bill, in short, is a cynical onetwo gut punch to the middle class. Reporter all this as Congress Faces another deadline. Lawmakers must pass a spending bill by friday or risk a government shutdown. Lawmakers on both sides say that wont happen. But with House Republicans demanding a full year of higher defense spending and Senate Democrats insisting on higher domestic spending to match, its risky brinksmanship, with less than a week until christmas. Republicans are now talking about also including as much as 80 billion in this funding bill for Disaster Relief funding for those hurricanes. But that could complicate everything further. And there are some on capitol hill who are increasingly nervous about how theyre going to avoid a shutdown right before christmas. Kasie, thank you very much. Who are the winners and who are the losers . Stephanie ruehl is here to make sense of all this. Good morning. Good morning. Everyone says the big winner in this whole thing, you put corporations on top. Without a doubt. This is a bet on trickingdown economics. Republicans are betting, if you give corporations a break, they will hire more people, give them higher wages and build factories. By lowering corporations tax rates, in the high 30s and down to 21 , thats a huge break. Who else is going to benefit from that . Wall street. Wall street is getting a break because all along we heard, carried interest, which is another hookup. Trump said all along the trail he will get rid of the loophole that pads the pockets of hedge fund managers. Thats going to be in there. And a third tax preparers. This was supposed to simplify everything. Those tax preparers, those accountants are going to be working overtime because this isnt tax reform. Its a tax cut. If it was tax reform, you would be closing the loopholes and simplifying it. Without simplifying it, those loopholes exist. When they do, that will benefit the rich. The rich guy in the company can afford to have someone scratch this, change that and hook them up. If you have to do your own taxes, its harder. And the third, i would say, really gets hooked up, he doesnt like to say it. Is President Trump and his family. Thats because theyre in the real estate business. If youre in the commercial real estate business, you get to consider that passthrough business a partnership. You pay only 29 in taxes. It is somewhat disinjennous to say this is not going to help me. His soninlaw and 13 republican senators in real estate, its a big win for them. Lets talk about the losers. Every tax bracket is getting a tax cut. You put individuals on your losers. They are. Individual es are getting a cut. But its a temporary cut. If youre going to increase the deficit, which we are, by 1. 5 trillion, you have to pay for that somewhere. Individual cuts expire in 2025. Come 2026, we hope that gets renewed. But it might not. A lot matters what state you live in. You can make one income in one state and another state gets hammered. High tax states, highincome states, new york, new jersey, california, youre out of luck. Your property tax, you cannot deduct it. Thats a negative. But thats meant to subsidize some of the lower earning states. Its complicated. Glad to have you break it down. Hope trickledown works. A lot more to get to. Lingering problems for holiday travelers. The Atlanta Airport is getting back to business after that power outage that paralyzed the biggest airport on sunday. Kerry sanders is there for us. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The lines are slightly longer than normal because of that residual backup. For those who got caught up in this delay, it has been a miserable two days. This morning, a third day of headaches for fliers across the country, after an epic tenhour blackout after atlantas hartsfield airport, leaving passengers in a dark holiday mood. I feel like were in the third world. I dont want anymore delta cookies or pretzels. I was starving. I didnt eat for six hours. Reporter the worlds Busiest Airport back in business. But its not quite business as usual. Monday, 559 delays and 408 cancellations. Are the problems over with . We feel comfortable that they are. But were taking measures to make sure that things like this dont happen again. Reporter the nationwide meltdown of the air traffic system was sparked by an electrical spark, deep underground, causing a fire that burned through primary and backup power lines in atlanta. Network service is probably our most reliable service. We have rarely does it actually have a fault like this. Reporter but some have a gnawing feeling they know what caused it. Was this a rat chewing through some cables . I dont want to rule that out. But thats the next step for us, to get to the root of what caused it. Reporter what they have not found, at least not yet, that dirty rat. Savannah . Hoda may be giving some of the delta cookies and leave the wires alone. Kerry, thank you very much. Meantime, the Winter Olympics are less than two months away. And this morning, south koreas president is opening up to nbc news about what he is willing to do to ease tensions with north korea. Richard engel is in seoul this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. They will be here before they know it. The Winter Olympics. This time, in south korea. This morning, i spoke with the south korean president. He said, the venues are all ready. And he hopes, perhaps the games could ease tension with north korea. For months, north Korean Missile tests and threats of nuclear war have spread fear across the Korean Peninsula and beyond. But this morning, while inaugurating a new bullet train that will take visitors to olympic venues this february, south koreas president said he wants the upcoming Olympic Games to reflect their ancient spirit. What message are you sending through these games . Through the pyeongchang olympics, the Korean People will be able to spread a message of peace. Even though on monday, they accused north korea of launching the computer virus earlier this year, infecting 350 computers in 150 countries, president moon extended an open hand to the nations athletes. But no answer yet. Given the track record, north korea is likely to make the decision to participate in the olympics at the very last minute, he said. North koreans are generally banned from traveling to the south, when a soldier tried to defect, running over the border last month. He was shot. President moon said hes willing to consider dramatic steps to reduce tensions ahead of the olympics. Even curtailing frequent military exercises with the united states, which infuriate the north korean regime. It is possible for south korea and the u. S. To review the possibility of postponing the exercises. I have made a suggestion to the u. S. And the u. S. Is reviewing it. However, all this depends on how north korea behaves, he said. The south korean president said that foreign visitors should not have security concerns. And he does not believe north korea will try to disrupt the games. Back to you. All right, richard. Thank you very much. Al is here. Got a first check of the weather, including some storms that could affect holiday travel. Say it aint so. Id like to. Unfortunately, im not going to. Were looking at more rain in the pacific northwest. This is the storm system thats going to traverse the country. Cause being problems. Rain and mountain snows there. As we move into today, the pacific northwest, has the storms going on. Heavy rain, mountain snow. Seattle and portland, airports affected. Then, we move into thursday. The storm emerges on the east side of the rockies. Snow for denver on thursday. Minneapolis, probably going to be affected. I94, i80, as well. Now, we make our way into friday. Its a mess for the midwest, along i70, i40. Memphis and nashville, cincinnati, chicagos airport, detroit, all hubs going to have some problems. Well watch all the way down to dallas. As we move into saturday, the east gets into the act, from boston, jfk, la guardia, charlotte, into atlanta. Heavy rain, strong winds, all along this front. Were probably going to see big delays on saturday, as we move into sunday, as well. Were going to get to your good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Clouds came through overnight with a few sprinkles, but theyre starting to clear out. A good deal of sunshine today. Look at the temperatures this afternoon. 54 in the suburbs. Up to 56 in philadelphia. Thats 12 degrees above normal for this time of year. Clouds thinning out over new jersey. 55. At the shore, partly sunny, a bit breezy, and 57 degrees. Low 50s for the Lehigh Valley. More and more sunshine in delaware, up to 56. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Weather. Guys . Al, thanks so much. Coming up, meryl streep responds to criticism shes facing from rose mcgowan in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Well hear from her. And then, as millions of christians prepare for christmas, we will take you inside some of the bibles holiest sites. But first, this is today on nbc. Coming up, an nbc news exclusive. Three women who have accused Dustin Hoffman of Sexual Misconduct, speaking out in their first interview. And rossen reports a ill tell the world, ill sing a song its a better place since you came along since you came along your touch is sunlight through the trees your kisses are the ocean breeze everythings alright when youre with me and i hold my favorite thing i hold the love that you bring but it feels like ive opened my eyes again and the colors are golden and bright again theres a song in my heart, i feel like i belong its a better place since you came along the things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. In this home. 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That breaking news, a multivehicle pileup and fuel spill has shut down the westbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike between bensalem and willow grove. The crash happen around 6 00 this morning. State police tell us three tractortrailers and a car collided. Medics took two people to the hospital. Were working to find out their conditions. Hazmat crews are on scene handling a spill. Were about 100 where about 100 gallons of diesel fuel went down an embankment. Tap our nbc10 app for updates. Also, for getting around the scene, lets go to first alert traffic reporter, Jessica Boyington. Besides avoiding the p. A. Turnpike altogether on the westbound side, especially considering whenever we have a fuel spill, think of how long that could take to clean any of that stuff up. This could be closed for a long time. I would plan it out of your commute now. Westbound from that point around bensalem, closed, about you know, kind of tough when youre on the p. A. Turnpike because exits are far apart. About an eightmile stretch before we see traffic getting on again. Either way, your detours will take you time. You can take street road, 132. That goes up this way. Get on to 611, and head down south. Hop back on the p. A. Turnpike or avoid it altogether, take 95 heading toward philadelphia. Thanks. Well keep you updated on our nbc10 app. Now to weather, mild this morning. Meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Bill . Clouds came in overnight, kept in the heat left over from yesterday. Also, it had been giving us sprinkles this morning. The scattered, light showers, really not much left of them. You see a few in the Lehigh Valley, moving through fish and wildlife through philly, lower bucks county. Highs in the 50s. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. We need a Little Christmas right this very minute we need christmas. We got christmas. We got the Rockefeller Christmas tree. Its tuesday morning, the 19th of december, 2017. As awesome as views go, we dont have it too bad. We got this on one side. And behind us adorable, smiling people. This is a cool way to wake up every morning. It is. Good morning. And were glad youre with us. Were going to start with the headlines and the train tragedy in washington state. Catastrophic crash. Amtrak 501. Energy. Three killed and Dozens Injured when an amtrak train derailed at an overpass monday near seattle. All of a sudden, ended up on its side and everything went dark. Overnight, officials confirming the train was traveling nearly threetimes the speed limit at the time of the crash. The 85 people aboard the train, only 10 escaped unhurt. Key tax vote. Lawmakers are set to vote on the final version of the controversial republican tax bill. The largest overhaul in decades. We will get it on the president s desk for him to sign into law before christmas. The bill is a cynical onetwo gut punch to the middle class. Were engaged in a new era of competition. Forging a new path. President trump unveils his America First National Security plan, while blasting previous president s. To many of our leaders, who forgot whose voices they were to respect. And whose interests they were supposed to defend. Honoring a legend. No one will ever wear 8 or 24 again. The Los Angeles Lakers immortalize kobe bryant, making him the first player to have two jerseys retired at the same time. And welcome mr. President. I, donald john trump, do disney worlds hall of president s opens with a animatronic President Trump today. Tuesday, december 19th, 2017. How is that likeness . Was lloyd bridges our president . It looks like lloyd bridges. A little jon voight going on, too. We turn to the latest on the harassment scandals that are shaking hollywood. Meryl streep is speaking out about criticism shes facing from rose mcgowan over her response to whats been happening in the industry. And Stephanie Gosk is here with the back and forth. Steph, good morning. Reporter good morning to you guys. Since the Harvey Weinstein story broke, unleashing a cascade of Sexual Misconduct claims, hollywood has been onedge. The tension spilling over this week between the most highprofile women in the Metoo Movement and the most critically acclaimed actress the industry has ever known. Meryl streep is the unofficial matriarch of hollywood. Nominated for 20 Academy Awards and winning 3. I want to thank my manager, and god, Harvey Weinstein. Reporter rose mcgowan is the de facto leader of the Metoo Movement, one of the first to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. It cannot stand and will not stand. Reporter weinstein has denied allegations of sexual assault. Now, these two hollywood influencers are squaring off against each other. It started when streep said she would wear black to the golden globes, along with other actresses, to protest Sexual Harassment in the industry. On twitter, an outraged mcgowan, accusing streep of hypocrisying. Saying she remained silent. Maybe you should wear marchesa to the golden globes, a reference to the fashion line of Harvey Weinsteins wife, who left him in october. In a statement, streep responded to mcgowan, writing in part, i want to let her know i did not know about Harvey Weinsteins crimes. Wasnt deliberately sigh lensil. I didnt know. I dont approve of rape. Streep goes on to say she was never personally propositions by weinstein. And she had friends pass her number to mcgowan so they could talk. No call came. Im sorry she sees me as an adversary because were both, together with all of the women in our business, standing in defiance of the same implacable foe. A status quo that wants so badly to return to the bad old days, the old ways when women were used, abused and refused entry into the decisionmaking top levels of the industry. Mcgowan did not directly respond. But in a tweet on monday, she wrote, the marchesa line was beneath me. Im sorry for that. Adding, there is no map for this road im on. Other voices in the Metoo Movement are speaking out. Said, wow, you look great. Reporter addie zinone talked about matt lauer. In 2000, she was a 20yearold Production Assistant for the today show when the two had a consensual relationship. It was an abuse of power. I want to put a face and a story to these womens accusations because im seeing theyre being doubted. Reporter matt lauers representatives say they are not commenting on zinones story. He was fired for Sexual Misconduct in the workplace after a different woman came forward and told her story. By the way, coming up, in the next half hour, we have an exclusive interview with some of the women leveling disturbing allegations against Dustin Hoffman. Lets switch gears and head to mr. Roker and a check of the weather. Were looking at a lot of fog again today. Second day in a row. This time, 62 Million People impacted from texas up into kansas and all the way to florida. Quartermile visibility for tampa. Eight miles in atlanta. Thats better. Houston, dallas, down to a quartermile visibility, they have to extend out the takeoffs and landings. For today, a storm system coming into texas and through the carolinas by thursday. More rain by the end of the week. And parts of arkansas, in a severe drought. They can use some of the rain. Wearire looking for a wide zw t good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Clouds came through overnight with a few sprinkles, but theyre starting to clear out. A good deal of sunshine today. Look at the temperatures this afternoon. 54 in the suburbs. Up to 56 in philadelphia. Thats 12 degrees above normal for this time of year. Clouds thinning out over new jersey. 55. At the shore, partly sunny, a bit breezy, and 57 degrees. Low 50s for the Lehigh Valley. More and more sunshine in delaware, up to 56. Have a great day. Dont forget. You can get that weather anytime you need it. It. Check out our pals at the Weather Channel on cable. Thank you, al. Coming up, rare access inside of jerusalems holiest sites, as christians prepare to celebrate christmas. Also ahead, a terrifying moment. A stage collapses at a popular Music Festival. Then, a new rossen reports warning. 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With christians prepared to celebrate ye jesus birth, we go with kieir simmons to jerusalem where he was given access to some of the holiest sites. Were jealous. Merry christmas. Every christmas, thousands of pilgrims travel here to the holy land to be closer to jesus story. If youre sitting at home thinking you would like to come here at christmastime, thinking you never will, come with us, as we take you to some of the holiest sites in this city. Come with us, as we walk in jesus footsteps. Pilgrims from all over the world, walking in the places where jesus walked 2000 years ago. I once was lost reporter getting baptized in the river jordan. The same river as jesus. Its overwhelming. Reporter in jerusalem, i meet father david grainier, at the house where jesus is thought to have held the last supper. Take this. And divide it among yourselves. When the romans came, they destroyed the temple and destroyed this place, also. But they rebuilt it on the same place. Reporter the proof, said father david, is in the ancient stones outside. This size of rock could have come from the temple of jerusalem. This became the most important place spiritually for the first christians. Reporter here, the very stones on which jesus would have walked down to the gordon of gueethsemane on his last night. Normally, only the pope is allowed in here. First thing that strikes me when im here, is how peaceful it is and the torture that jesus was going through when he was said to be here. He knew what was coming. The whip. And the crown of thorns and the nails. He knew everything. But he stayed here. Reporter this, is place where judas kissed and betrayed him, according to the bible. And this church, built on whats thought to be the palace of the high priest, where they say jesus was interrogated. This is where he would have spent his last night, the night before his crucifixion, in the dungeon. He takes me to the old city, where jesus was crucified by pontius pilate. The roman fortress antonio. Thats where pilate would have been. Reporter the first station of the cross. Thats the first station. Reporter were walking in the footsteps of jesus. Following along the 14 stations of the cross. Weve reached the fourth station. Yes. Thats a place where jesus met his mother. This is the fifth station. Thats where simon of siren helped jesus carry his cross. Important footsteps over here. Reporter the church of the holy sepulcher. Underneath the altar, we can touch the rock in the place where the cross of jesus was. Reporter and the iviculae, thought to house jesus tomb, the holiest christian shrine of all. The expert on the tomb takes me inside. To come here for the first time and to imagine this is where jesus was resurrected, is aweinspiring. A journey to the heart of christian faith. Amazing. And tomorrow, we will dive right into the christmas story. We go to bethlehem, guys. And well have new twists. Savannah and hoda, we have Young Children around the same age. This is one of the assignments, i know youll know what i mean, when youre thinking, i cant wait to bring my children here at christmastime. So important to root this season in the history there. Thats right. Thank you, keir. Were going to switch gears. We have Sheinelle Jones in the orange room. Good morning. Were going to introduce you to the adorable boy who went to Great Lengths to make sure the grinch didnt steal his christmas. Christmas. Ohns disease. Youre more than just a bathroom disease. Youre a life of unpredictable symptoms. Crohns, youve tried to own us. But now its our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohns disease. Studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. Stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. 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Wwith three extrairstit helps, absorb channels. Rgreat. They stay up to three times drier so babies can sleep soundly all night pampers were back. 7 50. Sheinelle is in the orange room for carson with a new twist on a holiday classic. Tiler was watching videos online when he learned of the grinchs plan to steal christmas. He took matters into his own hands and called 911. Listen. This is the byran police department, we have a 911 hangup on this number. I just want to tell you something. The grinch is going to steal christmas. My dad is going to talk to you. This is 911. Im sorry. This is my son playing on the phone. Its fine. Its been the most interesting thing thats happened as far as 911 hangups for me. Oh, my goodness. Clearly, the 911 operator was amused. So was the officer, who heard about the call and decided to stop by the boys house. The officer reassured him that the grinch wasnt going to steal christmas. Look at this. Didnt stop there. He was invited down to the byran police department, where he was put in charge of officially locking the grinch up. He and the grinch shared some words and ended up on good terms. His brother posted the story on facebook writing, i can not make this up. Thank you so much. You made his night. One day, he wants to be a police officer. By saving christmas, hes off to a pretty good start. Thats awesome. That was great. Thank you, you can now reserve a car online and carmax will hold it for you up to seven days, for free. You come in when its convenient i know this because im from seven days in the future. Now dont be frightened, seven days in the future is a glorious place. After all you had two good hair days in a row. Perfect. Right out of bed. And this car you reserved on carmax. Com is still being held for you, for free. Pretty sweet. Or as we like to say from seven days in the future. Ah. We still say pretty sweet. Its basically the same. But on the inside, i feel chronic, widespread pain. Like most people. Fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. Fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. Im glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. For some, lyrica delivers effective relief for moderate to even severe fibromyalgia pain. And improves function. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. Common side effects dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those whove had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain, i can do more with my family. Talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. Whoo testis this thing on . huh . Cmon your turn mmmm. Where do pencils go on vacation . loud speaker pencilvania pencilvania laughing frosted just right. Crunch in every bite. Kelloggs frosted miniwheats. Take an extra 20 off when you spend 100 or more and get kohls cash for you short on time . Buy online and pick up free in store and starting thursday, stores are open 24 hours give joy, get joy at kohls. This holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. State farm. No family pays st. Jude fbecause all a family, should worry aboutd. Is helping their child live. And play. And definitely play. Visit stjude. Org or shop where you see the st. Jude logo. Coming up, the style squad is here with everything hot good morning, everyone. Im first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington with that breaking news. Were watching a few things. To start, the p. A. Turnpike moving through bensalem. Its not going to happen because were closed on the westbound side. There was a crash involving a tractortrailer, donald trump truck, and a few other vehicles that resulted in a fuel spill, as well. The westbound lanes are closed approaching mile marker 350. In between this point and toward the next exit on the p. A. Turnpike is an eightmile stretch. You have to detour around the scene. Street road is an alternate. You can get to 611 and head south to get to the exit to get you back on to the turnpike westbound. Either way, thats an eightmile stretch on the span alone. 295, almost at a standstill on the northbound side of 295. Near route 541, this is actually some of the backup. Up ahead, we have an accident scene there closing it on the northbound side including a tractortrailer thats jackknifed continue florence and 206. Take 206, 130, or the new jersey turnpike. Back to you. Thanks. Another traffic heads u. This is center city. This is a live picture. Philadelphia bicyclists are linking arms to demand that the city make their safety a priority. Theyre getting ready to form a human chain. The gathering here at 13th and pine in center city. This is where a truck hit a bike rider last week. Shes still in the hospital. The city has restriped lanes and announced safety measures. Riders say more needs to be done. Well keep you update on air and on our app. Today the first of several mail be and shipping deadlines kicks in for those looking for delivery by christmas day. Today is the last day to send firstclass mail that includes greeting cards. Tomorrow is the deadline for Priority Mail, and friday, december 22nd, last chance to send packages by Priority Mail express. Im tracy davidson. Well have another update in 25 minutes. While others just cook, at college inn we craft a deeper, richer broth because every detail matters. We carefully select our allnatural chicken and farm grown vegetables, purposefully blend the most flavorful herbs and spices, and finish with a long, slow simmer. The savory taste of College Inn Broth is the detail that helps you make any dish, and every meal delicious. College inn, delicious is in the details. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, breaking overnight, ntsb investigators now saying the train that flew off the tracks near seattle was traveling nearly threetimes the speed limit. Grabbed the seat in front of me and held on for dear life. With three People Killed and dozens more injured, officials and passengers are looking for answers. Were live on the scene. Plus, holiday hacked. Youre saying right now, she cant see a thing . Right. Shes totally blind to this whole thing. Jeff rossen puts amazons new Delivery Service to the test. A potential flaw have some people thinking twice. We can walk into the house and she cant see us . Exactly. From jewelry to clothes and makeup, all of the hot trends for these cold months and all under 100, today, tuesday, december 19th, 2017. Who do we have here today . This is pierce johnson. What are we celebrating . His third birthday. Graduated from high school. Survived semester at texas a m. Whats the last one . Be on the today show. Her students think shes grading their midterm. In the plaza instead. Bonjour from montreal, canada. I hear youre prepping for a pageant. The miss kentucky pageant. What are you doing today . Celebrating my 21st birthday. Six days until christmas. I love it. That was a Public Service announcement. Six more days for christmas. Nice to have you with us. What a festive bunch out there. Were coming out. We are. Lets get right to the news at 8 00. Federal investigators on the scene of the deadly Train Derailment in washington state. And overnight, they confirmed that the train was traveling 50 Miles Per Hour over the speed limit at the time of the crash. Nbcs Gadi Schwartz is in dupont, washington, with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. This train didnt just jump its tracks. It flew off a bridge. Let me show you what im talking about, live here. Those are crews right there. Theyre working to take this train apart, piecebypiece. And its incredible to think that there were 85 people onboard that train when it derailed. Three people have been confirmed killed. We know that dozens more were injured. And several of them are still in critical condition. Amtrak 501. Ener emergency, emergency, emergency. Reporter a highspeed train was making its inaugural trip when it flew around the tracks coming around a curve. Data collected from the rear black box confirming the train may have been going too fast. It was going 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mileperhour stretch of track. Our mission is to not just understand what happened but why it happened. A train car crashing down on the i5 highway blow, hitting a semi truck and other vehicles. Other cars dangling from above, nearly the entire train jumping the tracks. The amtrak 501 left his first stop at 6 00 a. M. The train derailing halfway through its trip at 7 33 in the morning. Initially, i thought it was an explosion. It was so dramatic. And loud. And totally disorienting. It felt like another car had hit us. People were screaming. At this point, i just grabbed the seat in front of me and held on for dear life. Reporter another woman, writing about her husbands story of survival on facebook. He was pinned under train car parts. The people in the seat behind him did not make it. It feels like a horror movie. State transportation officials had plans to activate positive train control on the lain next year, a safety measure that could have prevented this accident. Positive train control can prevent collisions with other trains or overspeed events, where the train is going too fast. Reporter lakewood mayor, don anderson, has been voicing safety concerns about the train line from the start, again as recently as two weeks ago. When somebodys killed and somebody from wash d. O. T. Tells me why they didnt put in the enhancements. Reporter the fastest train from portland to seattle is at the center of an investigation into a deadly derailment. As for the critical safety feature, the positive train control, were told by state transportation officials it was supposed to be installed and activated on these tracks next year. Savannah . Back to you. Gadi, thank you. Officials are trying to determine if weather was a factor in a deadly stage collapse that was caught on camera. A metal structure over the stage came crashing down, killing a deejay and hurting several other people. It happened during an electronic Music Festival in brazil. The winds were kicking up. The storm clouds were looming at the time. The show was held despite Severe Weather warnings of hail and heavy rain there. 8 05. And time for hodas morning boost. You know how dads like to embarrass their children. This dad went prehistoric. He wanted to embarrass his daughter. Thats tad as an inflatable trex. Waiting for his little girl. There she is on the bus. Got a little extra bounce in his step. Hey, honey. His daughter steps off the bus and goes, oh, no, dad. No, no. He tried to give her a hug with the trex arms. Anyway, this video has gone viral. More than 4 million times on facebook. Tads wife says, we love our dino dad. Happy to spread joy and happiness. I dont think thats the first time dad dressed up. No, dad. Not again. Love it. Much more to get to on a tuesday morning, including a little drama that Pitch Perfect 3 star Anna Kendrick ran into after leaving our studio on monday. And helping the families impacted by the devastating wildfires. First, a look at whats coming up on Megyn Kelly Today. The first woman to accuse Russell Simmons of Sexual Misconduct was on our show about a month ago. He called her a liar. Now, the number is up to 12 and two of them join us today in a megyn kelly exclusive. Megyn, thanks. All that and a new rozz r reports warning. The new Amazon Service where delivery people can bring packages into your home. But hackers have discovered a major security flaw. When someone is inside, youre seeing this on your amazon nick is a logistical mastermind. When it comes to moving packages on a global scale, nobody does it better. Hes also an avid cookie connoisseur. Dig in, big guy. But when it comes to mortgages, hes. Less confident. Fortunately for nick, theres Rocket Mortgage by quicken loans. Its simple, so he can understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes. Apply simply. Understand fully. Mortgage confidently. Rocket mortgage by quicken loans. Hey, guys. Where are the cookies for the. Bake sale . Bake. Bake sale . Need to bake in a hurry . Use new country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. Theres no softening required. So baking is delicious and easy. Ooh, cookies ah, ah, ah laughter ooh, cookies its raining men the weather girls its almost christmas dad. Hi. Hi. Nfor hollywoods biggest stars. And, with his vintageinspired collection at kay jewelers, he designs them for the star in your life. The inspiration for this ring goes back almost 100 years. Its based on an art deco design. Over 50 diamonds all handset. Thats my philosophy design it to be beautiful. Then make it perfect. Neil lane bridal. At kay. The numberone Jewelry Store for. Yes. Every kiss begins with kay. Were back with a new rossen report series, hacking your holiday. A dangerous flaw in amazons new technology that may leave your home vulnerable to thieves. Jeff rossen is here to show us about this. We talked about this right here on today. This is a peak time for amazon, as well, of course. The busy Holiday Shopping season. Now, hackers have figured out a loophole in the amazon key system that could allow the delivery person full access to your home and you would have no idea. Amazon knows about it and says theyve issued a Software Update. But Cyber Security experts say the vulnerability is still there. And this morning, youre about to see it in action. Did you know that now, we deliver here . Reporter its the new service for amazon prime members that has everyone talking. Free inhome delivery from amazon key. Reporter an amazon delivery person able to drop off your package at home. Amazon gives you this special lock and this camera. When the delivery person comes, you can watch it live on your phone, to make sure everything is okay. Or you can watch a recording of it later. But almost immediately after the launch, a Cyber Security company hacked the system. Exposing a flaw. The delivery person could have full access inside your home undetected. Okay. Were going to show you this hack in action. Weve taken over this house today with the permission of the homeowner. In fact, the homeowner, rochelle, is at a nearby cafe, watching everything on her amazon key app, watching the delivery in realtime as you normally would. Helping us is ben, playing the delivery guy today. You installed the amazon key system at this house this morning. The lock itself and the cloud cam, as well. Reporter the door is locked. We come up to the house. We have our package. Were unlocking the door itself with the app. Reporter thats the way its supposed to happen. Deliver the package. And we close the door and thats it. They were in and oen ound ou. All good. Reporter now, the hack. Hes able to disable the wifi and freeze the camera feed so it looks like nothing is happening on the front door. Were not showing you at home. But you have it set up. You hit the button. And youre saying just that fast almost instantly. Reporter the camera is disabled inside. We can walk into the house and she wont see us. Exactly. Reporter thats incredible. The amazon camera. Thats our nbc camera. Thats the amazon camera. Youre saying she cant see a thing. Right. Shes blind to this whole thing. In fact, look at the sidebyside. Thats our nbc camera on the left. The amazon camera is on the right. On our camera, you can clearly see us inside. But on the amazon camera, it looks like the house is secure and no one is there. Rochelle has no idea whats really going on. Everything looks as i left it. Reporter amazon was made aware of this vulnerability week ago and issued a Software Update, saying customers would be notified more quickly if the camera goes offline. For rochelle, it took less than a minute that she got a noti notification that the camera was unavailable. But no clear indication someone hacked it or was inside her home. While the Software Update may help, experts say it doesnt fix the problem itself. The camera can still be hacked. And the attack still works and the camera is still frozen. Reporter amazon telling nbc news, safety and security are built into every aspect of the service. And this poses little risk to custom customers. And the issue is with both wifi systems not with amazon software. The company saying it receives an alert if the door is unlocked for more than several minutes. Adding, each driver must pass a comprehensive background check before they can make inhome deliveries. What needs to happen here . Amazon needs to fix this. This is a design flaw in the whole system and puts users at risk. Reporter al screamed the question across the studio. What if you have an alarm system . The amazon key wont work if your Home Security system is activated. So, the Company Tells its customers to shut off their alarms during the fourhour delivery window. But our expert told us that could be dangerous, too, leaving your house vulnerable. Thats a great system. Jeff, i know you have a plan for tomorrow. More of our special rossen reports series. And this time, we talk about gift cards. Now, a security expert says hes found a major flaw with that card system at a popular retailer. Potentially allowing hackers to drain the money on your card down to zero before you even use it. Were going to tell you which store its happening at and how do you protect yourself . Thats tomorrow, right here on today. Merry christmas. Arent you giving away toys . When is that happening . He giveth and taketh away. Like a nightmare beginning part of the week and then, the toys later. You looking for the grinch, hes right there. Thank you, jeff. Lets look at whats trending today. This is the annual Maris College poll of the most annoying words and phrases. Were going to agree with the one top of the list. Coming in is the phrase no offense, but in second place, a new one. Fake news. Thats annoying. The secondmost annoying phrase of the year. And coming in at number one, for the ninth year in a row, a contender, whatever. It is the worst. 33 of americans agree. Worst word of 2017. We know it means you know what it means. Yes. If you could nominate a word that you hated and houlove. Im supposed to go first. Adulting. I dont like when millennials turn nouns into verbs. What does that mean . It means i paid my mortgage. Boring stuff. Doing grownup stuff. Mine is i think i hate it but i want to use it. Shes so extra. The class is so extra. Wesley in our control room uses that. When he says it, i like it. Its cool when he says it. I hate super. Super exciting. Super terrific. Its unless you have an s on your chest and a cape, stop. I might say super like that. Mine is whatever. This is compliments of brittany in the orange room. For reals . No. For realsys . Much better. She said that. Thats enough. We want to end on a high note. Favorite words from 2017. I like abriefs. I like to abbreviate my boards. Ovi. Totes like to abbrev. Mine is simple. Ready . What . Thats my favorite, too. I love it. Do the head thing, too . Allin. What . Seriously . I feel like seriously . Number two would be dilly dilly. Its coming on strong. What about you . Its more of a phrase that makes me happy. And thats arm party. You have fun arm parties. Love your little arm party. It makes them happy. You dont have to worry what youre wearing. An arm party is the bracelets is your arm party. Thats a good one. Want to take us to pop start . We have exciting, casting news to announce this morning. Jesus christ superstar the musical event, nbc has broadcast, has cast the lead. Any guesses . Milo, no. John legend. Wow. Golden globe, tony winning artist. Who is he playing . Jesus christ. Well. Legend is thrilled to be joining the production. The hit back in 1971. Andrew lloyd webber and tim price will executively produce the event. Jesus christ superstar april 1st, Easter Sunday on nbc. That voice. It will be hard to top. Anna kendrick, the actress was here yesterday. She went back to her hotel for a pit stop before heading to jimmy fallon. She hit one little snag. Her hotel caught fire. Take a look. Super. Thank you for saving us. Thank you for saving us. Thank you, thank you. So real. Yep. We are walking to fallon because the roads are blocked. Were walking to fallon. We managed to catch a cab. And were not on fire. The cab missed its turn. Were back to walking. I need to start following her. That was pretty good. It was super on fire, by the way. Youre welcome, al. Did make it to the tonight show just in time to sing christmas tunes with fallon. Finally, john stamos. The actor has been walking down memory lane. Yesterday, we shared this photo he posted with his dad. Now, it appears he has reunited with some of his former e. R. Cast members. We took a pic behind our general county doors. Stamos starred on the hit series from 20052009. Thats your pop start ladies and gentlemen. Lets get a check of the forecast. Todays weather is brought to you by kay jewelers. Every kiss begins with kay. All right. Were tracking christmas. And the chance of a white christmas, which means an inch or more of snow on the ground, from spokane to bend, poise boi casper, pierre, pittsburgh, same for you. Boston, youre probably going to see rain. But we will be looking at rain along the eastern seaboard. Again, were waiting for the rain snow line to start setting up. Ats whats going on athro good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A few spinning else but clouds starting to clear out a good deal of sunshine. Look at these temperatures. 54 in the suburbs, 56 in philadelphia. Thats 12 degrees above normal this time of year. Clouds thinning out over new jersey, 55 at the shore. Partly sunny a bit breezy and 57 degrees. Low 50s for the Lehigh Valley. More and more sunshine in delaware, 56. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. If youre heading out, check u out on sirius xm 108. In the meantime, we have new developments in the Sexual Harassment scandal surrounding oscar winner Dustin Hoffman. Cynthia mcfadden is here with the latest on this. Reporter good morning. Twotime Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman is considered one of the greatest actors of his generation. Now, five women have come forward, accusing hoffman of Sexual Harassment. This morning, three are sharing their stories exclusively with nbc news. Look, mrs. Robinson, i drove you home. Reporter known for iconic roles in the graduate, tootsie and rain man, Dustin Hoffman is a hollywood legend. Now, five women are accusing the icon of Sexual Misconduct. Three sat down with us. People go, how is it to work with dustin . And i tell the halftruth. As an actor working with him, i owe him everything. I learned so much. And then, i would stop. And there would be a knot in my stomach about what the real truth was. He was abusive and he was a bully. Reporter Katherine Ross costarred in the 1980 stage run of death of a salesman. Backstage, he repeatedly groped her during the show. One day, i felt his hand go up my thigh. And started to continue. He would get more and more aggressive. And try to go higher and higher and higher. I was, like he was the most famous actor in the world. At the top of his career. I was a nobody. Nobody was going to believe me. I think theres a message. Reporter in 1985, she appeared with him in the tv version of salesman. That is when anna hunter, a 17yearold intern at the time, claimed he harassed her. At one point, giving her a crude and sexually suggestive breakfast order. He stared at me. And everyone burst out laughing. And i backed out. I went to the bathroom and cried. Reporter she claims the actor humiliated her on set, demanding foot rubs and grabbing her bottom. He was suggestive in all of the conversations. When we were hanging out in his dressing room, he was talking about sex to other people. Asking me if i had sex. Reporter but hoffmans alleged behavior went beyond who he worked with. He dropped the towel. Reporter cory thomas was 16 years old and a friend of one of hoffmans daughters, when she says the actor came on to her, after the three spent a day together in new york. I had never seen a man naked in my life, at this point. It was an awkward, young girl. I had never kissed anyone. He got on the bend. And he said, i want you to give me a foot massage. Reporter thomas says, she was left alone with him while waiting for her parents to pick her up. Choosing to speak out now. As hard as it is, i think i wanted to choose truth over shame. No comment from mr. Hoffmans representatives. But hoffman apologized after anna hunter came forward saying, he feels, quote, terrible, that anything i might have put her through in an uncomfortable situation. It is not reflective of who i am. Hoffmans attorney previously called cory thomas allegations defamatory falsehoods. Interesting to hear those stories all these years later. Painful. And all of them worshiped him. I can see that. You can tell. Cynthia, thank you. Coming up, we brought in an expert to show you easy ways to wrap all those oddly shaped holiday gifts. Plus, our style squad is here. We need them to look fashionable all season long. First, a check of local news and weather. Good morning. Im katy zachry, a few moments before 8 30. Lets get a check on traffic with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. A few messes on major routes. Starting bensalem on the pa turnpike. Weve been watching this way into the morning commute. Westbound side near mile marker 53, were still closed. The traffic stuck back there getting by but either way its closed after this point. The next exit isnt for over eight miles around 611. Alternate there besides the pa turnpike. 611, head back down south and get on the pa turnpike that way. Were watching in new jersey. 295 route 541. This is the delay approaching a scene of a hazmat spill with a jackknifed tractortrailer on the northbound side between florence and 206. The only good thing im going to say about this, morality nats in place around 295 and mansfield burlington county. Can you take route 130, new jersey turnpike, take route 206 to head north. Back to you. All right. Jess, thanks for that. Lets get right to first alert meteorologist bill henley. He has your most accurate neighborhood forecast. Things on the mild side. Mild. A few scattered showers. These are only rain showers, too warm for anything else. Showers he said this morning. Some sunshine this afternoon. Katy. Looking forward to that. Another update in 25 minutes. You can always get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. Im katy zachry. Well send you back to the today show and see you shortly thereafter. Imagine a business. Man okay. Narrator bigger. Bigger. There you go. They make billions, but they have an idea. Ceo make regular working people give us a corporate payout. Hundreds of millions more each year narrator thatd be wrong, wouldnt it . Man definitely wrong. Narrator but thats what pseg wants. To cut a back room deal giving them a huge payout that you pay for with higher electricity bills. Ask your legislator to stop the pseg energy tax. 8 30 now. It is tuesday morning, the 19th of december, 2017. Isnt that a Beautiful Tree . Thats the famous Rockefeller Center christmas tree. And now, we have to show you something a little different. And that is the tree at rhode island statehouse. Oh, my. Something happened. Charlie brown would be proud. The poor rhode island statehouse tree got so dried up, it had to be removed yesterday. Look at it. Like christmas vacation. Its so sweet. The tree expert thinks it was cut down during a cold snap and went into shock. They will get another one. They should go fake. Come on. You wouldnt make it five more days . All right, you guys. We have an awesome crowd on our plaza today. Are we missing charlie . Were missing charlie. Were missing charlie so much. And look who showed up. Who puppies. We have bosley and bogart. Are you jimmy . Im jimmy, yes. Are you friends of theirs . Were from north carolina. Okay. Do you travel with these big dogs everywhere . We take these guys with us everywhere we go, yes. How did they get here . We came by car from north carolina. Thank you for blessing us with these dogs today. I thought you would train them. You did a good job with charlie. He wants them trained. Thank you. Merry christmas. I love the santa suits. So cute, right . Coming up, our style squad is busy collecting gifts for our annual toy drive. They will show you how to pull off the most popular fashion. Were going to keep that holiday theme going with help. How on earth am i getting the presents all wrapped nicely. Especially the oblong shape. Exactly. Thats what the bag is for. Were going to talk about etiquette in the holidays, what not to do. And healthy choices when you sit down for your holiday meal. And speaking of health, ive taken one sudafed and one ben drill. This will be a fun one to watch. Instead of megyns month of merry, its megyns fa pharmacological adventure. Whats coming up with the weather . Lets see whats going on. As far as today is concerned, wet weather, wintry mix in the southeast. Showers in the gulf coast. Heavy snow in the mountains of the pacific northwest. For tomorrow, that snow moves into the plains. Windy conditions through the rockies. Heavy rain in the southeast and the Lower Mississippi and ohio river vaeys. And snll good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Clouds came through overnight with a few sprinkles but clouds already starting to thin out. A good deal of sunshine. Look at temperatures this afternoon. 54 in the suburbs, 56 in philadelphia. Thats 12 degrees above normal this time of year. Clouds thinning out over new jersey, 55 at the shore. Partly sunny, a bit breezy and 57 degrees. Low 50s for Lehigh Valley but more and more sunshine, delaware 56. Have a great day. All righty. Its time to go around the horn. You know, we got a lot of weather coming up. A big week of travel. You want to get that weather . You have to check out our friends at the Weather Channel on cable. Just a few more people to get to. Hold on. Were coming around. Back to all you guys. Getting to the heart of christmas is created with our sponsor, walmart. Rock this christmas with walm t walmart. Now, to our series getting to the heart of christmas. Were heading to california where its been historic and devastating wild fires. Those are killed 40 and left thousands homeless. Through the efforts of a nurse and walmart, some of the families are getting a reason to smile this holiday. The wildfires that ripped through Northern California this october, were historically devastating. Santa rosa was one of the hardest hit communities. Haleys husband, fletcher, is a sheriffs deputy. He was helping to evacuate endangered neighborhoods, when he realized he had to rush home to get haley and two sons out, just minutes before the fires reached it. The frame of his dirt bike. Reporter something you lost that was the hardest thing, you think . Just the space of our home that were comfortable in. We were proud of. Reporter adriana lived in a house with her parents, husband and four children. Now, all eight are in a twobedroom apartment. I looked outside the window. And you wouldnt see across the street. Reporter it was that much smoke . Really thick smoke. Reporter her stepfather became a home owner in january, just nine months later, the firfire s took everything. You work hard. You do everything you can. And then, everything disappears from the fire. Reporter both families were helped by the ert efforts of ar nurse, payton walton. She was working in the only santa rosa hospital that wasnt evacuated. Payton decided she wanted to do more for those who lost everything. She posted for help on the social app next door. And within the first five minutes, we had 50 responses. Reporter her post went viral throughout other counties in Northern California. With paytons work, eventually linking nearly 1,000 people in need with about 7,000 people willing to help. Inspired by paytons efforts, walmart stepped in to help. They gathered the wish lists for ten santa rosa families who lost everything and went to work. Shopping. Wrapping. And delivering everything to throw a huge holiday surprise. A tree with plenty of presents underneath. Here they come. Carts filled with goodies. We teamed up with walmart. We want to make sure you and your families have a wonderful holiday season. Just in case we missed anything, walmart is giving you and your family 500 each, a gift card, to get whatever you like. And one more very special person we want to honor. Thats payton walton. As you all know, payton facilitated a lot of this. We wanted to make sure you have a wonderful holiday with your family. So, walmart is giving you a 5,000 gift card. And they are also going to work with you to give you a 10,000 check for the charity of your choice. Thank you. All right, kids. The worst part is seeing the gifts and not being able to open them. So, kids, you can have at it. Amazing. Legos. You made my girls christmas. I saw the presents and was like, thats not for us. You didnt think it was for you . I thought, its for us. For the families and so many of the neighbors, presents for the holidays and a message to last throughout the year. Lets everyone know, that Everybody Loves you. Strangers love you. Families love you. And you have a bigger family now. So sweet. Lots of hugs. And payton is just getting started. Shes turning that post into a full fledged charity, family matching. People around the world can assist families in future disasters. You can learn about that on today. Com. How about the power of one person. She made that happen. Thats incredible. And the power of an app. Now, neighbors get together. They help neighbors around the way and around the world. How fun to be playing santa there. A lot of sweet hugs. When the little hands wrap around your neck and hold on, its priceless. Thank you. Coming up next, you have presents. Now, the hard part, wrapping some of them. Some clever tricks to save you time and hassle. There she is. This is today on nbc. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Were back with todays hasslefree holiday. At this point, hopefully youre done shopping and you need to get the presents wrapped. Lori bergamotto is the editor at Good Housekeeping magazine. Now you have your presents. The wrapping can be stressful. We wanted to think about common pitfalls of wrapping, right . And one of them is buying the wrong wrapping paper. Too thin . Yes. It happens to you. And you can see through it. Or it cinkles, right . And you think youre getting a thick roll and its that long. Exactly. We found sugar paper from target. This starts at 2. You said when you came over, its thick. And i hope you can see. But it has this little graph. So you dont have to cut straight. You can cut straight. But you can measure out. And one of the tips that we want to show you is when youre doing this fold is this what stymies you . You want this part to go up about halfway. Oh. And if you can do that ive been doing it wrong. And you want really good tools. You have the scissors. Why are they so great . It gives you an even edge. Really easy. Fun things. We use doublestick tape because it looks neater. Youre not making a little ri ringlet. There you go. You wait until the last minute, im not saying you do. But you can stores are sold out of holiday paper, you can use craft paper. People are like, that looks a little boring. We did yarn can pompoms here. You can go to the container store, michaels, places that are for crafting and get affordable little adornments. And you can use this all year long. Thats smart. Its fun and easy. When you have oddshaped presents. Were inspired by a japanese fabric wrapping practice. You take a piece of fabric. And you can get this from anywhere. We got this from minted. And you lay it out in a rhombus. And you tuck this fold under here. And you wrap it, hoda, and a bow. Like a little sack. And you put a little bell on it. You do an adornment. Somebody did it for my daughter, and she uses the fabric as the blankie for her stuffed animal. If you need a hostess gift. You show up with the bread. Flip this way. The bread, the wooden spoon. The little jelly. You tie it up in a bow. Adorable gift. You can use it here with a cookbook. And the tea towel becomes your wrapping. This one, i had never thought of but youre using wrapping paper and making a bag. Out of the wrapping paper. We were trying to wrap this. What we did was we took wrapping paper. We folded it on itself. You fold this up. And you do it in stages. You fold it again. And you wind up with, a little baggy. And what do you do with your scissors, you poke a hole. Is that a wow . Just how awesome she is. She gives everybody a lottery ticket. Such a great gift. All right. Thanks so much. For more fun holiday ideas, check out facebook. Com todayhome. Up next, sequins and glitter. Our style squad shows y how toou were back. 8 47. The style squad edit. And the hottest styles of the season, from clothes to jewelry and makeup. All this 100 or less. Lets kick it off with bobby thomas. Its all about holiday shine this year, amplified. And more is more. Youre going to see sequins everywhere. Theres a great cosey sweater with a pencil skirt. And youre going to see sequins on everything, from sweat pants to sweatshirts. I took this off of the rack. You can wear this as an overcoat, to turn your work dress into a party look. Great. And the accessories. Accessories. But sequins socks, ala michael jackson. This is what the kids are doing. And slippers. What a great gift. 29 from macys, anthropology. And youre going to see all over social media, if you type in glitter mask, glam glows gravity mud mask. Long gone are the Green Monster looking days. You have a peeloff glitter mask. And other brands, like disco kitten. I love this. Brandnew when it comes to eyes. This is peel off glitter liner. I dont want to hurt her. But look. Its a nomess liner. You get that . I love that. It just fepeels off. A great glass and romney has two in one mascara glitter. When it comes to lips, you see it on me. Pucker up for holiday or new years eve, rihannas brand is on fire. And pat mcgrath, my idol. She has the great kits that show you how to get three dimensional lips. I love it. Everything online. Thank you, bobbie. You know what else is hot . Jill martin is here with the hottest fabrics. Velvet is the thing . 60s and 70s, superhot. This is adorable. I love a pantsuit. This is from h m, starting at 12. 99. You asked a question, is velvet uncomfortable to wear . And everything is lined. Its not like you have the velvet on your skin. Or that youll feel hot. This puffy jacket is cute. Its a puffy jacket without being too puffy. All of these are a different way to bring out the holiday cheer. These are from zahra, starting with 39. You see the high boots here. And i love it in a sneaker. Where would you wear these . Its so unexpected. I love wearing flats all the time. I would wear it with a suit or jeans and a tshirt. I think thats a way to wear flats. Are these velvet bags, jill . Under 100 for all of them. And velvet bags. If youre not into wearing it or on your feet, this is a great way to use an accessory. Im wearing a choker. You are wearing a choker. I would never normally do. These are all velvet chokers. A beautiful gift because you have the little rocks on it or detail whatever you want to go with your dress. Do the boys like it . This is a thing right now. Velvet bow ties. 40, available at mens warehouse. Over to Sheinelle Jones. Ill see your velvet and raise you pearls and rhinestones. I love the pearl accent. Not too much. Just a hint of pearl. Thats the way pearls are becoming more modern. I love the bell sleeve. This is available at marel. Great top. And you add the pearls and it livens you up. Can you wash it . I would dry clean. We have pearl accessories. I love these for a new years eve or Christmas Eve party. These are available at nine west. How cute is this . Little pearl headband. And we turn up the volume. I love rhinestone. How beautiful are these boots . These are 90, available at lieu lieu lulus. Com. Those are talking. These are amazing. This is strands by closet gold. What they are are detachable rhinestone magnets. You can attach them to your boots or your hat. This is from betsey johnson. I love late slipper action. Cozy, comfy. I love a beanie. If you add a little sparkle, a little ann taylor action here, its a more feminine way to add rhinestones into your beanie. Head to today. Com style right now to shop the full list. Were back in a moment. First, this is today on nbc. For mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The face of a fisherman . The hand of a ranch hand . The knee of a needle pointer . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. You know, theres a show coming up at 10 00. Kathie lee gifford is going to be in the house. We sit down with Anna Kendrick. Shes so fun. And were going to talk about ways you can make your house spruce it up for the holidays. A beautiful centerpiece and beautiful table. Youre off to the rockettes. I am, yeah. Im going to take my little ones to see the rockettes. Youre going to perform with them. They have Higher Standards than that. Theyre like, you cant touch your toes. I dont think youll be a very good rockette. Good morning, im katy zachry. Just a few minutes before 9 00 on tuesday. We are following two big problems on the road. Lets check in with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter. Jessica boyington, affecting things on two routes. The pa turnpike is the worst now. Tractortrailer, dumptruck and three other vehicles that all collided. It is theres a huge spill in place. All westbound lanes are closed and still closed right now. Right after bensalem mile parker 350. The next exit isnt for another eight miles until 6 11. My advice is completely avoid the turnpike. Youre not getting by the scene as they clean it up. Take streets roads, that will be extra time. Other than that, put your self around this scene here if you get towards center city take 95. Were also watching 295 around route 541. Earlier huge delays approaching the scene here hazmat spill and jackknifed tractortrailer on the northbound side. Looks like some of that delay cleared out of the way. Thankfully a little delay here. Northbound is easy to get around because you can take turnpike, route 130 or 206. Katy. Thanks, jess. Lets get a check on first alert forecast with bill henley. Hey, bill. Hey, katy. Temperatures are climbing in spite of cloudy skies, we have seen a few breaks of sunshine and well see more breaks of sunshine as the day goes on. 46 in philadelphia, up to 55 at 2 00. The entire area will warm into the 50s with partly sunny skies and a bit breezy, too. Katy. Bill, thanks. Well keep you updated on the forecast and traffic issues, the nbc 10 app plus, Holiday Shipping deadlines, what you need to know to get gifts there by the holiday. Megyn kelly is jest. Im katy zachry. Thanks for joining us. This morning on Megyn Kelly Today, a music mogul under fire. 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