Winners. And the fallout comes quick. The pageants tv partner cutting ties with the organization overnight. All that, plus remembering legendary sportscaster dick enberg. Rossen returns the seasons toughest to find toys to deserving kids. What do you think of this . Its awesome. And making spirits bright. With the home alone soundtrack like youve never heard it before, today friday, december 22nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la la la la la tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la don we now our gay apparel fa la la la la la la la la yuletide carol fa la la la la la la la la and good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Great job. We hope that got you in the spirit. We have a bunch of angels on our plaza, as we say good morning. Three days till christmas. Now, were in the mood, right . You kids were amazing. Were you nervous . No. They were terrific. Its fun to be outside at the top of the show. Were in the spirit. And everyone is talking about one thing if your traveling, and thats the weather. Cross country storms to tell you about. We have our Team Standing by. Well start with al. Hes in his father man cave over there. Good morning. Thanks very much, guys. Were starting off from texas to lexington. We have flash flood watches for 9 Million People. Winter weather advisories from michigan to en can see showers and thunderstorms from an angelo moving into memphis. We have snow from chicago to upstate new york and new england. Its a twoprong issue. We have showers to the south, snow developing in the north. I40, i20, going to look at problems. Dallasft. Worth and the houston airport, problems, as well. Moving into tomorrow, rain, fog, low ceiling for buffalo. I90 is going to be a mess. And stretching from boston, la guardia all the way down into d. C. And atlanta, along i85, i95. Wet weather and hazardous travel, as well. Rainfall amounts are going to be heavy down south. Travel for air and roads is going to be a mess from Central Arkansas all the way into virginia and west virginia. Upwards of six to seven inches of rain possible. And you look into saturday night snowfall amounts. Fo t buffalo into new england. And icing is going to be a big problem, as well, especially throughout parts, much of new england, from portland, all the way down into worcester. And were looking at a quarter of an inch of ice to half an inch in some places. That could bring down power lines and roads will be a mess. Lets find out what the airports are looking like. Lets go to ron mott at ohares international airport. Ron, how is it looking . Reporter al, good morning to you. Its looking better than here at dallas. At love field, there was an emergency alarm that sounded at that airport. They had to evacuate the terminal. Anyone who had been through security will have to go through again. We understand that normal operations are resuming. Officials arent saying if this was a prank or an actual fire event. Back here in chicago, theyre expecting the busiest travel day in the air here. 225,000 passengers expected to flow through admed at midway another 07,000. 107. 3 million americans are expected to travel to see friends or on holiday. Orlando, florida, the number one travel destination. Most of you are driving. Nine out of ten getting on the road. Al mentioned the highway conditions out there. 6 or so will fly. The other 3 taking trains and other methods of travel. We always have holiday tips. Number one, pack your patience because it is the busy season. Pad your schedules, especially if youre flying. Weve seen the lines get thick out of the blue here. It is the Holiday Season. Good advice, ron. Thank you so much. The airport isnt the only place you will find large crowds. Stores will be packed, too. Jo ling kent lastminute shopping rush. How is it going . Reporter its happening offline at brick and mortar scores and online. This has been the season of online shopping. 60 of all americans say they are done with their holiday shopping. Thats according to the National Retail federation. That means 40 are out there looking for that perfect gift. Where can you find some of the best sales . Lets look at target. 50 off Christmas Trees if youre looking to decorate. 30 off sweaters. At macys, 50 to 70 off. A lot of the gifts are wrapped. Amazon, about 40 off amazon fire hd. 29 off the xbox one. Amazon prime delivery happening there. At best buy, 150 off an apple macbook. Thats a Good Discount at this late in the game. And then, headpho headphones. At walmart, 36 off a dream house playset. And 90 off a laptop. We have to look at lastminute shipping, as well. So many of us online shopping. Today is the last day for twoday shipping for amazon prime. If youve got that, take advantage of it. Prime now members have until midnight on Christmas Eve, which is the ultimate lastminute play. And then, toys r us, you can receive in time for christmas if you order online by noon on Christmas Eve. And you can get select instore pickup, which is a good tip there. And best buy, they might ensure delivery for christmas if ordered by noon on Christmas Eve with sameday delivery. The real trick this Holiday Season is all about ordering online and picking up in store. Before you do that, you want to make sure theyve stock. So far this retail season has been a really good one for retailers across the board. Back to you guys. Jo, thank you so much. A little bit of a different holiday rush in washington to tell you about. Before heading home, Congress Passed the temporary spending bill. It keeps the government funded into the new year. But the deal has critics on both sides of the aisle. We go to Kristen Welker with more on that. Reporter good morning to you. President trump is leending the year on a high note. Getting his tax bill passed and working with congress to avert a government shutdown. In a few hours, he will take off for maralago in florida. Still, theres a lot of Unfinished Business when the new year begins. This morning, a christmas crisis averted. The motion is agreed to. Reporter after the senate voted to keep the government open for four more weeks. Its a political punt, allowing congress to put difficult issues until next month. I voted for this to keep the government going. This is not the way to govern. Reporter republican senator, ted cruz, whose home state of texas was hit hard by hurricane harvey, expressing his disappointment that lawmakers didnt address the issue of Disaster Relief funding. Theres hundreds of thousands of people in texas and in florida and in puerto rico who are still hurting from hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. Reporter the house approving their version of the bill earlier in the day, without any democratic votes. The motion is adopted without objection. T reporter House Democrats say the bill fails to address issues such as d. R. E. A. M. Ers and funding for Children Health care. They dont need us to keep the government open. Reporter the bill fds government until january 19th. It keeps c. H. I. P. Going until march. And gives the Defense Department 4. 7 million in emergency funding. The president visited Wounded Warriors at walter reed on thursday, ignored shouting questions on his way to the white house. All of it as the Vice President made a surprise trip to afghanistan to rally troops ahead of the holiday. Let me say from the first family, my family, from families all across america, Merry Christmas. [ applause ] reporter pences trip comes before President Trump has visited an active combat zone and four months after the president announced a surge of several thousand more u. S. Troops in afghanistan. I believe victory is closer than ever before. Reporter a Senior Administration official tells me it is likely the president will sign his tax bill into law today before he leaves for hold end of the year news conferences. At this point, theres no such event on the president s schedule. Reporters will likely rye to ask questions when he leaves the white house in a few hours. We know how you do. Thank you so much. Were hearing from reality winner, the former nsa contractor jailed, accused of making off with topsecret governme documents from a government facility. Shes speaking out in a rare jailhouse interview. Kerry sanders has that story. Reporter really winner has been held here in this jail for more than six months, as you noted, for taking those demea allegedly taking those documents and sharing them. Now, for the first time, shes speaking with a reporter. But as youll see, the government shut down that interview almost as soon as it began. Reporter this morning, new details are surfacing about reality winner, the former contractor in jail, awaiting trial for allegedly leaking classified information. Winner is accused of stuffing a top secret report about Russian Election meddling in her pantty hose. Her family believes she is a patriot. Reporter winners family and friends describe her as intense, focused and concerned about the state of the world. They believe that the document that she leaked is one that American Voters deserve to see. Reporter recently, she was able to talk to winner at georgias Lincoln County detention center. The two separated by glass, speaking on a jail phone. She was serious, eager to talk, eager to tell her story. Reporter after less than six minutes, a guard realized that she was a reporter and e interview. She never lied about being a reporter. Winner listed her as a friend who could visit. And no one asked when they checked her i. D. We never got to talk about how she feels about the consequences or her motivations. Reporter fluent in several middle eastern languages, winner served as a translater in the air force. She turned 26 just weeks ago. In her room, a pikachu bedspread since her arrest. According to the article, winner referred to donald trump as an orange fascist. And according to Court Documents three months before she was arrested winner messaged her sister writing, i have to take a polygraph where theyre going to ask if i ever platted against the government with the hash tag, gonna fail. Her sister said it was a joke. Winners mother says whats happening to her unfair. She feels like shes being treated as a political prisoner. She does feel very powerless and hopeless in this. Reporter i spoke to reality winners mother at length last night. She says she and realitys older sister will have a christmas visit with reality at the jail here this weekend. And like that reporter who talked on the phone through the window, every word and everything they say will be recorded by the government. Savannah . All right, kerry, thank you. Now, to a story thats got the attention of millions of iphone users. A apple has been hit with a massive lawsuit days after admitting it slows down older models as they age. Heres nbcs gadi schwartz. Reporter today in california an iphone bombshell. One man filing a class action complaint, saying that apple slowed down older phones with older of newer, pricier models. Its a well thoughtout plan by apple to make sure that the consumers come back and buy the latest and greatest phone. Reporter apple acknowledging it did reduce processor speeds of iphone 6 and 7s in updates. Users posting results that showed significant performance dropoffs for older phones with previous lithiumion batteries as soon as the latest ios was installed. Apple claims i s it was trying improve customer experience. Featuring a prevention of shutdown to prolong the phones life. But experts say that kind of throttling means the phone might not respond like it used to. Complicated apps like games or photos and youre deep with work in the phone, they will see the phone is limited because reporter a new iphone battery costs 80, cheaper than the new iphone that runs 1,000. But replacing the battery involves bringing it into the store. Apple says they have pushed updates that were never asked for and reduced the speed and the value of their phones. When you have to save and struggle to buy a piece of equipment, then you only learn that the folks who sold you that equipment are downgrading it on you, its betrayal. Reporter for today, gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. Now, to sad news. Dick enberg whose hall of fame career spans 60 years has died. Miguel almaguer looks back at his remarkable life. It was believed that dick enberg died at home. He covered so many sports from wimbledon to the super bowl to the as a mplaybyplay man, he provided fans a front row seat to some of the biggest moments in history. This morning family, friends and fans are mourning the loss of an american broadcasti ining icon,k enberg. A fixture in the Southern California landscape through the 1960s and 70s. Enberg broke on to the National Scene as a game show host. Later joining nbc, where he became the networks lead playbyplay voice for the nfl and major league baseball. Fumbled the ball. And denver has recovered. Oh, my. Reporter enberg was known for his enthusiastic signature call, oh, my, when describing big plays. He was incredibly versatile, covering a wide array of sports for decades. Enberg called 28 wimbledon tournaments, 8 ncaa basketball title games, multiple a 1982 world series, big golf and boxing events, too. He also spent 42 seasons in the booth, calling nfl games, including eight super bowls for nbc. Enberg, sharing memories with today back in 1996. I was at the practice session for the bears, watching and trying to get notes. As i was standing, someone snuck up behind me and lifted me off of my feet. There was a loud pop. I looked back and saw walter payton. He said, i got you back in place. I said, no, you just broke my glasses. Reporter during the sk60s, enberg was the voice of the bruins dynasty when the team won games under john wooden. And in 1968, when houston snapped the bruins winning streak. Overnight, condolences pouring in over social john ireland the radio voice of the lakers tweeting, if there was a mt. Rushmore of l. A. Sports announcers, dick enberg is on it. Definition of a gentleman. A gentleman and a giant in broadcasting. Enbergs golden voice now silent, but will never be forgotten. At his very first job, a custodian at the Michigan Radio station, enberg earned 1 an hour. He managed to double his salary when he started working onair as the weekend sports guy. He retired two years ago calling games for the San Diego Padres when he was 80 years old. Back to you guys. What a career. Classic. What a voice. What a voice. Nice man. Hell be missed. Mr. Roker, you want to take a look at the weather. We have snow through the Pacific Northwest and sunshine into the gulf and southeast. Well get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. Good morning. Temperatures are in the 30s for the area this morning. 39 degrees washington. 34 lorton. 34 degrees in gaithersburg. As we go through the day though, look at this snow to the north. Its going to stay to the north f youre traveling, keep that in mind. Well be dry locally. Built as we go through the day to day, cloudy skies, showers dont get here until later on. Temperatures will be in the 50s th look at your extended forecast. Coming up, were going to take a look at christmas day. We need that. It will be kind of interesting. Thats al speak for snow. Al, thank you. Coming up the alleged sexist and vulgar emails that has miss americas ceo under fire. Plus, a holy undertaking. With christmas just three days away, well take you inside the largest search of its kind for evidence supporting the bible. First, this is today on nbc. It feels good to be back. Still ahead, hes back at it armed with the seasons hottest toys. Pulling off more christmas surprises for deserving kids. Why oprah make the holidays a treat with kelloggs rice krispies. Good morning. It is 7 26 on this friday, december 22 nlnd and im chris lawrence. Good news for government workers in our area. Congress avoided another shutdown. This provides less than a movement the deal will keep the government open through january 19th. It may be the most wonderful time of the year. One thing that isnt so wonderful, sitting in holiday traffic or waiting in lines at the airport. Take a look at these lines. Out at reagan national, if youre flying out today, make sure you arrive at least two hours early for your flight. Well, lets take you to east of nutley street. Its a crash on the right side. Good news is, take a look at cameras, rescue is packing up. Theyre about to reopen all lanes. There is your traffic jam right there, eastbound on 66 heading to 495. Also a structure fire in vienna at nutley. Only one left lane was getting by. Thats the very latest from the wtop traffic center. Back to you. A check of your forecast is next. It all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. I want the warm coat again this morning. The clouds are around. Theyll be with us today. We do stay dry until tonight. Most of the area about the mid to upper 30s this morning. Later this afternoon, mid 50s. Rain doesnt get here until tonight and tomorrow. Especially in the afternoon. Then by sunday, we are cooler. Colder on monday. There is a chance we could some overnight rainsnow mix. Very briefly gone by monday. Thank you. We have another local news upcoming up in 25 minutes. Pretty, pretty, pretty. Back now, 7 30, friday morning, three days till christmas. We are in the spirit. That happens to be our top story, too. Theres a travel rush going on. And some of the rough weather may slow you down. Winter storm warning. As a Record Number of americans are hitting the roads, rails and sky today, more than 50 Million People are under weather advisories. Crosscountry storms bringing snow, flash floods and fog. The snow is moving in. Great for the skiers but horrible for your travel on this friday. Christmas crisis averted. Congress passes a spending bill, funding the government for now but putting off decisions until next year. I voted for this. This is not the way to govern. Papa gone. The founder of the pizza chain papa johns steps down as ceo, less than two months after his controversial remarks about National Anthem protests by players. Caught on camera. Cameras capture the moment when people ram a sports store in california and take off with motorcycles. Undercover wetting. A couple goes under the seas to say i do. The bride with a wedding dress, bouquet and scuba mask. You dont have to worry about your hair when you go right into the water. Nothings a all. I love it. Were moving to a stunning report, accusing the ceo of the miss america orgiz namecalling and fatshaming pageant winners. His harsh words found in leaked emails. Reporter overnight, Dick Clark Productions which produces the pageants telecast cut ties with the organization over that explosive series of internal emails. Miss america or mistreated . This morning, some notsocro notsocrowning moments from the ceo, sam haskell. A trove of emails obtained revealed haskell made remarks about former winners. In one exchange of august 2014, haskell emailed the lead writer to inform of a change saying, in part, when referring to a woman who was once miss america, were no longer going to call them forever miss americas. They are former miss americas. The writer said he changed forevers to an for the female body part. To which haskell replied, perfect. A spokesman told the huffington post, the organization decided to fire friedman after an internal investigation. After winning the miss America Pageant in 2013, Mallory Hagen became close with haskell and his wife. But haskell seemed to fixate on hagen. Omg, she is huge and gross. She believes that haskell played a role in ending her career as a pageant coach. When i first read the emails in the article, i wasnt shocked. But i was validated. I mean, for the longest time i tried to explain to people around me this is happening or these and to have the ability to then look on paper and say, see . I told you. Miss north carolina. Reporter in other emails, haskell seemed to target kate shindle, miss america in 1998, after she had the board pay him a 5,000 consulting fee. In 2014, friedman sent haskell an email, offing his condole e condolences on the death of miss america. Offering the line, it should have been kate. Haskell replayed, thanks so much, coach. You make me laugh. Everyone who participated in that conversation needs to go. They dont get it. They dont get miss america is or what it can be. Reporter former fox news host and miss america 1989, gretchen carlson. She released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, harassment and shaming of women is Never Acceptable and every board member who engaged in the crude behavior should resign immediately. Nbc news reached out to the Miss America Organization and sam haskell for comment. But so far, no response. Guys . Sheinelle jones, thank you so much. We go back to al because the Holiday Weekend forecast is so important. Got to know. Lets start off with Christmas Eve. We start off Christmas Eve travel, sunday, during the day. Snow around st. Lo we get into this evening and we see cleveland involved. I70 has know. Pennsylvania up into new york. I95 from jersey south looks good. Early morning travel disruptions. A lot of folks traveling on christmas day. Snow for boston. Winds at jfk. Snow travel will increase during the afternoon hours. That is good news. Rest of the country, were looking at elevated fire danger today out west. Snow back through the rockies. A flood threat through the Lower Mississippi and ohio river valley much thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good friday morning. Temperatures are in the 30s. Warm coat as you head outside. Youll notice clouds around today. Theyre not going to be bringing rain until late tonight. There is that snow up in new england. Maybe some issues with travel there later on this afternoon as well. Rain down around texas. Thats going to move into our area as we go through tonight. Rain chances increase tonight and into your saturday. Expect scattered showers tomorrow especially in the afternoon. Then we dry out. Chance for a mix overnight sunday into early monday. Then were dry and cold. This sunday night football weather is brought to you by verizon. The best network pand the best watch primetime cams on verizon. This game is so good, it aint going to be on sunday. Were doing it saturday. Thats right. The packers and the vikings. The vikings coming into the frozen tundra of lambeau field. And its going to be frozen. Thats right. Were not talking elsa. Let it go, baby. Bitterly cold in green bay, 10 degrees, a windchill of 2 below. Saturday night, sunday night, its a whole weekend here on nbc. Coverage begins at 7 00, 6 00 central, football night in america. That is so good. Its sunday night football on saturday. Yes. Love it. Still ahead this morning, choir of one. 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Archaeologists in jerusalem search with the scripture in one hand and a trowel in the other, hoping to unearth crucial evidence supporting the bible. We went under the city to see the worlds biggest dig. You can imagine, this was open to the fun. It was a beautiful pilgrimage road here. Reporter in the time of king david, people walked this road. There was music. There was incense. There was people singing. All this is written about in jewish texts. And im reading chapter three. And he built the wall of the shiloh pool, next to the kings garden, as far as the steps that go down from the city of david. I have something to show you here. Look at that. Wow. Whats down there . Thats an access route into the sewer of the city. Built around the time of king harod. Its talking about the robe worn by the high priest of israel. They would attach the bells all around the hem of the robe. The high priest is walking over here. And he goes through this drain and 2,000 years later we pull it out of the ground. Reporter this has not found evidence of the illustrious kings, david and solomon. While some look for evidence in these cliffs, scientists are unable to agree. The question is whether jerusalem was this golden age city in the 10th century b. C. Were dealing with memories, tales, myths. The bible never intended to speak history. It has its own purposes. But not telling you hi solomon. Nothing is here. Reporter we leave the city andho head for this remote hill top, where scientists have found a kernel of evidence. Were entering a city in the kingdom of king david . Yes. This is the biblical city of shiram. Reporter your big discovery was through something quite small. Olive pits. Reporter olive pits helped you figure this out. They gave us the dating. The dating is 1,000 b. C. Olives leaved here 3,000 years ago. Reporter its amazing that little olives can lead to a discovery so big. The fortress town overlooked a famous battle. This is where david fought goliath. This is exactly the location, yes. Reporter if we had been standing here 3,000 years ago, able to watch david battle goliath. Sure. Reporter historians in the land of the bible, still doing battle. While for others, faith is enough. Of course, this is a city with many religions, many faiths. Maybe thats the way god intended it. Maybe one day people around the world will come to terms with that. Certainly, at christmastime, that is a good message. Back to you guys. Certainly is. What a great series. We have loved this the whole week. Its been fascinating. Why dont we head over to carson. Are you teasing something coming up in pop start . Thats right. Coming up, we have a holiday scam warning from none other than oprah. Wheyou know your holidayt of tshopping is complete. , its time to celebrate. [ ] [ ] this new day looks nothing like yesterday. Trails are covered. Paths arent what they used to be. 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Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Good friday morning. Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s across the area. 28 in manassas. Warm coat this morning. 55 this afternoon. Mostly cloudy. The rain wont be moving in until after about 8 00 p. M. Through the day tomorrow, mainly in the afternoon. We have scattered showers. By sunday night into monday, were watching a chance for a mix. Thank you so much. Another update in 25 minutes. Back to the today show. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, get out of town. One of the busiest travel weekends of the year is upon us. But icy, wintry weather sweeping across the country could cause christmas chaos. Al has the latest forecast before you hit the road and sky. Plus, momma mia mystery. The new trailer for the sequel for the 2008 smash hit has people wondering, where meryl . And christmas comes early. What do you think of this . Its awesome. Jeff rossen does it again, surprising some kids with the right to their doors. I love it. Today, friday, december 22nd, 2017. Who do you want to say hi to . I want to say hi to amy. Hurry up and come here. Merry christmas. You cant do that. Happy festivus. First time in new york. Your first time in new york . Whats your name . Camden. You have a Merry Christmas. What do you say . Okay. Okay. Happy birthday, shawn cook. I love you so much. What are you getting for a birthday present . This. When youre too cheap to send the very best. That was a great gift. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. A great crowd out there. Cant wait to get out and say hi. Al is really into this festivus thing. Thats right. Feats of strength. Well have an area of grievances later. Were going to get right to it. The weather is going to top our news. Millions of holiday travelers are keeping an eye on the weather, joining the getaway rush. I think some people will have grieve van grievances as they try to get from here to there. Yes. We are looking at 9 Million People from lexington to shriver port under this advisory. And Winter Weather advisories from michigan to new england. The rain gets going today. Were looking at rain from texas to kentucky. Along i20 some problems. Dallas, houston, into nashville, atlanta, rainfall, causing major problems at the airports later today. We get snow into tomorrow, with rain, fog, low ceilings to the south. Atlanta, charlotte, d. C. , la guardia and boston along the coast, going to be problems. Buffalos airport, looking at snow from cleveland all the way to northern new england. As we look at the raial amounts, talking about rainfall rates of up to two inches per hour, down through the south into the Lower Mississippi river valley. Seven inches possible. We have snow to talk about from buffalo to northern maine. On top of that, ice is a possibility, as well. Were looking at upwards of half an inch of ice throughout much of new england. And that could cause major, major problems as we go forward into saturday, sunday, on into even monday. You can expect some added stress this time of year, no matter how youre traveling. Ron mott is at Ohare International airport in chicago. Hey, ron. Reporter good morning to you. Expect some long lines, as well. Want to update you on that situation at love field in dallas. There was a fire alarm that was triggered by an air condition g ing unit that overheated and kicked up me theyre expecting this to be the heaviest travel day for people. 225,000 passengers through ohare. Another 70,000 people going through midway. Most of the action will be on the highways and the biways as we like to call them. Aaa saying the worst of the Traffic Congestion is over. That would have been yesterday and wednesday. But dont expect clear and smooth sailing from christmas and beyond. Lets look at the numbers. This is going to be a record travel year. 107 million americans venturing out 50 miles away from home. Most of you are getting behind the wheel and getting on the road and driving. Nine out of ten of you. 6 will fly. The rest of you taking trains and other modes of transportation. Im looking at the board at the american terminal. Its opened up. Only one cancellation on the board. Once the delays stack up, we see them cascade through the day. Pack patience ifou ron, thanks so much. Overseas, now. South korea is in mourning after an overnight fire at a Fitness Center killed 29 people. It happened southeast of the capital of seoul. Most of the victims were women who had been found in a sauna, overcome by toxic smoke. The locker rooms in that facility were like a maze and made it difficult to escape. Experts believe the fire may have started in a car parked in the ground floor garage. Now, a stunning rebuke of President Trump. In the middle east, palestinians are calling for a day of rage to underscore thursday ears u. N. Vote on jerusalem. Security farorces are braced fo clashes. The General Assembly voted 1289. The u. N. Resolutioresolution, w not binding, calls the move null and void. Trump warned that countries siding against the u. S. , could lose American Financial aid. Lets do the morning boost. A little boy in chicago is proving that big blessings can come in small packages. This little boy was moved when his aunt took him to feed the homeless idea. Thats where he got the idea for his blessings bag. He puts toiletries in his bag. And he hands them out when he finds people in need. In a perfect world, he would buy every homeless person a house. But since he cant do that, hes going to try to help any way he can. I know. Love somebody with a good heart like that. Love it. Thank you. Theres much more ahead this morning, including oprah with a warning about a holiday scam in her name. Then, you still have shopping to do . Were going to have your guide to gifts. Lets see what megyn is working on. Hey, ladies. Today, a woman who died for 37 seconds. She predicted it would happen and it did. She can tell you everything that happened while she was gone. And her doctors have no explanation for how she knows. Shes here, alive and well. All that plus, rossen to the rescue. Im jeff rossen. Back by popular demand, our holiday toy give away. Weve been reading your tweets and were back in the neighborhoods making surprise deliveries. Its almost christmas dad. Its raining men the weather girls hi. Delicious recipes made holidwith nutella the holidays never tasted this good. Discover holiday recipes at nutella. Com. From the moment you met you wantecomfort and protection thats why pampers swaddlers is the 1 choice of hospitals to wrap your baby in blanketlike softness so all they feel is love pampers swaddlers gstores are now open 24 hours. 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Jeff told us about grinch t bots, who were buying the toys and then selling them at higher prices. Now, we have some delivery of those toys. Were in the denver area. Its been an amazing week. These kids have lived tough lives. Were at a charity called precious child. Many of these kids dont have foster homes or parents. We wanted to do Something Special for them. We woke them up really early here. You have no idea why youre here, right . No. Reporter their parents told them to get up and come here. You know youre here for a surprise, right . Yeah. Reporter im going to tell america about it really quick. Give me one quick second. Heres what were doing. Im going to keep my voice down. We got them so many toys. Toys you cant find in the stores. We have them over here. A big, live surprise for these kids who deserve it. First, were going doortodoor for more surprises. Im back at it, traveling all over the country, delivering this years hardest to find toys. Fingerlings, the lol surprise, big surprise. And the nes. Our contest receiving a massive response. We couldnt believe this girls story. Her aunt writing, my niece asked for the lol big surprise this year. Including on that list, was money she earned to buy gifts for children in need. She is caring, loving and smart. We are looking to make her one wish come true this year. Jeff rossen from nbc news. Hi. Reporter tell me how youre feeling right now . Very excited and happy. Reporter this is oriah. This is oriah. Reporter i heard you wanted the lol big surprise. And i heard on your list was money for kids that couldnt afford presents. You wanted to give back to other kids . Yes. Reporter youre a good girl. Thats why i got you an lol surprise. I think it teaches her that, good things happen to good people. And she youre a good person, too. We received so many tweets from families dealing with loss this Holiday Season. Here in new jersey i got this tweet from jen. This really touched us. On may 31st, 2017, our house burned down. We lost everything and have three girls, 10, 7 and 3. All would love the lol and finger toys. Thank you for considering us. Happy holidays. Im looking for jen. Yes. Reporter we wanted to give you some toys. What do you think of that . You want this . Okay. Its yours. Boom. Whoa. Reporter whoa. Look at all those cool lols in there. And we read touching stories of kids helping their parents. Jennifer writing, my 12yearold would love the nintendo. Because of spine issues. He helps me out a lot. He carries things for me and helps with chores. He was so understanding when i told him it wasnt going to be a Big Christmas this year. This is our favorite part. Im jeff. Nice to meet you. Whats up . Reporter i heard you take care of your mom. Yes. Reporter what did you want this year . Like a 90s video game. Reporter like a nintendo . Yes. Reporter boom. Thank you. Reporter look at that face. What do you think of this . Its awesome. Reporter what does this mean . It means so much. Things were really tight this year and he has been helping out around here since he was 5. Reporter and we were so inspired by tweets of people opening their homes to orphans. One woman writing, i am a Foster Parent and have adopted four children. One of my little girls, shes 9. She has cerebral palsy. She wanted we ordered one back in october. The company took our money and never sent her the item. Reporter hi, theresa. Jeff rossen from nbc. How are you . Im stunned. Reporter youre stunned . You do such wonderful things. We heard you take in children with developmental issues because you want to keep siblings together and families together. Yeah. Reporter i heard you only thought you could ask for one fingerling because thats how thoughtful you are. We brought five. One for each of your kids. Look at the face on her. Look at her face. Are you surprised . Boom. Thank you. Reporter youre welcome. Yay. Reporter heres one for you. You want one . Ya e. Here you go, right there. I love it. Reporter you love it . Uhhuh. Reporter open it up. What does this mean to you to see this . I cant explain it because, you know, that reporter paying it forward this Holiday Season. Im speechless. Reporter so many inspirational people in this country. Great to meet them. Are you ready for the live surprise . Yeah. Reporter come on in. Come get them. Yeah. Theyre flowing in. Remember, these kids, one little toy, as we have learned all week, one little toy getting knocked all over the place. I love it. One toy makes such a difference. Its not about the toy itself. Ive been told by parents and the kids, too. Its about somebody caring and showing up to do something for them. Kids who are often forgotten about. Do you love it . Yeah. Were going to start with the toys on the ground, guys. Its been so inspiration. And i love doing this around the holidays. This is awesome. I hope we started a tradition, jeff. This has been beautiful. That was awesome. Reporter who needs the holidays as an excuse. Lets do it all the time. Youre right about thank you, jeff. Give some hugs for us. It is about the toys to the kids, though. It is. Well deserved. A check of the weather . Lets see what we have going on. Basically, we are looking at a flood threat in t we have an elevated fire danger out west. More snowmaking its way through the cascades and Pacific Northwest. Icy conditions upstate new york and northern pennsylvania and snowy as you make your way up into parts of northern new england. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, youre going to notice the clouds around this morning. 38 degrees right now in the district. The clouds will not be bringing rain until later tonight. Temperatures are mostly in about the mid to upper 30s through the area. Warm coat this morning. There is snow in new england. If youre heading in that direction, you may be looking at travel issues especially later this afternoon. That will continue there. The rain down to our south and west will be moving in late tonight. But again y, rain mainly after 8 00 p. M. And then rain tomorrow. And that is your latest weather. Hoda . You know what its time to do . Trending. Time to trend. Whats trending this morning . Christmas music. We will play a teeny bit of a Christmas Song and see who can guess it. Were going to play two seconds of the song. I dont know it, either. Name that tune. Ready . Lets have the first one. Run, run rudolph. Is he right . Run, run rudolph. All right. Cute. Al is good at this stuff. Next one. I dont want a lot for christmas yes. Thats mariah carey. That song is played every five seconds. Getting them on two seconds. Ready . Lets go, carson. Santa baby. Santa tell me. Oh, okay. Sorry. I only know the classics. One more. Simply having a wonderful christmastime paul mccartney. Is it . Simply having a wonderful christmastime nat king cole, the Christmas Song, thats my jam. Is it . Lets hear. We dont have it. Wait. What was that one . Gwen stefani and blake shelton. Wow. How did you know that . I love that song. I do, too. I wouldnt have known it. Okay. One more. Rockin around the christmas tree. Al roker is no fun to play with because you get every one right. Night. Final one. Final one. Last christmas. Right. Carson, you got that. I know my wham jam. Wake me up before you go go. What . Were going to start pop start with mamma mia 2, the sequel. The trailer has been released. Have you seen it . Its buzzing. Im pregnant. But i dont know how to do this by myself. Your mother is the greatest person we ever met. Look at my baby. Let me tell you how she did it. The bravest person we ever met . Past tense, right . Social media is wondering if Meryl Streeps character was killed off. In a throwback sequence, lily james plays a young donna. Were tryin t well have to watch. You know who joined the starstudded cast . Cher. Whoa. Lets get the Party Started. Grandma, you werent invited. Thats the best kind of party, little girl. Mamma mia hits theaters on july 20th. Oprah is known for showering her fans with gifts. But due to scamming, oprah has been asking for cash . No. She shut that down immediately. I want you to know that somebody out there is trying to scam you, using my name and my avatar on social media, asking for money if you sign up for an own account on instagram. Its a fraud. Dont believe it. Dont give up any of your bank ac to anybody posing as me or anyone else, for that matter. Thats a good psa for this time of the year, regardless if its the oprah scam or others. From are online scams. Finally, home alone, a beloved christmas classic. Now, a clever and talented music producer named Mike Tompkins does his own voice into one choir to do the soundtrack. Its going to bring some holiday cheer. Take a look. Someone has time on his hands. Thats unbelievable. The edit alone, thats impressive. Keep animal. Really. Your daly click today. Maybe you have the family in the living room and playing jenga, perhaps. You know that move when you think you dont have another play and the whole thing is about to come tumbling down. Watch this guy get out of that moment. Check this out. One, two, three. Oh, wow. No. No. Thats unbelievable. I dont believe that. He is a ninja. How about that . Pulled off the amazing feat without knocking a single block off of the tower. His family was stunned that the whole thing didnt fall down. Are those the large jenga blocks . Yeah. Is it fun . It is. And the flowers are still standing. That is so cool. Carson, thank you. Tr lastminute gift ideas. Lets go shopping and we have time to order them. You can take them straight from her. Thats what were going to do. And to dive into comfort food. Its time to celebrate some football food for the holiday. Those recipes and a lot more after a check of local news, weather and these messages. Good morning, its 8 26. Let take a look at the roads. Hows it looking, dave . Were looking at a crash on the baltimore washington parkway. Northbound near 197. Initially called in blocking left lane. I95 for that get away. You mentioned it. Okay in mayoryland. In virginia, delays south bound at dumfries. Heading in slow already. Thats very latest. Chris, back to you. Thank you, dave. Well get a check of the forecast as soon as we come back. Stay with us. Hey hgood, how was practice . Must have been hot out there today, huh . Yeah yeah why dont you go put that stuff in the laundry room right now . Okay. Do your athletes bring home big odors . Tide sport is super concentrated to beat even the toughest stains and odors. Hey buddy hey oooh somebody ran laps yeah. The new tide sport collection its got to be tide well, another chirllly star to the day. Most of the area, about mid to upper 30s. There is rain for us later cloudy and mid 50s. Rain until after 8 00 p. M. Showers around tomorrow. Were watching a chance of a late mix Christmas Eve night. Hark how the bells sweet silver bells all seem to say throw cares away christmas is here bringing good cheer to young and the old weak and the bold ding dong ding dong that is the song with joyful ring all carolling one seems to hear words of good cheer from everywhere filling the air oh, how they pound raising a sound through hill and dale telling a tale gaily they ring while people hear songs of good cheer christmas is here merry, merry, merry Merry Christmas merry, merry, merry Merry Christmas on, on they send on without end their joyful tone to every home hark how the bells sweet silver bells all seem to say throw cares away hallelujah christmas is here hallelujah christmas is here one seems to hear words of good cheer from everywhere filling the air through hill and dale telling a tale gaily they ring while people hear songs of good cheer christmas is here merry, merry, merry Merry Christmas merry, merry, merry Merry Christmas on, on they send on without end their joyful tone to every home on, on they send on without end their joyful tone to every home ding dong ding dong beautiful. How was that . Lets call that the crowd moment. What do you think, hoda . We can call that our crowd moment. Those beautiful voices are from the new york city childrens chorus. Theyre a talented group. We scan the crowd for a crowd moment. That has to be it. They gave a moment to our crowd, really entertained us. Gave us so much. We found the best lastminute gifts you can find at the 11th hour. If youre like me, you have Company Coming over this weekend. Great game. Packers vikings. An allout italian feast will keep you stuffed for the new year. Siri must be a vikings fan. She went to college in green bay, so it gets complicated. Very complicated. Megyn, what have you got coming up . This woman went in to deliver her baby. She had a premonition she would die. No one would believe her. They brought a crash cart in. She died, for 37 seconds. She came back. Shes fine. She remembers the whole thing. And she will tell us all about it. Even the doctors are saying, its a miracle. Wow. You have to see the story. Thats amazing. Megyn, thank you so much. This is our last chance. Then, megyns month of merry. How could you forget that . Storms northwest and plenty of sunshine southwest and into the gulf coast. And clouds and sun through the southwest. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, here we have a cloudy day in store for your friday. Mostly cloudy. Well stay dry through the day until get to tonight. Then the rain moves in. 38 degrees right now. We have snow up n so if youre heading in that direction, youll run into the snow maybe causing travel issues. There is the rain around parts of texas and tennessee moving in mainly after 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Until then, temperatures will be back in the 50s. Tomorrow, scattered showers in the afternoon. Chance of a mix very late sunday. But a colder chris plas day. Christmas day. Thats your latest weather. Time to go around the horn. I want to make sure everybody gets on. And we want to make sure all your weather needs are met. Check out our friends at the Weather Channel on cable. Now, lets head back inside. All right, al. Thank you. Now, to todays hasslefree holidays. Were tminus three days until christmas. If you have shopping to do, we dont want you to stress. We have chassis post here. Fun lastminute ideas. Can they get here before they can. Some you can do by fr yofrom yo. Its time to get on it. We have elf rolling in. We have sarah and she has two ideas were obsessed with. First up, the flip belt. This is for the sporty person on your list and its a running belt. You can fit everything from your phone, keys and i. D. And everything you need from the pockets here. And you flip it. Thus, the flip belt, that sits low on your waist and wont bounce around. This is available on amazon prime today. You flip it up and flip it over. Its allsnug. Its 24. 98. This is a genius invention. Its called the smart buckle by vogue strap. And this device, you attach it to any wristband of a watch. It turns it into a smart watch. Now, you can keep your sktyle. Use your watch. It steps, your sleep. Now, you have a great option. Its 129. 99, including shipping. It will get there tomorrow. Very clever. Thank you, sarah. Good job. Lets bring our next elves in from the plaza. Camden and sharon. And first up, from e. D. By ellen degeneres, we have these slippers with dogs and hearts. And the mad for plaid totes that says joy. A lot of ways to shop there. Go there online and select stores. You can send someone a personalized gift via email. This is amazing. Arent these awesome . These are warm muffs. Enfant, baby in french. Theyre 100 vegan. And they attach to m i put it on the stroller. If you take your hand off, you will never lose a glove again, right . Its really perfect. Get it from byebye baby, bed bath and beyond. I didnt know they came in those cute prints. Lets bring the next elves in. This is for the beautyobsessed. This is the minicontour travel kit. We can take defined cheekbones every this Holiday Season. You can get these at sephora stores. And stilla makes these amazing liquid eye shadows with glitter and lipstick thatlasts for hours. You can get these at sephora stores. Pace loves this. These are the homesick candles. You know when you have a smell and it takes you back immediately . These candles are designed to do just that. This is the france candle. It smells of croissants and lavender. Im back at the cabaret with my beret. You have your hometown. And los angeles. Doesnt it . And it smells like l. A. I dont want to smell new york, though. Well just kidding, new york, i love you. Boston smells really great. These are available on amazon prime, 29. 95. I love miami. These are fun. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Last but not least, you will not believe the food we have for you here today. Hi, ladies. These are called dus doughnuts. Caitlin and my friend cara. Dus doughnuts, free shipping. You can get it tomorrow. Wow. And let me tell you about these. The famous chef has a michelin star. He had one for wd50. Hes turned his sights on the new england cake doughnut. You have brown butter, key lime, cherry pie, apple. Yummy. You have doughnut holes. Can i take a bite . Please. They are made for taking a bite. What . We want those. Hoda and carson are so jealous. Theyre so, so, so yummy. So good. Really good. Goldbelly. Com, free ship for tomorrow. We have some for you guys. And last but not least, this is for the royal lover. Who is not a royal lover . No one around this show. We all love them. Right . It is called royal bingo. No. Yes. And theres 64 royals, including famous ones like kate and william. But theres also some lichtenstein. You dont know him . Who is going to reign supreme . Who is going to win bingo. Come on in here. A couple of vultures circling around the bdoughnuts. Get involved in this doughnut. I tried the caramel apple. Thank you so much. Tape everything down here. Its like a piece of cake wrapped in im going to ruin my italian meal. Were having a football feast, italian style. Happy holidays. We have a hero sandwich, guys, large enough to cover a whole football field. Its coming up. First, this is today on nbc. How good are those, right . Were back with today food loves Minnesota Vikings are set to tangle in a special saturday night game tomorrow on nbc. With some dishes to go with the matchup or any holiday gathering, anthony and elaine. We love when you come. People are starving. Just a quick cutaway at the tasting table. Theyre almost finished. Thats great lunch for the staff today. Tell us what were doing. A little rollitini. We think italian is the way to go for football. I thinly sliced it. I want to put grill marks on it and soften it up. You want to get the water out of it. You want to be pliable because you want to roll it. I have cheese,recot to and egg. When youre baking it, you want it to stay thick and you put the this is what the mixture is going to be. Simple as that . Simple as this. Were going to take this. And you roll that baby right up. Thats all it is. Simple as that. And you bake that for how long . 15, 20 minutes. You see it melt a little bit and get gooey and delicious. This is what it looks like. And lets look at the zucchini and melted gorgonzola cheese. Touchdown. Go for the twopoint conversion. Can we live here for one second . These are famous at your restaurant. And the secret recipe, youre giving that away . It has been. Potato, zune kecchini chips and melted gorgonzola cheese. Everybody dies for that at the restaurant. Elena . Save some room. We have room for you, girl. We have the italian stallion of sandwiches. I mean, this is a showstopper. They make that . Of course they do. Its very oldschool but its new again, hoda. Lets talk about things you need. Provolone, capicola, salami and peppers. Heres the important part. Its the dressing. An italian oregano dressing. Olive oil and red wine vinaigrette. We started to put our peppers on. Were going to layer the mortadella. We love italian style. But the truth is, you can do it american hero. You can do however you want. Were going to layer this all the way down. Shake that up. This is the best part. Where do you put it . Right on the top. This is nice, thick, crusty bread. Look how much she is putting it soaks into the bread. Its really tomatoes. And then, some nice, shredded lettuce. Tell us about the hero. Whats happening over there . I thought anthony was the italian stallion. Cant get past the rigatoni. Tell us about the rigatoni. Oh, rigatoni bolenaise. This portion is not acceptable. Thats a portion for one. Oh, my gosh. Thats football. Veal chicken bolognese. A little rigatoni warms the soul. Anthony carson keeps going momma mia. The prequel, the sequel. Spike the ball. You can head to today. Com food. Catch the vikings and packers tomorrow night, saturday, right here on coverage starts at 7 00, 6 00 central. Just ahead, a special holiday performance from rising stars why dont we. First, this is today on nbc. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Welcome back to today. The guys from why dont we are riding high as 2017 comes to a close. They released four e. P. S this year. Two of them reaching number one on itunes. And they will kick off the new year with a headlining tour. One of the four e. P. S is why dont we this christmas. And theyre going to do one of the singles this christmas, kiss you this christmas. Dont we. Joyful, joyful when youre near shining like a star, my dear Winter Wonder land is here all i need to bring me cheer wrapped up in your presents, girl you know you keep me guessing nothings sweeter than the sight of you this christmas its cold outside but you melt my heart away it feels so right its a p waited for this moment the whole yearlong so, let me know let me know can i kiss you this christmas joyful, joyful, tis the season show you how i feel, my dear angels singing up in here all i need to bring me cheer wrapped up in your presents, girl you know you keep me guessing nothings sweeter than the sight of you this christmas its cold outside but you melt my heart away it feels so right its a perfect holiday waited for this moment the whole year long so, let me know let me know can i kiss you this ri oh, yeah can i kiss you this christmas ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh so, let me know let me know can i kiss you this christmas yeah. This has been such an awesome christmasy show. Why dont we. Thank you. Rigani. Thitos so, sheinelle and willie are going to get us through this weekend. Whats going on . A lot of us are wrapping Holiday Gifts this weekend. But if youre too busy wit and cant make it to the mall, have no fear. We have creative ideas. These are good. People will be happy. Theyre good. Stop. Then, on the Christmas Eve edition of sunday today, my guest is the star of one of the hottest shows in 2017, the handmaids tale. Elisabeth moss is with me. Shes won the emmy for best actress. Now, nominated for the golden globe in that same category. She will be my guest on sunday. You get great interviews. And he eats pizza while he interviews them. Always at a pizza joint for the beer. And on our fourth hour coming up, the stars of the greatest showman coming up. And recipes of things you will enjoy and other things you want to buy, not that other stuff. That sounds fantastic. Im going to get out of here. Megyn kelly coming up next. She has a crazy story to tell good morning. Its 8 56 on this friday, december 22 nnd. Lets check the roads ahead of the Holiday Weekend. Wtop is here with your first 4 traffic. Hey, dave. Hey. Lets start you off on the baltimore washington parkway northbound. Near 197. That crash is clear. We are keeping a close eye on no issues in mayor. For the get away in virginia, heavy and closed at the river. Thats the very latest. Well head back to you. Thank you so much. A check of your holiday forecast whether we come back. We are the tv doctors of america, and we may not know much about medicine, but we know a lot about drama. We also know that you can avoid drama by getting an annual checkup. So go, know, and take control of your health. It could save your life. Cigna. Together, all the way. Good morning. Temperatures are still in the 30s for many of us. 40 in the district. Today, mid 50s. Mostly cloudy though. Rain mostly after about 8 00 p. M. Showers tomorrow and mild sunday. We clear out. But then we have a very late chance of a mix gone by most of your monday. Monday will be dry for christmas day. And cold. All right. Thank you so much. You can get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. This morning on Megyn Kelly Today, a medical miracle. A woman dies for 37 seconds, then lives to tell about it. Then, the couple who took their fight to get a wedding cake all the way to the supreme court. And two months left in our month of merry with a gift that will help you trim the tree all year round. What could it be . All that and more on Megyn Kelly Today right now. [ applause ] hi, everybody. Good morning. Hi. Happy friday. Happy friday. The friday before christmas, very exciting. Good morning, everyone